KR20080050006A - Method and apparatus for providing present by using mobile communication network and system including the apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for providing a present by using a mobile communication network, and a system thereof are provided to enable an insurance salesman, a finance salesman, and asset mangers managing customers to transmit presents to the customers collectively by interlocking with directories, thereby reducing efforts and costs required to provide the presents. A method for providing a present comprises the following steps of: providing information about a product as the present to a wired terminal(100) through a wired communication network; allowing the wired terminal to select the product and at least one of receiving terminals(500) to receive the product from a directory; allowing the wired terminal to transmit a present provision request message or a present reception request message to a present provision device(300); and providing a present icon corresponding to the present to the selected receiving terminal if the present provision device receives the present provision request message.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRESENT BY USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS}

1 illustrates a gift providing system using a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method using a communication network according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method using a communication network according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method using a communication network according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 10 illustrate an example of a web or a swap page according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: wired terminal

200: wired communication network

300: gift provider

500: receiving terminal

600: merchant terminal

700: Billing Server

The present invention relates to a gift providing method using a communication network, and more particularly, to a gift providing method, an apparatus and a system using a communication network that can collectively provide a gift using a user's address book.

In general, individuals or companies that need to continuously manage a large number of customers, such as insurance agents, salesmen, etc., must provide certain gifts at appropriate times in order to continue to have intimacy or bond with many customers.

In order to provide a small gift to a large number of customers, it is necessary to check whether the address of the customer has changed, and if there is a problem of sending a gift without confirming the change of address, there has been a problem of paying unnecessary postage.

Also, if you send a gift over the Internet, if you have a large number of recipients, you need to keep track of the recipient, sender's mailing address, telephone number, and shipping method. There is a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort if you want to have such data because there is no database is recorded.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gift to at least one address individually selected from the entire address book, at least one group of address books, or address books in association with a user's address book. The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for providing a gift using a communication network.

Gift providing method using a communication network according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

a) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to a wired terminal connected to the gift providing device through a wired communication network;

b) selecting the product from the wired terminal and selecting at least one receiving terminal from the address book to receive the product;

c) transmitting, by the wired terminal, a gift providing request message or a gift receiving request message for the product to the gift providing device;

d) when the gift providing device receives the gift providing request message, providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the receiving terminal.

Gift providing method using a communication network according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

Iv) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to a wired terminal connected to the gift providing device through a wired communication network;

Ii) providing the address book corresponding to the wired terminal to the wired terminal when the gift is selected by the wired terminal;

Iii) if at least one subject is selected from the address book, providing the short message including a URL corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal of the subject; And

I) providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal requests the download of the gift by accessing the gift providing apparatus using the URL.

Gift providing method using a communication network according to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A) registering an address book of a customer grouped from a wired terminal connected through a wired communication network to a gift providing device;

B) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to the wired terminal connected to the gift providing device and providing the address book to the wired terminal when the gift is selected by the wired terminal;

C) when the at least one group is selected in the address book, transmitting the web page for payment to the wired terminal;

D) providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to a mobile terminal or an e-mail address belonging to the group when the wired terminal makes a payment using an account transfer or a credit card; And

E) The gift icon has a set period of use and thus providing a guide message for the refund or saving of the amount corresponding to the unused gift icon within the period of use.

Gift providing apparatus using a communication network according to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

An address book management unit including at least one of a mobile phone number and an e-mail address, managing an address book composed of at least one group, and providing an address book according to a request of a wired terminal;

A product information management unit for providing product information on a product to be provided as a gift or URL information corresponding to the product information to the wired terminal;

A gift icon manager for managing and providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift and managing whether a gift selected based on the product information is provided in association with the address book and whether the gift icon is used; And

And a control unit for providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal when one of the products provided by the product information management unit is selected as a gift and a target to receive the gift is selected from the address book and payment is completed.

