KR20120045548A - Shopping store information providing system and method based on user's location - Google Patents

Shopping store information providing system and method based on user's location Download PDF

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KR20120045548A
KR20120045548A KR1020100107155A KR20100107155A KR20120045548A KR 20120045548 A KR20120045548 A KR 20120045548A KR 1020100107155 A KR1020100107155 A KR 1020100107155A KR 20100107155 A KR20100107155 A KR 20100107155A KR 20120045548 A KR20120045548 A KR 20120045548A
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According to the present invention, according to the request of the customer's store information, by providing the store information based on the current location of the customer to the terminal of the customer in real time, the customer can easily select the store to visit, or it is optimal among a plurality of neighboring stores. In order to be able to recommend the merchants of the store, the contacts of the acquaintances stored in the customer's terminal can be recommended to the customers using the malls that have been used by the contacts. The present invention relates to a user location-based mall information providing system and method that can increase the availability.
According to the present invention, after transmitting a store information request signal including a consumption item to a service device, among the affiliated stores based on the current location, the recommended store information is provided based on the merchants having the same contacts as those stored in the terminal. Receiving user terminal; Receiving a store information request signal including a consumption item from the user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near a user's current location, and requesting the merchant terminal of the extracted merchants to transmit customer attraction information; And a service device for collecting and organizing customer attraction information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals and transmitting mall information including affiliated store information, price, and discount to the user terminal. And a merchant terminal for receiving customer request information transmitted from the service device and transmitting customer attraction information including price and discount contents to the service device.

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Shoping store information providing system and method based on user's location}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing mall information related to the location information based on the location information where the user is currently located. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mall based on the location information where the customer is currently located in response to a request for the shop information of the customer. Contact information of acquaintances stored in the customer's terminal to provide the information to the customer's terminal in real time to facilitate the customer's selection of the mall to visit or to recommend the best one among the many merchants in the neighborhood. By using the malls they have used, they can recommend highly available malls to customers, thereby increasing their availability with those who are related to customers.

In general, service industries, such as catering, develop mainly in communities or groups of similar types of industries. 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.

Recently, according to the development of communication technology, merchants related to the current location of the customer terminal transmit discount coupons to the customer terminal based on the current location of the customer terminal, and the user of the terminal uses the received discount coupon. In order to visit the affiliated store and present a discount coupon transmitted to the user's terminal to the affiliated store to obtain a discount.

In the case of a customer who is going to visit a merchant, competitive customer attraction information of a merchant that provides discount events or free services that meets its current conditions (current location, distance traveled, number of people, visit time, discount conditions, etc.) It would be advantageous to obtain the real time and to select a merchant with better conditions.

However, when receiving only discount coupons unilaterally transmitted from a particular merchant, there is a limit in selecting the most advantageous merchant from the customer's position. Therefore, even though there is a desire to acquire all the information of affiliates who want to visit based on their current location, the customer position does not have a system that can satisfy such desires.

The present invention for solving the above-described requirements, according to the request of the customer's shopping mall information, by providing the store information in real time to the terminal of the customer at the same location as the current location of the customer is selected by the customer to visit the customer To facilitate recommendation or to recommend the best mall among a number of merchants nearby, the highly available malls are recommended to customers based on the stores used by contacts of acquaintances stored in the customer's terminal. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing user location-based mall information, which can be used to increase the availability with people related to customers.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, after transmitting the store information request signal including the consumption item to the service device, having the same contact information stored in the terminal among the merchants based on the current location A user terminal receiving recommended mall information based on affiliated stores; Receiving a store information request signal including a consumption item from the user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near a user's current location, and requesting the merchant terminal of the extracted merchants to transmit customer attraction information; And a service device for collecting and organizing customer attraction information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals and transmitting mall information including affiliated store information, price, and discount to the user terminal. And a merchant terminal for receiving customer request information transmitted from the service device and transmitting customer attraction information including price and discount contents to the service device.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, when a request for the provision of customer attraction information on the consumption items from the user terminal, requests the transmission of the competition information to the merchant terminal of each affiliate store, the merchant A service request processing unit for receiving bid competition information including price and discount of a consumption item from a terminal; Store and manage the merchant information for the merchant, and stores the bid competition information received from the merchant terminal, including the user's telephone number, and the contact that the user frequently called, and the frequently called contact A database for storing and managing subscriber information; A customer attraction information processing unit for extracting affiliated stores that handle service items for which a service is requested from the user terminal from the database, collecting and arranging bid competition information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals of the extracted affiliated stores, and generating customer attraction information; And a mall information processing unit configured to select recommendation franchisees based on the customer attraction information and to provide the user terminal with information on the selected recommendation franchisees.

