KR102529276B1 - System membership social commerce based on location and method for providing service thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a social commerce system. In detail, the present invention is a membership-based location-based social commerce that operates on a membership basis and allows customers to use discounted services through active use of SNS between companies and customers concentrated in a specific area, and allows companies to attract a large number of customers. It relates to a system and its service providing method.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, by recruiting members targeting a specific class, such as students, and providing events such as discounts and coupons for one or more companies registered in an adjacent area according to the current location of the member customer, the customer can receive a discount Products and services can be used at a reasonable price, and companies can expect a high publicity effect and sales increase at a low cost.

Description

Membership-based location-based social commerce system and its service provision method {SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP SOCIAL COMMERCE BASED ON LOCATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a social commerce system, in particular, a membership system that operates on a membership basis and allows customers to use discounted services through active use of SNS between companies and customers concentrated in a specific area, and a membership system that allows companies to attract a large number of customers. It relates to a location-based social commerce system and a service providing method thereof.

The self-employed, who are in fierce competition for survival, are promoting their businesses by mobilizing various marketing methods as a way to overcome their own crises, but the reality is that they are limited to one-time advertisements that only result in high cost and low efficiency.

Currently, the top priority task for many self-employed people across the country is to come up with a way to attract a large number of customers steadily. In order to attract a large number of customers steadily, it is necessary to be able to continuously advertise the business, but considering the profits of small businesses, it is common for them to wait for customers to come by themselves without making a decision. Accordingly, the government is investing a lot of money to revive the self-employed, but companies that are being closed are appearing one after another.

In addition, from the customer's point of view, the cost of living for a person without income such as college students is about 1 million won per month. There is cause for what is being built into the price.

As a result, the burden on students' expenses is growing, and the reality is that self-employed business owners are closing their businesses one after another due to a drop in sales.

Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1861813 (Public date: 2018.05.29.)

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is to mediate between customers of a specific class who have a burden on living expenses such as students and companies who want to increase sales by attracting customers through location-based technology. There is a problem in providing a membership-based location-based social commerce system and a service providing method therefor.

In addition, the present invention provides a membership-based location-based social commerce system and a service providing method that allows customers to perform activities related to company promotion in conjunction with SNS, and provides benefits for using products and services of the company as compensation for this. There are other challenges to providing.

In order to solve the above problems, a membership based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a social commerce system including a service server that provides social commerce services in conjunction with one or more customer terminals and company terminals, wherein the service The server includes a location collection unit that collects the current location of a customer terminal of a customer registered as a member in real time according to specific qualifications, a company matching unit that extracts one or more companies located within a certain distance from the customer terminal, and a membership authority of the customer. Accordingly, a service implementing unit may be included to transmit one or more member service information to which a cost discount for goods or services handled by the extracted company is applied to the customer terminal.

The service implementation unit, a company information providing unit for providing company information including the company name and location of the company extracted to the customer terminal, and a description and cost of goods or services handled by the company, among two or more companies extracted, When approval completion for the purchase reservation is input from the reservation unit requesting a purchase reservation for a product or service to one selected by the customer, the payment for the purchase cost is requested to the customer terminal, and payment information is normally received. may include a settlement processing unit that approves the payment when is transmitted, and a review writing unit that reflects the product or service information when a user review is input from the customer terminal.

The service realization unit may further include an event processing unit that sets the holding of a sub-event that is temporarily held in addition to the main event that is always held by the company, and reflects it to the company information, according to a request from the company terminal.

The service implementation unit may further include a reverse auction application unit requesting bids from two or more extracted company terminals when a minimum cost intended by the customer for a product or service that the customer intends to use is input from the customer terminal.

The service server, according to the request of the customer terminal or company terminal before membership registration, the member management unit that processes the membership registration procedure of the customer or company, and the member management unit, according to the request, refers to the customer information and the member registration process is currently in progress. It may include a qualification verification unit that determines whether or not the customer has predefined membership subscription qualifications and determines whether to approve or disapprove membership registration.

The customer information may include a scanned image of a student ID card in which the customer's face and student number are marked.

When a subscribed customer uses an external SNS system, SNS activity details performed on the external SNS system are collected from the customer terminal, and if there is a relationship with a registered company among the SNS activity details, the company handles it It may include an SNS compensation unit for requesting an additional discount for the product or service to the company terminal.

