WO2018160032A1

WO2018160032A1 - Mobile coupon providing method and server

Info

Publication number: WO2018160032A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/002531
Authority: WO
Inventors: 강정수
Original assignee: 강정수
Priority date: 2017-03-03
Filing date: 2018-03-02
Publication date: 2018-09-07
Also published as: KR20180101089A

Abstract

The present invention proposes a mobile coupon providing method and server, and the mobile coupon providing method and server may comprise: a memory for storing member identification information for identification of a member store which provides at least one of a product and a service; a control unit for generating a mobile coupon including a user input means through which the member identification information is input, and identifying use of the mobile coupon on the basis of the member identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon; and a communication unit for providing the mobile coupon to a user terminal.

Description

Mobile coupon delivery method and server

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a mobile coupon providing method and a server for acquiring a merchant code, and more particularly, by receiving a merchant code input to a user input means by providing a mobile coupon including a user input means. A method and server for providing a mobile coupon identifying the use of the mobile coupon.

Recently, the use of mobile coupons is increasing due to the convenience of purchase and use, and the e-commerce such as social commerce selling goods and services as mobile coupons is increasing.

Such mobile coupons generally include an identification code for identifying the mobile coupon, for example, a barcode or a QR code.

In order to use the mobile coupon purchased by the user, present the mobile coupon purchased by the user to the place of use of the mobile coupon, the merchant recognizes the identification code of the mobile coupon presented by the user and sends the recognized identification code to the server. Use is complete.

At this time, the POS device of the affiliated store should be able to identify the mobile coupon and support communication with the server that issued the mobile coupon.

However, in the case of general small business owners, it is necessary to have a POS device that supports the above-mentioned functions in order to process the payment of mobile coupons. Therefore, many small businesses cannot sell their products or services through mobile coupons. .

Related Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0033489, which is a related art document, provides mobile coupon service through QR code only for members who have been simply authenticated through basic information of the user such as name, contact number, resident registration number leading digits. It does not solve the problem that the merchant does not perform the payment through the mobile coupon without replacing the POS device.

Therefore, there is a need for a technique for solving the above problems.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information that the inventors possess for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the derivation process of the present invention, and is not necessarily a publicly known technique disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention. .

Embodiments disclosed herein are aimed at presenting a mobile coupon providing server capable of performing payment of a mobile coupon without providing information related to a mobile coupon to an affiliated store.

In addition, the embodiments disclosed herein, it is an object to present a mobile coupon providing server that can perform mobile coupon payment without changing the POS device of the merchant can easily use mobile coupon payment at no additional cost.

In addition, the embodiments disclosed herein are intended to provide a mobile coupon providing server that can protect the personal information of the buyer who purchased the mobile coupon is not provided to the merchant information about the mobile coupon.

Technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to an embodiment, in the server for providing a mobile coupon, a memory for storing affiliate identification information for identifying an affiliate that provides at least one of goods and services, the affiliate The mobile terminal generates a mobile coupon including a user input means for inputting identification information, and identifies a use of the mobile coupon based on the affiliate identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon. It may include a communication unit to provide.

According to another embodiment, in a method of providing a mobile coupon by a coupon providing server, allocating and storing affiliate identification information identifying an affiliate store providing at least one of a product and a service, the user to which the affiliate identification information is input is provided. The method may include generating a mobile coupon including an input means and providing the mobile coupon to a user terminal and identifying use of the mobile coupon based on affiliate identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon.

According to any one of the above-described problem solving means, it is possible to present a mobile coupon providing server that can perform payment of the mobile coupon without providing information related to the mobile coupon to the merchant.

In addition, according to any one of the above-described problem solving means, the affiliated store can perform a mobile coupon payment without a separate device purchase or change, can present a mobile coupon providing server that can use the mobile coupon payment at no additional cost.

In addition, according to any one of the aforementioned problem solving means, it is possible to use the payment through the mobile coupon without providing information about the mobile coupon to the merchant, providing a mobile coupon that can protect the personal information of the buyer who purchased the mobile coupon Can present server

The effects obtainable in the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned above are apparent to those skilled in the art to which the embodiments disclosed from the following description belong. Can be understood.

