KR20160005382A - System and method for managing affiliated company benefit information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for managing affiliate benefit information. More specifically, the system includes: one or more service devices configured to receive event information from affiliates; and a benefit information management device configured to collect information on affiliates from the service devices, acquire benefit information of each affiliate by analyzing the collected information on the affiliates based on predefined benefit information keywords, select users having information associated with each affiliate, and send the benefit information of corresponding affiliates to the selected users.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AFFILIATED COMPANY BENEFIT INFORMATION

The present invention relates to an affiliate benefit information management system and method, and more particularly, to an affiliate benefit information management system and method for analyzing affiliate information collected from at least one service apparatus based on a predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate, And more particularly, to an affiliate benefit information management system and method for providing benefit information of an affiliated company to users having affiliate information.

Generally, coupons, discounts, mileage, and other benefit information are issued for the purpose of providing discounts or additional services for advertising and activation of sales shops or service businesses. Commerce and service industries have been promoting the business through various methods, and advertising using coupons and coupons is also widely used today as one of such methods.

Currently, forms for issuing coupons or coupon advertisements are randomly distributed to an unspecified number of persons in the form of internet coupons, printed forms, or plastic cards on the Internet site.

However, in the conventional coupon or coupon advertisement providing method, it is impossible to distribute the coupon (advertisement) by selectively targeting only the consumers who are likely to give coupons or advertising goods to real purchasers, Inefficient, unspecified number of coupons or coupon ads are targeted, so if you do not run continuously and repeatedly, it will be ineffective and economical loss is inevitable.

In addition, the consumer is inconvenienced to search for coupon (advertisement) information which is not related to him or the coupon (advertisement) information that he / she does not interested by receiving the coupon (advertisement) information.

In addition, benefit information such as an event performed by an affiliate company is registered in an affiliate management apparatus linked to an affiliate company in advance and then provided through an application or a web site of the service, There has been an inconvenience to register with the affiliate management device through prior consultation with the affiliate.

Prior Art 1: Korean Patent No. 1,134,585: Method for carrying out affiliate store information service and system therefor

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a service providing system and method for collecting event information registered in a service device such as a social network service, The present invention provides an affiliate benefit information management system and method for acquiring benefit information of each affiliate.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an affiliate benefit information management system and method capable of providing only a benefit information of an affiliate associated with a user to a user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service providing system including a collecting unit for collecting affiliate information from at least one service device, analyzing the collected affiliate information based on a predefined benefit information keyword, And a filtering unit for selecting a user having association information with an affiliate which is the subject of the obtained benefit information and providing the benefit information of the affiliated company to the selected users .

The collecting unit can collect real time or periodically registered service apparatuses and web pages appearing by previously registered partners as affiliate information.

The filtering unit may select users associated with affiliates based on association information including at least one of membership card, application, and preference information of each user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service providing system including at least one service device for registering event information from affiliates, an affiliate information collecting unit for collecting affiliate information from the service devices, analyzing the collected affiliate information based on a predefined benefit information keyword, There is provided an affiliate benefit information management system including a benefit information management device for acquiring benefit information of an affiliate company and selecting users having association information with each affiliate company and transmitting benefit information of the affiliate company.

The benefit information management device may select users associated with an affiliate based on association information including at least one of each user's membership card, application, and preference information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing benefit benefit information of a benefit information management apparatus, the method comprising: collecting affiliate information from at least one service apparatus; Extracting benefit information of each of the affiliated companies, selecting users having association information with the partner, which is the subject of the obtained benefit information, and transmitting the benefit information of the affiliated company to the selected users A method of managing affiliate benefit information is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing benefit information, comprising the steps of: collecting affiliate information from at least one service apparatus when executed by a benefit information management apparatus; analyzing the collected affiliate information based on a predefined benefit information keyword; Acquiring benefit information, selecting users having association information with the partner, which is the subject of the obtained benefit information, and transmitting the benefit information of the partner to the selected users, There is provided a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing the program.

