KR20180016199A

KR20180016199A - Providing Method and System for Store Search on Mobile Terminal

Info

Publication number: KR20180016199A
Application number: KR1020160100346A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 오석환
Original assignee: 주식회사 티피코리아
Priority date: 2016-08-05
Filing date: 2016-08-05
Publication date: 2018-02-14

Abstract

A mobile shop search providing method and system are disclosed. The search portal server receiving shop location and information from a shop coordinate server of the shop, the search portal server creating a shop display unit based on the shop location and information, the search portal server providing information about the store display unit To the plurality of user devices, the search portal server providing the shop display to at least one of the plurality of user devices, wherein the store location and information are based on the shop display Information on a shop provided by the search, and information on provision of the shop display unit. Accordingly, a shop searching method and system optimized for a mobile environment can be provided.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal,

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a mobile shop search. More particularly, the present invention relates to a search method and system optimized for a store search that displays various stores by collecting information on stores based on a user's location.

The Internet is denoted by a proper noun such as Internet or INTERNET in order to distinguish it from the Internet, which is an abbreviation of internetwork, which means a set of networks linking communication network and communication network. LAN (LAN), and so on, and now it becomes a collection of huge network covering the whole world. The Internet does not have a central host computer that provides all services, such as PC communication, and there is no organization to manage it. The Internet Society (ISOC) is the organization that represents the Internet, but it is not an organization that manages the Internet. However, although the Internet is not managed as a whole, actual management and connection are being distributed all over the world in order to prevent any computer or communication network on the Internet from affecting the entire network. Today, the Internet has become a huge global information infrastructure that is comparable to the telephone network, and traffic is rapidly increasing.

Services available on the Internet include e-mail, remote computer telnet, file transfer (FTP), Usenet News, Internet search (Gopher), Internet conversation and discussion (IRC) (BBS), hypertext information browsing (WWW: World Wide Web), online games, etc., and new services such as a service for broadcasting moving pictures or voice data in real time and a video conference are sequentially developed and made available. Because of these various services and rich information resources, the Internet is called the sea of information. Since then, the demand for commercial use of the Internet as commodity advertising and commerce media has increased, but NSFNET operated by the government has limited its purpose of use to educational research. For this reason, Internet service providers have formed a separate association to establish a new network called CIX (Commercial Internet Exchange) in 1992, connecting to the commercial Internet.

A method for connecting to the Internet is an IP connection by a leased line and a dial-up IP connection by using a telephone line. Internet users need to subscribe to the IP address assigned by the network information center (NIC) of each country and the company that provides services to connect to the Internet. In Korea, Korea Internet Information Center (KRNIC) of Korea Computer Center is in charge of IP address assignment and domain registration. Since the launch of the KORNET service for the first time by KT in June 1994, a large number of Internet access service providers (ISPs) have been created, providing commercial services to the general public. These operators are individually connected to Internet access providers in the United States and other countries.

SNS, a world-wide web-based service, now more commonly called abbreviated name than social network service or social network site, has recently grown explosively and has become a social and academic interest. Although history has not been long, there are many features of services, and the characteristics of services are also diverse, so it is not easy to define them in a word and they are defined differently for each person. And even though the same service is being implemented differently according to socio-cultural conditions, this also makes it difficult to define it. Wikipedia (Wikipedia, 2012) defines SNS as "an online service or platform that builds and displays an alternate network or relationship between people who share interests or activities." From a more theoretical point of view, Boyd and Ellison (2008) represent the definition of SNS (Social Network Sites) as "individuals who (1) build their own personal information publicly or semi-publicly within a system , 2) a list of other users they are affiliated with, 3) a list of links to these other users, and a list of links to other people in the system. Based service ". Although the definition varies according to the point of view, the common elements pointed out in the definition are the online space called the website, the formation and maintenance of the interpersonal relationship, the structure of the network, the wave of the network, and the exchange of information . Considering these points in a comprehensive manner, SNS is a web-site where a certain number of people who are interested in a common interest or activity in an online space disclose their personal information publicly or privately for a certain period of time, It can be defined as a web-based online service that allows a network to be established. In addition to SNS, various terms such as social media, social software, and micro blog are mixed, but the term SNS can be more neutral and inclusive compared to social media with marketing origin or social software that emphasizes technical aspects.

