KR20210045616A - An apparatus for providing gift voucher services and a method for operating it - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an operating method of a service device for brokering a used gift certificate transaction comprises the steps of: receiving a used transaction registration request of a primary gift certificate from a first terminal; transmitting a request for validation of the primary gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; and registering gift certificate information, which has been deactivated according to the validation request, for sales in a used transaction system.

Description

Used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device that provides safe used gift certificate transaction and its operation method {AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GIFT VOUCHER SERVICES AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING IT}

The present invention relates to a service providing apparatus and a method of operating the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service apparatus and a method of operating the same for providing a safe used gift certificate transaction.

Gift certificates that are currently commonly used include gift certificates issued by specific department stores and gift certificates issued by companies that manufacture specific products such as shoes and clothing, and are issued and handled by specific organizations such as book electronic gift certificates and cultural electronic gift certificates. There are gift certificates that are distributed through contracts with desired affiliates. Currently, various types of gift certificates such as serial numbers, barcodes, QR codes, and cryptographic tokens that have uniqueness are used and distributed. In addition, these gift certificates include use coupons or discount coupons that can be provided with various services, and gift certificates are certificates of exchange value that can be presented at dealers or online/offline shopping malls to purchase or receive discounts on tangible and intangible products. Represent rights.

Particularly, in recent years, since it is mainly distributed in the form of mobile gift certificates, it is widely used for gifts by companies and individuals to their customers or acquaintances.

However, gift certificates such as mobile gift certificates and gifticons are digital data and can be issued too easily, so they are gradually increased for promotional purposes. There are also cases where it is not possible to accumulate.

Accordingly, individuals are increasingly trading their gift certificates through online used trading markets.

However, the current online used gift certificate transaction operator is a completely different entity from the gift certificate issuer, and thus, the transaction of gift certificates between individuals is left to the voluntary state. For this reason, the authenticity of the voucher is not checked at all, and the seller who sold the voucher by exploiting this is reselling it to another person, selling the voucher that has already been used, or taking a screenshot of himself after the sale. Various problems have appeared, such as using barcode vouchers that were copied with the back and disappearing in other places.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-described problems, and by increasing the security of used transactions for previously issued gift certificates and increasing transaction transparency, it enables safe used transactions of gift certificates, so that the seller needs himself. The purpose of this is to provide a used gift certificate trading system that enables easy and convenient disposal of gift certificates that are not or will not be used, and that buyers can safely purchase necessary gift certificates at an affordable price.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, in the operating method of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a second-hand transaction registration request of the first gift certificate from a first terminal; Transmitting a request for validating a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And registering the gift certificate information, which has been deactivated according to the validity verification request, in the used trading system for sale.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problems includes: a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service apparatus, comprising: a communication unit receiving a request for registering a used transaction of a first gift certificate from a first terminal; A validity inquiry unit for transmitting a request for validating the validity of a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And a sales information management unit for selling and registering the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in the used transaction system.

In addition, in the method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problem, in the method of operating a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device, a request for registering a used transaction of a primary gift certificate issued from the issuing server from a first terminal Receiving; Transmitting a request for validating a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And registering the gift certificate information, which has been deactivated according to the validity verification request, in the used trading system for sale.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes: a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service apparatus, comprising: a communication unit receiving a request for registering a used transaction of a first gift certificate issued by an issuing server from a first terminal; A validity inquiry unit for transmitting a request for validating the validity of a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And a sales information management unit for selling and registering the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in the used transaction system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the initially issued gift certificate is registered as a used sale target, the next order of used transaction gift certificate based on the code information of the gift certificate is newly issued, and the previous order gift certificate is deactivated. By mapping and storing the issuance history, the used gift certificate is maintained in an unusable state until the used transaction is completed, but when the transaction is completed, the next second used gift certificate instead of the existing gift certificate can be processed to replace the existing gift certificate.

Accordingly, a buyer of a used gift certificate can easily check the resale history of the gift certificate, whether or not it has been used, and since it is impossible to use it during the sale, a transparent and safe used gift certificate transaction can be made.

