WO2015102235A1

WO2015102235A1 - Coupon service system and method

Info

Publication number: WO2015102235A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/011536
Authority: WO
Inventors: 황병순; 장병준
Original assignee: 에스케이플래닛 주식회사
Priority date: 2014-01-02
Filing date: 2014-11-28
Publication date: 2015-07-09

Abstract

A coupon management device, according to the present invention, comprises: a communication unit for communicating through a communication network; a coupon information DB for storing coupon sales basic information containing franchise store identification information, franchise store position information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information and discount rate setting information; a sales condition computation unit for discriminatively setting a discount rate, a coupon sales amount and a coupon use period, which are different according to a distance from the position of a franchise store, by using the coupon sales amount setting information and the discount rate setting information, and computing a distance of the terminal device from the position of the franchise store by using the current position information of the terminal device and the franchise store position information if a sales list request signal including current position information is received from a terminal device, thereby applying the discount rate, coupon sales amount and coupon use period, which have each been differently set, to a distance block from the current position of the terminal device to the franchise store; and a sales list provision unit for generating coupon sales information, of which the sales conditions have been adjusted according to the computation result of the sales condition computation unit, as a sales list and providing the generated sales list to the terminal device.

Description

Coupon service system and method

The present invention relates to a coupon service system and method, and more particularly, to a technology capable of providing coupon information related information to a terminal device according to a current location information of a terminal device user or a website access record.

Classically, coupons have been widely used offline. The holder of the coupon was entitled to a discount at a certain rate for the purchase of the product or the provision of the service. These coupons are a marketing strategy that is consistently used in various offices, such as restaurants, clothing stores, stationery stores, department stores.

Recently, with the development of communication technologies such as the Internet, marketing strategies using coupons have been expanded not only offline but also online. The online coupon service allows users to pay for the coupon online, present the identification information (identification number, text message, graphic file, etc.) of the coupon at an offline store, and then purchase the product. As long as the price is discounted.

Also, with the recent rise of social commerce, the online coupon market is rapidly expanding. Social commerce is a type of electronic commerce using social network service (SNS), and is a sales method that provides a product at a bargain discount rate when a certain number of buyers are gathered. With the advent of social commerce, the number of online coupon providing sites has increased dramatically.

However, in order to use such an online coupon, a user must search and visit each coupon providing site individually. As described above, due to the rapid increase in the number of coupon providing sites, the user takes too much time and effort just to access all the coupon providing sites individually.

In addition, most coupons have an expiration date set. However, a person who purchased a coupon from a plurality of coupon providing sites had to access each coupon providing site individually and check the details of the purchased coupon. In this case, there is also a problem in that the coupon that has already been purchased becomes an obsolete item after the expiration date of the coupon.

Meanwhile, as the location-based service is activated, a service for exposing a coupon service subscription shop adjacent to a customer's location is widely used. The LBS is an important means for locating a coupon service shop that a customer wants to use by using a Global Positioning System and / or an Internet Locator System. have.

In general, when providing a coupon service using such a location-based service, the current location information of the user is collected to provide coupon information that can be used in the region where the user is located. However, in the related art, coupon information is merely provided on a local basis, and distances between individual stores and users are not considered. In addition, since all coupons issued in a specific store are given a uniform benefit, there is a limit in inducing users to purchase a coupon.

An object of the present invention is to collect the user's location information to calculate the distance between the user and the store and to set the coupon sales information such as discount rate, period of use, sales quantity of the store coupon according to the calculated distance to sell the coupon to the user The present invention provides a coupon service system for presenting an information list.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a coupon service system for informing the user of the available coupon information available on the site based on the address information of the website visited by the user.

According to the present invention, the object is a communication unit for communicating through a communication network; A coupon information DB storing coupon sales basic information including affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information; By using the coupon sales amount setting information and the discount rate setting information, a different discount rate, coupon sales amount, and coupon use period are set differently according to the distance from the affiliate store location, and a sales list request signal including current location information from the terminal device Is received, the discount rate is set differently in the distance section from the current location of the terminal device to the affiliated store by calculating the distance from the affiliated store location of the terminal device using the current location information of the terminal device and the affiliated store location information. A sales condition calculating unit applying the coupon sales amount and the coupon use period; It can be achieved by the coupon management apparatus including a; sales list providing unit for generating a sales list of coupon sales information adjusted to the sales conditions according to the operation result of the sales condition calculating unit to provide to the terminal device.

In addition, the above object is, according to the present invention, coupon sales basic information including the merchant identification information, merchant location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information and discount rate setting information is stored in the coupon management device; Receiving, by the coupon management device, a sales list request signal including current location information from a terminal device and calculating a distance between the current location information of the terminal device and the affiliated store; Setting, by the coupon management device, different discount rates, coupon sales amounts, and coupon usage periods according to distances from the affiliate store locations based on the coupon sales basic information; And generating, by the coupon management device, a coupon list on which sales conditions including the discount rate, coupon sales amount, and coupon use period are adjusted as a sales list according to the distance from the affiliate store of the terminal apparatus, to the terminal apparatus. It may be achieved by a coupon sales information providing method comprising a.

