KR20230156271A - Additional discount method according to selection of refueling information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes the steps of displaying fuel information on a terminal;
Setting at least one of points that can be used or deducted from the terminal and affiliate information; The purpose of the present invention is to provide an additional discount method according to the selection of refueling information, which includes the step of transmitting information about the set steps to a refueling system that can control the refueling pump.

Description

Additional discount method according to selection of refueling information}

It is a technology that links scores and discount information.

Companies have been generating credit card scores, mileage points, etc., and if these scores are not used by customers, they have acted as liabilities for the company.

The debt was continuously accumulating, but in many cases, customers did not use it as they should.

Although discount prices (or discount information) for gas can be provided independently at gas stations, it has been difficult to provide various contents by automatically linking other discount methods.

There were many cases where customers did not know whether they could use point scores that could be used at gas stations, or similar scores, and whether they could use them, and there could be the inconvenience of having to make a choice each time these scores were used.

And there was no reason to use points corresponding to these liabilities.

For example, when the gas station manager said that he would give a discount of -10 won/L, even if he tried to find an affiliate that could give an additional discount, the affiliate not only did not have a system to give a discount of -20 won/L more than other affiliates, but even more discount. There was no way to appeal to customers with the information provided.

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When a gas station manager applies a discount on gas at a gas station site, regardless of this, affiliates such as credit card companies uniformly provide additional discounts in addition to the discount given by the gas station manager. Therefore, even if there is a discount provided by the gas station manager, There was no reason for affiliates to provide additional discounts.

There is a need for a service method that encourages customers to use the scores provided to them or that they have.

It is necessary to provide a way to receive a further discount when paying for gas in addition to the discounted unit price discounted when refueling at a gas station, or to receive a further discount on the amount to be paid additionally.

For example, in order to create a more synergy effect, various affiliates (affiliated companies) provide a discount of -10/L by the gas station manager, and if the customer selects the A credit card held by the affiliates, an additional -10 won/L is provided. By providing a service or system that can provide discounts, an environment is needed where gas station managers or affiliates can compete with each other, and a system for this is needed.

Configure to display fuel information for setting up the gas pump.

Configure at least one of points that can be used or deducted from the terminal and affiliate information to be set. And, depending on whether the score or partnership information is set, at least one discount information among discount unit price information, discount amount information, and coupon information is selected. A terminal is provided that can set discount information by linking the selected discount information with score or affiliate information configured to be transmitted to a gas station that can control the gas pump.

Here, the score may consist of scores provided by the affiliate company.

In addition, here, the affiliate information selected in the terminal is information applied to provide a gas discount upon request, and the discount information may be configured as a discount unit price applied at the gas pump or POS when refueling or after refueling is completed.

Also, here, the affiliate information may be composed of affiliate discount information provided by the affiliate.

Additionally, the value of the discount information or the limit of the discount information may be configured to change depending on the value or attribute of the score.

In addition, the configuration may further include providing a predetermined menu for selecting the discount information, and automatically setting the score when the discount information is selected.

In addition, the configuration may further include that a list of selectable scores is displayed, and a predetermined menu is provided to select the score.

In addition, here, when discount information for the discounted unit price is selected, the score or partnership information may be set, and when the score or partnership information is released, the discount unit price may be released.

By allowing natural people to select the discount information provided by gas station managers and the discount information provided by affiliate information, autonomous competition is induced between gas station managers and managers who manage affiliate information, resulting in substantial discounts for customers. It is expected that an environment where

In addition, by applying a certain menu provided by the terminal, an environment is created where customers can select the discount price they want, and gas station managers who want to be selected in this environment or managers who manage affiliate information can compete autonomously. occurs.

Additionally, this effect is expected to result in the customer being locked in to the service of the manager who manages the selected affiliate information or to the gas station operated by the gas station manager.

On the other hand, from the customer's perspective, there is an advantage in that the actual amount to be paid is reduced by selecting the unit price discounted at the gas station and receiving additional discounts or additional points that can be used.

There is an advantage in encouraging customers to use their debt points.

