KR20160059052A - Management system for royalty service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a management system for loyalty service, which designs customer-oriented loyalty service that provides points, stamps, coupons, and so on, to store loyalty information in customer′s smart phones per each franchisee store that was visited for shopping, and allow its prompt and convenient use on future visit to the franchisee, thereby increasing convenience and reducing cost for providing loyalty service.

Description

{Management system for royalty service}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a royalty management technology such as a point, a stamp, a coupon, and the like, and particularly relates to a royalty service management system.

The franchisees that customers visit for their lifetime commerce are characterized by the fact that there are fewer than 1,000 franchises. Representative royalty services that are currently active in merchants are point-based, stamped, and coupon-based, and are designed to be business-oriented.

Furthermore, in the case of a point card as disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0075192 (2012. 07. 06), etc., the customer provides the personal information to the business operator and issues the card, There is an inconvenience due to the phenomenon of withdrawing from membership and card possession.

The present inventors have designed a royalty service that provides points, stamps, coupons, and the like to customers so that they can store royalty information in the customer's smartphone for each merchant visited for commerce, We have been studying the technology to improve convenience and reduce the cost of royalty service by implementing it so that it can be found and used.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0075192 (2012. 07. 06)

The present invention has been invented under the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a loyalty wallet app that can store royalties information for each merchant unique identification information (MID: Merchant ID) in a smartphone, When the smartphone is accessed, the NFC dongle device transmits the merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information to the smartphone to establish communication between the smartphone and the merchant terminal, And to provide a royalty service management system that enables a centralized royalty service.

According to one aspect of the present invention, when a smartphone accesses within a certain distance, a royalty service management system transmits merchant unique ID (MID) information, merchant terminal IP information, An NFC dongle device for transmitting port information; A royalties purse for connecting communication with the merchant terminal using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received from the NFC dongle device and processing royalty information of the merchant based on the merchant unique identification information (MID) A smartphone with an app; A merchant terminal that provides royalties to a loyalty wallet app installed on a communicatively connected smartphone and authorizes royalties usage according to royalties request from a loyalty wallet app installed on the smartphone; And the like.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the NFC dongle device comprises: a first communication unit for receiving merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information from an affiliate terminal; A storage unit for storing the merchant unique identification information (MID) received by the first communication unit, the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information; A second communication unit for transmitting the merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the storage unit, the merchant terminal IP information and the port information to the corresponding smartphone when the smartphone approaches within a certain distance; A control unit for controlling the overall apparatus including the merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information transmission / reception control; A touchpad for sign input; .

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the merchant terminal connection unit connects the communication with the merchant terminal using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received from the NFC dongle device; A royalty information storage unit for storing royalty information provided by a merchant terminal connected to and communicated by the merchant terminal connection unit for each merchant unique identification information (MID); A royalty information manager for performing royalty information management including royalty information update for each merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the royalty information storage; .

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the royalty information management unit updates the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information corresponding to the merchant terminal in accordance with the royalties provided from the merchant terminal or the royalties approved.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the merchant terminal or the loyalty wallet app selects royalty information to be provided for royalties or to use royalties.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, when the merchant terminal provides royalties, an authentication value is generated from the merchant unique identification information as a seed value and stored in the customer's loyalty wallet, and the merchant unique identification information is regenerated as a seed value And an authentication value of an customer authentication value is compared with an authentication value of a customer royalties value to prevent forgery and falsification of the royalties information.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the merchant unique identification information includes a group merchant identification value and an individual merchant identification value.

 The present invention has the effect of preventing the disclosure of customer information and cost saving due to the non-issuance of a card by issuing no point card. In addition, the addition of NFC dongle device to the merchant installation infrastructure can confirm the merchant loyalty information, which can increase the convenience, and it is possible to easily manage the merchant royalties using the customer's smartphone.

1 is a network overview diagram of a royalty-free service management system according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of an NFC dongle device in a loyalty service management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a royalty-free wallet app installed in a smartphone of a royalty-free service management system according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing merchant unique identification information (MID) in an NFC dongle device in a royalty service management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of updating merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the NFC dongle device in the royalty service management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing royalties in the royalty service management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process for approving royalties in the royalty service management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a process for approving royalties in the royalty service management system according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout.

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 terms used throughout the specification of the present invention have been defined in consideration of the functions of the embodiments of the present invention and can be sufficiently modified according to the intentions and customs of the user or operator. It should be based on the contents of.

1 is a network overview diagram of a royalty-free service management system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the royalty service management system according to the present invention includes an NFC dongle device 100, a smartphone 200, and an affiliate shop terminal 300.

