KR20150120887A - System and method for providing manegement coutomers based on location - Google Patents

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KR20150120887A
KR20150120887A KR1020150055363A KR20150055363A KR20150120887A KR 20150120887 A KR20150120887 A KR 20150120887A KR 1020150055363 A KR1020150055363 A KR 1020150055363A KR 20150055363 A KR20150055363 A KR 20150055363A KR 20150120887 A KR20150120887 A KR 20150120887A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a location based customer management method and system. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a customer management system for managing a customer based on a customer's location, the customer management system comprising: storing identification information of one or more stores; Storing identification information of a customer terminal which is a user terminal of the customer, storing the customer history information, which is history information on each store of the customer, with the identification information of the customer terminal, A customer position determination unit for receiving the identification information of the wireless sensor from the customer terminal and determining the position of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor, And an advertisement information providing unit for providing advertisement information of a shop within the range to the customer terminal.

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[0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER BASED ON LOCATION [0002]

The present invention relates to a location-based customer management method and system, and more particularly, to a location-based customer management method and system that provides event information of a store located in the vicinity of a user terminal to a user terminal based on a location of the user terminal, And a customer management method and system for providing a personalized service to a visiting customer by providing information of a store visited to a user terminal.

In recent years, portable user terminals such as a smart phone have been popularized, so that a store owner manages a customer by providing various event or advertisement information to the user terminal.

That is, the store owner generally manages the customer by sending a message including event information or coupon by mail or by providing a short message to the user terminal at a certain time.

However, since the customer management method described above is not an event or an advertisement provided by reflecting the current interest of the customer, it is difficult for the customer to attract attention and it is difficult for the customer to visit again.

In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult for a customer to immediately check an event or a coupon for the store when visiting the store.

In this regard, the invention disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2000-0000811 relates to a method of managing a customer using e-mail, and discloses various new product information, fashion information and manufacturer information on the Internet on the Internet, And the manufacturer's product information is sent to the customer via e-mail, and the consumer who responds to the inquiry is managed by the enthusiast, and the enthusiast chip capable of being exchanged with the commodity is transmitted to exchange information in a bidirectional manner between the consumer and the manufacturer. However, the techniques disclosed in the above patent documents do not solve the above-described problems.

Therefore, a technique for solving the above-described problems is required.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information acquired by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or obtained in the derivation process of the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention .

One embodiment of the present invention provides information on a nearby store based on the location of the user terminal identified by using the wireless sensor, identifies the user terminal visiting the store, provides information of the visited store to the user terminal, So that it is possible to provide customized services by providing information on customers' past visit history to the terminal, thereby providing customized services to customers.

In addition, one embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a customer's movement by providing information about a product to a user terminal, providing a product associated with the selected product, and automatically setting a visit reservation for a store of an associated product There is a purpose.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a customer management system for managing a customer on the basis of a location of a customer, the customer management system comprising: storing identification information of one or more stores; A store information storing unit for storing identification information of one or more wireless sensors located at a location matching with identification information of each store and storing identification information of the customer terminal as a customer terminal of the customer, A customer information storage unit for storing history information matching with the identification information of the customer terminal and storing the identification information of the wireless sensor from the customer terminal and determining the location of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor, A location determination unit, and an advertisement providing location information of a store within a predetermined range from the determined location of the customer terminal to the customer terminal It may include a Bose studied.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a customer management method in which a customer management system manages the customer based on a customer's location, the method comprising: storing identification information of one or more stores; identifying one or more wireless sensors Storing identification information of a customer terminal, which is a user terminal of the customer, storing the customer history information, which is history information on each store of the customer, in the identification information of the customer terminal, The method comprising: receiving identification information of a wireless sensor from the customer terminal, determining a position of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor, determining a position of the customer terminal within a predetermined range from the determined position of the customer terminal, And providing the advertisement information to the customer terminal.

According to one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides information on a nearby store based on a location of a user terminal identified by using a wireless sensor, By providing the information of the visited and visited store to the user terminal and simultaneously providing the customized service by providing the past visit history information of the customer to the store terminal, it is possible to provide the customized service to the customer.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, it is possible to provide information on a product to a user terminal, to provide a product related to a selected product, and to automatically set a visit reservation for a store of an associated product, Can be managed.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 is a configuration diagram of a customer management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the components of a customer management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a customer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before describing this, we first define the meaning of the terms used below.

