WO2011096634A1

WO2011096634A1 - Alarm service method and system of membership application using mobile device and program recording medium thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2011096634A1
Application number: PCT/KR2010/008104
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이종민; 한건희
Original assignee: 주식회사 아이브이에스
Priority date: 2010-02-03
Filing date: 2010-11-16
Publication date: 2011-08-11
Also published as: KR100989335B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an alarm service method and system of a membership application using a mobile device and a program recording medium thereof. The invention: authenticates whether the user is a member of a rental shop for articles such as books or videos or the like, by using a membership application provided in a mobile device; and generates an alarm that notifies the due date of a rental article on the mobile device, so that the rental shop can prevent the waste of unnecessary manpower and an increase of communication charges caused by the notification of the due date of the rental article and that the member who has rented the article can save additional rental cost by easily checking the due date.

Description

Alarm service method and system of membership application using mobile device and program recording medium therefor

The present invention relates to an alarm service method of a membership application using a mobile device, and more particularly, can be used to authenticate membership in a rental store such as books or videos using a membership application installed on a mobile device. By generating an alarm on the mobile device indicating the date of return of the rental item, the rental shop can prevent an increase in communication costs and unnecessary consumption of manpower due to the notice of the return date of the rental item, and the membership member who rented the item. The present invention also relates to an alarm service method and system for a membership application using a mobile device and to a program recording medium therefor, in order to easily confirm a return date, thereby preventing additional rental costs.

For school and public libraries where books can be rented for free for a certain period of time, and various item rental stores (collectively referred to as 'rental stores') that receive a fixed rental fee and rent videos, books, toys, clothes, etc. for a certain period of time, A system should be in place for the management of customer and rental records following the rental of goods.

Typically, these rental stores rent and store various items such as videos or books for membership members registered as members, and store and manage rental records using their own PCs. These rental records include information such as loaned goods, personal information of the borrowed membership members, and the date of return.

If the rental date is imminent or the date of return is over, the rental store will provide the member who rented the item to the member who rented the item by phone or e-mail. This method causes an increase in communication costs and unnecessary manpower consumption for the rental shop, and also causes additional rental costs over the return date even for the membership member who rented the goods.

In order to solve this problem, a method of transmitting an SMS text message indicating the return date information to the mobile device of the member member borrowed the goods has been developed. That is, the rental server stores the information on the rental items and the return date, and the mobile phone number information of the borrowed membership member in the management server for managing the rental history of the rental store, and if the return date is imminent, the management server automatically manages the member's mobile device. To send an SMS text indicating the return date information.

However, the SMS text transmission method also has problems such as excessive communication costs incurred by the rental shop and purchase and operation costs of the management server. One of the problems is that it is easy to forget the return date in busy life even if the SMS text is recognized at the time due to the SMS text, so it is possible to continue to recognize the return date. Cannot be.

In addition, a large rental shop including a library issues ID cards to registered membership members, and the ID card stores name, address, and phone number information of the member. In addition, the ID card is provided with an authentication means such as a barcode or RFID, so that the membership member is authenticated as a membership member by using his ID card at the rental shop.

Recently, however, there are numerous rental shops that lend various types of goods, and it is not cumbersome to have an ID card issued for each rental shop. Therefore, there is a demand for the development of a new authentication means that can replace the ID card for membership membership of the rental shop, and can be easily carried at the same time.

In addition, if an item that a member wants to rent is already rented to another member or has not yet been purchased at a rental store, the member needs to visit or call several times until the item is received at the rental store. This happens.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and is created to solve this problem. For the rental shop, it is possible to prevent an increase in communication costs and unnecessary consumption of manpower according to the notice of the return date of the rental goods, and to rent the goods. The main challenge is to make it easy for the membership member to check the return date so that no additional rental fee is incurred.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a new authentication means that can be easily carried while being a member of the rental shop.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to enable the membership member to easily check the rental shop wearing information of the article when the article that the member wants to rent is not in the rental store.

An alarm service method of a membership application using a mobile device according to the present invention as a means for solving the above problem, the first step of installing a membership application for information management of rental goods on the mobile device; A second step of running the membership application in a mobile device; A third step of activating, on the mobile device, an authentication means for authenticating a member of the rental shop by the membership application; A fourth step of authenticating the membership by the management server of the rental shop through the authentication means; A fifth step of inputting information on the rental goods and information on the return date to the management server and stored in the DB of the rental shop; A sixth step of storing return date information of the rental item on the mobile device through a membership application; A seventh step of setting an alarm occurrence time through the membership application to inform the return date information of the rental item; And an eighth step of generating, by the mobile device, an alarm informing the return date information of the rental item when the set time is reached.

