KR20100069029A - Method of providing mobile coupon - Google Patents

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KR20100069029A
KR20100069029A KR1020080127576A KR20080127576A KR20100069029A KR 20100069029 A KR20100069029 A KR 20100069029A KR 1020080127576 A KR1020080127576 A KR 1020080127576A KR 20080127576 A KR20080127576 A KR 20080127576A KR 20100069029 A KR20100069029 A KR 20100069029A
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Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile coupon providing method that can transmit a mobile coupon generated by a user to a mobile terminal in the form of a message, for this purpose, the control unit of the mobile coupon issuing system, the mobile coupon issuing system Receiving a mobile coupon issuance request from a company terminal of a mobile coupon provider registered as a member, generating a mobile coupon, and storing information about the mobile coupon; Transmitting, by the controller, a mobile coupon generated according to the request to a mobile terminal of a customer selected by the user; And when the use request for the mobile coupon is received through a wireless communication network or a wired communication network, the controller determines whether the received mobile coupon is a usable mobile coupon using the stored information and then transmits the result. Steps.

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How to Offer a Mobile Coupon {METHOD OF PROVIDING MOBILE COUPON}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a coupon, and more particularly, to a method for providing a coupon to a mobile terminal.

In general, a coupon refers to a product made to promote the sale of a product or to advertise a product and a trade name.

That is, a coupon is paid to a person who purchased a certain product at a restaurant, a department store, etc., and a discount voucher that allows the discount to be applied for a predetermined amount of the product when the product is purchased again next time. It is a general term for a prize exchange ticket that can be exchanged for a predetermined prize.In recent years, various coupons have been produced that can be used not only when purchasing items in restaurants and department stores, but also when purchasing plays, movies, and books. In addition, electronic coupons have emerged along with the generalization of the Internet, and are being established as a new culture throughout society.

In addition, as the number of mobile communication service subscribers increases, various services based on the mobile communication infrastructure have been proposed, and a service method of transmitting a mobile coupon to a customer's mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as a 'mobile terminal') is one of them. One.

However, the conventional method for providing a mobile coupon is made by a business partnership between a mobile coupon issuing system and a company that intends to provide a mobile coupon (hereinafter, simply referred to as a 'mobile coupon provider'). When a company requests a mobile coupon through the mobile coupon providing system, the mobile coupon providing system separately prepares an image of the requested mobile coupon and transmits the image to the mobile terminal of the customer. Therefore, in order to transmit the mobile coupon, the mobile coupon providing system needs to generate a separate mobile coupon image for each mobile coupon provider, and thus, a complicated step is required for providing the mobile coupon.

In addition, the conventional method for providing a mobile coupon is focused on simply providing a mobile coupon, and a method for allowing a mobile coupon provider to know whether a customer has received a gift or the like, that is, the usage state of the mobile coupon is accurate. It does not provide. Therefore, the conventional mobile coupon providing method, even when the mobile coupon is delivered to the other person from the original recipient can not be used to accurately select it.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a mobile coupon providing method, which can transmit a mobile coupon generated by the user to the mobile terminal in the form of a message.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a control unit of a mobile coupon issuing system receives a mobile coupon issuance request from a company terminal of a mobile coupon provider registered as a member of the mobile coupon issuing system, and generates a mobile coupon. Storing information about the mobile coupon; Transmitting, by the controller, a mobile coupon generated according to the request to a mobile terminal of a customer selected by the user; And when the use request for the mobile coupon is received through a wireless communication network or a wired communication network, the controller determines whether the received mobile coupon is a usable mobile coupon using the stored information and then transmits the result. Steps.

The present invention is to send a mobile coupon generated by the user to the mobile terminal in the form of a message, the user who receives the mobile coupon through the mobile terminal to visit the store directly to present the mobile coupon to the employees of the store or to provide a service By presenting a mobile coupon to a visited employee or by presenting a mobile coupon number over the telephone, the service provided by the mobile coupon can be used.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile service system to which the present invention is applied.

