KR20200065927A - System and method for finding, comparing and payment goods in mart - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for finding, comparing, and paying for goods in a mart, which checks stocks of goods in a convenience store or a mart adjacent to a user′s home and informs the user of information on discounted goods through a user terminal and the like to enable the user to conveniently search for the goods of the mart and buy the goods at a low price, and a method thereof. According to the present invention, the system comprises: a mart server providing database information storing information on goods including stock amount and price information on the goods being sold in the mart and event information related to the same, and including a plurality of servers by vender of each mart; a card company server providing the terminal with card company discount information corresponding to the mart; and the terminal recognizing a location thereof through a GPS, searching a map to display locations of adjacent marts on the map, receiving the information on goods and event information of the corresponding mart from the adjacent marts from a goods search server, and displaying a calculated price of the goods received from the card company server. Accordingly, the system enables the user to conveniently search the goods of the mart, buy the goods after the stock is checked, and purchase the corresponding goods being sold in the mart at a low price.

Description

System and method of merchandise retrieval, comparison and payment of products in marts {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING, COMPARING AND PAYMENT GOODS IN MART}

The present invention relates to a merchandise search and comparison system and method of marts, and more specifically, it is possible to check the inventory of merchandise in a convenience store or a mart around the house and to inform the discount product information through a user's terminal, etc. You can search for goods, purchase goods at a lower price, collect consumer card information in one place, and when a consumer purchases goods at a mart, you can pay for them with a discount card for each product to provide an efficient product purchase service to consumers. It relates to an item search, comparison and payment system and method of the mart.

In general, consumers purchase necessary products such as household goods and groceries at a mart or online. It is common for consumers who visit the store to visit the advertisement and go to the store after confirming or visiting the store because they do not know whether the necessary items are in the store. However, in the case where there is no corresponding product, there may be cases in which the shops in the vicinity are searched for the desired product.

On the other hand, in stores such as marts, in order to attract customers, they often hang bait products and attract customers. A bait product means a product that a retail store sells at a significantly discounted price compared to a normal selling price to attract customers. Bait products are called by various names such as special products, manned products, special products, and loss leaders. Bait products are generally targeted at official brands trusted by consumers, and products with higher demand elasticity and competitiveness are more effective. For example, if you advertise on the market for 500 won per cabbage, but some department stores advertise for 100 won, consumers will find the department store because it is too cheap. It is a sales policy that attracts consumers by using cheap cabbage as a bait and then promotes sales of products. In other words, it is a means to secure profits by increasing the turnover rate by selling the product with a lower turnover rate.

However, in the case of such a bait product, the demand for customers to purchase a good product at a price lower than the market price increases, and as a result, the stock supplied as a bait product is often sold out.

However, even if the user wants to use such a bait product or event, the consumer cannot know the information for conducting the event on the corresponding product among various stores around the user. For this reason, you may decide to purchase the item after visiting the store in person. At this time, when an event such as a 1+1 event, a 2+1 event, or a sale of a bait product is in progress for the corresponding product, the consumer cannot know which event is being performed in which mart. In addition, there is a problem in that, for the product in which the event is in progress, the corresponding stock is quickly dropped and the timing of purchasing the desired product is often missed. In addition, consumers are confused as to whether the product currently exists and can be purchased, and whether their cards are applied to the event, and there are many parts to consider when purchasing.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0059040 (Name of invention: System and method for retrieving goods in stores using sketches)

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to check the inventory of goods in convenience stores or marts around the house, and to inform the user of the discount product information through the user's terminal, etc. It is intended to provide a system and method for searching and comparing goods in a mart that can search for goods in the mart and purchase goods.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a product search and comparison system and method of a mart that can receive the event information together with the inventory of goods in a convenience store or a mart around the house and purchase the corresponding product sold in the mart at a lower cost.

In addition, the object of the present invention is to collect the information of the membership, check card, and credit card that the consumer has, and recognize the maximum discount when paying with any card or membership in the mart, and use the one barcode to make the cheapest price. You can make a discount with the corresponding card, and you can propose the optimal purchase through AI (Artificial Intelligence) analysis and cross-comparison of the database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards held by customers). It is intended to provide a system and method for searching and comparing goods in a mart.

The product search and comparison system of the mart of the present invention for achieving the above object is a database that stores product information including inventory quantity and price information of products sold in the mart and event information related to products sold in the mart. A mart server that provides information and consists of a number of servers; A card company server providing credit card discount information corresponding to the mart and providing point card information; And recognizing their location through GPS and searching the map to display the location of nearby marts on the map, receiving product information and event information of the corresponding mart received from the article search server among the nearby marts, And a terminal displaying the calculated price of the article from the card company server.

