KR20180014260A - System for real time providing in store information - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for providing store information in real time, which comprises: a store terminal provided in each store and transmitting real-time information on whether a store is opened or closed to a store information providing server; the store information providing server generating a store information guide webpage for representing a store opening guide icon, which displays an opened store in a first color and a closed store in a second color, by receiving the information on whether a store is opened or closed from the store terminal so as to provide the store information guide webpage as well as a position of a registered store to a user terminal; the user terminal for displaying store information by receiving and displaying the received store information guide webpage from the store information providing server; and a wired/wireless communications network for providing wired communications or wireless communications among the store terminal, the store information providing server, and the user terminal. Therefore, a user can recognize real-time information on whether a store is opened or closed without visiting the store.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a system for real-

The present invention relates to a store information system, and more particularly, to a store information providing system that provides store information in real time.

In daily life, users go to stores to buy goods. However, actual store information is recognized after visiting the store. The store information (store information) that the user recognizes after the visit can be the opening or closing of the store, the name of the item handled at the store, the price, and the like.

The store information can be very useful for making decisions that determine whether a user visits a store. For example, if a store is open or closed, if there is an item in the store, whether it is the same item, or if there is a price change for each store, the store information can be used to make decisions It is. In the latter case, it would be very cumbersome to visit each store and check the price.

Therefore, there is a need for a means to grasp the information of various stores in real time without visiting the store.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0138292

The technical problem of the present invention is to provide means for realizing whether a store is open or closed without visiting a store. Another object of the present invention is to provide means for retrieving store information required by a user.

An embodiment of the present invention is a terminal installed in each store, the terminal comprising: a store terminal for transmitting to a store information providing server in real time whether or not a store is opened and whether a store is closed; The store opening and closing directions of each store are displayed in the first color and the second store is displayed in the second color, together with the location of the registered store. A store information providing server for creating a store information information web page showing an icon and providing the store information information web page to a user terminal; A terminal for displaying store information, comprising: a user terminal for receiving and displaying a store information information web page received from the store information providing server; And a wired / wireless communication network for providing wired communication or wireless communication between the store terminal, the store information providing server, and the user terminal.

The store terminal receives a door lock status from a door open / close detection sensor provided on a door that opens and closes a store entrance. When the door lock is detected to be released, the store terminal transmits to the store information providing server that the store is opened. It is possible to transmit to the store information providing server that the store has been closed.

Wherein the user terminal transmits a user location, which is a location of the user terminal, to the store information providing server, and the store information guide web page stores a store open / close guide icon of stores within a distance range set at the user location, On the display screen.

The store information web page includes a desired product search field for receiving a desired product to be purchased, and the user terminal transmits the purchased product information to the store information providing server, The store information providing server extracts only the stores for selling the desired products from the opened stores and provides them as store opening / closing directions guidance icons. In the store opening / And provides icons in the form of a list.

If there is a selection of the store open / close chapter guidance icon, it can display at least one of address information, phone number information, discount information, event information, parking information, and reservation information of the selected store.

The store information information web page may include a store search field for receiving store search conditions for searching for stores.

Wherein the store search field includes a purchase price range search field for receiving a purchase price range of the desired product to be purchased; A parking availability search field for receiving a search request for a store capable of parking; A store size search field for receiving a store size range to be searched; A discount event search field for receiving a search request for a store that is performing a discount event; And a customer rating search field for receiving a search request for a store for each customer rating.

The store information providing server, when receiving the desired purchase price range as a search condition through the desired purchase price range search field, selects one of the shops that sell the selected product through the desired purchase price search field The stores are firstly searched to provide only the first search icon, which is the store opening / closing place guidance icon of the first searched stores, to the store information information web page, and stores which can be parked through the parking available search field are input as search conditions The second searching unit searches the available stores from the first search icons and provides only the second search icon, which is the store opening / closing instruction icon of the secondarily searched stores, to the store information guide web page.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the user can know whether the store is open or closed without visiting the store, thereby solving the inconvenience of the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a real-time information providing system for a store information according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001]
3 is a block diagram of a configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a field for receiving a desired product to be purchased according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating icons of stores selling at a low price according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a view showing additional information of an additional store according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 7 is a view showing each store search field according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram of a user terminal showing a search for a sale price according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a view of a user terminal showing a search for parking availability according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to achieve them, will be apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. And the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a real-time store information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a real-time store information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The store information real-time providing system of the present invention includes a wired / wireless communication network 400, a store terminal 100, a store information providing server 200, and a user terminal 300 as shown in FIG.