According to the present invention, event information registered in a service device such as a social network service and a brand site of an affiliate company is collected in real time or periodically, and the collected event information is analyzed based on a benefit information keyword to acquire benefit information of each affiliate company And provides the benefit information of the affiliate to the user having the association information with the affiliate. Therefore, even if the user does not search for the benefit information of many partners registered in real time in various online services, It can be confirmed in real time through web service.

In addition, when a service is provided through cooperation with an affiliate, the service manager automatically collects and registers the benefit information of the affiliate without registering / managing information such as an event through the affiliate, It is possible to provide only the optimized benefit information to the user through the related information analysis.

FIG. 1 illustrates an affiliate benefit information management system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a benefit information management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 illustrates a method of managing an affiliate benefit information management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

Hereinafter, the 'affiliate benefit information management system and method' according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can easily understand the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the matters described in the attached drawings may be different from those actually implemented by the schematic drawings to easily describe the embodiments of the present invention.

In the meantime, each constituent unit described below is only an example for implementing the present invention. Thus, in other implementations of the present invention, other components may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, each component may be implemented solely by hardware or software configuration, but may be implemented by a combination of various hardware and software configurations performing the same function. Also, two or more components may be implemented together by one hardware or software.

Also, the expression " comprising " is intended to merely denote that such elements are present as an expression of " open ", and should not be understood to exclude additional elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating an affiliate benefit information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an affiliate benefit information management system includes an affiliate terminal device 100, a service device 200, a benefit information management device 300, and a user terminal device 400, which transmit and receive data through a communication network can do.

When the event information is input, the affiliate terminal device (100) registers the event information in the service device (200). Here, the affiliate may be a store where music, movie theater, restaurant, store, department store, etc. are registered as a member in the benefit information management device 300.

The affiliate terminal device 100 transmits an event registration request signal including the input event information to the service device 200 when the event information such as discount, special offer, accumulation, coupon offer, etc. is input. Here, the product may be a term including a product sold by an affiliate, a food, a service, a performance, an application, a content, and the like, and the event registration request signal may include affiliate identification information, event information, and the like.

The affiliate terminal device 100 is a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via a communication network according to a key operation of a user. The affiliate terminal device 100 may be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) A smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, or the like. The affiliate terminal device 100 may be a POS, an RF-ID reader installed in a store, a terminal (a computer, a mobile phone, a smart phone, or the like).

The service device 200 registers the event information transmitted from the affiliate terminal device 100. At this time, the service device 200 registers the event information by mapping it to the affiliate identification information.

Such a service device 200 may include a device for providing a social networking service, a brand site, and the like. The social network service may include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube, (Flicker), a blog (Bolg), and the like.

The benefit information management device 300 collects affiliate information from the service devices 200, analyzes the collected affiliate information based on the predefined benefit information keyword to acquire benefit information of each affiliate, To the corresponding user. At this time, the benefit information management device 300 can determine affiliates associated with each user based on association information of each user's membership card, application, preference information, and the like.

The benefit information management device 300 can be implemented through an electronic device capable of communicating with other electronic devices through various communication standards and performing various data processing operations. For example, the benefit information management device 300 may be implemented in the form of a server device, and may be implemented in various electronic devices in addition to the form of the server device. In addition, the benefit information management apparatus 300 may be implemented in the form of a single electronic device or in a form in which two or more electronic devices are combined.

A detailed description of the benefit information management apparatus 300 will be given with reference to FIG.

The affiliate terminal device 100, the service device 200, the benefit information management device 300 and the user terminal device 400 are linked through a communication network. The communication network includes an Internet network, an intranet network, a mobile communication network, , Which is a network capable of transmitting and receiving data using an Internet protocol using various wired and wireless communication technologies.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a benefit information management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the benefit information management apparatus 300 includes an affiliate information database 310, a user information database 320, a communication unit 330, a collection unit 340, an analysis unit 350, a filtering unit 360, , And a control unit 370.

