KR20120045547A - System and method for providing traffic information for using of shop - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for providing traffic information using a member store and a method thereof are provided to select a recommended member store based on customer attracting information or customer evaluation points offered by member stores to attract customers, and transmit the information of selected member store information to a user terminal. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(100) receives recommended member store information. The user terminal requests travel information on how to get to a member store from a service device(200). The service device extracts member stores and receives customer attracting information of each member store from the extracted member stores. The service device selects a recommended member store based on the customer attracting information.

Description

System and Method for Providing Traffic Information for Using Merchants

The present invention relates to a traffic information providing system and method for using a merchant, and more particularly, when the service device receives a merchant information request signal from a user terminal, the merchant handling the consumer goods near the current location of the user. Extract, request and receive customer attraction information to each affiliated terminal of the extracted affiliated stores, select recommended affiliated stores based on the customer attraction information, and transmit recommended affiliated store information to the user terminal, and from the user terminal. In response to the traffic information request of the traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store is transmitted to the traffic information providing apparatus to receive the traffic information, using the merchant to provide the traffic information to the user terminal It relates to a traffic information providing system and method.

In modern society, not only primary industries such as agriculture and fisheries or secondary industries such as manufacturing industries, but also service industries such as culture, leisure and food service using the human brain are in the spotlight.

Moreover, since human diet is the most basic and essential element of human survival, there have been many developments and changes in the diet in modern times.

In general, service industries, such as catering, develop mainly in communities or by industry. As a result, many restaurant operators have devised a variety of ways to attract customers to survive the fierce competition.

For example, there are means for distributing discount coupons free to customers who use their own restaurants or ordering food for free to customers who visit a predetermined number of times by providing mileage coupons.

Such means are not limited to the catering business, but are used in various ways from the point of view of a store owner who wants to sell clothing and other goods.

Also, in recent years, according to the development of communication technology, merchants related to the current location of the terminal transmit discount coupons, etc., to the customer terminal based on the current position of the terminal, and the user of the terminal uses the received discount coupon. By visiting the affiliated store and presenting a discount coupon sent to the user's terminal to the affiliated store can obtain a discount.

In the case of a customer who is going to visit a merchant, competitively attracting information of a merchant that provides discount events or free services that meets the customer's current conditions (current location, distance traveled, number of people, visit time, discount conditions, etc.) Acquire in real time to select a better merchant.

However, even if the user selects a better affiliate store, it is not easy to arrive at the affiliate store on time at a time when traffic is heavy, such as leaving time.

In addition, even if you select a merchant, there are many disadvantages that do not know the way to go to the merchant.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to extract the merchants handling the consumption items in the vicinity of the current location of the user in accordance with the user's merchant information request, the extracted merchants to the customer By selecting recommended merchants based on customer attraction information or customer evaluation scores, etc., provided to attract users to the user's terminal, the user can easily select the merchants to visit or a large number of locations near the user's location. To provide a traffic information providing system and method for using an affiliate store that can recommend the optimal affiliate store among the affiliated stores.

Another object of the present invention is a system and method for providing a traffic information for using a merchant that can provide traffic information based on a user's current location as well as various transportation means, shortest distance, etc. from the user's current location to the target merchant. To provide.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a traffic information providing system and method for using a merchant that can provide place information for a next course and traffic information to go to the place after finishing the business at the affiliated store.

According to an aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above object, by sending a merchant information request signal including a consumption item to the service device to receive the recommended merchant information, the traffic information from the recommended merchant information to the merchant selected by the user When the user terminal requesting and receiving the service device, and the affiliated store information request signal is received from the user terminal, extracting the affiliated stores handling the consumer goods near the current location of the user, and each affiliated store of the extracted affiliated stores After requesting and receiving the customer attraction information from the terminal, the recommended affiliate store is selected based on the customer attraction information, and the recommended affiliate store information is transmitted to the user terminal. Traffic information request including the location of the selected affiliated store A service device for receiving a traffic information by transmitting a call to a traffic information providing device and providing the traffic information to the user terminal, and a customer including merchant information, a price, and a discount according to a request for customer attraction information from the service device. An affiliated store terminal transmitting the attract information to the service device, and a traffic information providing device collecting and providing traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliated store location when the traffic information request signal is received from the service device; Provided is a traffic information providing system for using an affiliated store.

The traffic information providing system for using the affiliated store may further include an LBS device that detects a current location of the user terminal and provides the same to the service device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when a merchant interface request signal including a consumption item is received from a user terminal through a communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network, a database storing merchant information, and a user interface, the user A merchant extracting unit for extracting merchants handling the consumer goods in the vicinity of the current location, requesting and receiving customer attraction information to each merchant terminal of the extracted merchants to select a recommended merchant based on the customer attraction information, and recommend A recommendation affiliate selection unit for transmitting affiliate store information to the user terminal through the communication interface unit, and when the traffic information is requested from the user terminal to the affiliate store selected by the user, the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliate store; Traffic information request signal Receiving traffic information and transmits it to the traffic information providing device, the service device including a traffic information request and receiving unit for providing the traffic information to the user terminal is provided.

When the service completion signal is received from the affiliated store terminal through the communication interface unit, the service device provides a next course selection screen to the user terminal to extract a place corresponding to the course selected by the user, and the extracted places The apparatus may further include a next course information providing unit configured to provide a user's terminal with a place selection screen for selecting a desired place.

The service device may further include a road guide information providing unit configured to monitor the current location of the user in real time and provide road guide information to a destination.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit may determine the current location of the user terminal through an LBS device or receive information about the current location from the user terminal to determine the current location of the user terminal.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit selects a recommendation affiliate based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on a score of the recommendation selection criteria item, and the recommendation selection criteria item includes a price, a discount content, a cumulative number of recommendations, and a visit welcome time. .

The customer attraction information includes affiliated store information, price, discount contents, event event.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a database storing traffic information, a communication interface for performing communication through a communication network, the current location of the user from the service device or the user terminal through the communication interface and the location of the target merchant Traffic information collecting unit for collecting traffic information from the current location of the user to the target merchant location, the traffic information providing unit for providing the collected traffic information to the user terminal when the traffic information request signal is received; A provision apparatus is provided.