The customer terminal has an application for interworking with the service server installed and executed, and the application connects to the service server through an information communication network to perform data communication, recognizes location information of the current customer terminal, A location information providing unit provided to the service server, a company search unit requesting, in response to a keyword input by a customer, business information of one or more companies handling goods or services corresponding to the keyword, located within a certain distance from the service server; A map mapping unit that displays the location of the current customer terminal and the location of adjacent businesses on the electronic map, a notification management unit that receives events and notifications from the service server and displays them on the customer terminal, accesses an external SNS system, and connects the customer An SNS linking unit that transmits SNS activity details related to a company to the service server on an SNS opened with an account of, and a payment processing unit that requests the service server for a payment procedure according to the purchase of a product or service provided by any one company can include

In order to solve the above problems, a service providing method by a social commerce system by a service server that provides social commerce services in conjunction with one or more customer terminals and company terminals according to an embodiment of another aspect of the present invention, wherein specific qualifications Collecting the current location of the customer terminal of the customer registered as a member in real time according to the steps, extracting one or more businesses located within a certain distance from the customer terminal, and handling the extracted business according to the membership rights of the customer The method may include transmitting one or more member service information to which a cost discount for goods or services is applied to the customer terminal.

Prior to the step of collecting the current location of the customer terminal of a customer registered as a member in real time according to specific qualifications, the step of processing the membership sign-up procedure of a customer or company according to the request of the customer terminal or company terminal before membership registration and the customer By referring to the information, determining whether or not the customer currently undergoing the membership sign-up process has predefined membership sign-up qualifications, and determining whether to approve or disapprove the member sign-up, wherein the customer information is a scan of the student ID with the customer's face and student number written on it. Can contain images.

The step of transmitting one or more member service information to the customer terminal to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied according to the membership authority of the customer, the product or service the customer wants to use from the customer terminal The method may further include receiving a minimum cost intended by the user for the service and requesting bids from two or more vendor terminals extracted from the customer terminal.

After the step of transmitting to the customer terminal one or more member service information to which a cost discount for goods or services handled by the extracted company is applied according to the membership authority of the customer, when the customer who has become a member uses an external SNS system , Collecting SNS activity details performed on the external SNS system from the customer terminal, determining relevance with a registered company among the SNS activity details, and if relevance is determined to exist, handled by the corresponding company and requesting an additional discount for a product or service to be offered to the company terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by recruiting members targeting a specific class, such as students, and providing events such as discounts and coupons for one or more companies registered in an adjacent area according to the current location of the member customer, the customer can receive a discount Products and services can be used at a reasonable price, and companies can expect a high publicity effect and sales increase at a low cost.

1 is a diagram showing the overall structure of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the structure of an application installed in a customer terminal of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing the structure of a service server of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a service providing method of a membership based location based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating screens displayed on a customer terminal provided by a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the entire specification, when a part is said to "comprise" or "include" a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, not excluding other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...Unit", "...Server" and "...System" described in the specification refer to a unit that processes one or more functions or operations. This means that it can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

In addition, the term "embodiment" in this specification means to serve as an illustration, example, or illustration, but the subject matter of the invention is not limited by such examples. Also, while "comprising", "comprising", "having" and other similar terms are used, when used in the claims, the transition word "comprising" is an open term that does not exclude any additional or different elements. It can be used generically in a similar way to the term "comprising".

The various techniques described herein may be implemented with hardware or software, or a combination of both where appropriate. Terms such as "...Unit", "...Server" and "...System" as used herein also refer to computer-related entities, i.e., hardware , a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. In addition, each function executed in the program of the present invention may be configured in module units and recorded in one physical memory or distributed between two or more memories and recording media.

In the following description, the "membership-based location-based social commerce system" of the present invention may be abbreviated as "social commerce system" or "system" for convenience of description.

Hereinafter, a membership location-based social commerce system and a service providing method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the overall structure of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the location-based social commerce system for membership according to an embodiment of the present invention, one or more customer terminals 100 possessed by ordinary people belonging to a specific age group or a specific group and used by registered customers are located in each region. It may include a company terminal 200 operated by a company that wants to provide company information to registered customers through the system of the present invention, and a service server 300 that mediates between registered customers and companies.