In the mobile service system to which the present invention is applied, as shown in FIG. 1, a mobile coupon issuance request is received from a company terminal 10 and a company terminal used by a mobile coupon provider to issue various mobile services by issuing a mobile coupon. Mobile coupon issuing system 20 for issuing a mobile coupon and transmitting it through a wireless communication network, a mobile terminal 30 for receiving a mobile coupon transmitted through a wireless communication network, and a mobile terminal as a mobile coupon provider. It is configured to include a terminal terminal 40 for checking the availability of the mobile coupon received through.

The company terminal 10 is for requesting issuance of a mobile coupon and is a terminal used by a mobile coupon provider. The mobile coupon provider may be any company that provides services to customers. In particular, a mobile coupon provider may include not only a company having a single branch, but also a company having a plurality of branches in a chain form. That is, even a company having a single branch such as a restaurant, a furniture store, a coffee shop, a small English school, a private law office, a small business, and the like may send a mobile coupon to customers if necessary. The branch terminal 40 may be the same. In addition, a pizza company, a chicken company, a department store, etc., which are provided in a chain form, may transmit mobile coupons to customers, and in this case, the company terminal 10 and the store terminal 40 may be different from each other. . That is, the company terminal 10 may be a terminal used in the main office (main store) in charge of the chain as a whole, and the branch office terminal 40 may be a terminal used in an actual branch (branch) of the chain. However, even in the case of a chain-shaped company, the actual branch (branch) of each chain may individually issue a mobile coupon, in which case the terminal 10 and the terminal 40 may be the same. .

The mobile coupon generation system 20 is for issuing a mobile coupon from a company terminal, and issuing a mobile coupon to transmit the mobile coupon through a wireless communication network. Interface 21, an input unit 23 for receiving various information from the administrator of the mobile coupon issuing system, a storage unit 24 for managing various kinds of information necessary for issuing a mobile coupon, and the current progress if there is a monitoring request from the administrator And an output unit 25 for outputting various mobile coupon issuance statuses and a controller 22 for controlling functions of the components. The mobile coupon issuing system is a commonly used Internet server, and a personal computer (PC) having excellent performance may also be used as the mobile coupon issuing system.

The mobile terminal 30 is a terminal for receiving a mobile coupon, and may include a product such as a PDA, an HPC, a smartphone, a mobile phone, and the like. That is, a mobile terminal includes a liquid crystal display, a memory, and a controller, and is a generic term for a terminal that can be used while being held by a user. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal should be able to receive at least one of a multimedia message (MMS), a short message (SMS), and a WAP (WAP) message, and a mobile terminal capable of accessing a mobile coupon issuing system through a wireless Internet is used. It is preferable.

Although not shown in the drawings, the mobile service system includes a mobile communication system. That is, when there is a request for transmission of a short message (SMS), a multimedia message (MMS), a WAP (WAP) message, etc. including a mobile coupon, the mobile communication system sends the corresponding message to the mobile terminal of the customer. Perform the function of sending.

The mobile service system as described above is a system that can provide a variety of services, such as mobile banking, mobile games, mobile movies, in the present invention, in particular, is used as a system for providing a mobile coupon.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing a mobile coupon according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 13 are exemplary views of various screens applied to the method for providing a mobile coupon according to the present invention. 30 is an exemplary view showing a screen output from at least one of the branch terminal 40.