The terminal may receive information about the article or articles from a plurality of mart servers and compare and output the price corresponding to the article or articles.

The terminal selects payment with a card of the minimum price among the compared prices for the goods or articles, and post-pays with the cards of the minimum price for the goods or articles, and a card capable of point payment for the goods If present, it may be configured to further include; a barcode generating unit for generating a barcode to pay with a point.

The terminal outputs the minimum price through AI analysis and cross-comparison of the database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers), and bundles the corresponding products of the minimum price into barcodes. It can be configured to generate.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for searching and comparing an article of a mart of the present invention recognizes a terminal's own location, including GPS, through GPS, searches for a map configured in the terminal, and locates a nearby mart in the map. Displaying; Receiving product information including inventory information and price information of goods or articles sold in the mart for each serviced mart, and database information storing event information related to the articles or articles; And receiving card company discount information provided to the mart from the card company server to the terminal. AI analysis and database (Mart Inventory, Mart discount information, various memberships and discounts of card companies, customer-owned cards) by applying the product information and the event information received from the mart server and applying the card discount ) Calculating a minimum price through a cross comparison; And applying the product information and the event information to the goods or articles for each of the displayed marts, displaying a price to which the card discount is applied, and displaying a corresponding inventory amount.

Selecting a payment with the lowest card of the minimum price among the compared prices for the article or articles, and applying points of the point card when points are applicable; And

And generating a barcode to post-pay with each card selected as the minimum price for the item or items, and to pay in points when there is a card capable of paying points for the item or items. have.

And receiving information about the goods or articles from a plurality of mart servers and comparing the output quantity of the goods or articles with a corresponding price, and outputting the same.

Therefore, the merchandise retrieval and comparison system and method of the present invention can check the inventory of merchandise in a convenience store or a mart around the house, and let the user conveniently search for merchandise, etc., by informing the user of the discount product information through the user's terminal. It has the effect of being able to purchase after checking the inventory of the goods.

In addition, the merchandise retrieval and comparison system and method of the present invention has the effect of receiving the event information together with the merchandise inventory of a convenience store or nearby mart and purchasing the merchandise sold in the mart at a lower cost.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of a product search and comparison system of a mart according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mart server of Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal of Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the process of searching and comparing the goods of the mart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of a product retrieval and comparison system of a mart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the product retrieval and comparison system of the mart of the present invention includes a plurality of mart servers 100, a plurality of card company servers 200, and a terminal 300.

The mart server 100 means a server that operates convenience stores, marts, large marts, corporate marts, and household goods stores in a chain. Most convenience stores, marts, large-sized marts, corporate marts, and household goods stores operated in the form of chain stores in recent years are mostly marts in stock. Therefore, the mart server 100 roughly recognizes the stock quantity of the mart. However, if theft or omission occurs, an error may occur, but this is a very small part and will be ignored.

The mart server 100 provides product information including inventory quantity and price information of items or items sold in the mart and database information storing event information related to items or items sold in the mart, and each mart company It consists of multiple servers.

The card company server 200 provides corresponding information to the terminal 300 when there is a discount event in the mart or a discount is applied at all times. For example, when a user inputs card company information through a key configured in a terminal or registers a card by taking a camera, the card company server 200 of the corresponding card company is connected. The connected card company server 200 provides card company discount information corresponding to a nearby mart at a location where the user is located.

The terminal 300 is a search engine including a map for searching for nearby marts, a key for inputting a storage unit and a card that receives a database of the corresponding mart according to the searched engine and stores discount information related to the mart from a card company. Input unit, camera that registers a card, and when registering a card with a camera, the character recognition engine and the mart's price information that cuts the characters of the registered card, discount information for each item of the mart, and the entire product or mart of the card company It comprises a calculation unit for comprehensively calculating discount information and the like.

The terminal 300 recognizes the location through GPS and searches the map to display the location of the surrounding mart on the map, and the product from the mart server corresponding to the corresponding mart received from the article search server among the nearby marts The information and the event information are received, compared and displayed, and the calculated price of the item or items from the card company server is displayed. At this time, the comparison of prices calculates the minimum price through cross-comparison of AI analysis and database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers) for products or items.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, for convenience of description, only one mart server 100 and one card company server 200 are illustrated, but as is well known by those skilled in the art, a plurality of mart servers 100 and a plurality of card company servers 200 are provided. It can be connected with.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mart server of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mart server 100 may be a server of a chain store connected to a plurality of marts 110 or may be installed in a mart managed alone. The mart server 100 includes a database 120 for each mart including inventory information received from the mart 110.