1 is a block diagram of a system including a coupon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a coupon providing server according to an exemplary embodiment.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a coupon providing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

4 is an exemplary view for explaining a coupon providing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below may be embodied in various different forms. In order to more clearly describe the features of the embodiments, detailed descriptions of the matters well known to those skilled in the art to which the following embodiments belong are omitted. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description of the embodiments are omitted, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a configuration is "connected" to another configuration, this includes not only 'directly connected' but also 'connected' between different configurations. In addition, when a configuration "includes" a certain configuration, this means that, unless specifically stated otherwise, it may further include other configurations other than the other configuration.

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

However, before describing this, the meanings of the terms used below are first defined.

In the following description, an 'an affiliated store' is a subject that sells a product or provides a service to a user, and information identifying such an affiliated store is referred to as 'affiliate identification information'.

In addition, the 'mobile coupon' is a coupon that is provided in an electronic form to purchase or discount a product or service provided by a merchant, and information identifying such a mobile coupon is referred to as 'coupon identification information'.

'Issuing information' is information for identifying whether or not a mobile coupon provided to a user terminal by payment is valid.

In addition to the terms defined above, terms that need explanation are explained separately below.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system including a mobile coupon providing server according to an embodiment.

First, the user terminal 10 may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which may be connected to a remote server through the network N or may be connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code CDMA Division Multiple Access (2000), W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro), Smart Phones, Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), etc. ) May include a wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet Television (Internet Television), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, or the like. Further, the wearable device is, for example, an information processing device of a type that can be worn directly on a human body such as a watch, glasses, accessories, clothes, shoes, etc., and is connected to a remote server or another terminal via a network directly or through another information processing device. It can be connected with.

The user terminal 10 may include an input / output unit, and the input / output unit may include an input unit for receiving an input from a user, and an output unit for displaying information such as a result of performing a task or the state of the user terminal 10. have. For example, the input / output unit may include an operation panel for receiving a user input, a display panel for displaying a screen, and the like.

In detail, the input unit may include devices capable of receiving various types of user input such as a keyboard, a physical button, a touch screen, a camera, or a microphone. In addition, the output unit may include a display panel or a speaker. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the input / output unit may include a configuration supporting various input / output.

The user terminal 10 may display a mobile coupon received from the coupon providing server 20 to be described later through the output unit, and receives the affiliate identification information input from the merchant owner through the user input means included in the mobile coupon. In addition, the affiliated identification information may be transmitted to the coupon providing server 20.

On the other hand, the coupon providing server 20 may be implemented as a computer that can communicate with the user terminal 10 of the remote location through the network (N) or connect to other servers.

The coupon providing server 20 includes a controller 210, and the controller 220 controls the overall operation of the coupon providing server 20 and may include a processor such as a CPU. The controller 210 may control other components included in the coupon providing server 20.

For example, the controller 210 may execute a program stored in the memory 230, read a file stored in the memory 230, or store a new file in the memory 230.

The coupon providing server 20 may include a communication unit 220, and the communication unit 220 may perform wired or wireless communication with another device or a network. To this end, the communication unit 220 may include a communication module supporting at least one of various wired and wireless communication methods. For example, the communication module may be implemented in the form of a chipset.

The wireless communication supported by the communication unit 220 may be, for example, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, UWB (Ultra Wide Band), or Near Field Communication (NFC). . In addition, the wired communication supported by the communication unit 130 may be, for example, USB or High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).

The coupon providing server 20 may include a memory 230, and various types of data such as files, applications, and programs may be installed or stored in the memory 230.

The controller 210 may access and use data stored in the memory 230 or store new data in the memory 230. In addition, the controller 210 may execute a program installed in the memory 230. In the memory 230, a coupon providing program for performing a coupon providing method may be installed.

According to an embodiment, upon receiving a request for providing a mobile coupon from the user through the user terminal 10, the control unit 210 of the coupon providing server 20 according to the coupon providing program stored in the memory 230, the coupon providing method Can be performed.

2 will be described in detail with reference to this block diagram of the coupon providing server 20, each configuration of the coupon providing server 20.

First, the controller 210 may generate a mobile coupon including the user input means, and identify the use of the mobile coupon based on the affiliate identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon.

To this end, the controller 210 may provide a mobile coupon for at least one affiliate store through the communication unit 220 according to a purchase request of the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10.

