KR20150045017A - System and method for coupon recommendation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for coupon recommendation. More specifically, the system includes the following four parts: a coupon information database wherein coupon information including at least one among a coupon code, a coupon name, a coupon category, information about whether coupon fee is included or not and an address of a coupon sales page is stored; a user′s coupon information database wherein coupon issue information is stored by users; a coupon registration processing part registering a corresponding coupon in the relevant category of the coupon information database if the coupon information registration is requested from at least one coupon service device; an issued coupon registration processing part storing the coupon issue information in the user′s coupon information database if the coupon issue information is received from at least one coupon service device and abstracting, mapping and storing the paid recommendation coupon from the coupon information database if the issued coupon is free of charge.

Description

[0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPON RECOMMENDATION [0002]

The present invention relates to a coupon recommendation service system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for coupon recommendation service in which when a coupon issued to a user is a free coupon, a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon is extracted, The present invention relates to a coupon recommendation service system and a coupon recommendation service system, which extract and provide at least one free coupon issued to a user, and recommended coupon information mapped to each free coupon, when the coupon is requested to be viewed.

Generally, an online coupon is paid free of charge as a marketing means for inducing additional purchase when a predetermined product is purchased, or is purchased in a discounted price and stored in a text message or graphic file on a customer's terminal, have.

In recent years, when a certain number of customers are collected through a social networking service as a voluntary marketing means, marketing that can purchase a coupon according to a predetermined discount rate is gaining popularity.

It is possible to use the electronic coupon at any time when using the electronic coupon through the terminal device, and it is possible to obtain the effect of not having to worry about loss due to loss.

However, in the past, there has been no technique for inducing the sales of paid coupons by recommending highly related popular paid coupons to customers who issue free coupons.

Prior art 1: Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2012-0137558 (Dec. 24, 2012)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a coupon recommendation service system and method for recommending a popular coupon with a high relevance to a customer who issues a free coupon.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a coupon recommendation service system and method for exposing a recommended coupon after issuing a free coupon between different coupon services to induce sales of the coupon.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coupon information database storing coupon information including at least one of coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, coupon sales page address, A coupon registration processing unit for registering the coupon in a corresponding category of the coupon information database when the coupon information registration is requested from at least one coupon service device, And an issuance coupon registration processor for storing the coupon issuance information in the user coupon information database and extracting and mapping a recommended coupon from the coupon information database when the issuance coupon is a free coupon, Management device Is provided.

The integrated management apparatus may include a coupon recommendation section for extracting and providing at least one free coupon issued to the user from the user coupon information database and the recommended coupon information mapped to each free coupon when the free coupon inquiry is requested from the terminal device .

The issuance coupon registration processing unit can extract the coupon with the highest sales amount or the highest concurrent purchase degree in the corresponding category for each free coupon as a recommended coupon.

The coupon registration processor analyzes the coupon information to check whether the coupon is free or not, and registers the coupon in the paid or free category of the corresponding category.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coupon information database for storing coupon information including at least one of coupon information database, coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, At least one of coupon name, user information, coupon free / busy status, coupon code, coupon category and coupon sales page address when a coupon is issued to the user, for requesting the integrated management device to register the coupon information And a coupon issuance processing unit for transmitting the coupon issuance information to the integrated management apparatus as well as storing the coupon issuance information in the coupon information database.

The coupon issuing processor may receive the recommended coupon information from the integrated management device when the issued coupon is a free coupon.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a communication unit for communicating through a communication network, an output unit, and a communication unit for communicating with the integrated management apparatus, And a coupon inquiry unit for receiving the information from the integrated management apparatus and outputting the information to the output unit.

The recommended paid coupon information may include at least one of a paid coupon name and a sales page address of a paid coupon.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of requesting an integrated management device to register coupon information including at least one of coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, and coupon sales page address, At least one coupon service device for transmitting coupon issuance information to the integrated management device; and a control unit for registering the coupon in the category according to the coupon information registration request of the coupon service device, In the case of the free coupon, a recommended coupon is extracted and mapped from the coupon information database and stored. When the inquiry of the free coupon issued from the terminal is requested, the coupon information is transmitted to the terminal together with the free coupon An integrated management device for accessing the integrated management device, If there is provided a service coupon like the system comprising a terminal device and outputting the received free coupon and the like mapping paid coupon information from the integrated management apparatus.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a coupon recommendation service, wherein the integrated management device comprises: means for analyzing the coupon issuing information when coupon issuing information is received from the coupon service device, If the issuance coupon is a free coupon, mapping and storing a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon; storing the at least one coupon in association with the at least one free coupon issued to the user when the inquiry of the free coupon issued from the terminal device is requested; And a step of extracting and providing the recommended free coupon information mapped to each free coupon, and providing the coupon recommendation service method.

