WO2018016841A1

WO2018016841A1 - Service system using kiosk device, and method for providing service using kiosk device

Info

Publication number: WO2018016841A1
Application number: PCT/KR2017/007705
Authority: WO
Inventors: 유명상; 유다은; 유승민; 김은숙
Original assignee: 유명상; 유다은; 유승민; 김은숙
Priority date: 2016-07-18
Filing date: 2017-07-18
Publication date: 2018-01-25
Also published as: CN109478297A

Abstract

The present invention provides a service system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a service system for providing a service related to installing a program such as an application on a portable terminal by using a kiosk device, and to a method for operating the service system. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a list of predetermined applications is provided via a kiosk located in each region and, if users install the corresponding applications on their portable terminals, electronic money is provided, thereby attracting the users' interest in the applications in an original way.

Description

Service system and method using kiosk device

The present invention relates to a service system, and more particularly, to a service system and a method for providing a service related to the installation of a program such as an application of a portable terminal using a kiosk device.

In general, a kiosk device refers to an unmanned information providing terminal, which is a general term for an unmanned terminal installed in a public place at an exhibition hall, a bank, a shopping mall, and an institution so that the public can easily use it for unmanned automation of information providing service and work. do.

Most kiosk devices can display information such as advertisements by applying a touch screen method, or process service tasks such as deposit and withdrawal, product purchase and ticketing, as well as a vending machine that provides and sells products such as drinks. Can provide functionality.

Such a kiosk device is connected to an information communication network and includes various peripheral devices such as a touch screen, a card reader, a printer, a speaker, a video camera, and an interphone in a multimedia computer, and provides an application for a user using a graphical user interface (GUI). .

Meanwhile, with the recent expansion of high-performance, multi-functional portable terminals such as smart phones, portable user terminals may provide multimedia functions to perform various types of digital contents by mounting various applications as well as existing voice calling functions. It is developing to be.

The type and number of applications executed in the portable terminal are increasing rapidly, but in reality, the type of applications installed and used by the user in the portable terminal is limited.

Therefore, a large number of commercial application developers spend a considerable amount of money to promote their applications, but there is a limit in attracting customers with the usual advertising method in the current situation where a large number of applications are released every day.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and the present invention has an object to provide an original method for inducing installation of an application executed in a portable terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, a service system using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a kiosk device for providing a list for one or more applications; And a service server for performing an installation procedure of the corresponding application on the portable terminal of the user based on the personal identification information input to the kiosk device by the user and paying the electronic money to the user.

The service server includes a server communication module for communicating with the kiosk apparatus through an information communication network; An application management module for identifying the user and the selected application and performing a procedure related to installation of the application; And it may include a push message management module for transmitting an application installation message to the portable terminal.

The service server may include a user information manager which performs a member registration procedure and identifies a user through the personal identification information; An application identification unit identifying an application selected by the user; And an electronic money management unit that provides electronic money to a user account when the application is installed.

The application installation message may be a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS).

The short message (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) may include a download link address for the application.

The personal identification information may be a phone number assigned to the portable terminal.

The service server may further receive reply information when the installation of the application is completed from the portable terminal or the application store server.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, a service providing method using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the kiosk device providing a list for one or more applications; Transmitting a message for installation of the corresponding application to the portable terminal of the user identified based on the personal identification information input to the kiosk device by the user; And when the installation of the application is completed, paying electronic money to the user's account.

The message may be the short message (SMS) or the multimedia message (MMS) and may include a download link address for the application.

After the installation of the application is completed, the method may further include receiving, from the portable terminal or the application store server, the reply information according to the completion of the installation of the application.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a service system and a providing method using a kiosk device provide a list of predetermined applications through kiosks located in respective regions, and when the user installs the corresponding application in his portable terminal, By paying money, there is an effect that can induce users' interest in the application in a unique way.

1 is a view showing the overall structure of a service system using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a service server of a service system using a kiosk according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing the overall flow of a method of driving a service system using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of driving a service server of a service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal of a user to which a push message is sent by a service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the description, when any part of the specification to "include" or "include" any component, unless otherwise stated, it may further include other components, not to exclude other components. It means to be. In addition, the terms "...", "..." and "Component" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation. It may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

In addition, the term "embodiment" herein is meant to serve as an example, example or illustration, but the subject matter of the invention is not limited by such an example. In addition, "comprising", "comprising", "having" and other similar terms are used, but as used in the claims do not exclude any additional or other component as "transition word." It is used generically in a similar manner to the term Comprising.