First, a user of a mobile coupon provider who wants to use the mobile coupon providing method according to the present invention accesses the mobile coupon issuing system 20 using the company terminal 10 and then registers as a member (202). That is, the mobile coupon provider may issue a mobile coupon by simply registering as a member in the mobile coupon issuing system, and no separate business partnership is required. Meanwhile, as described above, the company terminal is a terminal used by a user of a mobile coupon provider. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the present invention will be described by using a department store having a plurality of branches (branches) as an example of a mobile coupon provider. In this case, the head office of the department store that comprehensively manages the operations of a plurality of branches (branches) becomes a mobile coupon provider, and the terminal used in the store becomes the company terminal 10. In addition, each of the plurality of department stores becomes a sales office, and a terminal used in each department store becomes a sales terminal 40. In addition, the mobile terminal 30 is a terminal used by customers who are registered as members through any one of a plurality of department stores and managed in the main store. On the other hand, the present invention described below, even if the mobile coupon provider and the same branch, or if the company that corresponds to the branch (branch) belonging to the main store (mobile coupon provider) to provide the mobile coupon independently The same may apply.

When a user of a department store subscribed as a member wants to issue a mobile coupon, the user of the department store is connected to the mobile coupon issuing system using a company terminal of the main store to generate a mobile coupon (204). In this case, the user may generate a mobile coupon by selecting any one of a mobile coupon for a multimedia message (MMS), a mobile coupon for a short message (SMS), and a mobile coupon for a WAP (WAP).

A user who wants to generate a mobile coupon for a multimedia message (MMS) uses a screen as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6. First, the user may set the title of the mobile coupon (set the mobile coupon title), or set the date and time to use the mobile coupon through the screen for setting the mobile coupon information for MMS as shown in FIG. Mobile coupon expiration date), mobile coupon description and instructions can be written in a long sentence (mobile coupon announcement set), mobile coupon image (image in cosmetics is selected in Figure 3), you can choose (mobile coupon Image setting), a method of assigning a mobile coupon number can be set (mobile coupon number assigning method setting), or an option such as customer name, event name, gift name confirmation, etc. can be set (optional setting). Herein, the mobile coupon number assigning method includes a method of randomly transmitting a mobile coupon number (newly sent) and a method of sending a mobile coupon number following the last mobile coupon number (early sent). Any one may be selected, and the controller generates a mobile coupon number according to the selected method and stores the mobile coupon number in the storage unit.

The screen for additional option setting is as shown in FIG. 4. That is, when the user selects the option addition on the screen shown in FIG. 3, a screen as shown in FIG. 4 is output, and at this time, the user inputs an event name to which the mobile coupon is applied (event name setting), You can enter information about the free gifts that will be paid to customers who have been provided with mobile coupons (set a free item name), and if you have additional questions to check, you can enter the relevant information (set other details). The additional option setting process as described above may be equally applicable to a mobile coupon for SMS or a mobile coupon for WAP to be described below.

The screen for setting the mobile terminal number is as shown in FIG. 5. That is, the user may set the mobile terminal number of the customer who will receive the mobile coupon set through the above process using the method as shown in FIG. 5. The first method is to use a file in which the customer's mobile terminal number is stored (for example, an Excel file can be applied). That is, the user can read the customer management file utilized for the customer management of the department store and directly select the mobile terminal number entered in the customer management file. This method can be useful when sending mobile coupons to multiple customers because multiple mobile terminal numbers can be selected at once. The second method is a method of directly inputting a mobile coupon number of a customer, and a method of directly inputting at least one or more mobile coupon numbers by a user. The mobile terminal number setting process as described above may be equally applicable to a mobile coupon for SMS or a mobile coupon for WAP to be described below.

Screen for setting the mobile coupon transmission method is as shown in FIG. That is, the user may select whether to immediately transmit or reserve the mobile coupon generated through the above process. In this case, the user may input a reply number that can be responded to when the customer wants to inquire about the mobile coupon. On the other hand, when the user selects a reservation transmission, the user can directly set a reservation time, and the reservation details can be checked through the [reservation history] menu provided by the mobile coupon issuing system. The process of setting the mobile coupon transmission method as described above may be equally applied to the mobile coupon for SMS or the mobile coupon for WAP.