The coupon recommendation service method may further include registering the coupon in a corresponding category of the coupon information database when coupon information registration is requested from the coupon service device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing an issuance coupon, comprising the steps of: when executed by an integrated management apparatus, when coupon issuance information is received from a coupon service device, analyzing the coupon issuance information to judge whether the issuance coupon is a free coupon; A step of mapping and storing a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon in the case of the free coupon, a step of storing at least one free coupon issued to the user, each free coupon, A coupon recommendation service method including a step of extracting and providing the mapped recommended coupon information is provided as a program and a recording medium readable by an electronic device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to induce a sales increase of a coupon merchant by recommending a highly related popular coupon to a customer who issues a free coupon.

In addition, it is possible to induce the sale of the charged coupon by exposing the recommended coupon after issuing the free coupon between different coupon services.

1 shows a coupon recommendation service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a coupon service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an integrated management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 illustrates a coupon recommendation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

1 is a diagram illustrating a coupon recommendation service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a coupon recommendation service system includes a coupon service device 100, an integrated management device 200, and a terminal device 300.

When the coupon information service apparatus 100 requests registration of coupon information, it registers coupon information with the coupon information provider and transmits the coupon information to the integrated management apparatus 200. [ That is, the coupon service device 100 not only registers the coupon information including the coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, coupon sales page address, etc., and transmits the coupon information to the integrated management device 200.

The coupon service device 100 transmits the coupon issue information to the integrated management device 200 when the coupon is issued to the user.

The coupon service device 100 may be a device provided by a company or a company providing a coupon service.

The coupon service apparatus 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In accordance with the coupon information registration request of the coupon service device 100, the integrated management device 200 registers the coupon in the corresponding category.

When the coupon issuing information is received from the coupon service device 100, the integrated management device 200 determines whether the issued coupon is a free coupon, extracts and maps a recommended coupon from the coupon information database in the case of a free coupon .

When the integrated management device 200 requests confirmation of the free coupon issued from the terminal device 300, the integrated management device 200 transmits the recommended coupon information together with the free coupon information to the terminal device 300. [

A detailed description of the integrated management apparatus 200 will be given with reference to FIG.

The terminal device 300 accesses the integrated management device 200 to request confirmation of the issued free coupon, and as a result, receives the recommended coupon information mapped to the free coupon from the integrated management device 200 and outputs the received coupon information.

The terminal device 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

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

Referring to FIG. 2, the coupon service apparatus 100 includes a coupon information database 110, a coupon registration request unit 120, and a coupon issuance processing unit 130.

The coupon information database 110 stores coupon information including a coupon code, a coupon name, a coupon category, a coupon free / busy status, a coupon sale page address, and the like.

In addition, the coupon information database 110 stores coupon numbers of coupons issued to the user, usage details of coupons, and the like.

The coupon registration request unit 120 requests the integrated management apparatus to register coupon information including a coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, coupon sales page address, and the like.

The coupon registration request unit 120 registers coupon information issued by each vendor in the coupon information database 110. [

When the coupon is issued to the user, the coupon issuing processor 130 not only stores the coupon issuing information in the coupon information database 110 but also transmits the coupon issuing information to the integrated management device.

The coupon issue processing unit 130 can receive the recommended coupon information from the integrated management apparatus when the issued coupon is a free coupon.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an integrated management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the integrated management apparatus 200 includes a coupon information database 210, a user coupon information database 220, a coupon registration processing unit 230, an issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 and a coupon recommendation unit 250 .

The coupon information database 210 stores coupon information including a coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, whether or not coupon is free, coupon sales page address, and the like.

The coupon information database 210 stores information on coupon merchant points. Here, the information on the coupon merchant store may include the issued coupon merchant store code, the coupon approval password, and the like.

In the user coupon information database 220, coupon issuance information including a coupon code, a date of issue, and a coupon name issued for each user is stored. Further, the user coupon information database 220 stores coupon information, coupon authentication code information, terminal device information, coupon usage history information, customer-owned coupon information, and the like.

The coupon information database 210 and the user coupon information database 220 are located in a network located in the integrated management apparatus or interworking with the integrated management apparatus, and in some cases, some of the constituent parts of the database are mounted on a separate local server And this is also within the scope of the present invention.

When coupon information registration is requested from at least one coupon service device, the coupon registration processing unit 230 registers the coupon in the corresponding category of the coupon information database 210. [ At this time, the coupon registration processing unit 230 analyzes the coupon information to check whether the coupon is free or not, and registers the coupon in the paid or free category of the corresponding category. That is, the coupon registration processing unit 230 recovers all coupon information received from the individual coupon service device by integrating the coupon with the coupon. Here, the category may include food, travel, shopping, culture, etc., and the coupon registration processing unit 230 may register the coupon included in the coupon information in the category.

