KR20120087249A - Method, system and terminal of providing coupon service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a system and a terminal for providing a coupon service, and more particularly, a method and system for setting a coupon user interface and performing a coupon transfer based on an expiration date of a coupon used in a mobile terminal. And a terminal.
The method of providing a coupon service by the coupon service providing server may include: (a) receiving a transfer request for a coupon to be transferred, wherein the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold value from the first mobile terminal; Selecting a pumping target terminal from one or more mobile terminals provided with a coupon service from the coupon service providing server based on available area information and coupon service content information; and (c) to a second mobile terminal selected as the pumping target terminal. And transmitting data of the coupon to be transferred, and transmitting a coupon transfer completion signal to the first mobile terminal, wherein the transfer request includes a user's request for a query generated for a coupon having a use period equal to or less than a preset threshold. Based on the transfer signal or the transfer information preset for the transfer target coupon After the step (c) is performed, the transfer target coupon may be available only by the second mobile terminal.

Description

Coupon service provision method, system and terminal {METHOD, SYSTEM AND TERMINAL OF PROVIDING COUPON SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a method, a system and a terminal for providing a coupon service, and more particularly, a method and system for setting a coupon user interface and performing a coupon transfer based on an expiration date of a coupon used in a mobile terminal. And a terminal.

Due to the development of internet technology and the active dissemination of mobile terminals, many coupons or gift certificates implemented in digital form have been issued and distributed. The digital distribution of coupons and vouchers was expected to increase the distribution of goods and services, but the involuntary distribution of coupons or vouchers due to the indiscriminate distribution of the issuers of coupons or vouchers, the environment that cannot be easily used geographically, and the inconvenience of using them. Due to roaming, the expected effect is not showing.

In particular, the expiration date of the coupon or voucher is generally set, but after the user stores the digital coupon or voucher in the mobile terminal, there is a problem that the coupon is not used because the user does not recognize the arrival of the expiration date.

In addition, even if the expiration date of the coupon remains, it may not be necessary for the owner who owns the coupon.In this case, even if the coupon is to be transferred to others, due to the characteristics of the digital coupon, a separate system is not established. There was a problem that coupons that are not used cannot be easily transferred to suitable users.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an interface that allows a user of a mobile terminal to intuitively recognize the expiration date of a digital coupon, and when the expiration date of a certain period arrives, the coupon is stored in advance or receives a response from the user. Requesting the transfer of the coupon to the service providing server, the coupon service providing server provides a method, system and terminal that can activate the use of the coupon by selecting the coupon pumping terminal based on a predetermined decision factor and pumping the coupon I would like to.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention (a) receiving a transfer request for the coupon to be transferred, the expiration date of the coupon from the first mobile terminal is less than a predetermined threshold value, ( b) selecting a pumping target terminal from one or more mobile terminals provided with a coupon service from the coupon service providing server based on available area information of the coupon to be transferred and coupon service contents information; and (c) the pumping target terminal. And transmitting the data of the transfer target coupon to the second mobile terminal selected as and transmitting the coupon transfer completion signal to the first mobile terminal, wherein the transfer request is for a coupon having an expiration date less than or equal to a preset threshold. User's response to the generated inquiry or the preset amount for the transferable coupon After the step (c) is performed based on the FIG. Information, the coupon to be transferred is only available by the second mobile terminal, and the coupon service providing server may provide a method of providing a coupon service. have.

In the first aspect of the present invention, step (b) selects one or more transfer target candidate terminals from one or more mobile terminals provided with the coupon service based on the distance from the available area of the transfer target coupon. And (b2) at least one of user information including at least one of gender and age of the user of the target candidate terminal and coupon usage history information of the user of the target candidate terminal The method may include selecting a pumping target terminal from among the terminals.

In addition, in the first aspect of the present invention, in step (b1), the mobile terminal located within a predetermined distance from the available area of the transfer target coupon may be selected as the transfer target candidate terminal.

In addition, in the first aspect of the present invention, in the step (b2), when selecting a pumping target terminal from the pumping target candidate terminal based on the user information, the gender or age information matching the coupon service content information; A pumping target terminal may be selected from the pumping target candidate terminals based on the counting target terminal.

In addition, in the first aspect of the present invention, in the step (b2), when the positive target terminal is selected from the positive target candidate terminals based on the coupon usage history information, use of a coupon matching the coupon service content information A pumping target terminal may be selected from the pumping target candidate terminals based on the history.