In the present invention, the 'customer history information' may include history information on a customer's store, for example, a visited store, a list of purchased products, a number of visits or a recommendation of a customer.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a customer management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Each configuration of the customer management system 100 may communicate via a network N which may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value-added network (PDA), a Value Added Network (VAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), a mobile radio communication network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), a Mobile WiMAX, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) Bluetooth Low Energy) or a satellite communication network.

The user terminals 10 and 11 can be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through a network N or connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) (Handheld) based wireless communication device. The television may also include Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Internet Television (TV), terrestrial TV, cable TV, point of sale (POS) devices, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing device of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, for example, a watch, a glasses, an accessory, a garment, shoes, and the like. The wearable device can be connected to a remote server via a network, Lt; / RTI >

These user terminals 10 and 11 can recognize the wireless sensor 30 to be described later and can identify the wireless sensor 30 on the basis of the identification information of the recognized wireless sensor 30, The position can be recognized.

The user terminals 10 and 11 can receive advertisement information or merchandise information on the store or the merchandise at the corresponding location based on the location in the recognized store and can register the merchandise if the certain condition is satisfied .

Also, when the location of the user terminals 10 and 11 is moved from the inside to the outside of the store, the user terminals 10 and 11 can request payment of the registered goods.

The user terminals 10 and 11 may be divided into a customer terminal 10 and a store terminal 11 depending on the subject of use. It is divided and called.

The customer management server 20 may be implemented as a general-purpose computer, and may include a storage medium capable of storing information or may store information in a third server, , 11).

The customer management server 20 can determine the location of the customer terminal 10 based on the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10 and determines the location of the customer terminal 10 based on the determined location of the customer terminal 10 The advertisement information of the store or the product information of the goods close to the location of the customer terminal 10 can be provided to the customer terminal 10.

When the customer terminal 10 enters the inside of the store, the customer management server 20 notifies the customer terminal 10 of the entry into the store and simultaneously provides the customer's store information to the store terminal 11 of the store can do.

If the customer management server 20 satisfies a predetermined criterion, the customer management server 20 can register the commodity provided to the customer terminal 10 in the shopping cart of the customer, and at this time, the related commodity associated with the commodity registered in the shopping cart, ).

Thereafter, when the customer terminal 10 moves from the inside to the outside of the store, the customer management server 20 can perform settlement of the goods registered in the shopping cart. To this end, the customer management server 20 can receive information on the payment means from the customer terminal 10 and register it in advance.

Finally, the wireless sensor 30 may be configured as a radio wave transmitting device that is installed at a specific position and transmits information to the user terminals 10 and 11 within a certain range.

For example, the wireless sensor 30 can emit a low power Bluetooth signal and can provide identification information of the wireless sensor 30 to a user terminal 10, 11 located within a certain area using low power Bluetooth proximity recognition have.

Hereinafter, to explain a customer management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, each component of the customer management system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

First, the user terminals 10 and 11 include a sensor sensing unit 101. The sensor sensing unit 101 senses the wireless sensor 30 located at each store and can receive the identification information of the sensed wireless sensor 30. [

For example, the sensor sensing unit 101 may sense one or more wireless sensors 30 that emit a signal that is recognized only within a certain range in a manner of low-power Bluetooth from one or more wireless sensors 30, The identification information of the wireless sensor 30 can be received.

The user terminals 10 and 11 include a terminal information providing unit 102. The terminal information providing unit 102 may provide at least one of the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 and the identification information of the user terminals 10 and 11 to the customer management server 20. [

For example, the terminal information providing unit 102 may provide the identification information of the recognized wireless sensor 30 to the customer management server 20 at a predetermined time interval, or when the identification information of the recognized wireless sensor 30 is changed It is possible to provide the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 to the customer management server 20 only.

At this time, the terminal information providing unit 102 may store the identification information of the user terminals 10 and 11. For example, the terminal information providing unit 102 may store the customer ID or the store ID assigned from the customer management server 20 as membership information or store the customer ID or the store ID as the identification information, ), A MAC address, and the like.

The user terminals 10 and 11 may include an information receiving unit 103. The information receiving unit 103 can receive any one of the advertisement information of each store and the customer history information of the customer.

