WO2001063507A1 - Systeme d'attribution de coupons utilisant des terminaux de telecommunications sans fil - Google Patents

Systeme d'attribution de coupons utilisant des terminaux de telecommunications sans fil Download PDF

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WO2001063507A1
WO2001063507A1 PCT/KR2000/000422 KR0000422W WO0163507A1 WO 2001063507 A1 WO2001063507 A1 WO 2001063507A1 KR 0000422 W KR0000422 W KR 0000422W WO 0163507 A1 WO0163507 A1 WO 0163507A1
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/24—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field for communication between two or more posts
    • H04B7/26—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field for communication between two or more posts at least one of which is mobile

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  • the present invention relates to a coupon serving system using wireless communication terminals and more particularly to a new conception coupon serving system by using wireless communication terminal equipments which allows rapid serving of coupons based on the actual results of use by customers.
  • a character transmission service which transmits character data required by a customer to the cellular phone of the customer by means of a data transmission system which is capable of transmitting data to cellular phones by wireless has been recently developed
  • This data transmission system transmits character data, such as the information on weather or stock prices, sports news or E-mails to be received to the addresses of customers, as desired by the customers, to the cellular phones of customers by using a data transmission server in which character data to be sent to the customers have been already built
  • the customers using this type of service which is mostly provided free of charge is on the increase these days
  • the present invention is intended to resolve the above described problem and the object of the invention is to provide a new conception coupon serving system by using wireless communication terminals which system can serve graded coupons rapidly and depending on the sum of purchase or use and which can reduce cost
  • a coupon serving system under the use of wireless communication terminals based on a coupon on which a discount amount or discount rate or commodities or services available free of charge are shown and which is to be given to a customer so that the customer may use when buying commodities or using services
  • system comprises wireless communication terminal equipments 2 owned by customers, and a data transmission server 6, a data base 4 being built in the data transmission server 6 so as to enable the transmission of predetermined data to wireless communication terminal equipments 2 by wireless, the data base including the telephone numbers for the wireless communication terminal equipments 2 of customers, wherein the data transmission server 6 incorporates therein a coupon data transmission program for transmitting coupon data such as the discount amount or discount rate or the commodities or services available without charge to the w ireless communication terminal equipments 2 of customers, so that the entitled customers may buy commodities or use services by using the coupon data received in their wireless communication terminal equipments 2 when the coupon data are transmitted to their terminal equipments
  • the above object of the invention is also achieved by a coupon serving system under the use of wireless communication terminals, wherein the results of use or purchase by customers are recorded in the data base 4 and the coupon data transmission program can transmit, to customers, the graded coupon data in accordance with results of use or purchase of the customers by compa ⁇ ng the results of use or purchase with the coupon service criteria input beforehand in the data transmitting server 6.
  • Figure 1 shows the arrangement of the coupon serving system using wireless communication terminal equipments according to a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 1 shows the flowchart for the coupon serving system using wireless communication terminal equipments in Figure 1
  • FIGs 1 and 2 which relate to a coupon serving system by using wireless communication terminals according to the invention, illustrate the system as applied to the customer managing service wherein coupons are provided to the customers who used the stores or markets of member enterprises after a number of member enterprises were recruited by a customer managing company
  • the above described coupon serving system allows a customer to buy commodities or use services through the use of coupons received in his or her wireless communication terminal equipment 2 by transmitting to the terminal equipment 2 the data on coupons such as a discount amount or discount rate or the commodities or services available without any charge
  • the system consists of a wireless communication terminal equipments owned by customers and a data transmitting server 6 in which the data base including the telephone numbers for the cellular phones of customers is incorporated and which is capable of sending predetermined data to wireless communication terminal equipments by wireless
  • the data transmitting server 6 may transmit data via a relay station 8 of a communication enterpriser who provides communicating service for wireless communication terminal equipments 2.