The mobile coupon for MMS generated through the above-described setting process is stored in the storage unit of the mobile coupon issuing system. When the mobile coupon image is not selected during the setting, the controller of the mobile coupon issuing system may select the mobile coupon for the MMS. Stored as a mobile coupon for a long message (LMS).

On the other hand, the mobile coupon issuing system generates the wireless Internet information (wireless Internet URL) of the mobile coupon issuing system so that the mobile terminal receiving the mobile coupon for MMS can access the mobile coupon issuing system using the mobile coupon for MMS Can be stored with the mobile coupon for MMS. That is, the wireless Internet information (URL callback) may be used when an employee of a branch office who visits a customer and presents a mobile coupon wants to check the mobile coupon, which will be described below.

A user who wants to generate a mobile coupon for a short message (SMS) uses a screen as shown in FIG. 7. First, the user can set the date and time that the mobile coupon can be used (mobile coupon usage period setting), or through the screen for setting the mobile coupon information for SMS as shown in Figure 7, the mobile coupon description and instructions Can be written in short text (set mobile coupons), set the method to give a mobile coupon number (set mobile coupon numbering method), or set options such as customer name, event name, gift name check (option) Additional settings). On the other hand, the detailed method for the additional option setting, the mobile terminal number setting, the mobile coupon transmission method setting may be applied in the same way as the method provided in the mobile coupon for MMS, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The mobile SMS coupons generated through the above-described setting processes are stored in a storage unit of the mobile coupon issuing system, and the controller performs wireless Internet information of the mobile coupon issuing system as described in the method for storing the mobile coupon for MMS. Can be created and saved together. That is, the SMS mobile coupon may be generated through the same process as the mobile coupon for MMS except that the length of the input text is short and the mobile coupon image is not input.

A user who wants to create a mobile coupon for WAP will use the screen as shown in FIG. First, a user sets a title of a mobile coupon, for example, a guide title for a wireless Internet access (mobile coupon title setting), through a screen for setting mobile coupon information for WAP as shown in FIG. 8, or a mobile coupon. You can set the date and time when you can use your account (set up your mobile coupon), or create a description of your mobile coupon and an initial message that your mobile device sends to your mobile device when it connects to your mobile coupon issuing system over the network. You can select a mobile coupon image (the image for cosmetics is selected in Figure 8) (mobile coupon image settings), you can select information about the text coupon to be displayed when the mobile coupon image is not visible You can enter (Imiticon coupon registration), and set how to give a mobile coupon number Or (mobile coupon numbering method sets), customer name, event name, you can set options such as giveaways person check (optional add on). On the other hand, the detailed method for the additional option setting, the mobile terminal number setting, the mobile coupon transmission method setting may be applied in the same way as the method provided in the mobile coupon for MMS, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The mobile coupon for WAP generated through the above-described setting process is stored in the storage unit of the mobile coupon issuing system, and the controller performs wireless internet information of the mobile coupon issuing system as described in the method for storing the mobile coupon for MMS. Will be created and saved together.

When the mobile coupon generation is completed through the mobile coupon generation process 204 as described above, the control unit of the mobile coupon issuing system transmits the generated mobile coupon to the mobile terminal 10 of the customer through the wireless communication network (206). In this case, when the mobile coupon transmission method is set to reservation transmission, the control unit transmits the mobile coupon when the reservation time has been reached. Meanwhile, as described above, the mobile coupon has one of a multimedia message (MMS), a short message (SMS), and a WAP (WAP) message, and the mobile coupon issuing system may be directly transmitted through a wireless communication network. As described above, the mobile communication system receives a short message (SMS), a multimedia message (MMS), a swap message including a mobile coupon from the mobile coupon issuing system through a wired communication network, and then sends the message to the mobile terminal of the customer. You can also send.