The information receiving unit 103 of the customer terminal 10 can receive the advertisement information of the store within a certain range from the location of the customer terminal 10 from the customer management server 20 according to an embodiment. At this time, the received advertisement information may include event information or coupon of each store.

When the product is registered in the product registration unit 104, which will be described later, the information reception unit 103 can receive the product information on the associated product associated with the registered product from the customer management server 20. [

In another embodiment, the information receiving unit 103 of the store terminal 11 can receive the customer history information of the customer who visited the store from the customer management server 20. At this time, the customer history information may include a history of the customer visiting the store, a purchase history or a request item.

The product registration unit 104 may be included in the customer terminal 10, which is a user terminal. The product registration unit 104 can receive the goods information of the goods corresponding to the identification information of the wireless sensor sensed by the user terminal, and can register the goods satisfying the predetermined condition.

That is, the product registration unit 104 can determine whether or not to register the product based on the position of the customer terminal 10 in the store. For example, when the customer terminal 10 moves from the specific position of the dress to the dressing room position of the store after the position is maintained for a predetermined time or longer, the product registration unit 104 stores the product You can register your dress in your shopping cart.

At this time, the merchandise registration unit 104 can provide the merchandise information on the registered merchandise to the customer management server 20, and accordingly, the customer terminal 10 stores the merchandise information of the related merchandise related to the merchandise selected by the customer, And can be provided from the management server 20.

For example, when the customer terminal 10 is moved to the position of the commodity in which the customer terminal 10 is registered, the commodity registration unit 104 can remove the registered commodity.

The customer terminal 10 may include a payment request unit 105. [ The payment request unit 105 can request payment of the goods registered in the product registration unit 104 when the location of the user terminal is moved from the inside to the outside of the store.

At this time, the settlement requesting unit 105 may receive the settlement means in advance from the customer, or may request the customer to input the settlement means together with the settlement request, and may enter the settlement amount information of the goods registered together with the information of the inputting means And provide the payment request information including the payment request information to the customer management server 20.

The store terminal 11, which is a user terminal, may include a history information updating unit 106. The history information updating unit 106 can update the customer history information of the customer based on at least one of the product information provided to the customer terminal 10 visiting the store or the time elapsed in the store.

For example, the history information updating unit 106 updates the history information based on the information inputted by the clerk of the shop in response to the customer, the product information of the product provided to the customer terminal 10, or the product of the product requested to be paid by the payment request unit 105 The customer history information can be updated based on the information or the like.

The history information updating unit 106 may transmit the updated customer history information to the customer management server 20. [ For example, when the customer terminal 10 is moved from the inside to the outside of the store, the history information updating unit 106 can transmit the updated customer history information to the customer management server 20. For example, the history information updating unit 106 may transmit the customer history information to the customer management server 20 at predetermined time intervals.

The customer management server 20 may include a store information storage unit 210. The store information storage unit 210 may store identification information of one or more stores and may store identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 located in each store with matching identification information of each store.

That is, the store information storage unit 210 may store and store identification information of a plurality of wireless sensors 30 with respect to identification information of one or more stores, and may store the identification information of each wireless sensor 30 in the wireless sensor 30, And can be stored.

For example, the store information storage unit 210 may request a member registration from the store terminal 11 to give a store ID as identification information of the store, and may provide an application installed in the store terminal 11 . In addition, the store information storage unit 210 can set the location where each wireless sensor 30 is installed from the store terminal 11. [

The customer management server 20 may include a customer information storage unit 202. The customer information storage unit 202 stores the identification information of the customer terminal 10, which is the user terminal of the customer, and stores the customer history information, which is the history information for each store of the customer, with the identification information of the customer terminal 10 .

For example, the customer information storage unit 202 may provide a customer ID from the customer terminal 10 in response to a membership request, and may provide an application installed in the customer terminal 10. In addition, for example, the customer information storage unit 202 can generate and store customer history information together with membership, and can update stored customer history information using customer history information received from the store terminal 11 .

The customer management server 20 may include a product information management unit 203. The product information management unit 203 may store and store identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 located in a store and product information of a corresponding product.

