KR20080108963A - Method for providing information - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing information is provided to purchase a product or service with better benefits by a specific card at a shopping mall on the internet. A client terminal receives network connection information of a product or service selling server through a client terminal or a client side program(235). A kind of a product or service is grasped by using the network connection information of the product or service selling server(240). A product or service with discount benefits or incentive is checked by payment of a specific card(245). The product or service information is transmitted to the client terminal or the client side program during payment of the specific card(250).

Description

Method for Providing Information

1 is a simplified block diagram showing a preferred discount target product information providing system according to the present invention.

2 is a simple flowchart of a process of providing preferred discounted product information according to the present invention.

3 is a simple flowchart illustrating a process of providing preferred discounted product information according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a date model according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a driving screen of a client-side program according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: server (2) 105: service confirmation unit

110: information generating unit 115: transmission unit

120: database 125: client terminal

130: client side program 135: receiving unit

140: collecting unit 145: web page moving unit

150: transaction transmission unit 155: acquisition unit

160: display unit 165: server (1)

The present invention includes receiving network connection information of a product or service sales server to which the client terminal is connected through a client terminal or a client-side program, and using the network connection information of the received product or service sales server. Identifying a type of goods or services sold by a service sales server, identifying a product or service to which a discount or incentive is granted when paying with a specific card among the identified products or services, and a discount when paying with the specific card The present invention also relates to an information providing method in which a discount or incentive is granted when a payment is made to a specific card, which comprises transmitting the product or service information to which the incentive is granted to the client terminal or the client side program.

In general, the number of goods or services handled (sold) on the Internet is numerous, and there are a number of companies (such as shopping malls) that sell the goods or services. It is difficult to select a product or a service that can optimally receive a certain benefit (for example, a discount) through a certain card among many products and companies.

In line with this trend, more and more sites are comparing prices and providing card service information. However, in order to compare price information or card service information on a specific product or service, a customer may compare the price information or the like. The inconvenience of having to visit and search card service information comparison site one by one existed.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is the step of receiving network connection information of a product or service sales server connected to the client terminal through a client terminal or a client-side program, and the received product or service sales server Identifying the type of goods or services sold by the product or service sales server using the network connection information of the product, and identifying the goods or services to which a discount or incentive is granted when paying with a specific card among the identified products or services And transmitting the product or service information to which the discount or incentive is granted when paying with the specific card, to the client terminal or the client side program. In providing the information providing method is provided.

The information providing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of receiving network connection information of a product or service sales server connected to the client terminal through a client terminal or a client side program, and network connection information of the received product or service sales server. Identifying a type of a product or service sold by the product or service selling server using a product; identifying a product or service to which a discount or incentive is granted upon payment with a specific card among the identified product or service; and When a payment is made to a specific card, a discount or an incentive is granted to the specific card, which comprises the step of transmitting goods or service information to which the discount or incentive is granted to the client terminal or the client side program. The.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, predetermined reference numerals are added to elements illustrated in the drawings. However, it is noted that the same components shown in different drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible.

In addition, in the following description, in order to explain the embodiments of the present invention, specific details such as specific elements are illustrated, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced.

In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a simple block diagram showing a preferred discount target product information providing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing discount target product information using a client-side program 130 includes a server (1) (165) for selling a product or a service, and the server (1) for purchasing a product or a service. And a client terminal 125 having a predetermined client side program 130 and including a wired or wireless terminal and interworking with the client side program 130 included in the client terminal 125. Server 2 (100).

Preferably, the client-side program 130 included in the client terminal 125, when connected to a predetermined product or service sales server (1) 165, the network of the product or service sales server (1) 165 The connection information is extracted or provided, and the network connection information of the product or service sales server (1) (165) extracted or provided is transmitted to the server (2) 100 on the wired / wireless network. To this end, the client-side program 130 is obtained by the obtaining unit 155, the receiving unit 135, the display unit 160, the web page automatic moving unit 145, the collecting unit 140 and the transaction transmission unit ( 150).

The client-side program 130 may include a messenger program, and the client-side program 130 may be automatically recognized by a browser and provided as a plug-in that may be easily installed and used as part of a web browser. It can be stated.

