KR20130139618A - Exchange of commodity service system, apparatus and method for providing exchange of commodity service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a commodity exchange service for enabling a sender in a commodity exchange service system to send a gift coupon (for example, a gifticon) which is able to be used in a store located within a main living range of a receiver. If the sender selects and purchases the gift coupon through gift coupon information retrieved in consideration of the location of the receiver in a service device, the gift coupon purchased in the service device is sent to a terminal of the receiver, and the receiver is able to easily exchange the gift coupon into a commodity in the store within a his/her living range, thereby preventing the receiver from wandering around the store and reducing waste of time. [Reference numerals] (100) Sender terminal device;(1101) Request a gift coupon (Receiver information);(1102) Request position information of a receiver terminal device;(1103) Transmit position information of the receiver terminal device;(1104) Retreive a gift coupon available in the position of a receiver;(1105) Transmit gift coupon information;(1106) Select a gift coupon;(1107) Transmit gift coupon selection information;(1108) Process payment;(1109) Transmit a gift coupon;(1110) Complete gift coupon transmission;(200) Service device;(300) Position information providing device;(400) Receiver terminal device

Description

Merchandise exchange service system, apparatus and method for providing commodity exchange service {Exchange of commodity service system, apparatus and method for providing exchange of commodity service}

The present invention relates to a commodity exchange service, and more particularly, to provide a commodity exchange service so that a sender in a commodity exchange service system can present a gift coupon (eg, gift icon) that can be used at a store within the recipient's main life range. An apparatus and method are provided.

With the development of communication technology, product purchases can be purchased through the Internet, and various forms of electronic commerce are being activated for this purpose.

Recently, as the Internet is available while moving using a mobile device such as a mobile phone, it is possible to purchase a product through e-commerce anytime and anywhere.

In addition, by purchasing a gift certificate or coupon in a store, an internet shopping mall, etc. using a mobile phone through an e-commerce, it can be exchanged for goods in an internet shopping mall or an offline store, and a service provider provides a commodity exchange service.

Through such a commodity exchange service, the buyer may be issued an online gift coupon such as a gifticon or a beacon in the form of a barcode transmitted in a text message such as a mobile phone. Using this, a person who buys a gift sends a gift, and the recipient can exchange it for real goods at the store.

However, such a conventional merchandise exchange service is that the sender arbitrarily selects and transmits a gift coupon, and a gift coupon that can be used only at a store not within the recipient's main life range may be provided.

Therefore, in the conventional merchandise exchange service, the person who has received the gift coupon has to go to the store to exchange the gift coupon for the product, and may waste time.

Accordingly, the present invention is proposed to solve the conventional inconvenience, commodity exchange service to exchange the gift coupon in the store within the recipient's main life in consideration of the current position of the recipient receiving the gift coupon in the commodity exchange service system It is intended to provide an apparatus and method for providing the same.

In addition, the present invention provides a merchandise exchange service to exchange the gift coupon in the store within the main life range using the information registered at the time of subscription of the recipient receiving the gift coupon in the merchandise exchange service system and statistical information related to the frequently visited stores It is intended to provide an apparatus and method for providing the same.

Product exchange service system of the present invention for achieving the above object, in accordance with the gift coupon request to confirm the main life range of the receiver using the receiver information of the receiver terminal device, and generates the receiver location information according to the confirmation result , Based on the created location information of the recipient, retrieves the stores located in the recipient's main life range, retrieves gift coupons available to the recipients provided by one or more of the inquired stores, and provides gift coupon information for one or more of the retrieved gift coupons. A service device for transmitting the gift coupon selected by the caller to the receiver terminal device through the receiver; Sending the recipient information while requesting the gift coupon to the service device, receiving and displaying the gift coupon information from the service device, and selecting the desired gift coupon from the displayed gift coupon information, the selection information about the selected gift coupon is displayed on the service device. A sender terminal device for transmitting to the terminal and performing payment for the selected gift coupon; And a receiver terminal device that receives the gift coupon selected by the sender from the service device and displays the gift coupon so that the receiver can exchange the provided gift coupon for the corresponding product.

