WO2016047831A1

WO2016047831A1 - Nfc cards for home delivery service and home delivery service system using same

Info

Publication number: WO2016047831A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/009039
Authority: WO
Inventors: 손창배; 손봉수
Original assignee: 손창배; 손봉수
Priority date: 2014-09-26
Filing date: 2014-09-26
Publication date: 2016-03-31

Abstract

Disclosed are NFC cards for a home delivery service and a home delivery service system using the same. An NFC card of the present invention comprises: a first communication unit that receives, in an NFC manner, delivery information written by a courier recipient using a predetermined first terminal, and sends, in an NFC manner, the delivery information to a second terminal which requests the delivery information; and a storage unit for storing the delivery information, wherein the delivery information is stored or deleted at the request of the first terminal or the second terminal.

Description

NFC card for parcel delivery service and parcel delivery service system using same

The present invention relates to an NFC card for a courier service and a courier service system using the same.

In general, when a user who wants to use a parcel delivery service visits a parcel delivery service and delivers parcel delivery information, a parcel providing parcel delivery service creates a waybill using the parcel delivery information, and an identification code such as a barcode or a QR code is provided on the waybill. Can be printed.

After that, the dealer attaches the corresponding waybill to the outer surface of the delivery box and registers the corresponding identification code in the logistics management system, and delivery is performed using the identification code. That is, when the cargo is classified using the identification code or when the cargo is delivered to the user, the real-time delivery situation may be reported.

However, according to the conventional logistics management system, a lot of costs are required for the waybill for recording the parcel delivery information, and according to the conventional waybill method, the personal information of the sender and the receiver is revealed as it is, and thus the security of the personal information. There is a problem of this vulnerability.

Technical problem to be solved by the present invention, by using a near field communication (NFC) card in which courier information is entered instead of a waybill, to reduce costs and secure personal information, NFC card for courier service and courier service system using the same To provide.

In order to solve the technical problem as described above, the NFC card according to an embodiment of the present invention, the courier recipient receives the delivery information created by a predetermined first terminal by the NFC method, the second to request the delivery information A first communication unit for transmitting the delivery information to the terminal in the NFC method; And a storage unit for storing the delivery information, and the delivery information may be stored or deleted at the request of the first or second terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the NFC card may be attached to the outer surface of the courier box.

In addition, in order to solve the above technical problem, the first terminal of the courier service system of an embodiment of the present invention, the first display unit; A second communication unit for communicating with the NFC card of

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1 or 2 in an NFC method; And a first control unit transmitting the delivery information to the NFC card through the second communication unit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first control unit may transmit the delivery information input by the courier recipient to the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first control unit may transmit a message requesting to store the delivery information to the storage unit of the NFC card.

In addition, in order to solve the above technical problem, the second terminal of the courier service system of an embodiment of the present invention, the second display unit; A third communication unit for communicating with the NFC card of

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1 or 2 in an NFC method; And a second control unit for receiving the delivery information from the NFC card through the third communication unit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, further comprising a location information unit for confirming the location information of the second terminal, the second control unit, may transmit the location information of the second terminal to the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the second control unit may transmit a message requesting that the shipping information stored in the storage unit of the NFC card to be deleted.

The present invention as described above, by providing a courier service using the NFC card that stores the delivery information of the courier service, to reduce the cost wasted by the waybill used and discarded once, the information of the courier sender and the receiver is immediately deleted Therefore, it is effective to ensure complete security of personal information.

1 is an exemplary view for explaining a near field communication (NFC) card and a mobile terminal for a parcel delivery service of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed configuration of the NFC card of one embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile terminal of one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exemplary view for explaining that the courier dispatcher applying for the courier service in the courier service distributor in the courier service system of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary view for explaining the operation of the mobile terminal of the courier service agent staff.

6 is an exemplary view for explaining that the courier recipient receives a courier box from a courier service in the courier service system of the present invention.

7 is an exemplary view for explaining the operation of the mobile terminal of the courier driver.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in the figure, the NFC card 2 of the present invention is attached to the courier box 1 is provided to the courier service, and performs communication with the mobile terminal (3).

When the user visits the parcel delivery service box 1 at a parcel delivery service agency (for example, a post office, etc.), the user may provide delivery information to the reseller. In this case, the delivery information may include sender information (including name, address, and contact information), recipient information (including name, address, and contact information), and delivery item information (including type and price). However, this is merely an example, and the delivery information is not limited thereto, and may include various types of information requested by a courier service provider.

When the user provides such shipping information, the employee of the dealer can transmit the corresponding shipping information to the NFC card 2 of the present invention by using the mobile terminal 3. As such, when the NFC card 2 stores the shipping information transmitted through the mobile terminal 3, the NFC card 2 may be a waybill for the corresponding delivery box 1.