Figure 1 is a block diagram according to one preferred embodiment for explaining the present invention, using a terminal screen as an example.
Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating one preferred embodiment for explaining affiliate information and discount unit price information in the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram according to one preferred embodiment for explaining a system linked to a terminal in the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to “include” a certain element, this means that it may further include other elements rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated to the contrary.

The present invention includes the steps of displaying refueling information for setting up a refueling pump;

Setting at least one of points that can be used or deducted from the terminal and affiliate information; and selecting at least one piece of discount information among discount unit price information, discount amount information, and coupon information, depending on whether or not the score or partnership information is set.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a terminal that can set discount information in conjunction with a score or affiliate information consisting of a step of transmitting the selected discount information to a gas fueling system capable of controlling a gas pump.

When explained with reference to Figure 1,

The terminal 1-1 may provide a predetermined menu for setting fuel information including at least one of oil type information 10 and price information 11 to be ordered. Information about the unit price (2) corresponding to the oil type information (10) set here can be displayed on the screen of the terminal (1-1), and at this time, the information about the unit price (2) is at least one discount unit price ( It is desirable to configure the display to include information about 2-2). Here, the unit price (2-1) is preferably interpreted as the unit price sold at the gas station, which is a fuel injection station.

It is preferable that the initial screen is configured so that the discounted unit price (2-2) is selected, rather than the unit price before the discount (2-1). In this case, when the unit price (2-2) is selected, the score (4) or It is preferable that the affiliate information 19 is automatically selected (3-5) or that information indicating that the affiliate information 19 has been selected is displayed.

This is configured to automatically select the score (4) or affiliate information (19) when the discounted unit price (2-2) is selected, and when the discounted unit price (2-2) is released, the score (4) Alternatively, it is preferable that the affiliate information 19 is automatically released or configured so that it cannot be selected.

Here, both the score (4) and the affiliate information (19) may be selected, or only some of them may be selected.

This means that the setting of the score (4) or partnership information (19) and the unit price (2, 2-1, 2-2) are linked to each other and can be selected for use or deduction of the score (4), or the partnership information Selecting (19) means that it can be configured to change from the unit price before the discount (2-1) to the discounted unit price (2-2).

Preferably, if the unit price before discount (2-1) displayed on the screen of the terminal 1-1 is selected (3-1), the discounted unit price (2-2) can be selected (3-4). A certain menu may be provided.

This may provide a predetermined menu to select the selection box (3-4). At this time, when the selection box (3-4) is selected by a natural person by touching it, etc., a score (4) is automatically selected. ) can be selected (3-5), or the affiliate information (19) can be configured to be automatically selected.

In order to not use the selected score (4) later, by selecting the selection box (3-5) of the score (3), if the score (3) or the affiliate information (19) is configured to be released, One of the selection boxes (3-1, 3-2) can be configured to be selected automatically, or by providing a predetermined menu to select from.

Also, here, if discount information for the discounted unit price (2-2) is selected, the score (4) or affiliate information (19) is set, and if the score (4) or affiliate information (19) is released, the discount It is preferable that the unit price (2-2) is configured to be released.

The information selected here is transmitted to a system (or server) that manages the gas system or affiliated information and is applied as information that can control the gas pump, or the system that manages the affiliated information provides information to the customer regarding the refueling amount. It can be configured to be charged at a discount when claiming.

This can be configured to be reflected in the unit price information of the gas pump that is set when operating to refuel at a gas pump linked to the gas pump system based on the unit price (2-1, 2-2) selected in the terminal (1-1). means that Alternatively, depending on the unit price (2-2), the gas pump may be configured to refuel more than the capacity (L) corresponding to the unit price (2-1). Alternatively, after refueling, the actual refueling amount is discounted by the unit price (2-2), and the discounted information may be reflected in the receipt or information transmitted to the terminal 1.

Or, according to the partnership information 19 set in the terminal 1-1, the fuel is set to be refueled at the unit price 2-2 at a gas pump linked to the fuel system, so that the fuel is charged at the unit price 2-2. This means that it can be configured to be as configured as possible.