The customer terminal 100 is a mobile smart terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet PC used by a customer who has subscribed to the system of the present invention with customer authority. This customer terminal 100 may be equipped with a GPS means capable of measuring the current location, and as a known web browser or system-specific application program is installed and executed, the current location is displayed in real time through the information communication network to the service server ( 300), receive business information about one or more businesses located at a point adjacent to the current location from the service server 300, and provide a notification to the customer.

Here, customers subscribed to the system according to the embodiment of the present invention as members must pay a certain amount every month to the system operation side to maintain membership, and member customers have a schedule for product purchase amount and service use amount when using registered affiliate companies. You can receive a discount on the rate by default. As an example, in the case of a student member, membership can be granted with a flat rate of 10,000 won per month.

Here, the company information may include information about products or services sold by the corresponding company, information such as unit price, details of discounts when members visit, information about other coupons, events, and the like.

The company terminal 200 is a computing device operated by affiliated companies registered as members in the system of the present invention with company authority. The business operator may attract customers by providing business information to customers located at a branch adjacent to the business by registering specific information about the business and products and services to be promoted in the service server 300 .

In addition, the company terminal 200 provides information on events such as discounts, service additions, etc. currently in progress at the company to the customer terminal 100 through the service server 300, so that customers receive additional discount benefits when using affiliated companies. It is possible to induce an increase in the number of customer inflows by providing more.

The above-mentioned customer terminal 100 and company terminal 200 include Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) , IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminal, smartphone, smartpad ), all types of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as tablet PCs, and computing devices such as stationary PCs and notebooks may be used.

The service server 300 is a server device operated by the system operator to implement the service of the present invention, and processes membership registration procedures for customers and companies according to requests from one or more customer terminals 100 and company terminals, The location information of the registered customer terminal 100 is received in real time to determine the current location, and if there is a company located in a place adjacent to the current location, the company information registered by the company can be transmitted to the customer terminal 100. .

In addition, the service server 300 may mediate a reservation procedure for the selected company according to the request of the customer terminal 100, and may provide a function of writing a review for the corresponding company after using the company. In addition, the service server 300 may further provide a reverse auction type service in which a company that will provide a product or service participates under conditions desired by the customer.

In addition, the service server 300 can link with an external social network service (SNS) system that customers are personally using, and among various SNS activities performed by customers on SNS, activity details related to affiliated companies exist. In this case, we can provide benefits to the customer.

A detailed description of the service server 300 for implementing the above functions will be described later.

The service server 300 includes a high-performance microprocessor, large-capacity memory and storage in order to stably perform responses to requests from a plurality of customer terminals 100 and company terminals 200 through an information communication network without delay or error. A server device of the workstation class equipped with may be used.

In addition, the information communication network for data communication between the service server 300 and the terminal means a connection structure capable of exchanging information between nodes such as a plurality of terminals and servers. An example of such an information communication network is RF , 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, 5GPP (5rd Generation Partnership Project) network, WIMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access) network, Internet, LAN (Local Area Network), Wireless A wireless local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a personal area network (PAN), a Bluetooth network, an NFC network, a satellite broadcasting network, and an analog broadcasting network may be included, but are not limited to a specific network.

According to the above-described structure, the membership location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention performs publicity to affiliated companies targeting registered member customers and also allows customers to use products and services at a discounted price In addition, various types of benefits are provided, and affiliated companies can expect the effect of increasing customer inflow and sales according to the mediation of member customers.

Hereinafter, the structure of an application installed in a customer terminal of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

2 is a diagram showing the structure of an application installed in a customer terminal of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the application and each component constituting the application may be implemented in the form of a program executable by a known microprocessor, recorded on a readable and writable recording medium, and loaded into a user terminal. In addition, the function of each component of the aforementioned application may be implemented in the form of a web page executed in a web browser.