Here, the third step may be achieved by displaying a bar code type authentication means including membership member information on the screen of the mobile device, or by performing an RFID type authentication means including membership member information on the mobile device. It may be.

The sixth step may be configured such that the management server wirelessly transmits the return date information of the rental item to the membership application through wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device.

In addition, the sixth step may be configured such that through a wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device, the membership application reads the return date information of the loaned item by wirelessly connecting to the management server.

And the alarm service method, step 4-1 in which the information of the reserved goods is stored in the DB of the rental shop through the management server; 4-2, through the wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device, when the reservation item is received, the management server wirelessly transmits the receipt information of the reservation item to the membership application; When the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, the fourth to third step of displaying the receipt information of the reservation article on the screen of the mobile device by the membership application; may be configured to further include.

The alarm service method may further include steps 4-4 in which information of a reserved item is input to a mobile device through a membership application; Steps 4-5 through a wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device, the membership application periodically wirelessly connected to the management server to confirm receipt of a reservation item; If the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, step 4-6 in which the receipt information of the reservation item is displayed on the screen of the mobile device by the membership application may be further configured.

In this case, the alarm service method, if the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, the step 4-7 of generating an alarm informing the receipt information of the reservation item by the membership application in the mobile device; further comprising a; Do.

In another aspect, the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium, characterized in that the program for executing the above alarm service method of the membership application on the mobile device is recorded.

The alarm service system of the membership application using the mobile device according to the present invention as another means for solving the above problems is installed and driven on the mobile device, and displays the authentication means for member authentication of the rental shop on the screen of the mobile device. A membership application for storing return date information of the rental item in a memory of the mobile device and generating an alarm informing the return date information of the rental item through the mobile device; A management server for authenticating a member of the rental store through the authentication means, inputting information on the loaned item and return date information, and wirelessly communicating the return date information on the loaned item with the mobile device; It includes a; DB for storing information and return date information of the loaned goods input through the management server.

Here, the alarm service system, by the management server wirelessly transmits the return date information of the rental goods to the mobile device, or by reading the return date information of the goods loaned by the mobile device to the management server by the membership application, The return date information of the rental item is preferably stored in the memory of the mobile device.

In addition, the alarm service system, by the membership application, the mobile device periodically checks whether a reservation item is received by wirelessly connecting to the management server, or when the reservation item is received, the management server wirelessly transmits the receipt information of the reservation item to the mobile device. Transmit; When the goods receipt information of the reserved goods is confirmed, the goods receipt information of the reservation goods is displayed on the screen of the mobile device by the membership application.

In addition, in the alarm service system, when the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, it is preferable that an alarm is generated in the mobile device to inform the receipt information of the reservation item by the membership application.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an alarm service system of a membership application using a mobile device according to the present invention.

2 to 4 are schematic diagrams illustrating screens of a mobile device on which a membership application is driven.

5 and 6 are flowcharts illustrating an alarm service method of a membership application using a mobile device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the alarm service method and system for a membership application using a mobile device and a program recording medium therefor in accordance with the present invention.

1 illustrates an alarm service system of a membership application using a mobile device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrate screens of a mobile device on which a membership application is driven.

Referring to FIG. 1, an alarm service system of a membership application using a mobile device according to the present invention includes a membership application 12 installed and driven on a mobile device 10, and a management server to which various types of information of rental goods are input. 20) and a DB 30 for storing various information of rental goods input through the management server 20.

Here, the mobile device 10 is a wireless internet access terminal possessed by a membership member who has registered as a member in a merchandise rental store, and for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PDA, a tablet PC, a laptop, etc., which can access the wireless internet Included

The rental store represents various item rental stores (including public libraries and school libraries) that rent videos, books, toys, clothes, and the like for a predetermined period of time. At this time, the management server 20 and the DB 30 is provided in the rental store to manage the information of the membership member and the information of the rental goods.

In addition, the membership application 12 may be downloaded from an application store (for example, an "app store") operated by a manufacturer or a mobile communication company of the mobile device 10 or a rental store's homepage and installed on the mobile device 10. have. In addition, it may be provided in a storage medium such as CD-ROM or USB and installed in the mobile device 10.

