KR20160104511A

KR20160104511A - A mobile discount coupon system and the service providing method

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Publication number: KR20160104511A
Application number: KR1020150027659A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이석환; 유시원; 김지훈
Original assignee: 동명대학교산학협력단
Priority date: 2015-02-26
Filing date: 2015-02-26
Publication date: 2016-09-05

Abstract

The present invention is to automatically present and store a coupon when a user easily makes a purchase in a joined workplace. According to the present invention, a coupon accumulating and using method using an accumulation coupon mobile application of a workplace comprises: an application downloading step (A) of downloading, by a user, a mobile discount coupon accumulation application in a mobile phone of the user; a joined workplace purchasing step (B) of starting, by the user, a purchase in the joined workplace after the mobile discount coupon accumulation application is installed in the mobile phone of the user in the application downloading step (A); a coupon acquiring step (C) of acquiring a coupon through the purchase in the joined workplace purchasing step (B); a coupon storing step (D) of converting data on the coupon acquired in the coupon acquiring step (C) into an inherent identification code on the mobile discount coupon accumulation application and storing the inherent identification code; an additional purchase performing step (E) of performing, by the user, an additional purchase in the joined workplace after the coupon storing step (D); an available coupon searching step (F) of searching for a coupon applicable to the joined workplace of coupons in which an application is stored; and a coupon presenting step (G) of automatically presenting an available coupon in the joined workplace at the time of paying when the available coupon is searched for in the available coupon searching step (F).

Description

{A MOBILE DISCOUNT COUPON SYSTEM AND THE SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a service relay apparatus for relaying a mobile coupon or a credit accumulation point service, a mobile coupon associated with a service relay apparatus, or a mobile terminal including a terminal card of a point card, and a method thereof.

In general, manufacturers distribute discount coupons in the form of printed materials such as paper through coupon issuers as a part of promotion, sales promotion, and sales promotion of their products and distribute them to distribution centers such as large-scale marts.

Through this, consumers are getting a discounted service by cutting out related paper coupons among discount coupons distributed at stores such as marts, and presenting them when purchasing goods.

Meanwhile, the on-site discount coupon service is a one-time service service, and it is possible to provide relevant information on the discount coupon usage such as which customer used the discount coupon through the route and the customer purchased the discount coupon It is difficult to collect additional business model after discount service because it is difficult to collect.

As a means to overcome these disadvantages, manufacturers can provide discount coupons through specialist agencies as well as point accumulation service through membership subscription system, thereby inducing consumers to become members through subscription services of specialized agencies, And distributes the discount coupon to a distribution point such as a shopping mall.

As a result, the registered consumer cuts out the coupon printed on the wrapping paper of the purchased item and collects the coupon more than a certain number, and when the coupon is submitted to the collecting destination of the professional agency through the mail, the professional agency confirms the coupon The user can earn points for the coupons collected by the corresponding member, and if the accumulated points are accumulated over a predetermined amount, the user can convert the earned points to available points so as to use them as cash,

You can get a discount using cash instead.

Through this discounted discount coupon service, manufacturers can collect information on discount coupons such as customer information using a discount coupon, customer's purchase information, and the like, while promoting their sales items to consumers. Using the collected information, it is possible to envisage an additional business model.

However, the conventional point deductible discount coupon system as described above is a service scheme using off-line, in which the registered consumer collects the discount coupons printed on the product package and collects the collected coupons through mailing There is a problem in that the utilization rate is lowered due to the troubles to be submitted to the destination.

In recent years, as the spread of mobile devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, smart phones, and the like is expanding and wireless communication technologies are developed, online-type earning services such as the Internet or wireless internet are required.

There is a problem that the equation does not fit the current trend.

Accordingly, in recent years, a member card is issued to a consumer upon membership, and when a member purchases a member card at a merchant who can earn points, a member card is presented to the cashier, and the card is read by the card reader A service is provided to earn a certain point on the payment amount of the whole goods.

However, the earned service method as described above can be applied only to a merchant registered with a service, and can not be universally applied to a general store or the like. In addition, There is a problem that the producer or the manufacturer can not provide the selective discount service for the individual goods.

KR 10-2013-0018142 KR 10-2009-0114606 KR 10-2012-0044160

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems of the prior art.

