KR20150135180A - System and method for managing goods on the internet using portable device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing goods on the internet using a portable device. The method comprises: when a user request storing a product, acquiring a product code of the product and identification information of the user from a franchise terminal providing the product; by identifying a product icon related to the acquired product code, determining a storage box to store the product icon; and recording the product icon in the determined storage box inside a home on the internet identified by the identification information, thereby enabling the user to use the product icon recorded in the storage box later when the user wants.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an online product management method and system using a portable terminal,

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for storing a purchased product on an Internet server so that the customer can use the purchased product at a required time.

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, the popularization of portable terminals has been made, and most people now have portable terminals. Previous mobile terminals have been able to transmit voice and text messages simply, but now they are expanding their functions, such as photographing, video recording, music file playback, and wireless Internet access.

In recent years, a smartphone combining the functions of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) while having the function of a portable terminal is attracting attention. Smartphone is an intelligent terminal that adds computer support functions such as internet communication and information retrieval to mobile terminals. It has a large capacity memory and high performance CPU (Central Processing Unit) And an operating system (OS) for supporting PC (Personal Computer) interworking. In particular, the smart phone is capable of downloading and installing an application desired by the user from the outside.

Accordingly, tasks that are conventionally performed only in offline are being provided through smart phones. For example, Internet-related services such as online shopping and online payment are attracting attention due to the advantages of smart phones, in which wireless Internet access is more freer than mobile terminals.

On the other hand, the franchisees provide gifts for the products purchased by the user through the event. However, there is a problem in that the user can not directly take the gift, so that the benefit of providing the gift can not be realized.

Therefore, there is a need for a method for realizing the profit generated by a user using a smartphone.

An embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that for a product requested to be archived, a storage box for storing the product is determined, and the product icon associated with the product is recorded in the determined storage box in the online home of the user who has requested storage, And an online product management method and system using the portable terminal capable of using a product at any time by using a barcode downloaded and downloaded from the barcode for the product through the portable terminal when the product is needed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when a balance for a purchased product occurs, the balance is accumulated in a safe box, which is a storage box associated with a balance in a user's online home, And an online product management method and system using the same.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a service validity period is set based on a recording date in which a product icon is recorded in a storage box in a user's online home, and when the current time is past the service validity period, The present invention provides an online product management method and system using a portable terminal capable of reducing user confusion due to the use of a product whose service validity period has elapsed by automatically deleting the product.

One embodiment of the present invention is a portable terminal capable of adjusting a display attribute of a storage box according to the number of times of use of a storage box and operating the storage box as a game item, And an online product management method and system using the same.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an online home can be activated by using an item icon recorded in the storage box in the online home by viewing the online home of the user, A method and system for online merchandise management using a terminal are provided.

The online merchandise management system using the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an interface unit for obtaining a merchandise code of a merchandise requested to be archived from the merchant terminal and identification information of the user who requested to be stored, And a processing unit for recording the goods icon in the determined storage box in the on-line home identified by the identification information.

If a balance for a merchandise purchased by the user occurs, the control unit may identify the merchandise icon associated with the balance and determine a 'safe' with a storage box associated with the balance.

If the total amount of the accumulated balance exceeds the deposit amount, the processing unit transfers the deposit amount to the financial account associated with the identification information, and records an amount of the deposit amount subtracted from the transferred deposit amount in the storage box can do. In this case, the interface unit may transmit a transfer confirmation message including the transferred deposit amount to the first portable terminal associated with the identification information.

Alternatively, the processing unit may set a service valid period based on a recording date on which the commodity icon is recorded, and delete the commodity icon in the storage box when the current time has passed the set service valid period.

Alternatively, the processing unit counts the number of times of use of the storage box, and adjusts the display attribute of the storage box based on the counted number of times of use.

Alternatively, when the use of the merchandise icon is requested through the application provided in the first portable terminal associated with the identification information, the interface unit may transmit a barcode corresponding to the merchandise icon to the first portable terminal or the first portable terminal To the second portable terminal selected by the second portable terminal. In this case, when the goods icon is used, the processing unit may delete the used goods icon from the storage box.

Alternatively, when the processor is requested to view the online home from the second portable terminal, the processing unit checks whether the second online home and the online home of the second portable terminal are registered in the neighborhood, and when the neighbor is registered, The terminal can be allowed to view the online home.

Alternatively, the processing unit may check the authority attribute of the second registered mobile terminal, allow the online home view when the authority attribute is 'browse', and if the authority attribute is 'occupied' It is possible to use the storage box in the groove.

