KR20210058645A - Method to retrieve for reusing a vessel of used product and System therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for allowing a server to collect a container of a used product comprises: receiving a container collection request for a first product from a user terminal; generating schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product; and transmitting the generated schedule information to the user terminal. The step of generating the schedule information includes: matching a delivery schedule for a second product and a container collection schedule for the first product with a specific date to designate the specific date as the collection schedule.

Description

Method to retrieve for reusing a vessel of used product and system therefor

The present invention relates to a collection method and system for the reuse of product containers, and more particularly, to a method and system for efficiently collecting containers of used products, that is, empty containers within an existing distribution system.

Recently, the amount of use of plastics used as containers for cosmetics or household goods has been increasing, and various problems including environmental destruction are occurring together.

Normally, used cosmetic containers, etc., are discarded as trash, and some of these containers are moved to recycling companies, undergo a separate sorting process by hand, and then recycled again through a purification process. As there are many things that are contaminated in the process of being used or in the process of being collected after being discarded, the actual amount of recycled compared to the amount collected is insignificant.

On the other hand, if there is a product seller's policy or event, the container of the product used by the user is often returned by visiting an offline store, etc. However, this method involves voluntary collection of the user along with time and place restrictions. Since participation is requested, the amount of collection and recycling accordingly is even more insignificant.

As such, it takes a lot of time, effort, and cost for collection and recycling of used product containers, and furthermore, it is only limitedly collected and recycled due to the aforementioned reasons, so it is still a low recycling rate and related environmental problems. The issue of this is also continuing steadily.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, newly establishing a separate logistics system for collection and recycling could be one solution, but in this case, it is desirable because a lot of time and cost must be invested in the creation of a new logistics system. You can't see it in a way.

Therefore, there is a need for a way to efficiently collect and recycle containers of user products while maintaining or using the existing distribution system.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for efficiently collecting and reusing containers of used products without changing the existing distribution system or using the existing distribution system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system capable of collecting and managing the personal information of the user, product purchase information of the user, product usage information of the user, and container collection rate information of the user in association with each other.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the above technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned 　 will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs from the following description.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a method of collecting a container of a product used by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving a container collection request for a first product from a user terminal, Generating schedule information including container collection schedule information and transmitting the generated schedule information to the user terminal, wherein the generating of the schedule information comprises: a second request for a new purchase from the user terminal. If there is a product, it may include designating the specific date as the collection schedule by matching the delivery schedule for the second product and the container collection schedule for the first product with a specific date.

In the method for collecting containers of used products by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention, the request for container collection of the first product includes at least one of personal information for the user and product information for the first product. Including, but the personal information includes one or more of the user's name, phone number, address, and e-mail information, and the product information includes the collection request date, the number of collection requests, the number of products requested for collection, and the name of the product requested for collection. , It may include one or more of the serial number of the product for which collection is requested, the status of the product for which collection is requested, and information on the material of the product for which collection is requested.

A method of collecting a container of a product used by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one of personal information about the user and purchase information about the first product from the user terminal at the time of purchase of the first product. Receiving the above, wherein the personal information includes at least one of a user's name, phone number, address, and email information, and the purchase information is a name of the first product and a serial number of the first product. , Information on the purchase date of the first product, the purchase place of the first product, the number of purchases of the first product, the purchase cycle of the first product, the container material of the first product, and the capacity of the first product It may include one or more of.

The method for collecting containers of products used by the server according to an embodiment of the present invention further comprises the step of updating or inputting user-related information in a database based on the personal information, product information, and purchase information, wherein the User-related information includes personal information of the user, information on a date when the user purchased the first product, information on a place where the user purchased the first product, information on the number of times the user purchased the first product, and the It may include information on a period of time the user has used the first product, information on the number of times the user has requested container collection, and information on the container collection rate of the user.

In the method for collecting containers of used products by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of transmitting the generated schedule information to the user terminal sends a container collection request for the received first product to a distribution server. Including the step of transmitting, receiving schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product from the distribution server according to the collection schedule, and that the container collection of the first product has been completed from the distribution server It may further include the step of receiving the informing information.

A method for collecting containers of products used by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes providing a reward to the user terminal when it is confirmed that the container collection of the first product has been completed after the collection schedule has elapsed. It may further include.