The traffic information request signal includes a current location of a user, a location of a target affiliate store, and a condition for providing traffic information, and the condition for providing traffic information includes at least one of a train, a city bus, an intercity bus, a highway bus, a car, a taxi, and an airplane. It includes traffic information by means of transportation, including traffic information by the shortest distance.

The traffic information collecting unit collects traffic information that takes the shortest time by collecting traffic conditions from the current location to the target affiliate store location or collects traffic information by each means of transportation.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a communication interface for performing a communication through a communication network, a database storing merchant information and traffic information including customer attraction information, traffic information to collect traffic information in real time and store in the database Collecting unit, the merchant information collection unit periodically collects and stores the merchant information in the database, the output unit for outputting the information or traffic information of the recommended merchant, merchant recommendation request command or traffic information request command including the consumption items from the user An input unit which receives an input, a position estimating unit estimating a current position when an affiliate store recommendation request command is input through the input unit, and a merchant extracting unit which searches the database and extracts merchants handling the consumer goods in the vicinity of the estimated position; , High of the extracted merchants Selecting a recommendation merchant based on the attract information, and the traffic information to the affiliated merchant selected by the user from the recommended affiliated store selection unit, the recommended affiliated store outputted through the output unit to output the information of the selected recommended affiliated store through the output unit A user including a traffic information extracting unit for searching the database to extract traffic information from the estimated current location to the selected affiliated store location and outputting the extracted traffic information through the output unit when a request command is input; A terminal is provided.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit selects a recommendation affiliate based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on a score of the recommendation selection criteria item, and the recommendation selection criteria item includes a price, a discount content, a cumulative number of recommendations, and a visit welcome time. .

The traffic information extracting unit extracts traffic information that takes the shortest time from the current location to the selected affiliate store location or traffic information by each transportation means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when the service device receives the merchant information request signal from the user terminal, extracting the merchants handling the consumer goods in the vicinity of the current location of the user, and each merchant terminal of the extracted merchants Requesting customer attraction information to each of the merchant terminals, transmitting customer attraction information including affiliated store information, price, and discount information to the service device according to the request of the customer attraction information to the service device; Selecting a recommended affiliate store based on the customer attraction information of the user and transmitting the recommended affiliate store information to the user terminal; requesting the service device for the traffic information from the recommended affiliate store information to the affiliate store selected by the user; Traffic from the user terminal by the service apparatus Transmitting a traffic information request signal including a current location of the user and a location of the selected affiliated store to the traffic information providing device according to the information request, wherein the traffic information providing device transmits traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliated store location; Collecting and providing the service device to the service device, the service device provides a traffic information providing method for using the affiliated store comprising the step of transmitting the traffic information from the traffic information providing device to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the method for the service device to provide traffic information for using the merchant, when the merchant information request signal is received from the user terminal, handling the consumer goods near the current location of the user Extracting affiliated stores, requesting and receiving customer attraction information from each affiliated store terminal of the extracted affiliated stores, selecting recommended affiliated stores based on customer attraction information from each affiliated store terminal, and transmitting recommended affiliated store information to the user terminal; And when the traffic information is requested from the user terminal to the selected affiliate store among the recommended affiliate store information, transmitting a traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliate store to the traffic information providing apparatus. Receiving traffic information from the traffic information providing apparatus; The traffic information providing method for use of the merchant, including the step of providing to the user terminal is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing traffic information for use of an affiliated store by a traffic information providing apparatus, when a traffic information request signal including a current location of a user and a location of a target affiliated store is received from a service device; Collecting traffic information from the current location of the user to a target affiliate store location; transmitting a traffic information condition selection screen for selecting a desired traffic information condition from the collected traffic information to the corresponding user terminal through the service device; And providing traffic information according to a condition selected by the user through the traffic information condition selection screen to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing traffic information for use of an affiliated store by a user terminal, (a) when the affiliated store information request command including consumption items is input by a user, estimating a current location; Step (b) Searching the stored database to extract merchants handling the consumer goods from among the merchants within a predetermined range from the estimated location, (c) Recommended merchants based on the customer attraction information of the extracted merchants Selecting and outputting (d) if a traffic information request command to the affiliated store selected by the user is input from the outputted recommended affiliated store information, searching the database to search the database from the estimated current location to the selected affiliated store location. Extracting traffic information; and (e) affiliated with outputting the extracted traffic information. The traffic information providing method for use is provided.

The traffic information providing method for using the affiliated store may include traffic information transmitted from a traffic information providing server storing traffic information or transmitted through a TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group) system of a broadcasting network before step (a). The method may further include collecting geographic information transmitted from a GPS satellite to collect graphic traffic information and storing the graphic traffic information in the database.

In addition, the method for providing traffic information for using the affiliated store, before the step (a), periodically receives the affiliated store information directly from each affiliated store terminal or receives the stored store information from the service device in which the stored store information is stored in the database. It may further include.

The step (e) is a step of outputting a traffic information provision condition selection screen for selecting a traffic information provision condition from the extracted traffic information, traffic corresponding to the condition selected by the user through the traffic information provision condition selection screen Outputting the information.