The affiliate information database 310 stores information on affiliates registered as members. That is, the affiliate company information database 310 stores an affiliate name, a location, a telephone number, a related product, event information, and the like.

The user information database 320 stores information on a user registered as a member. That is, the user information database 320 stores user's personal information, membership card information, application information, preference information, and the like. Here, the application information may be information on an application installed by a user, and the preference information may include a store, a food, a coffee, etc. preferred by the user.

The communication unit 330 is a communication unit that interconnects the benefit information management apparatus 300 and the service apparatus 200 or the user terminal apparatus 400 through a communication network. The communication unit 330 includes, for example, a wireless communication module, A wired communication module such as the Internet, and a short-range wireless communication module such as a Wi-Fi modem. In particular, the communication unit 330 can be connected to two or more terminal devices, and can transmit and receive various information such as affiliate information, benefit information of affiliates, and the like.

The collecting unit 340 collects the affiliate information from the service device through the communication unit 330. That is, the collecting unit 340 searches the registered service apparatus in real time or periodically, and collects information on the affiliates registered in the affiliate information database 310. At this time, the collecting unit 340 may collect, as affiliate information, information including an affiliate name registered in the affiliate information database 310, related products, and the like among the information registered in the service apparatus.

For example, if 'A company' is an affiliate registered in the affiliate information database 310, the collecting unit 340 may search the service apparatus and collect information including 'A company'.

The collection unit 340 extracts affiliate information to be searched in a web page composed of various contents including text and images. Here, the affiliate information is not limited to text that can be extracted literally on a web page, but should be considered as a concept including text included in an image file or the like.

The analyzing unit 350 analyzes the affiliate information collected by the collecting unit 340 based on the predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate. Here, the benefit information keyword may be selected from a variety of terms that provide useful services to the user such as an event, discount, accumulation, coupon, special price, mileage, gift, sale, Accordingly, the analyzing unit 350 extracts phrases or sentences including benefit information keywords from the collected affiliate information by using various methods such as morphological analysis, syntax analysis, and semantic analysis, and extracts the extracted phrases or sentences as benefits Information can be acquired.

In addition, the analyzer 350 may analyze the affiliate information collected using a method such as text mining or metadata analysis to extract a phrase or a sentence including the previously defined benefit information keyword.

The filtering unit 360 searches the user information database 320 to identify users having association information with the affiliate partner having the benefit information acquired by the analysis unit 350 and provides benefit information of the affiliated partner to the identified user . At this time, the filtering unit 360 identifies the users related to the affiliate based on the association information of each user's membership card, application, preference information, Characters or the like can be used to provide benefit information of the partner company.

For example, the filtering unit 360 may provide only the benefit information of affiliates associated with the membership card to a service application used by the user based on the membership card information that the user has issued.

When the benefit information of the store A is acquired in the analysis unit 350, the filtering unit 360 filters users whose preference information registered in the user information database 320 is 'A store' And can provide the benefit information of the A store to the users.

If the 'B store coffee discount' is obtained as the benefit information in the analysis unit 350, the filtering unit 360 searches the user information database 320 to find a user who prefers the B store, users who prefer coffee And provide 'B store coffee discount' to the filtered users as benefit information.

Meanwhile, each of the collecting unit 340, the analyzing unit 350, and the filtering unit 360 may be each implemented by a processor or the like necessary for executing a program on a computing device. As described above, the collecting unit 340, the analyzing unit 350, and the filtering unit 360 may be physically independent of each other, or they may be functionally separated in one processor.

The control unit 370 includes a benefit information management apparatus 300 including an affiliate information database 310, a user information database 320, a communication unit 330, a collection unit 340, an analysis unit 350, and a filtering unit 360 And the like.

The control unit 370 may include at least one computing unit, which may be a general purpose central processing unit (CPU), programmable device elements (CPLDs, FPGAs) suitably implemented for a particular purpose, Device (ASIC) or a microcontroller chip.

