KR20140120273A - System and method for providing previous check-in based incentive-added reward for purchasing - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus to provide an incentive-added reward in a case of performing check-in before purchasing in a member store, and applying for a reward with a purchase proof information after purchasing. The method to provide a reward comprises the following steps of: receiving, by the apparatus for issuing a reward, a check-in request including information indicating a member store at which a purchaser is to check-in from a purchaser terminal; receiving, by the apparatus for issuing a reward, a reward issue request including purchase proof information from the purchaser terminal; and depositing, by the apparatus for issuing a reward, a reward corresponding to the purchase proof information and an incentive in a purchaser account when the member store where the purchase in accordance to the reward issue request occurred is identical to the check-in member store.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a purchase reward reflecting advance check-in incentives,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing rewards for purchasing behavior. More particularly, the present invention relates to a providing method and apparatus for providing a reward through a post-reward application for a consumer's purchase of goods or services, in which a reward generated in response to an advertisement is distinguished from a reward .

Various types of rewards are provided for purchasers' purchasing behavior or service use behavior of service users. Such compensation may be provided by a variety of broker companies that connect buyers or service users with sellers or service providers. This type of compensation is performed in such a way that when a seller or a service provider notifies the broker company of the purchase performance of the buyer or service user's service utilization, the broker company provides compensation to the buyer or the service user.

However, at this time, there is a possibility that manipulation of the purchase result may be performed by unification between the seller or the service provider and the purchaser or the service user. For example, a service provider may offer cheaper prices on condition that the service user who visited through the broker company's introduction site is not compensated, and the service user can accept such a proposal. In this case, although the service user actually uses the broker company, the purchasing result through the broker company is omitted. Broker companies that receive a certain percentage of the sales generated by their introduction as a commission have a problem that their sales may be reduced due to omission of such purchasing results.

In addition, a so-called social commerce is provided in which a plurality of parties are gathered and the price of the service becomes low. According to such a social commerce, a plurality of customers purchase coupons in advance to use a predetermined service, and use the services at a low price in a manner of presenting such coupons (or confirming coupon issuance numbers). Because the costs paid by customers using coupons are considerably lower than those paid by regular customers, it is possible that store owners will discriminate against customers using social commerce and consumers. Due to these problems in using the service, the complaints of customers using the social commerce are increasing.

In addition, coupons purchased through a social commerce company are usually given an expiration date. If the coupon is not used after the purchase of the coupon, or if the buyer can not use the coupon because his or her personal circumstances do not permit it Lt; / RTI > In such cases, refunds may be possible, but policy refunds may not be allowed. It is also common for small amounts to be left without a refund. These problems can reduce the economic benefits of social commerce from using services at lower prices.

Korea Patent Publication No. 2013-0012244

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a reward for purchasing behavior, and a method and an apparatus for distinguishing and processing sales when sales are generated according to advertisements.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing an incentive-applied reward in the case where a check-in is performed before a purchase operation for an affiliated store, and a reward application is made with purchase confirmation information after a purchase operation .

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for calculating an advertisement induction sales amount that can be used as a basic material when an advertisement provider charges an advertisement cost to an advertiser .

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing a reward for a purchase action includes the steps of: receiving a check-in request including information indicating a merchant to be checked in from a buyer's terminal; Receiving a reward issuance request including purchase proof information from the purchaser's terminal, and when the reward issuance device determines that the merchant from which the purchase has been made according to the reward issuance request is the same as the check- And reflecting the incentive on the reward according to the proof information to the buyer's account.

According to one embodiment, the purchase proof information may include information on the receipt issued to the buyer at the merchant.

According to one embodiment, the information on the receipt may be image data of the receipt.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of accumulating in the buyer's account may include the steps of: acquiring the purchase proof information from the receipt time of the check-in request, And accumulating the incentive in the reward according to the purchase proof information to the buyer's account when the purchase time is later.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of accumulating in the buyer's account may include the steps of: acquiring the purchase proof information from the receipt time of the check-in request, And accumulating the incentive in the reward according to the purchase proof information to the buyer's account when the purchase time according to the purchase proof information is later than the time designated by the franchisee. In this case, the step of accumulating in the buyer's account may include reflecting the incentive specified in correspondence with the time interval between the reception time of the check-in request and the purchase time point in the reward according to the purchase proof information .