The traffic information providing condition selection screen displays a traffic information selection menu by means of transportation including at least one of a train, a bus, a car, and a taxi, and a traffic information selection menu by the shortest distance, and according to a condition selected by the user. It outputs traffic information that takes the shortest time or traffic information by each means of transportation.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when a merchant information request signal including a consumption item is received from a user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near the current location of the user, and each of the extracted merchants A service device for transmitting a customer attraction information request signal including a user terminal number to an affiliated store terminal, and when the customer attraction information request signal is received from the service device, customer attraction information including affiliate store location, affiliate store information, price, and discount contents. Selects and outputs a plurality of affiliated terminals each transmitting the user terminal number to the user terminal number and recommending affiliated stores based on customer attraction information from the plurality of affiliated terminal terminals, and transmits traffic information to the affiliated stores selected by the user from the outputted recommended affiliated stores; Send the requested traffic information request signal to the traffic information provision device When the traffic information request signal is received from the user terminal, the user terminal receiving the traffic information by checking the current location and the merchant location included in the traffic information request signal, the traffic from the confirmed current location to the merchant location Provided is a traffic information providing system for using a merchant including a traffic information providing device for collecting information provided to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network, an output unit for outputting the information or traffic information of the recommended merchant, merchant information request command or traffic information request command including consumption items from the user When the merchant information request command is input through the input unit receiving the input unit, the merchant information request signal including the consumption item is transmitted to the service device through the communication interface unit to receive customer attraction information from corresponding merchant terminals, respectively. Merchants selected by the user from among the affiliated merchant information request unit to receive a recommendation merchant selected by the user based on the customer attraction information from the merchant terminal and output through the output unit, the recommended merchants output through the output unit Traffic information request order to enter If the user terminal comprising a traffic information request and receiving unit for transmitting traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store through the communication interface to the traffic information providing apparatus to receive traffic information; Is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when the service device receives a merchant information request signal containing a consumption item from the user terminal, extracts the merchants handling the consumer goods near the current location of the user, and the extracted Requesting customer attraction information to each affiliated store terminal of affiliated stores, wherein each affiliated store terminal acquires customer attraction information including affiliated store location, affiliated store information, price, and discount contents according to a request for customer attraction information from the service device; Transmitting to the terminal, the user terminal selects and outputs the recommended affiliated store based on the customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal, the traffic information requesting the traffic information to the affiliated store selected by the user from the output recommended affiliated stores Transmitting the request signal to a traffic information providing apparatus, the traffic information When the factory receives the traffic information request signal, the current location and the affiliated store location included in the traffic information request signal are checked, and the traffic information from the checked current location to the affiliated store location is collected and provided to the user terminal. Provided is a traffic information providing method for using a merchant including a step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for a user terminal to receive traffic information for use of an affiliated store, when an affiliated store information request command including a consumption item is input by a user, an affiliated store including the consumption item Transmitting an information request signal to a service device to receive customer attraction information from corresponding affiliated store terminals, selecting and outputting a recommended affiliate store based on the customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals; When a traffic information request command is input from the recommended affiliated stores to the affiliated stores selected by the user, the affiliated store location is extracted from the customer attraction information, and the traffic information request signal including the extracted affiliated store location and the current location of the user is extracted. Transmitting to the traffic information providing apparatus, from the traffic information providing apparatus The traffic information providing method for use of a merchant is provided that includes receiving and outputting the call information.

According to the present invention as described above, according to the user's merchant information request, extract the merchants handling the consumption items in the vicinity of the current location of the user, and use the discount or mileage provided by the extracted merchants to attract customers By selecting recommended franchisees based on customer attraction information or customer evaluation scores and providing them to the user terminal, the user can easily select the franchisees to visit or recommend the best franchisees among a number of franchisees near the user's location. have.

In addition, it is possible to provide traffic information based on various means of transportation, shortest distance, etc., from the current location of the user to the target affiliate store, as well as recommending the affiliate store based on the current location of the user.

In addition, the user can easily find and use a merchant that can accommodate people with the user at the current location. Thus, the user does not have to look for merchants that can accommodate people who accompany him.

In addition, the merchant can secure more acceptable customers even in the situation currently being used by customers can provide the service to customers more conveniently and quickly.

In addition, the user can easily determine the merchant to visit by being provided with live customer attraction information on the site.

In addition, it is possible to receive a recommendation of the optimal merchant among the various merchants around, so that customers can comfortably consume.

In addition, after finishing the business at the merchant, it is possible to provide information on the place for the next course and traffic information to go to the place.

1 is a view showing a traffic information providing system for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a traffic information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a traffic information providing method for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing traffic information by the traffic information providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a user terminal capable of providing traffic information for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing traffic information for use of an affiliated store by a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view showing a traffic information providing method for using an affiliated store according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a user terminal described in FIG. 8. FIG.

The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

Merchants described below refers to franchisees handling consumer items such as restaurants, department stores, clothing stores, bookstores.

1 is a view showing a traffic information providing system for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a traffic information providing system for using an affiliate store includes a user terminal 100, a service device 200, an LBS device 300, an affiliated store terminal 400, and a traffic information providing device 500.

The user terminal 100 receives the affiliated store information request signal including the consumption item through the communication network to the service device 200 to receive the recommended affiliated store information, and transmits the traffic information from the recommended affiliated store information to the affiliated store selected by the user. Request and receive the service device 200.

That is, when the user inputs the number of visits, the scheduled time of visit, the consumption item, etc. through the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 generates a merchant information request signal including the input information to generate the service device ( 200).

In addition, the user terminal 100 requests the service device 200 to reserve a merchant selected by the user from among the recommended affiliate stores provided by the service device 200.

Here, the user terminal 100 is a mobile terminal for communicating through a mobile communication network, such as a smart phone, PDA, a wired terminal for communicating via a wired communication network, a terminal for communicating through a local area wireless communication network, PAN (personal) terminal for performing communication through an area network).

In addition, the communication network interconnects the user terminal 100, the service device 200, the affiliated store terminal 400, the LBS device 300, and the traffic information providing device 500.

When the affiliated store information request signal is received from the user terminal 100, the service device 200 extracts affiliated stores that handle the consumption item in the vicinity of the current location of the corresponding user, and extracts each affiliated store terminal of the extracted affiliated stores. After requesting and receiving the customer attraction information, the recommended affiliate store is selected based on the customer attraction information, and the recommended affiliate store information is transmitted to the user terminal 100.

In addition, when the traffic information from the user terminal 100 is requested, the service device 200 transmits a traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store to the traffic information providing device 500. Transmits and receives traffic information, and provides the traffic information to the user terminal 100.

In addition, the service device 200 determines that the user has completed the business at the merchant when the payment completion signal is received from the affiliated store terminal 400, a place for the next course, for example, a drive or a place to drink tea. Extract it and provide it to the user terminal 100.

In addition, the service device 200 monitors a user's current location in real time and provides road guidance information to a destination.

A detailed description of the service device 200 performing the above role will be given with reference to FIG. 2.

The LBS device 300 detects the current location of the user terminal 100 that requested the affiliated store information and notifies the service device 200 of this.

When the customer attraction information is requested from the service device 200, the affiliated store terminal 400 transmits customer attraction information including the affiliated store information, price, and discount information to the service device 200. Here, the affiliated store information includes a trade name, a phone number, a location, and the like.

In addition, the affiliated store terminal 400 has an application program for communicating with the service device 200 is installed, for example, a customer attraction information request message is displayed from the service device 200 in the form of a pop-up, a pop-up window Through customer input information can be entered. The affiliated store terminal 400 includes a PC, a POS terminal, and the like.

