KR20140127989A - System for providing digital menu board based on NFC TAG, and method for providing digital menu board based on NFC TAG using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing a digital menu board based on a near field communication (NFC) tag and a method for providing a digital menu board based on an NFC tag using the same. The system for providing a digital menu board based on an NFC tag of the present invention comprises a smartphone (20) recognizing an NFC tag (10) to obtain URL information for accessing a digital menu board from the NFC tag (10); a digital menu board providing server (40) granting a request of the smartphone (20) for accessing through a communication network (30) using the obtained URL information and transmitting menu information according to the obtained URL information to the smartphone (20) to display the menu information; and a mobile payment server (60) performing mobile payment according to a mobile payment request from the smartphone (20) through the communication network (30) with respect to a menu selected by a user of the smartphone (20) from among the displayed menu information. Thus, when the user who carries the smartphone (20) visits a restaurant, or the like, the user may be provided with a detailed digital menu board and immediately order and pay by simply bringing the smartphone into contact with a small NFC tag attached to a table, without having to install an application for displaying a menu or sign up for a membership and log in.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an NFC tag-based menu plate providing system and a NFC tag-based menu plate providing method using the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system.

The present invention relates to a menu plate providing system based on a near field communication (NFC) tag and a method of providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag using the same. More specifically, It is an ordering and billing system that is used in food service businesses that use post-payment methods, such as a meal house, and so on. Even if employees do not wait for orders to receive orders or wait in line for ordering, If you touch only the NFC tag attached to the table with the phone, the URL is logged in as the digital menu of the business created by the mobile web. In addition, a menu based on the NFC tag for checking detailed information of the menus, And a method of providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag using the same.

In order to purchase commodities or coffee when visiting a traditional restaurant or a shop, a lot of people have to wait in line in front of the counter, which is inconvenient. Especially, it is not easy to take a seat at the time of a visit alone, and there has been an inconvenience that you have to stand in front of a counter until goods or coffee are boring.

Accordingly, in the related art, it is required to develop technology for solving the conventional inconvenience by directly ordering at a table using a smart phone possessed by most people.

[Related Technical Literature]

1. A digital menu board and a menu posting system for restaurants (Patent Application No. 10-2008-0000005)

2. ON-LINE MENU METHOD IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (Patent Application No. 10-1994-0036145) in the communication processing system

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smartphone, a smartphone, The present invention provides a menu providing system based on an NFC tag and a method for providing a menu based on the NFC tag, wherein the menu providing system is provided with a detailed digital menu by simply contacting an NFC tag with a smartphone.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the payment of the menus ordered through the smartphone is completed, the smartphone user can confirm the time at which the ordered menu is displayed, and when the ordered menu is completed, The present invention provides a method of providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag and a method of providing a menu plate based on the NFC tag.

In addition, in the present invention, on the digital menu plate provider side, the order details are automatically transmitted to the POS (point of sale) terminal of the counter and the printer for the receipt printing, To provide a menu plate providing system based on the NFC tag and a method of providing a menu plate based on the NFC tag.

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

In order to achieve the above object, an NFC tag-based menu plate providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention recognizes the NFC tag 10 and receives URL information for accessing the digital menu from the recognized NFC tag 10 A smartphone 20 to acquire; Access request via the communication network 30 using the obtained URL information of the smartphone 20 and transmits menu information according to the obtained URL information to the smartphone 20, A digital menu plate providing server 40 for allowing information to be implemented; And a mobile payment server for performing mobile settlement according to a mobile settlement request through the communication network (30) from the smartphone (20) for a selection menu selected by a user of the smartphone (20) among the implemented menu information 60); And a control unit.

At this time, the mobile payment server 60 informs the smartphone 10 of the selection menu approval details according to the mobile payment through the communication network 30 as a push alarm or a text message, To the POS terminal (70) through the communication network (30).

In addition, the POS terminal 70 transmits the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 and prints out the receipt printing. The POS terminal 70 prints the selected menu reception time based on the basic time for each menu and the waiting time for the order And transmits time information, which is counted according to the calculated reception time, to the smartphone 10 through the communication network in real time.

When the completion information for the selection menu is input, the POS terminal 70 transmits the selection ready completion message to the smartphone 20 through the communication network 30 as a push alarm or a text message, And transmits the control request to the smartphone 20 together via the communication network 30. [

In addition, the mobile payment server 60 provides a shopping cart function for a desired selection menu among the menu information by a user of the smartphone 20, and carries out ordering and payment by putting it in the shopping cart .