The service device for providing a goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system of the present invention for achieving the above object, the communication unit for transmitting and receiving a message for the goods exchange service by communicating with the sender terminal device and the receiver terminal device through a communication network ; And confirming the recipient's main life range using the receiver information received from the sender terminal device according to the gift coupon request of the sender terminal device, and generating the receiver location information according to the verification result. Inquiries of stores located in the living range, the gift coupons available to the recipients provided by the one or more stores inquired, and transmits the gift coupon information for the one or more inquired gift coupons to the caller terminal device, the caller terminal device And a controller configured to transmit the selected gift coupon to the receiver terminal device through the gift coupon information.

In the service apparatus for providing a commodity exchange service in the commodity exchange service system of the present invention, the control unit checks the main life range of the receiver using the receiver information according to the gift coupon request, and receives the receiver location information according to the confirmation result. A positioning unit to generate; Gift voucher inquiry section for retrieving stores located in the recipient's main living area according to the recipient location information, querying gift coupons available in one or more of the inquired stores, and generating gift coupon information for one or more of the queried gift coupons. ; And transmit the gift coupon information generated in the gift coupon inquiry unit to the caller terminal device, and receive selection information on the gift coupon selected by the caller from the caller terminal device to use the gift coupon together with the corresponding gift coupon according to the selection information. It includes a gift coupon providing unit for providing the store information to the receiver terminal device.

In the service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system of the present invention, the position confirming unit transmits the recipient information to the location information providing device, and is generated by the recipient location confirmation according to the recipient information in the location information providing device. Receive the receiver's location information, check the receiver's current location through the receiver's location information, request location information for a certain period, predict the recipient's main life range using the location information received on request, In this case, the receiver location information is generated according to the predicted main life range.

In the service device for providing a goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system of the present invention, when the receiver terminal device is subscribed to the goods exchange service, the position confirming unit uses the information registered in advance at the time of subscription of the goods exchange service. Predict the primary life span and generate recipient location information according to the predicted primary life span of the recipient.

In the service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system of the present invention, the positioning unit, the main life of the receiver by using at least one of the store visit history, payment history and gift history information received in advance of the recipient The range is predicted and the receiver location information is generated according to the predicted recipient's main living range.

In the service apparatus for providing a commodity exchange service in the commodity exchange service system of the present invention, the gift coupon inquiry unit, classifies one or more gift coupons inquired according to the receiver location information generated by the location checker by store and type Generate coupon information.

A method for providing a commodity exchange service in a service device of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: receiving a gift coupon request message including recipient information from a caller terminal device; Confirming the recipient's main life span using the recipient information to identify the recipient's location in the recipient's main life span; Generating recipient location information according to the confirmed recipient location; Retrieving a store located in a main life range of the receiver according to the generated receiver location information; Retrieving a gift coupon available to the receiver provided by the inquired one or more stores; Transmitting gift coupon information on the inquired one or more gift coupons to the caller terminal device; Receiving selection information on the gift coupon selected from the gift coupon information by the sender from the caller terminal device; And transmitting the corresponding gift coupon according to the selection information on the selected gift coupon to the receiver terminal device.

The method for providing a commodity exchange service in a service device of the present invention includes: requesting a location designation from a receiver terminal device upon receiving a gift coupon request message; Receiving the designated location information from the receiver terminal device and generating the receiver location information using the designated location information.

The method for providing a goods exchange service in the caller terminal device of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a gift coupon request message including the recipient information input from the caller to the service device; Receiving gift coupon information for one or more gift coupons provided by one or more stores inquired according to the recipient's location of the main life span of the receiver identified by the receiver information in the service device; Receiving a gift coupon selected by the sender from the received gift coupon information; Transmitting the selection information on the selected gift coupon to the service device; And performing a payment on the selected gift coupon and transmitting the selected gift coupon to the receiver terminal device.

In the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention, a program for executing a method for providing a commodity exchange service is recorded.

According to the present invention, when a caller selects and purchases a gift coupon through gift coupon information in consideration of a receiver's location in a service apparatus, the receiver transmits a gift coupon purchased from the service apparatus to a receiver terminal, thereby allowing the receiver to live around his / her life. Gift coupons can be easily exchanged for merchandise in stores, so the recipient does not have to go to the store to find the store, thereby reducing the waste of time.