In addition, since the use of users increases due to safe transactions, the seller also has the advantage of being able to easily and quickly sell gift certificates that they will not use.

In addition, for this purpose, a secure gift certificate issuance and use management service according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided to increase the security of used transactions for issued gift certificates and increase transaction transparency, thereby enabling safe used transactions of gift certificates. Thus, a seller can easily and conveniently dispose of gift certificates that he or she does not need or will not use, and a used gift certificate trading system that enables the buyer to safely purchase the necessary gift certificates at a low price can be provided.

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a ladder diagram for explaining an overall system operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram for explaining in more detail an apparatus for providing a gift certificate management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an apparatus for providing a gift certificate management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a process of generating gift certificate data for each round for providing a used transaction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram for explaining in more detail a transaction brokerage service apparatus of a used gift certificate trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the operating principle of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and description.

However, the drawings and the description to be described below are for a preferred implementation method among various methods for effectively describing the features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following drawings and description.

In addition, in the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the overall contents in this name.

In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention to be implemented below is already provided in each system function configuration in order to efficiently describe the technical components constituting the present invention, or system functions commonly provided in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The configuration will be omitted as much as possible, and the functional configuration that must be additionally provided for the present invention will be mainly described.

If a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs will be able to easily understand the functions of components previously used among functional configurations that are not shown below and omitted, and are omitted as described above. The relationship between the elements and the elements added for the present invention will also be clearly understood.

In addition, the following examples will be used by appropriately modifying terms so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can be clearly understood in order to efficiently describe the key technical features of the present invention. It is by no means limited.

As a result, the technical idea of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following examples are a means for efficiently explaining the technical idea of the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Only.

The "terminal" described herein may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a portable terminal for digital broadcasting, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation, etc. , The present invention is not limited thereto, and may be various devices capable of user input and information display.

In addition, the term "service device or server" may refer to a payment relay server that relays electronic payment as an example, but other various types of servers related to electronic payment may correspond to this, and actual payment relay according to a specific function It is also possible to separate the function and other additional functions into a separate server type.

1 shows an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a primary recipient terminal 100, a secondary purchaser terminal 200, a transaction brokerage service device 300, a gift certificate management service providing device 400, a distribution service device 500, and issuance. Includes server 600.

The primary recipient terminal 100 and the secondary purchaser terminal 200 are capable of performing wireless communication through a general mobile communication network, and include a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), and A cellular phone, a tablet computer, or a smart phone that transmits and receives at least one of various messages such as an email message may be exemplified. In addition, the primary recipient terminal 100 and the secondary purchaser terminal 200 may connect to a mobile communication network to transmit and receive data with an Internet Protocol (IP) network such as the Internet.

In addition, the primary recipient terminal 100 and the secondary purchaser terminal 200 may be connected to the transaction intermediary service device 300 to be registered in a used gift certificate service provided by the transaction intermediary service device 300. Here, the transaction intermediary service device 300 includes terminal identification information of the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200 and account information corresponding thereto, or customer information including payment method information and related setting information. You can receive it, store it, and manage it.

In order to register a gift certificate used transaction service, the transaction brokerage service device 300 receives customer information corresponding to the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200, and uses the received customer information to provide a gift certificate management service. By passing it to 400, it is possible to process the use of gift certificates and personal authentication for used transaction services. Here, the customer information may include at least one of name information, gift certificate information, payment method information, date of birth information, password information, mobile phone authentication information, or terminal authentication information, for example.

Meanwhile, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 obtains product information received from the issuing server 600 and gift certificate issuance information corresponding thereto, performs the first issuance process of the gift certificate, and stores the issued first gift certificate data. It can be saved and managed by mapping it with product information. However, this is only an example, and the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may receive the issued information directly issued by the issuing server 600, and may store and manage the mapping as primary gift certificate data.

In addition, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 may transmit distribution information of the primary gift certificate data to the distribution service device 500 for initial distribution of the primary gift certificate data.