The mall information processor may select the affiliated stores by arranging the affiliated stores of the same contacts as the contacts frequently used by the user terminal based on the customer attraction information, and select the recommended affiliated stores, and display the contents of the selected recommended affiliated stores. It can be provided to the terminal.

The mall information processing unit selects the recommended affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provides the affiliated stores that handle the consumption items to the user terminal to make the recommendation according to the selection by the user terminal. The affiliated stores may be selected and the contents of the selected recommended affiliated stores may be provided to the user terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a user terminal for communicating with a merchant terminal through a communication network, Communication unit for communicating with the merchant terminal; When requesting the affiliated store information from the user, requesting the transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store at the current location, and the service request processing unit for receiving the customer attraction information including the price and discount of consumption items from the merchant terminal ; A location information acquisition unit for obtaining information about the current location; Store and manage the merchant information for the merchant, and stores the customer attraction information received from the merchant terminal, including the user's telephone number, the user frequently called contacts and frequently called contacts A storage unit for storing subscriber information; Extracting the merchants handling the consumer items requested for service from the user in the storage unit, collecting and gathering customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals of the extracted affiliated stores and providing them as a list on the screen, and recommended from the list A merchant information provider for selecting affiliated stores and providing details of the selected recommended affiliated stores; A meeting reservation request unit which receives information about a meeting from the user and transmits the information about the meeting to an affiliated store terminal of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation; An input unit for receiving information about the meeting from the user or receiving a menu selection or execution command; And a display unit which displays a progress state of the mall information providing service or an operation state of the terminal.

In addition, the mall information provider, based on the customer attraction information to organize the merchants of the same contact as the contact frequently used by the user to select the recommended merchants, and provide details of the selected recommended merchants Can be.

The mall information providing unit may select the affiliated stores based on the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provide affiliated stores that handle the consumption items on a screen to select the affiliated stores according to a selection by the user. Screening may provide details about the selected recommended merchants.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a communication unit for communicating with the user terminal and the service device through a communication network; A service request processor configured to generate customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, etc., upon request of affiliated store information from the service device; A storage unit for storing and managing affiliate store information for the affiliate store, and storing reservation request information received from the user terminal and reservation result information thereof; A mall information provider for providing the generated customer attraction information to the user terminal; And a meeting reservation processing unit for receiving meeting reservation request information from the user, executing a meeting reservation, and transmitting a meeting reservation result to the user terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a method for providing user location-based mall information of the service device for obtaining and storing the competitive bid information from each of the merchant terminal through the communication network, (a) Receiving a store information service including a consumption item from a user terminal; (b) checking a current location of the user terminal; (c) extracting affiliated stores that handle service items for consumption requested among the affiliated stores corresponding to the current location of the user terminal; (d) collecting and arranging the extracted competition information of the affiliated stores to generate customer attraction information; (e) generating recommended mall information by selecting from the customer attraction information; And (f) providing the generated recommendation mall information to the user terminal.

In addition, in the step (e), based on the customer attraction information, the recommendation store may be generated by selecting the recommended affiliate store by arranging the affiliate stores of the same contact point as the contact point frequently used by the user terminal.

Also, in the step (e), the recommendation merchants may be generated by selecting the recommended affiliate stores according to the results and reviews obtained from the plurality of customers.

In the step (e), the affiliated stores that handle the consumption items may be provided to the user terminal to generate the recommended merchant information by selecting the recommended affiliated stores according to the selection by the user terminal.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a method for providing user location-based mall information of the user terminal to communicate with the merchant terminal through a communication network, (a) receiving a request for a mall information service from the user step; (b) identifying the current location; (c) extracting an affiliate store that handles a service item for consumption requested among the affiliate stores corresponding to the current location; (d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminal of the affiliated store, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal; (e) selecting among the obtained customer attraction information and selecting an affiliated store; And (f) requesting a meeting reservation from an affiliated store terminal of the selected affiliated store.

Here, in the step (e), based on the customer attraction information, the affiliated stores may be selected based on the affiliated stores of the same contacts as the contacts frequently used by the user, and the affiliated stores may be selected according to the user's selection.

In addition, in step (e), the affiliated stores may be selected according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, and the affiliated stores may be selected according to a user's selection.