1 is a diagram illustrating a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a caller terminal in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a commodity exchange service in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. It should be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate as concepts of terms for explaining their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Next, a product exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the goods exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a sender terminal device 100, a service device 200, a location information providing device 300, and a receiver terminal device 400. In addition, other devices used for the commodity exchange service may be configured.

The sender terminal device 100 and the receiver terminal device 400 refer to a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via the communication network 10 according to a user's key manipulation, and may be a tablet PC or a laptop. , A personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, or the like.

In addition, the sender terminal device 100 and the receiver terminal device 400 are terminals that perform voice or data communication using the communication network 10, and communicate with the electronic payment service device 200 via the communication network 10. Means a terminal having a browser, a memory for storing programs and protocols, and a microprocessor for executing and controlling various programs. That is, the sender terminal device 100 and the receiver terminal device 400 may be any terminal as long as server-client communication is possible with the service device 200, and may use a communication computing device such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, or the like. It is a broad concept that includes everything.

On the other hand, the sender terminal device 100 and the receiver terminal device 400 is preferably manufactured in the form having a touch screen, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The caller terminal device 100 requests a gift coupon (eg, gifticon, beacon, etc.) from the service device 200 by interworking with the service device 200 through the communication network 10 to the service device 200. In response to the gift coupon request, receiving gift coupon information available within the recipient's main life range or at a location designated by the receiver in consideration of the receiver location.

In addition, the caller terminal device 100 checks the gift coupon information received from the service device 200, selects a gift coupon to present to the recipient, transmits the gift coupon selection information to the service device 200, and then selects the selected gift. Make a payment for the coupon.

The service device 200 interworks with the caller terminal device 100, the location information providing device 300, and the receiver terminal device 400 through the communication network 10, performs a product exchange service subscription process, and executes a caller terminal device ( 100) provides an application for goods exchange service and payment.

In addition, when the service device 200 receives a gift coupon request from the caller terminal device 100, the receiver information of the receiver terminal device 400 received from the caller terminal device 100 (for example, receiver identification information and a mobile phone number). And the like) to request the location information providing apparatus 300 to confirm the location of the receiver terminal device 400.

The service device 200 receives the receiver location information from the location information providing device 300, inquires gift coupons using the received receiver location information, and sends the gift coupon information about the retrieved gift coupons to the caller terminal device ( 100). In this case, the service device 200 may query a store adjacent to a current location according to the received location information, query gift coupons provided by the inquired store, and transmit gift coupon information about the retrieved gift coupons.

On the other hand, it may be the case that the place where the receiver is currently located for a short stay, it is necessary to know the main life range of the receiver more accurately. Accordingly, the service device 200 may request the location information providing device 300 for location information of a predetermined period (for example, for each week / day / day of the week). Accordingly, the location information providing apparatus 300 transmits the location information for each week / day / weekly schedule time zone requested by the service device 200 to the service device 200 through the receiver information. At this time, the service device 200 receives the requested location information from the location information providing device 300, to identify the location for a certain period of time (for example, weekly / weekly / schedule time zone), and to store the statistics The statistical data can then be used to determine where the recipients have stayed the most, namely the main range of life. Accordingly, the service device 200 inquires a store adjacent to the main life range of the receiver, inquires about gift coupons provided by the inquired store, and transmits the retrieved gift coupon information to the caller terminal device 100. When the service device 200 receives the gift coupon selection information from the caller terminal device 100, the service device 200 reads the selected gift coupon, performs a payment process for the sender terminal device 100 and the selected gift coupon through a payment application. When the payment is completed, the selected gift coupon is transmitted to the receiver terminal device 400.

Meanwhile, when the receiver terminal device 400 is a user subscribed to a commodity exchange service, the service device 200 may register an address (home, work) registered by the receiver when the service is subscribed even though the location information is not received from the location information providing device 300. Etc.), the location of the receiver can be checked according to the information, and gift coupons related to the address information, preferred product information, interest field information, main store or main product information can be inquired. In addition, the service device 200 may inquire the gift coupon through the history of the receiver visited each store, the history of payment and gift received. To this end, the service device 200 may receive a signal or product payment information received at a store visit from each store or the receiver terminal device 400 subscribed to the product exchange service, and receive the store information, payment and gift of the receiver. The history can be stored and managed in the database. Accordingly, the service device 200 may identify a store frequently visited by a receiver or a preferred gift using information stored in advance in a database, and search for gift coupons according to the determined store information and preferred gift information. The gift coupon information is transmitted to the caller terminal device 100.