The second aspect of the present invention is a user interface (UI) of the coupon displayed on the mobile terminal based on (a) receiving a coupon from the coupon service providing server, (b) the expiration date of the received coupon Setting an output value of (c) determining whether the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold value, and (d) requesting the transfer of the coupon if the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold value; And transmitting the coupon to the coupon service providing server, wherein the coupon for which the transfer is requested is transmitted from the coupon service providing server to the pumping target terminal selected by the coupon service providing server. It may provide a method.

In a second aspect of the invention, in step (b), the output value of the user interface of the coupon includes a saturation value, the saturation value may be set in proportion to the expiration date of the coupon.

Also, in the second aspect of the present invention, the step (d) may include (d1) determining whether the coupon transfer setting information is set to transfer the coupon whose use date is equal to or less than the preset threshold value, (d2) If there is coupon transfer setting information, it may include transmitting a transfer request of the coupon to the coupon service providing server based on the coupon transfer setting information.

In addition, in the second aspect of the present invention, the step (d) is (d3) if there is no coupon transfer setting information, the transfer request of the coupon in response to the transfer request signal received from the user of the mobile terminal; The method may further include transmitting to the coupon service providing server.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a coupon data management unit for providing coupon data to one or more mobile terminals receiving a coupon service, a location information receiving unit periodically collecting location information of the one or more mobile terminals, and the user of the one or more mobile terminals. A user information manager that manages user information including at least one of gender and age of the user, a user history information manager that manages coupon usage history information for each user based on the coupon usage information by the one or more mobile terminals, and the movement Coupon for selecting the transfer terminal of the coupon for which the transfer is requested based on at least one of the location information, user information, and coupon use history information in response to the transfer request of the coupon whose expiration date of the coupon received from the terminal is less than or equal to a preset threshold; Teeth including a positive terminal selection unit It may provide a system for providing a service offer to the terminal.

The fourth aspect of the present invention is a coupon data management unit for receiving a coupon from a coupon service providing server, a user interface of a coupon that is matched to the coupon and output to the mobile terminal based on the expiration date of the received coupon (user interface, A coupon user interface controller configured to set an output value of the UI) and a coupon transfer management unit requesting the coupon service providing server for the transfer of the coupon based on an expiration date of the coupon, wherein the requested coupon is the coupon service. A mobile terminal for providing a coupon service which is transmitted from the coupon service providing server to the pumping target terminal selected by the providing server may be provided.

According to the aforementioned problem solving means of the present invention, the user of the mobile terminal can intuitively recognize the expiration date of the coupon by changing the saturation of the user interface of the digital coupon, it is recommended to use the coupon.

In addition, according to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when the expiration date of the coupon is within a certain period, according to a predetermined setting to request the transfer of the coupon to the coupon service providing server, or inquires the user whether to transfer After requesting the transfer of the coupon to the coupon service providing server can be easily transferred to others without consuming useful coupons meaninglessly.

In addition, according to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, the coupon service providing server by using the location information, user information or user-specific coupon use history to search for a user suitable for the coupon to be transferred to transfer the coupon to use the digital coupon Can be activated.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a coupon service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of a coupon service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view showing the configuration of a coupon service providing server in a coupon service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile terminal in a coupon service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of saturation of a coupon user interface (UI) that changes according to a coupon expiration date in a coupon service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a coupon service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the coupon service providing server 200 is a coupon service providing server 200 via a network, for example, a mobile communication network such as 3G (generation), 4G, or a wireless communication network such as Wi-Fi The coupon data is transmitted to at least one mobile terminal (100 and 200) subscribed to the coupon service provided by.

The coupon data may include coupon use merchant information, coupon issuer information, expiration date information, coupon service content information, and other usage condition information.

The first mobile terminal 100 and the second mobile terminal 300 store the coupon data received from the coupon service providing server 200, and requests the use of the stored coupon data according to the user's request coupon service providing server ( 200).

The coupon service providing server 200 performs a coupon service corresponding to the requested coupon data in response to the coupon data use request received from the first mobile terminal 100 or the second mobile terminal 300.

For example, if the content of the coupon service includes a price discount for a particular merchant, the coupon service providing server 200 results in the coupon authentication for the price discount to the terminal or server of the merchant to reflect the price discount at the merchant Can be transmitted.