In addition, the courier that delivers the courier box 1, driving the application of the mobile terminal 3 to confirm the delivery information of the NFC card (2), and confirms the completion of delivery through the mobile terminal (3) of the receiver After the delivery is completed, the shipping information stored in the NFC card 2 may be deleted, and the corresponding NFC card 2 may be initialized.

As shown in the figure, the NFC card 2 of the present invention may include an NFC communication unit 21 and a storage unit 22.

In general, NFC is a contactless near field communication using the 13.56 MHz frequency band, an international standard technology in accordance with ISO 18092. In the system of the present invention, it is possible to transmit and receive information to and from the mobile terminal 3 using the NFC method. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and another short-range communication method of a similar method may be used to implement the spirit of the present invention.

The storage unit 22 is, for example, a memory capable of reading and writing, receiving the shipping information from the mobile terminal 3 in an initialized state, and storing the shipping information, or storing the shipping information according to a request of the mobile terminal 3. The information may be deleted. The storage unit 22 may be, for example, an SRAM, a DRAM, a flash memory, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile terminal of one embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 3 used in the present invention transmits and receives information with the NFC card 2 of the present invention, which may be used by an employee of a courier service agency, by a courier, or by a courier recipient. will be.

The mobile terminal 3 of the present invention may be a smart device such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a smart pad, which the user carries.

As shown in the figure, the mobile terminal 3 of the present invention includes a control unit 31, a communication unit 32, a location information unit 33, a user input unit 34, a display unit 35, and a storage unit 36. ) May be included. However, since the components shown in FIG. 3 are not essential, more components may be included in the mobile terminal 3, or the mobile terminal 3 having fewer components may be implemented.

The communication unit 32 comprises one or more modules which enable communication between the mobile terminal 3 and the communication system or between the mobile terminal 3 and the network in which the mobile terminal 3 is located. For example, the communication unit 32 may include a mobile communication unit 32A, an NFC communication unit 32B, and a wireless Internet unit 32C.

The mobile communication unit 32A may transmit and receive a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server in a mobile communication network.

NFC communication unit 32B refers to a module for NFC communication with the NFC card (2) of the present invention. However, as described above, the short range communication method of the present invention is not limited to the NFC communication method. For example, in addition to the NFC communication method, Bluetooth, RFID, infrared communication, Zigbee, etc. may be used.

The location information unit 33 acquires the location of the mobile terminal 3, and may be, for example, a global positioning system (GPS) module.

The user input unit 34 generates input data for operation control of the mobile terminal 3, and may be configured as a keypad.

The display unit 35 displays information processed by the mobile terminal 3, and includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), and an organic light emitting diode. At least one of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, and a 3D display may be included.

When the display unit 35 and a sensor (touch sensor) for detecting a touch operation form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter referred to as a “touch screen”), the display unit 35 is an input device (ie, a user) in addition to an output device. It may be used as the input unit 34).

The touch sensor (not shown) is configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 35 or capacitance generated at a specific portion of the display unit 35 into an electrical input signal. If there is, a signal corresponding thereto is generated, and the controller 31 may check which area of the display unit 35 receives the touch input.

The storage unit 36 may store an application used in the parcel delivery service system of the present invention or store delivery information.

The control unit 31 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 3, and the operation of the control unit 31 according to the present invention will be described later with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the mobile terminal of the parcel delivery dispatcher is referred to as '3A', and the mobile terminal of the parcel delivery engineer is referred to as '3B'.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining that a courier dispatcher applies for a courier service at a courier service agency in the courier service system of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary view for explaining an operation of a mobile terminal 3A of a courier service dispatcher. to be.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the courier dispatcher 4A visits the courier service agent with the courier box 1 containing the delivery items and requests delivery to the courier service employee 4B, the dispatcher 4A has his own. After driving the application of the mobile terminal 3A, after entering the delivery information to the application, it will be able to transmit the corresponding shipping information to the NFC card (2) provided by the courier service staff 4B via NFC communication.

However, in one example of the present invention, the courier 4A directly visits the courier service agent and requests delivery to the courier service employee 4B, for example. However, the employee 4B visits the courier 4A directly. This does not exclude the case of receiving a delivery request.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the sender 4A may select an icon 5A representing a parcel delivery service application using NFC ('√' means selection). Hereinafter, a case of registering a waybill on the NFC card 2 through the mobile terminal 3A of the sender 4A will be described by way of example, but is not limited thereto, and the mobile terminal 3 of the courier service employee 4B is described. It will also be possible to register the waybill in the NFC card (2) through, as already described. Meanwhile, the courier service application using NFC may be provided from a 'courier service provider server (not shown)' operated by the courier service, and the sender 4A receives the corresponding application to the mobile terminal 3A through the market. The control unit 31 of the mobile terminal 3A may store the same in the storage unit 36.