For example, the product information management unit 203 can receive information on goods corresponding to the position of each wireless sensor 30 from the store terminal 11, and stores one (1) item in the identification information of one wireless sensor 30 The product information of the above products may be matched and stored or one product may be matched for each wireless sensor 30 to store the product information.

The customer management server 20 may include a customer location determination unit 204. The customer location determination unit 204 can receive the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 from the customer terminal 10 and determine the location of the customer terminal 10 based on the identification information of the wireless sensor 30. [

For example, when the identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 received from the customer terminal 10 matches different store IDs, the customer location determination unit 204 determines that the customer terminal 10 is located outside the store It can be judged.

Alternatively, for example, if the identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 received by the customer location determination unit 204 matches the same store ID, it may be determined to be located inside the store.

For example, when receiving only the identification information of one wireless sensor 30, the customer location determination unit 204 determines a location matched with the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 stored in the store information storage unit 201 It is possible to determine the location of the customer terminal 10.

The customer management server 20 may include an advertisement information providing unit 205. The advertisement information providing unit 205 may provide the advertisement information of the store within a certain range to the customer terminal 10 from the location of the customer terminal 10. [

That is, when it is determined in the customer location determination unit 204 that the customer terminal 10 is located outside the store, the advertisement information providing unit 205 provides the advertisement information of the store within a certain range from the location of the customer terminal 10 can do. For example, the advertisement information providing unit 205 may provide the advertisement information in the order of stores that are distant from the nearest store in the location of the customer terminal 10.

The customer management server 20 may include a product information providing unit 206. The goods information providing unit 206 can provide the goods information of the goods disposed at the location of the customer terminal 10 based on the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10. [

For example, the product information providing unit 206 may provide product information of all products corresponding to the identification information of the one or more store sensors 30 received from the customer terminal 10, It is possible to provide only product information of a specific commodity at a location corresponding to the identification information of the store sensor 30 that is provided in the shop.

The customer management server 20 may include a customer information providing unit 207. The customer information providing unit 207 can provide the customer's history information to the store terminal 11 of the store if the customer terminal 10 is located inside the store.

At this time, if there is a visit history of the store in the customer history information, the customer information providing unit 207 stores the customer history information in the store terminal 11 that has updated the customer history information among the one or more store terminals 11 corresponding to the store Information can be provided in the form of, for example, a push message.

This allows the clerk of the store responding to the past customer to continue to serve the customer and to provide certain services to the customer.

And the customer management server 20 may include an associated goods recommendation unit 208. [ The related product recommendation unit 208 can determine an associated commodity associated with the commodity based on the commodity information provided to the customer terminal 10 and provide the commodity information of the related commodity to the customer terminal 10.

For example, the related product recommendation unit 208 can receive the product information registered in the shopping cart from the customer terminal 10, and can determine the associated related goods based on the received product information. The related product recommendation unit 208 may provide the customer information to the customer terminal 10, such as product information about the determined related goods, or advertisement information of the store selling the related goods.

The associated product recommendation unit 208 can also receive from the customer terminal 10 whether or not the associated product provided to the customer terminal 10 has been selected.

The customer management server 20 may include a store visit reservation unit 209. The store visit reservation unit 209 can reserve a visit to a store where the associated goods are located when the associated goods are registered in the customer terminal 10. [

For this purpose, the store visit reservation unit 209 can inquire whether or not to make a store visit reservation to the customer terminal 10, and can reserve a visit of a store selling an affiliated product according to a request of a customer, To the customer terminal (10).

Finally, the customer management server 20 may include a settlement performing unit 210. The settlement performing unit 210 can settle the goods registered in the customer terminal 10 when the location of the customer terminal 10 is moved from the inside to the outside of the store.

For example, the settlement performing unit 210 can generate settlement information by calculating an amount to be paid based on the goods information registered in the customer terminal 10, and can perform settlement using the previously stored settlement means have.

In another embodiment, the settlement performing unit 210 may receive a settlement request for goods from the customer terminal 10, and may perform settlement based on the settlement amount included in the received settlement request information.

Accordingly, the user can automatically purchase the selected product according to the location of the customer, thereby enhancing the convenience of purchasing the product.

