KR20150139723A - System and method for contents information providing service, apparatus and control method applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, disclosed are a content information providing service system, a method thereof, an apparatus applied to the same, and a method for operating the apparatus. The apparatus applied to the content information providing service system enables a user to recognize content (for example, a coupon) of which a usage period when the content can be used in a surrounding area close to the current location is about to expire by using a mobile terminal having a local area wireless communications function (for example, NFC).

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content information providing service system and method, a device applied thereto, and a method of operating the device,

The present invention relates to a content information providing service system, and more particularly, to a content information providing service system using a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function, A coupon) to a user, and a device and a method of operating the device.

In recent years, not only large companies but also small and medium enterprises and individual businesses have been trying to attract more customers by issuing various types of online or offline coupons to customers (users).

These on-line or off-line coupons generally have a fixed period of time during which they can benefit from using the coupon.

Therefore, in the case of the customer (user) who has received the coupon, the coupon must be used within the period of use so that the user can receive benefits such as a discount.

However, in terms of the customer (user), it is difficult to recognize all of the coupons that he / she holds while receiving various kinds of coupons from too many companies, and furthermore, Will be more difficult. As a result, the customer (user) often has the coupon but can not use the coupon within the period of use.

On the other hand, in the modern society, most people (users) have their own mobile terminals, and the spread of NFC (Near Field Communication) services such as settlement and door lock Most of the recently released mobile terminals are equipped with such NFC functions.

This NFC function exists in the NFC card mode and the NFC reader mode. The NFC reader mode is a mode in which the other party of the NFC card mode accessed within a specific short distance is recognized. The NFC card mode is a mode that can be recognized by the other party in the NFC reader mode.

Accordingly, in the present invention, a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function is utilized to allow a user to recognize a content (e.g., a coupon) scheduled to expire by a use period available in a peripheral area (e.g., a merchant shop) And the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for a terminal to acquire tag information from a specific tag through a short- The content information providing apparatus checks the installation location of the specific tag, and if the content information providing apparatus confirms the content issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal, Searching for a specific content remaining in a surrounding area within a specific distance range based on an installation location of the specific tag among contents previously issued to the user and remaining less than the expected expiration date; And providing the terminal with the contents information providing service system and method, And to allow the user to perceive the content (e.g., coupon) of the expiration date available in the area near the location (e.g., merchant).

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and another object to be achieved by the present invention is to confirm the installation position of the specific tag on the basis of the tag information acquired from the specific tag through the short- A content identification unit configured to identify content based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped to the terminal and to identify a content of the content based on a specific distance range Searching for a specific content which is usable in the surrounding area within the usage period and which is less than the expected expiration date and providing information on the specific content to the terminal and allowing the terminal to recognize the specific content By providing a method of operating the apparatus and the content information providing apparatus, Area (eg merchant) content of the planned period expires Available from: is to allow that the cause (eg coupons) to the user.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content information providing apparatus for providing a location information for confirming an installation location of a specific tag based on tag information acquired from a specific tag via a short- part; A contents checking unit for checking contents already issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal; A content retrieval unit for retrieving a specific content that is available in the surrounding area within a specific distance range based on the installation location of the specific tag among the contents issued to the user and remains at or below the expected expiration date; And a content information providing unit for providing the terminal with information on the specific content and allowing the terminal to recognize the specific content.

Preferably, the content is a coupon that is available in at least one of online and offline, and the content searching unit searches the coupon for the use of the coupon, You can search for specific coupons that are available and remain under the expiration date.

Preferably, the content searching unit searches for a content available in the peripheral region based on the installation location of the specific tag among the contents previously issued to the user, and if the usage period of the retrieved contents remains less than the expected expiration date The content retrieval unit searches for the content as the specific content, and for the content that is not usable in various countries among the contents retrieved as being usable in the surrounding area, the main issuing country related to the content issued to the user, Different expiration dates may be applied depending on whether the country is consistent according to location.