This means that the unit price (2-2) may or may not be discounted at the gas pump depending on the selection of the affiliate information (19).

Preferably, the affiliate information 19 may include an affiliate discount unit price. Referring to Figure 2,

The affiliated information 19 is preferably interpreted as affiliated information in order to apply the unit price (2-2).

This may occur when the unit price (2-2) is applied or a change occurs depending on the selection or setting of any content provided by the terminal 1, and in this case, the selected or set content is affiliated with affiliate information (19). ) is preferably interpreted as.

Here, the affiliate information 19 may mean information provided by the affiliate, information that can be received at a discount provided by the affiliate, or the discount unit price or discount amount provided by the affiliate.

When you select A card, which is the affiliate information (19-1) provided in the terminal (1), the unit price (2-2) becomes the discount unit price (2-3), or the unit price (2-2) becomes the above-described unit price (2-2). It can be configured to reflect the discount unit price (2-3).

Alternatively, if the affiliate discount information (20-1) of the affiliate information (19-1) is selected, the unit price (2-2) can be configured to become the discount unit price (2-4). At this time, the unit price (2-2) may be set as the unit price that is the sum of the unit price (2-4) and the affiliate discount information (20-1), but the discount unit price (2-4) is automatically set at the gas pump. This is information about the unit price that is reflected at a discount at the gas pump when set, and the affiliate discount information (20-1) is the discount information (20-1) when charging the amount refueled at the unit price that is reflected at a discount at the gas pump. ) may be information used for the purpose of billing the customer by applying an additional discount to the unit price.

According to the affiliation information 19 that is manually selected, automatically selected, or set by a natural person from the list of various affiliation information 19 provided by the terminal 1, the unit price 2-2 is This means that it can be configured to be selected as one unit price (2-2) among other discount unit prices (2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-N), At this time, at least one of the selected unit prices (2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-N) is the discount unit price (20) corresponding to the affiliate discount information (20). -1,20-2,20-3,20-4, 20-N) and the combined unit price (2-2) may be reflected to refuel at the gas pump, or reflected in the price information (11) for refueling. It can be configured as possible.

This may mean that a predetermined menu is provided through which a natural person can select content provided by the terminal 1 and receive a discount benefit.

This means that the unit price (2-4) and the discount unit price (20-1) set in the terminal (1) are transmitted to a server or gas station linked to the terminal (1), and the amount selected by the natural person (11) ), which means that it may be configured to be applied to natural persons at a discounted rate.

This means that the affiliate information selected in the terminal is information applied to provide a gas discount upon request, and the discount information can be applied or stored at the gas pump or POS when refueling or after refueling is completed and can be configured as a discount unit price.

Here, the unit price (2-2), which is the discount information, means that the unit price (2-2) can be stored as information reflected when refueling at the gas pump or when refueling is completed and stored in the POS linked to the gas pump. do. Here, the POS can be configured to store transaction details corresponding to information when refueling or when refueling is completed, or to temporarily store the transaction details in the POS to store them on a server.

This means that the discounted unit price (2-2) can be stored in managing the discounted price applied at the POS or controlling the gas pump, and also the discounted unit price (2-2) can be stored on the server or a separate This means that transaction details can be stored temporarily in order to be transferred to a computer for storage (computer that stores transaction details, etc.).

Here, a discounted price is charged to a natural person, and application means that the unit price (2-4) and the discount unit price (20-1) set in the terminal (1) are applied, not the selected amount information (11). , This means that a value less than the amount information 11 is charged to the natural person in return for the amount information 11.

Here, the amount information 11 preferably means a value corresponding to the unit price (1-1) or a value that can be converted to the unit price (1-1).

In the terminal (1), a list of affiliate information (19-1) or affiliate discount information (20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4) corresponding to affiliate information (19) is displayed, and the above It may be configured to provide a predetermined menu from which a list can be selected. Here, the affiliate discount information 20 may be included in the affiliate information 19, or the affiliate discount information 20 may be interpreted as the affiliate information 19.