As described above, the plurality of marts 110 may be convenience stores, marts, large marts, corporate marts, and household goods stores. Meanwhile, in the present invention, a nearby mart can be searched using the GPS configured in the terminal 300. While handling the item or articles, a database including inventory information of the mart 110 is received from the mart server 100. Meanwhile, in the embodiment, it has been described that the database is received from the mart server 100, but a database including inventory information may be received from a stand alone type of mart. Even in the case of a stand-alone mart, if the server is operated within the mart 110 itself, the database 120 including inventory information may be wirelessly received from the mart server 100.

In order to communicate wirelessly, the terminal 300 may form a channel through WCDMA, 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G communication service functions and receive a database through the corresponding channel.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal 300 receives from the card company server 200 whether a discount rate is applied to a mart, a mart server 100, or a corresponding product or articles, and includes the respective inventory information. The discounted price may be displayed by applying a discount rate according to information, event information, and received discount information of the card company.

The terminal 300 may be configured to receive information about the article from a plurality of mart servers 100 and compare and output the price corresponding to the article. At this time, it is possible to calculate and output the minimum price for the item or items through AI analysis and cross-comparison of the database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers). .

The terminal 300 includes a key input unit 310, a camera 320, a storage unit 330, a GPS 340, an operation unit 350, and a display unit 360.

To this end, the terminal 300 is configured by loading a map 342 or a map application that is configured in conjunction with the GPS 340. The terminal 300 may be configured to include a search engine 344 including a map 342 to search for nearby marts, and a text recognition engine 322.

First, the user can register a card in use by using the key input unit 310. To register the card, the card number and other personal information are input through the key input unit 310. After entering the card information through the key input unit 310, the card company server 200 or a password provided by a telecommunications company can be entered to encrypt the card for double encryption, and the card can be registered with the card company server 200. A card can register one or more cards.

Alternatively, the user can register the card using the camera 320. In the method of registering a card using the camera 320, when a picture of the front of the card is taken according to a certain standard, a card number and a user card company input to the card are recognized by the text recognition engine 322. Similar to inputting and registering using a key input, after inputting, the card can be registered to the card company server 200 by inputting a password provided by a card company or a communication company in order to double-encrypt it. Similarly, more than one card can be registered. At this time, the registered card may be a general credit card, check card, point card, membership card, and the like.

The registration of the card through the key input unit 310 and the registration of the card using the camera 320 may be input by a user of the terminal 300 in a convenient manner by selecting one of the two.

The GPS 330 recognizes the current location of the user's terminal 300 and searches for a mart or household goods store selling goods around the location recognized by the search engine. For example, when the search engine 334 is driven to purchase a ballpoint pen, a stationery store, a mart, or a household goods store near the terminal 300 corresponding to the location of the terminal is searched in the map 332. At this time, the range around the terminal 300 may be set within 100m or within 10Km, which can be selectively selected according to the user's transportation method. For example, if the user of the terminal 300 is moving on foot, it may be set to approximately 1 km or less to search for nearby marts.

For example, whether the database information of the ballpoint pens in the corresponding stationery stores, marts, and household goods searched around is stored in the storage unit 340, and the database stored in the storage unit 340 is searched to determine whether the ballpoint pen is in stock. Judge whether or not. If the ballpoint pen is in stock, the event information for the ballpoint pen in the corresponding stationery store, mart, and household goods store and the continuous or temporary discount from the card company for the corresponding stationery store, mart, and daily necessities store in the calculation unit 350 ) Applies the applied discount to calculate the stock and price of the ballpoint pen. In other words, the minimum price of a ballpoint pen is calculated through cross-comparison between AI analysis and a database (mart stock, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers). The display unit 360 displays and displays the discounted price and inventory amount for the corresponding product or items calculated by the calculation unit 350.

The user may comprehensively determine the stock quantity and the discount price of the ballpoint pen shown through the display unit 360 of the terminal 300 to determine the optimal place to purchase.

When the optimal place of purchase is determined, the user can visit the optimum place of purchase. At this time, the barcode generation unit 370 of the terminal selects a card of the minimum price among the compared prices for the goods or articles, and post-pays the points. Generate a barcode to pay with. At this time, the products corresponding to the products calculated with the minimum price calculated through cross-comparison of the AI analysis and the database are bundled and generated as a barcode.

When a user pays by using a barcode, payment is made with the card selected as the minimum price among the items or items, and when points can be used, payment can be made using the points. In addition, it is possible to propose optimal purchase through cross-comparison of AI analysis and database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers).