The mobile terminal receives the mobile coupon that has been transmitted through the wireless communication network (208), in this case, the reception form of the mobile coupon is shown in FIG. That is, in the case of a mobile coupon for MMS, as shown in FIG. 9A, a mobile coupon image, a mobile coupon number, a mobile coupon guide letter, and the like may be output through a screen of the mobile terminal. In addition, in the case of a mobile coupon for SMS, as shown in FIG. 9B, a mobile coupon number and a mobile coupon guide letter may be output through a screen of the mobile terminal. In addition, in the case of a mobile coupon for WAP, as shown in the first screen of FIG. 9 (c), only the mobile coupon title may be output through the screen of the mobile terminal. As a second or third screen, a mobile coupon image, a mobile coupon number, a mobile coupon guide letter, etc. may be output through the screen of the mobile terminal as in the second or third screen.

The customer who receives the mobile coupon through the mobile coupon receiving process 208 as described above may use the mobile coupon by visiting the store directly, calling the store, or using the mobile coupon through the employee who visited the customer. It may be provided (210).

As a first method, a customer visits a branch and uses a mobile coupon as follows. That is, a customer who receives any one of the mobile coupons as shown in FIG. 9 visits the department store directly and presents the mobile coupon displayed on the mobile terminal to the staff of the department store. At this time, the employee of the department store is connected to the mobile coupon issuing system using a sales terminal, and then enters the mobile coupon number presented by the customer on the mobile coupon number confirmation screen as shown in FIG. The controller of the mobile coupon issuing system that has received the mobile coupon number determines whether the mobile coupon number exists among the mobile coupons issued using the department store as an issuer and whether the mobile coupon number has already been used. If it is determined that the use is possible, the control unit transmits the mobile terminal number where the mobile coupon is issued to the mobile terminal together with a message that the use is possible. When the employee of the department store confirming the message through the sales terminal, the employee of the department store pays a free gift (high-end perfume) as shown in FIG. 9 if the number of the mobile terminal presented by the customer and the mobile terminal identified through the sales terminal is the same. On the other hand, by selecting the OK button to provide the mobile coupon issuing system that the mobile coupon has been used, the control unit is to store in the storage that the use of the mobile coupon is complete. On the other hand, if it is determined that the use is not possible, for example, the mobile coupon number that has not been sent, or the issued mobile coupon number and the customer's mobile terminal number does not match, or the mobile coupon number that has already been given a free gift, The control unit outputs the mobile terminal unavailable message as described above with the sales terminal, and thus, the employee of the sales office may stop the presentation of a gift for the mobile coupon. Meanwhile, in the above, when the controller outputs the mobile terminal number on which the mobile coupon is issued, it is explained that the employee determines whether the mobile terminal number presented by the customer and the output mobile terminal number match, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, in the present invention, when a salesperson directly inputs a mobile coupon number and a mobile terminal number presented by a customer, the controller determines whether the mobile terminal number previously stored for the mobile coupon number matches the inputted mobile terminal. It may be configured to determine. This method is equally applicable to the two methods described below.

As a second method, a customer calls a branch to redeem a mobile coupon. At this time, if it is assumed that the mobile coupon as shown in Figure 9 is a mobile coupon provided by a mobile coupon provider operating a pizza chain, the customer visits the pizza place directly by ordering the pizza as in the first method, the mobile coupon You will be provided with a free gift or discount service, but you can also receive a free gift provided by the mobile coupon by ordering a pizza from the phone at home. That is, in the second method, an employee of a sales office making a phone call with a customer may display a mobile coupon number, a mobile terminal number, etc. received by the customer as mentioned in the first method over the phone as shown in FIG. 10. In the meantime, the pizza price is discounted according to the result, or a contract is paid to give a gift such as cola, and the pizza is delivered after the payment is made.

