WO2013172622A1

WO2013172622A1 - Method and system for providing accessory service for portable terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013172622A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/004247
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박진규; 김덕근
Original assignee: Park Jin Kyu; Kim Deok Keun
Priority date: 2012-05-14
Filing date: 2013-05-14
Publication date: 2013-11-21
Also published as: KR20130127275A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing an accessory service for a portable terminal, the method for providing an accessory service for a portable terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, meeting the diverse needs of a consumer and stimulating transactions of accessory items for a portable terminal by allowing a consumer to directly design, via a wireless communication network, a variety of accessories for a portable terminal, or to select and design accessories designed and uploaded to the communication network by a professional, and then allowing batch ordering or payment of same.

Description

Mobile terminal accessory service providing method and system

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a mobile terminal accessory service.

BACKGROUND Mobile terminals such as mobile phones, smartphones, and tablet PCs are often used in combination with cases for consumers for various reasons. In addition, as well as the case of the mobile terminal, a variety of consumers to buy and use a variety of accessories, such as mobile phone rings, holders, etc. are increasing.

On the other hand, the user uses the case to protect the mobile terminal, to improve the grip feeling holding the mobile terminal, or to express an aesthetic sense. Common case materials are mainly used such as silicon, plastic, and the like. The case surrounds the rest of the cell phone, except for the part provided with the LCD screen.

On the other hand, accessories including the case of the portable terminal are made in a variety of colors and various structures to meet the various tastes of the user. However, there is a problem that only the functions for protecting the mobile terminal, improving the grip feeling, etc. are provided, and they do not meet the aesthetic requirements of various consumers. In addition, a user who purchases a conventional case for a mobile terminal cannot change the shape or shape expressed on the case, and thus has a problem of using the state as manufactured by the manufacturer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a customer directly designs accessories of various mobile terminals through wired / wireless communication networks, or by designing and manually selecting accessories uploaded to a communication network designed by an expert, thereby allowing customers to order and pay them collectively. The present invention provides a method and system for providing a mobile terminal accessory service capable of activating a transaction of an accessory item of a mobile terminal while meeting various needs.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal accessory service providing method comprising: receiving customer terminal information including specification information of a mobile terminal to which an accessory is to be attached from a customer terminal; Providing the customer terminal with information about a plurality of accessory items and a user interface capable of combining the plurality of accessory items; Receiving selection of accessory items combined through the user interface from the customer terminal; And calculating a cost of the selected accessory items and providing a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal accessory service providing method comprising: providing design tool information for designing an accessory item to a designer terminal; Uploading at least one accessory item designed using the design tool information from the designer terminal; Displaying the uploaded accessory item; Receiving at least one accessory item suitable for the mobile terminal to which the accessory item is to be attached from the customer terminal; Calculating a cost of the selected accessory item and providing a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal; Performing a payment process through the payment menu with the customer terminal; And when the payment process is completed, paying a predetermined cost corresponding to the payment cost of the accessory item to the designer terminal uploading the paid accessory item.

The customer terminal is characterized in that it comprises the portable terminal.

The user interface may be configured to virtually attach a selected accessory item of the plurality of accessory items to the portable terminal.

The mobile terminal accessory service providing method may further include providing a user interface that may combine the plurality of accessory items.

The design tool information may include information about the portable terminal and information about an accessory item attachable to the portable terminal.

In order to achieve the another technical problem, a portable terminal accessory service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an accessory service providing server connectable to a customer terminal through a wired or wireless communication network,

The accessory service providing server may receive customer terminal information including specification information of a portable terminal to which an accessory is to be attached from the customer terminal, and combine information about a plurality of accessory items and the plurality of accessory items to the customer terminal. Provide a user interface, select accessory items combined through the user interface from the customer terminal, settle the costs of the selected accessory items, and provide a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal Characterized in that.