In addition, the service apparatus 200 receives and manages information on gift coupons and products issued by a product provider in connection with product providers (not shown), such as an internet shopping mall or an offline store, or at a product provider. The gift coupon can be directly generated and managed through the transmitted product information. Accordingly, the service device 200 may search for and provide a gift coupon available according to the location of the receiver through the gift coupon and information managed when the gift coupon is requested. In this case, if the gift coupon selected by the sender is not stored, the service apparatus 200 accesses the corresponding site and retrieves the selected gift coupon or provides the selected gift coupon to the recipient directly. In addition, the service device 200 may query the gift site to be provided by accessing the store site each time the gift coupon request is received without directly managing the gift coupon.

The service apparatus 200 may store various types of store and gift coupon information desired by a user, such as discount information of a store inquired at the request of the caller terminal device 100, information on a selected gift coupon, and other gift coupon information to compare prices or products. Can provide.

The location information providing apparatus 300 interworks with the service apparatus 200 and, upon receiving a request for the receiver location confirmation from the service apparatus 200, confirms the location of the receiver using the receiver information received from the service apparatus 200. The received receiver location information to the service apparatus 200. In this case, the location information providing apparatus 300 may determine the current location of the receiver through a GPS or a base station signal, or for a predetermined period (weekly / day / time zone) requested by the service device 200 through a previously received base station signal or the like. ) Get the location information. In addition, the location information providing apparatus 300 may check the address information (home address and work address, etc.) registered at the time of service subscription, generate location information of the receiver, and provide the generated location information to the service device 200. . As such, the location information of the receiver may be generated by the location information providing device 300 and provided to the service device 200, but may be directly generated by using address information managed by the service device 200.

The receiver terminal device 400 receives the gift coupon selected by the caller terminal device 100 from the service device 200 in cooperation with the service device 200 and displays the gift coupon. In this case, the receiver terminal device 400 may receive the store information for using the gift coupon according to the receiver location information from the service device 200 together with the gift coupon, and within the main life range of the receiver according to the received store information. Store location and store opening / closing time, merchandise exchangeable with gift coupons, discount information, and the like can be displayed. Accordingly, the receiver can check the displayed store information and exchange a desired product with a gift coupon at a store that is convenient to visit.

Meanwhile, the receiver terminal device 400 may designate a store to use the gift coupon and its location according to the request of the service device 200, transmit the specified location information to the service device 200, and use the same at the designated location. The gift coupon may be provided from the service device 200 according to the selection of the caller terminal device 100.

The apparatuses for providing a commodity exchange service in the commodity exchange service system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the configuration of the caller terminal device 100 for providing a commodity exchange service is as follows.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a caller terminal in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The caller terminal device 100 may include a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, an input unit 130, an output unit 140, and a storage unit 150.

The control unit 110 performs the overall control of the caller terminal device 100, in particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 110 is a product exchange service application and payment from the service device 200 in accordance with the product exchange service subscription It receives and installs an application and performs control to provide a commodity exchange service.

In detail, the controller 110 requests the gift coupon from the service device 200 through the communication unit 120, and transmits the receiver information of the receiver terminal device 400 to the service device 200 when the gift coupon is requested. Send it through.

The control unit 110 receives gift coupon information available within the main life range of the receiver through the communication unit 120 in consideration of the position of the receiver according to the gift coupon request from the service device 200, and receives the received gift coupon information. After confirming and selecting a gift coupon to present to the receiver, the gift coupon selection information is transmitted to the service device 200 through the communication unit 120.

The controller 110 executes the installed payment application to perform payment for the selected gift coupon. Here, the payment of the gift coupon according to the embodiment of the present invention may be performed by applying an electronic payment through a payment application through the service device 200, but the sender may directly perform the payment offline. In this case, the store terminal device (not shown) may perform payment processing in association with the service device 200, and when the payment is completed, the service device 200 provides a gift coupon to the caller terminal device 100. Will receive.