The customer management method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes the steps of time-series processing in the customer management system 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the customer management system 100 shown in FIG. 2 may be applied to the customer management method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

First, the wireless sensor 30, which is disposed at least one in each of the one or more stores, can transmit a detectable signal within a certain range (S3001). At this time, the signal transmitted from the wireless sensor 30 may include the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 or the store ID, which is the identification information of the store where the wireless sensor 30 is installed.

For example, the wireless sensor 30 can generate a Bluetooth signal that can reach a certain range, that is, a distance from the store to an adjacent distance, and is preferably a low-power Bluetooth capable of transmitting / receiving location information, Signal.

According to an embodiment, the wireless sensor 30 can generate a low power Bluetooth signal at all times or can only generate a low power Bluetooth signal if the customer approaches within a certain distance using another sensor.

Then, the customer terminal 10 may sense a signal of at least one wireless sensor 30 of one or more wireless sensors 30 located at each store (S3002).

When the customer terminal 10 detects the low-power Bluetooth signal generated in this way, the customer terminal 10 can confirm the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 included in the detected low-power Bluetooth signal, Type store ID, the customer terminal 10 can transmit the identification information together with the store ID to the customer management server 20.

At this time, according to the embodiment, the customer terminal 10 can recognize the strength of the signal of one or more wireless sensors 30, and can ignore the signal of the wireless sensor 30 below a certain signal.

The customer terminal 10 may provide at least one of the identification information of the recognized wireless sensor 30 or the identification information of the customer terminal 10 to the customer management server 20 (S3003).

According to the embodiment, the customer terminal 10 obtains the positional information according to the GPS signal received from the GPS (global positioning system) receiving device included in the customer terminal 10 together with the identification information of the recognized one or more wireless sensors 30 .

Thereafter, the customer management server 20 can determine the location of the customer terminal 10 (S3004). It can be determined whether the customer terminal 10 is outside the store (S3005).

That is, the customer management server 20 can determine the location of the customer terminal 10 based on the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10 or the location information according to the GPS signal.

To this end, the customer management server 20 may store the identification information of one or more stores before the step S3001, and may store identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 located in each store with matching identification information of each store have.

For example, the customer management server 20 determines whether or not the customer terminal 10 is located outside the store by using one or more wireless sensors 30 Is matched to a plurality of store IDs, it can be determined that the headset 10 is located outside the store.

In this case, the customer management server 20 may provide advertisement information of one or more stores located within a certain range from the location of the customer terminal 10 (S3006).

At this time, the customer management server 20 can provide the customer history information to the store terminal 11, and can receive customized event information, sales information or sales information Information and the like to the customer terminal 10.

For example, the customer management server 20 analyzes the location of the store based on the identification information of one or more wireless sensors 30 transmitted from the customer terminal 10 to the customer management server 20, It is possible to estimate the route along the extension line of the travel route together with the map information as a route to be traveled by the customer, and the customer history to the store terminal 11 in the order of the store closest to the customer in the estimated route, And the customer management server 20 can receive the guide information or the advertisement on the basis of the customer history information from the store terminal 11 and provide it to the customer terminal 10.

Alternatively, for example, the customer management server 20 may store the customer terminal 10 visited by each store on the basis of the customer history information received from the customer terminal 10 or the store terminal 11, Stores can be counted. Based on the statistics thus generated, the customer management server 20 can transmit customer history information to the store terminal 11 of the store most visited according to the statistics regardless of the location of the user to the customer terminal 10, The server 20 can receive the event information or the advertisement of the store from the store terminal 11 that has received the customer history information and transmit it to the customer terminal 10.

Alternatively, for example, the customer management server 20 may provide the customer information to the customer terminal 10 about the store information collected through crawling.

However, if it is determined in step S3005 that the customer terminal 10 is located inside the store, the customer management server 20 displays a message informing that the customer visited the store where the customer terminal 10 is located, To the customer terminal (10).

Also, the customer management server 20 can provide the customer history information of the visited customer terminal 10 to the store terminal 11 (S3007).

For this, the customer management server 20 stores the identification information of the customer terminal before the step S3001, and stores the customer history information, which is the history information for each store of the customer, with the identification information of the customer terminal 10 .

At this time, based on the customer history information, the customer management server 20 can provide the customer history information to the store terminal 11 that has input or updated the customer history information among the plurality of store terminals 11 matched to the store have.

The customer management server 20 can determine the location inside the store of the customer terminal 10 based on the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10 (S3008).