In addition, the above object according to the present invention, coupon information database for storing the information on the coupons for sale by coupon retailer; And when the coupon information request signal including the address information is received from the terminal device, the coupon information database is searched to obtain coupons usable in the address information, and the coupon can be purchased including information on the obtained coupons. It may be achieved by a coupon management device comprising a; coupon inquiry unit for transmitting information to the terminal device.

In addition, the above object is, according to the present invention, in the method for the coupon notification service can be purchased / used coupon coupon, when the coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information is received from the terminal device, coupon information Retrieving a coupon use address index of a database to obtain coupons mapped with the address information; Retrieving coupon issuance history information corresponding to the user identification information and searching whether there are available coupons already issued among the obtained coupons; And if the search result has available coupons, the available holding coupon information including information on the available coupons is transmitted to the terminal device, and if not present, purchases include information on the obtained coupons. Transmitting coupon information to the terminal device; may be achieved by a purchase / usable coupon notification service method comprising a.

In addition, the above object is, according to the present invention, a communication unit for communicating through a communication network; And when accessing a specific web site through the communication unit, collects address information of the specific web site, and transmits a coupon information request signal including the collected address information to a coupon management device through a communication unit, and manages the coupon. It may be achieved by the terminal device comprising a; coupon notification processing unit for receiving the available coupon information or available coupon information from the device.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the location information of the user is collected to calculate the distance between the user and the store, and according to the calculated distance, coupon sale information such as discount rate, period of use, sales quantity of the corresponding store coupon Set to provide a coupon service system for presenting a list of coupon sales information to the user.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a coupon service system for informing the user of the available coupon information available on the site based on the address information of the website visited by the user.

1 is a block diagram of a coupon service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention

2 is a control block diagram of a coupon management apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a control block diagram of a user terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a method for providing location-based coupon sales information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a state diagram of providing location-based coupon sales information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a state diagram of providing location-based coupon sales information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a coupon service system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a terminal apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a view showing in detail the configuration of the coupon notification processing unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a coupon management apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

11 illustrates a method for a coupon service according to a second 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 description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components will be given the same reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will first be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, and the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

1 is a block diagram of a coupon service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the coupon service system according to the first embodiment includes a user terminal device 300, a coupon management device 200, and an affiliated store terminal device 100 connected through a communication network.

The affiliated store terminal device 100 is a terminal of an affiliated store subscribed to a location-based coupon sale information providing service according to the present invention, and registers coupon sale basic information in the coupon management device 200.

Here, the coupon sales basic information includes affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information.

Coupon identification information may be a serial number consisting of numbers, letters or a combination of numbers and letters, or may be a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code such as a barcode or a QR code. The affiliated store identification information may include all kinds of data that can distinguish each affiliated store, such as a serial number, a business registration number, and a business name assigned to each affiliated store. The sales quantity setting information includes a limitation condition related to the sales quantity, such as the total sales quantity of the coupon, the maximum sales quantity for the highest discount rate, the maximum sales quantity for each time period, and the purchase quantity for each user. The discount rate setting information includes constraints related to the discount rate setting, such as the highest discount rate, average selling price, and average discount rate.

The merchant terminal 100 transmits the coupon identification information of the coupon presented by the user to the coupon management apparatus 200 and receives the benefit information set in the corresponding coupon, and provides the benefits according to the benefit information when the user pays. Can be applied.

The coupon management apparatus 200 collects the current location information of the user when the user accesses the coupon selling application / site through the user terminal 300. The coupon management apparatus 200 provides a sales list including coupon sales information by adjusting a discount rate, a quantity sold, and a period of use according to a distance between a user's current location and an affiliated store.

The coupon management apparatus 200 first calculates the distance between the user's current location and the affiliated store, and calculates a discount rate, a quantity sold, and a period of use by secondly calculating sales conditions according to the distance based on pre-registered coupon sales basic information. Apply differently.

Coupon management device 200 collects the current location information of the user to calculate the distance to the merchant to provide the highest discount to the nearest customer, but adjust the coupon use period based on the arrival time to the store. The coupon management apparatus 200 adjusts the sales quantity in real time based on the sales quantity for each time zone set by the merchant, and calculates the average selling price and the average discount rate to adjust the discount rate provided to the nearest customer.

In addition, the discount rate of the coupon sale price or the benefit provision rate for the coupon use benefits can be adjusted, and the discount rate provided to the nearest customer according to the average selling price and the average discount rate can be adjusted according to the coupon sales volume. If the coupon management apparatus 200 exceeds the maximum number of sales for the same time period, the coupon may be paused and then resold the next time period.

The terminal device 300 accesses the coupon management apparatus 200 and requests a sales list including coupon sales information, selects a coupon from the sales list, and requests the coupon management apparatus 200 to purchase the coupon. When the purchase is completed, the terminal device 300 may receive the corresponding coupon information from the coupon management device 200. The coupon information received by the terminal device may be issued in various forms, such as numbers, letters, or a serial number consisting of a combination of numbers and letters, or a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code such as a barcode or a QR code.

2 is a control block diagram of the coupon management apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coupon management apparatus 200 may include a communication unit 210, a user location information collecting unit 220, a sales list providing unit 250, a coupon information DB 240, and a selling condition calculating unit 230. ) And the controller 260.