When the gift coupon transmission is completed and the gift coupon transmission completion message is received from the service device 200 through the communication unit 120, the controller 110 controls to display the gift coupon transmission completion message on the screen of the output unit 140. Then, the executed commodity exchange service application is terminated.

The communication unit 120 communicates with the service apparatus 200 through the communication network 10 to transmit and receive messages for the goods exchange service. The communication unit 120 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 120 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 120 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively.

The input unit 130 may generate a user input signal corresponding to a user request or information according to a user's operation and may be implemented as various input means that are currently commercialized or may be commercialized in the future. , A joystick, a touch screen, a touch pad, or the like, as well as a gesture input means for sensing a user's motion and generating a specific input signal.

Particularly, when the application for the commodity exchange service is driven, the input unit 130 receives personal information and receiver information (mobile phone number, etc.) from the sender through the gift coupon request screen displayed on the screen of the output unit 140. Is transmitted to the controller 110, a gift coupon to be presented is selected through the gift coupon selection screen displayed on the screen of the output unit 140, and the input signal according to the selection is transmitted to the controller 110.

In addition, the input unit 130 receives personal information for payment through a payment screen, and transmits an input signal for checking a payment verification number of a user and selecting a payment menu (icon) to the controller 110.

The output unit 140 is a means for providing a user recognition of the operation result or state of the caller terminal device 100. For example, the output unit 140 may include a display unit for visually outputting a screen or a speaker for outputting an audible sound. It may include. In particular, in the present invention, the application screen for the goods exchange service and payment running on the caller terminal device 100 can be displayed, the screen or payment authentication to induce the input of information on the gift coupon request and selection on the application screen Check and set number You can display a menu (icon).

The storage unit 150 stores programs and data necessary for providing and paying for the goods exchange service in the caller terminal device 100, and stores information about an application for goods exchange service and payment. In addition, the storage unit 150 stores payment information (cell phone number, virtual card information, payment authentication number, etc.). The storage unit 150 may be an optical storage medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), or a digital video disk (DVD) A magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), and a flash memory.

Next, a configuration of the service apparatus 200 for providing a commodity exchange service will be described.

3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service device 200 may include a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The control unit 210 controls the overall operation of the service device 200, performs a product exchange service subscription process, provides an application for a product exchange service and payment to the caller terminal device 100, and provides a product exchange service. To control the operation.

In addition, the control unit 210 inquires the gift coupons available within the recipient's main life range according to the receiver location information confirmed through the location confirmation of the recipient in response to the gift coupon request, and the gift coupon information according to the inquiry result caller terminal The device 100 transmits the data through the communication unit 220. Here, the gift coupon information is brief information about each of the inquired gift coupons, and may include product information, expiration date information, amount information, etc. that can be exchanged as gift coupons, and the output unit 140 of the caller terminal device 100. Each gift coupon inquired on the screen of) may be displayed as an icon or a list.

Subsequently, when the controller 210 receives the gift coupon selection information from the caller terminal device 100, the selected gift coupon is retrieved from the storage 230 or the corresponding site, and then communicated to the receiver terminal device 400 through the communication unit 220. send.

To this end, the control unit 210 may be configured to include a positioning unit 211, gift coupon inquiry unit 212 and gift coupon providing unit 213.

The location checking unit 211 receives the receiver information when the gift coupon is requested from the caller terminal device 100 and checks the location of the receiver using the received receiver information. In this case, the location checking unit 211 may receive the receiver location information from the location information providing device 300 in cooperation with the location information providing device 300 through the communication unit 212. Here, the received location information may be information on the current location of the receiver terminal device 400 or location information for each day / day / schedule time zone requested by the service device 200. To this end, the location checking unit 211 may request the location information for each week / day / schedule time zone to the location information providing apparatus 300.

The location checking unit 211 receives the requested location information from the location information providing apparatus 300, grasps the location for each week / day / day of the schedule, and stores the statistics in the storage unit 230 and statistically stores the data. Predict the place where the recipient stayed the most, ie the main range of life.