Specifically, an object of the present invention is to allow coupons to be automatically presented and stored when a user makes a purchase at a business site that is easily subscribed.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a method for earning and using coupons using a business application is provided. The method includes: downloading a mobile discount coupon application to a mobile terminal; (B) a subscription business site purchasing step (B) in which an application is installed in a user's portable terminal by the application downloading step (A) and then a purchase is started at a business site to which the user subscribes; A coupon acquiring step (C) of acquiring a coupon by purchasing in the subscription shop purchase step (B); A coupon storing step (D) of converting coupon data obtained in the coupon acquiring step (C) into a unique identification code in the application and storing the converted coupon data; An additional purchasing step (E) of additionally purchasing the coupon at the subscribed workplace after the coupon storing step (D); An available coupon retrieving step (F) for retrieving a coupon applicable to the affiliated workplace among the coupons stored by the application; And a coupon presentation step (G) of automatically presenting the coupon at the time of calculation when the available coupon is searched in the available coupon searching step (F).

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention has an advantage that an application can automatically accumulate coupons, store and present coupons, and conveniently store and use coupons without presenting coupons separately.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a coupon collection and usage method using a business location earning coupon mobile application according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
Figure 2 is a flowchart of peripheral coupon matching according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart of a coupon collection and usage method using a business location earning coupon mobile application to which an expiration period determining step according to an embodiment of the present invention is added;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited by the scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method for earning and using coupons using a business location earning coupon mobile application according to the present invention includes: (A) downloading an application for downloading a mobile discount coupon earning application to a user's portable terminal; (B) a subscription business site purchasing step (B) in which an application is installed in a user's portable terminal by the application downloading step (A) and then a purchase is started at a business site to which the user subscribes; A coupon acquiring step (C) of acquiring a coupon by purchasing in the subscription shop purchase step (B); A coupon storing step (D) of converting coupon data obtained in the coupon acquiring step (C) into a unique identification code in the application and storing the converted coupon data; An additional purchasing step (E) of additionally purchasing the coupon at the subscribed workplace after the coupon storing step (D); An available coupon retrieving step (F) for retrieving a coupon applicable to the affiliated workplace among the coupons stored by the application; And a coupon presentation step (G) of automatically presenting the coupon at the time of calculation when the available coupon is searched in the available coupon searching step (F).

Also, as shown in FIG. 2, a current position grasping step (H) for grasping a current position based on GPS data of a user's portable terminal; (I) of matching a usable coupon among coupons stored in an application of a current user at a business site around the current location when the current location of the user is recognized by the current location determination step (H); And a matching confirmation presenting step (J) for notifying the user of the matching of the usable store and the coupon in the peripheral usable coupon matching step (I), thereby automatically searching for a nearby store of the user, It is preferable to increase the degree of use of the coupon by informing the user of the coupon that can be used in the present invention.

Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the coupon storing step (D) includes a valid lifetime coupon grasping step (D1) of grasping a coupon having a valid period out of stored coupons; A remaining period grasp step (D2) of grasping a remaining time period when the valid period existence coupon is recognized in the valid period existence coupon grasping step (D1); (D3) of notifying the user of the remaining remaining time of the coupon in the remaining time period (D2) when the remaining time of the coupon is less than 7 days, so that the coupon So as to prevent unused work.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments.

A: Application download phase
B: Steps to purchase a business
C: Coupon acquisition phase
D: Save coupon step
E: Additional purchase steps
F: Steps to search for available offers
G: Coupon presentation step

Claims

(A) downloading an application for downloading a mobile discount coupon earning application to a portable terminal of a user;
(B) a subscription business site purchasing step (B) in which an application is installed in a user's portable terminal by the application downloading step (A) and then a purchase is started at a business site to which the user subscribes;
A coupon acquiring step (C) of acquiring a coupon by purchasing in the subscription shop purchase step (B);
A coupon storing step (D) of converting coupon data obtained in the coupon acquiring step (C) into a unique identification code in the application and storing the converted coupon data;
An additional purchasing step (E) of additionally purchasing the coupon at the subscribed workplace after the coupon storing step (D);
An available coupon retrieving step (F) for retrieving a coupon applicable to the affiliated workplace among the coupons stored by the application;
And a coupon presentation step (G) of automatically presenting coupons at the time of calculation when the available coupons are searched in the available coupon searching step (F). And how to use it.

The method according to claim 1,
A current position grasping step (H) of grasping the current position based on the GPS data of the portable terminal of the user;
(I) of matching a usable coupon among coupons stored in an application of a current user at a business site around the current location when the current location of the user is recognized by the current location determination step (H);
And a matching confirmation presenting step (J) of informing the user of the available stores and coupons if the available stores and coupons are matched in the peripheral usable coupon matching step (I). How to use.

The method according to claim 1,
The coupon storing step (D)
A valid lifetime coupon grasping step (D1) of grasping a coupon having an expiration date out of stored coupons;
A remaining period grasp step (D2) of grasping a remaining time period when the valid period existence coupon is recognized in the valid period existence coupon grasping step (D1);
(D3) of notifying the user of the remaining remaining time of the coupon in the remaining time period (D2) when the remaining time of the coupon is less than 7 days. The business coupons How to earn and use.