Alternatively, when the image data associated with the merchant is received from the first portable terminal associated with the identification information through the interface unit, the controller verifies the consistency of the received image data, and when the verification is completed, Generate coupon information, and determine a storage box for the generated coupon information. In this case, the processing unit may record the generated coupon information in the determined storage box.

Wherein the identification information is any one of a telephone number of a first portable terminal associated with the user, a bar code for user identification associated with a first portable terminal associated with the user, or an identification code included in a USIM chip of the first portable terminal .

A method for managing an online product using a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of obtaining a product code of a product requested to be stored and identification information of a user requested to be stored from an affiliate store terminal, Identifying the storage box in consideration of the product code, and recording the product icon in the determined storage box in the on-line home identified by the identification information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, for a product requested to be archived, a storage box for storing the product is determined, and an item icon associated with the product is recorded in the storage box determined in the online home of the user who has requested storage, When the user needs the product, the user can use the product at any time by using the barcode downloaded and downloaded from the portable terminal through the barcode.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a balance, which is a change in purchase for a purchased product, is generated, the balance is accumulated in a safe, which is a storage box associated with the balance in the online home of the user, .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a service validity period is set based on a recording date in which a product icon is recorded in a user's on-line home storage box, and when the current time exceeds a service validity period, By automatically deleting the product icon, user confusion due to use of the product over the service validity period can be reduced.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the display attribute of the storage box may be adjusted according to the number of times of use of the storage box, and the storage box may be operated as a game item.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online home use can be activated by viewing the online home of the user or another user registered in the neighborhood with the user's online home, or using the goods icon recorded in the storage box in the online home have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the use of the affiliate card associated with the online merchandise management system that provides the online home according to the online home activation can be expanded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the merchant may revisit the merchant to use the merchandise icon recorded in the online shop, thereby inducing the merchant to purchase another merchandise.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an online home can be utilized for promotion or marketing of a merchant, and revenue can be realized through a coupon, an event guide, an affiliate, or the like.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an autonomous mobile ecosystem utilizing a human network of a user registered in an online home can be created.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection relationship of an online merchandise management system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an online merchandise management system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing the structure of a database.
4 is a view showing an example of an on-line groove.
5 is a view showing an example of a storage box.
6 is a diagram showing an example of reproducing a moving image in cooperation with a TV installed in an affiliated store.
7 is a view showing an example of a safe.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an online product management method using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection relationship of an online merchandise management system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a user purchases a product at a first merchant 110, the first merchant 110 can provide a gift for the purchased merchandise. At this time, the user can request storage on the Internet without taking the gift directly. Alternatively, the user may request storage of the purchased product on the Internet. Therefore, in the following, a product and a gift are collectively referred to as a " product ".

When the user requests to keep the goods, the clerk of the first merchant shop 110 can obtain the merchandise code from the store-requested merchandise using the first merchant shop terminal. The product code can identify the product, for example, it may be a barcode recorded on the product. When the clerk reads the bar code of the merchandise to the reader connected to the first merchant terminal, the merchandise code is obtained from the bar code.

Further, the clerk may request the user to provide identification information for identifying the user who has requested the storage of the goods. The identification information may be directly input by the user or may be obtained from the user's portable terminal (120, first portable terminal) through RF communication. The first agent terminal transmits the goods code and the identification information to the online merchandise management system 100 using the portable terminal.

An online merchandise management system 100 (hereinafter, referred to as an 'online merchandise management system') using a portable terminal identifies a merchandise icon associated with the transmitted merchandise code. The item icon may be of the image type that is displayed when the product is displayed. Also, the online merchandise management system 100 determines the storage box in consideration of the product code. The storage box may be any one of a medium for storing goods in a general household, for example, a refrigerator, a cupboard, or a safe.

In other words, the online merchandise management system 100 can determine whether the merchandise icon is to be recorded in the refrigerator, in the cupboard, in the safe, or the like, in consideration of the merchandise code.

The online merchandise management system 100 records the merchandise icon in the determined storage box in the on-line home identified by the identification information. The user can subscribe to the online product management system 100 in advance and register an 'online home' corresponding to his / her identification information. Accordingly, the online merchandise management system 100 can record the merchandise icon of the merchandise requested to be stored in the determined storage box among the plurality of storage boxes included in the online grooves corresponding to the identification information. In this case, when the user opens the storage box, it is possible to easily recognize what goods he can use through the goods icon. The online merchandise management system 100 may store merchandise icons recorded in an online home, a storage box, and a storage box corresponding to the identification information in a database (not shown).