Preferably, the content retrieving unit may be configured to use, when the main issuing country and the country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag coincide with each other, If the remaining period of time is less than the first expected expiration date, searching for the specific content, and if the main issuing country and the country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag do not coincide with each other, If it is less than the predetermined date, it can be retrieved as the specific content.

Preferably, when the specific content is a type usable in various countries, the content information providing unit may identify a country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag and convert the information on the specific content into the language of the confirmed country To the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing content information, comprising: acquiring tag information from a specific tag through a short-range wireless communication method; The content information providing apparatus verifying the installation position of the specific tag based on the tag information; The content information providing apparatus verifying the user's content based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal; Searching for a specific content that is available in a surrounding area within a specific distance range based on an installation location of the specific tag among the contents that have been issued to the user by the content information providing device and whose usage period is less than a scheduled expiration date; And providing the content information providing apparatus with information on the specific content to the terminal so that the terminal can recognize the specific content.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an operation method of a content information providing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the terminal confirms an installation position of the specific tag based on tag information acquired from a specific tag via a short- ; A contents checking step of checking contents already issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal; A content retrieval step of retrieving a specific content which is usable in a surrounding area within a specific distance range based on an installation location of the specific tag and which remains below the expected expiration date; And a content information providing step of providing information on the specific content to the terminal so that the terminal can recognize the specific content.

Preferably, the retrieving step may include a first step of retrieving a content usable in the peripheral area based on an installation position of the specific tag among the contents previously issued to the user, And a second step of searching for a content remaining below a predetermined date as the specific content, and for a content that is not usable in a plurality of countries among contents retrieved as being usable in the peripheral region, A different expiration due date can be applied depending on whether the country is matched according to the main issuing country associated with the specific tag and the installation location of the specific tag.

Preferably, the second step of the content searching step further comprises a step of searching for content that is not usable in a plurality of countries among contents retrieved as being usable in the peripheral area, a country corresponding to the main issuing country and an installation location of the specific tag, If the usage period is not equal to the first issuing country and the country according to the installation location of the specific tag, the usage period is the first expiration date It is possible to search for the specific content as long as it remains below the second expected expiration date.

Preferably, in the case where the specific content is a type usable in various countries, the content information providing step may include the step of identifying a country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag and converting the information about the specific content into the language of the confirmed country To the terminal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content information providing service system including: a terminal for obtaining tag information from a specific tag through a short-range wireless communication method; And checking the installation location of the specific tag based on the tag information acquired by the terminal and checking the content issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal, The information providing apparatus searches for a specific content that is available in the surrounding area within a specific distance range based on the installation location of the specific tag among the contents previously issued to the user and remains at or below the expected expiration date, And provides the terminal with information on the terminal.

Therefore, according to the contents information providing service system and method of the present invention, and an apparatus and an operation method thereof applied to the contents information providing service system of the present invention, a mobile terminal equipped with a near field wireless communication function (e.g., NFC) It is possible to achieve the effect that the user can recognize the content (for example, a coupon) of the expiration date available in the area (for example, the merchant).

1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a content information providing service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of a content information providing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a control flow of a content information providing service method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of a content information providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a content providing service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the content information providing service system of the present invention includes a terminal 100 and a content information providing apparatus 200.

Here, the terminal 100 may include a mobile phone terminal (e.g., a smart phone), a notebook computer, or the like, which supports a local wireless communication method capable of recognizing a partner device accessing within a specific short distance.

At this time, it is preferable that the short-range wireless communication system is an NFC (Near Field Communications) system. That is, the terminal 100 is preferably equipped with an NFC module (not shown) supporting the aforementioned short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC system.

There are NFC functions, NFC card mode and NFC reader mode. The NFC reader mode is a mode in which the other party of the NFC card mode accessed within a specific short distance is recognized. The NFC card mode is a mode that can be recognized by the other party in the NFC reader mode.

Accordingly, the terminal 100 can operate in one of the NFC card mode and the NFC reader mode. Hereinafter, the terminal 100 will be described as having the NFC reader mode for convenience of explanation.