The coupon service providing server 200 may map coupon usage information to a mobile terminal or a user and store the database in a database to manage coupon usage history for each user.

The first mobile terminal 100 is a user interface of the coupon output by the first mobile terminal 100 based on the expiration date information of the coupon included in the coupon data received from the coupon service providing server 200, UI).

For example, the first mobile terminal 100 may adjust the saturation of the UI of the coupon output on the display of the first mobile terminal 100 according to the available days of the coupon. That is, as the number of days of use of the coupon decreases, that is, as the usage deadline of the coupon approaches, the UI of the coupon may be reduced in saturation to provide the user with information about the expiration date of the coupon.

In addition, when the expiration date of the coupon, that is, the number of available days of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold, the first mobile terminal 100 inquires of the user of the first mobile terminal 100 whether to transfer the coupon or is set in advance. The coupon service providing server 200 may be requested to transfer the corresponding coupon according to the transfer setting value.

That is, the first mobile terminal 100 inquires whether the user transfers a coupon having a coupon expiration date equal to or less than a preset threshold value, receives a transfer request from the user, and transfers the coupon to the coupon service providing server 200. You can ask for

In addition, when the user's expiration date is set by the user to request a transfer immediately without performing a user inquiry process for a coupon having a preset threshold or less, the first mobile terminal 100 skips the transfer inquiry process and immediately transfers the corresponding coupon. Request to the coupon service providing server 200.

The coupon service providing server 200 receives a coupon transfer request from the first mobile terminal 100, analyzes the service contents of the coupon for which the transfer is requested, and selects a coupon assignor or a coupon assigning terminal and transfers the corresponding coupon.

The coupon service providing server 200 selects a coupon assignee or a coupon assigning terminal based on available region information of the coupon requested to be transferred, subject information such as age and gender of the coupon use target, and usage history of the coupon service user. When the second mobile terminal 300 is selected as the coupon pumping terminal, the corresponding coupon data is transmitted to the second mobile terminal 300 and the coupon transfer information is transmitted to the first mobile terminal 100.

The first mobile terminal 100 may delete the corresponding coupon data in response to the receipt of the coupon transfer information or add the transfer information to the corresponding coupon data, and the second mobile terminal 300 may respond to the receipt of the coupon data. Information of the received coupon data is output and provided to the user of the second mobile terminal 300.

As such, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal changes the coupon UI output on the screen of the mobile terminal according to the expiration date of the coupon, so that the user can intuitively recognize the expiration date of the coupon.

In addition, when the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold, the mobile terminal inquires the coupon service providing server 200 to request the transfer of the corresponding coupon according to a user's request or preset information, and the coupon service providing server. The 200 selects a coupon pumping terminal based on location information of one or more mobile terminals provided with a coupon service, user information of the mobile terminal, and coupon use history information of the user, and transmits the corresponding coupon data to the selected coupon pumping terminal. . Therefore, the coupon service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may increase the efficiency of the coupon by providing a user who can use the coupon having a usable time less than a predetermined value more appropriately.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a flow of a coupon service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In step S105, the coupon service providing server 200 provides coupon data to the mobile terminal registered in the coupon service, that is, the first mobile terminal 100 and the second mobile terminal 300. As described above, the coupon data displays not only coupon use merchant information, coupon issuer information, expiration date information, coupon service content information, and other use condition information, but also user interface (UI) information and coupon UI of the coupon on the terminal. Location information on the terminal for the purpose may be included, and may be generated as a file in XML format.

In step S110, the first mobile terminal 100 and the second mobile terminal 300 store the coupon data received in step S105 in a coupon database.

In step S115, the second mobile terminal 300 receives a coupon use request input from the input means of the second mobile terminal 300. The coupon use request may be input through a use button included in the coupon UI output to the second mobile terminal 300.

In step S120, the second mobile terminal 300 transmits a coupon use request signal to the coupon service providing server 200 in response to the coupon use request received from the user in step S115. The coupon use request signal may include identification information of the coupon, identification information of the second mobile terminal 300, and identification information of the coupon use affiliate store.

In step S125, the coupon service providing server 200 matches and stores the use information of the used coupon according to the coupon use request signal received in step S120 with the user who uses the coupon.