The membership application 12 is characterized in that the program is installed and driven in the mobile device 10. For example, if an initial screen of the mobile device 10 is installed in the form of an icon or registered in the program menu of the mobile device 10, and the user selects an icon or menu installed in the mobile device 10 of the user, The membership application 12 is run on the mobile device 10.

Also, as shown in FIG. 2, the membership application 12 is configured to enable the mobile device 10 to activate the authentication means 14 for member authentication of the rental store. For example, the authentication means 14 in the form of a barcode including membership member information may be configured to be displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10, or the authentication means 14 in the form of RFID including the membership member information may be provided. It may also be configured to operate on mobile device 10. This authentication means 14 is stored in the memory of the mobile device 10 and is activated in the mobile device 10 by the membership application 12.

On the other hand, when the authentication means 14 is in the form of a barcode, it is preferable that the authentication means 14 is displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10 until the membership application 12 is driven. However, when the authentication means 14 is in the form of RFID, the authentication application 14 may be configured to operate in the mobile device 10 only when the membership application 12 is driven, or the driving of the membership application 12 may be performed. The authentication means 14 may always be configured to operate on the mobile device 10 whether or not it is present.

Therefore, when the membership application 12 is run on the mobile device 10 of the membership member who wants to rent or return the goods at the rental store, the authentication means 14 in the form of RFID or barcode for the membership authentication of the rental store is mobile. When the device 10 is activated and recognizes the authentication means 14 through an RFID reader or a barcode scanner connected to the management server 20 of the rental shop, the member information of the membership member is automatically input to the management server 20. The membership certification process is complete.

On the other hand, when the user is registered as a member in several rental stores, it is preferable that different authentication means 14 are provided in the mobile device 10 for each rental store. For example, a plurality of membership applications 12 having different authentication means 14 for each rental store may be downloaded and installed in one mobile device 10, or a member number may be set in one membership application 12. It may be configured to be provided with a plurality of authentication means 14 different.

In addition, when the member authentication process is completed, the information of the goods to be rented or returned is input to the management server 20 of the rental shop and stored in the DB 30 of the rental shop.

And when the goods are rented, the return date information of the rental goods is automatically stored in the memory of the mobile device 10 by the membership application 12, in which the management server 20 is mobile information about the return date of the rental goods When the mobile device 10 wirelessly connects the device 10 to the device 10 or wirelessly connects the management server 20 to the management server 20, the return date information of the loaned item is read. It is automatically stored in the memory of the mobile device 10.

As such, the mobile device 10 and the management server 20 should be provided with means for wireless communication with each other so that the mobile device 10 can transmit and receive the return date information of the rental goods. For example, the mobile device 10 And the management server 20 are mutually wireless communication in a conventional manner such as wireless Internet communication, Bluetooth communication, RFID communication, CDMA communication using a wireless LAN, Wi-Fi or 3G.

Means for such a wireless communication, for example, communication means such as a wireless LAN card, a Wi-Fi module, a Bluetooth module is preferably used that is already installed in the mobile device 10, but for wireless communication with the management server 20 It may also be configured to be installed separately in the mobile device 10.

As such, after the storage of the rental and return date information of the article is completed, the membership member sets an occurrence time of an alarm for notifying the return date information of the rental article through the membership application 12. At this time, the occurrence time of the alarm can be freely set by the user through the membership application 12, such as 1-2 days before the scheduled return date or 5-10 hours ago. In addition, the type of alarm can be set freely by the user through the membership application 12 in the form of music, ringtone, voice, vibration, and the like.

When the time set forth above arrives, as shown in FIG. 3, the membership application 12 generates an alarm in the mobile device 10 informing the return date information of the rental item.

In addition, the management server 20 and the DB 30 is provided in the rental shop for managing the membership of the membership member and records of rental goods. In addition, the management server 20 is preferably connected to the RFID reader or barcode scanner for recognizing the authentication means 14 activated in the mobile device 10.

Therefore, the management server 20 authenticates the membership of the rental store through the authentication means 14 activated on the mobile device 10, the information on the loaned goods and the return date of the rental goods are input, and the return date information on the loaned goods. To perform wireless communication with the mobile device 10. In addition, the DB 30 stores information on the loaned item and return date inputted through the management server 20.