According to one embodiment, the check-in request may further include location information of the purchaser's terminal. At this time, the step of accumulating in the buyer's account may include the step of comparing the location information included in the check-in request with the location information of the already registered franchisee to generate distance information to the store at the check-in time ; And determining an incentive corresponding to the distance information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a reward for a purchase activity includes generating information on the number of buyers who have transmitted a check-in request for each merchant, And transmitting the information.

A method for calculating an advertisement fee of a reward providing method for a purchase action according to another embodiment of the present invention is a method for reward providing method for a reward providing method for a purchasing action by receiving a check- The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: the reward issuing device receiving a reward issuing request including proof of purchase information from the purchaser terminal; and a step in which the reward issuing device checks whether the merchant, And generating advertisement cost information corresponding to the purchase amount according to the reward issuance request when the reward issuing request is identical with the target merchant.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a reward for a purchase action, the apparatus comprising: a check-in processor for receiving a check-in request including information indicating a merchant to be checked in, A reward issuance request receiving unit for receiving a reward request from the reward issuer, and a reward receiving unit for rewarding an incentive to the reward according to the purchase proof information when the merchant from which the reward is issued is the same as the check- And an accumulation unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to induce the buyer to check-in before visiting the franchisee with the incentive for the reward, and in the case of the franchisee, the sales generated after the visit is pre- It is possible to distinguish the request for reward from the sales after the sales, and it is possible to obtain the data for the advertisement business to prove the sales generated by the advertisement.

1 is a configuration diagram of a reward providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a signal flow diagram of a reward providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a signal flow diagram of a rewarding method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a detailed flowchart of some of the operations of the method of FIG. 2 or FIG.
FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart different from FIG. 4, for some operations of the method of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3;
6 is a signal flow diagram of a reward providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing a reward according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a block diagram of a reward providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a hardware configuration diagram of a reward providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The configuration and operation of the reward providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention and the reward providing method performed in the reward providing system will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a buyer visits a franchisee to receive a service, or after purchasing an item, receives a receipt through the POS terminal 200 installed in the franchisee. The receipt may be a paper receipt.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, the term "merchant" means an employer who enters into a contract with a reward transit provider to issue a reward for a buyer's reward request according to the reward providing method of the present invention.

Next, the purchaser transmits information on the receipt to the reward providing apparatus 100 by using the purchaser terminal 400. [ For example, the information on the receipt may be image data of the receipt. The reward providing apparatus 100 may be, for example, a server apparatus connected to a network. The reward providing apparatus 100 may include a web server module for providing a web service, and a database module for recording data.

The purchaser terminal 400 may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, and the image data may be photographed through the mobile terminal. In addition, the purchaser terminal 400 may be provided with a reward issuing application having a function of promoting a reward issuable store and issuing a reward issuance request.

According to one embodiment, the purchaser terminal 400 displays information on a reward-issuable store, captures a receipt issued by the merchant after the purchase at the merchant is performed, To the providing apparatus 100 via the network.

According to another embodiment, the purchaser terminal 400 may be a general-purpose PC such as a desktop PC or a notebook computer, and may connect to an Internet site where a request for issuing a reward can be issued and send image data of the receipt photographed to the reward providing apparatus 100 May be transmitted. Of course, the purchaser terminal 400 may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, and may access an internet site that can issue a reward issuance request through the mobile terminal.

According to another embodiment, the purchaser terminal 400 may transmit a capture image of the payment history notification text message of either the credit card or the check card used for payment at the merchant to the reward providing apparatus 100. [ In the captured image, a telephone number of a financial institution such as a credit card company should be recorded as a sender number.

According to one embodiment, in transmitting the image data to the reward providing apparatus 100, the purchaser terminal 400 can transmit information on the reward issuing target merchant designated by the buyer together. That is, the reward issuance request transmitted from the buyer terminal 400 includes the image data and the information about the affiliated shop.

The reward issuing device 100 accumulates the reward according to the information on the receipt in the buyer's account. Hereinafter, the specific operation of the reward issuing apparatus 100 will be described.