When the traffic information request signal is received from the service device 200, the traffic information providing apparatus 500 collects traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliate store location and provides the service information to the service device 200. The traffic information request signal includes a user terminal number, a user's current location, an affiliated store location, and the like.

The traffic information refers to traffic information by public transportation means such as city buses, intercity buses, express buses, taxis, subways, railways, traffic information by optimal route, traffic information when using a car, and the like. , A video, an image, etc., are provided to the user terminal.

In addition, the traffic information may include a driving route and surrounding map data.

Looking at how the traffic information providing apparatus 500 collects the traffic information, the traffic information providing apparatus 500 is traffic information through an image or video taken by a camera, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) installed on the road Will be collected.

Alternatively, the traffic information providing apparatus 500 receives information such as a travel time, a travel distance, and the like for a road section while the mobile vehicle travels on a road from a terminal installed in a mobile body such as a taxi, a bus, or a car, and receives the received information. You can also collect traffic information on each road using.

Alternatively, the traffic information providing apparatus 500 may collect traffic information by calculating a speed using the time when a specific vehicle moves on a predetermined road section.

The traffic information providing apparatus 500 may collect traffic information in various ways in addition to the above-described method, but only a few representative examples have been described.

The traffic information providing apparatus 500 may directly provide traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliate store location to the user terminal number included in the traffic information request signal.

A detailed description of the traffic information providing apparatus 500 performing the above role will be given with reference to FIG. 3.

In the above, the service device 200 selects the recommended affiliate store, and serves to provide an interface between the user terminal 100 and the affiliated store terminal 400 and the user terminal 100 and the traffic information providing device 500. Although described, the user terminal 100 directly receives customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal 400 to select a recommended affiliated store, and may request and receive traffic information from the traffic information providing apparatus 500.

A detailed description of the above operation will be made with reference to FIG. 8.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the service device 200 includes a communication interface 202, a database 204, a merchant extractor 206, a recommendation merchant selector 208, and a traffic information request and receiver 210. .

The communication interface unit 202 communicates with a user terminal, an affiliated store terminal, a traffic information providing device, and an LBS device through a communication network.

The database 204 includes an affiliated store DB for storing and managing affiliate store information such as a location, an industry type, a menu, an affiliate store owner contact number, and a map DB for storing and managing a map for a specific region.

The merchant extracting unit 206 extracts merchants handling the consumer items near the current location of the user when the affiliate store information request signal including the consumption item is received from the user terminal through the communication interface unit 202. do.

That is, when the affiliated store recommendation request signal is received from the user terminal, the affiliated store extractor 206 detects the current location of the user terminal through an LBS device or receives information about the current location from the user terminal. Know your current location. Then, the affiliated store extracting unit 206 extracts affiliated stores within a predetermined radius of the identified location using the affiliated store locations stored in the database 204, and stores affiliated stores that handle the consumption items among the extracted affiliated stores. Extracted from the database 204.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit 208 requests and receives customer attraction information from each affiliated store terminal of the affiliated stores extracted by the affiliate store extraction unit 206, selects a recommended affiliate store based on the customer attraction information, and selects the selected recommendation. The recommended merchant information including the customer attraction information of the affiliated store is transmitted to the user terminal through the communication interface 202. The customer attraction information includes affiliated store information, price, discount contents, event event, and the recommended affiliated store information includes affiliated store information, rank of affiliated stores, number of users, price, discounted contents, and the like.

That is, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 208 selects a predetermined number of affiliate stores as recommended affiliate stores by ranking the affiliate stores based on the extracted customer attraction information of the affiliated stores. In this case, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 208 selects a recommendation affiliate based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on the score of the recommendation selection criteria item. Here, the recommendation selection criteria items may include a price, a discount amount or a discount rate, a cumulative recommendation number, and the like, and may refer to a visit welcome time.

For example, we add a rank to each item and add all the median values by multiplying the rank by the weight (2 for the price, 4 for the discount or discount rate, 3 for the cumulative number of recommendations, 1 for the eligible time, etc.). The total score, and select the top 1 or the top 1-5 points for the total score.

With respect to the affiliated shops selected by the affiliated shops or customers, the recommended number of accumulated stores up to the present day of the day is accumulated for the selection of the affiliated stores.

When the traffic information request and reception unit 210 requests traffic information from the user terminal to the affiliated store selected by the user, the traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store is provided. Receives traffic information by transmitting to the traffic information, and provides the traffic information to the user terminal.

That is, when the traffic information request and reception unit 210 requests traffic information from the user terminal, the traffic information request and reception unit 210 searches the database 204 to confirm the location of the selected affiliated store, and the location of the identified affiliated store and the user's current location. The traffic information request signal including the location is transmitted to the traffic information providing apparatus to receive the traffic information.

The service device 200 configured as described above provides a next course selection screen to the user terminal when the payment completion signal is received from the affiliated store terminal through the communication interface unit 202 corresponding to the course selected by the user. The apparatus may further include a next course information providing unit 212 for extracting a place and providing a place selection screen to the user terminal to select a desired place among the extracted places.

That is, when the payment completion signal is received from the affiliated store terminal, the next course information providing unit 212 determines that the user has completed the business at the affiliated store, and displays a next course selection screen for selecting the next course to the user terminal. to provide. The next course selection screen includes a menu such as no next course, drive, and tea drinking. The user selects a desired course through the next course selection screen. Then, the next course information providing unit 212 extracts a place corresponding to the selected course near the current location of the user, and transmits a place selection screen including the extracted place to the user terminal. The user selects a desired place from the places displayed on the place selection screen. In this case, the next course information providing unit 212 receives the traffic information on the selected place from the traffic information providing apparatus to provide to the user terminal.

 In addition, the service device 200 may further include a road guide information providing unit 214 for monitoring the current location of the user in real time and providing road guide information to a destination.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a traffic information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the traffic information providing apparatus 500 may include a communication interface 502 for communicating with a service device, a database 504 in which traffic information is stored, a traffic information collecting unit 508, and a traffic information providing unit ( 510).

The traffic information collecting unit 508 receives the traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the target affiliate store from the service device or the user terminal through the communication interface unit 502, from the current location to the destination. Collect traffic information to the location of the merchant. The traffic information request signal includes a user's current location, destination affiliate store location, user terminal number, traffic information providing condition, and the like, and the traffic information providing condition includes at least one of a city bus, intercity bus, express bus, train, car, and taxi. One means of transportation, including the shortest distance.