The apparatus for collecting containers of used products according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a container collection request for a first product from a user terminal, but includes schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product. And a transmission/reception unit for transmitting to the user terminal and a control unit for generating container collection schedule information for the first product, wherein the control unit includes, when there is a second product requested for a new purchase from the user terminal, the second product 2 It is possible to control to designate the specific date as the collection schedule by matching the delivery schedule for the product and the container collection schedule for the first product with a specific date.

A system for collecting containers of used products according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a container collection request for the first product from a user terminal requesting container collection for a first product and the user terminal, and the And a server that generates schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product and transmits it to the user terminal, wherein the server, when there is a second product requested for a new purchase from the user terminal, The delivery schedule for the second product and the container collection schedule for the first product may be matched with a specific date, and the specific date may be controlled to be designated as the collection schedule.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained, but the effects obtained through the present invention are not limited thereto.

First, there is an effect that a method and system for efficiently collecting and reusing containers of used products without changing the existing distribution system or using the existing distribution system can be provided.

Second, there is an effect that a method and system capable of collecting and managing the user's personal information, user's product purchase information, user's product use information, and user's container collection rate information can be linked with each other and collected and managed.

1A is a schematic diagram of a system for container reuse of used products according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1B is a schematic diagram of a system for container reuse of used products according to another embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing to describe a container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of reusing a used container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reusing a used container according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a user interface related to product container collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is another diagram illustrating a user interface related to product container collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing a configuration block diagram of a manufacturer server or a distribution server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail. The detailed description to be disclosed hereinafter together with the accompanying drawings is intended to describe exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced.

Only these embodiments are provided to make the posting of the present invention complete, 　 to fully inform the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, and 　 the present invention to be defined by the scope of the claims. Only.

In some cases, in order to avoid obscuring the concept of the present invention, well-known structures and devices may be omitted, or may be illustrated in block diagram form centering on the core functions of each structure and device. In addition, the same components will be described using the same reference numerals throughout this specification.

Throughout the specification, when it is described that 　a part includes a certain component 　, 　 means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated. .

In addition, the term ""..." described in the specification means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. Furthermore, "one (a 　 or 　an)", "one", 　 and similar related words are all in the singular and plural unless otherwise indicated in the specification or clearly contradicted by the context in the context describing the present invention. It can be used in a sense including.

In addition, 　specific terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are provided to aid understanding of the present invention, and 　unless defined otherwise, 　all terms used herein including technical or scientific terms are It has the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which it belongs. The use of these specific terms may be changed in other forms without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

In the present specification, various embodiments of a method and system for efficiently collecting and reusing a vessel of a used product according to the present invention without changing or using an existing distribution system will be described.

Hereinafter, in the present specification, the term "container" means all kinds of containers having a rigid material having a certain shape, such as plastic, glass, metal, a branch box or a branch pipe, and can be used interchangeably with a'hard container'. have. Meanwhile, in the present invention, the container is described by taking the container illustrated in FIG. 6 to be described later as an example, but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, various embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, as follows.

Fig. 1a is a schematic diagram of a system 100 for reusing a container of a used product according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1b is a system for reusing a container of a used product according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of (100).

1A and 1B briefly illustrate and describe only the core components of the container reuse system 100 for convenience of description. The container reuse system 100 may further include other components, and the present invention is necessarily illustrated. It is not limited to.

First, referring to FIG. 1A, the container reuse system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a user terminal 110 and a manufacturer server 120.

User (hereinafter, user terminal 110) refers to a subject that purchases and uses a product, in which case the product has been commercialized until now or commercialized in the future, which is distributed on-line or off-line. It refers to all products that will be made, regardless of whether or not they are recyclable. However, in the present invention, for convenience of explanation, it is described on the premise that it is a product that can be recycled and needs to be collected, but is not limited thereto.

When the user (or user terminal 110) purchases the product online or offline, the user (or user terminal 110) provides his/her personal information and/or purchase information to the seller who sells the product. can do.

Herein, the personal information may be considered to mean information entered by the user after registering as a member on the website or the application in order to purchase the product online. When a separate membership registration is not required or when purchasing offline, the information entered or filled in for the product purchase (e.g., name, address, phone number, email address, etc.) is included in the user's personal information. It can be said to be included. In addition, the user's personal information is not limited to the previously described name, address, phone number, and email address, and all information capable of specifying the user may be included.