Gift providing system using a communication network according to a fifth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A wired terminal requesting to provide a gift for each group included in the address book in association with an address book and receiving information on whether the gift is received and used; And

A gift that provides product information on the gift to the wired terminal, presents a gift icon corresponding to the gift to an address book selected by the wired terminal, and manages whether the gift icon is downloaded, used, and whether the usage period has elapsed. It includes a providing device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 illustrates a gift providing system using a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The gift providing system includes a wired terminal 100, a gift providing device 300, a receiving terminal 500, a merchant terminal 600, and a payment server 700.

The wired terminal 100 requests to provide a gift for each group included in the address book in association with an address book stored in a memory of the wired terminal or an address book stored in a predetermined area of the gift providing apparatus 300, and whether or not the gift is received or used. Get information about

The gift providing device 300 provides product information on the gift to the wired terminal 100, provides a gift icon corresponding to the gift to an address book selected by the wired terminal 100, and downloads the gift icon. Manage use and whether the period of use has elapsed.

The gift providing device 300 may include an address book manager 310, a product information manager 320, a gift icon manager 330, a controller 340, a communicator 350, and an address book, information about the product, and a gift icon. And a database 360 for storing and managing related information.

The address book manager 310 manages an address book including at least one of a phone number and an e-mail address of the mobile terminal and includes at least one group, and provides an address book at the request of the wired terminal 100.

The product information management unit 320 provides the wired terminal 100 with product information about a product to be provided as a gift or URL information corresponding to the product information.

The gift icon manager 330 manages and provides a gift icon corresponding to the gift and manages whether a gift selected based on the product information is provided in conjunction with the address book and whether the gift icon is used. In addition, the gift icon manager 330 manages whether the gift icon has been downloaded, used, and whether the usage period has elapsed in association with the address book.

The controller 340 selects one of the products provided by the product information management unit 320 as a gift, selects a target to receive the gift from the address book, and then completes a payment. The gift icon corresponding to the gift is sent to the mobile terminal. To provide.

In addition, the control unit 340 provides the wired terminal with information about the gift icon managed by the gift icon management unit. In one application example, the wired terminal periodically provides the wired terminal as a gift for a predetermined period of time. Provide gift list and target information.

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

2 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

When the wired terminal 100 is connected to the gift providing apparatus 300 through a wired communication network 200, the gift providing apparatus 300 provides the wired terminal 100 with information about a product to be provided as a gift ( S210, S220). An example of a web page provided when the wired terminal 100 is connected to the gift providing device 300 is illustrated in FIG. 5.

In order to inquire detailed information together with image information of a plurality of products that can give and receive gifts on the web page of FIG. 5, reference numbers 510 or 520 of FIG. 5 are selected. When the reference numeral 510 or 520 is selected, the web page of FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen of the wired terminal 100.

When the user of the wired terminal 100 receives the information on the product and selects one of the products as the gift, an address book corresponding to the wired terminal 100 is displayed as shown in FIG. 7. It is displayed on the screen (100) (S230).

The address book records an e-mail address when the receiving terminal is a wired terminal, and a telephone number for receiving a short message or a multimedia message when the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal.

The wired terminal 100 transmits a gift providing request message for providing a gift to the selected receiving terminal for the selected product, or a gift receiving request message for receiving the product to the gift providing device 300 (S240). ).

When the gift providing device 300 receives the gift providing request message, the gift providing device 300 provides a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the receiving terminal 500. In this case, the gift providing device 300 provides a payment web page to request the payment for the gift to the wired terminal 100, and when the payment is completed, the icon of the gift is received on the receiving terminal 500. To provide. When the receiving terminal 500 receives the gift icon, a receipt completion message is registered in the gift providing device 300.

However, when the gift providing device 300 urges the user to receive the gift request message, that is, the gift to the receiving terminal 500, the gift providing device 300 is connected to the wired terminal. The request received from the 100 is transmitted to the receiving terminal 500 (S250). 8 illustrates an example of a web or swap page provided by the gift providing device 300 to the wired terminal 100 according to a request for writing a gift reception request message of the wired terminal 100.