The reward providing apparatus 100 records the reward issuing request received from the purchaser terminal 400. [ According to one embodiment, the reward providing apparatus 100 may perform verification of the receipt image data included in the reward issuing request, and may transmit a message to the purchaser terminal 400 to inform the user when the verification fails.

For example, in response to receiving the reward issuance request, an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is applied to the receipt image data, and a receipt It is possible to determine whether or not recognition is successful. The reward providing apparatus 100 can determine whether receipt recognition has succeeded or not, based on whether or not the text to be included in the receipt has been detected. If it is determined that the receipt recognition is unsuccessful as a result of the determination, the reward providing apparatus 100 may transmit the acceptance rejection signal of the reward issuing request to the buyer terminal 400.

According to one embodiment, the reward providing device 100 may provide a recorded reward issuance request in response to a request from a rewarding trader terminal (not shown). The reward broadcasting company terminal displays the purchase proof information included in the reward issuance request, for example, the receipt image, and receives the purchase amount and purchase identification information corresponding to the receipt image from the reward transmission company user. The purchase identification information is information for identifying a purchase, for example, a store name, a transaction identifier issued by the POS terminal, a transaction time, and the like. The reward broadcasting company terminal can transmit the purchased purchase amount and purchase identification information to the reward providing apparatus 100.

According to another embodiment, the reward providing apparatus 100 can directly analyze the purchase proof information included in the reward issuing request received from the purchaser terminal 400. [ For example, when the purchase proof information is the receipt image data, the purchase amount and purchase identification information may be extracted by applying an optical character recognition (OCR) to the purchase proof information. The purchase amount can be extracted in consideration of a point adjacent to the text such as "total amount "," purchase amount ", "total ", and the like. The purchase identification information extracts the store name of the pre-stored merchant and extracts the name of the merchant, extracts the text of the time format to extract the purchase time, or displays the text such as "receipt ID", "receipt number" A method of extracting the receipt identifier or the like can be used.

When the merchant identification information is included in the reward issuance request, the reward providing device 100 can more accurately extract the purchase amount and purchase identification information by referring to the receipt text template corresponding to the merchant identification information. That is, the reward providing apparatus 100 analyzes the format of the receipt issued at each merchant store, records the text indicating each item included in the receipt and the arrangement of each text as a template in advance, refers to the template Purchase amount and purchase identification information can be extracted.

The reward providing apparatus 100 may transmit a reward issuance confirmation request message including the purchase amount and the purchase identification information that is received from the reward broadcasting company terminal or is analyzed by itself to the merchant terminal 300. [ The reward providing apparatus 100 accumulates a reward determined corresponding to the purchase amount in the buyer's account only when an approval signal is received from the merchant terminal 300 in response to the reward issuance confirmation request message. The reward may be calculated according to the following equation.

"Reward = Purchase amount X Reward percentage determined by the merchant (%)"

However, the amount of the reward may be adjusted after the calculation according to the above equation so as to satisfy the predetermined amount range. In addition, the reward rate may be increased according to the merchant's reward accumulation result of the purchaser.

According to one embodiment, before the reward issuance confirmation request message is transmitted, the reward providing apparatus 100 determines whether the reward issuance request is itself a reward issuance request request. If it is determined that the reward issuance confirmation request message is not a reward issuance confirmation request message, Can be transmitted. The reward providing apparatus 100 generates at least a part of the purchase identification information received from the reward transmission company terminal or analyzed itself, as a reward issuance confirmation request identifier, and determines whether the reward issuance confirmation request identifier has already received history Can be determined. In such a case, when the buyer has left the receipt after completing the request for rewarding, it is effective to filter another person's request to issue a reward with the receipt. If the reward providing apparatus 100 has already received the reward issuing request as a result of the determination, the reward providing apparatus 100 may notify the purchaser terminal 400 of the fact that the reward issuing request has been made and may not perform the processing for the reward issuing request any more.

