KR20150063174A - System and method for providing service related to the shop using the near field communication - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing a shop-related service using near field communication and includes: at least one near field communication tag attached to a certain position within each store and connected to a store terminal with communication to perform order or payment processing; and a user terminal with a near field communication means which is able to communicate with the near field communication tag and provided with service information related to the store through the near field wireless communication tag.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for providing services related to a store using NFC,

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to a store and communicating various services related to a store by communicating with a local wireless communication (e.g., NFC (near field communication) tag) And more particularly, to a system and method for providing a shop-related service using NFC that can be provided through a terminal.

As the performance of recently released smartphones has improved, users are moving a lot from smart phones to general mobile phones. Smart phone is an intelligent mobile phone that adds a computer support function to a mobile phone. It is equipped with a personal digital assistant (PDA) function, internet function, video playback function, Etc., to provide a more convenient interface for use. In addition, with the support of wireless Internet function, it is connected to internet and computer, and also functions as a terminal such as e-mail, web browsing, fax, banking, and game. In addition, smartphones may have a standard operating system (OS) or a dedicated operating system to accommodate various functions.

[0003] As various functions can be implemented through a smart phone, a variety of dedicated application programs and contents are being developed in a smart phone.

On the other hand, convenience is essential in today's ubiquitous era, which is changing day by day with the development of information and communication technology. Accordingly, a variety of services converged with information and communication technology enhance the quality of life and bring convenience. However, there are a lot of areas in which it is not possible to effectively provide various kinds of information necessary for living in a timely manner.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method for effectively providing contents of a service desired by a customer in a store through a smart phone.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2012-0001921 [Patent Document 1] Method and System for Providing Inside Building Information Using RFID (Escape Planet Co., Ltd.) 2012.01.05

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a shop-related service using an NFC capable of providing various services related to a shop by communicating with a local wireless communication tag attached to a certain position (e.g., table) in a shop.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a shop-related service using an NFC capable of participating in various events provided by a shop by communicating with a short-range wireless communication tag attached to a predetermined position (e.g., table) have.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a shop-related service using an NFC capable of processing an order and payment in a shop by communicating with a short-distance wireless communication tag attached to a predetermined position (e.g., table) in the shop .

In order to achieve the above-described object of the present invention and to achieve the specific effects of the present invention described below, the characteristic structure of the present invention is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a shop-related service using short-range wireless communication, the system comprising: at least one short-range wireless communication unit connected to a shop terminal at a specific location, Communication tag; And a user terminal capable of communicating with the near field wireless communication tag and receiving service information related to the corresponding store through the near field wireless communication tag.

Preferably, the short-range wireless communication means is any one selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, binary CDMA, IrDa (infrared ray), and Near Field Communication (NFC) .

Preferably, the service information related to the shop is roulette event information that provides at least one shop-related service.

Preferably, when the user terminal communicates with the short-range wireless communication tag and performs settlement processing, the coupon information stored in the user terminal is transmitted to the short-distance wireless communication tag, and the coupon information is reflected and processed .

Preferably, the system further comprises a service server storing and providing service information related to each store, wherein the user terminal is provided with access information to the service server from the short- range wireless communication tag, And the service information related to the shop is provided by accessing the service server according to the connection information to the server.

Preferably, the information related to the shop is at least one selected from menu information, price information, and discount coupon information applicable to each shop.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a shop-related service using short-range wireless communication, comprising: installing an application in a user terminal; At least one short range wireless communication tag attached to the user terminal and a specific location within each store, the short distance wireless communication tag being connected to the store terminal by communication and performing an order or payment process; And receiving detailed information of the corresponding store through the short distance wireless communication tag at the user terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can participate in various events provided by a shop by communicating with a short-range wireless communication tag attached to a table in a shop.

For example, it is possible to provide enjoyment and fun to a customer by providing an event game to a user terminal through a short distance wireless communication in a catering business or the like, and it is advantageous for a business owner to secure a regular customer and to advertise a business.

