KR20160018970A - System and method for providing customized mobile merchandise coupon - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a customized gift shipping system and a method thereof. The system provides a reservation function for shipping a gift and a gift recommendation function by using a social network service (SNS) in order to enable a user to comfortably and accurately give gifts. The method includes the steps of: generating and storing social network information based on the contact information and SNS friend list information stored in a user terminal having an SNS application installed therein; requesting a gift reservation through a gift application, guiding available gift receivers based on the social network information, and executing a gift and message content recommending operation when at least one of the available gift receivers is selected as a gift receiver while taking the social network properties of the gift receiver; generating and storing gift reservation information including the information regarding the content of the gift and message, gift receiver, and gift reservation date once the gift, message, and the gift reservation date are selected; and executing a gift shipping operation based on the gift reservation information by using the gift application.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED MOBILE MERCHANDISE COUPON [0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a gift sending method on-line, and more particularly, to a customized gift sending system and method for maximizing user convenience and managing a human connection more effectively.

As the application areas of social network services gradually become more granular and diversified, they are more advanced than the basic concept of supporting conversation services between friends, and recently, they have presented mobile gift certificates to friends, And the like.

In particular, the service of interest in the present invention is a service for sending various gifts to a friend through a mobile device, and the conventional gift sending service adopts a method of presenting to a friend immediately after selecting a mobile gift certificate Patent No. 10-2013-0100527).

In this busy routine, it is often difficult to forget the date and miss the anniversary of a friend. In addition, since the personalized service can not be provided, the user has to search and select the items to be presented in consideration of the importance of the friend, the relationship with the friend, and the purpose of the gift.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a reservation function and a gift recommendation function for sending a gift, thereby providing a customized gift sending system and method that enables a user to perform a gift operation more comfortably and accurately.

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

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a gift application, the method comprising: generating and storing network information based on contact information and SNS friend list information stored in a user terminal equipped with a gift application; When a gift reservation request is made through a gift application, the presentee is guided to a gift receivable based on the network information, and if at least one of the gift receivable persons is selected as a gift recipient, ; Generating and storing gift reservation information including the gift recipient, the gift and message content, and the gift reservation sending date information when the gift and message content and the gift reservation sending date are selected; And performing a gift sending operation using the gift application based on the gift reservation information.

The step of performing the gift sending operation may perform the gift sending operation only when the user agrees to the gift application after presenting the gift reservation information before sending the gift.

The step of performing the gift sending operation may include presenting the gift reservation information to the gift application before sending the gift, providing a gift and message reselection menu when the user requests the gift statement editing, The user can modify the gift reservation information according to the information input through the gift information transmitting unit and perform the gift sending operation.

In addition, the method may further include extracting and storing anniversary information for each network by analyzing personal information of each network, and guiding the anniversary information for each network through a gift application.

The characteristics of the network are defined as at least one of a network importance, a relationship with a user, a taste, and a purpose of a gift.

The step of performing the recommendation of the present and the message contents may create and guide a gift and message content recommendation list based on the network characteristics.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for storing at least one of personal information for each user, gifts and message sending details by a network characteristic, gift reservation information for each user, and anniversary information for each user Database; A linkage management unit for collecting and storing link information for each user based on contact information stored in a user terminal installed with a gift application and SNS (social network service) friend list information; An SNS data management unit for acquiring and storing the details of gifts and message transmission according to the network characteristics based on SNS big data; When a user requesting a gift reservation is generated, the gift receiving person is guided based on the network information of the user, and then the gift and message contents selected by the user and the gift booking reservation date are collected to generate and store the gift reservation information Gift reservation department; And a gift sending unit for performing a gift sending operation based on the gift reservation information.

The gift reserving unit may further include a function of performing a gift and message content recommendation operation considering the network characteristics of the gift recipient.

The apparatus may further include an anniversary information unit for extracting and storing anniversary information for each network by analyzing the personal information of each network and for announcing the network anniversary information through a gift application.

According to the present invention, by providing a gift recommendation service based on SNS Big Data, a user can refer to what kind of gift other people have in accordance with the importance of a personal relationship, a relationship with a user, a gift purpose, It helps to save trouble.

In addition, by allowing the other party to reserve a mobile gift voucher in advance, it is possible to manage it completely without forgetting the anniversary of the persons to be held in the busy daily life.

Also, by automatically extracting and announcing the anniversaries of the user's network, it is possible for the user to take care of parts that are not considered by the user.

1 is a diagram illustrating a customized gift sending system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed block diagram of a gift service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining a gift reservation process of the customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram for explaining a gift sending process of the customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram for explaining an anniversary guidance process of a customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and these may be changed according to the intention of the user, the operator, or the like.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Only. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating a customized gift sending system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present sending system of the present invention can be largely composed of a plurality of user terminals 10, a gift service server 30, and the like.