These components that the benefit information management apparatus 200 may include may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be implemented simultaneously by one hardware or software.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of managing affiliate benefit information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the event information is input, the affiliate terminal device transmits an event registration request signal including event information to the service device (S302). The event registration request signal may include event information, affiliate identification information, etc., and the affiliate identification information may include an affiliate name or the like.

Upon receiving the event registration request signal, the service device registers the event information by mapping it with the affiliate identification information (S304).

The benefit information management apparatus searches service apparatuses and collects affiliate information newly registered (S306). At this time, the benefit information management device searches the service devices previously registered in real time or periodically to check whether there is newly registered affiliate information, and if there is the newly registered affiliate information, collects the affiliate information.

Then, the benefit information management device analyzes the collected affiliate information based on the predefined benefit information keyword to acquire benefit information of each affiliate (S308). That is, the benefit information management apparatus morphologizes the affiliate information and extracts phrases or sentences including benefit information keywords such as an event, discount, accumulation, coupon, special price, and mileage. Then, the benefit information management apparatus acquires the extracted phrases or sentences as benefit information of the affiliated company.

The benefit information management apparatus selects users having association information with an affiliate having the obtained benefit information (S310), and transmits the benefit information of the affiliate company to the selected users (S312).

Meanwhile, the affiliate benefit information management service method of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of a program, an application, and a system file for carrying out the present invention, and the present invention can be embodied in the form of a computer readable recording medium .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing benefit information, comprising the steps of: collecting affiliate information from at least one service apparatus when executed by a benefit information management apparatus; analyzing the collected affiliate information based on a predefined benefit information keyword; Acquiring benefit information, selecting users having association information with the partner, which is the subject of the obtained benefit information, and transmitting the benefit information of the partner to the selected users, There is provided a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing the program.

Such affiliate benefit information management methods can be written in a program, and the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a programmer in the field. Further, the program related to the affiliate benefit information management method may be stored in an information storage medium (Readable Media) readable by the electronic device, and read and executed by the electronic device.

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

The present invention provides a system and method for managing an affiliate benefit information, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an affiliate benefit information management system and a method for managing affiliate benefit information of a affiliate company, Can be checked in real time through the application and web service being used.

100: affiliate terminal device 200: service device
300: benefit information management device 310: affiliate information database
320: user information database 330:
340: collecting section 350: analyzing section
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400: User terminal device

Claims (7)

A collection unit for collecting affiliate information from at least one service apparatus;
An analysis unit for analyzing the collected affiliate information based on a predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate; And
A filtering unit for selecting users having association information with an affiliate which is the subject of the obtained benefit information and providing benefit information of the affiliate to the selected users;
And the benefit information management device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the collecting unit searches the service apparatus registered in real time or periodically and collects the web page in which the previously registered partners appear as affiliate information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the filtering unit selects users associated with affiliates based on association information including at least one of membership card, application, and preference information of each user. At least one service device for registering event information from affiliates; And
Collects affiliate information from the service devices, analyzes the collected affiliate information based on the predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate, selects users having association information with each affiliate, A benefit information management device for transmitting benefit information;
An affiliate benefit information management system. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the benefit information management apparatus selects users associated with an affiliate based on association information including at least one of membership card, application, and preference information of each user. A method for a benefit information management device to manage affiliate benefit information,
Collecting affiliate information from at least one service device;
Analyzing the collected affiliate information based on the predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate; And
Selecting a user having association information with an affiliate which is the subject of the obtained benefit information, and transmitting the benefit information of the affiliate to the selected users;
To manage affiliate benefit information. When executed by the benefit information management device,
Collecting affiliate information from at least one service device;
Analyzing the collected affiliate information based on the predefined benefit information keyword to obtain benefit information of each affiliate; And
Selecting a user having association information with an affiliate which is the subject of the obtained benefit information, and transmitting the benefit information of the affiliated company to the selected users; Lt; / RTI >

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