In the above description, the use of the coupon has been described as being requested by the mobile terminal, but this is only for convenience of description and the present invention is not limited thereto. May be sent to.

In step S130, the first mobile terminal 100 sets an output value of the coupon UI matching the coupon data stored in step S110 based on the coupon expiration date stored in the coupon data stored in step S110.

For example, the first mobile terminal 100 may change the saturation value of the coupon UI according to the coupon expiration date, thereby decreasing the saturation value of the coupon UI as the coupon expiration date decreases. In other words, the color of the coupon UI is clear at the beginning of the offer, but as time passes, the color of the coupon UI gradually changes to an achromatic color such as gray, white, or black.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the numerical value of the saturation may include a value from 0 to 100 in the HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) color space, and the value of the saturation of the coupon UI at the beginning of providing is set to 100 and the date. As the value approaches the expiration date of the coupon, the saturation value of the coupon UI may gradually decrease.

In this case, as the time passes, the coupon UI is gradually changed to achromatic color so that the user can intuitively recognize the expiration date of the coupon.

In step S135, the first mobile terminal 100 determines whether the expiration date of the coupon data stored in step S110 is equal to or less than a preset threshold. That is, the first mobile terminal 100 determines whether the expiration date of the coupon has been transferred or whether it has arrived in the period for the transfer.

The saturation of the coupon UI of the coupon having the transfer determination deadline may be set to a preset value or less. For example, when the time limit for determining whether to transfer a coupon arrives as time passes, the saturation of the coupon UI corresponds to a value set by a user of the mobile terminal or a coupon service manager, for example, 20 or less, and the user has such a coupon. Through the saturation of the UI, it can be intuitively recognized that the deadline for determining whether to transfer the coupon has arrived.

The deadline for deciding whether to transfer may be basically set to a certain ratio of the total available days, for example, 80 percent of the total available days, and may be arbitrarily changed by the service provider or the user of the mobile terminal.

In step S140, when it is determined that the expiration date of the coupon data is less than or equal to a preset threshold in step S135, the first mobile terminal 100 determines whether the coupon is transferred. That is, the first mobile terminal 100 determines whether to transfer according to the setting information when there is the setting information input by the user in advance regarding the coupon transfer, and if there is no setting information, inquires the user about whether to transfer the coupon, The transfer is determined according to the user's response.

When inquiring the user of the transfer, the first mobile terminal 100 may generate inquiry information in a pop-up form and provide the user with the pop-up form, and receive a response thereto.

In step S145, when it is determined that the use date is less than or equal to a preset threshold in step S140, the first mobile terminal 100 transmits a request for the transfer of the corresponding coupon to the coupon service providing server 200. To send.

The first mobile terminal 100, together with the coupon transfer request, the identification information of the coupon data and the identification information of the first mobile terminal 100 or the identification information of the user of the first mobile terminal 100 coupon service providing server 200 Can be sent to.

In step S150, the coupon service providing server 200 responds to the coupon transfer request received in step S145, to the location information of one or more mobile terminals registered for the coupon service by the coupon service providing server 200. Based on the extraction, one or more pumping target terminals are first extracted.

The coupon service providing server 200 may receive the location information of one or more mobile terminals registered in the coupon service through GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and the like. The pumping target terminal may be primarily extracted from one or more mobile terminals registered in the coupon service based on a radius of 2 km or the like.

In step S155, the coupon service providing server 200 selects a coupon pumping terminal from the first pumping target terminal based on user information and coupon usage history information of the one or more pumping target terminals extracted in step S150. Choose.

That is, the coupon service providing server 200 selects a user matching the contents of the service provided by the coupon to be transferred using user information, that is, personal information such as gender and age of the user, and when the user uses the coupon. By using coupon use history information, such as the use area, the type of the coupon used, it is possible to reselect the user matching the service providing time, service providing region, service type, etc. provided by the coupon to be transferred.

For example, if the coupon to be transferred is for a discount service of a nail art providing service provided at an affiliated store located in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, the coupon service providing server 200 may nail out of women in their teens to thirties who mainly use nail art. A mobile terminal of a user who has a large number of coupons related to art and uses a large number of coupons in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu may be selected as a coupon pumping terminal.

The user information may be generated based on the information input by the user at the time of registering the service of the user, and the usage history information may be the type, timing, and location of the coupon used for each user when the user uses the coupon as in step S125. Information such as may be stored and generated.