Searches through search engines have become common in the development of the Internet and computers. Recently, as the technology of handsets such as smart phones has grown rapidly, search based on mobile has become popular. As a prior art related to this, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2008-0113943 (entitled " Internet search service method and system thereof ") is disclosed. However, the conventional desktop-optimized search method is not suitable for a small mobile-based search environment such as a display screen, and unlike a desktop, a user does not fully utilize the mobile element to carry the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a method and system for optimizing a store search in a mobile environment to solve such a problem.

One aspect of the present invention provides a mobile shop search method.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a mobile shop search system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile shop search method including the steps of: a search portal server receiving shop location and information from a shop coordinate server of a shop; creating a shop display unit based on the shop location and information; Wherein the search portal server transmits information on the store display unit to a plurality of user devices, and the search portal server provides the shop display unit to at least one of the plurality of user devices, The store location and information may be provided based on the shop display unit, information on the shop provided by the search, and information on the provision of the shop display unit.

Meanwhile, the mobile shop search method may further include transmitting information on a remaining time until the providing time based on the providing time of the shop display unit to the plurality of user apparatuses by the search portal server.

Also, the store display unit is information on the store provided based on the store display unit, and the plurality of user devices may be a user equipment located around the location of the store.

The location around the store may be determined based on location information previously registered in the store stored in the search portal server, and the location of the store may be periodically updated considering a change in the location of the store.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a search portal server for providing a mobile shop search system,

The search portal server includes a processor, and the processor receives the location and information of the store from the store coordinate server of the store, generates a property display unit based on the location and information of the store, Wherein the at least one user device is configured to provide the at least one user device with at least one of the plurality of user devices and the at least one user device, Information on the presentation time of the shop display unit, and information on the presentation time of the shop display unit.

Meanwhile, the processor may be configured to transmit information on a remaining time up to the providing time based on the providing time of the shop display unit to the plurality of user apparatuses, and the at least one user apparatus may be configured to transmit, The shop searching unit may be a user apparatus that requests the shop display unit to the search portal server.

Also, the store display unit may be a location and information of the store provided based on the store display unit, and the plurality of user devices may be a user equipment located around the location of the store.

In addition, the location of the store is determined based on information on a location previously registered in the shop stored in the search portal server, and the location of the shop is periodically updated in consideration of a change in the registered location of the store .

According to an aspect of the present invention, a mobile shop search can search all information in association with location information of a user, can display search results based on a location information of a searcher, The search information is searched based on the store information, excluding general search contents such as news, blog, intellectual, cafe, and video. Also, a service according to the search purpose (route search, telephone number search, order, etc.) is arranged and provided, and related services according to search contents and patterns are recommended.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a shop search application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a system configuration diagram of a shop searching system according to the present invention.
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of providing a shop display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a store information providing method of a search portal server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a food ordering application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with an embodiment. It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly explained. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a shop search application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Figure 1, a method is provided in which a search portal server provides store location and information to a user of a store search application and a user finds a store based on the shop display. Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the store display unit displays the search result for convenience of explanation, but it may be a shop display unit that provides other search criteria such as location, frequently used store information, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the search portal server 110 for a shop search service can provide a predetermined number of shop information to a user for a predetermined time. The shop coordinate server can provide information to the user through a specific retrieval of the store retrieval application indicating that store information will be provided to the user for a certain period of time.

The store display may be the result of a user-specified selection, and the store display may include a result indicating that event properties for a particular store are available for a period of time. For example, the store display unit may include information for a week of discounting specific information by a particular store.

Specifically, the search portal server 110 receives store location information and information from a coordinate server (corresponding to a general smart phone) of at least one of the registered stores (hereinafter referred to as shop coordinate server 100) The shop display unit can be provided to the user based on the location and the information. The shop location and information transmitted by the shop coordinate server 100 may include basic information of the shop that is the target of the shop display unit, location information of the shop, discount information of the shop, and the like. For example, the shop coordinate server 100 of the store 'A' stores the basic information of the shop (business name, sales item, business hours), the location information of the shop (OO-OO address) Specific goods) to the search portal server.

The user of the store search application can receive the store location and information provided by the search portal server. The user may request to transfer the store location and information to the user device 120 based on the user device 120 and the search portal server 110 may send the store location and information to the user device 120 based on the user's store location and information request, Information on the shop location and information can be transmitted.

When the user is provided with the shop location and information, the user can use the shop based on the shop display unit. For example, when the user clicks on the store display unit, the search portal server 110 provides information (for example, store location, shop phone number, and sales item of the store) about the store that provided the store display unit to the user can do.