The NFC dongle device 100 transmits merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information, and port information to the smartphone 200 when the smartphone 200 approaches within a certain distance.

For example, the NFC dongle device 100 may be connected to the merchant terminal 300 through a wire / wireless communication method such as USB and serial communication or Bluetooth, and may be connected to the smart phone 200 through an NFC (Near Field Communication) It can also be equipped with a signature pad function.

On the other hand, the merchant unique identification information (MID) may include the group merchant identification value and the individual merchant identification value. For example, if the group member store identification value is "0 ", it is an individual member store, and if it is" 1 " The individual merchant identification value may be a combination of unique non-overlapping numbers or characters that can uniquely identify each merchant.

The smartphone 200 connects the communication with the merchant terminal 300 using the merchant terminal IP information and the port information received from the NFC dongle device 100 and transmits the merchant terminal unique identification information And a royalty-wallet app 210 for processing royalty information of the merchant.

For example, the merchant unique ID (MID) -based loyalty information may be at least one of point information, stamp information, and coupon information provided to the smartphone user 200 by merchant unique identification information (MID) that can identify the merchant .

The merchant terminal 300 provides a royalty to the royalty-wallet app 210 installed in the smart-phone 200 connected to the communication, and authorizes the use of the royalties according to a request for use of the royalty from the application.

Accordingly, the present invention implements the royalty-free wallet application 210 capable of storing royalties information for each merchant unique identification information (MID: Merchant ID) in the smartphone 200, The NFC dongle device 100 transmits merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information to the smartphone 200 to access the smartphone 200 and the merchant terminal 200 300) to provide royalty-free royalties to customers.

2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of an NFC dongle device in a loyalty service management system according to the present invention. 2, the NFC dongle apparatus 100 according to this embodiment includes a first communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, a second communication unit 130, a control unit 140, Pad 150 as shown in FIG.

The first communication unit 110 receives merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information, and port information from the merchant terminal 300. For example, the first communication unit 110 may be communicatively coupled to the merchant terminal 300 via a USB or serial communication or a wire / wireless communication method such as Bluetooth.

The storage unit 120 stores the merchant unique identification information (MID) received by the first communication unit 110, the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information. For example, the storage unit 120 may be a flash memory.

The second communication unit 130 transmits the merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the storage unit 120, the merchant terminal IP information and the port information to the corresponding smart phone 200 ). For example, the second communication unit 130 may be connected to the smartphone 200 through an NFC (Near Field Communication) method to determine whether the smartphone 200 is within a specific distance.

The control unit 140 controls the overall apparatus including the merchant unique identification information (MID), the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information transmission / reception control.

The touchpad 150 receives a sign input from a user and transmits a sign image to the merchant terminal 300.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a royalty-free wallet app installed in a smartphone of a royalty-free service management system according to the present invention. The loyalty wallet app 210 according to this embodiment includes a merchant terminal connection unit 211, a royalty information storage unit 212, and a royalty information management unit 213.

The merchant terminal connection unit 211 connects the communication with the merchant terminal 300 using the merchant terminal IP information and the port information received from the NFC dongle apparatus 100. For example, the merchant terminal connection unit 211 may be communicatively connected to the merchant terminal 300 through the mobile communication network or the wireless Internet network using the merchant terminal IP information and port information.

The royalty information storage unit 212 stores royalty information provided by the merchant terminal 300 connected to the merchant terminal connection unit 211 for each merchant unique identification information (MID).

The royalty information management unit 213 performs royalty information management including royalty information update for each merchant unique ID (MID) stored in the royalty information storage unit 212. [

For example, the royalties information management unit 213 can update the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information corresponding to the merchant terminal in accordance with the royalties provided from the merchant terminal or the royalties approved. The royalty information management operation by the royalty information management unit 213 will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the merchant terminal 300 or the loyalty wallet app 210 may be configured to select royalty information to be provided for royalties or to use royalties.

In addition, when the merchant terminal 300 provides royalties, an authentication value is generated from the merchant unique identification information as a seed value, stored in the customer's loyalty wallet, and an authentication value, which is regenerated as a seed value, May be implemented to prevent forgery and falsification of the royalty information by comparing and accepting the authentication value of the customer royalties value.

For example, the merchant terminal 300 may be configured to generate an authentication value using the merchant unique identification information, the private key, and the random number as seed values using an irreversible function. The prevention of forgery and falsification of the royalty information through the selection of the royalty information and the verification of the authentication value will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. FIG.