The wired / wireless communication network 400 is a communication network that provides wired communication or wireless communication between the store terminal 100, the store information providing server 200, and the user terminal 300. When the wired / wireless communication network 400 is implemented as a wireless communication network, a wireless mobile communication network including a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR) So that data communication can be performed. In addition, when the wired / wireless communication network 400 is implemented as a wired communication network, it can be implemented as a network communication network, and data communication can be performed according to an Internet protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

And is a terminal that is installed in each store and transmits the store information to the store information providing server 200 in real time whether the store is opened or closed. Here, the store terminal 100 may be a POS terminal (Point of Sale) used in a store settlement, an order, or the like, or a smart phone used by a store owner, or the like. The store terminal 100 transmits to the store information providing server 200 in real time whether or not the store is opened and whether the store is closed. To determine whether the store is open or closed, the store terminal 100 Receives a door lock state from a door opening / closing detection sensor provided on a door that opens and closes a store entrance, and when it is detected that the door locking is released, transmits to the store information providing server 200 that the store is opened, And transmits to the store information providing server 200 that the store has been closed. The communication method between the store terminal 100 and the door open / close detection sensor may be a wired communication method such as an Ethernet, a universal serial bus, an IEEE 1394, a serial communication, and a parallel communication Or a wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, home radio frequency (RF), and wireless LAN may be used.

The store information providing server 200 has the same configuration as that of a typical web server in terms of hardware and is implemented in various types of languages such as C, C ++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C, And a program module which functions as a program module. In addition, it can be implemented using a web server program that is variously provided according to operating systems such as dos, window, linux, unix, and macintosh for general server hardware. have.

The store information providing server 200 receives from the store terminal 100 whether or not each store is opened and closes each store, displays the opened store together with the registered store location in a first color, Creates a store information information web page showing the store opening / closing guide icon indicating the store in the second color, and provides the generated store information guide web page to the user terminal 300. Here, the term "open" means a state in which the business is currently operating, and "closed" means a state in which the business hours are ended and the door is closed or closed.

2, the store information providing server 200 includes a server communication unit 210, a user information database 220, a store information database 230, a store information guide web page generating unit 240, A rank providing unit 250, a store search field providing unit 260, and a store searching unit 270.

The server communication unit 210 supports hardware and software protocols for communication with the store terminal 100 and the user terminal 300, respectively. The server communication unit 210 can perform data communication according to an Internet protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

The user information database 220 is a database (DB) storing the name, address, location, payment means and the like of user registered users who want to receive store information.

The store information database 230 stores store information such as a name of a store registered in the store information providing server 200, a business number, a contact, a type of sale product, a price of a parcels product, availability of parking, reservation information, discount information, For each store information.

The user information database 220 and the store information database 230 may include a hard disk drive, a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a compact flash card, A module capable of inputting and outputting information such as a Secure Digital Card, an SM Card, an MMC Card, a Memory Stick, or the like, As shown in FIG.

The store information information web page creation unit 240 creates a store information information web page that displays the store opened with the first color and the store opening and closing information icon indicating the closed shop with the second color together with the location of the store And the like.

The price ranking remover 250 extracts only the stores that sell the products to be purchased from the opened stores, displays them as the store opening / closing directions guidance icons, and displays the ranking in the order of stores that sell the products to be purchased at a low price And displays a rank next to the store opening / closing instruction icon.

The store search field providing unit 260 includes a desired product search field 11 for selecting a product to be purchased, a purchase price range search field 21 for receiving a purchase price range of a product to be purchased, A store search field for inputting a store size range to be searched, a discount event search field 24 for receiving a search request for a store that is performing a discount event, And a customer rating search field 25 that receives a search request for a store for each customer rating are generated and displayed together within the store information guide web page.