The communication unit 210 transmits and receives various types of data with the affiliated store terminal device 100, and in particular, receives coupon sale basic information from the affiliated store terminal device 100. Here, the coupon sales basic information includes affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information. The communication unit 210 may be connected to a plurality of merchant terminals at the same time, and may transmit and receive merchant information and coupon sale basic information to be sold based on the connection. The controller 260 stores the coupon sales basic information received by the communication unit 210 in the coupon sales information DB.

In addition, the communication unit 210 receives a sales list request signal from the user terminal device 300, and transmits the sales list accordingly to the user terminal device 300. Coupon information DB 240 stores the coupon sales basic information and coupon sales information.

The coupon sales basic information includes affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information.

The coupon sales information includes information adjusted for a discount rate, a quantity sold, and a period of use according to a distance between a user's current location and an affiliated store.

The user location information collection unit 220 collects current location information of the user terminal device 300 requesting a sales list.

The sales condition calculating unit 230 first calculates the distance between the user's current location and the affiliated store collected by the user location information collecting unit 220, and the coupon information DB 240 reflects the coupon sales basic information to the user and the affiliated store. Secondly calculate the terms of sale based on the distance between them and apply discount rate, quantity sold and period of use differentially.

The sales condition calculating unit 230 classifies the distance between the user and the affiliated store in a predetermined unit and provides a differential discount rate according to each distance section, but adjusts the coupon use period based on the arrival time to the store.

For example, when a customer located within 500M of store A purchases a coupon at a coupon sales site, the coupon may be purchased at a discount rate of 50%, but the available period may be set to 10 minutes. At the same time, if a customer located within 1000M of store A purchases a coupon from the coupon sales site, the discount rate is reduced to apply a 30% discount rate, but the usage period can be set to 2 hours. In addition, if a customer located within 5000M of store A purchases a coupon at a coupon sales site, the discount rate is further reduced to apply a 10% discount rate, but the usage period may be set to 24 hours.

The selling condition calculating unit 230 adjusts the selling quantity in real time based on the selling quantity for each time zone set by the merchant, and calculates the average selling price and the average discount rate to adjust the discount rate provided to the nearest customer. In addition, the sales condition calculating unit 230 may adjust the discount rate of the coupon sale price or the benefit providing rate for the coupon use benefit, and may adjust the discount rate provided to the nearest customer according to the average selling price and the average discount rate according to the coupon sales amount. have. In addition, if the maximum number of sales for the same time period is exceeded, the sale may be paused and then resale may be started next time.

The sales list providing unit 250 generates coupon sales information whose sales conditions are adjusted according to the calculation result of the sales condition calculating unit 230 as a sales list and provides them to the user terminal device 300. Here, the coupons included in the sales list have an available period, and the available period begins to elapse from the moment the user checks the sales list. Therefore, the sales list provider 250 deletes the coupon from the sales list if the coupon included in the sales list expires, and adds the sales information of the coupon to the sales list when another coupon is added. Update the list.

The controller 260 controls the communicator 210, the user location information collector 220, the sales list provider 250, the coupon information DB 240, and the sales condition calculator 230.

3 is a control block diagram of a user terminal device 300 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal device 300 includes a communication unit 310, an input unit 320, an output unit 330, a storage unit 340, a sales list inquiry unit 350, and a control unit 360. do.

The communication unit 310 is connected to the coupon management apparatus 200 through a communication network to transmit and receive data. The communication unit 310 may include a wireless communication module such as mobile communication, satellite communication, a wired communication module such as the Internet, a short range wireless communication module such as Wi-Fi, and the like.

The input unit 320 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the terminal device 300, and converts the user's request into an electric signal according to the user's operation. The input unit is an input unit that receives letters, numbers, text, voice, movement, tactile sense, time, etc. from the user. For example, the input unit is a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensor, a tactile sensor, a motion sensor, a voice input. It can be implemented in various forms such as means.

The output unit 330 may be implemented as a display means for displaying screen information according to driving of an application, for example, a small flat panel display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or organic light emitting diodes (OLED).

The storage unit 340 stores a program necessary for controlling the operation of the terminal device 300 and data generated while executing the program.

The sales list inquiry unit 350 accesses the coupon management apparatus 200 through the communication unit 310, requests a sales list, and displays the sales list provided by the coupon management apparatus 200 on the output unit 330. . The sales list inquiry unit 350 may provide the coupon management apparatus 200 with the current location information of the terminal device 300 together with the sales list request, and thus, the coupon management apparatus 200 may be located at a location between the user and the affiliated store. Therefore, the terms of sale can be managed differentially. The sales list inquiry unit 350 performing such a series of control processes may be provided in the form of a dedicated application.

The controller 360 controls operations of each unit such as the communication unit 310, the input unit 320, the output unit 330, the storage unit 340, and the sales list inquiry unit 350.

4 is a flowchart of a method for providing location-based coupon sales information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Coupon management device 200 receives and stores the coupon sales basic information from the merchant terminal device 100 (S110). The coupon sales basic information includes affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sale amount setting information, and discount rate setting information.