Such a terminal 100 can recognize the other party, that is, a specific tag (or NFC tag) through the short-range wireless communication system, that is, the NFC method, and obtain tag information from the specific tag 10.

At this time, the tag 10 will operate in the NFC card mode among the NFC card mode and the NFC reader mode, and correspond to the other party to be recognized by the terminal 100 in the NFC reader mode.

As described above, when the terminal 100 acquires the tag information from the specific tag 10 through the NFC scheme, the terminal 100 transmits the acquired tag information and the user identification information that can identify the terminal 100 itself to the content information providing apparatus 200, .

The content information providing apparatus 200 confirms the installation location of the specific tag 10 based on the tag information and the user identification information, and confirms the content issued to the user according to the user identification information.

The content information providing apparatus 200 can be used in the surrounding area within a specific distance range based on the installation position of the specific tag 10 among the contents issued to the user, Searches for content, and provides information on the specific content to the terminal 100 so that the terminal 100 can recognize specific content.

The content information providing apparatus 200 may be configured as a server independent of the terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 1, but this is only an example.

For example, the content information providing apparatus 200 may be configured in an application form capable of executing each function of the content information providing apparatus 200 and installed in the terminal 100.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a content information providing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail. For convenience of description, reference numerals in FIG. 1 will be referred to.

2, the apparatus 200 for providing content information according to the present invention is configured to transmit a specific tag 10 based on tag information acquired from a specific tag 10 through a short- A content checking unit 220 for checking the content issued by the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal 100, A content retrieval unit 230 for retrieving specific contents remaining in the peripheral region within a specific distance range based on the installation location of the specific tag 10 among the contents issued to the user, And a content information providing unit 240 for providing information on the specific content to the terminal 100 so that the terminal 100 can recognize the specific content.

The location confirmation unit 210 confirms the installation position of the specific tag 10 based on the tag information acquired by the terminal 100 from the specific tag 10 via the short-range wireless communication method.

As described above, the terminal 100 that has acquired the tag information from the specific tag 10 through the NFC scheme transmits the acquired tag information and the user identification information capable of identifying the terminal 100 itself to the content information providing apparatus 100. [ (200).

Thus, the position confirming unit 210 can confirm the installation position of the specific tag 10 based on the tag information provided from the terminal 100. [

More specifically, the location checking unit 210 accesses an NFC service server (not shown) according to the connection information based on the access information and the tag identification information (e.g., Tag UID) included in the tag information, It is possible to confirm the installation position of the specific tag 10 from the information according to the tag identification information (e.g., Tag UID) managed by the server (not shown), that is, the installation location information.

The content checking unit 220 checks the content issued by the user according to the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped to the terminal 100. [

That is, the content checking unit 220 can check the content that has been issued to the user according to the customer ID, based on the user identification information (e.g., customer ID) provided from the terminal 100.

More specifically, when the tag information and the user identification information are provided from the terminal 100 as described above, the content verification unit 220 accesses the content management server (not shown) and transmits the user identification information (for example, The customer ID) can be confirmed.

At this time, the content management server (not shown) collectively manages the content issued to the user by the customer ID of each user, and includes various servers (e.g., large companies, small and medium enterprises, The content can be integrated and managed.

Here, it is preferable that the content is a coupon which can be used in at least one of online and offline.

In other words, the content checking unit 220 accesses a content management server (not shown) and confirms the content, i.e., the coupon, which has been issued to the user according to the user identification information (e.g., customer ID) .

Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, it is assumed that coupons 1, 2, 3, 4, ... are provided as contents or coupons issued to user A according to user identification information (e.g., customer ID) I will mention the cases that have been confirmed. At this time, the subject who has tagged the specific tag 10 by operating the terminal 100, that is, the user of the terminal 100, may be referred to as the user A.

The content retrieving unit 230 retrieves the contents of the coupons 1, 2, 3, 4, ... that have been issued to the user A based on the installation position of the specific tag 10 confirmed by the position checking unit 210 Search for specific content that is available at a merchant in a nearby area within a certain distance range (e.g., a radius of 200 meters) and remains below the expiration date, i.e., a specific coupon.