Thereafter, the user can request the use of the merchandise icon at the first merchant shop 110 or at the second merchant shop 130, which is not the first merchant store 110 requesting the merchandise store. To this end, the online merchandise management system 100 may provide an 'application' for the user to confirm the online home through the portable terminal 120. When the application is executed by the portable terminal 120, the application displays the online home associated with the user on the screen and displays the goods icon recorded in the on-line home storage box. Accordingly, the user can request the use of the commodity icon by executing the application on the portable terminal 120 and selecting the commodity icon recorded in the on-line home storage box.

In this case, the online merchandise management system 100 transmits a barcode corresponding to the merchandise icon to the portable terminal 120.

Alternatively, when the user requests the use of the merchandise icon, when a telephone number of a second portable terminal (not shown) of another user (second user) is inputted, a barcode corresponding to the merchandise icon is inputted to the second To the portable terminal. At this time, the online merchandise management system 100 may delete the used merchandise icon in the storage box when the merchandise icon is used.

The user can display the bar code displayed on the portable terminal 120 to the clerk of the second merchant 130. In this case, the salesperson of the second merchant shop 130 may read the barcode with a reader connected to the second merchant terminal, and may provide the merchandise associated with the read barcode to the user. That is, the user stores the goods received from the first merchant shop 110 in the online merchandise management system 100 on the Internet, and stores the merchandise provided by the first merchant store 110 or the second merchant shop 110, The customer can be provided with the goods at the shopping center 130.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an online merchandise management system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the online merchandise management system 200 may include an interface unit 210, a control unit 220, a processing unit 230, and a database 240.

The user purchases a product at the first merchant shop 110 and stores the purchased merchandise or a gift item (hereinafter referred to as "merchandise") provided by the first merchant shop 110 on the purchased merchandise on the Internet Can be requested. In this case, the first franchisee terminal can acquire the product code from the store-requested goods under the control of the clerk of the first franchisee 110. The product code can identify the product, for example, it may be a barcode recorded on the product.

Also, the first franchisee terminal may obtain identification information for identifying a user who has requested to store the goods.

The identification information may be directly input by the user to the input keypad connected to the first merchant terminal or may be acquired from the portable terminal 120 of the user through RF communication. For example, the identification information may be any one of a telephone number of the portable terminal 120, a barcode for identifying the user associated with the portable terminal 120, or an identification code included in the USIM chip of the portable terminal 120. The first merchant terminal transmits the goods code and the identification information to the online merchandise management system 200.

The interface unit 210 interfaces information between the first franchisee terminal, the second franchisee terminal, the portable terminal 120, and the second portable terminal. The interface unit 210 receives the goods code and the identification information from the first agent terminal.

The control unit 220 identifies an item icon associated with the received item code. The item icon may be of the image type that is displayed when the product is displayed. For example, the item icon may be an image for XX canned coffee or an image for OO ice cream. In addition, the control unit 220 determines a storage box for storing the identified commodity icon in consideration of the commodity code. The storage box may be any one of a medium for storing goods in a general household, for example, a refrigerator, a cupboard, or a safe. That is, the control unit 220 may determine whether the identified merchandise icon is to be recorded in the refrigerator, in the cupboard, in the safe, etc. according to the product code. For example, the commodity code may include a 'commodity storage identifier' for distinguishing refrigerated food, frozen food, uncooled ornaments, and the like. Accordingly, the control unit 220 determines 'refrigerator' as a storage box when the product code is related to refrigerated food, and can determine 'cupboard' as a storage box when the product code is related to a non-refrigerated item.

The processing unit 230 records the goods icon in the determined storage box in the on-line home identified by the identification information. The user can subscribe to the online merchandise management system 200 in advance and register an 'online home' corresponding to his identification information. Accordingly, the processing unit 230 may record the product icon of the requested product in the determined storage box among the plurality of storage boxes included in the on-line groove corresponding to the identification information. In this case, when the user opens the storage box, it is possible to easily recognize what goods he can use through the goods icon. The processing unit 230 may store the product icon recorded in the online home, storage box, and storage box corresponding to the identification information in the database 240.

3 is a diagram showing the structure of a database.

3, the database 240 stores a storage box (refrigerator, cupboard, safe) in an online home (pleasant house, love house) corresponding to the identification information (010-1234-5678, 010-9999-1222) (A1234, A3477, B1009, D3444, and E5678) can be stored in the storage unit. In the storage box safe, the cash value corresponding to the total amount of the balance can be recorded with the product icon.