In addition, according to the present invention, a user can participate in various events provided by a shop by communicating with a local wireless communication tag attached to a table in a shop.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to integrate rather than accumulate points, and it is also possible to perform point marketing that can be used instead of cash anywhere.

1 is a view showing an event providing screen in a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram illustrating communication between an NFC tag and a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a shop-related service providing system using short-distance wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing details of tag information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a shop-related service using near field wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shop-related service provided through a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with one embodiment. It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which the claims are entitled, if properly explained. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.

The present invention can be realized by communicating with each other through a short distance communication means between a tag of a user terminal (e.g., a smart phone) and a local communication means (e.g., NFC (Near Field Communication) Related service providing system and method using short-range wireless communication that can provide various services related to a shop-related service through a user terminal.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, contents of various services to be provided through the tag of the short distance communication means include presenting event information in progress, participating service of a corresponding event, coupon issuing service, ordering and payment service, . At this time, the information may be directly downloaded and displayed through the tag of the local communication means, and an address (for example, URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or the like) which can be accessed from the user terminal to the server through the local communication means, .

In the following detailed description, the case where the local communication means of the present invention is applied to NFC will be described as an example. However, the local communication means of the present invention is not limited to NFC, and any communication means capable of attaching a tag capable of short-distance communication to a predetermined location outside the building and performing short-range wireless communication with the user terminal is also possible.

In addition, although the user terminal of the present invention is described as a smartphone in the following detailed description, the user terminal of the present invention can be applied not only to a representative smart phone of the mobile terminal but also to any terminal capable of providing the function of the present invention. For example, applications including smart phones, mobile terminals such as a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) and a navigation device as well as a fixed terminal such as a desktop computer and a TV It is preferable to apply the present invention to a terminal capable of connecting to at least one wired / wireless network.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

Store-related service provision system using short-range wireless communication

1 is a diagram illustrating a concept of providing a shop-related service through a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, when the NFC reader of the smartphone and the NFC tag communicate with each other in the vicinity of a short-range wireless communication tag attached to a table of a store in a smartphone, for example, an NFC tag, various service information . In the smartphone receiving the service information related to the store from the NFC tag, event information currently in progress in the store can be displayed as shown in the figure.

For example, when an NFC tag is approached in a basic screen of a smartphone, an event game (for example, a roulette game) in progress in the shop may be displayed as shown. At this time, when the user starts the roulette event through the touch screen, a coupon or a product determined according to the rotation of the roulette may be paid. For example, a commodity such as a fare discount benefit, a coupon issue, or a free service of a specific menu may be paid.

As described above, when the event is automatically executed and the event ends, various shop-related services as shown in FIG. 6 can be provided. For example, a menu to be sold in a shop is displayed, and when the user selects a specific menu, the order can be automatically made. Also, a payment service for a menu ordered through the service may be provided.

2 is a schematic diagram illustrating communication between an NFC tag and a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, an NFC tag 204 may be attached to a certain location (e.g., table 203) in each store 202 in the building 200, as described above in FIG. At this time, if the user brings the smartphone 210 close to the NFC tag 204, various services related to the shop can be provided through the screen of the smartphone 210. The provided service information may be directly downloaded and displayed through the NFC tag 204 as described above, and an address (for example, a URL (e.g., URL) accessible from the smartphone 210 through the NFC tag 204 (Uniform Resource Locator), etc.), and may be provided through a server. Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a coupon or the like provided through the NFC tag 204 can be used in the corresponding store.

More specifically, when the NFC tag 204 attached to the table 203 or the like enters the specific shop 202 (for example, a catering establishment or the like) in the building 200 and the smartphone 210 communicates with the NFC tag 204, An event service provided by the shop 202 may be provided and information such as a menu and a price to be sold in the shop 202 may be provided to the smartphone 210. A service or a coupon that can be used in the store 202 may be paid out according to the participation of the provided event service. When the user selects a specific menu through the smartphone 210, the selection information is transmitted from the smartphone 210 to the NFC tag 204 via short-range wireless communication. The selection information transmitted to the NFC tag 204 may be transmitted to a terminal (not shown) of the shop 202 and processed.