Accordingly, the traffic information collecting unit 508 in real time, such as traffic information by the means of transportation, such as city buses, intercity buses, express buses, taxis, subways, railways, current roads, etc. in accordance with the traffic information provision conditions. Collect traffic information that provides the shortest time to the destination by collecting.

That is, the traffic information collection unit 508 is the shortest way to go from the current location to the target merchant and the time required, the method and time required to use public transportation such as city bus, intercity bus, express bus, taxi, subway, railway, etc. For example, if you are driving a car, it collects information such as the road guidance and the time required to go to the shortest time, the road guidance and the time required to drive to the destination merchant.

For example, when the traffic information providing condition is a city bus, the traffic information collecting unit 508 may determine the location of the bus stop closest to the current location, a bus route to reach the target merchant from the location, and the arrival time of the bus. Collect information.

Looking in detail at the traffic information collecting unit 508 collects traffic information, the traffic information collecting unit 508 is a traffic through an image or video taken by a camera, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) installed on the road Information will be collected.

Alternatively, the traffic information collecting unit 508 receives information such as a travel time, a travel distance, and the like for a road section while the mobile body travels on a road from a terminal installed in a mobile body such as a taxi, a bus, or a car, and receives the received information. You can also collect traffic information on each road using.

Alternatively, the traffic information collecting unit 508 may collect traffic information by calculating a speed using the time when a specific vehicle moves in a predetermined road section.

The traffic information collecting unit 508 may collect the traffic information in addition to the above-described method, but only a few representative examples have been described.

The traffic information collecting unit 508 may grasp the shortest distance and the required time using the traffic information collected by the above method.

The traffic information provider 510 provides traffic information collected by the traffic information collector 506 according to the traffic information provision condition to the user terminal. In this case, the traffic information provider 510 provides the traffic information to the user terminal in the form of SMS, MMS, video, image, and the like.

For example, when the traffic information providing condition is traffic information based on the shortest distance, the traffic information provider 510 extracts traffic information about the shortest distance from the traffic information collected by the traffic information collector 508. To provide to the user terminal.

4 is a view showing a traffic information providing method for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a user terminal transmits a merchant information request signal including a consumption item to a service device (S400), the service device checks the current location of the corresponding user (S402). That is, the user terminal accesses the service device and transmits a merchant information request signal including the number of people, consumption items, scheduled visit time, and the like. The affiliated store information request signal may be in the form of, for example, 5 people, menu: pork belly, scheduled time of visit: 7:00, and the like. In this case, the user terminal may also select whether it is a simple request or a recommendation request.

The service device, when receiving a merchant information request signal from the user terminal, detects the current location of the user terminal through the LBS device or receives information about the current location from the user terminal to determine the current location of the user terminal. .

When the S402 is performed, the service device extracts the affiliated stores that handle the consumption item from among the affiliated stores within a predetermined range from the identified location (S404).

For example, if the identified location is Gangnam Station and the consumption item is pork belly, the service device extracts merchants handling pork belly from the merchants located near Gangnam Station.

Thereafter, the service device requests customer attraction information from the extracted affiliated store terminal of the affiliated store (S406). In some cases, the customer invitation information request message may be transmitted to the store contact information of the recommended affiliate store. At this time, the number of visitors can also be transmitted. However, the scheduled visit time may not be transmitted.

The affiliated store terminal transmits customer attraction information to the service device (S408). Here, the customer attraction information includes a price, a discount amount or a discount rate, the number of current users, the number of seats remaining, and a welcome time to visit.

Then, the service device selects a recommended affiliate store based on customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal (S410) and transmits the recommended affiliate store information to the user terminal (S412). In this case, the service device may provide the generated recommended affiliate store information to the user terminal in the form of SMS, MMS, video, image, and the like.

In addition, if there are two or more recommended merchants, the service device transmits a list of recommended merchants to the user terminal in the form of SMS, MMS, video, image, etc., and if the user terminal selects any one of the recommended merchant lists, the selected information is selected. Is transmitted to the service device through a URL, and the service device may transmit a selection message to the selected affiliated store.

Then, the user selects a desired affiliate store using the recommended affiliate store information displayed on the user terminal.

If at least one affiliated store is selected by the user from the recommended affiliated store information (S414), the user terminal requests the service device for traffic information to the selected affiliated store (S416). In this case, when the recommended affiliate store is one, the user terminal may automatically request traffic information from the service device.

The service device transmits a traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store to the traffic information providing device (S418).

The traffic information providing apparatus collects traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliate store location (S420) and transmits the traffic information to the user terminal through the service device (S422). A detailed description of how the traffic information providing apparatus collects traffic information will be given with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing traffic information by the traffic information providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a traffic information request signal including a current location of a user and a location of a target affiliate store is received (S500). Collecting traffic information from the current location of the user to the target merchant location (S502). In this case, the traffic information providing apparatus may receive a traffic information request signal including a current location of the user and a location of a target affiliate store from a service device or a user terminal.

The traffic information providing apparatus collects traffic information corresponding to the traffic information provision condition when the traffic information request signal includes the traffic information provision condition.

After performing S502, the traffic information providing apparatus provides the collected traffic information to the user terminal (S504). In this case, the traffic information providing apparatus may transmit the traffic information in the form of a message, a video, an image, a voice, and the like, and the traffic information may include geographic information.

6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a user terminal capable of providing traffic information for using an affiliated store according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a user terminal capable of providing traffic information for using an affiliated store includes a communication interface 602, an input unit 604, an output unit 606, a database 608, for performing communication through a communication network. The merchant information collecting unit 610, traffic information collecting unit 612, location estimation unit 614, merchant extracting unit 616, recommended merchant selection unit 618, traffic information extraction unit 620.

The input unit 604 serves to receive a user command, and receives a merchant recommendation request command and a traffic information request command including consumption items from the user.

The output unit 606 outputs the information of the recommended affiliate store selected by the recommended affiliate store selection unit 618 or the traffic information extracted by the traffic information extracting unit 620 in the form of text, video, audio, and the like.

The database 608 includes a merchant information database 608a storing merchant information including customer attraction information, and a traffic information database 608b storing traffic information collected in real time.

The affiliated store information database 608a stores affiliated store information including a location, a type of business, a menu, a current number of users, and a member store (or affiliated store owner) contact number.