As a third method, a customer uses a mobile coupon through an employee who visits the customer. At this time, assuming that the mobile coupon as shown in Figure 9 is a mobile coupon provided by a mobile coupon provider operating a pizza chain, the customer visits the pizza place directly as in the first method to order a pizza, or the second As in the method, a mobile coupon can be used at the same time as calling a pizza place to order a pizza, but the mobile coupon can also be used by presenting a mobile coupon to a store employee who uses a telephone at home to deliver the pizza. That is, in the third method, the employee of the sales office who comes to the delivery receives the customer's mobile terminal and accesses the mobile coupon issuing system using the mobile coupon. In this case, in the case of the MMS mobile coupon or the SMS mobile coupon, the mobile coupon issuing system is accessed using the wireless Internet information (wireless Internet URL, that is, URL callback) matched with the mobile coupon as described above. When there is such an access request, the mobile coupon issuing system requests at least one of an ID or a password of a mobile coupon provider, and a branch employee inputs information for logging in to a mobile terminal of a customer. If the information for the login matches the information of the registered mobile provider or sales office, the control unit uses the mobile coupon number or the mobile terminal number transmitted from the mobile terminal of the customer with the request to perform the mobile as in the first method. The availability of the coupon is determined. If it is determined that the information is available, the information is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the branch staff who confirms the above information ends the delivery by discounting the pizza price or paying a gift such as cola.

Through the processes 202 to 210 as described above, the mobile coupon provider may issue a mobile coupon so that the customer may easily use it. On the other hand, mobile coupon providers are not satisfied with simply issuing mobile coupons, how many mobile coupons have been issued, how many mobile coupons have been used by customers, and which customers have mainly used mobile coupons. You want to monitor usage status for mobile coupons, such as information. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for a mobile coupon provider to monitor a usage state for a mobile coupon (212).

First, a user of a mobile coupon issuing company or a user of a branch may use the statistical status as shown in FIG. 12 to issue the number of mobile coupons issued, the type of mobile coupons issued, whether the mobile coupons are transmitted to customers, and for each branch. Information regarding the issuance history of the mobile coupon and the usage history of the mobile coupon can be viewed. That is, the controller of the mobile coupon issuing system, when the request for the monitoring information is transmitted from the company terminal or the sales terminal, to provide the information as described above using the mobile coupon issuing information stored in the storage unit do. In the table shown in (a) of FIG. 12, the transmission segment indicates the type of mobile coupon (MMS, SMS, WAP), and the transmission indicates the total number of mobile coupons issued by the mobile coupon provider, and the transmission failure or transmission is performed. Success refers to whether a mobile coupon has been substantially sent to the mobile terminal. In addition, if the mobile coupon provider owns the branch, that is, in the above example, one department store has multiple branches, the user of the main store (mobile coupon provider) or the user of the branch store (b) Through the table shown in), it is possible to check the number of mobile coupons issued for each branch (branch). On the other hand, the present invention, if the mobile coupon provider and the branch is operated by different users, that is, when the main store and the branch, such as department stores, by providing login information to each branch as well as the mobile coupon provider, Users of the branch can issue mobile coupons individually, and can monitor the usage status of mobile coupons individually. At this time, the mobile coupon issuing system, by providing a single ID to the mobile coupon provider as a login information, each store is given an individual password, integrated management of all branches and headquarters belonging to one mobile coupon provider can do.

Secondly, a user of a mobile issuing company or a user of a branch office may store detailed information (name, mobile terminal number, etc.) of a customer who has received a mobile coupon using the mobile coupon detailed list as shown in FIG. Mobile coupon details such as mobile coupon number for each customer, whether the mobile coupon is used, and the date and time of use of the mobile coupon can be monitored. In this case, the user may search for the mobile coupon by the day / month / period setting, or may search for the mobile coupon number and the mobile terminal number. In addition, when the mobile coupon is used, the control unit may output the name of a branch (branch) in which the mobile coupon is used in the list as shown in FIG. 13. Meanwhile, the mobile coupon detailed information as described above may be used when searching for the mobile coupon in the mobile coupon use process 210. That is, according to the present invention, a separate ID may be issued for each branch (branch) in order to check whether the mobile coupon is used. Therefore, it is possible to check at which branch (branch) the mobile coupon is used, and thus, a mobile coupon provider Can make customer analysis more efficient.