In step S160, the coupon service providing server 200 transmits the coupon requested to be transferred by the first mobile terminal 100 in step S145 to the second mobile terminal 300 that is the coupon pumping terminal selected in step S155. Send the data.

In step S165, the second mobile terminal 300 stores the coupon data received in step S160, and the coupon pumping information, such as coupon service details, coupon available merchants, coupon expiration date, etc. Print it out and give it to the user.

In step S170, the coupon service providing server 200 transmits the coupon transfer information performed in step S160, that is, the coupon transfer completion signal to the first mobile terminal 100.

In step S175, in response to the coupon transfer information received in step S170, the transfer information of the coupon data for which transfer is requested is stored in a database, and the transfer information is reflected in the corresponding coupon data.

According to a setting, the first mobile terminal 100 may delete the transferred coupon data from the database or include information indicating that the coupon is transferred in the transferred coupon UI.

In step S180, the coupon service providing server 200 transfers the transfer information of the transferred coupon, that is, the identification information of the transferred coupon and the identification information of the first mobile terminal 100 that transferred the coupon or the first mobile terminal ( Matching and storing user identification information of 100), the identification information of the transferred coupon, that is, the identification information of the transferred coupon and the identification information of the second mobile terminal 200 that pumped the coupon or of the second mobile terminal 200 Match and store user identification information.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a coupon service providing server in a coupon service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Coupon service providing server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a coupon data management unit 210, location information receiving unit 220, user information management unit 230, usage history information management unit 240, coupon transfer request receiving unit ( 250, a coupon pumping terminal selection unit 260, a coupon database 270, and a user database 280.

The coupon data management unit 210 transmits the coupon data to the mobile terminal of the user who registered in the coupon service, and stores the coupon data provision information for each user in the coupon database 27 and the user database 280.

The coupon data management unit 210 receives a coupon use request from a mobile terminal or a coupon merchant terminal, and uses coupon information for each user by using identification information of coupon data included in the coupon use request and identification information of the mobile terminal using the coupon. Stored in the coupon database 27 and the user database 280.

The coupon data management unit 210 receives identification information of the coupon pumping terminal from the coupon pumping terminal selection unit 260 and transmits coupon data of the coupon to be transferred to the mobile terminal matching the received identification information.

The coupon data management unit 210 matches the coupon transfer and pumping information to the user who transferred the coupon and the user who transferred the coupon and stores the coupon transfer and acquisition information in the coupon database 27 and the user database 280.

The location information receiver 220 receives location information of a mobile terminal registered in a coupon service through a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the like, and stores the received location information in a user database 280 by matching the received location information to a user of the mobile terminal.

The location information receiver 220 may periodically receive location information of the mobile terminal and update user information of the mobile terminal whose location has been changed.

The user information manager 230 receives information of a user of a mobile terminal registered in a coupon service from a user or a mobile terminal when the user requests a coupon service registration or a user's modification, and stores the information in the user database 280.

The user information may include personal information such as the gender, age, and interest of the user.

The usage history information manager 240 receives the coupon usage information of the user, ie, the mobile terminal of the user, from the terminal or the server of the mobile terminal or the coupon affiliate, and matches the received coupon usage information to the user and stores it in the user database 280. do.

The coupon use information may include information such as when the user uses the coupon, the region of use, and the type of coupon used. In addition, the coupon use information may include life pattern information such as a user's information search history and geographic location movement information.

The coupon transfer request receiver 250 receives the coupon transfer request information from the mobile terminal and transmits the received coupon transfer request information to the coupon transfer terminal selector 260. The coupon transfer request information may include identification information of coupon data to be transferred and identification information of a mobile terminal to which the coupon is to be transferred or identification information of a user of the mobile terminal.

The coupon transfer terminal selector 260 selects a coupon transfer terminal that matches the coupon transfer target data in response to the coupon transfer request information received from the coupon transfer request receiver 250, from among one or more mobile terminals registered in the coupon providing service. .

The coupon pumping terminal selection unit 260 obtains location information of one or more mobile terminals registered in the coupon providing service, user information of each mobile terminal, and coupon usage history information of each mobile terminal from the user database 280, The mobile terminal matching the transfer request coupon may be selected based on the acquired location information, user information and coupon usage history information.