In FIG. 3, the manager terminal 14 can set the discount unit price 21 that can be reflected in the unit price 2-2 to the affiliate information 19-1, 20 corresponding to the list. A menu is provided, and the discount unit price 21 corresponding to the affiliate information 19 selected and entered by the predetermined menu is displayed on the terminal 1 or predetermined so that it can be selected from the terminal 1. This means that the menu can be configured to be provided.

This is done by first entering (selecting) the fact that each card company (19-1) or each bank company (20-2), etc. will provide a discount to the customer, and displaying it on the manager terminal (14). , the manager who manages the manager terminal 14 can manually input the discount unit price 21 corresponding to the displayed information to provide a further discount or no further discount for the specific affiliate information 19. This means that it can be configured to do so.

Here, the affiliate discount information (20-1) may be composed of information such as card fees.

This means that the above affiliate discount information (20-1) may be -0.2% instead of -10 won per liter, and this is applied at 1.3%, which is a -0.2% discount from the 1.5% card fee (20). This means that it may be composed of , and in this case, -0.2% is applied as a 1.3% card fee to the amount refueled after refueling at the gas pump, rather than a 1.5% card fee, and corresponds to fuel filling station information (13). This means that money can be transferred to the account you are using. Alternatively, it means that a discount equivalent to 0.2% can be provided to customers.

In the present invention, refueling information preferably refers to information to be reserved when setting up a refueling machine or reserving an order when refueling, and refueling information includes at least one amount of price information, fuel type information, coupon information, payment information, and discount. It is desirable to interpret it as information containing information.

When selecting the fuel information, it is preferable that the score (4) or partnership information (19) and the discounted unit price (2-2) are configured to be linked and selected together or released together. The value of the unit price (2-2) can be configured to be displayed or set to a different value depending on whether the score (4) or the affiliate information (19) is selected. This means that if the score (4) is set to 1000 points, the unit price (2-2) can be configured to be 1,480 won/L, and if the score is 10,000 points, the unit price (2-2) can be configured to be 1,450 won/L. do.

Also, on the contrary, depending on the selection of the unit price (2-1, 2-2), the usable or selectable score (4) may be configured to have a different value or different affiliate information (19) selected. means that

Here, it is desirable that other affiliate information 19 be automatically selected.

Here, the score (4) can be used up to a certain value, depending on the selection of the unit price (2-1, 2-2), or can be modified and selected as a score of a specific section, or can be configured to be changed. means that

Here, the score refers to a value that can be converted into a score.

Here, the score is a point score, a mileage score that can be accumulated and used on a credit card, a score composed of “won” that can be purchased in advance and set the value of the amount in the fuel information, a coupon score, and a score used to apply other discounts. It should be interpreted to include at least one of, or mean at least one of.

Additionally, the score may be a value given by the oil refinery to be used only in the fuel injection station information 13, or it may be configured to be received and displayed from a server that manages the fuel injection station information 13.

*The terminal 1 may be configured to connect to a server linked to a separate terminal 1 to load content such as fuel information that can be displayed on the terminal 1, or to store them in conjunction with each other.

Here, the selected or set score (4) is 1200 points, but the actual discount can be configured to be 1,000 won.

Here, the score may be displayed as ‘won’.

If a score of 1,200 won is selected and 1,000 won is discounted, the remaining difference of 200 won may be transferred or configured to be delivered to the third party's system.

* Here, the unit price (2-2) discounted from the unit price (2-1) is selected and input by the user managing the fuel injection station 13 from the server or system managing the fuel injection station 13 and stored. It could be information.

At this time, the managing user receives a discount of 50 won/L, which is the difference between the unit price (2-1) and the unit price (2-2), and the discount is an on-site discount (8-2), meaning that the terminal (1) can be displayed on the screen.