According to the present invention as described above, the user can not only provide the mobile coupon to the customer more easily, but also can easily monitor the use state of the mobile coupon, and the customer can use the mobile coupon in various ways.

Hereinafter, the present invention as described above will be briefly described once again.

That is, the present invention is a method of providing a mobile coupon using a message service, a company (mobile coupon provider) that wants to provide a mobile coupon registered on a specific website (website operated by the mobile coupon issuing system) Afterwards, if you send a message to MMS, SMS, or WAP, such as providing a free gift to send to the members (customers) of the company in the mobile coupon transmission page (Fig. 3 to 7 to 8) in the website of the message content At the end, a series of designated mobile coupon numbers are automatically generated and sent to the member's mobile terminal.

At this time, when the event name, coupon use period, free gifts, etc. for the purpose of the mobile coupon to be transmitted are entered in the transmission web page, the user of the mobile coupon provider, the user of the branch or a customer can easily use the mobile coupon when the mobile coupon is received. It becomes known.

When a member (customer) who receives a mobile coupon visits the store (store) of the company that sent the mobile coupon or calls the mobile coupon number over the phone, the employee of the store (store) must enter the mobile coupon number on the website. At this time, the mobile terminal number (mobile phone number) of the member (customer) is automatically displayed on the mobile coupon confirmation page (Fig. 10). Afterwards, the store staff checks the mobile terminal number of the customer who presented the mobile coupon, checks whether the target person is correct, pays a free gift, and presses the confirmation button, and the member of the mobile coupon number automatically when and at which store (store) Receipt of the free gift is stored in the storage unit, and the user can confirm it through the screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. Meanwhile, when the employee visits the customer directly and accesses the mobile coupon sending system through the wireless communication network using the customer's mobile terminal, the mobile terminal number is output through the screen of the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. The mobile terminal number of the customer may be requested and confirmed. When the mobile terminal number of the customer is confirmed, the employee may select the mobile coupon use confirmation, and the mobile coupon of the customer may be used and stored in the mobile coupon issuing system.

That is, the mobile coupon provider that has transmitted the mobile coupon can accurately know whether the mobile coupon is transmitted to the customer through the screen shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

On the other hand, as described above, in the company that sells chicken, pizza, etc. that do not need to visit the store, if the customer who received the mobile coupon calls the store (store) that issued the mobile coupon and informs the received mobile coupon number, The store may enter the mobile coupon number on the mobile coupon confirmation page, check the mobile terminal number of the caller, and apply the mobile coupon contents such as a discount.

In addition, when an employee who visits a store (a branch) or a customer who does not use the Internet wants to check the mobile coupon, as described above, the customer uses the wireless Internet information (URL callback) of the message including the mobile coupon. The mobile coupon issuing system may be accessed through the mobile terminal of the mobile terminal. In this case, the employee may receive the mobile coupon by inputting the password of the branch on the wireless Internet page of the mobile coupon presented by the customer and confirming the customer's mobile terminal number.

That is, the present invention as described above, the problem of the SMS and MMS that is used as a conventional mobile coupon, for example, can not know exactly whether the receipt of the gifts of the members and the function to deliver to others when receiving the mobile coupon and Problems such as duplicate use can be solved, and a complicated procedure of a mobile coupon providing method using a barcode system currently used can be omitted.

In addition, the present invention can check the use of the event, the period of use, gifts for mobile coupons, etc., just by confirming the presented mobile coupon number, so that employees of the branch can easily and conveniently handle the mobile coupon.

In addition, the present invention can immediately know the customer's mobile terminal number, event name, event period, gift giveaways, etc. just by confirming the mobile coupon number of the customer can improve the work efficiency of the employee and at the same time proceed several mobile coupon event You can do that.