Referring to FIG. 2, the application 101 installed in the customer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server interlocking unit 110 that accesses a service server through an information communication network and performs data communication, and the current location of the customer terminal. The location information providing unit 120, which recognizes information and provides it to the service server, requests business information of one or more companies within a certain distance that handles products or services corresponding to the keyword to the service server according to the customer's keyword input. a business search unit 130 that displays the location of the current customer terminal and the location of adjacent businesses on an electronic map map mapping unit 140, a notification management unit that receives events and notifications from the service server and displays them on the customer terminal (150), an SNS connection unit 160 that accesses an external SNS system and transmits SNS activity details related to the company performed on the SNS opened with the customer's account to the service server (160), a product or service provided by any one company It may include a payment processing unit 170 requesting a payment procedure according to the purchase of the service server and a terminal database 180 storing various data necessary for application execution.

The server linking unit 110 may perform data communication by accessing a service server through an information communication network. When the application 101 is executed, the server interlocking unit 110 attempts to access the service server through a preset URL, and when connected normally, may transmit location information to be described later to the service server in real time.

In addition, the server interlocking unit 110 may receive company information transmitted from the service server and deliver it to the notification management unit 150 or the like.

The location information providing unit 120 may read location information about the current location measured from a GPS module mounted in the customer terminal and provide the location information to the service server through the server interlocking unit 110 .

The company search unit 130 may provide a function of searching for one or more affiliate companies registered in the service server by receiving a predetermined keyword from a customer and transmitting the input to the service server. Keywords entered by customers may include not only specific company names, but also business types, addresses, types of products and services, and business hours. can be checked. The company search unit 130 may display the search result on the screen of the customer terminal by receiving a reply from the service server.

The map mapping unit 140 may map the location of the current customer terminal and the locations of neighboring affiliates transmitted from the service server onto an electronic map and display them in the form of a graphic image. The map mapping unit 140 may call a commercialized electronic map API, display the customer's location on the electronic map according to the delivered current location information, and display the location of one or more affiliated companies existing within a certain range around this location. can be displayed.

In addition, the map mapping unit 140 may display business information about the affiliated business in the form of a pop-up window when the customer selects one affiliated business displayed on the map.

The notification management unit 150 may receive and display a notification message about an ongoing event in an affiliated company existing in a location adjacent to a current customer from a service server. Affiliate companies may hold discount events for members themselves, and the notification management unit 150 may receive a notification message about an ongoing event in business information about companies adjacent to the current location from the service server, This may be output in the form of a notification window or a notification sound at the customer terminal.

The SNS linking unit 160 may provide a linking function with an external SNS system operated separately from the service server of the present invention. Customers can perform various types of activities such as SNS activities on an external SNS system, such as writing and storing text, uploading images, talking, and online shopping in the online space allocated to the account as an example. The system operation side enables member customers to access external SNS systems within the application 101 through business agreements with external SNS systems, and the SNS connection unit 160 allows member customers to perform SNS activities such as writing articles and uploading images can be transmitted to the service server.

The payment processing unit 170 may provide a prepayment function for a product purchase reservation or visit reservation request for an affiliate company selected by a customer. The customer may purchase a product at a specific point in time or make a reservation to visit a restaurant from an adjacent affiliate company or an affiliate company selected by a search, and the payment processing unit 170 may process a payment procedure to confirm the reservation. A known payment method stored in the terminal database 180 may be used for the payment procedure, and the payment processing unit 170 may request payment for the reservation through the payment method to the service server, and the payment is normally made by the service server. If is approved, the reservation process is completed.

The terminal database 180 may store various setting values for driving the application 101 . In particular, as the application 101 of the present invention provides a function of displaying the current locations of customers and businesses on an electronic map, the electronic map image can be stored in the terminal database 180 and transmitted from the service server. Electronic coupons and payment methods for reservations may be stored.

On the other hand, the application according to the embodiment of the present invention installed on the above-described customer terminal can be linked with a student ID card, which is usually implemented as a physical card having a payment function, as a payment method through partnership with the school for students. , When paying for reservations, you can request payment to the service server by using your student ID as a payment method.