On the other hand, in addition to the alarm service for notifying the return date information of the rental goods described above, it is preferable that the user can be configured to be able to confirm the information of the reserved goods by using the membership application (12).

In other words, if the item that the member wants to rent is not already rented to another member or the item has not yet been purchased at the rental store because the item has not been purchased at the rental store, the user cannot reserve the item through the membership application 12. It is preferable that it is configured so that receipt information can be confirmed.

To this end, when the user inputs the information of the reservation item through the membership application 12, the membership application 12 periodically connected to the management server 20 via the mobile device 10 to determine whether the receipt of the reservation item. You can check it.

Alternatively, when the user inputs the information of the reserved goods into the management server 20, when the reserved goods are received at the rental store, the management server 20 wirelessly transmits the receipt information of the reserved goods to the mobile device 10 to receive the reserved goods. You can also check.

As such, when the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, it is preferable that the receipt information of the reservation item is configured to be displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10 by the membership application 12 as shown in FIG. 4.

In this case, when the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, an alarm informing the receipt information of the reservation item by the membership application 12 may be configured to be generated in the mobile device 10.

As such, the membership application 12 wirelessly connects to the management server 20 of the rental store by using a communication means provided in the mobile device 10, the information on the return date of the rental item and the receipt information of the reserved item, and other announcements of the rental store. It can be received and displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10, as described above, the communication period between the mobile device 10 and the management server 20 can be configured to be freely set by the user.

Hereinafter, an alarm service method using an alarm service system of a membership application using a mobile device configured as described above will be described.

5 is a diagram illustrating an alarm service method for checking return date of rental goods according to the present invention.

First, the user downloads and installs the membership application 12 for information management of the rental article on the mobile device 10 capable of accessing the wireless Internet possessed by the user (S10).

Then, after visiting the rental store to rent the goods, the mobile device 10 drives the membership application 12 (S12).

When the membership application 12 is driven in this way, the authentication means 14 for member authentication of the rental shop is activated by the membership application 12 in the mobile device 10 (S14). At this time, it is preferable that the authentication means 14 activated by the mobile device 10 be in the form of RFID or barcode including membership member information.

And whether the membership is authenticated by the management server 20 of the rental shop through the authentication means 14 activated in the mobile device 10 (S18). For example, by using the RFID reader or barcode scanner connected to the management server 20 to recognize the authentication means 14 activated in the mobile device 10 to authenticate the membership.

After such authentication process, when the membership member selects a new item to be rented at the rental store, the information of the rental item and the return date information are input to the management server 20 and stored in the DB 30 of the rental store (S20). ).

At this time, when the information of the rental goods is input to the management server 20, the management server 20 may be configured to automatically generate the return date information of the rental goods.

In addition, the return date information of the rental goods is also stored in the mobile device 10 through the membership application 12 (S22). At this time, through the wireless communication between the management server 20 and the mobile device 10, the management server 20 wirelessly transmits the return date information of the rental goods to the membership application 12, or to the membership application 12 As a result, the mobile device 10 wirelessly connects to the management server 20 to read the return date information of the loaned item, so that the return date information of the loaned item is also stored in the mobile device 10.

And the membership member sets an alarm occurrence time to inform the return date information of the rental goods through the membership application 12 (S24), and when the set time arrives, the alarm to inform the return date information of the rental goods mobile device It occurs at (10) (S26).

On the other hand, the user can check the information of the reserved goods using the membership application through the following process.

6 illustrates an alarm service method for receipt confirmation information of a reservation item according to the present invention.

As a first method for the receipt confirmation information of the reserved goods, the membership member selects the goods to be reserved for rental and inputs the information of the reserved goods to the management server 20 of the rental shop, the information of the reserved goods is stored at the rental shop. It is also stored in the DB 30 (S28).

Then, when the reserved goods are received at the rental store, the management server 20 wirelessly transmits the receipt information of the reserved goods to the membership application 12 through wireless communication between the management server 20 and the mobile device 10 (S30). When the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, the receipt information of the reservation item is displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10 by the membership application 12 (S36).

Alternatively, as a second method for the receipt confirmation information of the reservation item, the membership member inputs the information of the item to be reserved for rental to the mobile device 10 through the membership application 12 (S32).

Thereafter, through the wireless communication between the management server 20 and the mobile device 10, the membership application 12 periodically connected to the management server 20 to check whether or not the arrival of the reserved goods (S34), If receipt information of the is confirmed, the membership information of the reservation goods by the membership application 12 is displayed on the screen of the mobile device 10 (S36).