In addition, the system according to the present invention can be provided to the digital menu plate providing server 40 via the communication network 30 to perform editing of a customized digital menu plate to a terminal owned by an owner of a store or catering establishment A business owner terminal 50 for accessing a dedicated editing web page and editing and updating in real time; Further comprising:

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first step of a smartphone 20 recognizing an NFC tag 10; The URL information for accessing the digital menu plate provided from the digital menu plate providing server 40 is obtained from the NFC tag 10 in which the smartphone 20 is recognized and then the digital menu plate providing server 40 A second step of performing an access request through the communication network 30; And the smartphone 20 receives the menu information from the digital menu providing server 40 according to the acquired URL information, implements the menu information, and transmits the menu information to the smartphone 20, A third step of allowing the mobile payment server 60 to perform mobile settlement by the mobile payment server 60 according to a mobile settlement request through the communication network 30 for a selection menu selected by a user of the mobile payment server 60; And a control unit.

At this time, after the third step, the mobile payment server 60 notifies the smart phone 10 of the selection menu approval details according to the mobile settlement to the smartphone 10 via the communication network 30 as a push alarm or a text message, A fourth step of transmitting menu approval details to the POS terminal 70 through the communication network 30; And the POS terminal 70 transmits the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 and outputs the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 for printing the receipt. The selection menu reception time is calculated based on the basic time for each menu and the waiting time for the order A fifth step of transmitting time information counted according to the calculated reception time to the smartphone 10 through the communication network in real time; Is further preferably performed.

After completion of the fifth step, when the POS terminal 70 receives completion information for the selection menu, the POS terminal 70 transmits the selection menu completion message to the smartphone 20 via the communication network 30 with a push alarm or a text message. And transmitting an electric control request to the smartphone 20 through the communication network 30; Is further preferably performed.

The NFC tag-based menu plate providing system and the NFC tag-based menu plate providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be realized by a user who visits a restaurant or the like having a smartphone, It does not need to sign up and does not have to log in. By touching only the smartphone with the small NFC tag attached to the table, a detailed digital menu is provided and the order settlement can be performed immediately.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, an NFC tag-based menu plate providing system and an NFC tag-based menu plate providing method using the same, And when the ordered menu is completed, the user can confirm the fact through push alarm or text message.

In addition, the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system and the NFC tag-based menu plate providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention are characterized in that, at the digital menu plate provider side, POS (point of sale) terminal and printer for receipt printing automatically transmits order details, thereby establishing a POS system interworking environment, thereby minimizing the time and manpower required for ordering.

1 is a diagram illustrating a menu plate providing system based on an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing a user interface screen of a smartphone in the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a process of editing a digital menu plate by transmitting and receiving data between a digital-menu-plate providing server and a business owner terminal in the menu plate providing system based on the NFC tag of FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining each step of the NFC-tag-based menu plate providing method of FIG.
6 to 9 are views for explaining the functions of the POS terminal in the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In the present specification, when any one element 'transmits' data or signals to another element, the element can transmit the data or signal directly to the other element, and through at least one other element Data or signal can be transmitted to another component.

1 is a diagram illustrating a menu plate providing system based on an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a view showing a user interface screen of the smartphone 20 in the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a process of editing a digital menu sheet by transmitting and receiving data between the digital menu plate providing server 40 and the business owner terminal 50 in the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system of FIG.

1, the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system includes an NFC tag 10, a smartphone 20, a communication network 30, a digital menu plate providing server 40, a business owner terminal : 50, a mobile payment server 60, a POS terminal 70, and a printer 71. The NFC tag-based menu plate providing system automatically accesses the digital menu plate providing server 40 that provides the mobile web service by using the smart phone 20 and the NFC tag 10 at a shop or a food service shop Receiving a digital menu board, confirming detailed information of a menu, and performing order settlement.

The NFC tag 10 is formed to provide URL information on a digital menu plate to a shop, a cafeteria, etc., such as a café, a restaurant, etc., and is shown in FIG. 1, but may be provided for each table have.

The NFC tag 10 is attached to the upper end of the table and recognizes the NFC tag 10 without having to turn on the camera provided in the smartphone 20 for recognition of the conventional QR code By positioning the smartphone 20 within the risk recognition range, it provides the advantage of performing recognition.

After recognizing the NFC tag 10, the smartphone 20 obtains URL information for accessing the digital menu plate provided from the digital menu plate providing server 40 from the recognized NFC tag 10, And issues an access request to the edition server 40 through the communication network 30.