Using the web or the swap page of FIG. 8, the wired terminal 100 requests the receiving terminal 500 having the 010-aaa-bbbb telephone number to buy a triangular gimbap.

The gift providing apparatus 300 receiving the acceptance message from the receiving terminal 500 provides the receiving terminal 500 with a payment web or a swap page for the gift, and when the payment is completed, the wired terminal 100. ) Provides the gift icon (S260, S270).

3 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method using a communication network according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, when the wired terminal registers and manages a customer's address book in the gift providing device 300, a method of providing gifts in a batch using the customer's address book provided from the gift providing device 300 will be described. Explain.

The gift providing device 300 provides information on a product to be provided as a gift to the wired terminal 100 connected to the gift providing device 300 through a wired communication network (S310 and S320).

When the wired terminal 100 selects a gift, an address book corresponding to the ID of the wired terminal 100 is provided to the wired terminal 100, and the wired terminal 100 selects addresses of all customers stored in the address book. (S330, S340). In one application, the wired terminal 100 may select a specific customer from the list of the address book, and the address of the customer is a phone number of the mobile terminal.

When at least one target person to receive the gift is selected in the address book, the gift providing device 300 provides a short message including a URL corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal of the target person (S350).

When the mobile terminal 550 accesses the gift providing device 300 using the URL and requests the download of the gift, the mobile terminal 550 provides a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal 550 (S360).

The gift icon is set to at least one of a download period and a use period, so that the download and use are prohibited when the period has elapsed. The prohibition message is provided to the mobile terminal 550 (S380).

In one application, when the target person receives the gift from the store, it is possible to implement the receipt completion message transmitted from the terminal of the store to be registered in the gift providing device 300.

4 is a message flow chart illustrating a gift providing method using a communication network according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In the third embodiment, since the customer's address book is grouped, it is possible to collectively provide different gifts for each group. If the customer does not use the gift icon even though the payment is completed after the gift is selected, a reward such as a refund will be given to the unused portion. The present invention provides a method for providing a user of a wired terminal.

After the address book of the customer grouped from the wired terminal 100 connected to the gift providing device 300 through a wired communication network is registered in the gift providing device 300, the wired terminal connected to the gift providing device 300 ( Information about the product to be provided as a gift to 100 is provided (S410 and S420). When the wired terminal 100 selects a predetermined gift, the gift providing device 300 provides an address book registered by the wired terminal 100 to the wired terminal 100 (S430 and S440).

In one application example, when the address book of the grouped customers is stored in the memory of the wired terminal 100, when the wired terminal 100 selects a predetermined product as a gift, the address book stored in the memory of the wired terminal 100 is selected. This is displayed on the screen of the wired terminal 100.

When at least one group is selected from the address book, the gift providing device 300 transmits a web page for payment to the wired terminal 100 (S450).

An example of a web page for payment is shown in FIG. 9, and the web page of FIG. 9 is an item to be input by the user of the wired terminal 100 when the [Ponville] item is selected such that the gift price is added to the mobile terminal fee. Are displayed.

When payment is made by wire transfer or credit card by the wired terminal 100, a gift icon corresponding to the gift is provided to a mobile terminal or an email address belonging to the group (S460 and S470).

The gift icon has a set period of use, so the gift providing device 300 provides the wired terminal 100 with a guide message for the refund or saving of the amount corresponding to the unused gift icon within the period of use. At the same time or sequentially, the mobile terminal or the wired terminal having the gift icon that has passed the usage period elapses and transmits the usage prohibition message for the gift icon (S480, S490, S495).