Hereinafter, the structure of the service server of the membership location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

3 is a diagram showing the structure of a service server of a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the service server 300 of the membership location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention collects the current location of the customer terminal 100 of a customer registered as a member according to specific qualifications in real time. The collection unit 310, the business matching unit 320 for extracting one or more businesses located within a certain distance from the customer terminal 100, discounts on products or services handled by the extracted businesses according to the customer's membership rights. According to the request of the service implementation unit 330, which transmits one or more member service information to be applied to the customer terminal 100, and the customer terminal 100 or company terminal 200 prior to membership registration, the customer or business member registration process is performed. According to the request of the member management unit 340 and the member management unit 340, the customer who is currently undergoing the membership registration process by referring to the customer information determines whether or not the customer is eligible for membership registration, and decides to approve or disapprove membership. The qualification verification unit 350, the server database 360 for storing various setting values for the operation of the service server 300, and the external SNS system from the customer terminal 100 when a subscribed customer uses an external SNS system. SNS activity history performed on the system is collected, and if there is relevance to a registered company among the SNS activity history, an SNS compensation unit (370) requests an additional discount for goods or services handled by the company to the company terminal. ) may be included.

The location collection unit 310 may collect current location information in real time from one or more customer terminals connected through an information communication network. The customer terminal 100 of the member customer may provide the service server 300 with its location measured through GPS in real time according to the execution of the application, and the location collection unit 310 is configured for each customer terminal 100. The location information is received and the current location of the customer is updated.

The vendor matching unit 320 may match and extract vendors located adjacent to each other within a certain distance from among one or more affiliated vendors registered according to the current location of each customer terminal 100 . The business matching unit 320 extracts businesses within several meters to hundreds of meters by matching the business location included in the business information of affiliated businesses stored in the server database 360 using the customer's location information.

The service implementation unit 330 transmits the business information of the partner company matched with the customer whose current location is determined to the customer terminal 100 so that the customer terminal 100 displays affiliate companies adjacent to the current location on the electronic map. . In addition, the service implementation unit 330 may provide the customer terminal 100 with various functions, such as searching for a partner company on the customer side or selecting a company through a reverse auction method.

In addition, the service realization unit 330 performs a function such as transmitting one or more member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied to the customer terminal 100 according to the customer's membership authority. can provide

In order to implement this function, the service implementation unit 330 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the company name and location of the company extracted in the customer terminal, and company information including descriptions and costs of products or services handled by the company. A company information providing unit 331 that provides, a reservation unit 335 that requests a purchase reservation for a product or service from one of the two or more extracted companies selected by the customer, and approval of the purchase reservation from the company terminal is completed. If input, the settlement processing unit 336 requests payment for the purchase cost to the customer terminal and approves the payment when the payment information is normally transmitted. When the minimum cost intended by the customer for the product or service that the customer intends to use is input from the review writer 337 and the customer terminal, which are reflected in the product or service information, a reverse auction requesting bidding to the extracted two or more company terminals It may consist of an application unit 339.

First, the company information providing unit 331 extracts company information about one or more affiliated companies matched to each customer by the company matching unit 320 from the server database 360 and transmits it to the corresponding customer terminal 100. function can be performed.

The event processing unit 332 may process a procedure for holding an event requested by each company through the company terminal 200 . In an embodiment of the present invention, events held by each company may be divided into sub-events that are temporarily held according to the request of the company, in addition to the main event that is always in progress. As an example, if the main event is always a 10% discount event, the sub-event is an event such as 1+1 when purchasing a product, an additional 10% discount, and a free drink when visiting at a specific time.

The event processor 332 may receive sub-event content from the company terminal 200 and add a sub-event to each company information.

The reservation unit 335 may process a reservation procedure for product purchase, visit or service use according to a customer's request with respect to any one partner company selected from the customer terminal 100 . The customer terminal 100 may request a reservation by designating a time for a predetermined service, and the reservation unit 335 may relay such reservation information to the corresponding company terminal 200, and after the company confirms the reservation information , when approval or rejection is returned, the result can be transmitted to the customer terminal 100 .

When a payment is requested from the customer terminal 100 for part or all of the product or service purchase cost for the reservation approved reservation, the payment processing unit 336 processes the payment by determining whether to approve the payment after confirming whether it is normal payment information. can do.

The review writing unit 337 may provide a function of inputting and uploading a user review of a previously used partner company from the customer terminal 100 . After purchasing a product or using a service, the customer may input a review therefor through the customer terminal 100, and the review writer 337 may provide a tool for writing a review by the customer terminal 100, review When the creation is completed, the content can be stored in association with company information stored in the server database.