More specifically, the content retrieving unit 230 retrieves the content (e.g., coupon 1, 2, 3, 4, ...) (I.e., 200 meters in radius), and searches for the content that has been searched for, i.e., the remaining content of the coupon that is less than the expiration date (e.g., one week) of the coupon, that is, can do.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a process of searching for a specific content, that is, a specific coupon that can be used at a merchant in a peripheral area (e.g., a radius of 200 meters) based on the installation location of the specific tag 10 and whose usage period is due to expire will be described more concretely .

The content retrieving unit 230 retrieves the contents (e.g., coupons 1, 2, 3, 4, ...) Retrieves content available at a merchant, i.e., a coupon. For example, suppose that coupons 1, 2, and 5 are searched for coupons available at an affiliate store within a surrounding area (e.g., a radius of 200 meters).

At this time, the content searching unit 230 searches for a content (hereinafter, referred to as a global type) usable in a content among coupons 1, 2, and 5, which is searched for available at an affiliated store within a surrounding area A different expiration due date can be applied to the content A, that is, the coupon, depending on whether the country A matches the country according to the main issuing country and the installation location of the specific tag 10 related to the content issued to the user A.

For example, suppose that coupons 1 and 2 are global type coupons available in various countries, coupon 5 is not a global type, and that the main issuing country associated with the previously issued content to user A is Korea.

At this time, the content searching unit 230 obtains the coupon information (e.g., coupon image, coupon name, coupon number, coupon use period, coupon Issuer country, issuing country, global type, etc.), the user A can confirm the main issuing country related to the coupon issued.

The content retrieval unit 230 retrieves the content of the retrieved content that is available in the peripheral region, that is, the content that is not available in the countries of the coupons 1, 2, 5, that is, the non-global type, (For example, Korea) according to the installation location of the specific tag 10 and the usage period is less than the first expiration date (for example, one week), it is searched for a specific content, that is, a specific coupon.

On the other hand, if the country corresponding to the main issuing country (e.g., Korea) and the installation location of the specific tag 10 does not coincide with the coupon 5, the content retrieving unit 230 may search the first expiration date (e.g., (For example, three weeks) longer than the second expected expiration date (for example, one week).

The main issuing country related to the content issued to user A is Korea, which is the basis on which user A can be regarded as a person who lives in Korea most of the time.

At this time, when the country (e.g., USA) of the location where the specific tag 10 tagged by the NFC tag is installed using the terminal 100 of the user A and the main issuing country associated with the user A If the user A is present in Korea, he / she will be satisfied.

On the other hand, when the country (for example, the United States) where the specific tag 10 tagged by the NFC tag 10 is installed using the terminal 100 of the present user A If it is, then user A may be considered to be in a foreign country (eg, the United States) rather than in Korea. Also, given that user A is the main issuing country of Korea, it is reasonable that current user A is in the United States as a stay for a while.

In this case, the coupon 5, which is not a global type, is a coupon issued by the user A while staying in the United States. The coupon 5 is a coupon that is issued only to a merchant in the surrounding area (for example, a radius of 200 meters) , So if user A returns to Korea after his / her stay in the US, it will be a coupon that can not be used even if the expiration date does not expire.

The content retrieving unit 230 retrieves the coupon 5 from among the coupons 1, 2, and 5 that are found to be usable in the surrounding area, (For example, one week) is applied to a case where the use period is less than one week, the user is searched for a specific coupon that needs to be notified to the user. On the other hand, If the country (for example, the United States) according to the location of the main issuing country (for example, Korea) and the specific tag 10 is not matched, a longer second expiration date (for example, 3 weeks) If it remains less than a week, it searches for a specific coupon that needs to be notified to the user.

Of course, the contents retrieving unit 230 may be configured such that the coupon 1 and 2, which are global types of coupons 1, 2 and 5 searched for available in the surrounding area, Regardless of whether or not the country is matched by location, a general first expiration date (e.g., one week) may be applied to search for a particular coupon that needs to be notified to the user if the usage period remains less than one week.