In addition, the purchase information may be considered to mean information on the product that the user purchases. For example, the product name, product serial number, product production date, product purchase date, product expiration date, product purchase place (store /Website/application information), payment method for product purchase, product purchase cycle, product container information (eg, material, etc.), product/product container capacity information, etc.

Meanwhile, as mentioned above, when the user (or user terminal 110) purchases the product on-line or off-line, his/her personal information is provided to the seller who sells the product. And/or purchase information, which, when the user purchases a product, is loaded from a database in which the information previously input by the user is stored by the sales entity of the product or from the user. This can be done by receiving input, recognizing a QR code displayed on the product (or corresponding to the product as provided in advance), inputting the serial number of the product, etc., and the method is not limited and can be performed in various ways. Can be done.

That is, when a user purchases a product, the user's personal information and/or purchase information may be provided/collected, and the provided/collected information may be transmitted to the manufacturer server 120 to be described below, In some cases, the provided/collected information may be directly transmitted to the manufacturer server 120 without going through the sales entity.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the user (or user terminal 110), after using all of the products he has purchased (or the time when the use is nearing), to return (or request collection) the container of the product Collection may be requested to the manufacturer server 120.

At this time, the user terminal 110 may apply for collection of the product container through a website or application provided by the manufacturer server 120, and the website or application is provided by the manufacturer server 120 It may be previously downloaded and installed on the terminal 110. In addition, as mentioned above, the user may purchase products through the website or application.

The user terminal 110 may be any one of a fixed terminal such as a PC, a notebook computer, and a TV, and a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a wearable device, but the present invention is not limited thereto. However, in this specification, for convenience of description, the user terminal 110 will be described using a smartphone as an example.

Meanwhile, the main server 120 supervises the performance of product sales, delivery, and container collection of the sold product. In particular, after receiving a request for container collection of a product (referred to as product A) from the user terminal 110, the main server 120 purchases a product (referred to as product B) from the user terminal 110's account. Upon request, scheduling, transmission of scheduling information, and purchase product (product A) so that the collection of the product (product A) container for which the collection request is received can be carried out together with the delivery of the newly sold product (product B). It can be supervised for delivery and product (product B) container collection.

The main server 120 receives purchase/delivery/collection request information of the user terminal 110 and stores it in a database (permanent or temporary), and generates control data related to an operation corresponding to the stored request information. Let the above operation be performed. Furthermore, personal information and/or purchase information collected from the user at the time the user (or user terminal 110) purchases the product may also be stored, and when generating the control data or other activities When doing so, the collected personal information and/or purchase information may be used.

In addition, the main server 120 operates to output various user interfaces (UI) related to the above-described operation on the user terminal 110, and the user interface is adaptively configured according to the type of the terminal. It can be changed and provided.

Meanwhile, the main server 120 refers to a hardware/software configuration that performs the above-described operation, and will be named and described as a processor, a controller, and a control device according to an embodiment. May be. According to an embodiment, 　 the main server 120 is, 　Cloud 　 Server, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) 　 Server, 　 Telephony Application 　 Server, Instant Messaging (IM) 　 Server, MGCF (Media Gateway Control Function) 　 Server , MSG (Messaging Gateway) 　 server, CSCF (Call Session Control Function) 　 server, and the like.

Each component constituting the above-described container reuse system 100 is connected to each other according to a wired/wireless communication protocol to perform data communication. In particular, the wireless communication protocol is already implemented or commercialized, including 3G (generation), LTE (Long-Term Evolution), LTE-A (advanced), 5G, as well as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. It includes all of the various wireless communication protocols that have been implemented or are later implemented or commercialized.

Next, referring to FIG. 1B, the container reuse system 100 may include a user terminal 110, a main server 120, and a distribution server 130.

Hereinafter, the basic description of the user terminal 110 and the main server 120 will refer to the description of FIG. 1A described above, and only additional contents will be described below.

In FIG. 1B, the distribution server 130 controls and manages a distribution chain for product delivery and container collection of used products, and in some cases, it is configured only for simple distribution or some functions of the main server 120 It may be a configuration that replaces.

For example, the distribution server 130 may receive a product purchase request and/or a product container collection request from the main server 120 and control an operation corresponding thereto to be performed.

To this end, the main server 120 may transmit collection information for container collection of the product and/or delivery information for a new product to the distribution server 130, and other users' personal information related to the products. Information and/or purchase information may be transmitted together.