The merchant terminal 300 may be a computing device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a desktop PC, and a notebook computer. The merchant terminal 300 has a function of confirming the reward issuance confirmation request message and performing an approval / rejection response thereto, a function of inquiring the reward issuance performance, a function of transmitting an advertisement message for the reward issuers, You may have a rewarding application that includes the ability to charge money for issuance. Even if the reward issuing application is not installed in the merchant terminal 300, the function can be performed by accessing a web page providing the function.

Since the reward issuance confirmation request message is issued to the reward issuance confirmation request message, the reward issuer confirms that the reward issuance confirmation request message includes the actual reward issuance amount. It is necessary to check whether it is the buyer's request which was done. The reward providing apparatus 100 may include the proof of purchase information received from the purchaser terminal 400 in the reward issuance confirmation request message so that the merchant store owner can directly verify whether the reward issuance request is denied or not. For example, a merchant store owner can look at each receipt image to determine whether it is different from the one issued at the merchant, or whether the reward has already been issued.

The merchant terminal 300 transmits one of the approval / rejection signals to the reward providing apparatus 100 as a response to the reward issuance confirmation request message. If a refusal is made, one of the predefined reasons (for example, bad receipt, already completed reward issue, store visit request) may be assigned, or a refusal reason entered directly by the merchant store owner may be sent. When the refusal answer is received from the merchant terminal 300, the reward providing apparatus 100 may record the refusal reason as the final processing result of the reward issuing request received from the purchaser terminal 400. [ When the purchaser terminal 400 inquires the processing result of the request for issuing a reward, the reason for rejection may be confirmed.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a reward according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. FIG.

2 is a signal flow diagram of the reward providing method according to the present embodiment. Although not shown in FIG. 2, between the reward providing agency and the merchant store owner, a reward is issued by the reward providing intermediary in place of the merchant for the reward issuance request of the buyer according to the reward providing method of the present invention, It is presumed that a contract to fill the money for issuing the reward is concluded.

A reward issuing request including purchase proof information such as a receipt image is transmitted from the purchaser terminal 400 to the reward providing apparatus 100 (S102).

The reward providing apparatus 100 analyzes the received reward issuing request (S104). This process will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

The reward providing apparatus 100 transmits a reward issuance confirmation request including the analysis result of the reward issuance request to the merchant terminal 300. The reward issuance confirmation request may include, for example, a purchase amount, at least a part of the purchase identification information, and a receipt image. The buyer identification information may be included in the reward issuance confirmation request so that each merchant can filter the reward issuance request of the buyer included in the black list.

When the merchant terminal 300 approves the reward issuance confirmation request (S108), the reward providing apparatus 100 adds the reward according to the purchase amount of the reward issuance request to the buyer's account (S110). According to the request of the buyer terminal 400, the reward providing apparatus 100 can provide a reward accumulation result inquiry and a reward utilization service. For example, it is possible to utilize the reward to shop at the own shopping mall, to exchange money with cash, to shop at the affiliated shopping mall, to exchange money at a link point, and the like.

According to one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a reward accumulation reject signal may be transmitted from the merchant terminal 300 (S109). The reward providing apparatus 100 performs processing such as recording the reason for rejection in response to the reward accumulation rejection signal (S111). The result of the reward accumulation rejection may be transmitted to the buyer terminal 400 in response to the inquiry S 113 of the buyer terminal 400.

According to one embodiment, when there is an approval or rejection response (S108, S109) from the merchant terminal 300, the reward providing device 100 sends a push message to the buyer terminal 400 in real time, You can tell them to check the results.

4 to 5, the process of analyzing the reward issuance request (S104) will be described.

4, a reward relay company terminal (not shown) issues a receipt image inquiry to the reward providing apparatus 100 to receive a receipt image (S140), the reward relay company terminal displays a receipt image (S142 ), And receives the purchase amount and purchase identification information for the receipt in response to the display of the receipt image (S144). The reward broadcasting company terminal can provide the reward providing apparatus 100 with the purchase amount and purchase identification information. The reward providing apparatus 100 may filter at least a part of the purchase identification information to determine whether or not the request for reward issuance has already been received (S146). If it is determined that the application is for duplication, the reward providing apparatus 100 may transmit such fact to the purchaser terminal 400. [