The contents information providing unit 240 provides the terminal 100 with the specific contents retrieved from the contents retrieving unit 230, that is, the specific coupon, so that the terminal 100 can recognize specific contents, that is, a specific coupon .

For example, if the contents retrieval unit 240 retrieves the coupons 1,5 as the specific coupons that need to be notified to the user by the content retrieval unit 230, the contents information providing unit 240 transmits information about the retrieved coupons 1,5 to the terminal 100 .

At this time, the information on the coupons 1 and 5 is based on the coupon information of each coupon 1,5 (e.g., coupon image, coupon name, coupon number, coupon use period, coupon issuer, issuing country, This information may be configured to inform you of the availability of the coupon and the availability of the merchant in the surrounding area.

Furthermore, when the specific content is a type that can be used in various countries, that is, the above-described global type, the content information providing unit 240 may check the country according to the installation location of the specific tag 10, It may be converted into the language of the country and provided to the terminal 100.

That is, if the coupon 1.5 coupon 1 searched by the content searching unit 230 is a global type, the content information providing unit 240 may search for a country (e.g., For example, the United States), converts the information about coupon 1 into the language (e.g., English) of the confirmed country (e.g., US), and provides the converted information to the terminal 100.

Of course, the content information providing unit 240 may provide the terminal 100 with information on the coupon 5, such as coupon 5, which is not the global type among the coupons 1.5 searched by the content searching unit 230, without language conversion.

As described above, the contents information providing service system including the contents information providing apparatus and the contents information providing apparatus according to the present invention can use the mobile terminal equipped with the NFC function to perform a simple operation of tagging the NFC tag, It is possible to obtain the effect that the user can perceive the contents (for example, coupons) scheduled to expire the usable period available in the nearby peripheral area (for example, a merchant), thereby enabling efficient use of the coupon from the user's standpoint Can lead to.

Hereinafter, a method of providing content information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. For convenience of explanation, the above-mentioned reference numerals of Figs. 1 and 2 will be described.

First, a content information providing service method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The terminal 100 can acquire the tag information from the specific tag 10 by recognizing (tagging) the other party, that is, the specific tag 10 through the near field wireless communication system, that is, the NFC method (S10).

The terminal 100 obtains the tag information from the specific tag 10 through the NFC method and provides the tag information and the user identification information capable of identifying the terminal 100 itself to the content information providing apparatus 200 (S20).

The content information providing apparatus 200 confirms the installation location of the specific tag 10 based on the tag information and the user identification information (S30), and confirms the content issued to the user according to the user identification information (S40 ).

The content information providing apparatus 200 can be used in the surrounding area within a specific distance range based on the installation position of the specific tag 10 among the contents issued to the user, The content is searched (S50), and information on the specific content is provided to the terminal 100 (S60).

Accordingly, the terminal 100 displays the information of the specific content provided (S70), so that the user of the terminal 100 can recognize the information.

Hereinafter, an operation method of the content information providing apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method in which the installation position of the specific tag 10 is determined based on the tag information acquired from the specific tag 10 via the short- (S100).

As described above, the terminal 100 that has acquired the tag information from the specific tag 10 through the NFC scheme transmits the acquired tag information and the user identification information capable of identifying the terminal 100 itself to the content information providing apparatus 100. [ (200).

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention can confirm the installation position of the specific tag 10 based on the tag information provided from the terminal 100.

More specifically, an operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is an operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, (For example, Tag UID) managed by an NFC service server (not shown), that is, the installation location information.

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention checks the content that has been previously issued to the user according to the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal 100 (S110).

That is, the method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of checking the content issued to the user according to the customer ID based on the user identification information (e.g., customer ID) provided from the terminal 100 .

More specifically, when the tag information and the user identification information are provided from the terminal 100 as described above, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention connects to a content management server (not shown) It is possible to confirm the content that has been previously issued to the user according to the provided user identification information (e.g., customer ID).

