KR20090120283A - Shop management platform and providing method for shop management service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A shop management system and a shop management service providing method are provided to upload/download contents through a mobile terminal at a low cost. CONSTITUTION: In a payment approval procedure, a user accesses a card approval server through the internet by using card information of a user(S103). When transmission to a mobile terminal is approved, at least one the connection mobile terminal is enabled in a first region through local wireless communication. A first mobile list is outputted to a display device(S108). Based on a selection input, the mobile terminal of the user is selected from the first mobile terminal list(S109). The payment approval information is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the user through local wireless communication(S110).

Description

Shop management platform and providing method for shop management service

The present invention relates to a store management system and a store management service providing method.

In general, payment terminals using various payment cards are installed in credit card merchants, and provide payment services using various cards such as credit cards, debit cards, check cards, loyalty cards, and cash receipt cards. Output

Conventionally, a content provider provides various digital contents to mobile subscribers through a mobile communication network. However, in order for a mobile subscriber to upload or download digital content using a mobile terminal, there is a problem of paying a high network fee for using a mobile communication network.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is a store management system that provides a service for lowering the cost of delivering payment approval information when providing a payment service to a user, and allowing a user to use content upload / download through a mobile terminal at a low cost. To provide.

Service providing method of the shop management system according to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object,

Accessing a card approval server through an internet network and performing a payment approval process using a user's card information; If the mobile terminal transmission is selected as the payment approval information output method, accessing the at least one mobile terminal through short-range wireless communication in the preset first area; Outputting a first mobile terminal list including identification information of the at least one mobile terminal to a display device; Selecting a mobile terminal of the user from the at least one mobile terminal based on a selection input; And transmitting payment approval information to the mobile terminal of the user through the short range wireless communication.

According to the present invention, instead of outputting the payment approval information in the form of a paper receipt, the shop management system can transmit the payment approval information to the user's mobile terminal through Bluetooth communication, and can transmit the payment approval information to the user at a low cost. . In addition, when the store management system provides the user with a list of mobile terminals searched through short-range wireless communication, the user can determine a mobile terminal to which payment approval information is transmitted simply by inputting a selection input, thereby making payment of the user. It is effective to provide convenience of service use.

In addition, by delivering the push content such as promotion information, coupon information, questionnaire through Bluetooth communication to the mobile terminals in the store where the store management system is located, it can provide convenience to the user and marketing effect to the store manager.

In addition, by transmitting data between the mobile terminal connected via Bluetooth communication and the content providing server connected through the Internet network, there is an effect that allows the user to upload or download the content without paying additional fees such as network usage fees.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, terms such as "... unit" described in the specification means a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a shop management system (SMP) and a method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Meanwhile, below, a store manager who manages an offline store in which a store management system is located is referred to as an "administrator", and a customer who uses services such as payment in the corresponding store is called "user". In addition, credit cards, debit cards, check cards, loyalty cards, cash receipt cards, point cards, etc. used for payment services are used to name a variety of payment cards.

Meanwhile, the following description will be given using Bluetooth communication, which is short-range wireless communication, to communicate with the mobile terminal. However, the present invention can also communicate with the mobile terminal using another type of short-range wireless communication.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a service network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

1, the shop management system 100 is connected to the card approval server 300 through a wired or wireless communication network, and provides a user with a payment service using a variety of payment cards. That is, the shop management system 100 obtains card information from a payment card incorporating a magnetic stripe (MS) or an integrated circuit (IC), and acquires the card information from the payment card in conjunction with the card approval server 300. Perform payment approval process using information. Then, after the payment approval process, the payment approval information is output as a paper receipt or transferred to the mobile terminal 200 of the user. Here, the store management system 100 may transfer the payment approval information to the mobile terminal 200, and configure the payment approval information in the form of payment receipt, and transmit the payment approval information. It is also possible to construct and convey approval information.

In addition, the shop management system 100 periodically searches for a mobile terminal 200 capable of Bluetooth communication in a Bluetooth zone (BT zone), and the promotion information and coupons that are preset and stored in the shop management system 100. Push information such as information and a questionnaire is provided to the mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication. Here, the BT zone refers to an area where Bluetooth communication is possible between the shop management system 100 and the mobile terminal 200 equipped with the Bluetooth communication function.