After receiving the menu information from the digital menu providing server 40 according to the URL information acquired from the NFC tag 10, the smartphone 20 implements the menu information (see FIG. 2A) And receives selection menu information selected by a user of the smartphone 20 (refer to FIG. 2B). Then, the smartphone 20 causes the mobile payment server 60 to perform mobile settlement by the mobile payment server 60 according to the mobile settlement request through the communication network 30 for the selected menu. Accordingly, the smartphone 20 of the present invention does not need to install an application for implementing menu information, and provides an advantage that it is not necessary to register and log in to the digital menu providing server 40.

The communication network 30 is a communication network that is a high-speed period network of a large communication network capable of a large-capacity, long-distance voice and data service, and may be a next generation wired and wireless network for providing Internet or high-speed multimedia service. When the communication network 30 is a mobile communication network, it may be a synchronous mobile communication network or an asynchronous mobile communication network. As an embodiment of the asynchronous mobile communication network, a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) communication network is exemplified. In this case, although not shown in the drawing, the communication network 30 may include an RNC (Radio Network Controller). Meanwhile, although the WCDMA network is exemplified, it may be a next generation communication network such as a 3G LTE network or a 4G network, or an IP network based on other IP. The communication network 30 includes a smart phone 20, a communication network 30, a digital menu plate providing server 40, a business owner terminal 50, a mobile payment server 60, a POS terminal 70, Signal and data to each other.

The digital menu plate providing server 40 is a mobile web page providing server and receives editing data for the digital menu plate from the business owner terminal 50 and converts it into a database.

The business owner terminal 50 performs editing of a customized digital menu board to a terminal owned by an owner such as a shop or catering business. Here, the business owner terminal 50 is a terminal for performing editing of a customized digital menu board. Any terminal capable of accessing a digital menu plate providing server 40 such as a PC, a tablet PC, or a smart phone It is possible.

The business owner terminal 50 accesses the digital menu providing server 40 through the communication network 30 and receives a dedicated editing web page to edit and update in real time (refer to FIG. 3).

In this manner, the owner can easily and conveniently select a desired service and produce a digital menu plate, thereby establishing an interworking environment updated in real time with the digital menu plate application provided by the digital menu plate providing server 40. [ Accordingly, the conventional digital menu solution provides a saving effect in terms of manpower and cost for creating a menu plate application separately and establishing an interworking environment with various hardware at the time of introduction.

The mobile payment server 60 informs the smartphone 10 of the selection menu approval details according to the mobile payment by the smartphone 20 via the communication network 30 in the form of a text message, To the POS terminal (70). Meanwhile, the mobile payment server 60 can provide the shopping basket adding function to the smartphone 20.

The POS terminal 70 is connected to the printer 71 via a direct cable data line. The POS terminal 70 performs receipt printing by transmitting the selection menu approval details received from the mobile payment server 60 to the printer 71 and outputting the selected menu approval details to the printer 71. The POS terminal 70 transmits the selection menu reception time to the basic time and order And transmits the time information counted according to the calculated reception time to the smartphone 10 through the communication network 30 in real time (see FIG. 2C). According to the counted time information, the user of the smartphone 20 can confirm when the ordered menu is displayed when ordering and payment for the selected menu is completed, so that it is not necessary to fret to the vague wait. The selection menu approval details are output to the printer 71 connected to the POS terminal 70 provided in the counter such as a shop or a food service shop and serve as a receipt. The employee checks the order details using the selection menu approval details, It is preparing the menu.

When the completion information for the selection menu is inputted, the POS terminal 70 transmits the selection menu ready completion to the smartphone 20 through the communication network 30 in the form of a push alarm or a text message, (See FIG. 2D). That is, when the preparation for the selection menu ordered by the user of the smartphone 20 is completed, the employee makes a call using the POS terminal 70, and when the user picks up the selection menu from the counter, the menu order is completed .

The POS terminal 70 may be used in various forms.

For example, in a company introducing a digital menu solution using the NFC tag 10 for the first time, the POS terminal 70 for the solution may be used. However, if the existing POS system is already used, a digital menu solution using the NFC tag 10 may be used while maintaining the existing POS system.

As described above, a method of simultaneously using the digital menu solution using the NFC tag 10 while maintaining the existing POS system can be implemented in various ways.

First, there may be a method of accessing a site dedicated to a business owner with an existing POS terminal, executing a dedicated WEB POS system for the solution, and using the existing POS and WEB POS together.