In the step (e), the affiliated stores may be selected according to a selection by the user among the acquired customer attraction information, and the affiliated store may be selected according to a user's selection among the selected affiliated stores.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for providing user location-based store information of the merchant terminal communicating with the user terminal and the service device via a communication network, (a) from the service device to the meeting Receiving information related to the information; (b) transmitting customer attraction information to the user terminal based on the information about the meeting; (c) receiving a request for a meeting reservation based on the customer attraction information from the user terminal; (d) executing a meeting reservation based on the information about the meeting in response to a meeting reservation request from the user terminal; (e) A method for providing user location-based mall information of an affiliated store terminal including transmitting to the user terminal that the meeting reservation has been executed.

In addition, the information about the meeting may include a meeting date, a list of participants and a contact information, a reservation desired region, a desired menu, terminal information, and the like.

Also, in the step (e), a meeting notification message including a meeting name, a meeting date, a meeting place, and a representative contact may be transmitted to the user terminal to inform that the meeting reservation has been executed.

The step (e) may inform the user terminal that the meeting reservation has been executed in the form of SMS, MMS, image, or video.

According to the present invention, from the customer's point of view, by being provided with vivid mall information at the current location, the customer can easily determine the affiliate store to be visited.

In addition, it allows customers to consume comfortably by allowing them to be recommended the best merchants they have used or used by acquaintances.

In addition, from the standpoint of merchants, it is possible not only to provide customer attraction information suitable for current merchant operation status to existing customers or visiting candidates, but also to contribute to smooth store operation.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a user location-based mall information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a message informing that user information of recommended mall information is received in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location based store information of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information of an affiliated store terminal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional block of a user location-based mall information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a user location based mall information providing system 100 according to the present invention may include a user terminal 110, a communication network 120, a service device 130, a location based service (LBS) server 140, and Merchant terminal 150, and the like.

The user terminal 110 is a terminal in which an application of a client function for accessing the service device 130 through the communication network 120 and obtaining store information is installed. Here, the user terminal 110 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA when the communication network 120 is a mobile communication network, and may be, for example, a computer terminal when the communication network 120 is a wired communication network such as the Internet or a PSTN. That is, the user terminal 110 includes a wired / wireless terminal.

The user terminal 110 accesses the service device 130 to input service request information such as the number of visits, the scheduled time of visit, and the consumption item, and receives the mall information corresponding to the service request information.

In addition, the user terminal 110 adds a menu for executing the user location based mall information providing service according to the present invention to the 'favorite' menu basically provided by the terminal, and immediately based on the user's location through the 'favorite' menu. The mall information providing service can be executed.

The communication network 120 may include a mobile communication network such as CDMA, WCDMA, or HSPA, a wired communication network such as the Internet and a PSTN, or a local area network such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Wi-Fi.

In addition, the communication network 120 interconnects the user terminal 110, the service device 130, and the LBS server 140, and the communication network 120 mutually communicates between the service device 130 and the affiliated store terminal 150. Connect it.

The service device 130 receives the customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal 150 by communicating with at least one affiliated store terminal 150 through the communication network 120, generates the store information, and provides the generated store information to the user terminal 110.

The service device 130 receives service request information from the user terminal 110 as a server function, extracts affiliate stores corresponding to the service request information, and requests transmission of customer attraction information to each affiliate store.

In this case, the service device 130 extracts affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or extracts affiliated stores having the same contacts as those stored in the user terminal 110 among the franchisees handling the consumption items. Alternatively, by providing the franchisees handling the consumption items to the user terminal 110, it is possible to request the transfer of customer attraction information to the franchisee terminals 150 to 154 of the franchisees extracted according to the selection by the user terminal 110.

Subsequently, the service device 130 collects and organizes customer attraction information received from each affiliated terminal 150 to generate mall information, and provides the generated mall information to the user terminal 110.

In addition, the service device 130 selects merchants having a discount rate corresponding to the top 5 or higher than a predetermined criterion based on customer attraction information received from each merchant terminal 150 as a recommended merchant, Selected affiliated stores may be provided to the user terminal 110.

In this case, the service device 130 recommends merchants corresponding to priorities when the contacts included in the mall information received from each of the merchant terminals 150 are the same as or similar to the contacts stored in the user terminal 110. Selected as an affiliated store, the selected recommended affiliated stores may be provided to the user terminal 110.

The service device 130 may be in the form of a server connected to the communication network 120.

In addition, the service device 130 may be a user terminal such as a computer used by the user or a smart phone carried by the user. In this case, in order for the user terminal 110 to operate as a server like the service device 130, it is possible when an application having a server function is installed in the user terminal 110.

The LBS server 140 identifies the current location of the user terminal 110 requesting the service and notifies the service device 130 of this.

The affiliated store terminal 150 accesses the service device 130 through the communication network 120 and receives the customer attraction information request message from the service device 130, and generates and transmits the corresponding customer attraction information to the service device 130. .