The coupon pumping terminal selection unit 260 transmits identification information of the mobile terminal selected as the coupon pumping terminal to the coupon data management unit 210 so that the coupon requested to be transferred to the coupon pumping terminal is delivered.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal in a coupon service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a terminal coupon data management unit 110, coupon user interface (UI) control unit 120, coupon transfer management unit 130, coupon transfer request unit 140 And a coupon database 150 for the terminal.

The terminal coupon data management unit 110 receives coupon data from a coupon service providing server (not shown), and stores the received coupon data in the coupon database 150 for the terminal.

As described above, the coupon data may include coupon use merchant information, coupon issuer information, expiration date information, coupon service content information, other use condition information, coupon UI information, location information on the terminal for displaying the coupon UI on the terminal, and the like. It can be generated as a file in XML format.

The terminal coupon data management unit 110 transmits a request signal for using coupon data to a coupon service providing server in response to a coupon use request from a user. The terminal coupon data management unit 110 may transmit the identification information of the coupon, the identification information of the mobile terminal 100, and the identification information of the coupon use affiliate store together with the coupon request signal of the coupon data to the coupon providing server.

The coupon user interface (UI) controller 120 sets an output value of the coupon UI based on the expiration date included in the coupon data. For example, the coupon UI controller 120 may change the saturation value of the coupon UI according to the coupon expiration date, thereby decreasing the saturation value of the coupon UI as the coupon expiration date decreases. The color of the coupon UI may be converted to white, gray, or black by setting the saturation value of the coupon UI to 0.

Coupon transfer management unit 130 determines whether to transfer the coupon based on the expiration date of the coupon included in the coupon data. Whether or not to transfer the coupon may be set in advance by the user to automatically transfer when the coupon expiration date is less than the threshold value. In this case, the coupon transfer management unit 130 may perform coupon transfer by transmitting identification information of coupon data whose coupon expiration date is equal to or less than a threshold value to the coupon transfer request unit 140.

In addition, when the coupon is not previously set, the coupon transfer management unit 130 may ask the user whether the coupon is to be transferred or not, according to the user's response. Can be.

As described above, the inquiry on whether to transfer the coupon to the user may be performed by using a pop-up type chat window.

Coupon transfer request unit 140 transmits a coupon transfer request signal to the coupon service providing server using the identification information of the transfer target coupon received from the coupon transfer management unit 130. The coupon transfer request signal transmitted by the coupon transfer request unit 140 may include identification information of coupon data, identification information of the mobile terminal 100, or identification information of a user of the mobile terminal 100.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of saturation of a coupon user interface (UI) that changes according to a coupon expiration date in a coupon service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5, the red saturation used in the coupon is set to a value of 100 when the expiration date of the coupon is the maximum, but the value of the saturation gradually decreases as time passes, which is the time to determine whether to transfer In this case, a preset value, for example, a saturation value of 20, may be set. In addition, when the expiration date has elapsed, the red saturation used for the coupon is set to a value of 0 and is set to achromatic color of white, gray or black.

One embodiment of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media.

In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

While the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those elements or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100, 300: mobile terminal
200: coupon service providing server

Claims (18)