According to the request of the customer terminal 100, the reverse auction application unit 339 may apply for a reverse auction for the product or service presented by the customer, and accordingly, if one or more affiliated companies correspond to the product or service handled by the customer, You can bid by offering a specific price or condition. After that, the customer can check the bidding details, select a desired partner company, and perform a reservation procedure.

In addition, the member management unit 340 may perform a membership sign-up procedure at the request of customers and companies, and process a login procedure at the request of the customer terminal 100 and the company terminal 200 of registered customers and companies. there is. In addition, functions such as creation, change, update, and deletion of member information can be provided as a member management function.

The qualification verification unit 350 serves to verify whether a customer who wants to join as a member has qualifications for service. The service according to an embodiment of the present invention is targeted at economically vulnerable classes such as students, and thus the qualification verification unit 350 requests evidence data for verifying whether the customer is a student in the membership sign-up process, and the customer Qualification may be verified based on customer information transmitted from the terminal 100 . As such customer information, a student ID card scan image marked with a student face and student number may be used.

The server database 360 may store various setting values for operating the service server 300 . Information stored in the server database 360 includes member information, company information, customer information, and the like. The server database 360 may store, update, delete, and reply to the above-described information according to requests or references of each component constituting each service server 300 .

The SNS compensation unit 370, as one of the characteristics of the present invention, can provide compensation according to the customer's SNS activity in conjunction with an external SNS system. In detail, when a customer registered as a member of the system of the present invention subscribes in a known commercialized SNS system and uploads SNS activities related to affiliates, for example, photos, introductions, reviews, etc. of affiliates, additional benefits therefor will be granted

In order to implement this function, the application of the customer terminal 100 can detect the SNS activity performed by the customer by accessing the external SNS system using the customer terminal 100, deliver it to the service server 300, and compensate for the SNS. The unit 370 collects the details of the SNS activity to determine the relevance with the registered affiliate company, and if there is a relevance, it can request an additional discount for the product or service handled by the corresponding company to the corresponding company terminal 200. .

This is to provide compensation for the activity to the customer as the promotion of the affiliated company is naturally performed according to the customer's SNS activity.

Hereinafter, a service providing method by a membership location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

4 is a diagram illustrating a service providing method of a membership based location based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the execution subject for each step is the above-described service server and its components of the present invention, unless otherwise specified.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a service providing method of a membership based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of collecting in real time the current location of a customer terminal of a customer registered as a member according to specific qualifications (S100); Extracting one or more companies located within a certain distance from the customer terminal (S110) and, according to the membership authority of the customer, one or more member service information to which cost discounts for products or services handled by the extracted company are applied are transmitted to the customer terminal. It may include transmitting (S120).

First, as a step of collecting the current location of the customer terminal of a customer registered as a member in real time according to a specific qualification (S100), when the customer terminal is connected normally according to an attempt to access the service server according to the execution of a web browser or application , the service server receives the current location information from the customer terminal in real time.

On the other hand, the service provided by the system of the present invention is intended for a specific class, such as students, and may further include an identification procedure for whether the customer satisfies the subscription conditions at the time of membership registration. Accordingly, prior to step S100, membership registration may be performed. According to the request of the previous customer terminal or company terminal, the step of processing the membership sign-up process of the customer or company and the customer information, determining whether the customer currently undergoing the membership sign-up process has pre-defined membership qualifications, and membership sign-up A further step may be taken to determine approval or disapproval. Here, as the customer information, a student ID card scan image marked with the customer's face and student number may be used.

Next, in the step of extracting one or more companies located within a certain distance from the customer terminal and matching them with the customer (S110), the current location of the customer is determined based on the location information collected by the service server, and a certain distance is determined from the customer. One or more partner companies located within the network and their information are extracted. The range of companies to be extracted may be changed according to the setting of the customer and may be on the order of several meters to hundreds of meters.

Then, according to the customer's membership authority, as a step of transmitting one or more member service information to the customer terminal to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied (S120), the service server transmits the extracted company information By transmitting to the customer's terminal, the customer's terminal can check neighboring businesses, and at the same time, if the customer selects a particular business, one or more members to which a certain rate of cost discount is applied to products or services handled by that business. service information is provided. Accordingly, the customer can select a desired partner company and use a product or service at a discounted price, and the company can attract customers without separate promotional activities.