Here, it is preferable that the content is a coupon which can be used in at least one of online and offline.

In other words, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of connecting to a content management server (not shown) and sending a request to a user according to user identification information (e.g., customer ID) The coupon can be confirmed.

Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of explanation, it is assumed that coupons 1, 2, 3, 4, ... are provided as contents or coupons issued to user A according to user identification information (e.g., customer ID) I will mention the cases that have been confirmed. At this time, the subject who has tagged the specific tag 10 by operating the terminal 100, that is, the user of the terminal 100, may be referred to as the user A.

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Search for specific content that is available at a merchant in a nearby area within a certain distance range (e.g., a radius of 200 meters) based on location and that remains below the expiration date.

More specifically, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. (E.g., a radius of 200 meters) based on the location of the merchant (S120). For example, suppose that coupons 1, 2, and 5 are searched for coupons available at an affiliate store within a surrounding area (e.g., a radius of 200 meters).

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the content retrieved in step S120, that is, the content remaining in the coupon 1,2,5, That is, a specific coupon.

A method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In other words, it is possible to distinguish a type that is available in a country, that is, a global type coupon and a non-global type coupon (S 130).

For example, suppose that coupons 1 and 2 are global type coupons available in various countries, coupon 5 is not a global type, and that the main issuing country associated with the previously issued content to user A is Korea.

Accordingly, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is such that, for coupons 1 and 2, which are global types of coupons 1, 2, and 5, Regardless of whether the country is matched according to the installation location of the specific tag 10 (for example, Korea), a general first expiration date (for example, one week) is applied to notify the user if the usage period remains one week or less (Step S140).

Meanwhile, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is such that, for a coupon 5 that is not a global type among coupons 1, A different expiration due date may be applied depending on whether the country is matched according to the main issuing country associated with the content and the installation location of the specific tag 10. [

That is, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention checks whether the country (for example, Korea) corresponding to the main issuing country (for example, Korea) and the installation position of the specific tag 10 is coincident (S150).

Therefore, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, (S140). If the usage period is less than one week (S140), it is determined that the coupon is a specific coupon that needs to be notified to the user (S140) (For example, 3 weeks) longer than the first country (for example, Korea) and the country (for example, the United States) depending on the installation position of the specific tag 10 do not match If the usage period is less than three weeks, the user is searched for a specific coupon that needs to be notified to the user (S160).

The operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is to provide the terminal 100 with information on specific contents retrieved in steps S140 and S160, So that the coupon can be recognized (S170).

For example, in the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention, if the coupons 1,5 are searched as the specific coupons that need to be notified to the user in steps S140 and S160, To the terminal 100.

Here, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention is such that if the retrieved coupon 1.5 coupon 1 is a global type, the country (e.g., the United States) corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag 10 And converts the information about coupon 1 into the language (e.g., English) of the confirmed country (e.g., US) and provides the converted information to the terminal 100.

Of course, the operation method of the content information providing apparatus 200 according to the present invention can provide the terminal 100 with information on the coupon 5, such as coupon 5, which is not the global type among the coupons 1.5 searched, without language conversion.

As described above, the content information providing method and the content information providing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to a mobile terminal equipped with an NFC function by simply tagging an NFC tag, The effect of enabling the user to recognize the content (for example, a coupon) scheduled to expire at the time of use of the coupon can be derived from the user's point of view, thereby effectively utilizing the coupon from the user's point of view .

The content information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention and the operation method of the content information providing apparatus may be implemented in the form of a program command 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. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled 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.

According to the content information providing service system and method, and a device and a method of operating the content information providing service according to the present invention, content (for example, a coupon ), It is possible to not only use the related technology but also to be able to carry out the application or the operation of the device, This is an invention that is industrially applicable.