In order to achieve the another technical problem, a portable terminal accessory service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an accessory service providing server connectable to a designer terminal and a customer terminal through a wired or wireless communication network,

The accessory service providing server provides design tool information for designing an accessory item to the designer terminal, receives at least one accessory item designed using the design tool information from the designer terminal, and receives the uploaded accessory item. A display menu, receiving at least one accessory item suitable for the mobile terminal to which the accessory item is to be attached from the customer terminal, calculating a cost of the selected accessory item, and including a settled cost information in the customer terminal. If the payment process is completed by providing a payment process through the payment menu and the customer terminal, and the payment of the accessory item to the designer terminal that uploaded the paid accessory item to the cost of the accessory item And to pay a small fee for the feature.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, customers directly design the accessories of various mobile terminals through wired or wireless communication networks, or design and select the accessories uploaded to the communication network by an expert, and then design and order them collectively. While meeting various demands of, the transaction of the accessory item of the portable terminal can be activated.

1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile terminal accessory service providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the accessory service providing server 110 illustrated in FIG. 1.

3 and 4 are exemplary diagrams for describing a portable terminal accessory according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile terminal accessory service providing method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile terminal accessory service providing method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts may be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

In addition, the terms or words used in the specification and claims described below are not to be construed as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meaning, meaning that corresponds to the technical spirit of the present invention so as to best express the present invention To be interpreted as

Referring to FIG. 1, the portable terminal accessory service providing system 100 includes an accessory service providing server 110, a customer terminal 140, and a designer terminal 130, and the accessory service providing server 110 may include a communication network 120. It is possible to connect to the customer terminal 140, designer terminal 130).

The customer terminal 140 and the designer terminal 130 may be a wired terminal, for example, a PC, or a wireless terminal, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a notebook. In addition, the accessory service providing server 110 via the communication network 120 using a browser for Internet access, such as a wireless application protocol (Internet connection protocol) that is an Internet access protocol, MIE (Microsoft Internet Explorer) based on HTML using the HTTP protocol. ).

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the accessory service providing server 110 receives customer terminal information including specification information of a mobile terminal to which an accessory is to be attached from the customer terminal 140, and a plurality of accessory items to the customer terminal 140. Information and a user interface that can combine multiple accessory items. Here, the user interface is a tool that allows the customer to directly design and attach or combine accessory items to the portable terminal possessed by the customer. For example, various accessory items provided by the accessory service providing server 110 are displayed on the customer terminal 140 according to the mobile terminal model information of the customer, and the customer displays his / her own selected color, design, and material. Can be virtually attached to the mobile terminal. The accessory service providing server 110 receives the combined accessory items from the customer terminal 140 through the user interface and calculates the cost of the selected accessory items. In other words, customers can purchase items individually or collectively purchase their own accessories. When there is a customer's accessory selection, a payment menu including the cost information settled in the customer terminal 140 is provided. The payment processor with the customer terminal 140 may be performed by the accessory service providing server 110 or may be performed through a general payment agent server (not shown).

In another embodiment of the present invention, the accessory service providing server 110 may provide design tool information for designing an accessory item to the designer terminal 130 and receive the designed accessory items from the designer terminal 130. have. That is, the designer terminal 130 provides design tool information including accessory items that can be combined or designed for each portable terminal. The accessory items uploaded from the designer terminal 130 are displayed on the customer terminal 140. The accessory service providing server 110 selects an accessory item suitable for the mobile terminal to which the accessory item is to be attached from the customer terminal 140, calculates the cost of the selected accessory item, and provides the cost information calculated on the customer terminal 140. Provide a payment menu including. The accessory service providing server 110 proceeds to the payment process through the payment menu with the customer terminal 140 and when the payment process is completed, corresponding to the cost of the accessory item to the designer terminal 130 uploading the paid accessory item. A predetermined fee is paid. Here, although described as paying the designer terminal 130, but is not limited to this, of course, includes other forms of compensation, for example, coupon payment, point payment and the like.

Referring to FIG. 2, the accessory service providing server 110 may include an accessory item collection unit 111, a customer interface unit 112, a designer interface unit 113, a designer information management unit 114, a customer information management unit 115, The purchase management unit 116 is included.

The accessory item collecting unit 111 collects accessory items to be sold or provided to the customer. Here, the collected accessory item may be provided from the designer.

The customer interface unit 112 is responsible for input / output with a customer terminal connected to the accessory service providing server 110. In addition, the customer interface unit 112 provides a customer with a user interface that can virtually combine or design accessories to be attached to their mobile terminal.