In addition, in step S120, the customer can propose a reverse auction so that the customer can purchase a product or service from one or more affiliated companies at a price he or she intends. According to this reverse auction method, the service server wants the customer to use The user receives an input of the minimum cost intended for the product or service, and requests bids from two or more company terminals extracted from the customer terminal.

On the other hand, after step S120, according to the membership authority of the customer, after the step of transmitting one or more member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied to the customer terminal, performing an SNS linkage function As a step, when a subscribed customer uses an external SNS system, the service server collects SNS activity details performed on the external SNS system from the customer terminal, determines the relationship between the SNS activity details and the registered company, and , If it is determined that there is a relevance, a step of requesting an additional discount for goods or services handled by the corresponding company to the terminal of the company may be performed.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in detail through an example of a screen provided through an application of a membership based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating screens displayed on a customer terminal provided by a membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the application of the membership-based location-based social commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention delivers location information of the current customer terminal 100 to the service server according to execution, and the service server thus transmits the current customer terminal 100 ) can be identified and one or more partner companies adjacent to the current location can be displayed on the electronic map (scr).

The electronic map (scr) may be implemented using a known map API, and one or more partner companies (p) located within a certain range around the current location of the customer (usr) may be displayed on the electronic map.

Customers can easily check their current location and the location of partner companies (p) that can receive benefits such as discounts through the electronic map (scr), and select the partner company (p) on the map to find the corresponding company. You can check detailed company information on products or services handled and discount benefits.

Referring to FIG. 6, as one of the company information, it is a screen displaying the contents of events currently being held by affiliated companies adjacent to the customer, and the customer terminal displays the company name, type of business, discount, etc. Event contents can be displayed on the screen in the form of a list. Customers can check desired companies and products or services from this list, select any one company, and request reservation purchase or visit reservation.

Here, the above-described event may further include not only the main discount service basically provided to the customer as a member, but also additionally more applicable sub-discount events. As illustrated, Home Chicken may further set up and provide a '1+1' sub discount event on a one-time basis in addition to the main discount event.

In addition, referring to FIG. 7, a screen for a reverse auction method product purchase function conducted by a customer for affiliated companies is shown, and the customer can input desired conditions and prices for a product or service through a customer terminal, Accordingly, the service server distributes the input information to company terminals operated by affiliated companies so that the company can check the information, and then receives a reply from each company's terminal that wants to participate in the reverse auction and provides it to the customer terminal.

Accordingly, the customer can check the bidding details for one or more bidders, select one affiliated company according to preference, and make a product purchase reservation or visit reservation.

Although many details are specifically described in the above description, this should be interpreted as an example of a preferred embodiment rather than limiting the scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention should not be defined according to the described examples, but should be defined according to the scope of the claims and the scope of the claims.

100: customer terminal 101: application
110: server interlocking unit 120: location information providing unit
130: business search unit 140: map mapping unit
150: notification management unit 160: SNS connection unit
170: payment processing unit 180: terminal database
200: company terminal 300: service server
310: location collection unit 320: company matching unit
330: service implementation unit 331: company information provision unit
332: event processing unit 335: reservation unit
336: payment processing unit 337: review writing unit
339: reverse auction application unit 340: member management unit
350: qualification verification unit 360: service database
370: SNS interlocking unit

Claims (12)