The user terminal device 300 accesses the coupon management apparatus 200 and requests a sales list including coupon sales information (S112). Here, the user terminal device 300 may provide the current location information to the coupon management device 200.

Coupon management device 200 for requesting a sales list collects the current location information of the user (S114), calculates the distance between the user's current location and the merchant (S116),

Coupon management device 200 calculates the coupon sale conditions set according to the distance between the user and the affiliated store (S118). The coupon management apparatus 200 may classify the distance between the user and the affiliated store in a predetermined unit and apply the discount rate, the period of use, and the sales quantity differentially according to each distance section. For example, the closer the customer is to a merchant, the higher the discount rate, the shorter the period of use and the lower the sales volume.

The coupon management apparatus 200 generates coupon sales information whose sales conditions are adjusted according to the calculation result as a sales list (S120), and provides the generated sales list to the user terminal device 300 (S122).

5 is a state diagram of providing location-based coupon sales information according to a first embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a case of selling by applying a discount rate, a period of use, and a sales quantity of coupons according to a distance between an affiliate store and a user. will be.

According to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, the distance between the user and the affiliated store may be divided into 500m, 2Km, and 5Km, respectively, and the discount rate, use period, and sales quantity may be differentially applied according to each section.

Thus, when a user located within 500M of the merchant purchases the coupon from the coupon sales site, the user can purchase the coupon by applying the 50% discount rate set as the maximum discount rate, but the usage period can be set to 10 minutes. The sales quantity may be set to 100 sheets.

When a user located between 500M and 2Km from a merchant purchases a coupon at a coupon sales site, the user can purchase the coupon by applying a 30% discount rate set as the maximum discount rate, but the usage period can be set to 2 hours. The sales quantity may be set to 300 sheets.

When a user located between 2KM and 5KM from a merchant purchases a coupon at a coupon sales site, the user can purchase the coupon by applying a 10% discount rate set as the maximum discount rate, but the usage period can be set to 24 hours. And the sales quantity can be set to 500 sheets.

Here, the coupon management apparatus 200 may adjust the sales quantity in real time based on the sales quantity for each time zone set by the merchant side, and calculate the average selling price and average discount rate to adjust the discount rate provided to the customer. In addition, the discount rate of the coupon sale price or the benefit provision rate for the coupon use benefit may be adjusted, and the discount rate may be adjusted according to the average selling price and the average discount rate according to the coupon sales amount. If the coupon management apparatus 200 exceeds the maximum number of sales at the same time, the coupon management may pause the sale and then start reselling the next time slot.

6 is a state diagram of providing location-based coupon sales information according to another embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a process of updating a sales list after providing a sales list to the user terminal device 300.

Coupon management device 200 is applied to the user terminal device 300 to generate a coupon sales information adjusted sales conditions by applying the discount rate, the period of use, the sales quantity of the coupons differentially according to the distance between the merchant and the user to the user terminal device 300 to provide. Thus, the sales list as shown in (a) may be displayed on the user terminal device 300.

On the other hand, the coupon included in the sales list is available for use period, the available period begins to elapse from the moment the user checks the sales list. Therefore, the sales list provider 250 deletes the coupon from the sales list if the coupon included in the sales list expires, and adds the sales information of the coupon to the sales list when another coupon is added. Update the list. Accordingly, after 5 minutes have elapsed, the information of the coupon store 1 may be deleted, and the information of the new coupon store 5 may be added to the list to display a sales list as shown in (b). After that, after 7 minutes have elapsed, the information of the coupon store 2 may be deleted and the information of the new coupon store 6 may be added to the list to display a sales list as shown in (c).

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the invention, the step of storing the coupon sales basic information including the merchant identification information, merchant location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information and discount rate setting information in the coupon management device; Receiving, by the coupon management device, a sales list request signal including current location information from a terminal device and calculating a distance between the current location information of the terminal device and the affiliated store; Setting, by the coupon management device, different discount rates, coupon sales amounts, and coupon usage periods according to distances from the affiliated store locations based on the coupon sales basic information; And generating, by the coupon management device, a coupon list on which sales conditions including the discount rate, coupon sales amount, and coupon use period are adjusted as a sales list according to the distance from the affiliate store of the terminal apparatus, to the terminal apparatus. Location-based coupon sales information providing method comprising a may be recorded as a program and recorded on a recording medium readable by the electronic device.

This location-based coupon sales information providing method is a program can be written as a program, the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a programmer in the art. In addition, the method for providing location-based coupon sales information The program related to the program may be stored in a readable media that can be read by the electronic device, and read and executed by the electronic device.

Referring to FIG. 7, the coupon service system according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal device 400, a coupon management device 500, and at least one coupon selling device 600. Here, the terminal device 400, the coupon management device 500, and the coupon selling device 600 may be connected to each other through a wired or wireless communication network, and may transmit and receive various information related to a coupon.

When the terminal device 400 is connected to a specific web site, the terminal device 400 collects address information of the specific web site, and transmits a coupon information request signal including the collected address information to the coupon management device 500. ) Can receive the available coupon information or available retention coupon information. The coupon information request signal requests coupon information that can be used and purchased at a site corresponding to the collected address information, or requests for coupon information that can be used at a site corresponding to the collected address information among coupons held by a terminal device user. May be a signal. The coupon information request signal may include address information, user identification information, and the like, and the user identification information may include a user ID and a phone number. The address information may be a URL of a web site.