Second, existing POS system may be used as it is, and a POS system may be installed in a tablet PC and used for dual use.

Third, after downloading the POS system from a site dedicated to the business owner and installing the POS system on an existing POS system terminal, there may be a method of commonly using the existing POS system and the dedicated POS system.

Fourth, if the POS system of a compressible function is contained in the USB memory and the owner inserts the USB or memory into the existing POS terminal, the POS system is installed immediately after the insertion, and then the dedicated POS system is output in a popup format There is a way to do this.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a menu plate based on an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining each step of the NFC-tag-based menu plate providing method of FIG. 1 to 5, the smartphone 20 recognizes the NFC tag 10 (S11). That is, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5, a user who has the smartphone 20 visits a store such as a cafe, a restaurant or the like, a restaurant or the like, and then waits or waits in the POS terminal 70 for ordering The user does not need to go to the place where the table to be immediately seated, and then performs tagging on the NFC tag 10 attached to the top of the table. Accordingly, there is an advantage that a camera provided in the smartphone 20 is not required to be turned ON for recognizing the conventional QR code, but it is only necessary to wait for it.

After step S11, the smartphone 20 obtains the URL information for accessing the digital menu plate provided from the digital menu plate providing server 40 from the NFC tag 10 recognized in step S11, And requests access to the menu plate providing server 40 through the communication network 30 (S12).

After step S12, the smartphone 20 receives the menu information from the digital menu providing server 40 according to the URL information acquired in step S12, and then implements the menu information, The mobile payment server 60 causes the mobile payment server 60 to perform mobile settlement according to the mobile payment request through the communication network 30 for the selected menu selected by the user of the smartphone 20 at step S13.

 That is, the present invention provides an advantage that the smartphone 20 does not need to install an application for implementing menu information, and does not need to register and log in to the digital menu providing server 40. [ Then, the user of the smartphone 20 places a desired selection menu among the menu information in a shopping cart, and performs ordering and payment (refer to FIGS. 5D to 5F).

After step S13, the mobile payment server 60 notifies the smartphone 10 of the selection menu approval details corresponding to the mobile settlement in step S13 via the communication network 30 in the form of a text message, To the POS terminal 70 through the communication network 30 (S14).

After step S14, the POS terminal 70 performs printing by transmitting the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 in step S14 and outputs the selected menu reception time to the basic time for each menu and the order And transmits the time information counted according to the calculated reception time to the smartphone 10 through the communication network 30 in real time (S15, see Figs. 5G to 5I).

After completing the step S15, the POS terminal 70 transmits the completion of the selection menu preparation to the smartphone 20 via the communication network 30 in the form of a push alarm or a text message, The request is also transmitted through the communication network 30 (S16, see Figs. 5J to 51).

6 to 9 are views for explaining the function of the POS terminal 70 in the NFC tag-based menu plate providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, FIG. 6 shows a user interface screen showing a table status section implemented in the POS terminal 70. The icon (i1) of the order status window shows only the information about the corresponding table. However, when the order status window button is touched, the order details of all the tables can be viewed and the transmitted and delivered menus can be confirmed and managed.

The individual table window i2 provides table numbers, order amounts, order menus, quantity, and time of entry as shown.

Next, Fig. 7 shows a user interface screen showing individual table sections implemented in the POS terminal 70. Fig. As shown in FIG. 7, a company information, a branch information, a floor, a table, and the like are implemented at the top (i3). This can be adjusted by pressing the left and right buttons (i4), and the pop-up feeling is smaller than the existing table status section (see i5).

Next, FIG. 8 shows a user interface screen showing an order request history section implemented in the POS terminal 70. 8, when all the menus have been delivered, the icon of the order status window is deleted (i6), and the table information is output (i7), and the order request time is output (i8). When the confirmation button i9 is touched, the completion button is changed to the completion button and the completion time is input (i9). If you touch it again in the completion status, the message "Do you want to cancel the completion status?" Is displayed, and when you touch YES, it is changed to forward again (i10).

If you touch the 'Send Kitchen (Print)' button, only the completed items will be excluded and the rest of the menu items to be cooked will be output to the printer or screen. 'Kitchen Send (Print)' button will be ' ) Button. If you touch 'Send again (print)' button, a message window will pop up saying 'Do you want to resend the menu to the kitchen?' The kitchen printer should be marked as retransmitted (i11).