The designer interface unit 113 is responsible for input / output with a designer terminal connected to the accessory service providing server 110. In addition, the designer interface unit 113 provides the designer with information of the mobile terminal to be provided to the customer, types of accessory items, and the like, and provides design tool information that can be designed based on such information.

The designer information manager 114 stores and manages information of a designer registered or to be registered in advance. In addition, when the accessory item uploaded by the designer terminal 130 is paid, the corresponding designer terminal 130 is searched for, and is responsible for payment of a cost corresponding to the payment cost.

The customer information manager 115 stores and manages information of a customer registered or to be registered in advance.

The purchase manager 116 is responsible for the accessory payment and purchase process of the customer terminal 140. In addition, the payment process with the customer terminal 140 may be performed through the server for the external payment, of course.

3A through 3C, designs of various types of portable terminal cases are illustrated. In addition to these block-shaped designs, of course, it can include a variety of character forms. In addition, various accessory items such as the shape, material, color, and pattern of the case may be provided, and as shown in FIG. 4, accessories such as a camera lens, a cradle, a cable manager, a hook hole, and an earphone hole cap may also be provided. It may be included in the accessory items described in the embodiments of the.

Referring to FIG. 5, the client terminal 510 transmits portable terminal information to the accessory service providing server 500. Here, the portable terminal information includes model information of a portable terminal used by a customer, for example, a smart phone. In addition, the client terminal 510 may be a portable terminal to which the accessory is attached. When the client terminal 510 accesses the accessory service providing server 500 to purchase an accessory item, the portable terminal information may be automatically transmitted. have.

The accessory service providing server 500 provides the user terminal 510 with a user interface including various accessory items suitable for the mobile terminal information. Here, the user interfaces are tools that the customer can design directly on the portable terminal possessed by the customer and attach or combine accessory items virtually.

The customer terminal 510 combines and designs accessory items using a user interface. When the customer directly selects the accessory items assembled by the customer, the accessory item selection information is transmitted to the accessory service providing server 500. The accessory service providing server 500 may collectively settle the costs of the accessories selected by the customer. The cost information and the payment menu are transmitted to the customer terminal 510.

The payment process is performed between the accessory service providing server 500 and the customer terminal 510.

Referring to FIG. 6, the accessory service providing server 600 provides an accessory design tool to the designer terminal 610. Here, the accessory design tool includes information of the mobile terminal and information of various accessory items. The designer terminal 610 uploads various accessory items to the accessory service providing server 600 using an accessory design tool. The accessory service providing server 600 displays the uploaded accessory item on the customer terminal 620. In addition, although not shown, the accessory service providing server 600 may provide a user interface for attaching virtually selected accessory items to the mobile terminal of the customer. The customer terminal 620 selects accessory items suitable or directly combined with its portable terminal. The payment and purchase process is performed between the accessory service providing server 600 and the customer terminal 620.

When the payment is completed, the accessory service providing server 600 searches for the designer terminal 600 uploading the accessory item purchased by the customer. In addition, a predetermined cost corresponding to the payment cost is paid to the designer terminal 610. Here, although described as paying a certain cost or amount, but is not limited to this, various forms of compensation, for example, item payment, point payment, coupon payment, etc. is of course possible.

The device according to the invention comprises a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a user interface such as a touch panel, a key, a button and the like. Device and the like. Methods implemented by software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer readable recording medium as computer readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. The computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (eg, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optical reading medium (eg, CD-ROM). ) And DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The computer readable recording medium can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. The medium is readable by the computer, stored in the memory, and can be executed by the processor.

All documents, including publications, patent applications, patents, and the like, cited in the present invention, may be incorporated into the present invention as if each cited document were individually and specifically shown as merged or as totally merged in the present invention. .

For the understanding of the present invention, reference numerals have been set forth in the preferred embodiments illustrated in the drawings, and specific terms are used to describe the embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the specific terms, and the present invention. May include all components conventionally conceivable to a person skilled in the art.