In addition, the shop management system 100 is responsible for the interface between the mobile terminal 200 and the Internet network. For example, when the mobile terminal 200 requests access to the content provider server 400 through Bluetooth communication, the store management system 100 connects to the Internet network through an Ethernet port and the mobile terminal 200. ) And the content providing server 400 is connected. Then, the content received from the mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication is delivered to the corresponding content providing server 400 through the Ethernet port, the content received from the content providing server 400 through the Ethernet port through the Bluetooth communication Transfer to the mobile terminal 200. On the other hand, the charge for the content delivered through the shop management system 100 may be performed by the mobile communication provider server 500 and the content providing server 400 corresponding to the mobile terminal 200 in conjunction.

2 is a structural diagram showing a shop management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the store management system 100 includes a content storage unit 110, an input unit 120, an output unit 130, a card reader unit 140, a main communication unit 150, a backup communication unit 160, and a plurality of units. Bluetooth communication unit 170 and the controller 180 of the.

The content storage unit 110 stores the push content that the store management system 100 provides to the mobile terminal 200, such as promotion information, coupon information, and a questionnaire.

The input unit 120 includes a key pad, a touch screen, and the like, the setting data for setting the shop management system 100 from an administrator or a user, the finished items for performing a payment service, the amount of payment, and the number of installment months. Enter the payment approval information output method.

The output unit 130 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch screen, and displays a setting screen, a payment service progress state, and the like of the store management system 100 on the screen through the display device. do. In addition, the output unit 130 includes a printer, and outputs various receipts according to the payment service performed.

The card reader unit 140 performs a function of reading payment card information from an MS or IC embedded in various payment cards.

The main communication unit 150 includes an Ethernet port, and is connected to the Internet network and interfaces between the card approval server 300, the content providing server 400, the mobile communication service provider server 500, and the shop management system 100. Perform the function.

The backup communication unit 160 includes a dial-up modem and the like. The backup communication unit 160 connects to the card approval server 300 through a telephone line to provide an interface function between the card approval server 300 and the store management system 100. To perform. The backup communication unit 160 is used to connect with the card approval server 300 instead of the main communication unit 150 and transmit and receive data when the connection to the card approval server 300 through the main communication unit 150 is not smooth.

 The Bluetooth communication unit 170 performs an interface with the mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication. For example, when the payment approval process is completed, payment approval information may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 200, and the preset push content may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 200.

In addition, the shop management system 100 transmits the content received from the content providing server 400 to the mobile terminal 200, or receives the content from the mobile terminal 200.

The shop management system 100 includes a plurality of such Bluetooth communication unit 170. Meanwhile, since each Bluetooth communication unit 170 attempts Bluetooth communication with the mobile terminal 200 through frequency hopping 1600 times per second, when the plurality of Bluetooth communication units 170 attempt frequency hopping on all channels, the Bluetooth communication unit ( 170) Data conflicts can occur between them. In order to prevent such a data collision, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the frequency of 79 channels is divided and allocated to each Bluetooth communication unit 170. Accordingly, each Bluetooth communication unit 170 performs frequency hopping only within the assigned frequency channel to prevent data collision between the Bluetooth communication units 170, thereby reducing the data transmission failure rate.

In addition, one Bluetooth communication unit 170 may communicate with the plurality of mobile terminals 200. That is, one Bluetooth communication unit 170 may configure a Bluetooth link with the plurality of mobile terminals 200. On the other hand, the shop management system 100 limits the number of Bluetooth links used to access the Internet network of the mobile terminal 200 for each Bluetooth communication unit 170. This is to prevent all Bluetooth links from being allocated for internet connection of the mobile terminal 200 so that the shop management system 100 may not run out of Bluetooth links available for providing push content to the mobile terminal 200. .