Referring to FIG. 5, the reward providing apparatus 100 itself can perform an analysis of a reward issuance request. That is, the reward providing apparatus 100 applies OCR technology to the receipt image (S141), and extracts the purchase amount and purchase identification information from the resultant text (S143). The method of extracting the purchase amount and the purchase identification information from the calculated text can be utilized in various methods already mentioned in this specification. The reward providing apparatus 100 may filter at least a part of the purchase identification information to determine whether or not the request for reward issuance has already been received (S146). If it is determined that the application is for duplication, the reward providing apparatus 100 may transmit such fact to the purchaser terminal 400. [

Hereinafter, a method of providing a reward according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

6 is a signal flow diagram of the reward providing method according to the present embodiment. Although not shown in FIG. 6, between the reward providing agency and the merchant store owner, a reward is issued by the reward providing intermediary in place of the merchant for the reward issuance request of the purchaser in accordance with the reward providing method of the present invention, It is presumed that a contract to fill the money for issuing the reward is concluded.

First, the buyer terminal 400 transmits a check-in request including the information indicating the merchant to be checked in and the identifier of the buyer to the reward providing apparatus 100 (S101a). The check-in request may be understood to inform that the user of the buyer terminal 400 will visit the merchant for check-in.

According to one embodiment, the check-in request may further include position information of the buyer terminal 400, for example, GPS position information, position information by WPS (Wifi Positioning System), and the like.

In the buyer terminal 400, an application for performing the reward providing method according to the embodiments of the present invention is installed, information of each merchant shop is provided through the application, and a check-in request function and a reward A user interface for performing the issuance request function may be provided. For example, when a check-in request button is selected with a particular merchant selected through the application, a check-in request transmission (S101a) may be performed, and when a specific merchant is selected through the application, When a button is selected, a reward issue request (S102) may be performed.

The reward providing apparatus 100 receives the check-in request and performs check-in matching between the buyer and the check-in merchant according to the check-in request (S101b). The check-in matching is performed by a buyer who has transmitted the check-in request to a DB table provided for each merchant

A reward issue request including various types of receipt related information, a receipt image, and a card settlement character capture image is transmitted from the buyer terminal 400 to the reward providing apparatus 100 (S102).

The reward providing apparatus 100 analyzes the received reward issuing request (S104). This process has been described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The reward providing apparatus 100 transmits a reward issuance confirmation request including the analysis result of the reward issuance request to the merchant terminal 300. The reward issuance confirmation request may include, for example, a purchase amount, at least a part of the purchase identification information, and a receipt image. The buyer identification information may be included in the reward issuance confirmation request so that each merchant can filter the reward issuance request of the buyer included in the black list.

When the merchant terminal 300 approves the reward issuance confirmation request (S108), the reward providing apparatus 100 adds the reward according to the purchase amount of the reward issuance request to the buyer's account (S110). At this time, when the buyer performs the check-in with respect to the merchant that has made the purchase according to the request for issuing the reward, the reward can be increased by reflecting the incentive. That is, when the franchisee that has made the purchase according to the request for issuing a reward is the same as the check-in affiliated franchisee, the incentive can be reflected in the reward according to the purchase proof information.

According to one embodiment, the incentive may be reflected only when the check-in request is earlier than the purchase point of time according to the proof of purchase information included in the reward issue request.

According to one embodiment, the reward incentive is applied only when the check-in request is earlier than the purchase point of time according to the purchase proof information included in the reward issue request, . That is, each merchant can specify the minimum time interval from the check-in for the incentive application to the completion of the purchase.

According to an embodiment, the incentive designated in correspondence with the time interval between the reception time of the check-in request and the purchase time point can be reflected in the reward according to the purchase proof information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the location information included in the check-in request is compared with the location information of the franchisee to generate distance information to the store at the check-in time, and an incentive corresponding to the distance information is determined .

Refer to Table 1 for an example of applying incentives to rewards in more detail.