The distribution service device 500 may be a primary vendor server of a gift certificate, a large shopping mall server, or a device that primarily distributes gifticons or the like. For example, the distribution service device 500 may sell the distributed primary gift certificate through an online gift certificate shop or the like.

Accordingly, the primary recipient terminal 100 either directly purchases through payment for a product displayed from the distribution service device 500, or by another person purchases it from the distribution service device 500, and the primary recipient terminal 100 It may be a terminal that receives the first gift certificate delivered to. That is, the primary recipient terminal 100 may be a terminal that receives, stores, and stores gift certificate information that is not subject to used transactions.

In addition, when the gift certificate is distributed and received, the distribution service device 500 may provide the gift certificate recipient information to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 that has requested distribution of the first issued gift certificate. Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may map and store the recipient information and the issuance information of the primary gift certificate, and manage it as gift certificate history information corresponding to the identification information of the primary gift certificate. This is because the gift certificate according to an embodiment of the present invention can be repeatedly traded through the used transaction service of the transaction intermediary service device 300, and the gift certificate management service providing device 400 updates the history information for each distribution cycle and Can handle storage management.

Meanwhile, a user of the primary recipient terminal 100 registered as a service in the transaction intermediary service apparatus 300 may request a used transaction for the primary issued gift certificate held by the transaction intermediary service apparatus 300. In order to request a used transaction, the first recipient terminal 100 transfers the gift certificate data, the customer information of the first recipient terminal 100, and the sales amount, sales period, and sales conditions to the transaction intermediary service device 300. I can deliver.

In addition, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 may process validity verification of a gift certificate requested for a used transaction in response to a request from the transaction intermediary service device 300. Validation may be a comparison verification method with mapping information pre-stored in the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400. The gift certificate management service providing device 400 may verify the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, information on resale rounds, and whether or not to be activated, and if the first gift certificate is verified, it is verified with the transaction intermediary service device 300 The confirmation information may be delivered, but the verification and confirmation of the primary gift certificate may be deactivated.

Accordingly, in the primary recipient terminal 100, it is impossible to use the gift certificate for which the used transaction is requested in other places of use. This is because the gift certificate management service providing device 400 can determine whether to issue and use a gift certificate, and the gift certificate management service providing device 400 does not perform a used transaction, the expiration date of the gift certificate has passed, or the used sale is canceled. Unless, it is desirable to maintain the inactive state.

And, the gift certificate management service providing device 400, when the purchase of the primary gift certificate registered as the used sale is requested from the secondary purchaser terminal 200 through the transaction brokerage service device 300, the code of the primary gift certificate Secondary gift voucher issuance information that is issued based on the information is generated, and this can also be stored in the mapped history information.

In addition, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 transfers the newly issued secondary gift certificate issuance information to the transaction intermediary service device 300 while maintaining the primary gift certificate in an inactive state, and accordingly, the secondary purchaser terminal 200 Can receive a secondary gift certificate as a used gift certificate, and the primary recipient terminal 100 only needs to receive the sales amount paid by the secondary purchaser terminal 200, and it is very convenient and safe because it is treated as having no primary gift certificate. In this case, rapid transactions can be made.

On the other hand, the secondary purchaser terminal 200 can use a secondary gift certificate or request resale again. In the case of resale, the secondary purchaser terminal 200 also performs the operation in the above-described primary recipient terminal 100. Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may issue a third gift certificate and provide it to a third purchaser terminal.

However, such an infinite increase in the number of transactions may lead to an increase in unnecessary transaction volumes, disadvantages of the issuing server, or instability of the system.When creating gift certificate data, used transaction order information may be included in the gift certificate data, and the issuing server ( 600) may be limited to a predetermined number of times or less according to a request such as 600) or a gift certificate management service providing device 400 set by the administrator. Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may include, in the verification condition, whether the number of resale times exceeds a predetermined number when validating.

And, if the use in the secondary purchaser terminal 200 is completed, the usage information may be transmitted to the issuing server 600, and the issuing server 600 provides the secondary gift certificate information from which the usage information is received, as a gift certificate management service. It can be delivered to the providing device 400.