  • the data base 4 includes the record of the results of use by all the customers, which results each correspond to the reserve which a customer has accumulated by inputting his or her settled payment through the terminal 10 connected to the data transmitting server 6 whenever the customer uses any store or market belonging to any of the member enterprises.
  • the data transmitting server 6 there is built a coupon data transmission program for transmitting coupon data to wireless communication terminal equipments 2.
  • This coupon data transmission program functions to transmit coupon data based on the results of use by customers by comparing the results of use as recorded in the data base 4 with the preset coupon serving reference.
  • This coupon serving reference utilizes that as determined by the customer managing company or one of the member enterprises and may vary as required.
  • the coupon data constructed in the form of characters, pictures or a mixture of character and picture include the contents of coupon such as the discount charge, discount rate or the commodities or services available free as well as the unique numbers given to the respective coupon data.
  • the sequence of issuing coupons is illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the result of use which a customer produces as he or she uses stores or markets of a member enterprise exceeds a predetermined level in Step A and B.
  • coupon data transmission program finds that the result of use of the customer meets the criteria for issuing coupons as the result of comparison of the result of use of the customer with the coupon service criteria in Step C, it transmits corresponding coupon data to the wireless communication terminal 2 of the customer in Step D.
  • the customer may use data by presenting them to an employee of a store or market following loading them as required.
  • the unique numbers of coupons once used are input in the above described data transmission server 6 to prevent any further use.
  • the coupon serving system using wireless communication terminals 2 constructed as above can transmit coupons to the wireless communication terminals 2 instantly by using the coupon data transmission program. Accordingly, this system is not only characterized by its marked swiftness in comparison to the conventional method of sending coupons through mail but also by the saving in the cost for printing separate coupons and the reduction in the cost related with mail dispatch because of the use of the data transmitting system which is served without any charge. Further, another advantage of possibility to provide various kinds of coupons based on the results of use of customers can be obtained, because the coupon data transmission program takes the charge of transmitting graded coupons to customers based on the comparison of the result of use with the coupon service criteria.
  • This type of coupon serving system using wireless communication terminals may be useful specially when a special event is held in the interest of the superior customers.
  • coupon serving system to be applied to the customer managing service through a customer managing company was explained in the present embodiment, such a system may be applied, for example, in the instance where an enterprise independently serves coupons to the customers who used a store or shop belonging to the enterprise.
  • this embodiment which concerned awarding of coupons to the customers depending on the achieved result may also be applied to the case of coupon issuance wherein coupons are issued to all customers according to the predetermined coupon service criteria independent of actual results of use so that infinite use may be allowed within a predetermined period.
  • the coupon data include no unique identification numbers.
  • the present invention by transmitting coupons to the wireless communication terminals of customers by means of a data transmitting server, can provide a new conception coupon serving system using wireless communication terminals, wherein graded coupons can be served to the customers rapidly and depending on the result of use or purchase by the customers.

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L'invention porte sur un service d'émission de coupons utilisant des équipements terminaux de télécommunications sans fil permettant d'attribuer rapidement des coupons en fonction des résultats actuels d'activité des clients. Lesdits coupons, qui indiquent le montant ou le taux de rabais consentis, ou les produits ou services disponibles gratuitement, sont remis au client qui peut les utiliser lors de l'achat de produits ou du recours à des services. Ledit système comporte: des équipements terminaux (2) propriété des clients; un serveur de transmission (6) de données; et une base de données (4) intégrée audit serveur (6) et permettant la transmission sans fil de données aux équipements terminaux des clients, ladite base de données stockant les numéros de téléphone fil desdits équipements (2). Le serveur de transmission (6) de données comporte un programme de transmission de données sur les coupons telles que le montant ou le taux des rabais consentis, ou les produits ou services disponibles gratuitement, ce qui permet aux clients autorisés d'acquérir des produits ou d'utiliser des services lorsque les données des coupons ont été transmises à leurs équipements terminaux (2).
PCT/KR2000/000422 2000-02-24 2000-05-04 Systeme d'attribution de coupons utilisant des terminaux de telecommunications sans fil WO2001063507A1 (fr)

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