KR20160102771A - Apparatus to provide service for cars and the operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus to provide a service related to a car and an operating method thereof capable of providing a variety of services related with a car. The apparatus to provide a vehicle service according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an interface module to receive a sales information request with respect to an arbitrary part of a car from a user; and an information detection module to detect sales information with respect to the part referring to car identification information with respect to the car and the part information, wherein the sales information request includes part information of the part and the sales information includes at least one information among the average price, the minimum price, sellers and sales price by the sellers. The interface module may transmit the sales information to the user.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle service providing apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a vehicle service providing apparatus and an operation method thereof, and more particularly, to a vehicle service providing apparatus and an operation method thereof capable of providing various services related to a vehicle to a user.

The domestic automobile market has maintained moderate but steady growth since the late 2000s. In this way, as the sales of finished vehicles increase, naturally, the maintenance and repair parts market and the used car market also grow.

Typically, purchasing and replacement of parts and the like is carried out through maintenance agencies such as official service centers for parts distributors or vehicles, and various industrial sites. In other words, the owner of the vehicle is entrusted to the maintenance company in the event of a malfunction or damage, and the maintenance company takes charge of the purchase or replacement of the component, and then charges the maintenance fee. This conventional approach, however, does not allow the vehicle owner to engage in part selection, etc., so that the transparency of the parts supplier (in particular, the supply price for the imported parts) can not be guaranteed, There was a problem that it was supplied. In addition, parts that are out of stock or difficult to supply to parts distributors and maintenance companies have a long period of time for ordering, and due to the difference in labor for replacing parts and the like for each maintenance company, the owner of the vehicle is unreasonably expensive maintenance fee And the like. In addition, from the viewpoint of the seller of the parts, it is difficult to predict the size of the market and the customer who desires to purchase the parts, and there is a problem that the high part supply price can not be maintained due to the inventory burden.

On the other hand, in the case of vehicles, since the initial supply price is high and the residual value is relatively well maintained, transactions for used cars are actively performed not only for new cars. According to the survey data, the growth rate of the used car market, especially imported used car market, exceeds the growth rate of the new car market. Due to the increase of imported cars, the maturity of installments and the end of the warranty period, It is expected to maintain steady growth going forward. Normally, the price of a used car or the calculation of a quota is based on an arbitrary price tag calculated by region or institution, since there is no guideline to be an objective indicator. However, in the conventional used vehicle price or city tax calculation method, there are many cases in which the calculated price is less than actual real transactions, and in particular, in the case of an imported automobile, there is no data of the corresponding model on the city tax table, Purchase customers, insurance companies, and the like.

 Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle service providing apparatus capable of providing objectified information such as the price of parts and maintenance work, providing integrated services of parts inquiry, online purchase and maintenance reservation, Is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for providing parts information, such as parts price, maintenance work and the like, so that a user can objectively compare and select a plurality of part- And an object thereof is to provide a vehicle service providing apparatus capable of providing a one-stop service and an operation method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a vehicle service providing apparatus and a method of operating the same that can collect and provide detailed price information based on actual transactions of a used car.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems which are not mentioned can be understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

A method of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The method includes receiving a sales information request from a user for any part of the vehicle, the sales information request including part information of the part; Detecting sales information for the part by referring to the vehicle identification information and the part information for the vehicle, the sales information including at least one of an average price of the parts, a lowest price, a seller, - including information about the subject; And transmitting the sales information to the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing a method of operating the vehicle service providing apparatus is recorded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a vehicle service providing apparatus is provided. An interface module for receiving a sales information request for any part of the vehicle from a user, the sales information request including part information of the part; And an information detecting module for detecting sales information on the part by referring to the vehicle identification information and the part information on the vehicle, the sales information including an average price of the parts, a lowest price, And the interface module may transmit the sales information to the user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to broaden the choice of customers by providing information to the customers such as parts sales price of domestic and foreign various parts suppliers, maintenance service of maintenance companies, etc., Rationalization, transparency of imported parts price, and so on.