Furthermore, the main server 120 may receive information on a container that has been collected from the distribution server 130. Meanwhile, in some cases, the distribution server 130 receives personal information, purchase information, product purchase request and/or product container collection request from the user terminal 110 on behalf of the main server 120 A corresponding operation may be performed, but the distribution server 130 may be configured to transmit the information and requests thereafter to the main server 120.

On the other hand, in the case of FIGS. 1A and 1B, at least one of the main server 120 and the distribution server 130 is, when the container is finally collected after the product container collection request, the user terminal 110 A reward may be provided to an account. In this case, the reward may include various benefits that can be used by the user of the user terminal 110 such as points, cash, coupons, gift certificates, and mileage.

In FIGS. 1A and 1B, only one user terminal 110, a manufacturer server 120, and a distribution server 130 constituting the container reuse system 100 are shown and described, but this is for convenience of description. The present invention is not limited thereto. That is, each component constituting the container reuse system 100 may be plural. For example, the container reuse system 100 may be configured to include a plurality of distribution servers 130.

On the other hand, although not shown, in the data processing process between each component of the container reuse system 100 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and block Block-chain 　 and ICT (Information & Communication Technology) 　 technologies can be used, or technology such as machine learning can be used.

Next, a product container used in the used container reuse system 100 according to the present invention will be briefly described.

2 is a diagram illustrating a product container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a container 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an inner container for storing contents and an external container for protecting the contents so as to be easily recycled or reused. Specifically, it includes an outer container 210 and a pouch 220 accommodated in the outer container to contain the contents of the product.Otherwise, the outer container 210 and the pouch 220 are not shown in FIG. 2. It may include a coupling unit, a pumping unit, etc. that are coupled to each other.

In FIG. 2, a container 200 having a shape including a pumping unit is shown for convenience of explanation, but the container 200 is not limited thereto, and the container 200 accommodates a pouch 220 to be described later, but the pouch 220 It may include all of the various containers 200 that can be used by discharging the fluid content (l) filled in the internal filling space to the outside.

Meanwhile, as mentioned above, a pouch 220 may be disposed inside the outer container 210, and a filling space formed inside the pouch 220 includes liquid cosmetics, liquid shampoo, liquid food, etc. The contents (l) of liquids with the same fluidity can be accommodated. Previously, the content (l) was expressed as a liquid, but this is only an example, and because of its fluidity, what can be discharged from the inner filling space of the pouch 220 to the outside of the outer container 210 Either it may be the above contents (l).

Since the pouch 220 has a space for storing contents therein, it is possible to accommodate the contents l of liquid in the corresponding space, and may be formed of a material capable of elastic deformation by an external force. The pouch 220 according to the present embodiment may be formed of an elastically deformable material such as synthetic rubber, silicone, latex, or the like.

In the case of the inner filling space of the pouch 220, one side (specifically, lower) is sealed, and an opening may be formed at the other side (specifically, upper), and a donut-shaped or circular-shaped pouch extending radially in the opening Wings may be formed. At this time, the pouch wing portion may be engaged with the opening of the outer container 210 (or a pumping unit mounted on the opening of the outer container 210), and through this, the pouch 220 is Can be placed inside.

On the other hand, a predetermined pressure is applied and pressed to the pumping unit disposed on the upper portion of the container 200 (or the opening of the outer container 210), but when the discharge pressure is transmitted and applied to the filling space inside the pouch 220, The contents (l) of the liquid filled in the inner filling space of the pouch 220 can be discharged to the outside through the pumping unit, and at this time, the volume of the filling space of the pouch 220 formed of an elastic material is the liquid The content (l) of the class is reduced by an amount corresponding to the volume discharged to the outside. That is, each time the liquid content (l) is discharged, the internal filling space of the pouch 220 is constricted by the amount corresponding to the volume reduced by the discharge.

At this time, in the use process as described above, since the content (l) of the liquid is filled in the inner filling space of the pouch 220, it exists in a state completely separated from the inner wall surface of the outer container 210 As a result, the inner wall surface of the outer container 210 is also not stained with the liquid content (l) at all, so that the outer container 210 may be continuously maintained without contamination.

Therefore, when the outer container 210 is collected using the used container reuse system 100 according to the present invention, after all the contents (l) of the liquid filled in the pouch 220 are used, the corresponding Since the outer container 210 is not contaminated, there is an effect of saving cost and time consumed in the recycling process (especially, the purification process, etc.) of the outer container 210.