As described above, the product code may include a product storage identifier. For example, the product storage identifier 'A' can be classified as frozen food, the product storage identifier 'B' as refrigerated food, the product storage identifier 'D' or 'E' as uncooled product. Accordingly, when 'A' is included in the product code, the control unit 220 determines the refrigerator freezer associated with the frozen food as a storage box, and when 'B' is included in the product code, If the item code includes 'D' or 'E', the storage box can be determined as a storage box related to the uncooled item.

In an embodiment, the processing unit 230 may record the goods icon in the database 240 in accordance with the identification information, even if there is no on-line home corresponding to the identification information. Alternatively, the processing unit 230 may recognize the card number for the affiliate card associated with the online merchandise management system 200 as the identification information, and record the merchandise icon in the database 240 corresponding to the recognized card number have.

In another embodiment, the processing unit 230 may set the service validity period based on the recording date on which the merchandise icon is recorded. The service validity period is a period in which the commodity icon can be used, for example, 15 days and 30 days from the record date. The processing unit 230 may automatically delete the product icon in the storage box when the current time has passed the set service validity period, thereby reducing user confusion due to use of the product for which the service validity period has elapsed.

According to another embodiment, the processing unit 230 counts the number of times of use of the storage box, and adjusts the display attribute of the storage box based on the counted number of times of use, thereby operating the storage box as a game item, Lt; / RTI > For example, when the storage box is a refrigerator, the display attribute may be a short-form refrigerator, a side-by-side refrigerator, a short-form home bar, or a two-sided home shortcut. The processing unit 230 displays a short-form refrigerator having a short-form refrigerator as a display attribute when the number of times of use is '0 times (first)'. When the number of times of use is large, It is possible to gradually improve the appearance of the refrigerator by adjusting the display attribute of the double door type.

Thereafter, the user can request the use of the merchandise icon at the first merchant shop 110 or at the second merchant shop 130, which is not the first merchant store 110 requesting the merchandise store. To this end, the online merchandise management system 200 may provide an 'application' for the user to confirm the online home through the portable terminal 120. When the application is executed by the portable terminal 120, the application displays the online home associated with the user on the screen and displays the goods icon recorded in the on-line home storage box. Accordingly, the user can request the use of the commodity icon by executing the application on the portable terminal 120, checking the commodity icon recorded in the on-line home storage box, and selecting the commodity to use.

In this case, the interface unit 210 transmits a barcode corresponding to the product icon to the portable terminal 120. Alternatively, when the user requests the use of the goods icon, if the user inputs a telephone number of a second portable terminal (not shown) of another user (second user) To the second portable terminal. At this time, if the goods icon is used, the processing unit 230 may delete the used goods icon from the storage box.

4 is a view showing an example of an on-line groove.

4, the portable terminal 120 installs an application (OO 25 My Wallet) associated with the online merchandise management system 200 on the desktop (410), and when the application is executed, The on-line home 440 associated with the user registered in the system 200 can be displayed on the screen.

For example, when the application 410 is first executed in the portable terminal 120, user authentication is performed to enter the online home 440 (420). The user authentication may be to enter an ID and password associated with the user who registered the on-line home 440. Also, the online merchandise management system 200 may authenticate the user through SMS authentication (430). If the online home 440 has not yet been registered, the online merchandise management system 200 requests the user to input a user name, a resident registration number, an ID, a password, a telephone number of the portable terminal 120, and an authentication number (450). The online merchandise management system 200 can approve the subscription based on the input information, and if approved, the application 410 can be installed in the portable terminal 120. [

In the online home 440, items such as household appliances and furniture can be displayed. For example, the application can display a TV and a sofa in a living room, a refrigerator and a cupboard in a kitchen, and a safe in a living room, thereby providing an online home similar to a general home. In the drawings, a refrigerator, a cupboard, a safe, and the like are simply indicated by a storage box, but various types of storage boxes may exist depending on the embodiment.

5 is a view showing an example of a storage box.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the refrigerator door is opened by the user, the application may display an item icon (Worldcon, Nuga bar, cold, cafe latte) recorded in the refrigerator (510). Accordingly, the user can easily select a product to be used by checking the product icon recorded in the storage box (refrigerator, cupboard, safe) in the online home provided through the application.

Alternatively, the application may display an item icon corresponding to the cash deposited in the safe (520). The cash may be for the remaining balance, which is the remaining change after purchasing the merchandise.