The network connection information acquisition unit 155 of the client-side program 130 may include a web browser (eg, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, etc.) and a P2P program (eg, Microsoft's MSN (Microsoft Network), etc.) of the client terminal 125. Connection information of a server (1) 165 on a network to which the communication program is connected is extracted from a communication program including a messenger or the like.

The communication program (for example, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, etc.) included in the client terminal 125 may have a compound document based OLE (Object Linking) for providing IPC (InterProcess Communication) function with at least one external process. and Embedding), messaging-based Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), and / or COM (Component Object Model) -based automation, etc., wherein the network connection information acquisition unit 155 is provided in the communication program. It is preferable to extract the server address on the network to which the communication program connects from the communication program via IPC using OLE, DDE, and / or automation.

For example, if the communication program is equipped with COM-based automation, the network connection information obtaining unit 155 extracts a server address on a network to which the communication program accesses from the communication program through an IPC using the automation. As an ActiveX control, the plug-in of the communication program can be performed.

On the other hand, when the communication program provided in the client terminal 125 does not provide the IPC function, the network connection information acquisition unit 155 may be a communication port used by the communication program (eg, the communication program may be web-based). The browser monitors port 80 or port 8080), monitors packets transmitted through the communication port, extracts a communication session connection packet from the packets, and connects the communication program from the extracted packets. The connection information of the server on the network can be extracted.

For example, if the communication program is a P2P program using port 1004, the network connection information acquisition unit 155 monitors port 1004, extracts a communication session connection packet from packets transmitted from port 1004, and The server address on the network to which the communication program accesses may be extracted from the extracted packets.

Preferably, the network connection information includes a web page address or an IP address of the server (1) 165, and the network connection information is connected to the server (1) 165 by the server (2) (100). Provide a basis for doing so.

Receiving unit 135 of the client-side program 130 receives a product or service information to which a discount or incentive is granted at the time of payment to a specific card transmitted through the transmission unit 115 in the server (2) (100).

The display unit 160 of the client-side program 130 displays and displays the product or service information to which a discount or incentive is granted upon payment with the specific card.

The web page automatic moving unit 145 of the client-side program 130 automatically moves to the clicked product or service selling web page when the client clicks on the displayed product or service.

The collection unit 140 of the client-side program 130, if the client wants to purchase the goods or services with the specific card based on the goods or services information transmitted from the server (2) (100), Collect purchase transaction information for goods and / or services.

The transaction transmitter 150 of the client-side program 130 transmits the collected transaction information to the server 2 (100).

Server (2) (100) is preferably a card company or a financial institution server, the server (2) (100) to grasp the goods or service information of the server (1) 165 to which the client terminal 125 is connected, The client-side program 130 provided with the client terminal 125 with information about a product or service to which a predetermined benefit that the client can receive when paying with a specific card is applied based on the identified product or service information. It is characterized in that carried out in conjunction with. To this end, the server (2) (100) includes a product or service confirmation unit 105, a product or service information generation unit 110 and the transmission unit 115.

In addition, the server (2) 100 further comprises a mobile communication company server or a VAN company server.

The product or service checking unit 105 of the server 2 or 100 may store the product or service selling server 165 based on the network connection information of the product or service selling server 165 transmitted from the client terminal 125. ) Identify the kind of products or services you sell.

Preferably, the product or service confirmation unit 105 in the server (2) (100), based on the network connection information of the product or service sales server (1) 165 transmitted from the client terminal 125 Connect to the product or service sales server (1) 165 to determine the type of the product or service sold by the product or service sales server (1) 165, or the target product or product for each product or service sales server; The product or service sales server 1 information corresponding to the network connection information of the product or service sales server 165 is extracted from a predetermined database 120 storing and managing a service type, and the extracted product or service sales is extracted. The type of goods or services sold by the server 1 is determined through the database 120.

The product or service information generation unit 110 extracts or generates a product or service to which a discount or incentive is granted upon payment with a specific card from among the product or service checked by the product or service identification unit 105.

Preferably, the product or service information generation unit 110 in the server (2) (100), the product or service information that is given a discount or incentive when paying with a specific card among the goods or services identified above, the predetermined product Or create a service information list.

For example, the predetermined product or service information list generated by the product or service information generation unit 110 corresponds to one-to-one correspondence between the product or service information and discount benefits or incentive information granted when the product or service is purchased with a specific card. It can be generated to be provided.