The merchant terminal 150 is installed with an application program for communicating with the service device 130, the customer invitation information request message is displayed from the service device 130, for example in the form of a pop-up (pop-up), the customer through the pop-up window Attract information can be entered. The affiliated store terminal 150 includes a PC, a POS terminal, and the like.

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

Referring to FIG. 2, the service device 130 according to the present invention includes a service request processor 210, a customer attraction information processor 220, a message transmitter 230, a mall information processor 240, a database 250, and the like. It includes.

When the service request processing unit 210 receives a request for providing customer attraction information about a consumption item from the user terminal 110, requests the affiliated store terminal 150 of each affiliate store to send the competition information, and each merchant terminal 150. Attract competition information including price and discount of consumer goods

The customer attraction information processing unit 220 extracts and stores affiliated stores that handle consumer items requested for service from the user terminal 110 in the database 250, and collects and organizes the competition information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals of the extracted affiliated stores to attract customers. The information is generated and provided to the user terminal 110.

The message transmitter 230 transmits an SMS, MMS message or the like related to the mall information to the user terminal 110 in association with the communication network 120. In addition, the message transmitter 230 may provide the mall information to the user terminal 110 as an image (picture) or a video (UCC) in addition to the SMS or MMS message.

The mall information processing unit 240 extracts the affiliated store information from the database 250 based on the service request information input from the user terminal 110, or requests the customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal 150 of the affiliated store included in the current location. Send a message.

In addition, the mall information processing unit 240 collects the customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminal 150, and focuses on the merchants of the same contacts as those stored in the user terminal 110 based on the collected customer attraction information. In summary, the recommended affiliate stores are selected, and the selected affiliate store information is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the message transmitter 230.

In addition, the mall information processing unit 240 accumulates the number of recommendation for the recommended affiliate or the affiliated store selected by the customer, and utilizes the accumulated cumulative number of times up to the present day in selecting the recommended affiliated store.

Database 250 is a merchant DB to store and manage the merchant information, such as the location, industry, menu, merchant (or merchant owner) contact number for the merchant, and the map DB and user location based on the map to store a specific area It includes a user DB for storing and managing subscriber information of users subscribed to the mall information providing service. Here, the subscriber information of the user includes a phone number of the user, a telephone number frequently called by the user, and a telephone number frequently called.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 110 accesses the service device 130 through the communication network 120, and includes, for example, five people, a menu: pork belly, and a scheduled visit time: 7:00. The service request information is input (S310).

In this case, the user terminal 110 may also select whether it is a simple request or a recommendation request.

Thus, the service device 130 receives the information on the current location of the user terminal 110 from the LBS server 140 to check the current location of the user terminal 110 (S320).

In this case, the service device 130 may optionally receive a current location, for example, "Shinchon Station" from the user terminal 110.

Subsequently, the service device 130 searches the database 250 to extract a merchant that handles consumption items (eg, pork belly) among the merchants located near the current location (eg, Sinchon Station) of the user terminal 110 ( S330).

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits a customer attraction information request message to the extracted affiliated store terminal 150 (S340).

In some cases, the customer contact information request message may be transmitted to the extracted store contact information of the affiliated store. At this time, the number of visitors can also be transmitted to the customer attraction information request message. In addition, the visitor request information may include a scheduled visit time.

Accordingly, the affiliated store terminal 150 transmits customer attraction information (price, discount amount or discount rate, visit welcome time, etc.) to the service device 130 (S350).

Subsequently, the service device 130 checks the contact information stored in the user terminal 110 and selects affiliated stores of the same contact information stored in the user terminal 110 among the customer attraction information to generate recommended mall information. (S360).

In this case, the service device 130 checks the contact information stored in the user terminal 110 in a state of being directly received from the user terminal 110 and stored therein, or whenever the user terminal 110 executes a phone call. You can check the phone numbers by storing them.

Subsequently, the service device 130 displays the recommended store information including the selected store information (trade name, location, etc.) and the discount coupon in the form of a message such as SMS or MMS, an image (photo), or a video. It transmits to (S370).

In addition, the service device 130 transmits a selection message to the affiliated store terminal 150 of the recommended affiliated store (S380).

In this case, when the recommendation merchant is 2 or more, the service device 130 transmits the list of recommendation merchants to the user terminal 110 as a text message, and the user terminal 110 transmits any one of the merchants included in the text message. If selected, the selection information is transmitted to the service device 130 through the URL, and the service device 130 transmits the discount coupon of the selected affiliated store to the user terminal 110, and transmits a selection message to the selected affiliated store.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information of a service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the service device 130 according to the present invention first receives a store information service from the user terminal 110 (S402).