In addition, the location check unit 211 using the receiver information, if the receiver is a subscriber or a user subscribed to the commodity exchange service, the store visit history, payment history and gift history history received in advance in the storage unit 230 By using the statistical data such as to predict the main life range of the user can be used to generate the receiver location information using the predicted results. In another method, the location confirming unit 211 predicts the main life range of the receiver according to the address information, the main store or product information registered by the receiver at the time of subscription, even if the location information is not provided, Recipient location information can be generated in the life span.

On the other hand, when the location confirming unit 211 receives the designated location information from the receiver terminal device 400 through the communication unit 220, it may set the received designated location information as the receiver location information.

The location check unit 211 transmits the confirmed receiver location information to the caller terminal device 100 through the communication unit 220.

The gift coupon inquiry unit 212 may search for gift coupons that can be used within the recipient's main life range using the receiver location information identified by the location confirmation unit 211. In this case, the gift coupon inquiry unit 212 uses the gift coupon information stored in the storage unit 230 to search the gift coupons available within the main life range of the receiver according to the location information, gift coupon information for the gift coupons inquired Read or receive gift coupon information from the terminal device or store site of one or more stores inquired according to the location information.

In addition, the gift coupon inquiry unit 212 inquires the stores located within the main life range of the receiver according to the receiver location information confirmed by the location confirmation unit 211, and query the gift coupons available in one or more stores inquired, The one or more gift coupons are classified by store and type to generate gift coupon information.

The gift coupon providing unit 213 transmits the gift coupon information generated by the gift coupon inquiry unit 212 to the caller terminal device 100 and the gift coupon information selected from the gift coupon information transmitted from the caller terminal device 100. Receive gift coupon selection information. Accordingly, the gift coupon providing unit 213 retrieves the corresponding gift coupon according to the received gift coupon selection information and provides it to the receiver terminal device 400. In this case, if the gift coupon providing unit 213 stores the gift coupon in the storage unit 230, the storage unit 230 reads out and provides the gift coupon, and if the gift coupon is not stored, The gift coupon may be received and provided from a terminal device or a site of the store.

The communication unit 220 communicates with the caller terminal device 200, the location information providing device 300, and the receiver terminal device 400 through the communication network 10 to transmit and receive messages for a commodity exchange service. The communication unit 220 can transmit and receive data through various communication methods as well as wire and wireless methods. In addition, the communication unit 220 may transmit and receive data using one or more communication methods. For this purpose, the communication unit 220 may include a plurality of communication modules that transmit and receive data according to different communication methods, respectively.

The storage unit 230 stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the service apparatus 200, and basically stores an operating program of the service apparatus 200. In addition, the storage unit 230 stores application data to be provided. Stores and stores information on subscriptions, gift coupons, gift coupon data, sender and receiver information, gift coupon selection and location information, etc. Store visit history, payment history, gift history, etc. The storage unit 230 may include an optical media such as a magnetic media such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and a digital video disk (DVD). Magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, random access memory (RAM), and flash memory. In addition, although the storage unit 230 has been described as being included in the service device 200 in the embodiment of the present invention, a storage medium installed outside the service device 200 may be applied.

Next, a method for providing a commodity exchange service in the commodity exchange service system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a commodity exchange service in a commodity exchange service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In the merchandise exchange service system, the caller terminal device 100 requests the service apparatus 200 to subscribe to the merchandise exchange service before performing the merchandise exchange service. Accordingly, the service device 200 processes a product exchange service subscription to the caller terminal device 100 and stores subscription information of the caller terminal device. At this time, the caller terminal device 100 downloads and installs an application for goods exchange service and payment from the service device 200.

Thereafter, in step 1101, when the caller terminal device 100 executes the application for the goods exchange service according to the goods exchange service request, and receives a gift coupon request from the caller, the gift coupon request message including the receiver information received from the caller is received. To the service device 200.

In operation 1102, the service apparatus 200 transmits a receiver location information request message including the receiver information to the location information providing apparatus 300 to identify the location of the receiver using the received receiver information. Accordingly, in step 1103, the location information providing apparatus 300 confirms the location of the recipient by using the recipient information, and transmits the location information according to the confirmed location of the recipient in the recipient location information transmission message to the service device 200. do.