The device implemented in the terminal 300 may be generally implemented using a device configured in a smartphone, and an interface recognized by a user, a search engine 344 and a map 332 may be realized in an application form.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for and comparing goods in a mart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, in step S202, the terminal 300 recognizes its location, including the GPS 330, through the GPS 330, and the search engine 334 maps 332 configured in the terminal. Search to display the location of the mart 110 that sells the goods or articles entered by the terminal user on the map 332.

In step S204, the terminal 300 receives product information including inventory quantity and price information of goods sold in the mart for each serviced mart and database information storing event information related to the goods or articles.

In step S206, the terminal 300 receives card company discount information provided to the mart from the card company server 200.

In step S208, the terminal 300 applies the product information and the event information received from the mart server and calculates the price to which the card discount is applied. At this time, the comparison and calculation of the price calculates the minimum price of the corresponding product or articles through AI analysis and cross-comparison of the database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards carried by customers). .

In step S210, the terminal 300 applies the product information and the event information to the goods for each displayed mart 110, compares and displays the price applied with the card discount, and displays the corresponding inventory quantity.

When a user requests a comparison in step S212, information on the article may be received from a plurality of mart servers, and the price corresponding to the article may be compared and output along with the inventory amount of the article.

In step S214, a payment is selected with the minimum price card among the compared prices for the item or items, and the point of the point card is applied when point application is possible.

In step S216, a post-payment is made with each card selected at the lowest price for the item or items, and a barcode is generated to pay with points when there is a card capable of paying points for the item or items. The minimum price calculated through cross-comparison of AI analysis and database is calculated, and the corresponding products of the minimum price are bundled and generated as a barcode.

When a user pays by using a barcode, payment is made with the card selected most inexpensively among the respective items or items, and when points can be used, payment can be made using points. In addition, it is possible to propose optimal purchase through cross-comparison of AI analysis and database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers).

On the other hand, the process of registering the card to the terminal 300 and using it to connect to the card company server 200 proceeds according to a generally performed process, thus registering the card to the card company server 200 through the terminal 300. How to do will be omitted.

The contents of the present invention have been described with reference to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings, but this is only exemplary, and those skilled in the art can understand that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are possible therefrom. will be. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: Mart server 110: Mart
120: database 200: card company server
300: terminal 310: key input unit
320: camera 322; Text recognition engine
330: storage unit 340: GPS
342: Map 344: Search Engine
350: operation unit 360: display unit
370: barcode generator

Claims (8)

A mart server configured with a plurality of servers, providing database information storing product information including inventory quantity and price information of items or items sold in a mart and event information related to items or items sold in a mart;
A card company server providing card company discount information corresponding to the mart; And
Recognizes its location through GPS, searches the map to display the location of nearby marts on the map, receives product information and event information of the corresponding mart received from the article search server among the nearby marts, and A terminal for displaying the calculated price of the goods from the card company server; Product search and comparison system of a mart comprising a. According to claim 1, The terminal,
A product retrieval and comparison system for a mart that receives information about the goods or articles from a plurality of mart servers and compares and outputs prices corresponding to the goods or articles. According to claim 2, The terminal,
If there is a card that selects payment with a card of the minimum price among the compared prices for the goods or articles, and post-pays each with the corresponding cards for the goods or articles, and receives points for points that can be settled for the goods or articles. Barcode generation unit for generating a barcode to make a payment; Mart item search and comparison system further comprising a. According to claim 3,
The terminal outputs the minimum price through AI analysis and cross comparison of the database (mart inventory, mart discount information, discount information of various memberships and card companies, and cards owned by customers), and bundles the corresponding products of the minimum price into a barcode. Mart's product search and comparison system that is created. Recognizing a terminal's own location including a GPS through GPS and searching for a map configured in the terminal to display the location of a nearby mart on the map;
Receiving product information including inventory quantity and price information of products sold in the mart for each service mart and database information storing event information related to the product; And
Receiving card company discount information provided to the mart from the card company server to the terminal;
Applying the product information and the event information received from the mart server and calculating a price to which the card discount is applied; And
And applying the product information and the event information to the goods for each of the displayed marts, displaying a price to which the card discount is applied, and displaying a corresponding inventory quantity. The method of claim 5,
And receiving information about the goods from a plurality of mart servers and comparing and outputting the inventory quantity of the corresponding goods and outputting the price. The method of claim 6,
Selecting a payment with a minimum price card among the compared prices for a plurality of products and applying points of a point card when points can be applied; And
Further comprising the step of generating a bar code to pay by adding a point if there is a card that can be settled with the minimum price cards for the plurality of products and points can be paid for the goods or articles. How to search and compare. According to claim 7, In the step of generating the barcode,
Mart's article search and comparison system that calculates the minimum price calculated through cross-comparison of AI analysis and database and bundles the corresponding products of the minimum price into barcodes.

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