In this case, when the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, an alarm informing the receipt information of the reservation item by the membership application 12 may be configured to be generated in the mobile device 10 (S38).

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

According to the present invention, an additional rental cost is not generated by the rental shop in terms of preventing the increase of communication costs and unnecessary manpower consumption in accordance with the notice of the return date of the rental goods, and easily confirming the return date from the membership member who rented the goods. There is no effect.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to authenticate the membership of various rental shops as a membership application installed in one mobile device.

In addition, according to the present invention, the membership member can easily check the receipt information of the goods to be booked for rental.

Claims

A first step of installing a membership application for information management of rental goods on a mobile device;

A second step of running the membership application in a mobile device;

A third step of activating, on the mobile device, an authentication means for authenticating a member of the rental shop by the membership application;

A fourth step of authenticating the membership by the management server of the rental shop through the authentication means;

A fifth step of inputting information on the rental goods and information on the return date to the management server and stored in the DB of the rental shop;

A sixth step of storing return date information of the rental item on the mobile device through a membership application;

A seventh step of setting an alarm occurrence time through the membership application to inform the return date information of the rental item;

An eighth step of generating an alarm informing the return date information of the rental item in the mobile device when the set time is reached;

Alarm service method of the membership application using a mobile device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The third step is an alarm service method of a membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that the authentication means in the form of a bar code including membership information is displayed on the screen of the mobile device.
The method of claim 1,

The third step is an alarm service method of a membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that the authentication means in the form of RFID, including membership information is operated by the mobile device.
The method of claim 1,

The sixth step may be performed by the management server wirelessly transmitting the return date information of the rental goods to the membership application through wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device.
The method of claim 1,

In a sixth step, the alarm service of the membership application using the mobile device is performed by wirelessly connecting the management server and the mobile device to read the return date information of the loaned item by wirelessly connecting to the management server. Way.
The method of claim 1,

Step 4-1 in which the information of the reserved item is stored in the DB of the rental store through the management server;

4-2, through the wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device, when the reservation item is received, the management server wirelessly transmits the receipt information of the reservation item to the membership application;

If the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, step 4-3 in which the receipt information of the reservation item is displayed on the screen of the mobile device by the membership application;

Alarm service method of the membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1,

Step 4-4 in which the information of the reserved item is input to the mobile device through the membership application;

Steps 4-5 through the wireless communication between the management server and the mobile device, the membership application periodically wirelessly connected to the management server to confirm receipt of a reserved item;

If the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, steps 4-6 of displaying the receipt information of the reservation item on the screen of the mobile device by the membership application;

Alarm service method of the membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method according to claim 6 or 7,

If the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, an alarm informing the receipt information of the reservation item by the membership application is generated in the mobile device in steps 4-7;

Alarm service method of the membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that it further comprises.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the alarm service method of the membership application of claim 1 on a mobile device.
Installed and driven on a mobile device, displaying an authentication means for authenticating a member of a rental store on a screen of the mobile device, storing return date information of the rental item in a memory of the mobile device, and returning date information of the rental item through the mobile device Membership application for generating an alarm to inform the;

A management server for authenticating a member of the rental store through the authentication means, inputting information on the loaned item and return date information, and wirelessly communicating the return date information on the loaned item with the mobile device;

DB for storing information and return date information of the loaned goods input through the management server;

Alarm service system of the membership application using a mobile device comprising a.
The method of claim 10,

The management server wirelessly transmits the return date information of the loaned item to the mobile device, or the membership application reads the return date information of the loaned item by wirelessly accessing the management server by the membership application, so that the return date information of the rental item is mobile. Alarm service system of the membership application using a mobile device, characterized in that stored in the memory of the device.
The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein

By the membership application, the mobile device periodically wirelessly connects to the management server to confirm receipt of a reservation item, or when the reservation item is received, the management server wirelessly transmits receipt information of the reservation item to the mobile device;

When the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, the alarm service system of the membership application using the mobile device, characterized in that the receipt information of the reservation article by the membership application is displayed on the screen of the mobile device.
The method of claim 12,

The alarm service system of the membership application using the mobile device, wherein when the receipt information of the reservation item is confirmed, an alarm informing the receipt information of the reservation item is generated by the membership application.