2 is a system configuration diagram of a shop searching system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shop search system is performed through a user's device 200 and a search portal server 210.

The mobile application developed by the present invention or the service of the mobile environment transmits the location of the user identified through the GPS built in the user device 200 to the search portal server 210. The search portal server extracts a list of stores located in the vicinity of the user's location information, and extracts the locations and information held by the extracted stores. The location and information of the extracted shop is transmitted to the user device and displayed on the screen of the user device of the user through the service of the mobile application or the mobile environment.

Thereafter, the user device user selects a store to be used by the user, the shop selected by the user is transmitted to the search portal server, the search portal server extracts the location of the shop selected by the user from the server, In this case, the map is displayed in combination with the map service of the user's device. At this time, the optimal route from the current location of the user to the area where the shop is located is identified and displayed.

The user device 200 is a device equipped with a mobile OS such as an iPhone OS and an Android OS. The user device 200 includes location-based services using GPS, map data, and the like.

The search portal server 210 is a server or a server group including a database including search results for each store, events for each store, recommendation of related services according to the search contents and pattern of the user. The service manager directly or indirectly accesses the server to provide functions such as adding, changing, and deleting the location and information of the store.

In order to grasp the current position of the user, a self-function capable of grasping the current position of the user device is utilized.

In order to determine the location of the user, the optimal route is determined and provided by utilizing the Floyd algorithm or the Daikstra algorithm.

The search portal server optimizes the user's search by using the behavior pattern database of the user and provides the location information (such as legal name, administrative name, road name, etc.) DB to match the user's location information.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of providing a shop display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, a method for the search portal server 300 to output store-centered information is disclosed. The contents of the store display unit provided to the user may be determined by the store operator, but may be determined by the search portal server 300 considering the increased sales due to the correct search contents. The search portal server 300 may perform an advertisement exposing to the store display unit, and may direct a portion of the increase in sales due to the store display unit to a discount event of the store. In this way, a store can have additional revenue growth, and users can get discounts on their stores.

Referring to FIG. 3, the search portal server 300 can know what kind of filtering the search of a particular shop exposes store-centric information. For example, if a user searches for a particular store, it performs a primary filtering on the store from the entire search, and then a second filtering that excludes general search content such as blogs, intellectuals, cafes, (For example, information of a keyword and a shop desired by the user).

4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a store information providing method of a search portal server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, a method for adaptively changing shop information provided to a user in consideration of a user's existing search keyword and store name (hereinafter referred to as existing search information) is disclosed.

The search portal server can change the basic information 410 of the shop provided to the user in consideration of the user's existing search information. Specifically, the search portal server can determine the store's basic information 410 displayed on the user's device in consideration of the search frequency of each user's keyword based on the user's existing search information. For example, the search portal server can determine the frequency of search keyword by user's store category in the order of gas station, motel, convenience store based on the user's existing search information. In this way, the user can acquire information on the store for the preferred keyword more quickly.

In addition, the search portal server can determine the image information 400 of the shop to be displayed to the user in consideration of the user's existing order information when providing information on the shop to the user. For example, when a user searches for information about a motel, an image of a particular food provided to the user by the motel may be provided to the user as a representative image of the motel. The search portal server can adaptively provide the user with an image of the accommodation which the user is most interested in as a representative image in the motel considering the existing order information of the user.

For example, when the user frequently uses the motel, each representative image of the plurality of motels provided to the user when the user searches for the motel includes a plurality of menus (for example, , An outdoor terrace, a swimming pool, a spa, a party room, etc.).

The search portal server can determine the representative image of the store provided to the user in consideration of the frequency of each use and provide the representative image when searching for the user's store.

5 is a food ordering application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, store information to be provided for each actual distance band is displayed at the bottom of the menu of distance order. By putting the store display in the application through these applications, the actual shop operator can do marketing activities in the surrounding area for a small cost. In addition, a store display unit provided may be provided in a user terminal or the like in a list form by region, theme, or the like. This means that the list at the top moves left and right, which can minimize the inconvenience of the finger by eliminating the left and right menus. A list can be a regular calendar form. This allows users to try to view the phone or location for the store they are interested in on a timely basis.

Meanwhile, in the present specification, a method of using the store display unit is mainly described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it can be operated by combining with an application advertisement platform for a smart phone. That is, the application maker uploads the A application to a separate menu installed in the shop search application to which the present invention is applied, and when the user downloads the A application, the A application maker provides the platform operator, that is, the shop search application operator, can do.