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Claims (11)

A location confirmation unit for confirming an installation location of the specific tag based on tag information acquired by the terminal from a specific tag through a short-range wireless communication method;
A contents checking unit for checking contents already issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal;
A content retrieval unit for retrieving a specific content that is available in the surrounding area within a specific distance range based on the installation location of the specific tag among the contents issued to the user and remains at or below the expected expiration date; And
And a content information providing unit for providing the terminal with information on the specific content and allowing the terminal to recognize the specific content. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the content is a coupon available on at least one of online and offline,
The content retrieving unit,
Wherein the searching unit searches for a specific coupon that is available to the merchant in the peripheral region based on the installation location of the specific tag among the coupons issued to the user and remains less than the expected expiration date. The method according to claim 1,
The content retrieving unit,
Searching for a content available in the peripheral region based on the installation location of the specific tag among the contents issued to the user and searching for a content remaining in the searched content that is less than a scheduled expiration date as the specific content ,
The contents which are not usable in various countries among the contents searched for usable in the peripheral region are different according to the main issuing country related to the contents issued to the user and the country according to the installation position of the specific tag And the expiration date is applied. The method of claim 3,
The content retrieving unit,
For a content which is not usable in various countries among contents retrieved as usable in the peripheral region,
If the main issuing country and the country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag coincide with each other,
If the usage period is less than or equal to a second expiration due date which is longer than the first expiration due date in the case where the country corresponding to the main issuing country and the installation location of the specific tag do not coincide with each other, . The method according to claim 1,
The content information providing unit,
If the specific content is of a usable type in a plurality of countries, identifies a country according to an installation location of the specific tag, converts the information about the specific content into a language of the confirmed country, and provides the converted content to the terminal Information providing device. The terminal acquiring tag information from a specific tag through a short-range wireless communication method;
The content information providing apparatus verifying the installation position of the specific tag based on the tag information;
The content information providing apparatus verifying the user's content based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal;
Searching for a specific content that is available in a surrounding area within a specific distance range based on an installation location of the specific tag among the contents that have been issued to the user by the content information providing device and whose usage period is less than a scheduled expiration date; And
And providing the content information providing apparatus with information on the specific content to the terminal so that the terminal can recognize the specific content. A location confirmation step of confirming an installation location of the specific tag based on tag information acquired from a specific tag by a terminal through a short-range wireless communication method;
A contents checking step of checking contents already issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped with the terminal;
A content retrieval step of retrieving a specific content which is usable in a surrounding area within a specific distance range based on an installation location of the specific tag and which remains below the expected expiration date; And
And providing content information about the specific content to the terminal, so that the terminal can recognize the specific content. 8. The method of claim 7,
The content retrieving step may include:
A first step of searching for a content available in the peripheral region based on an installation location of the specific tag among the contents issued to the user;
And a second step of retrieving, from among the searched contents, content remaining less than the expected expiration date as the specific content,
The contents which are not usable in various countries among the contents searched for usable in the peripheral region are different according to the main issuing country related to the contents issued to the user and the country according to the installation position of the specific tag And the expiration date is applied. 9. The method of claim 8,
In the second step of the content searching step,
For a content which is not usable in various countries among contents retrieved as usable in the peripheral region,
If the main issuing country and the country corresponding to the installation location of the specific tag coincide with each other,
If the usage period is less than or equal to a second expiration due date which is longer than the first expiration due date in the case where the country corresponding to the main issuing country and the installation location of the specific tag do not coincide with each other, And the operating method of the providing apparatus. 8. The method of claim 7,
In the content information providing step,
If the specific content is of a usable type in a plurality of countries, identifies a country according to an installation location of the specific tag, converts the information about the specific content into a language of the confirmed country, and provides the converted content to the terminal And an operation method of the information providing apparatus. A terminal for acquiring tag information from a specific tag through a short-range wireless communication method; And
The method includes confirming an installation location of the specific tag based on the tag information acquired by the terminal, confirming the content issued to the user based on the user identification information based on the user identification information mapped to the terminal, Searching for a specific content which is available in the surrounding area within a specific distance range and remains below the expected expiration date on the basis of the installation location of the specific tag among the contents issued to the user by the providing apparatus, And a content information providing apparatus for providing the terminal with information on the content information providing apparatus.

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