The various techniques described herein may be implemented with hardware or software, or where appropriate, with a combination of both. As used herein, the terms "Unit", "Module", "System", etc., likewise refer to computer-related entities, i.e., hardware, combinations of hardware and software, software or Can be treated as equivalent to the software at runtime. For example, a program module may be composed of one component equivalent or a combination of two or more components. In addition, in the present invention, both the application program and the hardware executed in the server or the terminal may be configured in a module unit, and may be recorded in one physical memory or distributed between two or more memories and recording media.

Hereinafter, a service system and a providing method using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a service system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a service system using a kiosk device, which is input to the kiosk device by a kiosk device 100 and a user who provides a list of one or more applications. The electronic voucher management server 200 may perform an installation procedure of the corresponding application on the portable terminal 10 of the user based on the identification information and pay electronic money to the user.

The kiosk device 100 is installed in a public place in each region, such as a vending machine, to provide users with information on various company advertisements and products, and the shopping, food, sports, medical treatment, and movie watching provided by registered service providers. And other services can be directly selected or ordered by the user.

In particular, the kiosk device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a list of one or more applications, and the user may select any one application and request the installation progress.

The kiosk apparatus 100 is a client terminal which a user can directly input personal identification information, and transmits the personal identification information to the service server 200. Interface means for providing the above functions, communication Means, display means and the like. Here, the personal identification information may be a phone number of a mobile terminal assigned to the user name.

In addition, each kiosk device 100 may be identified and managed by the service server 200 by a separate management code.

The service server 200 is a server device connected to the kiosk device 100 through an information communication network to provide various information, and to process and manage an installation procedure of a portable terminal application. In order to smoothly perform such a function, the service server 200 is preferably a computing device having a high specification microprocessor and a large data storage space to process a plurality of member management and application installation requests without delay.

The electronic service server 200 provides the kiosk apparatus 100 with advertisement information about the application of the contracted company among the applications registered in the application store server 400, and installs the application therefrom and the user's personal identification information. Received by sending a push message (Push Message) for installing the application based on this, and pays the electronic money according to the installation.

Accordingly, the service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may provide an advertisement of an application to the user and cause the user to be interested in the application.

Hereinafter, a structure of a service server of a service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

2, the service server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server communication module 210 for communicating with one or more kiosk apparatus 100 through the information communication network and from the kiosk apparatus 100 When the installation of the application is selected, the application management module 220 determines the user based on the personal identification information, identifies the application selected by the user, and pays the electronic money to the user at the time of installation, and the portable terminal 10 of the user. It may include a push message management module 230 for transmitting an application installation message to the database, and a database 250 for storing various data.

The server communication module 210 is connected to the kiosk device 100 through an information communication network, and serves to transmit and receive personal identification information and information necessary for providing other services. In addition, when the user and his portable terminal 10 are identified by the personal identification information, the server communication module 210 pushes a link address of an application store for downloading the application requested for installation to the portable terminal 10. Send in the form of a message.

The application management module 220 serves to perform an application installation procedure and an electronic money payment procedure when an application installation is requested by a user. In detail, the application management module 220 confirms whether the user is registered through the personal identification information, and if not registered, performs the registration procedure. In addition, when the user is requested to install the application, the application is identified and the push message management module 230 requests the user's portable terminal 10 to transmit an address for installing the application. In addition, the application pays a specified amount of electronic money for each application to compensate for the installation.

In order to perform this function, the application management module 220 is a user information management unit 221 for checking the user registration presence based on the personal identification information, and the application identification unit for requesting identification and installation of the application selected by the user 223 and an electronic money management unit 225 that pays the electronic money to the user or manages the increase or decrease of the paid electronic money.

The push message management module 230 generates a push message according to a request of the application management module 220 and transmits the push message to the mobile terminal 10 of the identified user through the server communication module 210. The push message includes an application download address link provided by the application store server.

The push message may be a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS).

The database 250 stores information necessary to perform an application installation procedure and an electronic money payment procedure. The information stored in the database 250 includes membership information about the user, an application list, and an electronic money amount allocated to each application. Each module uses the information stored in the database 340 for the procedure. Can be referenced or created and updated.

In addition, although not shown, the service server 200 of the present invention may be connected to a financial institution server to exchange the electronic money paid to each user for cash or equivalent points, and donate in connection with a donor in the public interest. Can be performed.

In addition, in the service system using the kiosk device of the present invention, in addition to the above-described virtual electronic money, the benefits of downloading and installing the application may be applied to the form of exchange and discount coupons for spots such as specific goods. That is, the electronic money paid by the service system of the present invention may be used as various payment means such as cash, virtual points, spot exchanges, and discount coupons.