Accordingly, the gift voucher management service providing apparatus 400 may collectively process and discard use-completed vouchers of previous rounds of which status information was managed by deactivation according to the mapped history information.

Accordingly, when the first issued gift certificate is registered as a used sale target, the next order of used trading gift certificate based on the code information of the gift certificate is newly issued, and the previous order gift certificate is deactivated, but the issuance history is mapped. By storing and managing the gift certificate used until the transaction is completed, it is maintained in an unusable state, but when the transaction is completed, the next second used gift certificate instead of the existing gift certificate can be processed to replace the existing gift certificate.

Used gift certificate buyers can easily check the resale history and availability of gift certificates.Since intermediate use is not possible during the sale, transparent and safe used gift certificate transactions can be made.Since the use of users is increased due to safe transactions, sellers are also easy to use. It has the advantage of being able to quickly sell gift certificates that you will not use.

In addition, for this purpose, a secure gift certificate issuance and use management service according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided to increase the security of used transactions for issued gift certificates and increase transaction transparency, thereby enabling safe used transactions of gift certificates. Thus, a seller can easily and conveniently dispose of gift certificates that he or she does not need or will not use, and a used gift certificate trading system that enables the buyer to safely purchase the necessary gift certificates at a low price can be provided.

2 is a ladder diagram for explaining an overall system operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the issuing server 600 transmits product information and gift certificate issuance information to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1001).

For example, the gift certificate issuance information may include information on the quantity and amount of the gift certificate issuance, and the product information may include information on one or more products that are available for purchase by being mapped to the gift certificate.

The gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 processes the first issuance of a gift certificate based on at least one of the gift certificate issuance information and product information, and maps and stores the first issued gift certificate and product information (S1003). However, as described above, the product information and the gift certificate issuance information may include the gift certificate information of the gift certificate that has already been first issued by the issuing server 600. In this case, the first issuance process of the gift certificate management service providing device 400 Can be omitted.

Then, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 requests distribution of the first issued gift certificate to the distribution service device 500 (S1005).

The distribution service device 500 may display and sell a first issued gift certificate through an online shopping mall or an SNS service, and provides gift certificate data according to sales information of the sold gift certificate to the first recipient terminal 100 (S1009). .

Then, the distribution service device 500 transmits information on the recipient of the first issued gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1011).

Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 maps and stores the recipient information and the issuance information of the first issued gift certificate (S1013).

Thereafter, the used transaction registration application information corresponding to the first issued voucher is transmitted from the first recipient terminal 100 to the transaction brokerage service device 300 (S1015).

Here, the used transaction registration application information may include at least one of first issued gift certificate information, sales condition information, sales amount information, and sales period information.

Accordingly, the transaction intermediary service device 300 transmits a second-hand transaction validation request of the first issued gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1017).

The used transaction validation request may include first gift certificate information and customer information of the first recipient terminal 100. The customer information may include, for example, terminal identification information, date of birth, social security number information, mobile phone authentication information, and the like.

Thereafter, when the verification is confirmed, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 performs a deactivation process of the voucher requested for verification (S1019), and transmits the verification verification information to the transaction intermediary service device 300, and the deactivation information is primary It is also transmitted to the recipient terminal 100 (S1021). Accordingly, the primary recipient terminal 100 can confirm that the validity of the voucher has been verified, and the voucher has been normally registered, and is currently unavailable.

Meanwhile, the transaction brokerage service device 300 may register and display and sell the verified primary gift certificate information in the used transaction system (S1023).

However, when the sales period requested by the first recipient terminal 100 has elapsed (S1025), the transaction brokerage service device 300 may request withdrawal of the sale of the first gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1029). ), the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may release the deactivated state of the gift certificate requested to withdraw the sale (S1029), and transmit the release information to the primary recipient terminal 100 (S1031).

On the other hand, if the purchase request information from the secondary purchaser terminal 200 is received by the transaction intermediary service device 300 before the lapse of the sale period (S1033), the transaction intermediary service device 300 issues a second gift certificate for used transactions. The request is transmitted to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1037).

Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 issues a second gift certificate using code information of the pre-stored primary gift certificate, and stores and manages the issuance history and related mapping information (S1039).

The issued secondary gift certificate issuance information may be transmitted to the transaction intermediary service device 300 and the secondary purchaser terminal 200 (S1041 and S1043).

In addition, the transaction brokerage service device 300 transmits the sale completion information to the primary recipient terminal 100, and the amount of the amount paid from the secondary purchaser terminal 200, excluding the fee, is transferred from the primary recipient terminal 100. It can be delivered to the set deposit destination information. Here, at least some of the fees acquired by the transaction intermediary service device 300 may be transferred to the gift certificate management service providing device 400.

On the other hand, when the secondary purchaser terminal 200 uses the secondary gift certificate at the place of use, the usage information is transmitted to the issuing server 600 (S1047).

Accordingly, the issuing server 600 may transmit the use information of the secondary gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device 400 (S1049).

Then, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 performs a batch use completion process of previous gift certificates based on the previously stored mapping information (S1051).

However, the steps S1047 to S1051 are not essential, and since the voucher management service providing device 400 determines whether to activate or not, the secondary purchaser terminal 200 may directly transmit the usage information to the voucher management service providing device 400. . In this case, the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400 may perform a use completion process after performing a validation process such as activation or not.

3 is a block diagram for explaining in more detail an apparatus for providing a gift certificate management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus 400 for providing a gift certificate management service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 410, a communication unit 420, a user information management unit 430, an issue information management unit 440, and a validity verification unit. 450, an activation management unit 450, a code-based gift certificate generation unit 460, and a mapping information database 470.

The controller 410 controls the overall operation of each component of the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400, and may include one or more microprocessors for providing a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

And, the communication unit 420 transmits and receives information with at least one of the issuing server 600, the distribution service device 500, the transaction intermediary service device 300, the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200 It may include one or more communication modules for the purpose.

The communication unit 420 is a type connected in a wireless or wired manner through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network, a type connected through a universal serial bus (USB) port, and a mobile communication network such as 3G, 4G, and 5G. It is possible to connect through short-range wireless communication methods such as NFC (Near Field Communication, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Wi-Fi, etc.).

In addition, the user information management unit 430 may store and manage customer information of a user holding a gift certificate in order to provide validation or activation/deactivation notification. The customer information may include, for example, terminal identification information.

To this end, the control unit 410 may provide a used gift certificate transaction interface application according to an embodiment of the present invention to a portable terminal such as the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200. The recipient information management unit 430 may receive terminal identification information and customer information for service registration from the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200 through an application interface. Accordingly, the user information management unit 430 may match and manage terminal identification information and customer information.

In addition, as described above, the terminal identification information includes at least one of a telephone number, a serial number, an international IDSN number, a temporary mobile subscriber identification number (TMSI), an international mobile station identification number (IMSI), a terminal number on the network, and a MAC address. Can include.

And, the customer information may include at least one of, for example, card information as a payment method, expiration date information, date of birth information, password information, card name authentication information, or terminal authentication information.

In addition, the issuance information management unit 440 may store and manage issuance history information of the first or nth issued gift certificate. The issuance history information may be mapped to user information of the user information management unit 430 and stored in the mapping information database 470.

In addition, the validity verification unit 450 may perform validation of the gift certificate information received through the transaction intermediary service device 300. Here, the validity verification may be a comparison verification method with the mapping information previously stored in the mapping information database 470. The validity verification unit 450 may verify the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, information on resale rounds, and whether or not to activate, and when the first gift certificate is verified, the verification confirmation information with the transaction intermediary service device 300 However, a request for deactivation of the verified and verified primary gift certificate may be transmitted to the activation management unit 450.

The activation management unit 450 may store and manage activation information indicating whether the currently issued gift certificates can be used. That is, in the case of a deactivated gift certificate, a rejection response may be made even when a request for use is received. Accordingly, the gift certificate management service providing device 400 serves as a gift certificate service relay server that provides an approval or rejection response according to whether or not the gift certificate is activated and whether or not the validity verification unit 450 has been verified when receiving a request for use of a gift certificate. You can also do

On the other hand, the code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 performs a gift certificate generation process of generating a new gift certificate for a subsequent used transaction based on code information obtained from a gift certificate of a previous used transaction order.