A case in which the reward corresponding to the purchase amount is 1000 will be described. In case of merchant A, if you check in between 6 hours and 24 hours before the purchase date according to the proof of purchase, the reward will be increased to 1200 won with 20% incentive. Similarly, Merchant B receives a 10% incentive on Rewards if checked-in 3 hours prior to purchase. Generally, the larger the difference between the check-in time and the purchase time (the transaction time recorded in the purchase information), the greater the incentive can be provided, but each merchant is able to provide, in an unrestricted manner, The incentive corresponding to the time period of < / RTI >

According to Table 1, merchants C and D are merchants designated to provide distance-based reward incentives. That is, the merchants C and D give an incentive based on the distance between the shopper position and the merchant position at the time of check-in. For example, if a merchant C is checked in at a location 40KM away from a store, and then visits the store to make a purchase and request a reward, the reward will be increased by 20%.

An incentive may be given based on the distance between the merchant at the time of check-in and the location of the shopper, but may be based on the administrative area as described in the merchant shop D. To this end, the reward providing apparatus 100 may convert the location information of the buyer terminal 400 included in reception of the check-in request into the location of the administrative area using the pre-stored map information. The location information on the administrative area of the merchant can also be registered in advance.

Generally, the greater the distance between the shopper's location at the check-in time and the merchant's location, the greater the incentive may be provided, but each merchant will be able to determine the location of the shopper at check- The incentive corresponding to the section can be specified.

In response to a request from the buyer terminal 400, the reward providing apparatus 100 may provide a reward accumulation result inquiry and a reward utilization service (S112). For example, it is possible to utilize the reward to shop at the own shopping mall, to exchange money with cash, to shop at the affiliated shopping mall, to exchange money at a link point, and the like.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the reward providing apparatus 100 according to still another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. FIG.

7, the reward providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a reward issuance request receiving unit 102, a reward issuance confirmation request unit 104, a reward reloading unit 108, and a reward inquiry unit 110, . ≪ / RTI >

The reward issuance request receiving unit 102 receives a reward issuance request including the proof of purchase information from the purchaser's terminal and transfers the reward issuance request to the reward issuance confirmation request unit 104. [ The purchase proof information may be a capture image of a payment history notification text message of any one of a credit card or a check card used for payment at the merchant. The purchase proof information may be image data of a receipt issued to the buyer at the merchant. The reward issuance request receiving unit 102 can receive the reward issuance request from the purchaser's terminal installed with the application for reward accumulation request according to the present invention, and the reward issuance request can be transmitted by the application. The reward issuance request may include information on the purchase merchant information input by the purchaser through the application.

The reward issuance confirmation requesting unit 104 sends a reward issuance confirmation request message including at least one of the purchase identification information according to the purchase proof information included in the reward issuance request, the purchase amount, and the received purchase proof information to the merchant terminal .

The reward acquiring unit 108 accumulates, in the buyer's account, a reward corresponding to the purchase amount according to the purchase proof information only when the reward issuing approval is received in response to the reward issuance confirmation request message.

As shown in FIG. 8, the reward providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may further include a purchase proof information analysis unit 101 and a request verification unit 103.

The purchase proof information analysis unit 101 applies a character recognition technology (OCR) to the purchase proof information to extract a purchase amount and purchase identification information according to the purchase proof information.

The request verifying unit 103 judges whether or not the reward issuing request is requested according to whether or not the purchase identifier included in the purchase identification information has already been issued to the reward issuing request, And sends a message indicating that the request is a request.

If the reward issuance request received through the reward issuance request receiving unit 102 further includes the merchant identification information designated by the purchaser, the proof of purchase information analysis unit 101 applies character recognition technology to the proof of purchase information to extract Extracting the purchase amount and the purchase identification information from the text information, and extracting the purchase amount and the purchase identification information using the merchant identification information. The request verifying unit 103 determines whether or not the reward issuance request is requested based on whether the text information extracted by applying the character recognition technology to the purchase proof information matches the receipt text template corresponding to the merchant identification information, If it is determined that the request is an unauthorized issue, the message may be transmitted to the terminal of the purchaser informing that the request is an unauthorized issue.

According to one embodiment, the reward providing apparatus 100 may further include a check-in processing unit 112, as shown in FIG. The check-in processing unit 112 receives a check-in request including information indicating the check-in merchant. The check-in request may further include the user identifier of the buyer terminal and the buyer terminal location information at the time of the check-in request. At this time, the reward accumulation unit 108 reflects the incentive to the reward according to the purchase proof information and accumulates it in the buyer's account when the franchisee where the purchase according to the request for issuing the reward is the same as the check- have.