Subsequently, the service device 130 checks the current location of the user terminal 110 (S404). In this case, the service device 130 checks the current location of the user terminal 110 through the LBS server 140, or when the user terminal 110 has a Global Positioning Service (GPS) function. You can check the current location directly from.

Subsequently, the service device 130 extracts an affiliate store that handles a service item for which a service is requested from among affiliated stores corresponding to the current location of the user terminal 110 (S406).

Subsequently, the service device 130 requests customer attraction information from the extracted affiliated store terminal 150, and acquires customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal 150 (S408).

Subsequently, the service device 130 selects the same affiliated stores as the contacts frequently used by the user terminal 110 from the acquired customer attraction information and generates recommended mall information (S410).

At this time, the service device 130 accumulates the number of recommendations for the selected merchant or the merchant selected by the user terminal 110 to select the merchants by using the accumulated number of recommendations up to the present day to generate recommended mall information. Can be.

In addition, the service device 130 may generate recommendation store information by selecting recommendation merchants according to performances and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers.

In addition, the service device 130 may provide affiliated stores that handle consumption items to the user terminal 110 to select recommended affiliated stores according to selection by the user terminal 110 to generate recommended store information.

Subsequently, the service device 130 provides the generated recommendation mall information to the user terminal 110 (S412).

In this case, the service device 130 may provide the generated recommendation store information to the user terminal 110 in the form of a message such as SMS or MMS, an image (picture), a video, or the like. Thus, as shown in FIG. 5, the user terminal 110 displays recommended shopping mall information in the form of a received message on the screen, and the user can check the recommended shopping mall information through the received message. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a message informing that user information of recommended mall information is received in a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the user location-based mall information providing service according to the present invention may be provided centering on a user terminal communicating directly with an affiliated store terminal through a communication network.

6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user terminal 600 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 610, a service request processing unit 620, a storage unit 630, a location information acquisition unit 640, and a store information system. Study 650, meeting reservation request unit 660, input unit 670 and display unit 680 and the like.

The communication unit 610 communicates with the affiliated store terminals 150 to 154 through the communication network 120.

When the service request processing unit 620 receives affiliated store information from the user, the service request processor 620 requests the transfer of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store at the current location, and provides the price and discount contents of the consumption items from the affiliated store terminals 150 to 154. Receive customer contact information that includes.

The storage unit 630 stores and manages affiliate store information for the affiliate store, stores each customer attraction information received from the affiliate store terminals 150 to 154, and the user frequently makes a phone call, including the user's telephone number. Store subscriber information, including contacts and frequently called contacts.

The location information acquisition unit 640 obtains the current location of the terminal by inquiring a base station or the like, or obtains the current location of the terminal through the GPS (Global Positioning Service) function.

The mall information providing unit 650 extracts and stores affiliated stores that handle consumption items requested by the user from the storage unit 630 and collects and collects customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals 150 to 154 of the extracted affiliated stores. It provides a list on the screen, selects the recommended merchants from the list provided, and provides the details of the selected recommended merchants on the screen.

In addition, the mall information provider 650 may classify the affiliated merchants based on the customer attraction information based on the merchants of the same contact as the contacts frequently used by the user, and provide details of the selected affiliated stores. .

In addition, the mall information provider 650 selects the affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provides the affiliated stores that handle the consumption items on the screen to select the affiliated stores according to the user's selection. In addition, it may provide details of selected recommendation merchants. In this case, the mall information providing unit 650 may obtain the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers by inquiring the service device 130.

The meeting reservation request unit 660 receives the information about the meeting from the user and transmits it to the affiliated store terminal 150 of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation and obtain a meeting reservation result.

The input unit 670 receives information about a meeting from a user, or receives a menu selection or execution command. Here, the information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable items), and the like.

The display unit 680 displays the progress status of the mall information providing service or the operation status of the terminal.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location based store information of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the user terminal 600 according to another embodiment of the present invention receives a store information service from the user (S702).

Thus, the user terminal 600 checks the current location of the user through the location information acquisition unit 640 (S704).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 extracts an affiliate store that handles a service item for which a service is requested from among affiliated stores corresponding to the current location (S706).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 requests customer attraction information from the extracted affiliated store terminals 150 to 154, and acquires customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminals 150 to 154 (S708).

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 selects one affiliated store by selecting among the acquired customer attraction information (S710).

In this case, the user terminal 600 may sort affiliated stores by arranging the affiliated stores of the same contacts as the contacts frequently used by the user based on the customer attraction information, and select one affiliated store according to the user's selection.