In the coupon service providing server provides a coupon service,
(a) receiving a transfer request for a coupon to be transferred from which the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold value from the first mobile terminal,
(b) selecting a pumping target terminal from one or more mobile terminals receiving a coupon service from the coupon service providing server based on available area information of the coupon to be transferred and coupon service contents information; and
(c) transmitting data of the transfer target coupon to a second mobile terminal selected as the transfer target terminal and transmitting a coupon transfer completion signal to the first mobile terminal;
Including,
The transfer request is generated based on a user's response signal to a query generated for a coupon having a use period equal to or less than a preset threshold value or transfer information preset for the coupon to be transferred, and after step (c) is performed. The coupon service providing method, wherein the coupon to be transferred is available only by the second mobile terminal.
The method of claim 1,
The step (b)
(b1) selecting one or more transfer target candidate terminals from one or more mobile terminals provided with the coupon service based on a distance from an available area of the transfer target coupon;
(b2) Pumping the ambulatory target candidate terminal based on at least one of user information including at least one of gender and age of the user of the target candidate terminal and coupon use history information of the user of the candidate target terminal; Step of selecting a target terminal
Coupon service providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 2,
In step (b1), the coupon service providing method of selecting a mobile terminal located within a predetermined distance from the available area of the transfer target coupon as the candidate terminal candidate.
The method of claim 2,
In step (b2), when the pumping target terminal is selected from the pumping target candidate terminals based on the user information, the pumping target target among the pumping target candidate terminals based on gender or age information matching the coupon service contents information. Coupon service providing method for selecting a terminal.
The method of claim 2,
In step (b2), when the pumping target terminal is selected from the pumping target candidate terminals based on the coupon usage history information, the pumping target candidate terminal is selected from the pumping target candidate terminals based on the use history of the coupon matching the coupon service content information. Coupon service providing method for selecting a pumping target terminal.
In the method for providing a coupon service in a mobile terminal,
(a) receiving a coupon from a coupon service providing server,
(b) setting an output value of a user interface (UI) of the coupon displayed on the mobile terminal based on the expiration date of the received coupon,
(c) determining whether the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold value; and
(d) if the expiration date of the coupon is less than or equal to a preset threshold, transmitting the transfer request of the coupon to the coupon service providing server;
Including,
The coupon request for transfer is the coupon service providing method is transmitted from the coupon service providing server to the pumping target terminal selected by the coupon service providing server.
The method according to claim 6,
In the step (b), the output value of the user interface of the coupon includes a saturation value, the saturation value is set in proportion to the expiration date of the coupon.
The method according to claim 6,
The step (d)
(d1) determining whether there is coupon transfer setting information that is set to transfer the coupon whose use date is less than or equal to the preset threshold value;
(d2) if coupon transfer setting information exists, transmitting the transfer request of the coupon to the coupon service providing server based on the coupon transfer setting information.
Coupon service providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 8,
The step (d)
(d3) if there is no coupon transfer setting information, transmitting a transfer request of the coupon to the coupon service providing server in response to a transfer request signal received from a user of the mobile terminal;
Coupon service providing method further comprising.
In the system for providing a coupon service for a mobile terminal,
Coupon data management unit for providing coupon data to at least one mobile terminal receiving a coupon service,
A location information receiver for periodically collecting location information of the at least one mobile terminal;
A user information manager configured to manage user information including at least one of gender and age of the user of the at least one mobile terminal;
A user history information manager to manage coupon use history information for each user based on the coupon use information by the one or more mobile terminals;
In response to the coupon transfer request of which the coupon expiration date received from the mobile terminal is equal to or less than a preset threshold value, the pumping terminal of the transfer requested coupon is selected based on at least one of the location information, the user information, and the coupon usage history information. Coupon pumping terminal selection part to say
Coupon service providing system comprising a.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the location information includes distance information from an available area of the transfer requested coupon.
11. The method of claim 10,
When the positive terminal is selected based on the user information, the coupon positive terminal selecting unit selects the positive terminal based on gender and age information matching the service content information of the coupon for which the transfer is requested, and the gender and age Information is included in the user information coupon service providing system.
11. The method of claim 10,
If the pumping terminal is selected based on the coupon use history information, the coupon pumping terminal selection unit selects the pumping terminal based on the use history of the coupon matching the service content information of the coupon for which the transfer is requested. Service delivery system.
In the mobile terminal providing a coupon service,
Coupon data management unit for receiving a coupon from the coupon service providing server,
A coupon user interface controller configured to set an output value of a user interface (UI) of the coupon that is matched with the coupon and output to the mobile terminal based on the expiration date of the received coupon;
Coupon transfer management unit to request the transfer of the coupon to the coupon service providing server based on the expiration date of the coupon
Including,
The coupon for which the transfer is requested is transmitted from the coupon service providing server to the pumping target terminal selected by the coupon service providing server.
15. The method of claim 14,
The coupon user interface controller sets a saturation value of the user interface of the coupon based on the expiration date of the coupon.
15. The method of claim 14,
The coupon transfer management unit is a coupon service providing terminal to determine whether to transfer the coupon based on whether the expiration date of the coupon is less than a predetermined threshold value.
17. The method of claim 16,
The coupon transfer management unit is a coupon service providing terminal for performing a transfer request for a coupon of which the expiration date is less than a predetermined threshold value based on the preset coupon transfer setting information.
17. The method of claim 16,
The coupon transfer management unit is a coupon service providing terminal for performing a transfer request for a coupon of the expiration date is less than a predetermined threshold in response to the transfer request signal received from the user of the mobile terminal.

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