More specifically, in the case of conventional systems for collecting and recycling used product containers, it is possible to improve the convenience of collection and increase the recycling rate through various methods, but recycling is performed after collection. In the process, inevitably, the washing and purification process must be carried out through several steps.

However, in the case of the use container reuse system 100 according to the present invention, since the contents (l) of liquids are neither buried nor contaminated on the inner surface of the outer container 210, There is an effect that can dramatically shorten time and cost.

Hereinafter, a method for collecting/reusing used containers according to the present invention will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reusing a used container according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of reusing a used container according to another embodiment of the present invention. Meanwhile, FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating a user interface (UI) related to product container collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the operation of the container reuse system 100 from the viewpoint of the main server 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

The main server 120 receives a request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110 (S110).

In this case, the user terminal 110 may access a website provided by the main server 120 or execute an application to request the container collection of the first product. This is as described above with reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B.

On the other hand, when the user terminal 110 requests the container collection of the first product, as shown in FIG. 5, the user's personal information (A) 510 and/or product information about the first product ( B) 520 and the like may be entered together.

Here, the user's personal information (A) 510 may include user identification information (ID), name, location/address information (for delivery/collection, etc.), phone number information, email information, etc. . However, if the user terminal 110 accesses the website provided by the main server 120 or performs a membership registration or log-in process (including automatic log-in) when executing an application, Since it is sufficient to utilize the personal information previously entered in the user account that has been registered as a member or logged in, the user's personal information (A) 510 may not need to be re-entered. However, if it is necessary to change the address information for container collection even after signing up for membership or logging-in, it is possible to enter separately.

The product information (B) 520 includes: product name, product code (product serial number), product purchase date, product purchase place, product container use period, number of product containers requested for collection, status of product containers requested for collection, product Information such as the material of the container may be included.

Meanwhile, although the above description is made on the premise that the user directly inputs the personal information of the user and the product information for the first product, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in relation to the product information requested for collection, an input format in which the user selects an item, an input format in the form of an image or video is also possible, and in addition, a QR code on the surface of the product requested to be collected (or inside the product) B, it is also possible to automatically input the personal information/product information as the barcode number, identification symbol, or the like is accessed.

On the other hand, the main server 120, upon receiving a request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110, may update the database using the collection request and personal information and/or product information included therein. .

That is, as described above with reference to FIGS. 1A and 2A, when the user (or user terminal 110) purchases the first product online or offline, the user (or user terminal 110) sends his/her personal information and/or purchase information to the main server ( 120), the corresponding information is previously stored in the database of the manufacturer server 120.

Accordingly, the main server 120 uses personal information and/or product information included in the collection request information, among personal information and/or purchase information previously stored in the database that needs to be changed (for example, the address is If changed, the product container collection status, the user's product container collection rate, etc.) can be updated, and new data can also be input.

For example, since the purchase date of the first product will be already stored in the database of the main server 120, the main server 120 may provide personal information and/or product information included in the collection request information. Using the first product and container use period (interval between the purchase date and the collection request date), the state of the product container requested for collection, etc. can be newly added and entered. Through this, the main server 120 secures various data on which product the user purchased when and where, how long the product and container were used, and how much the user's container collection rate for recycling is. / Can be accumulated, and this data can be used in future for the main server 120 to directly use for marketing and other services, or for learning for artificial intelligence (AI) services.

On the other hand, the main server 120, upon receiving the request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110, the container of the first product using the collection request and personal information and/or product information included therein. Schedule information for collection can be created.

In this case, in a normal case, when receiving a request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110, the name, address information, product container information, etc. are specified using the personal information included in the collection request. Then, a few days later from the date of receipt of the collection request will be randomly determined as the collection visit date to generate schedule information for the container collection of the first product.

However, in the case of performing collection according to the schedule information determined in this way, the manufacturer will eventually need to newly establish a separate distribution system for collection, so the container of the user's product while maintaining/using the existing distribution system for the purpose of the present invention It is far from the way to efficiently collect and recycle the materials.

Therefore, the present invention further proposes the following method in addition to the above method. That is, in the present invention, when receiving a request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110, there is a new purchase and delivery request for the second product from the user terminal 110, so that the delivery of the second product is performed. At this point, a method of collecting the container of the first product in which the collection request is received is proposed.