The terminal device 400 may include client terminals capable of communicating with the coupon management apparatus 500, for example, terminals such as a smart phone, a notepad, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and the like. It is possible to, if possible through the communication network need not be limited to any particular terminal.

A detailed description of the terminal device 400 will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

When the coupon information request signal including the address information is received from the terminal device 400, the coupon management apparatus 500 searches for a coupon information database to obtain coupons usable in the address information, and for the obtained coupons. The purchaseable coupon information including the information is transmitted to the terminal device 400. Here, the coupon information available for purchase may include a coupon code (coupon name), a price, a condition of use, an expiration date, a purchase URL, and the like.

When the coupon information request signal including the address information and the user identification information is received from the terminal device 400, the coupon management apparatus 500 includes a coupon that can be used in the address information among the held coupons mapped with the user identification information. Inquiring whether there is a presence, and if there is a result of the inquiry, transmits available possession coupon information including information on the coupon to the terminal device. Here, the available possession coupon information may include a coupon number, an expiration date, a use condition, and the like.

When the coupon issuing information is received from the coupon selling apparatus 600, the coupon managing apparatus 500 registers the coupon issuing information after checking the coupon receiver information.

The coupon management apparatus 500 integrates and provides a plurality of coupon information posted on the plurality of coupon selling apparatus 600. That is, when the coupon basic information about coupons being sold is received from the coupon selling apparatus 600, the coupon managing apparatus 500 uses address information (for example, the website of the coupon available website) among the coupon basic information of each coupon. A unique identifier of each coupon (coupon code) is mapped to generate a coupon use address index. The coupon basic information may include coupon use information, price, benefit information, terms of use, sales period, available period, coupon name, how to use, note.

The coupon management apparatus 500 integrates and manages coupon issuance history information that users have purchased and issued from each coupon selling apparatus. That is, when the coupon issuance information is received from the coupon sales device, the coupon management apparatus 500 adds the coupon issuance information to the coupon issuance history information of the user, and updates the coupon issuance history information.

The coupon management apparatus 500 may communicate with other electronic devices through various communication standards, and may be implemented through an electronic device capable of performing various data processing operations. For example, the coupon management apparatus 500 may be implemented in the form of a server device, and may be implemented in the form of various electronic devices in addition to the form of the server device. In addition, the coupon management apparatus 500 may be implemented in the form of a single electronic device, or may be implemented in the form of a combination of two or more electronic devices.

Detailed description of the coupon management device 500 will be described with reference to FIG.

The coupon selling apparatus 600 transmits coupon basic information about coupons being sold to the coupon managing apparatus 500. The coupon basic information may include coupon usage information, price, benefit information, terms of use, sales period, available period, coupon name, how to use, notes, etc., coupon usage information is a usage code for identifying the coupon usage It may include.

The coupon selling apparatus 600 transmits the coupon issuing information to the coupon managing apparatus 500 when the coupon is issued to the user. Here, the coupon issuance information includes coupon recipient information, coupon number, issue date, expiration date and the like. The coupon receiver information may include a service ID, a phone number, a terminal device ID, an e-mail address, an SNS ID, and the like.

The coupon selling apparatus 600 may issue the coupon by various methods such as an email, a text message, an application, and transmit the coupon issuing information to the coupon managing apparatus 500.

Coupon sales device 600 transmits the coupon status change information to the coupon management device 500, if a change occurs on the issued coupon, such as cancellation, change, use, deletion of the previously issued coupon after coupon issuance, Ensure that changes to the coupon are reflected. Here, the coupon status change information may include a coupon name, coupon recipient identification information, coupon number, coupon status such as cancellation, change, use, deletion, etc. of the coupon. As such, the coupon selling apparatus 600 may perform a metabolic process for transmitting the entire issuance data for each coupon service to the coupon management apparatus 500 in real time or periodically to prevent data missing from collecting coupon issuance history.

The coupon selling apparatus 600 may be a device provided by a company or a company that provides a coupon service.

8 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a terminal apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of the coupon notification processor shown in FIG. 8 in detail.

Referring to FIG. 8, the terminal device 400 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 410, an input unit 420, a display unit 430, a storage unit 440, a coupon notification processing unit 450, The control unit 460 is included.

The communication unit 410 is a communication means for interconnecting the terminal device 400 and the coupon management device through a communication network. For example, a wireless communication module such as mobile communication or satellite communication, a wired communication module such as the Internet, a short range such as Wi-Fi, etc. It may include a wireless communication module.

The input unit 420 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the terminal device 100, and converts the user's request into an electric signal according to a user's operation. The input unit 420 is an input unit for receiving letters, numbers, text, voice, movement, tactile sense, time, etc. from the user. For example, the input unit may be a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensor, a tactile sensor, a motion detector. It may be implemented in various forms such as a voice input means. In addition, the input unit 420 may be implemented in the form of a touch screen integral with the display unit 430.