In other words, the code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 may issue a gift certificate for the next-order second-hand transaction only when there is a normal gift certificate issued before that, and at least a part of the data on the next-order second-hand transaction gift certificate is , May be a unique value extracted from a gift certificate of the previous order. Accordingly, even if the accumulated number of used transactions of the gift certificate is increased, records of the previous orders may be included in at least some of the records of the previous orders in the new gift certificate issued based on the code, and the aforementioned transaction order information may also be included as counter information. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

On the other hand, the mapping information database 470 can store various information for device operation, along with mapping information for providing services, and magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, and CD-ROMs. (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), Optical Media such as DVD (Digital VideoDisk), Magnetic-Optical Media such as Floptical Disk, and ROM, RAM ( RAM, Random Access Memory), and flash memory.

4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the apparatus for providing a gift certificate management service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating gift certificate data for each round for providing a used transaction service according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a drawing.

4 and 5, first, the code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 of the gift certificate management service providing device 400 is, after the issuance and sale of the n-th gift certificate is processed (S101), the used sale price of the n-th issued gift certificate An n+1st gift certificate issuance request according to the success is received from the transaction intermediary service device 300 (S103).

Then, the code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 extracts code information for validity verification from the n-th issued gift certificate data (S107). The code information extracted here may be transmitted to the validation unit 450.

Further, in validating the validity of the code information itself, the validity verification unit 450 first determines whether or not the issuance count counter information included in the code information is lower than a preset value corresponding to the gift certificate issuance information (S109).

The code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 processes a rejection response to the issuance request if the number of issuance times exceeds a set value (S111).

And, when the value is less than the set value, the code-based gift certificate generation unit 460 combines the validity code information extracted from the n-th issued gift certificate data and the newly generated serial number information (S113).

Accordingly, the gift certificate data for the n+1st used transaction is generated (S115), and the generated data may be directly transmitted to the transaction intermediary service device 300 or the n+1st purchaser terminal (S117).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, code information of the n-th gift certificate may be extracted from a position preset for the second issuance among the unique key values from the n-th gift certificate data, and the extracted code information is n+1 order. It may be included in at least part of the new gift certificate data. Accordingly, it is possible to track and manage the existing gift certificate data to some extent only with the gift certificate data, and since the n+1st gift certificate data may include a reissue round counter, it is easy to manage transaction rounds.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the n-th gift certificate data is 11234567890, code information extracted from a predetermined location among them may be 2, 6, and 0, and may be combined in the front part of the newly issued data 123456789. I can. In addition, since the reissue round counter 1 is assigned, as a result, the n+1st gift certificate data may have a form of 2601234567891. However, this is illustrated as a simple combination of numbers for the sake of explanation, but it is obvious that it can be modified in a more secure form through encryption and tampering prevention.

In addition, in conjunction with the code information obtained as described above, the issuance information management unit 440 and the user information management unit 430 can continuously track and manage the gift certificate transaction details based on the mapping information. It may include at least one of issuance order information corresponding to the gift certificate, identification information of previous gift certificates, new issuance data information, product information, store information, expiration date information, price information, customer customer information, purchase time information, and transaction history information. have.

For example, the issuance information management unit 440 may track and manage a mobile gift certificate registered for sale by a first user to a second user, and at which store it was used at a specific time according to the mapping information.

Accordingly, the illegal use of used trading vouchers can be fundamentally blocked, and the transaction details can be secured with transparency.

6 is a block diagram for explaining in more detail a transaction brokerage service apparatus of a used gift certificate trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6, the transaction intermediary service device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 310, a communication unit 320, a sales information management unit 330, a payment information processing unit 340, and a validity inquiry unit ( 350), a user management unit 360, a settlement processing unit 370, and a storage unit 380.