The transmitter 115 transmits, to the client terminal 125, product or service information to which a discount or incentive is granted upon payment to the specific card extracted or generated by the product or service information generator 110.

2 is a simple flowchart illustrating a process of providing preferred discounted product information according to the present invention.

2 is provided with a client receiving a predetermined client-side program 130 according to the present invention from a server 2 through a client terminal 125 including a wired or wireless terminal, and for the purchase of goods or services. When the server 1 (165) (for example, a shopping mall server, etc.) is connected through the client terminal 125, the client side program 130 included in the client terminal 125 is connected to the client terminal 125. By extracting or confirming network connection information of the connected server (1) (165) and providing the server (2) (100), the server (1) based on the network connection information in the server (2) (100) Determine the type of goods or services sold at 165, determine a product or service that can be provided with a predetermined benefit by using a specific card (for example, a card issued by the server 1), and the client It relates to a process of providing a program (130).

To help the understanding of the present invention through FIG. 2, the server (1) 165 is described as a shopping mall server and the server (2) 100 is represented as a card company server.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a client connects to a card company server 100 through a predetermined terminal 125 (eg, a PC or a wireless terminal capable of accessing a wired or wireless network) (200), the card company server 100 ) Checks whether the predetermined program 130 for providing discounted product information is provided from the client terminal 125 according to the present invention (205).

When a download request for the program 130 is generated from the client (210), the card company server 100 provides the program 130 to the terminal 125, the program provided from the card company server 100 130 is installed and stored in the client terminal 125 (215).

After the installation of the program 130 provided from the card company server 100 is completed, when the client connects to the shopping mall server 165 for purchasing goods or services through the terminal 125 (220), the client terminal ( The client side program 130 installed at 125 executes driving (225).

For example, the client-side program 130 installed in the client terminal 125 may be driven by a predetermined option (for example, automatic driving or driving of a client's command when connected to a shopping mall).

When the client-side program 130 installed in the client terminal 125 is driven, the network connection information acquisition unit 155 of the program 130 may transmit network connection information of the shopping mall 165 to which the client terminal 125 is connected. For example, a shopping mall webpage address, an IP address, etc.) are acquired (230), and the network connection information acquisition unit 155 connects a predetermined communication session with the card company server 100 to obtain the acquired shopping mall server 165. The network connection information of) is provided to the card company server 100 (235).

In another preferred embodiment, the network connection information of the shopping mall 165 may be provided with information input from the client.

When the network connection information of the shopping mall connected to the terminal 125 is received from the client-side program 130 to the card company server 100, the service checking unit 105 of the card company server 100 transmits the client-side program 130. On the basis of the network connection information transmitted from the) checks the product or service type of the shopping mall (240).

For example, the process of checking the product or service type of the service checking unit 105 is connected to the shopping mall server 165 based on the network connection information of the shopping mall server 165 transmitted from the client terminal 125 to the shopping mall. After grasping the type of goods or services sold by the server 165 or pre-store the types of goods or services to be sold for each shopping mall server in a predetermined database 120, the network connection information of the shopping mall server 165 is stored. It is noted that it is possible to extract the corresponding shopping mall server 165 from the database 120 and to check the type of goods or services sold by the extracted shopping mall server 165 through the database 120.

When the product or service type of the shopping mall 165 is confirmed based on the network connection information transmitted from the client-side program 130 through the service checking unit 105 of the card company server 100, the card company server 100 The information generating unit 110 determines a product or service that provides a predetermined benefit when paying with a specific card for the product or service of the shopping mall 165 (245).

For example, the predetermined benefit provided when paying with the specific card includes a discount or an incentive.

If it is determined that a product or a service that provides a predetermined benefit when paying with a specific card through the information generating unit 110, the transmission unit 115 of the card company server 100 receives the information on the determined product or service. The client terminal 125 transmits the program to the client side program 130 of the client terminal 125 (250).

3 is a simple flowchart of a process of providing preferred discounted product information according to the present invention.