The store searching unit 270 first searches stores that sell selected merchandise through the desired purchase product search field 11 and stores only the first search icon, which is the store opening / closing guide icon of the first searched stores, on the electronic map When a desired purchase price range is inputted as a search condition through the purchase price range search field 21, the shops searching for the stores that sell the goods in the purchase price range are searched in the first search icon, Only the secondary search icon, which is the store opening / closing instruction icon of the shops of the second searched stores, is displayed on the electronic map, and when a store capable of parking through the parking available search field 22 is inputted as search conditions, The shops are searched for the third time, and only the third search icon, which is the store opening / closing instruction icon of the shops of the third searched stores, is displayed on the electronic map.

The user terminal 300 is a terminal used by a user registered as a user in the store information providing server 200 and may be applied to various communication terminals such as a smart phone, a desktop PC, a tablet PC, and a notebook. The user terminal 300 receives and displays the store information information web page received from the store information providing server 200. 3 to 9 will be described below in detail.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a field for receiving a desired product to be purchased according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing additional information of an additional store according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a view showing an icon of each store searching according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram of a user terminal showing a search for a sale price according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a search for a parking availability according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 300 may include a terminal communication unit 310, a location determination unit 320, an input unit 330, a display unit 340, and a store information application 350 as shown in FIG.

The terminal communication unit 310 is a module for performing communication with an external store information providing server 200 through a mobile communication network. When performing mobile communication such as 3G, 4G, etc., An RF transmitter (not shown) for up-converting and amplifying the received radio signal, an RF receiver (not shown) for low-noise amplifying the received radio signal and down-converting the frequency.

The position determination unit 320 is a module for determining the position of the user terminal 300. The position determination unit 320 can receive the GPS information from the GPS satellite and determine the current position of the terminal.

The input unit 330 includes a desired product search field 11, a desired purchase price range search field 21, a parking availability search field 22, a store size search field 23, a discount event search field 24, And the search condition to be searched through the rating search field 25, respectively.

The display unit 340 displays the store information information web page received from the store information providing server 200. [ The input unit 330 and the display units 340 and 120 may be implemented as a single type of touch screen panel. The touch screen panel is a display window provided on a front surface of the terminal to provide a touch screen screen capable of simultaneously performing input and display, and displays a graphic user interface (GUI) for communication.

The store information application 350 controls the terminal communication unit 310, the location determination unit 320, the input unit 330, and the display unit 340 to provide store information. For reference, the user terminal 300 implemented with a smart phone or the like can install, add or delete hundreds of various applications (application programs) as desired by the user, And can implement an appropriate interface through various applications. Therefore, the store information application 350 can be downloaded from a Google market, an Apple store, or the like and installed in a smart phone.

First, when the execution icon of the store information application 350 is touched, the store information providing server 200 is connected to perform the login. The store information providing server 200 receives the store information information web page received from the store information providing server 200 and displays the store information information on the display unit 340.

In this store information guidance web page, a store opening / closing instruction icon of stores within the distance range set at the user location is displayed on the electronic map. Even if it is not an electronic map, a store opening / closing instruction icon may be displayed in a list form.

On the other hand, the store information information web page provides a searching means for obtaining store information, which can be implemented by a method of acquiring store information by searching for a product, and a method of acquiring store information by directly searching for a store.

First, a method of acquiring store information by searching for a product will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the store information information web page includes a desired product search field 11 for receiving a desired product to be purchased. To the shop information providing server 200, information on the product information of the desired purchase input from the user.

The store information providing server 200 that received the store information extracts only shops that sell desired products from the opened stores and provides them as store opening / closing directions guidance icons. In order to store the desired products at a low selling price Provide store opening and closing guide icons in list form,

For example, if the user wants to purchase a product, the user inputs a 'mugwort' into the desired product search field 11 as shown in FIG. 4, and then sells the mugwort as shown in FIG. 5 The list of Chinese restaurants is displayed in the order of lowest price.

The store opening / closing instruction icon is displayed in the first color of the store where the business has been opened and opened, and the second color is displayed when the business is closed. The term "open" means that the company is currently in business, and the term "closed" means that the business is closed because the business hours are closed or closed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, 'Donghae spot' and 'Beijing spot' are in the open state, and 'Taehwalu' and 'Beijing castle' are closed or closed. Therefore, even if the user does not visit the store, the user can know which Chinese restaurant is currently in operation or not.

When the store open / close chapter guidance icon is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, at least one of address information, telephone number information, discount information, event information, parking information, and reservation information of the selected store is displayed, Additional information other than the chapter can be known.