The controller 180 is equipped with payment approval software, and works in conjunction with the card approval server 300 to perform a payment approval process using card information of various payment cards. Then, the output control unit 130 or the Bluetooth communication unit 170 is controlled to output payment approval information as a receipt or to the mobile terminal 200. In addition, through the Bluetooth communication unit 170, push content such as promotion information, coupon information, and a questionnaire stored in the content storage unit 110 may be provided to the mobile terminal 200.

In addition, the controller 180 adjusts an output gain of a power amplifier included in each Bluetooth communication unit 170 based on a manager's input. This is to prevent the shop management system 100 from searching the mobile terminal 200 in a wider area than necessary when searching for the mobile terminal 200 in order to transmit payment approval information to the mobile terminal 200 of the user. For this purpose, the manager inputs control data for controlling the power amplifier of the Bluetooth communication unit 170 in consideration of a store environment such as a store size.

Next, a payment service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a payment service providing method using a payment card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3, first, the shop management system 100 when the user's card information is input through the card reader unit 140 (S101), through the input unit 120 through the item list, payment amount, installment months, etc. Generate payment information by receiving the input (S102).

Thereafter, the shop management system 100 performs the payment approval process using the card information and the payment information in association with the card approval server 300 (S103).

When the payment approval process is completed, the shop management system 100 checks the payment approval result (S104), and if the payment is not approved, displays the payment rejection information through the output unit 130 (S105).

On the other hand, if the payment is approved, the administrator inputs the payment approval information output method selected by the user through the input unit 120, the store management system 100 checks the input payment approval information output method (S106), The payment approval information is transmitted to the user based on the payment approval information output method.

For example, when a paper receipt is selected as the payment approval information output method, the shop management system 100 controls the output unit 130 to print the payment approval information as a receipt (S107).

On the other hand, if a method of transmitting the payment approval information to the mobile terminal 200 is selected, the shop management system 100 controls the Bluetooth communication unit 170 and transmits the payment approval information to the mobile terminal 200. To this end, the shop management system 100 first searches for a mobile terminal 200 equipped with a Bluetooth communication function within a preset area, accesses the searched mobile terminal 200, and identifies identification information of the corresponding mobile terminal 200 ( Mobile phone number or user name). In addition, a first mobile terminal list including the identification information of the received mobile terminal 200 is generated (S108), and output through the display device in the output unit 130.

Here, the shop management system 100 may set a short time for searching for mobile terminals 200 capable of Bluetooth communication in order to construct a first mobile terminal list. This is based on the property that the user should be close to the shop management system 100 in order to use the payment service within a predetermined distance, and includes all mobile terminals 200 capable of Bluetooth communication in the BT zone in the first mobile terminal list. Instead, the first mobile terminal list includes only the mobile terminals 200 that are close to the shop management system 100 within a BT zone by a predetermined distance or less. As such, by including only mobile terminals 200 that are close to the shop management system 100 by a predetermined distance or less in the first mobile terminal list, the shop management system 100 selects a mobile terminal 200 to be transmitted. Can be reduced.

As described above, when the shop management system 100 outputs the first mobile terminal list, the manager or the user selects a transmission target of payment approval information from the first mobile terminal list through the input unit 120 (S109). The shop management system 100 transmits payment approval information to the selected mobile terminal 200 (S110). Accordingly, the mobile terminal 200 having received the payment approval information displays the payment approval information on the screen to notify the user that the payment has been approved (S111).

On the other hand, as described above, when the shop management system 100 outputs the mobile terminal list searched through the short-range wireless communication through the output unit 130, the user or administrator simply transmits the payment approval information by simply inputting a selection input. The method of determining the target mobile terminal 200 does not need to separately input identification information of the mobile terminal 200 to which payment approval information is transmitted, thereby providing convenience for users to use the payment service. There is.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a payment approval process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the store management system 100 generates and encrypts a payment approval request message including the store information, the payment amount, the card information, and the like, in which the store management system 100 is located (S201 and S201).

Thereafter, the shop management system 100 attempts to access the card approval server 300 through the Ethernet port for a predetermined time (S203), and checks whether the connection is successful (S204). When the connection fails through the Ethernet port, the connection is retried for a predetermined time with the card approval server 300 through the telephone line (S205), and the connection success is confirmed (S206). When the connection with the card approval server 300 also fails through the telephone line, the shop management system 100 terminates the connection attempt (S207) and notifies the user or the manager that the connection has failed.