The controller 210 may provide a payment interface for payment from the user terminal 10 to the user terminal 10 according to a payment request for a mobile coupon of any one affiliate store.

For example, the controller 210 may redirect the user terminal 10 to a third server that provides a payment service or provide a payment module to the user terminal 10 according to a payment request for a mobile coupon.

When the payment is completed, the controller 210 may generate a mobile coupon including a user input means for the merchant selected by the user. For example, the controller 210 may generate a mobile coupon including an input window for inputting a series of character strings.

In this case, according to an exemplary embodiment, the controller 210 may allocate coupon identification information for identifying the generated mobile coupon. For example, the controller 210 may generate one-time coupon identification information composed of a series of character strings, and allocate the generated coupon identification information to the mobile coupon.

Alternatively, according to an embodiment, the controller 210 may obtain identification information of the user terminal 10 that has paid for the mobile coupon. For example, the controller 210 may acquire login information on the coupon providing server 20 or MAC information of the user terminal 10 to purchase a mobile coupon.

In addition, the controller 210 may generate or update the issuance information, which is information for confirming the validity of the mobile coupon, as information on the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal 10, and store the issued information in the memory 230.

According to an embodiment, when the controller 210 allocates the coupon identification information to the mobile coupon, the controller 210 may match the coupon identification information with the affiliate identification information and store the coupon identification information in the memory 230 as issuance information.

According to another embodiment, when the control unit 210 obtains identification information of the user terminal 10, the control unit 210 matches the identification information and the affiliate identification information of the user terminal 10 to the memory 230 as the issued information. ) Can be stored.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment, the controller 210 may be generated by adding the activation conditions of the mobile coupon.

For example, the controller 210 may generate a mobile coupon in which user input means for inputting affiliate identification information to the mobile coupon is activated when inputting preset activation information as an activation condition of the mobile coupon.

In this case, the controller 210 may use the activation information acquired from the user terminal 10 to set the activation information of the mobile coupon.

Thereafter, the controller 210 may provide the mobile coupon generated to the user terminal 10 through the communication unit 220.

The controller 210 may verify whether the mobile coupon is valid when the affiliate identification information is input to the user input means of the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal 10.

That is, if the control unit 210 obtains affiliated store identification information from the user terminal 10, the controller 210 may verify whether the mobile coupon is valid based on the issued information.

According to an embodiment, when the coupon identification information is assigned to the mobile coupon, the controller 210 may obtain the coupon identification information together with the affiliate identification information from the user terminal 10, and the affiliate identification obtained from the issued information. The presence or absence of information and coupon identification information can be searched.

For example, the controller 210 may search for matching affiliate identification information on the issued information based on the coupon identification information obtained from the user terminal 10, and the affiliate identification information obtained from the user terminal 10 is the same. The validity of the coupon can be verified by determining whether or not the coupon is valid.

According to another embodiment, when the identification information of the user terminal 10 is obtained, the control unit 210 obtains the identification information of the user terminal 10 using the affiliate identification information and the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10 together. It is possible to verify the validity of the mobile coupon based on the issued information.

For example, the controller 210 may search for identification information matched in the publication information based on the affiliate identification information obtained from the user terminal 10, and is the same as the identification information obtained from the user terminal 10. By determining the validity of the mobile coupon can be verified.

According to another embodiment, when an activation condition is given to the mobile coupon, the controller 210 indirectly determines whether the mobile coupon is valid based on whether the user input means is activated according to the input of the activation information from the user terminal 10. Can be verified

For example, the controller 210 may verify the validity of the mobile coupon by enabling the user input means of the mobile coupon to be activated based on the activation information input by the user in the mobile coupon of the user terminal 10.

If the mobile coupon is verified to be valid, the controller 210 may perform payment for the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliate ID information input to the user input means of the mobile coupon.

For example, the controller 210 may perform a payment by transferring the amount corresponding to the mobile coupon to the account of the merchant.

As such, the control unit 210 can identify whether the mobile coupon is used by acquiring affiliate identification information input to the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10 rather than the affiliate store, so that the role of the affiliate store is not required for the use of the mobile coupon. There is an effect that can provide a payment service for goods or services through a mobile coupon without changing the POS device of the merchant.