The display unit 430 displays various information related to the operation of the terminal device 100. The display unit 430 may display various information such as coupon information that can be purchased on a web site connected through the communication unit and available possession coupon information. The display unit 430 may be in the form of a visually identifiable display.

The storage unit 440 stores a program necessary for controlling the operation of the terminal device 400 and data generated while executing the program. For example, the storage unit 460 stores the held coupon information. The storage unit 440 may be implemented in a form including various types of memory elements.

When the coupon notification processing unit 450 is connected to a specific web site through the communication unit 410, the coupon notification unit collects address information of the specific web site and sends a coupon information request signal including the collected address information through the communication unit 410. Sending to the management device, and receives the available coupon information or available holding coupon information from the coupon management device. Here, the coupon information available for purchase is information about coupons that can be used in a specific web site, and may include a coupon name, a price, an expiration date, a purchase URL, and the like. The available possession coupon information is information on coupons that can be used on a specific website among coupons possessed by a user, and may include a coupon number, an expiration date, a use condition, and the like.

For example, when a user accesses a site A through a web browser or executes a site A app, the coupon notification processor 450 recognizes the URL of the A site and receives a coupon information request signal including the URL of the A site. Send to the coupon management device. Then, the coupon management apparatus provides the coupon notification processing unit 450 as 'purchasable 5,000 won discount coupon that can be purchased for 1,000 won' registered on the A site, so that the user can purchase the corresponding discount coupon. In addition, the coupon management device may be provided to the user to use the coupon information retained coupon information available when the user has a discount coupon A site previously purchased and issued.

Referring to FIG. 3 for the coupon notification processor 450, the coupon notification processor 450 includes an address information collection module 452, a coupon information request processing module 454, and a purchase processing module 456.

The address information collection module 452 collects address information of a specific web site when connected to a specific web site through a web browser or an application. Here, the address information may be a URL.

The coupon information request processing module 454 transmits a coupon information request signal including address information, user identification information, and the like collected by the address information collection module 452 to the coupon management apparatus, and can purchase coupon information or the coupon information from the coupon management apparatus. Receive the available holding coupon information, and notify through the display unit 430. Here, the user identification information may include a user ID, terminal device identification information, and the like.

Coupon information request processing module 454 moves to the coupon retailer of the purchaseable coupon provided through a pop-up or push to induce a purchase, or directly provide a process that can be actually issued by issuing a coupon for the user Minimize movement, such as site conversions. In this case, the purchase processing module 456 may obtain separate account information of the user for the integrated coupon service, and may store various payment information for purchasing the paid coupon as well as the user's account / password information.

The purchase processing module 456 processes the purchase of the coupon included in the available coupon information. That is, when the purchase of the coupon included in the available coupon information is requested, the purchase processing module 456 provides a payment screen and performs payment processing through the payment screen.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the coupon notification processor 450 receives the purchaseable coupon information from the coupon management device, whether the coupon included in the purchase coupon information is present in the held coupon information stored in the storage unit; If there is an inquiry, the coupon may be displayed through the display unit 430 as a usable holding coupon.

The control unit 460 controls the overall function of the terminal device 400 by executing a driving program stored in the storage unit 440 according to the instruction of the terminal device user input through the input unit 420.

The controller 460 controls operations of each unit, such as the communication unit 410, the input unit 420, the display unit 430, the storage unit 440, and the coupon notification processing unit 450.

The controller 460 may include at least one computing device, wherein the computing device may be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), programmable device elements (CPLDs, FPGAs), and application-specific semiconductor operations. It may be an apparatus (ASIC) or a microcontroller chip.

Referring to FIG. 10, the coupon management apparatus 500 according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a coupon information database 510, a user information database 520, a coupon registration processor 530, a coupon inquiry unit 540, The control unit 550 is included.

The coupon information database 510 stores coupon basic information about coupons being sold for each coupon vendor. In the coupon information database 510, a coupon usage address index (Index) to which a unique identifier (coupon code) of each coupon is mapped based on coupon usage address information (for example, a URL of a website where coupons can be used) is stored. have.

The user information database 520 stores coupon issuance history information that users have purchased and issued from each coupon sales device. The coupon issuance history information may include a coupon name, coupon number, coupon use information, expiration date, issue date, discount information, how to use, instructions.

The coupon information database 510 or the user information database 520 may be located inside the coupon management apparatus 500 or in a network interworking with the coupon management apparatus 500. In some cases, some of the components of the database may be separately. It can also be mounted on a local server, which is also within the scope of the present invention.

When the coupon basic information about coupons being sold is received from the coupon sales apparatus, the coupon registration processing unit 530 maps a unique identifier (coupon code) of each coupon based on the use address information among the coupon basic information of each coupon ( mapping to generate a coupon use address index, and register the generated coupon use address index in the coupon information database 510. If the usage address information exists in the registered coupon use address index, the coupon registration processing unit 530 registers the coupon basic information by mapping the corresponding use address information in the coupon use address index. Coupon destination address information can be set in various forms. For example, in the case of the A shopping mall, the representative domain 'http: //www.A shopping mall.co.kr' may be registered to enable the coupon inquiry whenever a customer accesses all areas of the A shopping mall site, or settle the payment. You can register the page address ('http: //www.Ashopping mall.co.kr/checkout') to provide a coupon notification only when the customer accesses the payment page.