A social commerce system including a service server that provides a social commerce service in conjunction with one or more customer terminals and company terminals,
The service server,
a location collection unit that collects in real time the current location of a customer terminal of a customer registered as a member according to specific qualifications;
a vendor matching unit for extracting one or more vendors located within a predetermined distance from the customer terminal; and
A service implementer for transmitting, to the customer terminal, one or more member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied, according to the membership authority of the customer.
including,
The service implementation unit,
a company information providing unit that provides company information including a company name and location of the company extracted from the customer terminal and a description and cost of goods or services handled by the company;
A reservation unit for requesting a purchase reservation for goods or services from one of the two or more extracted companies selected by the customer;
When approval completion for the purchase reservation is input from the company terminal, a settlement processing unit requesting payment for the purchase cost to the customer terminal, and approving the payment when payment information is normally transmitted; and
Review writing unit that reflects the product or service information when user reviews are input from the customer terminal for purchase of a product or service
including,
The service server,
According to the request of the customer terminal or company terminal before member registration, a member management unit that processes the membership registration procedure of the customer or company;
According to the request of the member management unit, a qualification verification unit for determining whether or not a customer currently undergoing a membership sign-up process has pre-defined membership sign-up qualifications by referring to customer information, and determining whether to approve or disapprove the member sign-up; and
When a subscribed customer uses an external SNS system, SNS activity details performed on the external SNS system are collected from the customer terminal, and if there is a relationship with a registered company among the SNS activity details, the company handles it SNS compensation unit for requesting an additional discount for the product or service to the company terminal
including,
Customers registered as members above maintain membership by paying a certain amount every month,
Among the SNS activity details, if there is a relationship with a registered company, the member-based location-based social commerce system includes at least one of a photo, an introduction, and a review of the company. delete According to claim 1,
The service implementation unit,
In response to the request of the company terminal, in addition to the main event that is always held by the company, an event processing unit that sets the holding of a temporary sub-event and reflects it in the company information.
A membership-based location-based social commerce system further comprising a. According to claim 1,
The service implementation unit,
A reverse auction application unit requesting bids from two or more extracted company terminals when the minimum cost intended by the customer for a product or service that the customer intends to use is input from the customer terminal.
A membership-based location-based social commerce system further comprising a. delete According to claim 1,
The customer information is
A membership-based location-based social commerce system that includes a scanned image of a student ID with the customer's face and student number. delete According to claim 1,
The customer terminal has an application for interworking with the service server installed and executed,
The application,
a server interlocking unit that accesses the service server through an information communication network and performs data communication;
a location information providing unit that recognizes location information of a current customer terminal and provides the location information to the service server;
a company search unit for requesting, from the service server, information on one or more companies that handle products or services corresponding to the keyword and are located within a certain distance from the service server according to a customer inputting a keyword;
Map mapping unit for displaying the location of the current customer terminal and the location of neighboring businesses on the electronic map;
a notification management unit that receives events and notifications from the service server and displays them on a customer terminal;
An SNS connection unit that accesses an external SNS system and transmits SNS activity details related to the company to the service server on the SNS opened with the customer's account; and
A payment processing unit that requests a payment procedure according to the purchase of a product or service provided by any one company to the service server.
Membership-based location-based social commerce system that includes. As a service providing method by a social commerce system by a service server providing social commerce service in conjunction with one or more customer terminals and company terminals,
Collecting in real time the current location of a customer terminal of a customer registered as a member according to a specific qualification;
Extracting one or more companies located within a predetermined distance from the customer terminal; and
Transmitting, to the customer terminal, at least one member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied, according to the membership authority of the customer.
including,
Prior to the step of collecting in real time the current location of the customer terminal of a customer registered as a member according to specific qualifications,
Processing a member registration procedure of a customer or company according to a request of a customer terminal or company terminal before membership registration; and
Referring to customer information, determining whether a customer currently undergoing a membership sign-up process has predefined membership sign-up qualifications, and determining whether to approve or disapprove of member sign-up,
The customer information includes a scanned image of a student ID with the customer's face and student number,
After the step of transmitting one or more member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied to the customer terminal according to the membership authority of the customer,
Collecting details of SNS activity performed on the external SNS system from the customer terminal when a subscribed customer uses an external SNS system;
Determining relevance with a registered company among the SNS activity details; and
If it is determined that there is relevance, requesting an additional discount for goods or services handled by the company to the terminal of the company.
including,
Customers registered as members above maintain membership by paying a certain amount every month,
Among the SNS activity details, if it is determined that there is a relationship with a registered company, at least one of a photo, an introduction, and a review of the company is included. delete According to claim 9,
The step of transmitting one or more member service information to which a cost discount for products or services handled by the extracted company is applied to the customer terminal according to the membership authority of the customer,
receiving an input of the customer's intended minimum cost for a product or service that the customer intends to use from the customer terminal; and
Requesting bids from two or more vendor terminals extracted from the customer terminal
A service providing method of a membership-based location-based social commerce system further comprising a. delete

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