To this end, the main server 120, when receiving a request for container collection of the first product from the user terminal 110, first, checks whether there is a history of purchase request for the second product from the user terminal 110 And (S120), if the purchase request of the second product is received as a result of the confirmation, the delivery date of the second product requested to be purchased and the container collection date of the first product are determined by matching the same, and then the determined date and /Or transmits schedule information about time to the user terminal 110 (S130). In this case, the schedule information may further include information on a place where the first product is to be discharged for collection, and may be transmitted to the user terminal 110.

Thereafter, the main server 120 delivers the second product requested for purchase on the determined date and/or time based on the schedule information, and at the same time, the container for the requested first product is collected. It can be controlled to be able to (S140). If the delivery and collection are performed by a distribution company other than the manufacturer, the control of the process may be performed by the distribution server 130 disclosed in FIG. 1B. Unlike this, the main server 120 ) May transmit related information to the distribution server 130 so that the main server 120 may control the distribution server 130 to perform the above process.

Meanwhile, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 may control the container of the collected first product to be reused/recycled and used to manufacture a new product, and the main server ( 120) or the distribution server 130, when it is confirmed that the container of the first product has been collected, can provide a reward to the account of the user terminal 110 along with a database update/new entry process, etc. Yes (S150, S160). At this time, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 may refer to the personal information and/or product information of the user collected during the collection process for reward calculation/payment.

At this time, any one of the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 may include the number of containers of the collected first product, container capacity, container status, purchase price of the collected first product, brand, and user account. Based on at least one or more of the rating (VIP, etc.) of the user account and the collection ratio of the product of the user account, the type, type, and size of the reward to be provided may be different.

For example, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130, if the quantity of product containers collected from the user is more than a predetermined standard, points (or rewards) assigned to individual product containers by adding weights You can calculate a point higher than the calculated point based on.

In addition, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 gives different points according to the capacity of the product container, but can calculate the points (or rewards) by referring to the capacity of each product container collected. .

In addition, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 can calculate the final point by adding a different weight to the points (or rewards) given for each product container in advance according to the user's account level. have. Therefore, even if the same product container is collected, the points that can be obtained may differ according to the user's account level.

The main server 120 may calculate the final point by adding a different weight to the points (or rewards) previously assigned to the containers of each product according to the collection ratio of the product purchase of the user account. Therefore, even if the same product container is collected, it is possible to allow a user with a high collection ratio to purchase of the product in the corresponding user account to obtain more points. This is, for example, to increase the collection rate.

In addition, either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130, in consideration of the collection rate of each product container relative to the total shipped products, a higher weight for product containers with a low collection rate, and product containers with a high collection rate. By applying a lower weight to the product container with a low collection rate, if a product container with a low collection rate is collected, the user may be given more points (or rewards) to encourage the product container with a low collection rate.

In addition, although the above explanation was made on the premise that points are provided as rewards, the type or type of rewards is not limited to points, and product presentations/discounts, shipping discount or free shipping are based on the rewards or points of the user account. Various methods such as issuing coupons such as, etc., and issuing gift certificates can be applied. On the other hand, the calculated reward may also include the contents of the container of the product directly returned by the user to the offline store, and one or more of the above-described reward calculation methods may be combined.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 110 uses the previously input purchase information (or purchase details information) described in FIG. 1A when requesting the container collection of the first product. The container collection request of the first product can be performed more conveniently, and specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the previously entered purchase information is linked and displayed together with the collection request item, so that the user terminal 110 can collect it more easily. It can be designed to make requests.

Referring to FIG. 6, a user interface related to product container collection according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, and purchase product information (including delivery completion information) item, collection request item, and delivery schedule item and/or Schedule items to be collected are included. However, the configuration of the user interface (UI) is for convenience of description and is not necessarily limited thereto.

Referring to the item of FIG. 6, first, product A and product B are in a state that is completed from purchase to delivery, and product C is in a state that is due to be delivered because the purchase has been completed but not yet delivered. Hereinafter, for easy understanding of an embodiment of the present invention, the description will be made on the premise that the user has almost used or all of the delivered product A has been used.

The user may request the container collection of the product A when the purchased product A is almost used or has been used. In this case, the collection request can be performed through the collection request item displayed corresponding to the product A, as shown in FIG. 6, and specifically, it can be performed simply through a method of checking the collection request item. have.

In this way, when the user checks the collection request item, the user's personal information and/or product A information together with the collection request may be transmitted to either the main server 120 or the distribution server 130. In addition, at least one of the servers may generate schedule information for container collection of the product A by using the collection request and personal information and/or information on product A.