That is, the customer management server 20 can determine the store inside position of the customer terminal 10 based on the position of the wireless sensor 30 stored corresponding to the identification information of each wireless sensor 30. [

The customer management server 20 can provide the product information based on the location of the customer terminal 10 in the shop (S3009).

For example, based on the identification information of the store sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10, the customer management server 20 stores the goods Information to the customer terminal 10.

For this, the customer management server 20 may match and store the product information of the corresponding goods with the identification information of one or more wireless sensors located in the store before the step S3001.

Thereafter, the customer terminal 10 can select one or more goods (S3010), and the head end terminal 10 can provide the selected goods information to the customer management server 20 (S3011).

According to the embodiment, the customer terminal 10 can automatically register a product corresponding to a certain condition in the shopping cart.

For example, when the same wireless sensor 30 is recognized for a predetermined time or longer, the customer terminal 10 can register a product corresponding to identification information of the recognized wireless sensor 30 in the shopping cart.

Alternatively, the customer terminal 10 can select a product from a customer and register it in a shopping cart according to an embodiment.

Thereafter, the customer terminal 10 can provide a list of goods registered in the shopping cart to the customer management server 20 (S3011), and accordingly the customer management server 20 transmits the goods registered in the customer terminal 10 And may provide the associated related goods to the customer terminal 10 (S3012).

For example, when the goods registered in the customer terminal 10 is a dress, the customer management server 20 can provide product information about an accessory or shoes suitable for the dress as a push message, It is possible to provide advertisement information of a store.

Then, the customer management server 20 can reserve a visit of the store selling the related goods to the customer terminal 10 (S3013).

To this end, the customer management server 20 can notify the customer terminal 10 of the location of the store, the available time, etc. in a push message, and can schedule a store visit at the request of the customer.

Then, the customer management server 20 can determine that the location of the customer terminal 10 is moved from the inside to the outside of the store (S3014).

For example, when the identification information matching the different store IDs among the identification information of the wireless sensor 30 received from the customer terminal 10 is received, the customer management server 20 moves the customer terminal 10 to the outside of the store As shown in FIG.

Alternatively, for example, the customer management server 20 may determine that the customer terminal 10 has moved outside the store when receiving the location information from the customer terminal 10 based on the GPS signal.

Then, the customer management server 20 can perform settlement of goods registered in the customer terminal 10 (S3015).

That is, the customer management server 20 can determine the payment amount based on the product information received from the customer terminal 10 in step S3011, and perform the settlement.

However, if it is determined in step S3014 that the customer terminal 10 has moved outside the store, the customer management server 20 can perform settlement by receiving a payment request from the customer terminal 10. [

On the other hand, the store terminal 11 can update the customer history information based on the customer history information of the customer terminal 10 received in the step S3007 (S4001), and until the guide to the customer is finished (S4002 ) Customer history information can be updated.

Then, the store terminal 11 can provide the updated customer history information to the customer management server 20 (S4003).

The user can know the information about the store where he / she is currently located through the customer management method according to this embodiment. From the standpoint of the owner, the present user can increase the sales through various advertisements, So that the user can be introduced into the store.

The customer management method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

Further, the customer management method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Therefore, the customer management method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be realized by the computer program as described above being executed by the computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

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.