This can be displayed as a discounted value when the discounted unit price (2-2) is selected on the terminal 1, and at this time, the score automatically owned by the customer or provided by a third system (4 ) is automatically used, resulting in a discount effect of -2,666 won, which is the addition of -1,666 won corresponding to the on-site unit price discount (8-2) and a 1,000-point discount due to the score. In this case, the score of 1,000 points is calculated as above. Since the settlement is made later from the system of 3 to the fuel injection station system, even if the user or manager of the fuel injection station 13 discounts the unit price (2-2), the same effect as an additional discount can be seen. will be.

This means that the score (4) may not be the manager's expense corresponding to the fuel injection station information (13).

Of course, in the fuel injection station information 13, the process may be configured so that the cost of the points 4 is spent.

Here, the refueling system refers to a system that includes at least one of the POS used at the gas station, a refueling terminal, and an electronic device that can control the refueling pump or transmit information to the refueling pump. Here, the refueling system includes a server or is linked to a server, but if part of the information displayed on the terminal 1 can be transmitted from the terminal 1 to the refueling system, the server may not be necessary. .

On the other hand, it is preferable that part or all of the points (4) are composed of points (4) for discounting part of the amount information (11) set in the terminal (1). Here, the value corresponding to the displayed score (4) may be reflected in part of the amount information (11), but only a part of the score (4) may be reflected and discounted, and the score that is not reflected may be configured to be deducted. .

Here, the score (4) may not be reflected in the amount information (11). This means that it can be configured to be applied from the unit price (2-1) to the unit price (2-2) in exchange for 1,200 points being deducted from the score (4). This means that the score (4) can be applied in exchange for selecting the unit price (2-2).

At this time, the score (4) is configured to transmit information from the terminal (1) to a third system capable of making the donation, indicating that it has been donated to a third system in return for being used as the unit price (2-2). It means that it can be done. Here, the donated score (4) is a third system that allows the donation, and information is sent to the server linked with the terminal (1) so that a value corresponding to part or all of the score (4) is reserved for donation. You can also configure it to save.

Here, the score (4) that can be selected and used as the unit price (2-2) may be composed of at least one or multiple scores (4), and displays a list of the scores (4), and the list A menu that can be set by selecting or a menu with a pop-up window may be provided.

Here, the value of the discount information or the limit of the discount information may be configured to change depending on the value or attribute of the score that is set or selected. This means that the discount information corresponding to the unit price (2-2) may change depending on the value of the score (4), but the programed information such as brand, company, server, purpose, effect, etc. that provides the score (4) This means that depending on the attribute, the unit price (2-2, or discount information) can be changed and displayed on the terminal 1.

Here, the score (4) or the discounted unit price (2-2) set in the terminal (1) is determined according to information generated from at least one of a refueling system and a server linked to the terminal (1), or the refueling system. , may be configured to have some or all of the score 4 deducted after the point in time at which it is stored or generated in at least one of the servers.

Also, in the same concept, even if the unit price (2-2) is set in the terminal 1, the unit price (2-2) set in the terminal 1 is determined by an electrical process occurring in at least one of the fueling system and the server. -2) may be reflected in the amount information 11, or may be composed of points 4 deducted from another amount information 11-1 derived based on the amount information 11.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 3,

The manager terminal 14 may be configured to extract the unit price (1-1) of the fueling system 15 or to set the unit price (1-1). In this case, the refueling system can be configured to automatically set the unit price (1-1) at the refueling pump 16 to refuel.

At this time, the unit price 2-2 can be set in the manager terminal 14 and transmitted to the terminal 1-1. At this time, the transmission may be transmitted from the manager terminal 14 to the server and the terminal 1-1, or may be transmitted by another method. As an example, when a natural person directly enters the terminal (1-1) a numeric code that can extract the unit price (2-2) set in the administrator terminal (14), the terminal (1-1) This is because, in order to extract the unit price (2-2), the unit price (2-2) can be received from the server corresponding to the numeric code.

The unit price (2-2) selected or set in the manager terminal (14) is displayed in the terminal (1-1), and the score (4) or the affiliate information (19) transmitted from the score server (17) is displayed on the terminal (1-1). It can be configured to be displayed. At this time, the terminal (1-1) can be configured to extract the score (4) or affiliate information (19) available from the fuel injection station information (13) from the score server (17) or affiliate server.