The affiliated store information collection unit 610 periodically collects affiliated store information and stores it in the affiliated store information database 608a. In this case, the affiliated store information collection unit 610 may directly receive affiliated store information from each affiliated store terminal or may receive affiliated store information from a service device in which the stored store information is stored.

The traffic information collecting unit 612 collects traffic information periodically or in real time and stores the traffic information in the traffic information database 608b.

In this case, the traffic information collecting unit 612 receives traffic information from a traffic information providing server in which traffic information is stored or traffic information transmitted through a TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group) system of a broadcasting network and geographic information transmitted from a GPS satellite. Can be matched to collect graphical traffic information.

In addition, the traffic information collecting unit 612 may determine the shortest distance and the required time using the traffic information collected by the above method.

The location estimator 614 estimates a current location when an affiliate store information request command is input through the input unit 604. The location estimating unit 614 may estimate its current location using a GPS or the like, or may receive information about the current location from a user.

The affiliated store extractor 616 searches the database 608 to extract affiliated stores that handle the consumer items in the vicinity of the estimated location. That is, the affiliated store extractor 616 extracts affiliated stores within a predetermined radius of the estimated location using the affiliated store locations stored in the affiliated store information database 608a, and handles the consumed item among the extracted affiliated stores. Merchants are extracted from the merchant information database 608a.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit 618 selects a recommendation affiliate based on the extracted customer attraction information of the affiliated stores, and outputs the information of the selected recommendation affiliate through the output unit 606.

That is, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 618 ranks affiliated stores based on the extracted customer attraction information of the affiliated stores and selects a predetermined number of affiliated stores as recommended affiliates. In this case, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 618 selects a recommendation affiliate based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on the score of the recommendation selection criteria item. Here, the recommendation selection criteria items may include a price, a discount amount or a discount rate, a cumulative recommendation number, and the like, and may refer to a visit welcome time.

The traffic information extracting unit 620 searches for the database 608 when the traffic information request command is input from the recommended affiliated stores output through the output unit 606 to the affiliated stores selected by the user. The traffic information is extracted from the current location to the selected affiliate store location, and the extracted traffic information is output through the output unit 606.

At this time, the traffic information extracting unit 620 is a traffic information that takes the shortest time from the current location to the selected affiliated store location or by each means of transportation such as city bus, intercity bus, express bus, subway, taxi, private car, train, etc. Extract traffic information and output it.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing traffic information for use of an affiliated store by a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a user terminal receives an input of a merchant information request command including a consumption item by a user (S700), the user terminal estimates its current location (S702).

In this case, the user terminal receives traffic information from a traffic information providing server storing traffic information, or graphicizes the traffic information transmitted through the TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group) system of the broadcasting network and the geographical information transmitted from the GPS satellites. The process of collecting the traffic information, periodically receiving the merchant information directly from each affiliated store terminal or receiving the merchant information from the service device storing the merchant information and storing it in the database should be preceded.

After the operation of S702, the user terminal searches a pre-stored database and extracts merchants handling the consumption item from among the merchants within a predetermined range from the estimated position (S704), and the customer attraction information of the extracted merchants Based on the selection and outputting the recommended merchant (S706). In this case, the user terminal outputs the information of the selected recommended affiliate store in the form of an image, text, text, voice, and the like.

After the execution of the step S706, if the traffic information request command to the affiliated store selected by the user from the output of the recommended affiliated store information is input (S708), the user terminal searches the database and the selected affiliated store location from the estimated current location Extract the traffic information up to (S710).

Then, the user terminal outputs the extracted traffic information (S712).

In this case, the user terminal outputs a traffic information condition selection screen for selecting a condition of the desired traffic information from the extracted traffic information. The traffic information condition selection screen displays a traffic information selection menu by means of transportation including at least one of a train, a bus, a car, and a taxi, a traffic information selection menu by the shortest distance, and the user selects the traffic information condition. Select the desired condition on the screen.

Then, the user terminal outputs the traffic information that takes the shortest time or the traffic information by each means of transportation according to the condition selected by the user.

8 is a diagram illustrating a traffic information providing method for using an affiliated store according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, since S800 to S804 correspond to S400 to S404 illustrated in FIG. 4, a description thereof will be omitted.

When S804 is performed, the service device requests customer acquisition information from the affiliated store terminals of the affiliated stores extracted at S804 (S806). At this time, the service device transmits a customer attraction information request signal including the number of people, consumption items, scheduled visit time, user terminal number, etc. to each affiliated store terminal. For example, if the 30 affiliated stores are extracted, the service device transmits a customer attraction information request signal to each of the affiliated store terminals of the 30 affiliated stores.

Each merchant terminal receiving the customer attraction information request by performing the step S806 receives the customer attraction information directly from the merchant owner or extracts the customer attraction information stored in advance and transmits it to the user terminal (S808). Here, the customer attraction information includes affiliated store location, affiliated store information, price, discount amount or discount rate, current number of users, remaining seats, visit welcome time, and the like.

Then, the user terminal selects and outputs a recommended affiliate store based on customer attraction information from the plurality of affiliated store terminals (S810), and if the affiliated store is selected by the user among the outputted recommended affiliate stores (812), up to the selected affiliated store. The traffic information request signal for requesting the traffic information is transmitted to the traffic information providing apparatus (S814). In this case, the user terminal extracts the affiliated store location from the customer attraction information of the selected affiliated store, generates a traffic information request signal including the extracted affiliated store location and the current location of the user, and transmits the generated traffic information request signal to the traffic information providing apparatus.

When the S814 is performed, the traffic information providing apparatus checks the current location and the affiliate store location included in the traffic information request signal, collects traffic information from the identified current location to the affiliate store location (S816), and the user terminal. Provided to (S818). In this case, the traffic information is provided to the user terminal in the form of SMS, MMS, video, image, and the like.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a user terminal described with reference to FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 9, the user terminal 900 includes a communication interface unit 902 for performing communication through a communication network, an output unit 906 for outputting information or traffic information of a recommended affiliate store, and a consumption item from a user. An input unit 904 for receiving a merchant information request command or a traffic information request command, a storage unit 908 for storing customer attraction information from the merchant terminal, a merchant information request unit 910, a recommended merchant selection unit 912, traffic The information request and reception unit 914 is included.