In addition, the user terminal 600 may select affiliated stores according to performances and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, and select one affiliated store according to a user's selection.

In addition, the user terminal 600 may select affiliated stores according to the selection by the user among the acquired customer attraction information, and select one affiliated store according to the user's selection among the selected affiliated stores.

Subsequently, the user terminal 600 requests a meeting reservation from the affiliated store terminal 150 of one selected affiliated store (S712).

That is, the user terminal 600 receives information on a meeting, such as a meeting date, a list of participants, a contact list, a desired region for reservation, and a desired menu (consumption item) from the user, and transmits the information to a selected merchant terminal 150 to schedule a meeting. The reservation result may be received from the affiliated store terminal 150 and displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, the user location-based mall information providing service according to the present invention can be provided centering around the merchant terminal communicating with the user terminal and the service device through a communication network.

8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of an affiliated store terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the affiliated store terminal 800 according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 810, a service request processing unit 820, a storage unit 830, a mall information providing unit 840, and a meeting reservation processing unit. 850, an input unit 860, a display unit 870, and the like.

The communication unit 810 communicates with the user terminals 110 to 114, the service device 130, the LBS server 140, and the like through the communication network 120.

When the service request processing unit 820 receives the request for the affiliated store information from the service device 130, the service request processing unit 820 generates customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, and the like, and transmits the customer attraction information to the mall information providing unit 840.

The storage unit 830 stores and manages affiliate store information for the affiliate store, and stores reservation request information and reservation result information received from the user terminal 110.

The mall information provider 840 provides the customer attraction information generated by the service request processor 820 to the user terminal 110.

The meeting reservation processor 850 receives the meeting reservation request information from the user, executes the meeting reservation, and transmits the meeting reservation result to the user terminal 110.

The input unit 860 receives data from an administrator.

The display unit 870 displays the progress status of the mall information providing service, the meeting reservation status, and the operation status of the terminal.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user location-based mall information of an affiliated store terminal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user terminal 110 receives information about a meeting from a user and requests a meeting reservation from the service device 130 (902).

At this time, the information about the meeting may include a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable item), and the like. For example, the user may request the service device 130 through the user terminal 110 to make a meeting reservation for exit 6 of Gangnam Station to the reservation desired area.

Subsequently, the service device 130 checks the current location of the user terminal 110 (S904).

Subsequently, the service device 130 extracts affiliated stores that handle consumer items among affiliated stores near the current location of the user terminal 110 (S906).

Subsequently, the service device 130 transmits information regarding the meeting to the affiliated store terminals 150 to 154 of the extracted affiliated stores (S908).

Here, the information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and contact information, a desired region for reservation, a desired menu (consumable item), and terminal information.

In this case, the service device 130 receives a meeting reservation request from a plurality of user terminals 110 to 114, and may collect and process the same reservation desired regions for each meeting reservation request. That is, for the meeting reservation request in which Gangnam Station exit 6 where the user is currently located or Gangnam Station exit 6 where the user has requested a meeting reservation as the reservation desired area, identify the merchant terminals 150-154 located in Exit 6 of Gangnam station. In addition, information about the meeting in which the user requests a meeting reservation may be transmitted to the identified merchant terminals 150 to 154 together with the terminal information.

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 transmits customer attraction information including discount information, prize information, other benefit information, and affiliated store telephone number to each user terminal 110 based on the meeting information (S910).

Accordingly, the user terminal 110 displays the customer attraction information received from each affiliated store terminal on the screen as a list, and selects one affiliated store by selecting each customer attraction information (S912).

At this time, the user terminal 110 checks whether the merchant phone number is a contact stored in its own terminal among the customer attraction information received from each affiliated terminal, and the same as the contact stored in the internal storage of the customer attraction information. The affiliated stores of the contacts may be selected and displayed as a list, and one affiliated store may be selected according to a user's selection.

Accordingly, the user terminal 110 requests a meeting reservation from the affiliated store terminal 800 of the selected affiliated store (S914).

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 schedules the corresponding meeting based on the information on the meeting according to the meeting reservation request from the user terminal 110 (S916).

Subsequently, the affiliated store terminal 800 transmits a meeting notification message informing that the meeting is scheduled to the user terminal 110 and the participant terminals (S918).

Here, the meeting notification message includes a meeting name, a meeting date, a meeting place, and a representative contact. In addition, the meeting notification message may include a content asking whether to attend the meeting. In addition, the meeting notification message may be transmitted in the form of a message such as SMS, MMS, and the like (image), video.

On the other hand, the merchant terminal 800 periodically reports to the service device 130, such as meeting completion information about the meeting date and participants and meeting payment costs, if the meeting is made after the meeting is scheduled. Accordingly, the service device 130 may calculate the relaying cost for connecting the affiliated store to the user requesting the location-based mall information according to a predetermined contract rate.