In another embodiment, the controller 220 identifies a merchandise icon (cash) associated with the balance when a balance for a product purchased by the user occurs, and determines a 'safe' with a storage box associated with the balance . Thereafter, the user can use at any merchant, such as cash, only the total amount of the balance accumulated in the safe. That is, when the use of the merchandise icon stored in the safe is requested from the user, the processing unit 230 may generate a barcode corresponding to the total amount of the balance accumulated in the safe. The user can select an amount to use when requesting use of the product icon stored in the safe. Accordingly, the processing unit 230 can generate a barcode corresponding to the amount selected by the user. The interface unit 210 transmits the generated barcode to the mobile terminal 120. The processing unit 230 may deduct the amount of the used amount from the total amount of the balance.

Alternatively, when the total amount of the accumulated balance exceeds the deposit amount, the processing unit 230 transfers the deposit amount to the financial account associated with the identification information, and subtracts the transferred deposit amount from the total amount The amount of money can be recorded in the storage box. The financial account is a bank account number and can be input in advance from the user. The interface unit 210 can notify the user that the deposit amount has been transferred by transmitting the transfer confirmation message including the transferred deposit amount to the portable terminal 120. [

In another embodiment, when the processing unit 230 receives a request for viewing the online home associated with the portable terminal 120 from the second portable terminal, the second online home and the online home of the second portable terminal are registered as neighbors . The second portable terminal means a portable terminal of a second user which is distinguished from the user. The processing unit 230 may allow the second mobile terminal to view the online home when the neighbor is registered as a result of the checking.

Also, the user of the online home may assign different rights attributes to the other registered users. The authority attribute may be browse or occupied. Accordingly, the processing unit 230 checks the authority attribute of the second registered mobile terminal, permits the online home view when the authority attribute is 'browse', and when the authority attribute is 'occupied' And may allow the use of the storage box in the on-line home. That is, in the case of browsing, the processing unit 230 may allow only the online user to view the online home by displaying the online home of the user on the screen. However, if it is occupied, the processing unit 230 displays the online home to the second user, and when the second user makes a request, permits the use of the goods icon recorded in the online in-home storage box . Accordingly, the second user registered as the 'occupied' with the authority attribute can use the product icon possessed by the user.

However, in order for the second user to use the goods icon, the approval of the user may be required.

Accordingly, when the second user requests the use of the product icon by the second user, the interface unit 210 can inquire about the use agreement of the goods icon requested to be used by the portable terminal 120. The processing unit 230 may allow the second user to use the goods icon when receiving authentication for the use agreement from the portable terminal 120 through the interface unit 210. [

In another embodiment, the interface unit 210 may receive image data associated with the second merchant 130 from the portable terminal 120. The image data may be a photograph of the second merchant 130 photographed by the portable terminal 120. The control unit 220 may verify the consistency of the received image data, generate coupon information associated with the image data when the verification is completed, and determine a storage box for the generated coupon information. The processing unit 230 may record the generated coupon information in the storage box determined in the online home of the user. In an embodiment, the control unit 220 generates information on an entry right, event information, etc. in addition to the coupon information, and the processing unit 230 writes the generated entry right and event information into the storage box determined in the online home of the user .

In another embodiment, a merchant may install a TV and provide contents such as music videos, commercials, etc. of the singers through the installed TV. At this time, a barcode associated with the provided content may be displayed on the TV screen.

6 is a diagram showing an example of reproducing a moving image in cooperation with a TV installed in an affiliated store.

Referring to FIG. 6, the portable terminal 120 may execute an application associated with the online merchandise management system 200 to display an online shop (operation 610). If the user selects 'view video' in the online home, the application provides a 'QR-Play' menu 620 to read the barcode displayed on the TV. The QR drop menu allows the portable terminal 120 to read the bar code, and the portable terminal 120 can read the bar code and transmit the read bar code to the online merchandise management system 200 (630). In this case, the processing unit 230 may identify the content associated with the transmitted barcode in the database 240. The database 240 may record the address (or content) of the content provider providing the content associated with the barcode. The interface unit 210 transmits the address stored in the database 240 to the portable terminal 120.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal 120 can download the content from the content provider using the transmitted address, and display the downloaded content on the screen, thereby displaying the same content as that of the TV of the merchant. At this time, the portable terminal 120 may add 640 the contents displayed on the screen to 'My List'. Also, the portable terminal 120 can share the contents with the second portable terminal by transmitting the contents recorded in the My List to the second portable terminal or transmitting the read barcode to the second portable terminal .