The control unit 310 controls the overall operation of each component of the transaction intermediary service apparatus 300, and may include one or more microprocessors for providing services according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the communication unit 320 may include one or more communication modules for transmitting and receiving information with at least one of the gift certificate management service providing device 400, the primary recipient terminal 100, or the secondary purchaser terminal 200.

The communication unit 320 is a type connected in a wireless or wired manner through a local area network (LAN) and an Internet network, a type connected through a universal serial bus (USB) port, a mobile communication network such as 3G, 4G, and 5G. It is possible to connect through short-range wireless communication methods such as NFC (Near Field Communication, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Wi-Fi, etc.).

The sales information management unit 330 may store and manage display and sales information of used gift certificates according to the operation of the used gift certificate transaction system. The sales information management unit 330 may include an operation module that controls a used gift certificate shopping mall server, etc., and may process the sale and registration of used gift certificates of the primary recipient terminal 100 registered through the user management unit 360, A request for purchasing a used gift certificate from the secondary purchaser terminal 200 may be received and processed.

The payment information processing unit 340 receives the used gift certificate payment information of the secondary purchaser terminal 200, performs approval processing of the received payment information, and transmits the approved amount information to the settlement processing unit 370.

Meanwhile, when a request to sell a used gift certificate from the primary recipient terminal 100 is received, the validity inquiry unit 350 may process a validity inquiry request with the gift certificate management service providing device 400. To request a validity inquiry, the validity inquiry unit 350 may collect necessary information from the primary recipient terminal 100, and the necessary information may include customer information and gift certificate data information.

In addition, the user information management unit 360 may store and manage customer information of users registered for a service in order to provide notification of sales information of used gift certificates managed by the sales information management unit 330. The customer information may include, for example, terminal identification information.

To this end, like the gift certificate management service providing apparatus 400, the control unit 310 is a mobile terminal such as a primary recipient terminal 100 or a secondary purchaser terminal 200, and is a used gift certificate transaction interface application according to an embodiment of the present invention. Etc. can be provided. The user management unit 360 includes terminal identification information for registering a gift certificate used transaction system service operated by the transaction intermediary service device 300 from the primary recipient terminal 100 or the secondary purchaser terminal 200 through an application interface. You can receive customer information and the like. Accordingly, the user management unit 360 may match and manage terminal identification information and customer information.

And, the settlement processing unit 370, when the sale of the used gift certificate registered in the first recipient terminal 100 is completed, and the payment of the second issued gift certificate to the second purchaser terminal 200 is confirmed, the second purchaser terminal ( Among the amounts paid at 200), a process of depositing the remaining amount excluding the fee to a deposit destination set by the primary recipient terminal 100 may be performed. For example, the settlement processing unit 370 may deposit a certain percentage of cash corresponding to the card amount paid by the secondary purchaser terminal 200 or may deposit the amount converted into points or the like to a specific affiliate.

On the other hand, the storage unit 380 may store various information for operation of the device together with mapping information for providing a service of the transaction intermediary service device 300, and a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape ( Magnetic Media), Optical Media such as CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital VideoDisk), Magnetic-Optical Media such as Floptical Disk, and It may include ROM, RAM (Random Access Memory), and flash memory.

The above-described method of operating an apparatus according to the present invention may be produced as a program to be executed in a computer and stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, and CD-ROM. , Magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and optical data storage devices.

The computer-readable recording medium is distributed over a computer system connected through a network, so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the method can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention pertains.

In addition, although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. In addition, various modifications can be implemented by those of ordinary skill in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or prospect of the present invention.