The process of processing the merchant unique ID (MID) of the royalty service management system according to the present invention as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing merchant unique identification information (MID) in an NFC dongle device in a royalty service management system according to the present invention.

In step 410, communication is established between the merchant terminal 300 and the MID management server. Then, in step 420, the merchant terminal 300 requests the merchant unique identification information (MID) to the MID management server.

Then, in step 430, the MID management server reads the merchant unique ID (MID) corresponding to the merchant, the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information, and transmits it to the merchant terminal 300.

Then, in step 440, the merchant terminal 300 receives and stores the merchant unique identification information (MID), the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information, and returns the reception result to the MID management server.

In this state, if communication is established between the merchant terminal 300 and the NFC dongle device 100 in step 450, the NFC dongle device 100 requests the merchant unique identification information (MID) from the merchant terminal 300 in step 460 .

Then, in step 470, the merchant terminal 300 reads the merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in advance, the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information, and transmits it to the NFC dongle device 100.

Then, in step 480, the NFC dongle device 100 receives and stores the merchant unique identification information (MID), the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information, and replies the reception result to the merchant terminal 300.

Through such a process, the merchant unique identification information (MID) / IP / port is stored in the NFC dongle device 100 when the first NFC dongle device 100 is installed. Thereafter, when booting the NFC dongle device 100, the merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the NFC dongle device is updated through the process shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of updating a merchant unique identification information (MID) / IP / port stored in an NFC dongle device in the royalty service management system according to the present invention. When the NFC dongle device 100 is powered on in step 510, the NFC dongle device 100 and the merchant terminal 300 are communicatively connected in step 520.

Then, in step 530, the NFC dongle device 100 requests the merchant terminal 300 for merchant unique identification information (MID). Then, in step 540, the merchant terminal 300 reads the merchant unique identification information (MID), the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information, which are stored in advance, and transmits it to the NFC dongle device 100.

Then, in step 550, the NFC dongle device 100 compares the received new merchant unique ID / IP / port with the stored existing merchant unique ID / IP / port to determine whether the values are the same, The mobile terminal stores and updates the new merchant unique identification information (MID), the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information received in step 560, and replies the update result to the merchant terminal 300.

The process of providing royalties of the royalty service management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing royalties in the royalty service management system according to the present invention.

First, in step 610, when the smartphone 200 is accessed to the NFC dongle device 100, the loyalty wallet application 210 is automatically executed. In step 620, the NFC dongle device 100 transmits the merchant unique identification information (MID) And transmits the merchant terminal IP information and port information to the smartphone 200. [

Then, in step 630, the smartphone 200 and the merchant terminal 300 are communicatively connected using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received in the smartphone 200, and in step 640, the merchant terminal 300 is provided to the customer Choose a royalty to do.

In step 650, the merchant terminal 300 transmits the selected royalties to the smartphone 200. At this time, an authentication value for preventing forgery and falsification of the loyalty information may be transmitted when the loyalty information is transmitted, so that the smartphone 200 may be able to verify the forgery of the royalty information by comparing the authentication value.

Then, in step 660, the smartphone 200 stores royalty information by matching with merchant unique identification information (MID). At this time, if the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information (MID) already exists, the royalty information is updated. In step 670, the smartphone 200 transmits the royalties processing result to the merchant terminal 300.

The process of approving the royalty use of the royalty service management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process for approving royalties in the royalty service management system according to the present invention. In FIG. 7, the selection of royalty information to be used for royalties and the validation of royalties usage approval are performed in the merchant terminal.

First, in step 710, when the smartphone 200 is accessed to the NFC dongle device 100, the loyalty wallet application 210 is automatically executed. In step 720, the NFC dongle device 100 transmits merchant unique identification information (MID) And transmits the merchant terminal IP information and port information to the smartphone 200. [

Then, in step 730, the smartphone 200 and the merchant terminal 300 are communicatively connected using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received in the smartphone 200, and in step 740, the smartphone 200 is connected to the merchant And reads the total royalty information matched to the unique identification information (MID).

In step 750, the smartphone 200 generates an authentication value using the merchant unique identification information (MID) as a seed value. In step 760, the smartphone 200 generates an authentication value unique to the merchant And transmits the total royalty information matched to the information (MID) to the merchant terminal (300).

Then, in step 770, the merchant terminal 300 checks whether the forgery or falsification of royalty information has been performed using the received authentication value, and transmits an error message to the smartphone 200 if there is a forgery or falsification.