It is also possible to perform settlement processing through communication between the smartphone 210 and the NFC tag 204. Meanwhile, the coupon information provided through the event service may be stored in the smartphone 210 and may be discounted using the coupon information stored in the smartphone 210 upon payment in the corresponding store 202 It can also be implemented.

3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a shop-related service providing system using short-distance wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, a system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication network 300, a smart phone 310, a store terminal 320, at least one NFC tag (not shown) attached to a certain location A service server 330, a service server 340, and the like.

At this time, it is preferable that the smart phone 310 is provided with an NFC reader 311 to perform short-range wireless communication with the NFC tag 330 or the like in the shop.

Meanwhile, various methods may be used for the short distance communication method for communication between the smart phone 310 and the NFC tag 330. For example, various types of short-range wireless communication methods including bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, binary CDMA, IrDa (infrared ray), NFC As a preferred example, an NFC communication method will be described as an example.

NFC is a standards-based near-field (few centimeter) radio access technology that enables simple and secure two-way interactions among electronic devices. The NFC devices may change their operating mode to be reader / writer, peer-to-peer, or card emulation mode. The different modes of operation are based on the ISO / IEC 18092 NFCIP-1 and ISO / IEC 14443 contactless smart card standards. In the reader / writer mode, the NFC device can read the NFC tag type as in the poster tag scenario described above. In addition, the reader / writer mode is an RF interface conforming to Sony Corporation's FeliCa and ISO 14443 (derived from ISO 18092, passive communication mode).

In peer-to-peer mode, devices can exchange data. Alternative communication means protocols such as, for example, for Bluetooth or WiFi link setup parameters can be exchanged and / or data such as virtual business cards or digital photos can be exchanged, and the like. The peer-to-peer mode is standardized in the ISO / IEC 18092 standard.

In card emulation mode, the device can act as a tag and look to the external reader much like a conventional contactless smart card. Typically, a tag is a manual device that stores data that is read by an NFC functional device. This enables, for example, contactless payment and ticketing.

Accordingly, when the smartphone 310 is brought close to the NFC tag 330 attached to the store according to the embodiment of the present invention, the smartphone 310 and the NFC tag 330 communicate with each other. Meanwhile, at least one NFC tag 330 may be provided in each store, and the information mapped to each tag as shown in FIG. 4 is received from the service server 340 to be served to the smart phone 310 It is possible.

The communication network 300 may be configured without regard to its communication mode such as wired and wireless and may be a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network ), A wide area network (WAN), and the like. Also, the communication network 550 may be a known World Wide Web (WWW), and may use a wireless transmission technique used for short-distance communication such as Infrared Data Association (IrDA) or Bluetooth It is possible.

The service server 340 may store a tag information database 341, a content information database 342, a coupon information database 343, and the like. Accordingly, it is possible to receive the information through the NFC tag 330 directly from the smartphone 310, but in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the link information that can be connected to the service server 340 from the NFC tag 330 (For example, address information on a network, etc.) and access the service server 340 to receive the corresponding information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the service server 340 may organize and store information corresponding to the unique number of each tag. For example, the store information may include tag information 401, image information 402, menu information 403, payment information 404, event information 405, coupon information 406, and the like for each store. The coupon information 406 may be applied to the shop or all stores.