The invention can be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. Such functional blocks may be implemented in various numbers of hardware or / and software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, the present invention relates to integrated circuit configurations such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., which may execute various functions by the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. It can be adopted. Similar to the components in the present invention may be implemented in software programming or software elements, the present invention includes various algorithms implemented in data structures, processes, routines or other combinations of programming constructs, including C, C ++ It may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as Java, an assembler, or the like. The functional aspects may be implemented with an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the present invention may employ the prior art for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and / or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "means" and "configuration" can be used widely and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in conjunction with a processor or the like.

Particular implementations described in the present invention are embodiments and do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of the systems may be omitted. In addition, the connection or connection members of the lines between the components shown in the drawings by way of example shows a functional connection and / or physical or circuit connections, in the actual device replaceable or additional various functional connections, physical It may be represented as a connection, or circuit connections. In addition, unless specifically mentioned, such as "essential", "important" may not be a necessary component for the application of the present invention.

In the specification (particularly in the claims) of the present invention, the use of the term “above” and similar indicating terminology may correspond to both the singular and the plural. In addition, in the present invention, when the range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the range are applied (if not stated to the contrary), and each individual value constituting the range is described in the detailed description of the invention. Same as Finally, if there is no explicit order or contrary to the steps constituting the method according to the invention, the steps may be performed in a suitable order. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the description order of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) in the present invention is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and the scope of the present invention is limited by the examples or exemplary terms unless defined by the claims. It doesn't happen. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications, combinations and changes can be made depending on design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

Claims

In the mobile terminal accessory service providing method,

Receiving customer terminal information including specification information of a mobile terminal to which the accessory is to be attached from the customer terminal;

Providing the customer terminal with information about a plurality of accessory items and a user interface capable of combining the plurality of accessory items;

Receiving selection of accessory items combined through the user interface from the customer terminal; And

Calculating a cost of the selected accessory items, and providing a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal.
In the mobile terminal accessory service providing method,

Providing design tool information for designing an accessory item to a designer terminal;

Uploading at least one accessory item designed using the design tool information from the designer terminal;

Displaying the uploaded accessory item;

Receiving at least one accessory item suitable for the mobile terminal to which the accessory item is to be attached from the customer terminal;

Calculating a cost of the selected accessory item and providing a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal;

Performing a payment process through the payment menu with the customer terminal; And

When the payment process is completed, the mobile terminal accessory service providing method comprising the step of paying a predetermined cost corresponding to the payment cost of the accessory item to the designer terminal uploaded the paid accessory item.
The method according to claim 1 or 2,

The customer terminal,

A portable terminal accessory service providing method comprising the portable terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The user interface,

And an accessory item selected from the plurality of accessory items can be virtually attached to the portable terminal.
The method of claim 2,

And providing a user interface capable of combining the plurality of accessory items.
The method of claim 2,

The design tool information,

And information about the accessory item attachable to the portable terminal and the information of the portable terminal.
In the portable terminal accessory service providing system,

An accessory service providing server accessible through a customer terminal and a wired or wireless communication network,

The accessory service providing server,

Receiving customer terminal information including specification information of a mobile terminal to which an accessory is to be attached from the customer terminal, and providing the user terminal with information about a plurality of accessory items and a user interface for combining the plurality of accessory items; And selecting the accessory items combined through the user interface from the customer terminal, calculating the costs of the selected accessory items, and providing a payment menu including the calculated cost information to the customer terminal. Terminal accessory service providing system.
In the portable terminal accessory service providing system,

An accessory service providing server accessible through a designer terminal and a customer terminal through a wired or wireless communication network,

The accessory service providing server,

Providing design tool information for designing an accessory item to the designer terminal, receiving at least one accessory item designed using the design tool information from the designer terminal, displaying the uploaded accessory item, and displaying the uploaded accessory item. Selecting at least one accessory item suitable for the mobile terminal to which the accessory item is to be attached from the terminal, calculating a cost of the selected accessory item, providing a payment menu including the settled cost information to the customer terminal, When the payment process is completed by performing a payment process through a terminal and the payment menu, paying a predetermined cost corresponding to the cost of the accessory item to the designer terminal uploading the paid accessory item. The portable terminal accessory service providing system according to claim.