To this end, at least one of the servers checks whether there is a purchase request history for another product from the user terminal 110, but when the confirmation result confirms the purchase request (or delivery scheduled) history of the product C in FIG. 6 , After confirming by matching the delivery date of the product C requested for purchase and the container collection date of the product A, the schedule information on the determined date and/or time is determined, respectively, for the collection schedule item of product A and product C. It can be provided to the user terminal 110 by displaying on the delivery schedule item of. That is, in the item of FIG. 6, the scheduled collection schedule item indicates the scheduled collection date of the product item requested for collection (for example, product A in FIG. 6), and the delivery schedule item indicates a product scheduled for delivery after purchase (for example, The expected delivery date of product C) of FIG. 6 is indicated.

In this case, if there is no product item to be delivered (for example, product C in FIG. 6), information indicating that a collection schedule has not yet been determined may be displayed in the collection schedule item of the product A.

On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the servers, if a plurality of products requested to be collected from a user and it is determined that it is difficult to collect them all at once, the plurality of products requested to be collected It is also possible to notify the scheduled collection schedule for only certain products. In this case, the quantity, capacity, or purchase date of each product container requested for collection may be referred to for the selection.

On the other hand, if there are multiple products requested for collection, multiple products scheduled for delivery, and the delivery date of each product is different, the delivery date of a specific product among the products scheduled for delivery if the products requested for collection can be collected at one time. (E.g., the earliest delivery date or the latest delivery date) can be directly designated as the expected collection/delivery date, or a specific date and/or time is determined upon request from the user, and the date and/or time is notified as the scheduled collection schedule. I can.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the collection of the plurality of products requested for collection is difficult at once, the delivery date of each product and the collection scheduled date of the products requested for collection are partially matched to determine, but each corresponding date is determined. You can notify the scheduled collection or delivery schedule.

In addition, in the case of Fig. 6, if the user has not directly purchased, but can request collection (e.g., a product received as a gift, etc.) or a product that the user purchased at an offline store and can request collection, there may be inconvenience have. In this case, although not shown in FIG. 6, additional other items are provided to the user, and when the other items are accessed, a user interface as in FIG. 5 can be provided for them. In addition, when the user inputs product information, etc. through the user interface of FIG. 5, the corresponding product is also included in the product item list of FIG. 6, so that a collection request or collection schedule can be checked at a time.

Next, the operation of the container reuse system 100 from the viewpoint of the distribution server 130 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

The distribution server 130 receives collection request information of the first product container, personal information of the user who requested the collection, and purchase information (including collection information) for the collection requested first product from the main server 120 (S210).

When receiving the container collection request for the first product from the main server 120, the distribution server 130 first checks whether there is a purchase request history for the second product from the user terminal (S220), and a result of the check If there is a purchase request history of the second product, the delivery date of the second product requested to be purchased and the container collection date of the first product are determined by matching the same, and then the determined date and/or time is determined by schedule information. And transmits to the main server 120 and/or the user terminal 110 (S230).

The distribution server 130 controls the delivery of the second product and the container collection of the first product according to the transmitted schedule information, and after the date and/or time, the container collection of the first product is It is checked whether it has been completed (S240).

The distribution server 130 transmits information notifying that the container of the first product has been correctly collected at a pickup location to the main server 120 (S250). In this case, the information may include various information related to the container described above, such as status information on the collected first product.

The user interface (UI) of FIGS. 5 and 6 described above may be applied to the corresponding part of FIG. 4 in the same or similar manner, and the user interface (UI) is a web provided by the main server 120 or the distribution server 130. It is desirable to implement it so that it can be easily accessed from a site or application.

7 is a diagram showing a configuration block diagram of the main server 120 or the distribution server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience, the configuration block diagram of FIG. 7 is described using the main server 120 as an example, and detailed functions of each component refer to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 to 6, and detailed descriptions are omitted herein.

The main server 120 includes a communication interface unit 710, a receiving unit 720, a reward processing unit 730, a control unit 740, and a database unit (DB) 750. However, this is a listing of only core components for describing the main server 120 according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Meanwhile, some of the components may be implemented by being separated into a plurality of components according to their functions, or conversely, a plurality of components may be modularized and implemented as a single component.

The communication interface unit 710 provides an interface environment for data communication with at least one of the main server 120 and other components, that is, the user terminal 110 and the distribution server 130.