In addition, when the coupon issuance information is received from the at least one coupon sales device, the coupon registration processing unit 530 identifies the coupon recipient by analyzing the coupon issuance information, and registers the coupon issuance information with the confirmed coupon recipient to the user information database. Update the coupon issuance history stored in the (520). At this time, the coupon issuance history may include the name, purchase price, use, availability, coupon identification number, expiration date, coupon providing site name, reviews and coupon issuing company information for each coupon purchased by the user. have.

When the coupon information request signal including the address information is received from the terminal device, the coupon inquiry unit 540 obtains coupons usable in the address information by searching the coupon information database 510 and for the obtained coupons. The coupon information including the purchase information is transmitted to the terminal device. That is, when the coupon information request signal is received, the coupon inquiry unit 540 searches the coupon use address index of the coupon information database 510 to find the address information, and obtains coupons mapped to the found address information. Thereafter, the coupon inquiry unit 540 transmits purchaseable coupon information including information on the obtained coupons to the terminal device. The coupon information available for purchase may include a coupon name, a price, a condition of use, an expiration date, a purchase URL, etc. The coupon inquiry unit 540 may transmit the coupon information available for purchase to a terminal device in a pop-up or push manner. .

In addition, when the coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information is received from the terminal device, the coupon inquiry unit 540 may search for the coupon use address index of the coupon information database 510 and use the address information. Acquire coupons, search the coupon issuance history corresponding to the user identification information, search for the available coupon once again issued among the obtained coupons, and then use the available coupon including information on the available coupons Send the information to the terminal device.

In addition, when the coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information is received from the terminal device, the coupon inquiry unit 540 inquires whether there is a coupon available in the address information among the coupons mapped with the user identification information. If there is an inquiry result, transmit the available reserved coupon information including information on the coupon to the terminal device. In this case, the coupon inquiry unit 540 may transmit the available coupon information available to the terminal device in a pop-up or push method.

The controller 550 controls operations of each unit, such as the coupon information database 510, the user information database 520, the coupon registration processor 530, and the coupon inquiry unit 540.

Such components that may be included in the coupon management apparatus 500 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be simultaneously implemented by one hardware or software.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a method for a purchase / use coupon notification service according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, when the terminal device is connected to a specific web site (S502), the terminal device collects address information of the specific web site (S504), and transmits a coupon information request signal including the collected address information to the coupon management device. (S506). Here, the coupon information request signal may include address information, user identification information, and the like.

The coupon management apparatus searches the coupon use address index of the coupon information database (S508) and determines whether a coupon mapped to the address information exists (S510). That is, the coupon management apparatus searches the coupon use address index of the coupon information database to determine whether there is a coupon available in the address information.

If there is a coupon mapped to the address information as a result of the determination in S510, the coupon management apparatus inquires the coupon issuance history of the corresponding user (S512), and determines whether the coupon mapped to the address information among the coupons of the user exists ( S514).

As a result of the determination in S514, when a coupon mapped to the address information exists in the held coupon, the coupon management apparatus transmits the available held coupon information to the terminal device (S516). In this case, the coupon management apparatus may transmit the purchase coupon information together with the available holding coupon information.

If it is determined in S514 that the coupon mapped to the address information does not exist in the held coupon, the coupon management apparatus transmits the coupon mapped to the address information as the purchaseable coupon information to the terminal device (S518).

Meanwhile, according to another aspect of the present invention, when the coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information is received from the terminal when executed by the coupon management apparatus, by searching the coupon destination address index of the coupon information database Obtaining coupons mapped with the address information, searching for coupon issuance history information corresponding to the user identification information, and searching whether there are available coupons previously issued among the obtained coupons; If there exists, transmit the available reserved coupon information including information on the available coupons to the terminal device, and if there is not present, the purchaseable coupon information including information on the obtained coupons to the terminal device Purchase / use coupon notification service method comprising the step of sending The readable recording medium recorded with a program for executing a computer is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when executed by the terminal device, when connected to a specific web site through a web browser or an application, collecting the address information of the specific web site, including the collected address information Transmitting a coupon information request signal to the coupon management apparatus, receiving the coupon information available for purchase from the coupon management apparatus, checking whether the coupon is available in the coupon information stored in the storage unit, and if the coupon is present, using the coupon A computer readable recording medium is provided which contains a program for executing a purchase / use coupon notification service method comprising the step of informing a possible holding coupon.