Then, in step 1104, the service device 200 inquires a store located within a range in which the receiver lives using the received receiver location information, and retrieves a gift coupon available in the inquired store. Then, in step 1105, the service device 200 reads gift coupon information for the inquired gift coupon or transmits gift coupon information obtained from a terminal device (or site) of the corresponding store to the caller terminal device 100. Here, when the receiver is a subscriber subscribed to the commodity exchange service, the service device 200 predicts the main life range of the user by using statistical data such as the store visit history, the payment history, and the received history history of the receiver. The predicted result can be used to generate receiver location information. In addition, the service device 200 may transmit a designation request message for using a gift coupon to the receiver terminal device 400. Accordingly, the receiver terminal device 400 transmits the location information designated by the receiver terminal device 400 to the service device 200. Then, the service device 200 may set the location information designated by the receiver terminal device 400 as the receiver location information, query the adjacent store according to the receiver location information, and query the gift coupon available in the inquired store. Accordingly, in step 1106, the caller terminal device 100 displays the received gift coupon information on the screen as a list or an icon, and receives a desired gift coupon from the sender through the displayed gift coupon selection screen. Then, in step 1107, the caller terminal device 100 includes the gift coupon selection information for the gift coupon selected according to the caller's selection input in the gift coupon selection information transmission message and transmits it to the service device 200.

Then, in step 1108, the caller terminal device 100 executes the payment application and performs payment for the selected gift coupon through the payment application executed in conjunction with the service device 200.

When the payment process is completed, in step 1109, the service device 200 loads the gift coupon according to the gift coupon selection information, checks the receiver information, and transmits the gift coupon loaded to the receiver terminal device 400. In this case, the service device 200 may transmit the location information of a store that can use the gift coupon together with the gift coupon to the receiver terminal device 400.

In operation 1110, the service device 200 transmits a gift coupon transmission completion message to the caller terminal device 100. Accordingly, the caller terminal device 100 terminates the application for the commodity exchange service to complete the commodity exchange service.

On the other hand, if the service device 200 requests the exchange because the recipient does not like the provided gift coupon, the receiver terminal receives other gift coupon information that can be provided in the inquired store for a similar price and similar products to the provided gift coupon It may also be provided to the device 400. Accordingly, the receiver terminal device 400 may check the received other gift coupon information and exchange it with another gift coupon of the same price that can be provided in the inquired store, or may exchange the present gift coupon after payment of a difference of a desired similar product. have.

The method for providing a commodity exchange service according to the present invention may be implemented in software form readable through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on a recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD) Includes a hardware device that is specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk and a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

Although disclosed with respect to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be carried out in the embodiments disclosed herein. will be. Furthermore, although specific terms are used in this specification and the drawings, they are used in a generic sense only to facilitate the description of the invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a commodity exchange service so that a sender in a commodity exchange service system can present a gift coupon (eg, gift icon) that can be used at a store within the receiver's main life range. When the sender terminal selects and purchases a gift coupon based on the gift coupon information in consideration of the receiver's location, the receiver sends the gift coupon purchased from the service device to the receiver terminal, so that the receiver can easily access the store near the living. Since gift coupons can be exchanged for merchandise, there is no need for the recipient to go to the store, and this is a useful invention that can reduce the waste of time, thereby contributing to the development of the service industry.

10: communication network 100: caller terminal device
110: control unit 120: communication unit
130: input unit 140: output unit
150: storage unit 200: service device
210: control unit 211: position checking unit
212: gift coupon inquiry unit 213: gift coupon provider
220: communication unit 230: storage unit
300: location information providing device 400: receiver terminal device

Claims (12)