If there is no forgery or falsification, the merchant terminal 300 selects a specific royalty to use from the total royalty information matched to the received merchant unique identification information (MID) in step 780, processes royalty use, Transfers usage results.

Then, in step 790, the merchant terminal 300 receives the royalties usage result and updates the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information (MID).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a process for approving royalties in the royalties service management system according to the present invention. In the smartphone, royalties information selection for royalties use is checked in the smartphone, .

First, in step 810, when the smartphone 200 is accessed to the NFC dongle device 100, the loyalty wallet application 210 is automatically executed. In step 820, the NFC dongle device 100 transmits merchant unique identification information (MID) And transmits the merchant terminal IP information and port information to the smartphone 200. [

Then, in step 830, the smartphone 200 and the merchant terminal 300 are communicatively connected using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received in the smartphone 200, and in step 840, And selects a specific royalty to use from the royalty information matched to the unique identification information (MID).

In step 850, the smartphone 200 generates an authentication value with the merchant unique identification information as a seed value. In step 860, the smartphone 200 transmits the selected royalties information together with the generated authentication value to the merchant terminal (300).

Then, in step 870, the merchant terminal 300 checks whether the royalties information is forged or not using the received authentication value, and transmits an error message to the smartphone 200 if there is a forgery or falsification.

If there is no forgery or falsification, the merchant terminal 300 processes the royalties corresponding to the selected royalties information in step 880 and transmits the royalties usage result to the smartphone 200.

Then, in step 890, the merchant terminal 300 receives the royalties usage result and updates the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information (MID).

By implementing such a configuration, the present invention can prevent exposure of customer information by issuing a point card without issuing a card, reduce cost due to card un-issuance, and confirm the merchant loyalty information by merely adding an NFC dongle device to the merchant installation infrastructure, And can easily manage the merchant loyalty using the smartphone of the customer, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

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

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is industrially applicable in a royalty management technology field such as a point, a stamp, a coupon, etc., and its application field.

100: NFC dongle device
110: first communication section
120:
130: second communication section
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150: Touchpad
200: Smartphone
210: Royalty Wallet app
211: Merchant terminal connection unit
212: Royalty information storage unit
213: Royalty information management unit
300: Merchant terminal

Claims (7)

An NFC dongle device for transmitting merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information, and port information to the smartphone when the smartphone approaches within a certain distance;
A royalties purse for connecting communication with the merchant terminal using the merchant terminal IP information and port information received from the NFC dongle device and processing royalty information of the merchant based on the merchant unique identification information (MID) A smartphone with an app;
A merchant terminal that provides royalties to a loyalty wallet app installed on a communicatively connected smartphone and authorizes royalties usage according to royalties request from a loyalty wallet app installed on the smartphone;
Wherein the royalty management service management system comprises: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the NFC dongle device comprises:
A first communication unit for receiving merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information from the merchant terminal;
A storage unit for storing the merchant unique identification information (MID) received by the first communication unit, the merchant terminal IP information, and the port information;
A second communication unit for transmitting the merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the storage unit, the merchant terminal IP information and the port information to the corresponding smartphone when the smartphone approaches within a certain distance;
A control unit for controlling the overall apparatus including the merchant unique identification information (MID), merchant terminal IP information and port information transmission / reception control;
A touchpad for sign input;
Wherein the royalty-free service management system comprises: The method according to claim 1,
The above Royalty Wallet app is:
A merchant terminal connection unit for establishing communications with the merchant terminal using IP information and port information of the merchant terminal received from the NFC dongle device;
A royalty information storage unit for storing royalty information provided by a merchant terminal connected to and communicated by the merchant terminal connection unit for each merchant unique identification information (MID);
A royalty information manager for performing royalty information management including royalty information update for each merchant unique identification information (MID) stored in the royalty information storage;
Wherein the royalty-free service management system comprises: The method of claim 3,
Wherein the royalty information management unit comprises:
And updates the royalty information matched to the merchant unique identification information corresponding to the merchant terminal in accordance with the royalties provided from the merchant terminal or the royalties approved. 5. The method of claim 4,
The merchant terminal or royalty-free wallet app is:
And selecting royalty information to be approved for royalties or royalties. 5. The method of claim 4,
The merchant terminal:
When providing the royalties, the authentication value of the merchant unique identification information is generated as the seed value, stored in the customer's loyalty wallet, and the authentication value of the customer royalties value is compared with the authentication value regenerated as the seed value, And prohibits forgery and falsification of the royalty information by approval. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The merchant unique identification information is:
A group merchant identification value, and an individual merchant identification value.

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