Hereinafter, a method of driving a service system using a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the method of driving a service system using a kiosk device of the present invention, first, a kiosk device disposed in each region provides advertisement information for one or more applications to a user (S100). The user can check the description of various applications on the screen of the kiosk device and the benefits provided when the application is installed. Here, the benefit may be an electronic money that is granted to an account of a registered user.

Next, when the user selects an application to install and inputs his or her personal identification information to the kiosk device, the kiosk device transmits the input information to the service service server, and the service server responds to the personal identification information. The installation message of the corresponding application is transmitted to the user's portable terminal identified through S110. The installation message includes the download link address of the application.

Thereafter, when the installation of the corresponding application is completed on the portable terminal, the service server pays the electronic money to the account of the identified user (S120).

Hereinafter, a method of driving a service server in a service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4, the service server of the present invention maintains a standby state by accessing a kiosk device installed in each region (S200), and then enters personal identification information into the kiosk device (S210). In operation S220, the user determines whether the user is registered as a member based on the personal identification information with reference to the database.

At this time, if the member is not registered, the user management unit requests to register through the kiosk device and performs the registration procedure for this (S230), if the registered member, the user selects the application of interest (S240) The application identification unit identifies the corresponding application, and the push message management module transmits an application download message to the user's portable terminal based on the personal identification information (S250).

Thereafter, when the user checks the application download message received by the user's portable terminal and selects the link address included in the message, the user is switched to the download screen of the connected application store server, and the user can download the application (S260). ).

After the download step (S260) of the application, and waits until the installation of the application is completed (S270), when the installation is complete, the electronic money management unit of the service server will pay the electronic money specified in the account of the user (S280) ).

At this time, although not shown, after the application download step (S260), the service server may further include the step of receiving the reply information as the installation of the application is completed from the portable terminal or the application store server, the portable The terminal or the application store server may transmit an identification packet for this to the service server.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a kiosk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal of a user to which a push message is sent by a service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. .

Referring to FIG. 5, the kiosk device of the present invention provides an application list screen 500 for advertising one or more applications 510, and a user can select each application 510 to check advertisement information for the application. In particular, you can check the electronic money points paid according to the installation of the application.

In addition, the portable terminal number input box 520 of the user may be displayed on the application list screen 500, and the user inputs the number of the portable terminal registered under his name in the input field 520 to proceed with the login procedure. The system may identify the user. In addition, an application download message in the form of a push message is sent to the number of the portable terminal to be input so that the user can install the selected application.

In addition, referring to FIG. 6, the service server sends a push message 610 for downloading the selected application to the portable terminal number, which is personal identification information, and the user pushes the corresponding push message 610 from his portable terminal 600. ) Can be checked. Here, the push message 610 may be sent in the form of SMS or MMS. In particular, the push message 610 includes a download link address 615 of the corresponding application, and the user may proceed with the installation procedure of the application by selecting the download link address 615.

The service system and the method for providing the service using the kiosk device of the present invention may be implemented in a program form and stored in a recording medium including a computer-readable CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, and the like.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. That is, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

Claims

A service system using a kiosk device,

Kiosk apparatus for providing a list for one or more applications; And

A service server for installing a corresponding application on the portable terminal of the user based on the personal identification information input to the kiosk device by the user and paying the electronic money to the user.

Service system using a kiosk device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The service server,

A server communication module for communicating with the kiosk apparatus through an information communication network;

An application management module for identifying the user and the selected application and performing a procedure related to installation of the application; And

Push message management module for transmitting an application installation message to the portable terminal

Service system using a kiosk device comprising a.
The method of claim 2,

The service server,

A user information management unit which performs a member registration procedure and identifies a user registered as a member through the personal identification information;

An application identification unit identifying an application selected by the user; And

Electronic money management unit that provides electronic money to the user account when the application is installed

Service system using a kiosk device comprising a.
The method of claim 2,

The application installation message is a short message (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) service system using a kiosk device.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The short message (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) service system using a kiosk device including a download link address for the application.
The method of claim 1,

The personal identification information,

A service system using a kiosk device which is a telephone number assigned to the portable terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The service server,

The service system using a kiosk device for receiving the response information as the installation of the application is completed from the portable terminal or the application store server.
A service providing method using a kiosk device,

The kiosk device providing a list for one or more applications;

Transmitting a message for installation of the corresponding application to the portable terminal of the user identified based on the personal identification information input to the kiosk device by the user; And

When the installation of the application is completed, paying the electronic money to the user's account

Service providing method using a kiosk device comprising a.
The method of claim 8,

The message is

The short message (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS),

A service providing method using a kiosk device including a download link address for the application.
The method of claim 8,

After the installation of the application is completed,

Receiving, from the portable terminal or the application store server, reply information as the installation of the application is completed;

Service providing method using a kiosk device further comprising.