When the affiliated store information request command is input through the input unit 904, the affiliated store information request unit 910 transmits a merchant information request signal including the consumption item to a service device through the communication interface unit 02; Receive customer attraction information from corresponding merchant terminals, respectively.

The recommendation affiliate selection unit 912 selects a recommendation affiliate based on customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals and outputs the selected affiliated store through the output unit 906.

That is, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 618 ranks affiliated stores based on the extracted customer attraction information of the affiliated stores and selects a predetermined number of affiliated stores as recommended affiliates. In this case, the recommendation affiliate selection unit 618 selects a recommendation affiliate based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on the score of the recommendation selection criteria item. Here, the recommendation selection criteria items may include a price, a discount amount or a discount rate, a cumulative recommendation number, and the like, and may refer to a visit welcome time.

When the traffic information request and reception unit 914 receives a traffic information request command from the recommended affiliated stores output through the output unit 906 to the affiliated store selected by the user, the traffic information request and reception unit 914 of the selected affiliated store The traffic information request signal including a location is transmitted to the traffic information providing apparatus through the communication interface 902 to receive traffic information.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, the traffic information providing system and method for using an affiliated store according to the present invention facilitates a user to select an affiliated store to visit, recommends an optimal affiliated store among a plurality of affiliated stores near the user's location, and starts from the current location of the user. It is suitable when it is necessary to provide traffic information to the target merchant.

100, 600, 900: user terminal 200: service device
202, 502, 602, 902: communication interface 204, 504, 608: database
206, 616: merchant extracting unit 208, 618, 912: recommended merchant selection unit
210, 914: Traffic information request and reception unit 212: Next course information provider
214: road guide information provider 300: LBS device
400: merchant terminal 500: traffic information providing device
508, 612: Traffic Information Collection Department
510: traffic information providing unit 604, 904: input unit
606, 906: output unit 610: merchant information extraction unit
614: location estimation unit 620: traffic information extraction unit
908: Storage unit 910: Merchant information request unit

Claims (23)