On the other hand, if the connection with the card approval server 300 through the Ethernet port or a telephone line is successful, the shop management system 100 transmits an encrypted payment approval request message to the card approval server 300 (S208).

The card approval server 300 interprets the received payment approval request message, checks card information, store information, payment amount, etc. included in the corresponding message, and determines whether the payment is approved (S209). Then, the payment approval result (decision elimination clause or payment approval) is transmitted to the store management system 100 (S210, S211).

Accordingly, the shop management system 100 that has received the payment approval result from the card approval server 300 recognizes that the payment has ended and terminates the connection with the card approval server 300 (S212).

Next, a push content providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a push content providing method of a store management system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the shop management system 100 periodically searches for a mobile terminal equipped with a Bluetooth communication function in a BT zone, accesses the searched mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication, and then checks the mobile terminal 200 of the corresponding mobile terminal 200. Receive identification information (phone number or user name of mobile terminal). In operation S301, a second mobile terminal list including identification information of the received mobile terminal 200 is generated. Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a time for searching for the mobile terminal 200 to form the second mobile terminal list may be set differently from a time for searching for the mobile terminal 200 to construct the first mobile terminal list. have.

When the second mobile terminal list is generated, the shop management system 100 checks whether there is a mobile terminal 200 newly included in the second mobile terminal list (S302). If there is a mobile terminal 200 newly added to the second mobile terminal list, the push content previously stored in the content storage unit 110 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication (S303).

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the store management system 100 periodically searches for the mobile terminal 200 capable of Bluetooth communication in the BT zone separately from the payment service, and whenever a new mobile terminal 200 is found. Although a case of delivering push content to the mobile terminal has been described as an example, the present invention may also provide push content to a mobile terminal 200 of a user who uses a payment service. In this case, when the payment approval process is completed, the shop management system 100 generates a first mobile terminal list as in the above-described steps S108 and S109 and pushes the push content to the mobile terminal 200 selected from the first mobile terminal list. Can provide.

On the other hand, the push content transmitted from the store management system 100 to the mobile terminal 200 can be set / changed by the administrator, the administrator using the manager mobile terminal, computer, PDA, notebook, etc. Store management system 100 ) You can set / change my push content.

First, the manager accesses the shop management system 100 through a manager mobile terminal (not shown) through Bluetooth communication, generates new content using the manager mobile terminal, and delivers the new content to the shop management system 100, or the pre-stored push. Request to modify or delete the content. In this case, the controller 180 checks subscriber information of the administrator mobile terminal or requests a password input to the administrator mobile terminal, thereby limiting the setting of push contents of a user other than the administrator.

In addition, the administrator delivers the push content or the short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), etc. including the change of the push content to the mobile communication service provider server 500 through the administrator mobile terminal to set / set the push content. You can request a change. In this case, the mobile communication service provider server 500 accesses the shop management system 100 through the Internet network and transmits the push content received from the manager mobile terminal to the shop management system 100, or corrects the prestored push content. You can request deletion.

In addition, the administrator may request a setting / change of push content by accessing a management server managing the shop management system 100 using an administrator mobile terminal, a computer, a PDA, a notebook computer, or the like. In this case, the management server may access the store management system 100 through the Internet network, transmit the push content requested by the administrator to the corresponding store management system 100, or request modification and deletion of previously stored push content. .

Next, a method of accessing the internet network through the shop management system 100 of the mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, and the mobile terminal 200 is a shop management system ( A case of using a content upload / download service by accessing an internet network through 100) will be described as an example.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a content download method of a mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 200 requests the store management system 100 to access the content providing server 400 through the Internet through Bluetooth communication, and the store management system 100 requests the corresponding content providing server ( 400 to connect to the content providing server 400 and the mobile terminal 200 through the Internet network (S401). Thereafter, the shop management system 100 performs data transfer between the mobile terminal 200 and the content providing server 400, and provides the content providing server through the Internet for data received through the Bluetooth communication from the mobile terminal 200. 400, and transmits the data received from the content providing server 400 via the Internet to the mobile terminal 200 through Bluetooth communication.