Each user terminal 10 can be implemented by various electronic apparatuses having communication functions such as a desktop, a notebook, a smart phone, and a tablet PC. An application provided by the SNS server 20 is installed, So that the service can be provided.

The gift service server 30 creates and distributes a gift application, and when a user installs and executes a corresponding application of his or her terminal, the user can send a gift (or a mobile gift certificate) to a desired person through the application. However, the gift service server 30 of the present invention includes a gift reservation function, a gift recommendation function, and an anniversary guide function, so that the user can more comfortably and precisely perform the gift sending operation.

2 is a detailed block diagram of a gift service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the gift service server 30 of the present invention includes a database 31, a human network management unit 32, an SNS data management unit 33, an anniversary information unit 34, 35, a gift sending unit 36, and a communication unit 37, and the like.

Hereinafter, the function of each component will be described in greater detail.

DB 31 may include user DB 31a, SNS DB 31b, reservation DB 31c, anniversary DB 31d, and the like. The user DB 31a stores personal relationship information for each user and the SNS DB 31b classifies the gift and message shipment history according to the network characteristics (for example, the relationship importance, the user relationship, the taste, the gift purpose, etc.) The reservation DB 31c stores the gift reservation information for each user, and the anniversary DB 31d stores the anniversaries of the connections by user.

When the user who executes the gift application occurs, the human network management unit 32 collects both the contact information stored in the terminal used by the user and the SNS friend list information, automatically generates the user's networking information, .

In addition, the human network management unit 32 may organize and separately provide a human network edit menu so that the user can edit (that is, add or delete) his or her network information or define network characteristics for each network. In particular, when defining the network characteristics, the networking grouping function is supported so that the users can group their networks into a plurality of groups and apply networking characteristics collectively to each group. This is to maximize user convenience.

The SNS data management unit 33 analyzes the SNS Big data in which various kinds of information uploaded by an unspecified number of persons via the SNS service are collected and extracts only the contents related to the gifts and analyzes them to grasp the gift patterns and message creation patterns of other people do. Then, the gift pattern and the message creation pattern are classified according to the network characteristics (for example, the importance of the network, the relation with the user, the taste, the gift purpose, etc.) and stored in the SNS DB 31b.

The anniversary management unit 34 analyzes the personal information of each user's personal information and extracts an anniversary corresponding to each person's personal information or extracts a memorandum between the user and the person by comparing and analyzing personal information between the user and the person, 31d.

When the user requests the gift reservation through the gift application operated by the user, the gift reservation unit 35 guides the gift receivable person based on the network information stored in the user DB 31a, and when at least one of the gift receivable persons is the gift receiver The present invention collects and analyzes the gifts and message contents sent mainly by the other users based on the SNS DB 31b to the persons having the same social networking characteristics as the gift recipients to generate and present a gift recommendation list and a message content recommendation list do. Then, after the user refers to the gift and message contents and selects the gift reservation sending date, gift reservation information including all the information is generated and stored in the reservation DB 31c.

Particularly, in the present invention, the network characteristics are defined as the network importance, the relation with the user, the taste, the purpose of the gift, and the performance of the presenting and message recommendation is performed based on at least one of them, And message content to be selected, thereby maximizing the futures satisfaction of the gift recipient.

The gift sending unit 35 supports the gift sending operation using the gift application in real time at the request of the user (the gift and message content recommending functions described above are provided in the same manner at the time of real time gift sending), the reservation DB 31c, May additionally support a gift sending operation based on the gift reservation history and anniversary stored in the anniversary DB 31d. In other words, after confirming the gift reservation details based on the information stored in the reservation DB 31c, informing the user of the gift reservation details that have arrived on the sending date, and if the user confirms the gift reservation details, The reservation sending operation may be performed in such a manner as to guide the recipient and the anniversary based on the anniversary stored in the anniversary DB 31d.

When the gift sending operation is completed, the gift sending unit 35 updates the SNS DB 31b by reflecting the gift sending details, so that the gift and message recommending operations for gift reservation and gift sending are updated to the latest information . ≪ / RTI >

The communication unit 36 forms a communication channel with the user terminal 10 and transmits and receives various data for supporting the customized gift sending function of the present invention.

3 is a diagram for explaining a gift reservation process of the customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the contact information and the SNS friend list information stored in the user terminal are collected and referenced to identify all of the user's contacts and generate and store the contact information reflecting the contact information (S11).

In step S 12, the user can define a recommendation for the recommendation of the recommendation function and the recommendation message in the future, May be performed individually for each of the human connections, but a predetermined human connections group may be created through the human connections grouping operation for the convenience of the user, and may be collectively performed in units of the human connections group.

When step S12 is completed, when requesting the gift reservation request operation through the gift application, the gift receiving person is guided based on the network information stored in the user DB 31a. If the user selects a gift-recipient selection operation (S13), the user is first checked whether the gift-receiver selection unit is in the group unit (S14).