According to one embodiment, the reward accumulation unit 108 may reflect an incentive on the reward only when the time of receipt of the check-in request by the check-in processing unit 112 is earlier than the time of purchase according to the purchase proof information .

According to an embodiment, the reward accumulating unit 108 may further include a reward accumulating unit 108 for accumulating the reward when the check-in request reception time of the check-in processing unit 112 is longer than the time point of purchase by the check- The incentive can be reflected in the reward only if it is fast.

According to an embodiment, the reward accumulating unit 108 may accumulate the rewards at a rate specified by each merchant for each interval of the time interval between the receipt time of the check-in request of the check- The incentive can be reflected in the reward.

According to one embodiment, the reward accumulation unit 108 accumulates the buyer's terminal position (position information of the buyer terminal included in the check-in request) at the time of receiving the check-in request of the check-in processing unit 112, Determine an incentive based on the distance between the locations of the merchant points, and reflect the incentive in the reward.

10 is a hardware configuration diagram of a reward providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

10, a reward providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a system bus 31, a CPU 32, a memory 33, a storage 35, and a network interface 38 ). The computer program code embodying the reward providing method of an embodiment of the present invention described above may be stored in the storage 35 and loaded into the memory 33 and executed by the CPU 32. [ The reward providing device may further include a mouse 34 and a keyboard 37 and a display device 36 for user input.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

Buyer terminal 400
The reward providing device 100

Claims (11)

Receiving, by the reward issuing device, a check-in request from the purchaser terminal, the check-in request including information indicating a merchant to be checked in;
Receiving, by the reward issuing device, a reward issuing request including purchase proof information from the purchaser's terminal; And
Wherein the reward issuing device reflects the incentive to the reward according to the purchase proof information and accumulates the reward in the buyer's account when the reward issuing request is that the merchant from which the purchase has been made is the same as the check-
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the purchase proof information includes information on a receipt issued by the merchant,
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. 3. The method of claim 2,
The information on the receipt may be image data of the receipt,
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. The method according to claim 1,
The step of accumulating in the buyer's account,
When the franchisee where the purchase is made according to the request for issuing a reward is the same as the check-in merchant and the purchase point of time according to the purchase proof information is later than the reception point of the check-in request, To the buyer ' s account, reflecting the incentive. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of accumulating in the buyer's account,
When the franchisee where the purchase is made according to the request for issuing a reward is the same as the check-in merchant and the purchase point of time according to the purchase proof information is later than the franchise point, And accumulating in the buyer's account the incentive to the reward according to the purchase proof information.
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step of accumulating in the buyer's account,
And reflecting the incentive designated in correspondence with the time interval between the reception time of the check-in request and the purchase time point in a reward according to the purchase proof information.
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the check-in request further comprises location information of the purchaser's terminal,
The step of accumulating in the buyer's account,
Comparing the location information included in the check-in request with location information of the already registered franchisee to generate distance information to the store at the check-in time; And
And determining an incentive corresponding to the distance information.
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. The method according to claim 1,
Generating information on the number of buyers who have transmitted the check-in request for each merchant; And
Further comprising transmitting information on the number of check-in shoppers to the terminal of each merchant.
How to provide a reward for purchasing behavior. Receiving, by the reward issuing device, a check-in request from the purchaser terminal, the check-in request including information indicating a merchant to be checked in;
Receiving, by the reward issuing device, a reward issuing request including purchase proof information from the purchaser's terminal; And
And generating the advertisement cost information corresponding to the purchase amount according to the reward issuance request when the reward issuing device is the same as the check-in affiliated merchant,
A method of reward payment method for advertising activity. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 9 is recorded. A check-in processing unit for receiving a check-in request including information indicating a check-in merchant point;
A reward issuance request receiver for receiving a reward issuance request including purchase proof information; And
And a reward accumulating unit for accumulating the reward based on the proof of purchase information into the account of the buyer by reflecting the incentive if the franchisee who has made the purchase according to the reward issuance request is the same as the check-
A device for providing rewards for purchasing behavior.

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