The receiving unit 720 extracts necessary data from data of the user terminal 110 and the distribution server 130 received through data communication through the communication interface unit 710. The extracted data may be transmitted to the database (DB) 750 and temporarily stored.

When the container collection of the product requested for collection is confirmed under the control of the control unit 740, the reward processing unit 730 calculates a reward accordingly and matches the calculated reward to the user account of the user terminal 110.

The control unit 740 controls the overall operation of each component.

The database (DB) 750 stores various data of the main server 120. The database (DB) 750 may be an internal configuration of the main server 120 or may be connected to an external configuration.

On the other hand, the above-described method can be written in a program that can be executed on a computer, and can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that operates the program using a computer-readable medium. In addition, the structure of the data used in the above-described method can be recorded on a computer-readable medium through various means. Computer-readable media storing executable computer code for performing various methods of the present invention include magnetic storage media (e.g., 　 ROM, 　 floppy disk, 　 hard disk, etc.), 　 optical reading medium (e.g., CD-ROM, DVD Etc.).

Those of ordinary skill in the technical field related to the embodiments of the present invention will appreciate that it may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the above description. Therefore, the disclosed methods should be considered from a descriptive point of view rather than a limiting point of view. The scope of the present invention appears in the claims rather than the description of the invention, and all differences within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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In how the server collects containers of used products,
Receiving a container collection request for the first product from a user terminal;
Generating schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product; And
Transmitting the generated schedule information to the user terminal; Including,
The generating of the schedule information includes matching the delivery schedule for the second product and the container collection schedule for the first product on a specific date when there is a second product requested for a new purchase from the user terminal. Container collection method of used product comprising designating a date as the collection schedule. The method of claim 1,
The request for container collection of the first product includes at least one of personal information on the user and product information on the first product,
The personal information includes one or more of the user's name, phone number, address, and e-mail information, and the product information includes the collection request date, the number of collection requests, the number of products requested for collection, the name of the product requested for collection, and A container collection method for a used product, including one or more of the product serial number, the condition of the product for which collection is requested, and the material of the product for which collection is requested. The method of claim 2,
Receiving at least one of personal information for the user and purchase information for the first product from the user terminal at the time of purchase of the first product; further comprising,
The personal information includes at least one of a user's name, phone number, address, and email information, and the purchase information includes a name of the first product, a serial number of the first product, a purchase date of the first product, and the A used product including at least one of information on the place of purchase of the first product, the number of purchases of the first product, the purchase cycle of the first product, the container material of the first product, and the capacity of the first product Container collection method. The method of claim 3,
Updating or inputting user-related information in a database based on the personal information, product information, and purchase information; further comprising,
The user-related information includes personal information of the user, information on a date on which the user purchased the first product, information on a place where the user purchased the first product, information on the number of times the user purchased the first product, Container collection method of a used product, including information on a period of time the user has used the first product, information on the number of times the user has requested container collection, and information on a container collection rate of the user. The method of claim 1,
Transmitting the generated schedule information to the user terminal
Transmitting a container collection request for the received first product to a distribution server;
Receiving schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product from the distribution server,
Receiving information informing that the container collection of the first product has been completed from the distribution server according to the collection schedule; further comprising, a container collection method of a used product. The method of claim 1 or 5,
If it is confirmed that the container collection of the first product has been completed after the collection schedule has elapsed, providing a reward to the user terminal; further comprising, a container collection method for used products. In the device for collecting containers of used products,
A transmitting/receiving unit for receiving a container collection request for a first product from a user terminal, and transmitting schedule information including information on a container collection schedule for the first product to the user terminal; And
Containing a; control unit for generating container collection schedule information for the first product,
When there is a second product for which a new purchase is requested from the user terminal, the control unit matches the delivery schedule for the second product and the container collection schedule for the first product to a specific date, so that the specific date is the collection schedule. A device for collecting containers of used product, controlled to be designated as. In the system for collecting containers of used products,
A user terminal requesting collection of containers for the first product; And
And a server configured to receive a container collection request for the first product from the user terminal, generate schedule information including container collection schedule information for the first product, and transmit it to the user terminal,
When there is a second product for which a new purchase is requested from the user terminal, the server matches the delivery schedule for the second product and the container collection schedule for the first product to a specific date to match the specific date to the collection schedule. A system for collecting containers of used product, controlled to be designated as.

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