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the request of the customer's store information, by providing the store information based on the location information where the customer is currently located to the terminal of the customer in real time, the customer can easily select or visit the nearby store. In order to be able to recommend the best mall among a number of merchants, highly available malls can be recommended to customers, based on the stores used by contacts of acquaintances stored in the terminal of customers. It is possible to realize a system and method for providing user location-based mall information, which can be used together with the relevant people.

As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. 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.

The present invention enables a merchant to provide customer attraction information, such as information on various discount information or mileage usage, etc. to a terminal of a customer using a communication network, and enables the customer to easily select a suitable affiliate store as a meeting place, thereby attracting customer information. It can be used in the field of communication network to provide and receive the transmission, and can also be used in the field of communication devices for transmitting and receiving customer attraction information.

100: User location based mall information providing system
110: user terminal 120: communication network
130: service device 140: LBS server
150: merchant terminal 210: service request processing unit
220: customer attraction information processing unit 230: message transmission unit
240: mall information processing unit 250: database
600: user terminal 610: communication unit
620: service request processing unit 630: storage unit
640: location information acquisition unit 650: mall information provider
660: meeting reservation request unit 670: input unit
670: display unit 800: merchant terminal
810: communication unit 820: service request processing unit
830: storage unit 840: mall information provider
850: meeting reservation processing unit 860: input unit
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A user terminal which transmits the request information of the store information including the consumption item to the service device and receives recommended store information based on the merchants having the same contact information as the contacts stored in the terminal among the merchants based on the current location;
Receiving a store information request signal including a consumption item from the user terminal, extracting merchants handling the consumption item near a user's current location, and requesting the merchant terminal of the extracted merchants to transmit customer attraction information; And a service device for collecting and organizing customer attraction information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals and transmitting mall information including affiliated store information, price, and discount to the user terminal. And
An affiliated store terminal that receives a request for transmission of customer attraction information from the service device and transmits customer attraction information including price and discount contents to the service device;
User location-based mall information providing system comprising a. If the user terminal is requested to provide customer attraction information on the consumption item, request the transmission of the competition information to the merchant terminal of each affiliate store, and transmits the competition information including the price and discount of the consumption item from the merchant terminal; Receiving service request processing unit;
Store and manage the merchant information for the merchant, and stores the bid competition information received from the merchant terminal, including the user's telephone number, the contact that the user frequently called, and the frequently called contact A database for storing and managing subscriber information;
A customer attraction information processing unit for extracting affiliated stores that handle service items for which a service is requested from the user terminal from the database, and collecting and arranging bid competition information transmitted from the affiliated store terminals of the extracted affiliated stores to generate customer attraction information; And
A mall information processing unit for selecting recommendation merchants based on the customer attraction information and providing the user terminal with information on the selected recommendation affiliates;
Service device comprising a. The method of claim 2,
The mall information processing unit sorts the affiliated stores of the same contact as the contact frequently used by the user terminal based on the customer attraction information, selects the recommended affiliated store, and stores the contents of the selected recommended affiliated store in the user terminal. A service device, characterized in that provided. The method of claim 2,
The mall information processing unit selects the recommended affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provides the affiliated stores that handle the consumption items to the user terminal to provide the recommended affiliated stores according to the selection by the user terminal. And screening the selected recommendation merchants to the user terminal. A user terminal communicating with a merchant terminal through a communication network,
A communication unit for communicating with the affiliated store terminal;
When requesting the affiliated store information from the user, requesting the transmission of customer attraction information to the affiliated store terminal of each affiliated store at the current location, and the service request processing unit for receiving the customer attraction information including the price and discount of consumption items from the merchant terminal ;
A location information acquisition unit for obtaining information about the current location;
Store and manage the merchant information for the merchant, and stores the customer attraction information received from the merchant terminal, including the user's telephone number, the user frequently called contacts and frequently called contacts A storage unit for storing subscriber information;
Extracting the merchants handling the consumer items requested for service from the user in the storage unit, collecting and gathering customer attraction information received from the affiliated store terminals of the extracted affiliated stores and providing them as a list on the screen, and recommended from the list A merchant information provider for selecting affiliated stores and providing details of the selected recommended affiliated stores;
A meeting reservation request unit which receives information about a meeting from the user and transmits the information about the meeting to an affiliated store terminal of the recommended affiliate store to request a meeting reservation;
An input unit for receiving information about the meeting from the user or receiving a menu selection or execution command; And