When the coupon issuing information is received from at least one coupon service device, the issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 stores the coupon issuance information in the user coupon information database 220. When the coupon is a free coupon, 210, and stores the extracted coupon. At this time, the issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 can extract a coupon with a high sales amount or a high simultaneous purchase degree in the corresponding category for each free coupon as a recommended coupon.

The issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 classifies paid coupons having high relevance to free coupons based on coupon names, category information, and the like. At this time, the issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 extracts a paid coupon list having a high sales volume for each category and extracts a free coupon-paid coupon product combination having a high tendency to simultaneously purchase for each buyer. Thereafter, the issuance coupon registration processing unit 240 can map the coupon with a high sales amount or a high simultaneous purchase amount in the category for each free coupon to the recommended coupon.

The coupon recommendation unit 250 provides a coupon issued to the user from the user coupon information database 220 together with a recommended coupon for the coupon when the coupon inquiry is requested from the terminal device. At this time, the coupon recommendation unit 250 may provide a banner containing the sales page address of the recommended coupon to the coupon sale page to inquire the issued coupon.

The coupon recommendation unit 250 performs a function of providing a page including a coupon list issued to the user when the terminal device is connected to the integrated management apparatus for coupon inquiry. At this time, the coupon list page displays the free coupon and the recommended coupon information associated with the free coupon.

4 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the terminal 300 includes a communication unit 310, an input unit 320, an output unit 330, a storage unit 340, and a coupon inquiry unit 350.

The communication unit 310 is a communication unit that interconnects the terminal device 300 with the coupon service device and the integrated management device through a communication network. The communication unit 310 includes a wireless communication module such as mobile communication and satellite communication, a wired communication module such as the Internet, And a short-range wireless communication module such as a WiFi.

The input unit 320 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the terminal device 300 and converts the user's request into an electric signal in response to a user's operation. The input unit may be a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensing unit, a tactile sensing unit, a motion sensing unit, a voice input unit, And may be implemented in various forms.

The output unit 330 may be implemented as a display device for displaying screen information according to application driving, for example, a small flat display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes).

The storage unit 340 stores a program necessary for controlling the operation of the terminal device 300 and data generated during the execution of the program.

When the coupon inquiry unit 350 accesses the integrated management apparatus through the communication unit 310 and requests a free coupon inquiry, the coupon inquiry unit 350 receives the recommended coupon information that is mapped with the free coupon from the integrated management device, Output. Here, the recommended paid coupon information may include the paid coupon name, the sales page address of the paid coupon, and the like. That is, when the user requests the inquiry of the free coupon issued in the coupon box, the coupon inquiry unit 350 outputs the coupon list page showing the free coupon and the recommended coupon information associated with each free coupon. At this time, the coupon list page can be outputted in various forms such as a banner, a pop-up window, and the like.

5 is a diagram illustrating a coupon recommendation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the coupon information device is requested to register coupon information (S502), the integrated management device registers the coupon in the corresponding category (S504). Here, the coupon information includes coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, whether coupon is free or not, coupon sale page address, and the like.

When the coupon issuing information is received from the coupon service device (S506), the integrated management device stores the coupon issuing information (S508), and determines whether the issuing coupon contained in the coupon issuing information is a free coupon (S510). That is, when the coupon service device issues the coupon to the customer, the coupon service device transmits the coupon issue information including the coupon name, whether or not the coupon is free, and the customer information to the integrated management device. Then, the integrated management device registers the coupon issuing information, and judges whether or not the issuing coupon is a free coupon.

If the issued coupon is a free coupon, the integrated management device extracts and maps a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon and stores the coupon (S512). At this time, the integrated management device can extract a coupon with a high sales amount or a high concurrent purchase amount in a category such as a free coupon as a recommended coupon.

When the free management coupon inquiry is requested from the terminal device (S514), the integrated management device transmits the recommended coupon information together with the free coupon information to the terminal device (S516). That is, when a free coupon inquiry is requested from the terminal device, the integrated management device searches the user coupon information database and transmits a coupon list page including the free coupon issued to the user and the recommended coupon information mapped to the free coupon, Lt; / RTI >

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a coupon, comprising the steps of: when executed by an integrated management device, when coupon issuing information is received from a coupon service device, determining whether the coupon is a free coupon, When the coupon is a free coupon, mapping and storing a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon, storing the coupon in the form of at least one free coupon issued to the user, And a coupon recommendation service method including a step of extracting and providing recommended coupon information of a coupon mapped to the coupon information.