A user terminal transmitting the affiliated store information request signal including a consumption item to a service device to receive recommended affiliated store information, and requesting and receiving traffic information from the recommended affiliated store information to the affiliated store selected by the user to the service device;
When the affiliated store information request signal is received from the user terminal, extracting affiliated stores handling the consumption item near the current location of the user, and requesting and receiving customer acquisition information from each of the extracted affiliated store terminals, Selecting a recommended affiliate store based on the customer attraction information and transmitting the recommended affiliate store information to the user terminal, and a traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliate store according to the traffic information request from the user terminal. A service device for transmitting traffic information to a traffic information providing device, receiving traffic information, and providing the traffic information to the user terminal;
An affiliated store terminal transmitting customer attracting information including affiliated store information, price, and discount information to the service device according to a request for the customer attracting information from the service device; And
A traffic information providing device that collects traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliate store location and provides the service information to the service device when the traffic information request signal is received from the service device;
Traffic information providing system for using the merchant. The method of claim 1,
Traffic information providing system for using the affiliated store further comprising an LBS device to determine the current location of the user terminal to provide to the service device. A communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network;
A database storing affiliate store information;
An affiliated store extracting unit configured to extract affiliated stores that handle the consumed item in the vicinity of a current location of the user, when an affiliated store information request signal including a consumed item is received from the user terminal through the communication interface unit;
A recommendation merchant selection unit for requesting and receiving customer attraction information from each of the extracted affiliated stores, selecting a recommendation affiliate based on the customer attraction information, and transmitting the recommended affiliate information to the user terminal through the communication interface; And
When the traffic information is requested from the user terminal to the affiliated store selected by the user, the traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store is transmitted to the traffic information providing apparatus to receive the traffic information, A traffic information requesting and receiving unit for providing the traffic information to the user terminal;
Service device comprising a. The method of claim 3,
When a payment completion signal is received from the affiliated store terminal through the communication interface unit, a next course selection screen is provided to the user terminal to extract a place corresponding to the course selected by the user, and a desired place is selected from the extracted places. And a next course information providing unit for providing a place selection screen for selection to the user terminal. The method of claim 3,
And a road guide information providing unit configured to monitor the current location of the user in real time and provide road guide information to a destination. The method of claim 3,
The recommendation merchant selecting unit determines a current location of the user terminal through an LBS device or receives information on the current location from the user terminal to determine the current location of the user terminal. The method of claim 3,
The recommendation merchant selection unit selects a recommendation merchant based on a value obtained by calculating a specific weight on the score of the recommendation selection criteria item,
The recommendation selection criteria item includes a price, a discount, a cumulative recommendation number, and a visit welcome time. The method of claim 3,
The customer attraction information includes a merchant location, affiliated store information, price, discount details, and an event event. A database storing traffic information;
A communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network;
Traffic information for collecting traffic information from the current location of the user to the target merchant location when the traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the target affiliate store is received from the service device or the user terminal through the communication interface unit; Collecting unit; And
A traffic information provider for providing the collected traffic information to the user terminal;
Traffic information providing device comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9,
The traffic information request signal includes the current location of the user, the location of the target affiliate store, and the traffic information providing condition.
The traffic information providing condition includes traffic information by means of transportation including at least one of a train, a city bus, an intercity bus, a highway bus, a car, a taxi, an airplane, and traffic information according to the shortest distance. Providing device. 10. The method of claim 9,
The traffic information collecting unit collects traffic information from the current location to the target merchant location to collect traffic information that takes the shortest time, or collects traffic information by each means of transportation. A communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network;
A database storing affiliate store information and traffic information including customer attraction information;
A traffic information collector for collecting traffic information in real time and storing the traffic information in the database;
Merchant information collection unit for periodically collecting merchant information stored in the database;
An output unit for outputting information or traffic information of the recommended affiliate store;
An input unit for receiving a merchant information request command or a traffic information request command including a consumption item from a user;
A position estimating unit estimating a current position when an affiliate store information request command is input through the input unit;
An affiliated store extraction unit configured to search the database and extract affiliated stores that handle the consumption item in the vicinity of the estimated location;
A recommendation affiliate selection unit for selecting a recommendation affiliate based on the extracted customer attraction information of the affiliated stores and outputting the selected recommendation affiliate information through the output unit; And
If a traffic information request command to the affiliated store selected by the user is input from among the recommended affiliated stores output through the output unit, the database is searched to extract traffic information from the estimated current location to the selected affiliated store location, A traffic information extraction unit for outputting the extracted traffic information through the output unit;
User terminal comprising a. The method of claim 12,
The traffic information extracting unit extracts traffic information that takes the shortest time from the current location to the selected affiliate store location or traffic information by each means of transportation. When the service device receives a merchant information request signal including a consumption item from a user terminal, extracts the merchants handling the consumption item near the current location of the user, and the customer attraction information to each merchant terminal of the extracted merchants Requesting;
Transmitting, by each affiliated store terminal, customer attraction information including affiliate store information, price, and discount to the service device according to a request for customer attraction information;
Selecting, by the service apparatus, a recommended affiliate store based on customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal, and transmitting the recommended affiliate store information to the user terminal;
Requesting, by the user terminal, the traffic information from the recommended affiliate store information to the affiliate store selected by the user;
Transmitting, by the service apparatus, a traffic information request signal including a current location of the user and a location of the selected affiliated store to the traffic information providing apparatus according to the traffic information request from the user terminal;
Collecting, by the traffic information providing device, the traffic information from the current location of the user to the affiliate store location and providing the service device to the service device; And
Transmitting, by the service apparatus, the traffic information from the traffic information providing apparatus to the user terminal;
Traffic information providing method for using the merchant including a. In the method for the user terminal to provide traffic information for using the merchant,
(a) estimating a current location when a merchant information request command including consumption items is input by a user;
(b) searching the pre-stored database and extracting merchants handling the consumption item from among merchants within a predetermined range from the estimated position;
(c) selecting and outputting a recommended affiliate store based on the customer attraction information of the extracted affiliate stores;
(d) extracting traffic information from the estimated current location to the selected affiliated store location by searching the database when a traffic information request command to the affiliated store selected by the user is input among the outputted recommended affiliated store information;
(e) outputting the extracted traffic information;
Traffic information providing method for using the merchant including a. 16. The method of claim 15,
Before the step (a), the traffic information is provided from the traffic information providing server in which the traffic information is stored, or the traffic information transmitted through the TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group) system of the broadcasting network matches the geographical information transmitted from the GPS satellites. Collecting the graphic traffic information and storing in the database traffic information providing method for using a merchant. 16. The method of claim 15,
Prior to the step (a), periodically receiving the merchant information directly from each merchant terminal or receiving the merchant information from the service device storing the merchant information and storing in the database further comprising the step of storing in the database. . 16. The method of claim 15,
In step (e),
Outputting a traffic information provision condition selection screen for selecting a traffic information provision condition from the extracted traffic information; And
And outputting traffic information corresponding to a condition selected by the user through the traffic information provision condition selection screen. 16. The method of claim 15,
The traffic information providing condition selection screen displays a traffic information selection menu by means of transportation including at least one of a train, a bus, a car and a taxi, and a traffic information selection menu by the shortest distance.
Traffic information providing method for using the affiliated store, characterized in that for outputting the traffic information that takes the shortest time or the traffic information by each means of transportation according to the condition selected by the user. When a merchant information request signal including a consumption item is received from a user terminal, extracting affiliate stores handling the consumption item near a current location of a corresponding user, and including the user terminal number in each affiliated store terminal of the extracted merchants. A service device for transmitting a customer attraction information request signal;
A plurality of affiliated terminals transmitting customer acquisition information including affiliated store location, affiliated store information, price, and discount information to the user terminal number when the customer attracting information request signal is received from the service device;
Selecting and outputting a recommended affiliate store based on customer attraction information from the plurality of affiliated store terminals, and transmitting a traffic information request signal for requesting traffic information to the affiliate store selected by the user from the outputted recommended affiliate stores to the traffic information providing device; A user terminal for receiving traffic information; And
When the traffic information request signal is received from the user terminal, the current location and the affiliated store location included in the traffic information request signal are checked, and traffic information from the checked current location to the affiliated store location is collected and provided to the user terminal. A traffic information providing apparatus;
Traffic information providing system for using the merchant including a. A communication interface unit for performing communication through a communication network;
An output unit for outputting information or traffic information of the recommended affiliate store;
An input unit for receiving a merchant information request command or a traffic information request command including a consumption item from a user;
When the merchant information request command is input through the input unit, the merchant information request signal including the consumption item is transmitted to the service device through the communication interface unit to receive customer acquisition information from the corresponding merchant terminal respectively. part;
A recommended affiliated store selection unit for selecting a recommended affiliated store based on customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals and outputting the selected affiliated store through the output unit; And
When a traffic information request command to the affiliated store selected by the user is input from among the recommended affiliated stores output through the output unit, a traffic information request signal including the current location of the user and the location of the selected affiliated store is transmitted through the communication interface unit. Traffic information request and receiving unit for transmitting the traffic information to the traffic information providing apparatus;
User terminal comprising a. When the service device receives the affiliated store information request signal containing the consumed product from the user terminal, extracts the affiliated stores handling the consumed product near the current location of the user, and the customer attraction information to each affiliated store terminal of the extracted affiliated stores Requesting;
Transmitting, by each affiliated store terminal, customer attraction information including affiliated store location, affiliated store information, price, and discount to the user terminal according to a request for customer attraction information from the service device;
The user terminal selects and outputs a recommended affiliate store based on customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals, and transmits a traffic information request signal for requesting traffic information to a selected affiliate store among the outputted recommended affiliate stores to a traffic information providing device. Making; And
When the traffic information providing device receives the traffic information request signal, the traffic information request signal checks the current location and the affiliated store location included in the traffic information request signal, collects traffic information from the checked current location to the affiliated store location, and the user. Providing to the terminal;
Traffic information providing method for using the merchant including a. In the method for the user terminal to receive traffic information for using the merchant,
When a merchant information request command including a consumption item is input by a user, transmitting a merchant information request signal including the consumption item to a service device to receive customer attraction information from corresponding merchant terminals;
Selecting and outputting a recommending affiliated store based on the customer attraction information from the received affiliated store terminals;
When the traffic information request command to the selected affiliated store is input from the outputted recommended affiliated stores, the affiliated store location is extracted from the customer attraction information, and the traffic information request signal including the extracted affiliated store location and the current location of the user is transported. Transmitting to the information providing apparatus; And
Receiving and outputting traffic information from the traffic information providing apparatus;
Traffic information providing method for using the merchant including a.

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