100: Customer Management System
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1. A customer management server for managing a customer based on a customer's location,
A store information storage unit for storing identification information of one or more stores, matching identification information of one or more wireless sensors located in each store with identification information of each store, and storing the identification information;
A customer information storage unit for storing identification information of a customer terminal, which is a user terminal of the customer, and storing customer history information, which is history information for each store of the customer, with identification information of the customer terminal;
A customer location determination unit for receiving the identification information of the wireless sensor from the customer terminal and determining the location of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor;
And an advertisement information providing unit for providing advertisement information of a store within a certain range from the determined location of the customer terminal to the customer terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
The store information storage unit stores,
Storing identification information of a store terminal, which is one or more user terminals corresponding to each store, with identification information of each store,
Wherein the customer management server comprises:
And a customer information providing unit for providing the customer history information of the customer to the store terminal of the store if the location of the customer terminal is the inside of the store.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the customer management server comprises:
A merchandise information management unit for matching and storing merchandise information of a merchandise corresponding to identification information of one or more wireless sensors located in the store; And
And a product information providing unit for providing product information of a product disposed at a location of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor received from the customer terminal.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the customer management server comprises:
Further comprising an associated product recommendation unit for determining an associated product associated with the product based on the product information and providing the product information of the associated product to the customer terminal.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the customer management server comprises:
And a store visit reservation unit for reserving a visit to a store where the associated goods are registered, when the associated goods are registered in the customer terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the customer management server comprises:
Further comprising: a settlement execution unit configured to settle a product registered in the customer terminal when the location of the customer terminal is moved from the inside to the outside of the store.
The method according to claim 1,
The wireless sensor includes:
Customer management server, beacon.
A user terminal capable of communicating with the customer management server of claim 1,
A sensor sensing unit sensing a wireless sensor located at each store and receiving identification information of the sensed wireless sensor;
A terminal information providing unit for providing at least one of identification information of the wireless sensor and identification information of the user terminal to a customer management server; And
And an information receiving unit for receiving any one of advertisement information of each store and customer's customer history information.
9. The method of claim 8,
The user terminal comprises:
A product registration unit for receiving product information of a product corresponding to the identification information of the wireless sensor sensed by the user terminal and registering a product satisfying a predetermined condition; And
Further comprising a payment request unit for requesting settlement of registered goods when the location of the user terminal is moved from the inside to the outside of the store.
9. The method of claim 8,
The user terminal comprises:
Further comprising a history information updating unit for updating the customer history information of the customer based on at least one of the product information provided to the customer terminal visited at the store and the time elapsed in the store.
1. A customer management method for a customer management server to manage the customer based on a customer's location,
Storing identification information of one or more stores, matching identification information of one or more wireless sensors located in each store with identification information of each store, and storing the identification information;
Storing identification information of a customer terminal, which is a customer terminal of the customer, and storing customer history information, which is history information for each store of the customer, with identification information of the customer terminal;
Receiving identification information of the wireless sensor from the customer terminal and determining the position of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor; And
And providing advertisement information of a store within a certain range from the determined location of the customer terminal to the customer terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the step of storing identification information of the at least one wireless sensor with the identification information of each store,
And storing identification information of a store terminal, which is one or more user terminals corresponding to each store, with identification information of each store,
The customer management method includes:
Further comprising the step of providing the customer history information of the customer to the store terminal of the store if the location of the customer terminal is the inside of the store.
12. The method of claim 11,
The customer management method includes:
Matching the identification information of one or more wireless sensors located in the store with product information of a corresponding product; And
Further comprising providing product information of a product disposed at a location of the customer terminal based on the identification information of the wireless sensor received from the customer terminal.
14. The method of claim 13,
The customer management method includes:
Determining an associated commodity associated with the commodity based on the commodity information, and providing the commodity information of the associated commodity to the customer terminal.
15. The method of claim 14,
The customer management method includes:
Further comprising the step of, when the associated merchandise is registered in the customer terminal, reserving a visit of the store where the affiliated merchandise is located.
12. The method of claim 11,
The customer management method includes:
Further comprising the step of, when the location of the customer terminal is moved from the inside to the outside of the store, paying for the goods registered in the customer terminal.
[Claim 11] A method of managing a customer performed by a user terminal communicating with a customer management server,
Sensing a wireless sensor located in the store and receiving identification information of the sensed wireless sensor;
Providing at least one of identification information of the wireless sensor and identification information of the user terminal to a customer management server; And
The advertisement information of the store, and the customer history information of the customer.
18. The method of claim 17,
The customer management method includes:
Receiving merchandise information of a merchandise corresponding to the identification information of the wireless sensor sensed by the user terminal, and registering a merchandise satisfying a predetermined condition; And
Further comprising the step of requesting settlement of the registered merchandise when the location of the user terminal has been moved from the inside to the outside of the store.
18. The method of claim 17,
The customer management method includes:
Further comprising the step of updating the customer history information of the customer based on at least one of the product information provided to the customer terminal visiting the store and the time elapsed in the store.
A computer program stored on a recording medium for performing the method of any one of claims 11 to 16, performed by a computer device. 19. A computer program stored in a recording medium for performing the method according to any one of claims 17 to 19, which is performed by a user terminal.


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