Such a coupon recommendation service method can be created by a program, and the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a programmer in the field. Further, the program relating to the coupon recommendation service method can be stored in an information storage medium (Readable Media) readable by the electronic apparatus, readable and executed by the electronic apparatus.

The coupon recommendation service method described so far can be produced, used and transferred according to the form of a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing the coupon recommendation service method. In addition, when the program is transferred by a method of transmitting and receiving the program on-line, it goes without saying that the scope of the right and the device for transmission and reception and the transmission and reception of the program are also extended.

Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

The present invention provides a system and method for coupon recommendation service, so that it is possible to induce sales growth of a coupon merchant by recommending highly popular popular coupon to a customer who issues a free coupon.

100: coupon service device 110, 210: coupon information DB
120: coupon registration requesting unit 130: coupon issuing processor
200: Integrated management device 220: User coupon information DB
230: Coupon registration processing unit 240: Issued coupon registration processing unit
250: coupon recommendation part 300: terminal device
310 communication unit 320 input unit
330: output unit 340: storage unit
350: coupon inquiry part

Claims (12)

A coupon information database storing coupon information including at least one of a coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, coupon sales page address;
A coupon information database storing coupon issuing information for each user;
A coupon registration processing unit for registering the coupon in a corresponding category of the coupon information database when coupon information registration is requested from at least one coupon service device; And
When the coupon issuing information is received from at least one coupon service device, stores the coupon issuing information in the user coupon information database, extracts and maps a recommended coupon from the coupon information database when the coupon is a free coupon An issuance coupon registration processing unit for storing the issuance coupon;
And an integrated management device. The method according to claim 1,
And a coupon recommendation unit for extracting and providing at least one free coupon issued to the user from the user coupon information database and the recommended coupon information mapped to each free coupon when the free coupon inquiry is requested from the terminal device, Management device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the issuance coupon registration processor extracts a coupon with the highest sales amount or the highest simultaneous purchase amount in the category for each free coupon as a coupon for a recommended coupon. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the coupon registration processing unit analyzes the coupon information to check whether the coupon is free or not, and registers the coupon in the paid or free category of the corresponding category. A coupon information database in which coupon information is stored;
A coupon registration request unit for storing coupon information including at least one of coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status and coupon sales page address in the coupon information database and requesting the integrated management apparatus to register the coupon information, ; And
When the coupon is issued to the user, coupon issuing information including at least one of the issued coupon name, user information, coupon free / busy status, coupon code, coupon category, and coupon sales page address is stored in the coupon information database, A coupon issuing processor for transmitting the coupon to the management device;
Of the coupon. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the coupon issuing processor receives the recommended coupon information from the integrated management device when the issued coupon is a free coupon. A communication unit for communicating through a communication network;
An output section; And
A coupon inquiry unit for receiving from the integrated management device the recommended coupon information mapped to the free coupon when accessing the integrated management apparatus through the communication unit and inquiring of the issued free coupon, and outputting the received coupon information to the output unit;
. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the recommended coupon information includes at least one of a pay coupon name and a coupon sale page address. Requesting the integrated management device to register coupon information including at least one of coupon code, coupon name, coupon category, coupon free / busy status, and coupon sales page address, and when the coupon is issued to the user, At least one coupon service device transmitting to the device;
And registers the coupon in the category according to the coupon information registration request of the coupon service device, extracts and maps the recommended coupon from the coupon information database when the coupon is included in the coupon issuance information, An integrated management device for transmitting the recommended coupon information together with the free coupon to the terminal device when the inquiry of the free coupon issued from the terminal device is requested; And
A terminal device connected to the integrated management device and requesting inquiry of the free coupon issued, receiving from the integrated management device the recommended coupon information mapped with the free coupon;
A coupon recommendation service system. A method for an integrated management device to provide a coupon recommendation service,
Analyzing the coupon issuing information to determine whether the coupon is a free coupon when the coupon issuing information is received from the coupon service device;
If the issued coupon is a free coupon, mapping and storing a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon; And
Extracting and providing at least one free coupon issued to the user and the recommended coupon information mapped to each free coupon when the inquiry of the free coupon issued from the terminal device is requested;
The coupon recommendation service method comprising: 11. The method of claim 10,
And registering the coupon in the category of the coupon information database when the coupon information device is requested to register the coupon information. When executed by the integrated management device,
Analyzing the coupon issuing information when the coupon issuing information is received from the coupon service device, and judging whether the issuing coupon is a free coupon;
If the issued coupon is a free coupon, mapping and storing a recommended coupon associated with the free coupon;
Extracting and providing at least one free coupon issued to the user and the recommended coupon information mapped to each free coupon when the inquiry of the free coupon issued from the terminal device is requested, And readable by an electronic device.

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