A method of providing a shop-related service using short-range wireless communication

5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a shop-related service using near field wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5, when an application is installed in the smartphone 310 in step S501 and the store table tag 330 attached to the shop is close to the store table tag 330 in step S502, The tag information is transmitted (S503). At this time, as described above, the shop-related tag information may be directly transmitted to the smart phone 310 from the shop table tag 330. Alternatively, according to another embodiment, And may be downloaded from the service server directly from the smart phone 310. [

When the tag information is transmitted from the smart phone 310 to the service server 340 in step S504, the event information may be received from the service server 340 in step S505. The smartphone 310 can participate in the event (S506) through the received event information (for example, the roulette fan event), and may receive various service benefits related to the store according to the participation of the event.

Next, various services related to the shop can be further provided through the application. For example, menu information to be sold at a shop can be displayed (S507). When the user selects a specific menu (S508), order information is transmitted to the shop terminal through the shop table tag 330 (S509) (340) to the store terminal.

If the order information is transmitted to the store terminal, the store terminal can perform the order processing for the selected menu (S510).

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, payment processing for the ordered menu may be provided through the application. At this time, payment can be performed by using the coupon provided as a result of participating in the event. Accordingly, when the use of the coupon provided by the smartphone is selected, the coupon information may be transmitted to the store terminal through the store table tag 330 (S511) or may be transmitted to the store terminal through the service server 340 . According to the payment request of the user, the store terminal can perform the settlement process (S512) through the service server 340 or through the store table tag 330. [

More specifically, the user can confirm the menu information through the smart phone 310 and order directly. That is, when a menu is selected through the smart phone 310 and an order is selected, the order information can be transmitted to the store table tag 330. The shop table tag 330 receives the order information and transmits the order information to a shop terminal (not shown) to process the order. At this time, the information transmitted to the store terminal may include order information of a user, table number information, coupon ownership information, and the like.

If the smartphone 310 is close to the store table tag 330 and the payment is selected at the time of settlement after the order process is completed as described above, the settlement process can be proceeded, and the coupon information provided through the event And transmits the discounted merchandise through the store table tag 330 attached to the table.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shop-related service provided through a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, an event is automatically executed as described above, and when the event ends, various shop-related services as shown can be provided. For example, a menu to be sold in a shop is displayed, and when the user selects a specific menu, the order can be automatically made. Also, a payment service for a menu ordered through the service may be provided.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, such as specific elements, and specific embodiments and drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above- And various modifications and changes may be made thereto by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .

200: Building 202: Stores
203: Table 204: NFC tag
210: smart phone 300: communication network
310: Smartphone 311: NFC reader
320: Store terminal 330: MFC tag
340: service server 341: tag information database
342: content information database 343: coupon information database

Claims (7)

At least one short range wireless communication tag attached to a specific location within each store and capable of communicating with a store terminal to perform an order or payment transaction; And
And a user terminal capable of communicating with the short-range wireless communication tag, the short-range wireless communication tag having a short-range wireless communication unit and being provided with service information related to the corresponding shop through the short- Delivery system.
2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1,
Related service providing system using short-range wireless communication, characterized in that the system is any one selected from the group consisting of bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, binary CDMA, IrDa (infrared ray) .
The service providing system according to claim 1,
Related information is provided to the at least one shop-related service, and the at least one shop-related service is roulette event information.
The method of claim 1, wherein, when the user terminal communicates with the short-range wireless communication tag and performs payment processing, the coupon information stored in the user terminal is transmitted to the short-range wireless communication tag, A service providing system related to a shop using short range wireless communication.
The system of claim 1,
And a service server for storing and providing service information related to each store,
Wherein the user terminal is provided with access information for the service server from the near field wireless communication tag and is provided with service information related to the shop by accessing the service server according to the access information for the service server , A store - related service providing system using short - range wireless communication.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the store-related service providing system comprises at least one of menu information, price information, and discount coupon information applicable to each store.
A method of providing a shop-related service using short-range wireless communication,
Installing an application on a user terminal;
At least one short range wireless communication tag attached to the user terminal and a specific location within each store, the short distance wireless communication tag being connected to the store terminal by communication and performing an order or payment process; And
And receiving detailed information of the corresponding shop through the short-range wireless communication tag at the user terminal.

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