Such a purchase / use coupon notification service method may be written as a program, and codes and code segments constituting the program may be easily inferred by a programmer in the art. In addition, the program relating to the purchase / use coupon notification service method may be stored in a readable media that can be read by the electronic device, and read and executed by the electronic device.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

Claims

A communication unit for communicating through a communication network;

A coupon information DB storing coupon sales basic information including affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information;

By using the coupon sales amount setting information and the discount rate setting information, a different discount rate, coupon sales amount, and coupon use period are set differently according to the distance from the affiliate store location, and a sales list request signal including current location information from the terminal device Is received, the discount rate is set differently in the distance section from the current location of the terminal device to the affiliated store by calculating the distance from the affiliated store location of the terminal device using the current location information of the terminal device and the affiliated store location information. A sales condition calculating unit applying the coupon sales amount and the coupon use period;

A sales list providing unit generating coupon sales information whose sales conditions are adjusted according to a calculation result of the sales condition calculating unit as a sales list and providing the coupon list to the terminal device;

Coupon management device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The selling condition calculating unit,

Coupon, characterized in that to calculate the distance between the user and the affiliated store in a predetermined unit and according to each distance section, the user is located in a section close to the distance between the merchant and the discount rate is increased, the period of use is reduced and the sales quantity is reduced. Management device.
The method of claim 1,

The sales list provider,

Coupon management device, characterized in that to delete the expired coupon sale information from the sales list if the period of use of the coupon expires after providing the sales list.
Storing coupon sales basic information including affiliated store identification information, affiliated store location information, coupon identification information, coupon sales amount setting information, and discount rate setting information in the coupon management apparatus;

Receiving, by the coupon management device, a sales list request signal including current location information from a terminal device and calculating a distance between the current location information of the terminal device and the affiliated store;

Setting, by the coupon management device, different discount rates, coupon sales amounts, and coupon usage periods according to distances from the affiliate store locations based on the coupon sales basic information; And

Generating, by the coupon management device, coupon sales information in which the sales conditions including the discount rate, coupon sales amount, and coupon use period are adjusted as a sales list according to the distance from the affiliated store of the terminal device to the terminal device;

Coupon sales information providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The step of setting the coupon differently based on the coupon sales basic information, the discount rate, coupon sales amount and coupon use period differently according to the distance from the merchant location,

Dividing the distance between the user and the affiliated store in a predetermined unit and increasing the discount rate as the distance between the affiliated store is closer according to each distance section;

Shortening the use period as the distance from the affiliated store is closer; And

Reducing the sales quantity as the distance from the affiliated store is closer;

Coupon sales information providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 4, wherein

And providing the terminal device by deleting the expired coupon sale information from the sale list if the coupon management device provides the sale list and then expires the coupon sale information. How to Provide.
A coupon information database storing information on coupons for sale by coupon retailer; And

When the coupon information request signal including the address information is received from the terminal device, the coupon information database is searched to obtain coupons usable in the address information, and the coupon information including the obtained coupons is available for purchase. Coupon inquiry unit for transmitting to the terminal device;

Coupon management device comprising a.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Further comprising a user information database that stores the coupon issuance history information that each user purchased and issued,

When the coupon inquiry unit receives a coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information from a terminal device, the coupon inquiry unit searches for a coupon destination address index of the coupon information database to obtain coupons mapped to the address information, and the user Search the coupon issuance history information corresponding to the identification information to search whether there are available coupons already issued among the obtained coupons, and then use the available coupon information including information on the found available coupons to the terminal device. Coupon management device characterized in that for transmitting.
The method of claim 7, wherein

When coupon basic information about coupons being sold is received from the coupon sales apparatus, a unique identifier of each coupon is mapped based on the usage address information among the coupon basic information of each coupon to generate a coupon usage address index. And a coupon registration processing unit which registers the generated coupon use destination address index in the coupon information database.
The method of claim 9,

When the coupon issuance information is received from at least one coupon sales device, the coupon registration processing unit analyzes the coupon issuance information to identify a coupon recipient, and registers the coupon issuance information to the confirmed coupon recipient and stores the information in the user information database. Coupon management device, characterized in that for updating the coupon issuance history.
In the method for the coupon management service for the purchase / use coupon notification service,

When a coupon information request signal including address information and user identification information is received from the terminal device, searching for a coupon use address index of a coupon information database to obtain coupons mapped with the address information;

Retrieving coupon issuance history information corresponding to the user identification information and searching whether there are available coupons already issued among the obtained coupons; And

If the coupon is available as a result of the search, available coupon information including information on the available coupon is transmitted to the terminal device, if there is not available to purchase coupon including the information about the obtained coupons Transmitting information to the terminal device;

Purchase / use coupon notification service method comprising a.
A communication unit for communicating through a communication network; And

When connected to a specific web site through the communication unit, collecting the address information of the specific web site, and transmits a coupon information request signal including the collected address information to the coupon management device through the communication unit, the coupon management device Coupon notification processing unit for receiving the available coupon information or available coupon information from the coupon;

Terminal device comprising a.
The method of claim 12,

The coupon notification processing unit,

An address information collection module for collecting address information of a specific web site when connected to a specific web site through a web browser or an application;

A coupon information request processing module which transmits a coupon information request signal including the collected address information and user identification information to the coupon management apparatus and receives purchaseable coupon information or usable coupon information from the coupon management apparatus; And

Terminal device characterized in that it comprises a purchase processing module for processing the purchase of the coupon contained in the available coupon information.
The method of claim 12,

Further comprising a storage unit for storing the coupon information,

When the coupon notification processing unit receives the coupon information available for purchase from the coupon management apparatus, the coupon information stored in the storage coupon information stored in the storage unit if there exists, and if there is a notification that the coupon available to use the coupon Terminal device characterized in that.