If the user selects a gift recipient in a group unit, after confirming the characteristics of the selected group, the user can refer to the gift history and the message contents sent mainly by the other users to the persons having the relevant personalities, A gift list and a message list are generated and recommended to the user (S15).

If the user selects a gift and a message corresponding to the recommendation content of the step S15 (S16), the selection result of the step S16 is collectively applied to gift recipients belonging to the recommendation group (S17).

On the other hand, if the user selects the gift recipient individually, the gift list and the message list optimized for the gift recipient are generated and recommended (S18) by referring to the network characteristics of the gift recipient and the gift and message selection history.

(S19, S20). After confirming once again whether the user has selected another gift recipient, only when there is no further gift recipient, the next sending date setting operation is performed And proceeds to continue (S21).

If all of the gift recipients are selected, the gift sending date corresponding to each of the selected recipients is input to generate and store the gift reservation information, and then the gift reservation operation is ended (S22). Of course, at this time, in order to maximize the user's convenience, it is possible to collectively input the sending date of the gift group.

4 is a diagram for explaining a gift sending process of the customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, based on the gift reservation information (S21), it is confirmed whether a gift reservation history corresponding to the current time exists (S22).

If there is a gift reservation history, a push message for guiding the gift reservation details to the gift application is generated and guided so that the user can confirm the gift message through the gift application (S23).

After the user confirms the push message and requests the editing of the gift details (S24), the gift and message reselection menu is provided. After correcting the gift details according to the information input through the gift and message reselection menu (S25) , So that the user can proceed to present (S26).

On the other hand, if the user requests to present a gift after confirming the push message (S27), the gift is immediately advanced according to the gift reservation details (S26).

5 is a diagram for explaining an anniversary guidance process of a customized gift sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, annotation information corresponding to each network is extracted by analyzing the personal information of each user, or annotation information between the user and the network is extracted by comparing and analyzing personal information between the user and the network, and then annotation information is generated and stored S30).

Then, it checks the anniversary information from time to time (S31), and confirms whether there is an anniversary to arrive after a predetermined time elapses from the present time (S32).

If there is an anniversary, a push message for guiding the anniversary and the recipient of the gift is generated and guided so that the user can confirm it (S33).

When the user requests to present a gift message after confirming the push message (S34), the user collects and analyzes the personal information of the gift recipient, the items mainly presented to the persons having the same personal characteristics as the gift recipient, And generates and recommends a gift list and a message list optimized in step S35.

If the user selects an item to be presented to the gift recipient and the content of the message (S36) by referring to the recommendation content of step S35, the user proceeds to present the gift according to the gift selection history (S37). It goes without saying that, at this time, it is also possible to reserve the time for performing the presenting operation, and to allow the presenting operation to proceed at that time.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

Generating and storing network information based on the contact information and the SNS friend list information stored in the user terminal installed with the gift application;
When a gift reservation request is made through a gift application, the presentee is guided to a gift receivable based on the network information, and if at least one of the gift receivable persons is selected as a gift recipient, ;
Generating and storing gift reservation information including the gift recipient, the gift and message content, and the gift reservation sending date information when the gift and message content and the gift reservation sending date are selected; And
And performing a gift sending operation using the gift application based on the gift reservation information. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the gift sending operation comprises:
And the gift sending operation is performed only when the user agrees to the gift application after presenting the gift reservation information before sending the gift. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the gift sending operation comprises:
The present invention provides a gift and message reselection menu when the user requests to edit the gift history after guiding the gift reservation information to the gift application before sending the gift, And the gift sending operation is performed after the reservation information is modified. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the steps of: extracting and storing anniversary information for each network by analyzing personal information of each network, and guiding the anniversary information for each network through a gift application. 2. The method of claim 1,
A personal relationship, a relationship with a user, a taste, and a gift purpose. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the gift and message content recommendation operation comprises:
And a gift and message content recommendation list is created and guided based on the network characteristics. A database for storing at least one of personal information for each user, gifts and message sending details by a network characteristic, gift reservation information for each user, and anniversary information for each user;
A linkage management unit for collecting and storing link information for each user based on contact information stored in a user terminal installed with a gift application and SNS (social network service) friend list information;
An SNS data management unit for acquiring and storing the details of gifts and message transmission according to the network characteristics based on SNS big data;
When a user requesting a gift reservation is generated, the gift receiving person is guided based on the network information of the user, and then the gift and message contents selected by the user and the gift booking reservation date are collected to generate and store the gift reservation information Gift reservation department; And
And a gift sending unit for performing a gift sending operation based on the gift reservation information. The method of claim 7, wherein the gift reserving unit
Further comprising a function of performing a recommendation operation of a gift and a message in consideration of a network characteristic of the gift recipient. 8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising: an anniversary informing unit for extracting and storing anniversary information for each network by analyzing personal information of each network and for announcing anniversary information for each network through a gift application.

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