3 shows that the card company server 100 receiving the network information of the shopping mall 165 extracted by the client-side program 130 installed in the client terminal 125 receives the goods of the shopping mall 165 through the process of FIG. When the service type is checked, a product or service that can be provided with a predetermined benefit by using a specific card (for example, a card issued by the server 1) is determined and provided to the client-side program 130. The client-side program 130 installed in the client terminal 125 receives and displays the product or service information, and further, a series of steps until the client purchases the product or service based on the received information. A simple flow chart for the process.

Accordingly, in FIG. 3, in FIG. 2, the client side installed in the client terminal 125 with information on goods or services provided with a predetermined benefit in the payment of a specific card transmitted by the transmitting unit 115 of the card company server 100 is shown. Program 130 starts from receiving.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the client-side program 130 receives information about a product or service provided with a predetermined benefit at the time of a specific card payment from the transmission unit 115 of the card company server 100 (300), The display unit of the client-side program 130 displays the received goods or service information on the screen of the client terminal (305).

When the client selects the displayed product or service (310), the web page moving unit 145 of the client-side program 130 automatically moves the web page to the selected product or service sales shopping mall page (315).

If the client wants to purchase the product or service with the specific card, the client-side program 130 collects purchase transaction information for the product or service that the client wants to purchase, and the collected purchase transaction information. Provides to the card company server 100.

If the client owns a specific card to be used to purchase the product or service, the specific card is used to pay for the product or service, and the client is provided with an incentive or a discount due to the specific card payment.

On the other hand, when the client does not own a specific card to be used to purchase the goods or services, the card company server 100 provides the specific card issuing page to the client terminal 125 or provide similar benefits. If a card is recommended and the client 125 wants to receive the specific card, the client receives the specific card from the card company server 100 and pays for the purchase of the product or service with the specific card. Or, payment is made through a similar benefit providing card recommended by the card company server.

4 is a diagram illustrating a data model according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the database 1 may include a name of a product or service sales server 165, product or service information sold by the product or service sales server 165, and the product or service sales server 165. Database that stores network connection information.

For example, if the client-side program 130 installed in the client terminal 125 extracts network connection information of the product or service sales server 165 connected to the client terminal 125 and provides the card company server 100 to the card company server 100. The card company server 165 checks the information of the product or service selling server associated with the network connection information with reference to the database 1 shown in this figure, or uses the network connection information to display the corresponding product or The product or service information may be checked by accessing the service selling server 165.

The database 2 is a database in which specific card information, goods or service information provided with a predetermined benefit at the time of the specific card payment, and benefit information according to the payment are stored.

For example, when the product or service of the product or service sales server to which the client 125 terminal is connected in connection with the database 1 is confirmed, the card company server 100 interoperates with the database 2 to confirm the confirmation. When purchasing a purchased product or service, specific card information provided with a predetermined benefit may be checked.

5 is a driving screen of the client-side program 130 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a client receives a predetermined client-side program 130 shown in this drawing from a card company server 100 through a client terminal 125 including a wired or wireless terminal, and receives a product or When the XX shopping mall is accessed through the client terminal 125 in order to purchase a service, the client-side program 130 connects the network connection information (www.xxxshopping.co.kr) of the XX shopping mall connected to the client terminal 125. ) Is extracted or confirmed and provided to the card company server.

The card company server 100 determines the type of goods or services sold in the XX shopping mall based on the network connection information, and determines the goods or services that can be provided with a certain benefit by using a specific card (AA card). To the client-side program 130.

Accordingly, FIG. 5 presents the client with product or service information that can be provided with a certain benefit when the client uses the AA card in the XX shopping mall.

According to the present invention, when accessing a product or service selling server using a client-side program provided from a server, the server grasps a product or service of the product or service selling server through the client-side program, and makes a predetermined purchase. By identifying a specific card provided with a discount of and providing the client with the product or service provided with the discount through the specific card, the customer can obtain a product or a better benefit with the specific card at a shopping mall visited on the Internet. The advantage is that you can purchase the service.

Claims (1)

Receiving network connection information of a product or service selling server connected to the client terminal through a client terminal or a client side program; Identifying a type of a product or a service sold by the product or service sales server using network connection information of the received product or service sales server; Identifying a product or service to which a discount or incentive is granted when paying with a specific card among the identified product or service; And And transmitting the product or service information to which the discount or incentive is granted when paying with the specific card, to the client terminal or a client-side program.

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