The gift providing device 300 provides the wired terminal with details of gifts sent for a predetermined period, and if the gift icon is received by a wired terminal, e.g., by an email or by an ID of a wired terminal assigned by the gift providing device 300. In this case, the gift icon can be registered and managed in [My Page] as shown in FIG.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention providing method, apparatus and system using the communication network, insurance companies, financial planners, asset managers managing a large number of customers can be sent in a batch in conjunction with the address book, The effect is to dramatically reduce the effort and costs of providing gifts.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Claims (14)

a) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to a wired terminal connected to the gift providing device through a wired communication network; b) selecting the product from the wired terminal and selecting at least one receiving terminal from the address book to receive the product; c) transmitting, by the wired terminal, a gift providing request message or a gift receiving request message for the product to the gift providing device; d) when the gift providing device receives the gift providing request message, providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the receiving terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is and e) receiving the gift icon when the receiving terminal receives the gift icon, registering a receipt completion message with the gift providing device. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein step d) And when the gift providing device receives the gift providing request message, provides a web page for payment to the wired terminal and provides an icon of the gift when the payment is completed. The method of claim 3, wherein the method is f) forwarding the gift reception request message to the receiving terminal when the gift providing device receives the gift reception request message; g) providing a web or a swap page for payment to the receiving terminal when an acceptance message is received from the receiving terminal; And h) providing the gift icon to the wired terminal when the payment is completed. Iv) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to a wired terminal connected to the gift providing device through a wired communication network; Ii) providing the address book corresponding to the wired terminal to the wired terminal when the gift is selected by the wired terminal; Iii) if at least one subject is selected from the address book, providing the short message including a URL corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal of the subject; And And iv) providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal accesses the gift providing device to request the download of the gift using the URL. . 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the gift icon has at least one of a download period and a use period set so that downloading and using the gift icon is prohibited. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the method And when the subject receives the gift from a store, registering a receipt completion message transmitted from the terminal of the store to the gift providing device. A) registering an address book of a customer grouped from a wired terminal connected through a wired communication network to a gift providing device; B) providing information on a product to be provided as a gift to the wired terminal connected to the gift providing device and providing the address book to the wired terminal when the gift is selected by the wired terminal; C) when the at least one group is selected in the address book, transmitting the web page for payment to the wired terminal; D) providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to a mobile terminal or an e-mail address belonging to the group when the wired terminal makes a payment using an account transfer or a credit card; And E) the present icon has a set period of use, and provides a presenting message for a refund or saving of the amount corresponding to the unused present icon within the period of use. . The method of claim 8, wherein The gift providing device is a gift providing method characterized in that to provide the wired terminal with the details of the gifts sent for a predetermined period. An address book management unit including at least one of a mobile phone number and an e-mail address, managing an address book composed of at least one group, and providing an address book according to a request of a wired terminal; A product information management unit for providing product information on a product to be provided as a gift or URL information corresponding to the product information to the wired terminal; A gift icon manager for managing and providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift and managing whether a gift selected based on the product information is provided in association with the address book and whether the gift icon is used; And And a control unit for providing a gift icon corresponding to the gift to the mobile terminal when one of the products provided by the product information management unit is selected as a gift and a target to receive the gift is selected from the address book and payment is completed. A gift providing device characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 10, wherein the gift icon management unit, Gift presenting device, characterized in that the linkage with the address book to manage whether or not the download of the gift icon, use, and the period of use. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the control unit, Gift presenting device, characterized in that for providing information on the gift icon managed by the gift icon management unit to the wired terminal. A wired terminal requesting to provide a gift for each group included in the address book in association with an address book and receiving information on whether the gift is received and used; And A gift that provides product information on the gift to the wired terminal, presents a gift icon corresponding to the gift to an address book selected by the wired terminal, and manages whether the gift icon is downloaded, used, and whether the usage period has elapsed. A gift providing system comprising a providing device. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is Downloading and storing the gift icon from the gift providing device, and using the gift icon from the gift providing device when the product corresponding to the gift icon is provided at the affiliate store designated by the gift icon or the usage period of the gift icon elapses. And a mobile terminal for receiving the prohibition message.

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