Next, FIG. 9 shows a user interface screen showing an order status section implemented in the POS terminal 70. Referring to FIG. 9, if the icon of the order status window is touched, only the information of the corresponding table can be seen. However, by touching the right order status button in the table status section, all ordered information can be checked and managed. The number of uncompleted tables and the number of menus can be checked, and the completed tables and menus are not counted in the corresponding area (i12).

In addition, the history of the menu delivery can be changed from the order status section to the completion status. If all the menus of the ordered table are changed to the completion status, the icon of the upper order region window is deleted (i13).

The output items are the order time, the table, the product name, the unit price, the quantity, the subtotal, and the state.

If you touch the kitchen transfer button, only the unfinished details are output as receipts (i15).

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) .

The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

As described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention , And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

10: NFC tag
20: Smartphones
30: Network
40: Digital menu plate providing server
50: Business owner terminal
60: Mobile Payment Server
70: POS terminal
71: Printer

Claims (9)

A smartphone 20 for recognizing the NFC tag 10 and acquiring URL information for accessing the digital menu plate from the recognized NFC tag 10;
Access request via the communication network 30 using the obtained URL information of the smartphone 20 and transmits menu information according to the obtained URL information to the smartphone 20, A digital menu plate providing server 40 for allowing information to be implemented; And
A mobile payment server 60 for performing mobile settlement according to a mobile settlement request through the communication network 30 from the smartphone 20 for a selection menu selected by a user of the smartphone 20 among the implemented menu information ); Wherein the NFC-tag-based menu plate providing system includes:
The mobile payment server (60) according to claim 1, wherein the mobile payment server (60)
The mobile terminal 30 notifies the smartphone 10 of the selection menu approval details according to the mobile payment through the communication network 30 as a text message and transmits the selection menu approval details to the POS terminal 70 through the communication network 30 Wherein the NFC-tag-based menu plate providing system comprises:
The system according to claim 2, wherein the POS terminal (70)
The receipt printing is performed by transmitting the selection menu approval details to the printer 71 to output the selected menu approval details. The selection menu reception time is calculated based on the basic time for each menu and the waiting time for the order, To the smartphone (10) through the communication network in real time.
The POS terminal (70) according to claim 3,
When the completion information for the selection menu is input, the smartphone 20 transmits a selection menu ready completion message via the communication network 30 in the form of a push alarm or a text message, and a power control request is transmitted through the communication network 30 To the smartphone (20). ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > [10] < / RTI >
The mobile payment server (60) according to claim 1, wherein the mobile payment server (60)
Wherein the shopping cart function is provided by a user of the smartphone (20) for a desired selection menu among the menu information, and the ordering and payment are carried out by placing the shopping basket in the shopping cart.
The method of claim 4,
The digital menu plate providing server 40 is accessed via the communication network 30 to perform editing of the customized digital menu plate with the terminal owned by the owner of the shop or catering business so that the dedicated editing web page A business owner terminal 50 for receiving and editing in real time and performing update; Wherein the NFC-tag-based menu plate providing system further comprises:
A first step of the smartphone 20 recognizing the NFC tag 10;
The URL information for accessing the digital menu plate provided from the digital menu plate providing server 40 is obtained from the NFC tag 10 in which the smartphone 20 is recognized and then the digital menu plate providing server 40 A second step of performing an access request through the communication network 30; And
After receiving the menu information from the digital menu providing server 40 according to the acquired URL information, the smartphone 20 implements the menu information and transmits the menu information to the smartphone 20 Performing a mobile settlement by the mobile payment server (60) according to a mobile settlement request through the communication network (30) to the mobile settlement server (60) for a selection menu selected by a user; The method of claim 1, further comprising:
8. The method of claim 7, wherein after the third step,
The mobile payment server 60 notifies the smartphone 10 of the selection menu approval details according to the mobile payment through the communication network 30 in the form of a text message and transmits the selection menu approval details via the communication network 30 To a POS terminal (70); And
The POS terminal 70 transmits the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 and outputs the selected menu approval details to the printer 71 for printing receipts and calculates the selection menu reception time based on the basic time for each menu and the waiting time for the order A fifth step of transmitting time information counted according to the calculated reception time to the smartphone 10 through the communication network in real time; The method of claim 1, further comprising:
The method as claimed in claim 8,
When the POS terminal 70 receives the completion information for the selection menu, the POS terminal 70 transmits the selection menu preparation completion message to the smartphone 20 through the communication network 30 as a push alarm or a text message. (6) through the communication network (30) to the smartphone (20); The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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