By the selection of the sender 4A, a courier service application using NFC may be driven as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the control unit 31 may request the courier service application to input delivery information as shown in (c), and the sender 4A inputs the delivery information according to the request of the control unit 31, and confirms the confirmation icon ( If 3B) is selected, the control unit 31 may transmit the corresponding delivery information to a parcel delivery service provider server (not shown). In this case, the delivery information may include, but is not limited to, sender information (including name, address, and contact information), recipient information (including name, address, and contact information) and delivery item information (including type and price).

The control unit 31 may transmit the corresponding delivery information to the server, and display a message 5C indicating that the NFC card is to be located in close proximity through the display unit 35 as shown in (d). When the courier service employee 4B approaches the NFC card 2 to the mobile terminal 3A, the delivery information is transmitted to the NFC card 2 through the NFC communication unit 32B, and the NFC card 2 is the NFC communication unit ( Receiving the corresponding shipping information through 21, the shipping information may be stored in the storage unit 22. In this case, the control unit 31 may transmit a message to the NFC card 2 requesting to store the corresponding shipping information in the storage unit 22 of the NFC card 2.

The courier service staff 4B can attach the NFC card 2 storing the shipping information to the outside of the courier box 1, and the NFC card 2 attached as this is a waybill for the courier box 1. Can be used.

As such, the courier box 1 to which the NFC card 2 to which the shipping information is stored is attached may be delivered to the receiver from the courier company through a logistics system of the courier service. The mobile terminal 3B possessed by the courier may inform its location through the location information unit 33 for delivery status information. That is, the server (not shown) may identify the location of the mobile terminal 3B owned by the courier and provide it to the receiver or the sender as delivery status information.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view for explaining that a courier recipient receives a courier box from a courier service in the courier service system of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining an operation of a courier driver's mobile terminal 3B. to be.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when the courier 6B carrying the courier box 1 delivers the courier box 1 to the courier receiver 6A, a courier service is provided by its mobile terminal 3B. By driving the application for, if you selected to confirm the delivery information as shown in (a), the NFC card (2) attached to the courier box (1) to approach the mobile terminal 3B of its own, NFC communication unit 32B Through the delivery information for the courier box 1 received from the NFC card (2) can be confirmed through its mobile terminal (3B) as shown in (b). That is, the controller 31 may display the delivery information for the corresponding delivery box 1 received from the NFC card 2 through the NFC communication unit 32B as shown in (b).

The courier 6B who delivered the courier box 1 to the courier recipient 6A can select the delivery completion icon 7A of (b), where the delivery completion icon 7A can be selected by the recipient 6A. In this case, the application of the mobile terminal of the receiver 6A may be directly received to receive information related to the delivery completion.

When the delivery completion icon 7A is selected, the controller 31 displays a message 7B requesting to access the NFC card 2 as shown in (c), and when the NFC card 2 approaches, Initialization of the NFC card 2 may be performed, and a message 7C indicating that initialization of the NFC card is completed may be displayed as shown in (d). In this case, the control unit 31 may transmit a message requesting the initialization of the storage unit 22 of the NFC card 2 to the NFC card 2.

Thereafter, the courier article 6B may recover the NFC card 2 from the courier box 1 and use it as a waybill for information for other transportation.

In this way, according to the present invention, by providing a courier service using an NFC card that stores the delivery information of the courier service, it is possible to reduce the cost wasted by the waybill used and discarded once, the user's information is immediately deleted As a result, personal information security can be fully ensured.

Although embodiments according to the present invention have been described above, these are merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent embodiments of the present invention are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the following claims.

Claims

A first communication unit which receives the delivery information created by the courier recipient through a predetermined first terminal in a near field communication (NFC) method and transmits the delivery information in an NFC method to a second terminal requesting delivery information; And

NFC card including a storage unit for storing the shipping information, the shipping information is stored or deleted at the request of the first or second terminal.
The NFC card of claim 1, wherein the NFC card is attached to an outer surface of a parcel delivery box.
A first display unit;

A second communication unit for communicating with the NFC card of claim 1 or 2 in an NFC method; And

The first terminal of the courier service system including a first control unit for transmitting the delivery information to the NFC card through the second communication unit.
The method of claim 3, wherein the first control unit,

A first terminal of a parcel delivery service system for transmitting the delivery information input by a parcel delivery recipient to a server.
The method of claim 3, wherein the first control unit,

The first terminal of the courier service system for transmitting a message requesting to store the delivery information to the storage unit of the NFC card.
Second display unit;

A third communication unit for communicating with the NFC card of claim 1 or 2 in an NFC method; And

The second terminal of the courier service system including a second control unit for receiving the delivery information from the NFC card through the third communication unit.
The method of claim 6,

The second terminal of the parcel delivery service system further comprises a location information unit for confirming the location information of the second terminal, wherein the second control unit transmits the location information of the second terminal to the server.
The method of claim 6, wherein the second control unit,

A second terminal of the courier service system for transmitting a message requesting to delete the shipping information stored in the storage of the NFC card.