A display unit configured to display a progress state of the mall information providing service or an operation state of the terminal;
Lt; / RTI > The method of claim 5, wherein
The mall information providing unit selects the recommended affiliate stores by arranging around the affiliated stores of the same contacts as the contacts frequently used by the user based on the customer attraction information, and provides details of the selected recommended affiliate stores. User terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein
The mall information providing unit selects the recommended affiliated stores according to the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, or provides the affiliated stores that handle the consumption items on the screen to select the recommended affiliated stores according to the selection by the user. User terminal, characterized in that for providing detailed information on the selected recommendation merchants. A communication unit for communicating with a user terminal and a service device through a communication network;
A service request processor configured to generate customer attraction information including consumption items, prices, discount contents, etc., upon request of affiliated store information from the service device;
A storage unit for storing and managing affiliate store information for the affiliate store, and storing reservation request information received from the user terminal and reservation result information thereof;
A mall information provider for providing the generated customer attraction information to the user terminal; And
A meeting reservation processor configured to receive meeting reservation request information from the user, execute a meeting reservation, and transmit a meeting reservation result to the user terminal;
Merchant terminal comprising a. A method for providing user location-based mall information of a service device that acquires and stores attract competition information from a merchant terminal through a communication network,
(a) receiving a store information service including consumption items from a user terminal;
(b) checking a current location of the user terminal;
(c) extracting affiliated stores that handle service items for consumption requested among the affiliated stores corresponding to the current location of the user terminal;
(d) collecting and arranging the extracted competition information of the affiliated stores to generate customer attraction information;
(e) generating recommended mall information by selecting from the customer attraction information; And
(f) providing the generated recommended mall information to the user terminal;
Method for providing user location-based mall information of a service device comprising a. The method of claim 9,
In the step (e), based on the customer attraction information, the service device comprises selecting the recommended affiliate stores by organizing around the affiliated stores of the same contact as the contact frequently used by the user terminal, and generating recommended store information. User location based mall information providing method. The method of claim 9,
In the step (e), the recommendation merchants are selected based on the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers to generate the recommendation mall information. The method of claim 9,
In the step (e), providing the affiliated stores handling the consumption item to the user terminal to generate the recommended merchant information by selecting the recommended affiliated stores according to the selection by the user terminal. How to provide based shopping mall information. A method for providing user location-based store information of a user terminal communicating with an affiliated store terminal through a communication network,
(a) receiving a store information service request from a user;
(b) identifying the current location;
(c) extracting an affiliate store that handles a service item for consumption requested among the affiliate stores corresponding to the current location;
(d) requesting customer attraction information from the extracted merchant terminal of the affiliated store, and obtaining customer attraction information from the affiliated store terminal;
(e) selecting among the obtained customer attraction information and selecting an affiliated store; And
(f) requesting a meeting reservation from an affiliated store terminal of the selected affiliated store;
Method for providing user location-based mall information of a user terminal comprising a. The method of claim 13,
In the step (e), the affiliated stores are sorted based on the affiliated stores of the same contacts as the contacts frequently used by the user based on the customer attraction information, and the user is selected according to the user's selection. A method for providing user location based mall information of a terminal. The method of claim 13,
In the step (e), the affiliated stores are selected based on the results and reviews obtained from a plurality of customers, and the affiliated stores are selected according to a user's selection. The method of claim 13,
In the step (e), the affiliated stores are selected according to a selection by the user among the acquired customer attraction information, and the affiliated store is selected according to a user's selection among the selected affiliated stores. How to provide based shopping mall information. A method for providing user location based store information of a merchant terminal communicating with a user terminal and a service device through a communication network,
(a) receiving information about a meeting from the service device;
(b) transmitting customer attraction information to the user terminal based on the information about the meeting;
(c) receiving a request for a meeting reservation based on the customer attraction information from the user terminal;
(d) executing the meeting reservation based on the information about the meeting in response to a meeting reservation request from the user terminal;
(e) transmitting to the user terminal that the meeting reservation has been executed;
User location-based mall information providing method of the merchant terminal comprising a. The method of claim 17,
The information about the meeting includes a meeting date and time, a list of participants and a contact information, a reservation desired area, a desired menu, and terminal information. The method of claim 17,
In the step (e), the user's location-based mall information of the affiliated terminal, wherein the meeting reservation is executed by transmitting a meeting notification message including a meeting name, a meeting date, a meeting place, and a representative contact to the user terminal. How to Provide. The method of claim 17,
Wherein (e), the user location-based mall information providing method of the merchant terminal, characterized in that notifying the user terminal in the form of one of the SMS, MMS, image, video that the meeting reservation has been executed.
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