KR20200080081A - System for providing integratedservice for member store - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a service of an affiliated store integrated platform. The method comprises the steps of: authenticating access to an affiliated store account in an affiliated store integrated server; determining the high priority service based on accumulated usage status information of the affiliated store account by the affiliated store integrated server; and transmitting information on the determined high priority service to an affiliated store terminal.

Description

Merchant Integrated Platform System {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATEDSERVICE FOR MEMBER STORE}

The present invention relates to an integrated platform system for affiliated stores, and more particularly, to a system for providing various store operation services using a terminal of an affiliated store.

With the rapid spread of portable terminals and the expansion of network networks, it is possible to use payment services using the Internet anytime, anywhere. Real-time transfer from a user's account, or payment can be made through a simple authentication process without a physical card in a portable terminal.

In recent years, POS terminals in each affiliated store support various functions, and research in the industry to provide various services necessary for operating the store has continued. However, there is a lot of inconvenience in one-way provision of service providers in order to efficiently and conveniently receive the services necessary for the operation of the store.

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, it is possible to receive the services necessary for the store operation in the merchant terminal through the merchant integrated platform server.

In addition, since an application program provided by a partner company can be used in a merchant terminal, there is an advantageous effect of requesting and receiving a service required by the merchant, rather than providing a one-way service.

An embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing a platform service for an affiliated store, authenticating a connection of an affiliated account at the affiliated server; Determining, in the affiliated server integration server, a priority service based on accumulated usage information of the affiliated account; And transmitting information on the determined highest priority service to a merchant terminal.

In addition, the determining of the priority service may be a step of determining a priority service based on temporal information, sales information, deposit and withdrawal information, and user setting information among services that can be provided by the merchant account.

In addition, when the merchant integration server transmits application information that can be provided to the merchant account to the merchant terminal, and receives request information for using the application from the merchant account, the application program It may further include the step of granting the use rights to the merchant account.

In addition, when receiving the registration request information related to the application from the partner account terminal from the merchant integration server, register the application of the partner account on the merchant integration platform service provided by the merchant integration server, and interworking with the partner server The method may further include receiving service usage history information of the partner account.

In addition, the industry type of the merchant account is classified as one industry within a predetermined industry category, and the service history of the integrated platform service of the merchant used for the determined industry is analyzed to recommend a service that is not used by the merchant account among the frequently used services. The step may further include a step.

A merchant integrated platform system according to another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of merchant terminals; And an affiliate store integration server authenticating access from the plurality of affiliate store terminals. Including, the merchant integration server, the merchant integration server, based on the cumulative usage status information of the merchant account, determines a priority service, and determines the determined priority service to transmit information to the merchant terminal do.

The present invention relates to a franchise integrated platform system, it is possible to use the necessary services in the merchant terminal, there is an advantage that can request and use the partner service.

In addition, by analyzing the history of frequently used services, there is an advantageous effect of extracting and providing a service that is scheduled to be used in the affiliated store.

1 is a view showing a merchant integrated platform system according to an example of the present invention.
2 is a diagram conceptually classifying types of server access accounts according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram conceptually showing the structure of an affiliated server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flow chart showing the process of providing an integrated service of an affiliate store according to an example of the present invention in time.
5 to 9 are views showing a merchant integrated platform service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily practice. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In addition, in order to clearly describe the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with other elements in between. . Also, when a part “includes” a certain component, this means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise specified.

In the present specification, the term “unit” includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized by using both. Further, one unit may be realized by using two or more hardware, and two or more units may be realized by one hardware. Meanwhile,'~unit' is not limited to software or hardware, and'~unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, as an example,'~ unit' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, attributes, and procedures. , Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, database, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided within components and'~units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and'~units', or further separated into additional components and'~units'. In addition, the components and'~ unit' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in the device or secure multimedia card.

The "user terminal" mentioned below may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), a desktop (desktop), a laptop (laptop), and the like, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility. , IMT(International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA(W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro(Wireless Broadband Internet), LTE(Long Term Evolution) communication based terminal, smart It may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices, such as phones, tablet PCs, and the like. In addition, the “network” is a wired network or a mobile radio communication network or satellite, such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a value added network (VAN). It can be implemented with any kind of wireless network, such as a communication network.

1 is a view showing a merchant integrated platform system according to an example of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the merchant integration platform system includes a merchant integration server 100, a plurality of merchant terminals 210, 220 and 230 and a partner server 300. The merchant integration server 100, the plurality of merchant terminals 210, 220 and 230, and the partner server 300 may transmit and receive information through a network.