7 is a view showing an example of a safe.

Referring to FIG. 7, the portable terminal 120 may execute an application associated with the online merchandise management system 200 to display an online shop (operation 710). The application may provide 720 the amount deposited in the safe which is a storage box of the online home. In an embodiment, the safe may record points associated with the online merchandise management system 200. The points can be accumulated for the goods purchased at the first franchisee 110 or the second franchisee 130. The application may provide 740 points earned during the day or 740 points earned on a yearly or monthly basis.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an online product management method using a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step 810, when the first franchised terminal receives a product from the user or provides a gift for the purchased product, the first franchisee terminal requests the user to store the product (including the gift) The goods code acquired from the goods and the identification information inputted from the user are transmitted to the online merchandise management system 200. Here, the first franchisee terminal may be a device installed in the first franchisee and responsible for settlement of goods.

The product code can identify the product, for example, it may be a barcode recorded on the product. The identification information may be directly input by the user to the input keypad connected to the first merchant terminal or may be acquired from the portable terminal 120 of the user through RF communication. For example, the identification information may be any one of a telephone number of the portable terminal 120, a barcode for identifying the user associated with the portable terminal 120, or an identification code included in the USIM chip of the portable terminal 120.

In step 820, the online merchandise management system 200 identifies the merchandise icon associated with the transmitted merchandise code and determines a storage box in which to store the identified merchandise icon in consideration of the merchandise code. The item icon may be of the image type that is displayed when the product is displayed. The storage box may be any one of a medium for storing goods in a general household, for example, a refrigerator, a cupboard, or a safe. The online merchandise management system 200 can determine whether the identified merchandise icon is to be recorded in the refrigerator, in the cupboard, in the safe, etc. according to the merchandise code.

For example, the commodity code may include a 'commodity storage identifier' for distinguishing refrigerated food, frozen food, uncooled ornaments, and the like. Accordingly, the online merchandise management system 200 can determine the 'refrigerator' as the storage box when the product code is related to the refrigerated food, and can determine the 'cupboard' as the storage box when the product code is related to the un- .

In step 830, the online merchandise management system 200 records the merchandise icon in the determined storage box in the online home identified by the identification information. The online merchandise management system 200 identifies an online home registered in advance by the user using the identification information, and stores the selected item in the determined storage box among the plurality of storage boxes included in the identified online home The product icon can be recorded. In this case, when the user opens the storage box, it is possible to easily recognize what goods he can use through the goods icon. The online merchandise management system 200 may store the merchandise icon recorded in the online store, the storage box, and the storage box corresponding to the identification information in the database 240.

In step 840, the portable terminal 120 (meaning the first portable terminal)) executes an application associated with the online merchandise management system 200 to display the merchandise icon May be requested. The user can request the use of the product icon by checking the product icon recorded in the storage box in the on-line home through the application executed in the portable terminal 120 and selecting the product to be used.

In operation 850, the online merchandise management system 200 transmits a barcode corresponding to the merchandise icon to the portable terminal 120. Alternatively, when the user inputs the phone number of the second portable terminal (not shown) of another user (second user) when the user requests the use of the goods icon, May be transmitted to the second portable terminal. At this time, the online merchandise management system 200 may delete the used merchandise icon in the storage box when the merchandise icon is used.

The user can display the received barcode on the screen of the portable terminal 120 and provide the barcode to the clerk of the second merchant.

In step 860, the second merchant terminal installed in the second merchant shop can scan the barcode displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 120. [ In step 870, the second merchant may provide the merchandise corresponding to the scanned barcode to the user.

The methods according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments,

And should be determined by equivalents to the claims.

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Claims (3)

A method for managing an online merchandise using a mobile terminal for storing a purchased product or a gift at a first merchant and making it available for use at a second merchant,
The identification information of the user obtained from the first franchisee terminal and the goods code of the goods requested to be stored are received and recorded in the online home registered in advance by the user,
The barcode of the article requested to be archived recorded in the online home can be displayed as an application installed in the portable terminal of the user,
And displaying the barcode of the product requested to be stored at the second merchant so that the user can use the product requested to be stored.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the application displays a barcode of the article requested to be archived in the portable terminal when a request for use of the article requested to be archived is input.
The method according to claim 1,
The identification information of the user
Wherein the merchant terminal is directly input through the input keypad connected to the merchant terminal or is obtained from the portable terminal of the user through RF communication.

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