When the controller 210 obtains the transfer request of the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10, the controller 210 may allow the mobile coupon to be transferred.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the controller 210 may discard information on the mobile coupon stored in the first user terminal which has transferred the mobile coupon, and reissue the mobile coupon to the second user terminal.

For example, the controller 210 may delete the publication information for the mobile coupon issued for the first user terminal, and store the publication information for the mobile coupon reissued for the second user terminal in the memory 230. have.

According to another embodiment, when the controller 210 obtains that the first user terminal has delivered the mobile coupon to the second user terminal, the controller 210 may delete the mobile coupon stored in the first user terminal.

For example, when the transfer of the mobile coupon is confirmed from the first user terminal to the second user terminal, the controller 210 may delete the mobile coupon stored in the first user terminal through a client installed in the first user terminal.

Meanwhile, the coupon providing server 20 may include a communication unit 220. The communicator 220 may provide the mobile coupon generated by the controller 210 to the user terminal 10.

Prior to this, the communication unit 220 may receive a purchase request for a mobile coupon from the user terminal 10, and information about a product or service for at least one affiliate store that the user may purchase according to the request for providing the received mobile coupon. Can be provided.

In addition, when the communication unit 220 receives at least one product or service selected from the user terminal 10, the communication unit 220 may provide the user terminal 10 with payment information for purchasing the mobile coupon to the user terminal 10. For example, the communication unit 220 may provide a payment module to the user terminal 10.

In addition, the communication unit 220 may receive identification information of the user terminal 10 as information necessary for issuing a mobile coupon according to an embodiment. For example, the communication unit 220 may obtain MAC information of the user terminal 10 through a client program installed in the user terminal 10.

Thereafter, the communication unit 220 may provide the generated mobile coupon to the user terminal 10.

The communicator 220 may acquire information for verifying whether the mobile coupon is valid by inputting affiliate ID information to the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal 10.

For example, the communicator 220 may obtain, from the user terminal 10, the coupon identification information of the mobile coupon in which the affiliate identification information and the affiliate identification information input to the user input means of the mobile coupon are input.

Alternatively, for example, the communication unit 220 may obtain identification information and affiliate identification information of the user terminal 10 from the user terminal 10.

Meanwhile, the coupon providing server 20 may include a memory 230, and the memory 230 may store affiliate identification information for identifying an affiliate store that provides at least one of goods and services.

That is, the memory 230 may store goods and services obtained from at least one affiliated store through the communication unit 220, and may store the affiliated product with the affiliated identification information allocated to each affiliated store by the controller 210.

The memory 230 may store issuance information, which is information about a mobile coupon provided to the user terminal 10.

For example, when the coupon identification information is given to the mobile coupon, the memory 230 may store the matching information between the coupon identification information and the affiliate identification information provided to the user terminal 10 as issuance information.

Or, for example, when acquiring identification information of the user terminal 10, the memory 230 may store the matching relationship between the identification information of the user terminal 10 and the affiliate identification information as the issue information.

The coupon providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes steps processed in time series in the coupon providing server 20 shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, even if omitted below, the above description of the coupon providing server 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be applied to the coupon providing method according to the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3.

3 is described below with reference to FIG. 4. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining a coupon providing method according to an exemplary embodiment, and illustrates an example of a mobile coupon displayed through a screen of a user terminal 10 communicating with the coupon providing server 20.

First, the coupon providing server 20 may allocate and store affiliate identification information identifying an affiliate store that provides at least one of goods and services (S3001).

To this end, the coupon providing server 20 may obtain information on goods or services for at least one affiliate store, and generate and allocate affiliate identification information for identifying each affiliate store.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may generate affiliate identification information consisting of a series of strings based on the type of business, region, etc. of each affiliate store, and the generated affiliate identification information and information on goods or services for the affiliate store. Can be stored and matched.

And the coupon providing server 20 when the mobile coupon for the merchant is paid by the user terminal 10 (S3002), it can generate a mobile coupon that can be used in the merchant (S3003).

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may generate a mobile coupon including a user input means for receiving merchant identification information into the mobile coupon.

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen on which the mobile coupon generated by the coupon providing server 20 is displayed on the user terminal 10. Referring to this, the mobile coupon 401 may include a service 402 of an affiliated store purchased by a user, and an input window 403 which is a user input means for inputting affiliate ID information to confirm the use of the mobile coupon at the affiliated store. ) May be included.