Merchant integrated server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server that provides the necessary services to the merchant. Merchant in the present invention is a term that refers to a business or store that is authorized to use the service through a certain contract with the affiliated server, and generally performs payment through a payment method such as a credit card, such as a restaurant, clothing store, or convenience store. A term that broadly refers to a business or store that can be done.

The merchant terminals 210, 220, and 230 are terminals used by each merchant, and various electronic devices such as POS devices, card payment machines, smartphones, tablet PCs, desktops, and laptops used in the merchant operation may be applied thereto.

The partner server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a server that provides services to the merchant terminals 210, 220 and 230 in connection with the merchant integration server 100. The partner server 300 provides a service provided by a partner company affiliated with a contract, etc., separately from the service provided by the merchant integration server 100.

Hereinafter, the operation of each subject will be described in more detail.

2 is a diagram conceptually classifying types of server access accounts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to use the merchant integrated platform service according to the present invention, an access account 20 is required. The access account 20 includes a merchant account 21, a partner account 22, and an administrator account 23.

The merchant account 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account used when a merchant connects to a merchant integrated server through a merchant terminal. In general, this includes accounts granted to businesses or stores affiliated with card terminals or card companies.

The merchant account 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account that has the authority to request an application or service required by the merchant integrated server, rather than using the service provided by the server in one direction as in the conventional service use method.

The partner account 22 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an account that provides a service to the merchant integrated platform system, and registers a service provided by the partner server separately from the services provided by the merchant integrated server on the merchant integrated platform service. It is an account that can be done.

The administrator account 23 according to an embodiment of the present invention is an administrator account for managing an affiliated server, and not only manages a DB or a communication network for smooth use on an affiliated platform service, but also recommends a partner service or , It serves to determine the screen configuration (UI) displayed on the merchant terminal.

3 is a block diagram conceptually showing the structure of an affiliated server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the merchant integration server 100 includes a merchant account management unit 110, a service management unit 120, and a communication unit 130.

Merchant account management unit 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention can verify the validity of the account connected to each merchant. The merchant account management unit 110 may verify the validity of the account, identify merchants through each merchant account, and accumulate and manage various information in the identified merchants.

For example, if the merchant account management unit 110 changes in access information of each merchant account, merchant industry information, contact information, merchant terminal information, etc., it can be updated to maintain the latest information.

The service management unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may manage the service provided by the merchant integration server to be used by the merchant terminal. Service usage history information on what service each affiliate store is using, service recommendation information according to the industry type of each affiliate store, ranking information on how to provide service information to the merchant terminal, and services provided by partner companies It manages various information such as information and service history information of partners.

The service management unit 120 may determine information displayed on the screen of the merchant terminal. The service management unit 120 may be set to determine and display a service that is most needed when a merchant accesses the screen UI.

The criteria for determining the highest priority service may be various, and the service management unit 120 may determine the most used service as the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information at the affiliated store.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may determine a service that is frequently used in a corresponding time zone as a priority service based on time information such as access time or access date. For example, the service management unit 120 may set the sales statistics service of the day to be displayed on the merchant terminal by determining the sales statistics service as the top priority service after 10 pm when the store is closed. Also, for another example, the service management unit 120 may determine monthly sales-related information as the top priority service when the access date is the last day, or may determine VAT information as the top priority service during the VAT reporting period.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may determine a priority service based on sales information and deposit and withdrawal information. By analyzing cumulative sales information, if there is sales information or deposit/withdrawal information that is out of a certain range, it can be classified as unique information and determined as the highest priority service, so that it can be set up to be easily checked by the merchant terminal.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may determine the ranking of the information displayed on the merchant terminal by the user's settings. For example, if the user determines that the goods inventory statistics service is the highest priority (first rank) service and the sales statistics service is determined as the second priority service, the batch may be set to be displayed on the screen in the order of highest priority. At this time, the service management unit 120 may not only set the screen to be displayed on the screen in order of service provided, but also set the size of the displayed screen according to the ranking, and also set whether or not the screen is exposed.

In addition, the service management unit 120 may collect information about a service or application that can be provided by a partner company. The partner company can provide a specialized service, and the service management unit 120 can determine whether to register it with the merchant integrated server 100. For example, the service management unit 120 may decide to register with the affiliated server 100 for a service or application provided by an affiliated partner company.

The service management unit 120 can acquire not only whether or not a service provided by a partner company is registered, but also history information that is being used in the affiliated store. Since the services used by each affiliate store are different, information about the type of use or whether to use the service of the partner account for each affiliate store can be collected.