On the other hand, when connected to the content providing server 400, the mobile terminal 200 requests the download of the desired content from the corresponding content providing server 400 through the shop management system 100 (S402). In this case, when the content to be downloaded by the mobile terminal 200 is paid content, the content providing server 400 receives subscriber information such as subscriber identification information and Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) identification information from the mobile terminal 200. Then, the mobile communication provider server 500 requests the payment for the content download using the service (S403). In addition, the mobile communication service provider server 500 performs a payment approval process based on the subscriber information of the mobile terminal (S404), and if the payment is approved, transmits the payment to the content providing server 400 (S405). Accordingly, the content providing server 400 recognizing that the payment has been approved transmits the corresponding content to the mobile terminal 200 through the shop management system 100 (S406).

On the other hand, if the content to be downloaded by the mobile terminal 200 is free content, the content providing server 400 omits the aforementioned payment approval process (S403 to S405) and delivers the corresponding content to the mobile terminal 200. .

7 is a flowchart illustrating a content upload method of a mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 200 accesses the content providing server 400 through the store management system 100 in the same manner as in FIG. 6 (S401) (S501) and through the store management system 100. A content upload request is made to the content providing server 400 (S502). At this time, when the content upload of the mobile terminal 200 is charged, the content providing server 400 receives subscriber information such as subscriber identification information, Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) identification information from the mobile terminal 200, and The mobile communication service provider 500 requests a payment for uploading content to the mobile communication provider server 500 (S503). Then, the mobile communication service provider server 500 performs a payment approval process based on the subscriber information of the mobile terminal (S504), and if the payment is approved, and transfers the payment to the content providing server 400 (S505). Accordingly, the content providing server 400 transmits that the payment has been approved to the mobile terminal 200 through the store management system 100 (S506), and the mobile terminal 200 receiving the content transfers the content through the store management system. Upload to the content providing server 400 (S507).

On the other hand, if the content upload of the mobile terminal 200 is free, the mobile terminal 200 may upload the content without performing the above-described payment approval processes (S503 to S506).

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal 200 is an example of accessing the internet network through the shop management system 100. The mobile terminal 200 is connected to the content providing server 400 to upload / download contents. Although a case of using a service is described as an example, the present invention enables the mobile terminal 200 to access the internet network through the shop management system 100 to use other services besides content upload / download. For example, the mobile terminal 200 may access an internet network through the shop management system 100 and use an information retrieval service, an information providing service, and the like provided from the information providing server.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 illustrates a service network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a structural diagram showing a shop management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a payment service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a payment approval process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a push content providing method of a store management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a content download method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a content upload method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

In the service providing method of the store management system, Accessing a card approval server through an internet network and performing a payment approval process using a user's card information; If the mobile terminal transmission is selected as the payment approval information output method, accessing the at least one mobile terminal through short-range wireless communication in the preset first area; Outputting a first mobile terminal list including identification information of the at least one mobile terminal to a display device; Selecting a mobile terminal of the user from the at least one mobile terminal based on a selection input; And Transmitting payment approval information to the mobile terminal of the user through the short range wireless communication; Service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the identification information is received from the at least one mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, When the payment approval process is completed, transmitting the pre-stored content to the mobile terminal of the user through the short-range wireless communication Service providing method further comprising. The method of claim 1, Generating a second mobile terminal list including a mobile terminal capable of short-range wireless communication in a preset second region; And Transmitting previously stored contents to the mobile terminal included in the second mobile terminal list through the short range wireless communication; Service providing method further comprising. The method of claim 4, wherein Setting the second area by controlling a power amplifier used for the near field communication based on an environment of a store where the store management system is located. Service providing method further comprising. The method of claim 4, wherein And the first area is smaller than the second area. The method of claim 1, Connecting the mobile terminal of the user to the internet network when a request for access to the internet network is received from the mobile terminal of the user through the short range wireless communication; And Transferring data between the mobile terminal of the user and the internet network; Service providing method further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The short range wireless communication is a Bluetooth communication service providing method.

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