Here, the fuel injection station information 13 may be automatically extracted using GPS, etc., but the fuel injection station information 13 may be displayed or selected through a predetermined menu provided by the terminal 1-1. You can also configure it. At this time, the score (4) or partnership information (19) that can be used in the displayed or selected fuel station information (13) is transmitted and received with the score server (17) or the server that manages the partnership information, and the terminal (1-1) ) can be configured to be displayed.

This is provided by the terminal 1-1, and the discount information that can be discounted at the unit price 2-2 is selected in the manager terminal 14, and the fuel injection station corresponding to the manager terminal 14 This means that when information 13 is extracted from the terminal 1-1, a predetermined menu may be provided so that discount information such as the unit price 2-2 can be selected.

This means that the unit price 2-2 selected in the terminal 1-1 can be transmitted to the fueling system 15 through a direct or indirect medium between the terminal 1-1 and the fueling system 15. It can be configured so that the gas pump 16 is automatically set to refuel at the unit price (2-2).

If refueling is completed at the gas pump 16 at a value corresponding to the unit price (2-2), the score server 17 responds to the score (4) selected and entered in the terminal (1-1). , it can be configured to transmit information that the refueling has been completed to the settlement system 18, which can confirm the deduction of use or settle the score 4.

And in the terminal 1-1 or the administrator terminal 14, the limit of the score 14 provided by the settlement system 18 or the score server 17, the deducted score, the score remaining after deduction, and the score to be settled. It may be configured to receive and display at least one piece of information such as score, settled score, etc.

This means that when the unit price (2-2) is reserved for refueling at the fuel filling station information (13), part or all of the score (4) selected and entered in the terminal (1) will be automatically used or reflected. This means that it can be configured to do so.

When making a reservation for refueling at the fuel filling station information (13), the unit price (2-2) is further discounted and automatically reflected based on the affiliate information (19) selected and entered in the terminal (1). This means that it can be configured to be possible.

On the other hand, the score may be composed of a score (4) that can be used as the value of the on-site discount (8-2), which is a discount value corresponding to the difference between the unit price (2-1) and the unit price (2-2).

In this case, this means that the score (4) can be configured to be set below 1,666 won, which is the maximum value corresponding to the on-site discount (8-2), or can be configured to be automatically set to 1,666 won. At this time, if the cumulative score that can be used as the score (4) is 10,000, if the 1,666 won is used, the cumulative score may be lowered to 9,000 points. This means that the score (4), which is a cumulative score that can be used as the score (4), may not be applied one-to-one.

Here, if the score (4) is selected as a portion of 1,666 points (or won), the unit price (2-2) can be configured to change automatically.

Here, the selection of contents 2 to 21 displayed on the terminal 1 is configured to be automatically selected by a natural person or a process device through an interface device provided by the terminal 1, or configured to be automatically selected. can do. Here, the contents (2 to 21) displayed on the terminal (1) can be transmitted and received wirelessly with an external system (fueling system or server, etc.) using the wireless communication device (or module) of the terminal (1). It can be configured to enable transmission and reception of information on the contents (2 to 21). Each of the contents (2 to 21) is operated by a different process or module device, or is transmitted to and received from the server and the information determined (determined through calculation) by the process or module stored in the server is transmitted to the terminal (1). It can be configured to be displayed on a display device.

1) Terminal 2) Unit price 3) Selection box
4) Score 5) Card discount information 6) Mileage score
7) Other discounts 8) On-site discounts 9) Payment amount
10) Oil type information 11) Price information 12) Coupon information
13) Fuel filling station information 14) Administrator terminal 15) Fueling system
16) Gas pump 17) Score server 18) Settlement system
19) Affiliate information 20) Affiliate discount information 21) Discount unit price

Claims (1)

Displaying fuel information on the terminal;
Setting at least one of points that can be used or deducted from the terminal and affiliate information; An additional discount method according to the selection of refueling information consisting of the step of transmitting information about the set steps to a refueling system capable of controlling the refueling pump.