In addition, according to the present invention, the configuration according to the present invention can classify a product into a database by subject or theme. More specifically, the shop can be classified according to the customer's need point of view. For example, if the store is a lodging facility, it is possible to provide accommodation such as a motel, whether the pool is included, whether it is overlooking the sea, whether it is a multi-story structure, whether it has sauna facilities, And classifies them in advance and stores them in the database. This allows an immediate response when the user requests store information from the terminal. Of course, the store according to the present invention is not limited to the accommodation.

Further, in order to facilitate search in a mobile environment, the present invention can give uniformity to a user's search method. More specifically, the present invention can independently browse by category depth, such as a store, and the screen of the terminal can be scrolled to the left and right according to the depth to be browsed. This can provide a browsing effect similar to that of a large screen on a desktop, even on a mobile terminal having a small display screen in general. In addition, since the left and right scrolls are continuous according to the search depth, it is possible to provide a sense of unity that the user receives the search result on the mobile display screen.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing search results according to search depths. Referring to FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B, a category such as delivery, life, motel / hotel, used car and the like can be displayed in the top category, and when the user presses delivery again, the search result of the lower depth is displayed. For example, chicken, lunch, pizza, etc. can be displayed. It goes without saying that both the category and the subcategory of the highest depth can be scrolled left and right.

Such a shop searching method may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed in a mobile environment such as an application and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination.

The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be ones that are specially designed and configured for the present invention and are known and available to those skilled in the art of mobile software.

Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules for performing the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

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

100: shop coordinates server 200: user equipment
110: search portal server 210: search portal server
120: user device 300: search portal server

Claims

In a store search method,
The search portal server receiving the store location and information from the shop coordinate server of the store;
The search portal server generating a shop display unit based on the shop location and information;
The search portal server transmitting information on the store display unit to a plurality of user devices; And
The search portal server providing the store display to at least one of the plurality of user devices,
Wherein the shop location and information includes information on a shop provided by the search based on the shop display unit, and information on providing the shop display unit.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: the search portal server transmitting information on the search to the plurality of user devices based on information on the provision of the store display unit of the store display unit,
Wherein the at least one user device is a user device requesting the store display unit to the search portal server among the plurality of user devices.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the shop display unit is the shop location and information provided based on the shop display unit,
Wherein the plurality of user devices are user devices located within a distance of the store.

The method of claim 3,
The distance of the store is determined based on information on the existing location in the restaurant stored in the search portal server,
And the distance of the shop is periodically updated in consideration of a change in the location of the user of the shop.

A search portal server for providing a mobile shop search system,
Wherein the search portal server comprises a processor,
The processor receives the location and information of the store from the store coordinate server of the store,
Generating a property display unit based on the position and information of the shop,
Transmitting information on the shop display unit to a plurality of user equipments,
Wherein the at least one user device is configured to provide the store display to at least one of the plurality of user devices,
Wherein the shop location and information includes information on a shop provided by the shop based on the shop display unit, and information on a providing time of the shop display unit.

6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the processor is configured to transmit information on a remaining time until the providing time based on the providing time of the store display unit to the plurality of user devices,
Wherein the at least one user device is a user device that requests the store display unit from the search portal server among the plurality of user devices.

The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the shop display unit is the location and information of the shop provided on the shop display unit,
Wherein the plurality of user devices are user devices located around the location of the store.

8. The method of claim 7,
The location of the shop is determined based on information on a previously registered location in the shop stored in the search portal server,
Wherein the location of the shop is periodically updated in consideration of a change in the registration position of the shop.

A method of searching a store of a user device,
Wherein the user device is receiving information on a store display from a search portal server, the store display being generated based on an order store location and information transmitted by a shop coordinate server of the store;
Requesting, by the user apparatus, the transmission of the shop display unit to the search portal server; And
The user device receiving the store display from the search portal server,
Wherein the shop location and information includes information on a shop provided by the shop based on the shop display unit, information on the shop location,
Wherein the store display unit is provided with information on the shop and store location by the search portal server.

10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of the user apparatus receiving information on the store of the shop display unit from the search portal server,
Wherein the user device is located around a location of the store,
Wherein the shop display unit is a location and information of the shop provided based on the store display unit.

A recording medium on which a computer program for performing the method according to any one of claims 9 to 10 is recorded.