In this case, according to an embodiment, the coupon providing server 20 may generate a mobile coupon that selectively activates a user input means of the mobile coupon.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 needs to input activation information of the user who purchased the mobile coupon to generate a mobile coupon in which the user input means of the mobile coupon is activated so that affiliate identification information can be input.

To this end, the coupon providing server 20 may receive a series of strings as activation information from the user terminal 10 before generating the mobile coupon.

The coupon providing server 20 may generate a mobile coupon including the user input means and provide the same to the user terminal 10 (S3004).

In this case, the coupon providing server 20 may store issuance information which is information necessary for validating the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal 10.

According to one embodiment, the coupon providing server 20 may store the matching relationship between the coupon identification information and the affiliated identification information.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may generate coupon identification information for identifying the paid mobile coupon and match the affiliate identification information for the affiliate store where the mobile coupon is to be used.

According to another embodiment, the coupon providing server 20 may store a matching relationship between identification information of the user terminal and the affiliated identification information.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may obtain identification information of the user terminal 10 that has paid the mobile coupon, and may match affiliate identification information for the affiliate store where the mobile coupon is to be used.

The coupon providing server 20 may detect whether affiliate identification information is input through the user input means of the mobile coupon, and identify the use of the mobile coupon based on the entered affiliate identification information (S3005).

That is, the coupon providing server 20 may detect whether the mobile coupon is used at the affiliate store by obtaining affiliated identification information input to the user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10.

Thereafter, the coupon providing server 20 may verify whether the use of the detected mobile coupon is valid based on the issued information generated in step S3004 (S3006).

According to one embodiment, the coupon providing server 20 may obtain the coupon identification information of the mobile coupon, the affiliate identification information and the affiliate identification information input to the user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10 and The validity of the mobile coupon may be verified based on the obtained information.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may determine whether the coupon identification information corresponding to the affiliated identification information obtained from the user terminal 10 is the same as the coupon identification information obtained from the user terminal 10 in the issued information. The validity of the coupon can be verified.

According to another exemplary embodiment, the coupon providing server 20 may acquire affiliate identification information and identification information of the user terminal 10 input to the user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal 10.

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may search for the presence or absence of identification information of the user terminal 10 in the issued information, and the mobile coupon issued for the searched user terminal 10 is obtained from the user terminal 10. The mobile coupon of the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliated identification information can be verified whether the mobile coupon is valid.

If the mobile coupon is not valid, the coupon providing server 20 may inform the user terminal 10 that the coupon is not valid.

On the contrary, if the mobile coupon is valid, the coupon providing server 20 may perform payment for the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliate identification information (S3007).

For example, the coupon providing server 20 may provide an amount of money excluding a fee from the purchase price of the mobile coupon to the account of the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliate identification information inputted in the verified mobile coupon.

The term '~' used in the above embodiments refers to software or a hardware component such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an ASIC, and '~' serves a part. However, '~' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. '~ Portion' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, as an example, '~' means components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, procedures, and the like. Subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

The functionality provided within the components and 'parts' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'parts' or separated from additional components and 'parts'.

In addition, the components and '~' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in the device or secure multimedia card.

The coupon providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 may also be implemented in the form of a computer readable medium for storing instructions and data executable by a computer. In this case, the command and data may be stored in the form of program code, and when executed by the processor, a predetermined program module may be generated to perform a predetermined operation. In addition, computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer readable medium may be a computer recording medium, which is volatile and non-implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Both volatile, removable and non-removable media may be included. For example, computer recording media may be provided via magnetic storage media such as HDDs and SSDs, optical recording media such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, or may be accessible via a network. It may be a memory included in the server.

Also, the coupon providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented as a computer program (or computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. The computer program includes programmable machine instructions processed by the processor and may be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language. . The computer program may also be recorded on tangible computer readable media (eg, memory, hard disks, magnetic / optical media or solid-state drives, etc.).

Accordingly, the coupon providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented by executing the computer program as described above by the computing device. The computing device may include at least a portion of a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high speed interface connected to the memory and a high speed expansion port, and a low speed interface connected to the low speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components are connected to each other using a variety of buses and may be mounted on a common motherboard or otherwise mounted in a suitable manner.