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In the method of operating a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device,
Receiving a request for registering a used transaction of a primary gift certificate from a first terminal;
Transmitting a request for validating a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And
Comprising the step of registering and selling the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in a used transaction system
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 1,
When a purchase request for the deactivated primary gift certificate from a second terminal is received, requesting issuance of a second gift certificate corresponding to the issuance information of the primary gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 2,
Receiving the issued secondary gift certificate from the gift certificate management service providing device, further comprising the step of providing to the second terminal
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 1,
The validation request includes a request to verify the validity of the primary gift certificate identified from the used transaction registration information.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 4,
The validation is,
Including at least one of the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, the validity of the resale round definition, or the validity according to activation
How to operate a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 2,
The second gift certificate is a new gift certificate for used transactions generated based on code information of the first gift certificate.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 6,
A unique key value obtained from a preset location of the first gift certificate data is included in at least a part of the second gift certificate data, and round counter information according to a used gift certificate transaction turn is further included.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. In the used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device,
A communication unit for receiving a request for registering a used transaction of a primary gift certificate from a first terminal;
A validity inquiry unit for transmitting a request for validating the validity of the first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And
Comprising a sales information management unit for sale and registration of the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 8,
The communication unit,
When a purchase request for the deactivated primary gift certificate from a second terminal is received, requesting issuance of a second gift certificate corresponding to the issuance information of the primary gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 9,
The sales information management unit receives the issued secondary gift certificate from the gift certificate management service providing device and provides it to the second terminal.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 8,
The validation request includes a request to verify the validity of the primary gift certificate identified from the used transaction registration information.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 11,
The validation is,
Including at least one of the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, the validity of the resale round definition, or the validity according to activation
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 9,
The second gift certificate is a new gift certificate for used transactions generated based on code information of the first gift certificate.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 13,
A unique key value obtained from a preset location of the first gift certificate data is included in at least a part of the second gift certificate data, and round counter information according to a used gift certificate transaction turn is further included.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. In the method of operating a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device,
Receiving a used transaction registration request for the primary gift certificate issued by the issuing server from the first terminal;
Transmitting a request for validating a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And
Comprising the step of registering and selling the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in a used transaction system
How to operate a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 15,
When a purchase request for the deactivated primary gift certificate from a second terminal is received, requesting issuance of a second gift certificate corresponding to the issuance information of the primary gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 16,
Receiving the issued secondary gift certificate from the gift certificate management service providing device, further comprising the step of providing to the second terminal
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 15,
The validation request includes a request to verify the validity of the primary gift certificate identified from the used transaction registration information.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 18,
The validation is,
Including at least one of the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, the validity of the resale round definition, or the validity according to activation
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 16,
The second gift certificate is a new gift certificate for used transactions generated based on code information of the first gift certificate.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 20,
A unique key value obtained from a preset location of the first gift certificate data is included in at least a part of the second gift certificate data, and round counter information according to a used gift certificate transaction turn is further included.
Method of operation of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device. In the used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device,
A communication unit for receiving a request for registering a used transaction of the primary gift certificate issued by the issuing server from the first terminal;
A validity inquiry unit for transmitting a request for validating the validity of a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And
Comprising a sales information management unit for sale and registration of the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in the used transaction system
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 22,
The communication unit,
When a purchase request for the deactivated primary gift certificate from a second terminal is received, requesting issuance of a second gift certificate corresponding to the issuance information of the primary gift certificate to the gift certificate management service providing device
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 23,
The sales information management unit receives the issued secondary gift certificate from the gift certificate management service providing device and provides it to the second terminal.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 22,
The validation request includes a request to verify the validity of the primary gift certificate identified from the used transaction registration information.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 25,
The validation is,
Including at least one of the validity of the code information included in the gift certificate data, the validity of the resale round definition, or the validity according to activation
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 23,
The second gift certificate is a new gift certificate for used transactions generated based on code information of the first gift certificate.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. The method of claim 27,
A unique key value obtained from a preset location of the first gift certificate data is included in at least a part of the second gift certificate data, and round counter information according to a used gift certificate transaction turn is further included.
Used gift voucher transaction brokerage service device. Receiving a request for registering a used transaction of a primary gift certificate from a first terminal;
Transmitting a request for validating a first gift certificate according to the used transaction registration request to a gift certificate management service providing device; And
Comprising the step of registering and selling the gift certificate information deactivated according to the validation request in a used transaction system
A non-volatile recording medium in which a program for executing an operation method of a used gift certificate transaction brokerage service device on a computer is recorded.

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