In addition, the present invention can be generated for each store (by store) ID, it is possible to confirm the exact use and use of the transmitted mobile coupon, and therefore, the user of the mobile coupon provider (main store) or branch (branch) It can be used to accurately analyze the effect of the event, it is excellent as a marketing material.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification, but should be defined by the claims.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile service system to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a mobile coupon providing method according to the present invention.

3 to 13 are exemplary views of various screens applied to the mobile coupon providing method according to the present invention.

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10: company terminal 20: mobile coupon issuance system

30: mobile terminal 40: branch terminal

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A control unit of a mobile coupon issuing system, receiving a mobile coupon issuance request from a company terminal of a mobile coupon provider registered as a member in the mobile coupon issuing system, generating a mobile coupon, and storing information on the mobile coupon; Transmitting, by the controller, a mobile coupon generated according to the request to a mobile terminal of a customer selected by the user; And When the use request for a mobile coupon is received through a wireless communication network or a wired communication network, the controller determines whether the received mobile coupon is a usable mobile coupon using the stored information and then transmits the result. Mobile coupon providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Generating and storing the mobile coupon, Receiving, by the controller, a mobile coupon issuance request from the company terminal; If there is a request for selection of one of the mobile coupon for multimedia message (MMS), the mobile coupon for short message (SMS), and the mobile coupon for WAP from the terminal, the control unit issues a selected type of mobile coupon. Transmitting information for the business terminal; And And generating, by the controller, a mobile coupon according to the information for issuing the mobile coupon, and storing the information about the mobile coupon. The method of claim 2, The step of transmitting to the mobile terminal, If the mobile coupon is a mobile coupon for a multimedia message, the control unit generates a mobile coupon number along with the mobile coupon image transmitted from the company terminal to transmit the mobile coupon to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, The step of transmitting to the mobile terminal, If the mobile coupon is a mobile coupon for a short message, the control unit provides a mobile coupon, characterized in that for generating a mobile coupon number with a message sent from the company terminal to transmit to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, The step of transmitting to the mobile terminal, When the mobile coupon is a mobile coupon for WAP (WAP), the controller provides wireless internet information that can be connected to the mobile coupon issuing system through the mobile terminal together with a mobile coupon guide title transmitted from the company terminal. Mobile coupon providing method characterized in that the transmission to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, Sending a result for the use request, Receiving an inquiry request for a mobile coupon and a mobile coupon number through a wired communication network from a branch terminal used at a branch corresponding to the branch of the terminal or the mobile coupon provider; Determining, by the controller, whether the mobile coupon number is available using the stored information; As a result of the determination, if it is not available, transmitting information indicating that it is not available; If it is determined that the result is available, the control unit extracts the mobile terminal number to which the mobile coupon has been transmitted, and transmits the extracted mobile terminal number together with information indicating that the mobile terminal number is usable; And And when the mobile coupon use confirmation information is received from the mobile terminal, storing, by the controller, that the mobile coupon is used. The method of claim 2, Sending a result for the use request, Receiving an inquiry request for a mobile coupon and a mobile coupon number from a mobile terminal through a wireless communication network; Determining, by the controller, whether the mobile coupon number is available using the stored information; As a result of the determination, if it is not available, transmitting information indicating that it is not available; If it is determined that the result is available, the control unit extracts the mobile terminal number to which the mobile coupon has been transmitted, and transmits the extracted mobile terminal number together with information indicating that the mobile terminal number is usable; And And when the mobile coupon use confirmation information is received from the mobile terminal, storing, by the controller, that the mobile coupon is used. The method of claim 1, When a request for viewing the usage status of the mobile coupon is received from the sales terminal used at the business terminal corresponding to the branch of the business terminal or the mobile coupon provider, the terminal extracts information on the usage status of the mobile coupon. Mobile coupon delivery method to send to.
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