Here, the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface. Instructions stored in memory or storage. In other embodiments, multiple processors and / or multiple buses may be used with appropriately multiple memories and memory types. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset consisting of chips comprising a plurality of independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may consist of a volatile memory unit or a collection thereof. As another example, the memory may consist of a nonvolatile memory unit or a collection thereof. The memory may also be other forms of computer readable media, such as, for example, magnetic or optical disks.

In addition, the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium, and may include, for example, devices or other configurations within a storage area network (SAN), and may include a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or similar other semiconductor memory device or device array.

The above-described embodiments are for illustrative purposes, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the above-described embodiments belong may easily change to other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the above-described embodiments. I can understand. Therefore, it is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope to be protected by the present specification is represented by the following claims rather than the above description, and should be construed to include all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents. .

Claims

In the server for providing a mobile coupon,

A memory for storing affiliate identification information identifying an affiliate store providing at least one of a product and a service;

A control unit for generating a mobile coupon including a user input means for receiving the affiliate identification information and identifying use of the mobile coupon based on the affiliate identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon; And

Coupon providing server comprising a communication unit for providing the mobile coupon to the user terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The memory,

Coupon providing server for storing the issued information which is information on the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal.
The method of claim 2,

The communication unit,

Obtaining affiliated identification information input to a user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal;

The control unit,

The coupon providing server for verifying the validity of the mobile coupon based on the issued information, and performs a payment for the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliate identification information.
The method of claim 2,

The control unit,

When the mobile coupon for the affiliated store is paid by the user terminal, generates coupon identification information identifying the paid mobile coupon and matches the affiliated identification information,

The memory,

And a matching relationship between the coupon identification information and the affiliate identification information as the issue information.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The communication unit,

And a coupon identification information of the mobile coupon in which the affiliate identification information and the affiliate identification information inputted to the user input means of the mobile coupon are obtained from the user terminal.
The method of claim 2,

The control unit,

When the mobile coupon for the affiliated store is paid by the user terminal, by acquiring identification information of the user terminal that has paid the mobile coupon, matching the affiliated identification information,

The memory,

And a matching relationship between the identification information of the user terminal and the affiliated identification information as the issuance information.
The method of claim 6,

The communication unit,

Coupon providing server for acquiring affiliate identification information and identification information of the user terminal input to the user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal.
In the method of providing a coupon coupon coupon server,

Allocating and storing affiliate identification information identifying an affiliate store providing at least one of a product and a service;

Generating a mobile coupon including a user input means for inputting the affiliated identification information and providing the same to a user terminal; And

And identifying use of the mobile coupon based on affiliated identification information input through the user input means of the mobile coupon.
The method of claim 8,

Generating a mobile coupon including the user input means to provide to the user terminal,

And storing the issuance information which is information on the mobile coupon provided to the user terminal.
The method of claim 9,

Identifying the use of the mobile coupon,

Obtaining affiliated identification information input to a user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal;

Verifying whether the mobile coupon is valid based on the issued information; And

If the mobile coupon is valid, comprising the step of performing a payment for the affiliate store corresponding to the affiliate identification information, coupon providing method.
The method of claim 9,

The coupon providing method,

When the mobile coupon for the affiliated store is paid by the user terminal, generating a coupon identification information identifying the paid mobile coupon further comprises matching with the affiliated identification information,

The storing of the publication information may include:

And storing a matching relationship between the coupon identification information and the affiliated identification information.
The method of claim 11,

The coupon providing method,

And acquiring, from the user terminal, coupon identification information of the mobile coupon into which the affiliate identification information input to the user input means of the mobile coupon and the affiliate identification information are input.
The method of claim 9,

The coupon providing method,

If the mobile coupon for the affiliated store is paid by the user terminal, further comprising the step of acquiring the identification information of the user terminal that paid the mobile coupon and matching the affiliated identification information,

The storing of the publication information may include:

And storing a matching relationship between the identification information of the user terminal and the affiliated identification information.
The method of claim 13,

The coupon providing method,

And acquiring affiliate identification information and identification information of the user terminal inputted into the user input means of the mobile coupon from the user terminal.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of claim 8.
A computer program executed by a coupon providing server and stored in a medium for performing the method of claim 8.