In response to a request for a gift coupon, the receiver's main life range is checked using the receiver information of the receiver terminal device, the receiver location information is generated according to the verification result, and the store located in the main life range of the receiver according to the generated recipient location information. A service device for inquiring a gift coupon that is available to a recipient provided by the inquired one or more stores, and transmitting the gift coupon selected by the sender to the receiver terminal device through the gift coupon information of the inquired one or more gift coupons. ;
Sending the recipient information while requesting the gift coupon to the service device, receiving and displaying the gift coupon information from the service device, and selecting a gift coupon desired by the sender from the displayed gift coupon information, A sender terminal device which transmits selection information to the service device and performs payment for the selected gift coupon; And
A receiver terminal device which receives the gift coupon selected by the sender from the service device and displays the gift coupon so that the receiver can exchange the provided gift coupon for the corresponding product;
Commodity exchange service system comprising a. A communication unit configured to communicate with the sender terminal device and the receiver terminal device through a communication network to transmit and receive a message for a goods exchange service; And
According to the gift coupon request of the sender terminal device, the recipient's main life range is checked using the receiver information received from the sender terminal device, and the receiver location information is generated according to the result of the confirmation and the receiver is generated according to the receiver location information. Query the stores located in the main living range of the, search the gift coupons available to the recipients provided in the one or more inquired stores, and transmit gift coupon information for the one or more inquired gift coupons to the caller terminal device; A control unit which controls the sender terminal device to transmit the selected gift coupon to the receiver terminal device through the gift coupon information;
Service apparatus for providing goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system comprising a. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
A location checking unit which checks the main life range of the recipient by using the recipient information according to the gift coupon request, and generates the recipient location information according to a verification result;
A gift for querying adjacent stores within the recipient's main life range according to the recipient location information, for querying gift coupons available in the one or more inquired stores, and generating the gift coupon information for the one or more gift coupons inquired Coupon inquiry unit; And
Sending the gift coupon information generated by the gift coupon inquiry unit to the caller terminal device, receiving the selection information on the gift coupon selected by the caller from the caller terminal device and the corresponding gift coupon according to the selection information and the corresponding A gift coupon providing unit that provides store information that can use gift coupons to the receiver terminal device;
Service apparatus for providing goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the positioning unit,
Transmitting the receiver information to the location information providing apparatus, and receiving the receiver location information generated through the receiver location verification according to the recipient information in the location information providing apparatus to check the current location of the receiver through the received receiver location information. A service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in a goods exchange service system, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein the positioning unit,
Transmitting the receiver information to a location information providing device, requesting location information for a predetermined period of time, predicting the main life range of the recipient using the location information received according to the request, and A service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in a goods exchange service system, characterized by generating receiver location information. The method of claim 3, wherein the positioning unit,
When the receiver terminal device is subscribed to the commodity exchange service, using the information registered in advance at the time of subscription of the commodity exchange service, the receiver's main life range is predicted and the receiver location information is generated according to the predicted recipient's main life range. A service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in a goods exchange service system, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein the positioning unit,
And predicting the recipient's main life range using at least one of pre-stored recipient's store visit history, payment history, and gift history history information, and generating recipient location information according to the predicted recipient's main life range. Service apparatus for providing a goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system. According to claim 3, The gift coupon inquiry unit,
Providing the gift coupon information by classifying the one or more gift coupons inquiries according to the store and type according to the receiver location information generated by the location checker for providing goods exchange service in the goods exchange service system Service device. Receiving a gift coupon request message including recipient information from a caller terminal device;
Confirming the recipient's main life span using the recipient information to identify a recipient's location of the recipient's main life span;
Generating recipient location information according to the confirmed recipient location;
Retrieving a store located within a main life range of the receiver according to the generated receiver location information;
Retrieving a gift coupon available to the recipient provided by the inquired one or more stores;
Transmitting gift coupon information on the inquired one or more gift coupons to the caller terminal device;
Receiving selection information on the gift coupon selected from the gift coupon information by the caller from the caller terminal device; And
Transmitting the corresponding gift coupon according to the selection information on the selected gift coupon to a receiver terminal device;
Method for providing a commodity exchange service in the service device comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9,
When the gift coupon request message is received, requesting a location designation from the receiver terminal device;
Receiving specified location information from the receiver terminal device; And
Generating the receiver location information using the designated location information;
Method for providing a goods exchange service in the service device further comprising. Transmitting a gift coupon request message including the recipient information input from the sender to the service device;
Receiving gift coupon information for one or more gift coupons provided by one or more stores inquired according to the receiver location of the recipient's main life range identified by the receiver information in the service device;
Receiving a gift coupon selected by the sender from the received gift coupon information;
Transmitting selection information on the selected gift coupon to the service device;
Performing a payment for the selected gift coupon; And
Receiving a gift coupon transmission completion message from the service apparatus as the service apparatus transmits the selected gift coupon to a receiver terminal device;
Method for providing a goods exchange service in the caller terminal device comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for providing a commodity exchange service according to any one of claims 9 to 11.

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