The communication unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs transmission and reception of information on a service in a merchant integration server 100, a partner server, and a plurality of merchant terminals. The communication unit 130 may be set to connect through a plurality of network networks in order to prevent the network connection from being damaged or disconnected. For example, when the wired Internet network of the affiliated terminal is disconnected, the communication unit 130 may be set to communicate with the affiliated server through a preset wireless terminal (AP, etc.).

Also, the communication unit 130 may set the communication network used for communication with the affiliated terminal to two or more channels. The two-channel in the present invention refers to the use of two carriers, and the communication unit 130 may provide a service to each merchant terminal through a subordinate carrier when the network of the carrier in use is damaged or disconnected.

4 is a flow chart showing the process of providing an integrated service of an affiliate store according to an example of the present invention in time.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, through a series of processes, the merchant terminal integrated platform service may be used.

The merchant integration server may authenticate access to the merchant account (S410). The merchant integration server can verify the validity of the merchant account and identify the merchant.

The merchant integration server may determine the highest priority service based on the accumulated usage status information of the identified merchant account (S420). The merchant integrated server can provide various services, and specific examples are shown in Table 1 below.

As described in Table 1 above, the services provided by the merchant integrated platform system are various, and include services provided by affiliated partner servers as well as services provided by the merchant integrated server.

The merchant integrated server can also provide all the services listed in Table 1 above. However, in reality, if the service of a partner company specialized for each service is used in a lot of industry, it may be advantageous for the merchant to provide an environment where the partner service can be used, so the merchant has the right to use the service of the partner account. Can be granted.

In the merchant account, the request information using the service or application of the partner account can be transmitted to the merchant integration server through the merchant terminal, and the merchant integration server has permission to use the requested partner account service or application in the merchant account. Can be assigned to the merchant account.

In addition, the merchant integration server may acquire the history of using the service or application of the partner account from the merchant, and may use it for settlement of the utilization of the merchant integrated service in the future.

In addition, the merchant integration server can categorize and categorize the business type of each merchant. For example, the franchise integrated server can categorize industries by various criteria such as catering, sales, distribution, and clothing, and among services that are frequently used in the same industry, judge services that are not being used by affiliates and recommend the use. Information can be transmitted to the merchant terminal.

5 to 9 are views showing a merchant integrated platform service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the merchant integrated platform service may provide various screens on the UI. As shown in Fig. 5 (a), based on the access point (date), it is possible to configure the first screen of the merchant account. For example, when the total sales amount, credit sales amount, same-day payment amount (undecided), and missing amount information are determined as the top priority service, it can be set to be displayed on the screen.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the service provided to the affiliated store may be categorized and provided by the affiliated store integrated platform service. For example, the franchise integrated server provides customer convenience such as sales management, various tax, time and loan service related store management categories, credit card interest-free installment and various marketing support services related marketing/promotion categories, payment related payment service categories, and convenient points. It can be configured to be displayed on the screen by organizing it into a regular service category related to the provision.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(c), it is possible to recommend services of affiliated partner accounts. The affiliated server integrated server may recommend applications that are frequently used in the same industry based on the accumulated usage history information of each affiliated store, and may also recommend applications related to the VAT reporting task during the tax reporting period.

Alternatively, the merchant integration server may provide recommendation information to the merchant terminal for the partner service that has requested a lot of registration at each merchant.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the merchant integration server may provide merchant customized information.

The merchant integrated server not only provides sales statistics information of the connected merchant account, but also can set the service that is frequently used in the corresponding merchant account to be displayed at all times.

In addition, the affiliated server integration server may crawl external information related to the operation of the business site or store, and provide the affiliated terminal in the order of high relevance. For example, when there is information on the amount of arrears on the tax service in use at a particular member store, information related to the arrears of arrears may be provided to the affiliated terminal by crawling information related to the amount of arrears on the web.

In addition, the franchise integration server may provide information regarding a service for a specific industry to a merchant terminal. For example, if the franchise is a catering business, it is possible to recommend the use by displaying information about the application that has received the most downloads from the catering business. The franchise integrated server may provide recommendation information to use the job-related job-related application in the catering business among the partner services to the affiliated terminal. For example, the franchise integrated server may display information on whether or not employees in the store meet the minimum wage regulations at the beginning of the year when the minimum wage regulations fluctuate, or may provide statistical information on the desired wages for job search. In other words, the merchant terminal can be provided by classifying the merchant integrated platform service according to various criteria.

7 is a view for explaining various services provided by the merchant integrated platform.

As shown in FIG. 7, the merchant can receive accurate information through a simple inquiry setting in order to check sales statistics. The merchant terminal can check various sales information such as credit card payment history, cash receipt issuance history, bonus point accumulation history, etc., as well as sales information for each card company when using a credit card.