On the other hand, it explains how to retrieve store information directly by searching the store.

To this end, the store information information web page includes a store search field for inputting store search conditions for searching for stores.

7, the store search field includes a purchase price range search field 21 for receiving a desired purchase price range of a desired product to be purchased, a parking availability search field 22, a store size search field 23 for inputting a store size range to be searched, a discount event search field 24 for receiving a search request for a store that performs a discount event, And a customer rating search field 25 for receiving a search request.

Therefore, the search conditions inputted for each of the purchase price range search field 21, the parking availability search field 22, the store size search field 23, the discount event search field 24, and the customer rating search field 25 are stored in the store information To the providing server 200.

The store information providing server 200 can provide only the store opening / closing time icons corresponding to the respective retrieval conditions to the store information information web page.

Furthermore, the store information providing server 200 can be implemented so as to provide only a store opening / closing time icon corresponding to all search conditions by combining a plurality of search conditions.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8 (a), when the desired price range is input as a search condition through the purchase price range search field 21, the store information providing server 200 searches for a desired product search field 11, stores are searched for within the range of the desired purchase price among the stores that sell the selected products, and then, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the first- Only the search icon is provided to the store information guidance web page. Then, as shown in Fig. 9 (a), when a store capable of parking is inputted as a search condition through the searchable parking search field 22, The second search for possible stores is performed, and only the second search icon, which is the store opening / closing instruction icon of the second searched stores, is provided to the store information guide web page as shown in Fig. 9 (b).

Accordingly, the user can quickly and easily search for a store he needs to acquire various store information.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are selected and presented in order to assist those of ordinary skill in the art from among various possible examples. The technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited to or limited to these embodiments Various changes, modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

100: store terminal 200: store information providing server
300: user terminal 310: terminal communication unit
320: Localization unit 330: Input unit
340: Display unit 350: Store information application

Claims (8)

A store terminal provided in each store for transmitting the store information to the store information providing server in real time whether the store is opened or closed;
The store opening and closing directions of each store are displayed in the first color and the second store is displayed in the second color, together with the location of the registered store. A store information providing server for creating a store information information web page showing an icon and providing the store information information web page to a user terminal;
A terminal for displaying store information, comprising: a user terminal for receiving and displaying a store information information web page received from the store information providing server; And
A wired / wireless communication network for providing wired communication or wireless communication between the store terminal, the store information providing server, and the user terminal;
Wherein the store information includes at least one of:
The terminal according to claim 1,
When a door lock state is detected from a door open / close detection sensor provided in a door opening / closing door of a store entrance, when it is detected that the door lock is released, it is transmitted to the store information providing server that the store is opened. Real - time delivery system of store information transmitted to store information providing server.
The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal transmits a user location, which is a location of the user terminal, to the store information providing server,
Wherein the store information information web page displays on the electronic map a store opening / closing information icon of stores within a distance range set at the user location.
4. The store information providing system according to claim 3,
A desired product search field for receiving a desired product to be purchased,
Wherein the user terminal transmits the input desired purchase product information to the store information providing server,
The store information providing server extracts only the stores for selling the desired products from the opened stores and provides them as store opening / closing directions guidance icons. In the store opening / Icons in the form of a list.
The method of claim 3,
A store information providing system for displaying at least one of address information, telephone number information, discount information, event information, parking information, and reservation information of the selected store when the store opening / closing instruction icon is selected.
5. The store information providing system according to claim 4,
And a store search field for receiving store search conditions for searching for stores.
The method according to claim 5,
A desired purchase price range search field for receiving a desired purchase price range of the desired purchase product;
A parking availability search field for receiving a search request for a store capable of parking;
A store size search field for receiving a store size range to be searched;
A discount event search field for receiving a search request for a store that is performing a discount event; And
A customer rating search field for receiving a search request for a store by customer rating;
The system comprising:
The method according to claim 6,
When a desired purchase price range is input as a search condition through the desired purchase price range search field, the stores which sell within the desired purchase price range among the stores selling the selected goods through the desired purchase goods search field, Only the first search icon, which is the store opening / closing instruction icon of the first searched stores, is provided on the store information guide web page,
If a store that can be parked is inputted as a search condition through the parking availability search field, the second search button is used to perform a second search for stores that can be parked in the first search icon and to search only the second search icon A store information providing web page.

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