For example, when sales information is transmitted to a partner account for reporting VAT, the VAT reporting service provided by an affiliated partner may represent this. In the partner service or application program, the service usage related information may be transmitted to the affiliate terminal in real time, and in some cases, the service usage related information may be transmitted to the affiliate terminal when the corresponding service is completed.

8 is a view for explaining a partner service provided by a partner company.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, a specialized service can be provided by a partner company, and a partner service can be used by each affiliated store.

The Merchant Integration Server can decide whether to expose the service of a specific partner, and can classify and distribute the service or application according to the purpose. For example, the affiliate store integration server is a service related to store music, and may provide an environment for downloading a music playback application.

The franchise integrated platform service in the present invention is also a virtual space using the service at the franchise, but has a characteristic as an application market that can download partner services and provide feedback on it.

Accordingly, the affiliate store integration server may obtain rating information for each partner service from the affiliate account using the partner service, or collect feedback opinions, download times, and the like, and perform management for each partner service.

9 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a merchant integrated platform service for managing partner services.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the merchant integration server may collect information regarding each partner service or application. In addition, a registration request can be received from a company that wants to partner with a partner company, and whether to approve it or not can be determined by business judgment.

The partner service affiliated with the merchant integrated platform system may be a free service or a paid service. In the case of a free service, it is possible to omit the cost of use, but in the case of a paid service, it is necessary to settle the cost of use, so the merchant integration server collects the usage status of each merchant for each partner service. Can.

For example, when a music playback application is downloaded and used by a partner company's affiliate store, the affiliate store integration server may charge for the usage agreement and sum the costs with the affiliate store.

One embodiment of the invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium comprising instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer-readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

Although the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The above description of the present invention is for illustration only, and a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description, and it should be interpreted that all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts thereof are included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: Merchant Integration Server
210, 220, 230: Merchant terminal
300: partner server

Claims (10)

In the method of providing a merchant integrated platform service,
Authenticating the access of the merchant account in the merchant integration server;
Determining, by the affiliated server integration server, a priority service based on accumulated usage information of the affiliated account; And
Transmitting information on the determined highest priority service to a merchant terminal;
Including, merchant integration platform service providing method. According to claim 1,
Determining the priority service,
Among the services that can be provided in the merchant account is a step of determining the highest priority based on time information, sales information, deposit and withdrawal information and user setting information, the merchant integrated platform service providing method. According to claim 1,
In the merchant integration server, transmits application information that can be provided to the merchant account to the merchant terminal,
When receiving the request information to use the application from the merchant account, further comprising the step of granting the access rights for the application to the merchant account, merchant integrated platform service providing method. According to claim 1,
When the merchant integration server receives registration request information regarding the application from the partner account terminal, registers the application of the partner account on the merchant integration platform service provided by the merchant integration server,
Further comprising the step of receiving service usage history information of the partner account in conjunction with the partner server, the merchant integrated platform service providing method. According to claim 1,
The business type of the merchant account is classified as one industry within a predetermined industry category,
A method of providing a merchant integrated platform service, further comprising the step of analyzing the history of the merchant integrated platform service used for the determined industry, and recommending a service that is not used in the merchant account among the frequently used services. In the merchant integrated platform system,
A plurality of merchant terminals; And
An affiliate store integration server authenticating access from the plurality of affiliate store terminals;
Including,
The merchant integration server,
In the affiliated server integration server, based on the cumulative usage status information of the affiliated account, the priority service is determined, and the determined priority service is set to be transmitted to the affiliated terminal,
Merchant integrated platform system. The method of claim 6,
The merchant integration server,
Among the services that can be provided from the merchant account, the merchant integrated platform system is set to be determined as a top priority service based on temporal information, sales information, deposit/withdrawal information, and user setting information. The method of claim 6,
The merchant integration server,
The application information that can be provided to the merchant account is transmitted to the merchant terminal,
When receiving request information to use the application from the merchant account, the merchant integrated platform system is set to grant the access authority for the application to the merchant account. The method of claim 6,
The merchant integration server,
When receiving registration request information about the application from the partner account terminal, register the application of the partner account on the merchant integration platform service provided by the merchant integration server,
A merchant integrated platform system that is configured to receive service usage history information of a partner account in conjunction with a partner server. The method of claim 6,
The merchant integration server classifies the industry type of the merchant account into one industry within a predetermined industry category,
A merchant integrated platform system that is set to recommend a service that is not used in a merchant account from among frequently used services by analyzing a service history of the merchant integrated platform used for the determined industry.

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