Further, according to the present invention, the vehicle-related one-stop service including the sales information inquiry of the parts, the purchase of the parts, and the maintenance reservation is provided, whereby the convenience of the customer can be further increased.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to construct a reliable guideline for estimating the used-car sales price, calculating the overlay standard, etc. by collecting, updating, and providing information on the actual transaction of the used car.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A brief description of each drawing is provided to more fully understand the drawings recited in the description of the invention.
1 shows a network including a vehicle service provision apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates a method 300 of operation of a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 exemplarily shows a vehicle registration screen on a user terminal in a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 illustrates a method 500 of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of step S580 of FIG.
FIGS. 7A to 7F illustrate a part information and a sales information inquiry screen on a user terminal in an example of a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates a method 800 of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 exemplarily shows used ticket information provided to a user terminal in a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements.

1 shows a network including a vehicle service provision apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 operates in cooperation with at least one user terminal 210, a vendor terminal 220 and a maintenance company terminal 230 via a wired or wireless network can do.

The user terminal 210 is a terminal used by at least one user. Here, the user may refer to a person who is provided with a predetermined service from the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 through, for example, a personal membership. Specifically, the user registers his or her own vehicle or the interested vehicle in the vehicle service providing apparatus 100, and displays sales information, parts purchase, maintenance reservation, and the like for parts such as the owned vehicle through the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 And it is also possible to inquire used quotation information for any used car.

The vendor terminal 220 refers to a terminal used by a vendor who sells parts for a vehicle, an administrator of a vendor of parts inside and outside the company, and the like. The vendor registers, for example, company information such as a location, a business name, a business registration number and the like on one or more vehicle parts sold by the company in the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 . In addition, the sales company can sell and deliver the vehicle parts to the user in accordance with the relay of the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. [

The maintenance company terminal 230 refers to a terminal used by a manager of a vehicle maintenance company performing parts replacement, general repair, etc. of a vehicle such as a vehicle service center, an industrial area, a repair shop, and the like. The service provider 100 can also register information on the maker information such as the location, the name of the business, the business registration number, the maintenance grade, and the like, and the repairable vehicle and parts, According to the relay, various maintenance services such as replacement of purchased parts can be provided to the user.

The vehicle service providing apparatus 100 may provide various information related to the registered vehicle and / or the unregistered vehicle of the user, at the request of the user. Specifically, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 can receive a vehicle registration request for any vehicle from the user terminal 210, and thereby register the vehicle as a user's own vehicle or a vehicle of interest. In addition, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 receives and / or inputs various information related to the user and the vehicle from the outside and builds a database of the customer information DB, the vehicle / city information DB, the parts information DB, the maintenance information DB, (For example, a seller of a part, a selling price of each seller, etc.), a maintenance company information (for example, a location of a maintenance company, Maintenance level, etc.), quoted information of the used car, and the like, and transmit the detected information to the user terminal 210.

Also, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 can relay transactions such as purchase of parts between the user and the seller of the parts, maintenance reservation between the user and the maintenance company, and the like. That is, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 can refer to the sales information of the parts and relay the information to any sales company selected by the user so that the user can perform the parts purchase. In addition, when the user selects replacement through a maintenance company for a purchased part, the reservation for the maintenance company of the user can be relayed by transmitting the predetermined reservation information to the maintenance company selected by the user.

2 shows a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 includes an interface module 110, a database 120; A vehicle registration module 130, an information detection module 140; A service processing module 150 and an event management module 160.

The interface module 110 can communicate with the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 and an external device such as the user terminal 210, the vendor terminal 220 of the parts, the maintenance company terminal 230, and the like. Specifically, the interface module 110 can receive a vehicle registration request for any vehicle from the user, and can receive a sales information request for the parts constituting the registered vehicle or any unregistered vehicle. The interface module 110 transmits sales information about the parts detected by the information detection module 140 to the user in response to the sales information request, A part purchase request can be received. In addition, the interface module 110 may receive a user input for selecting a maintenance type from a user, and may transmit the user input to the service processing module 150. At this time, if the maintenance type is self-maintenance, the interface module 110 can transmit information on the self-replacement method for the part to the user under the control of the service processing module 150. [ On the other hand, if the maintenance type is the maintenance of the company, the interface module 110 transmits information about at least one maintenance company detected by the information detection module 140 to the user, Reception and transmission of reservation information to the corresponding maintenance company, and the like.

The database 120 may store signals or data input / output corresponding to the operation of the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. At this time, the database 120 may include a customer information DB 122, a vehicle / city tax information DB 124, a parts information DB 126, and a maintenance information DB 128.

The customer information DB 122 stores user information (e.g., name, address, telephone number, member ID, etc.) for one or more registered members and vehicle information (e.g., Number, vehicle type, etc.). The vehicle / market information DB 124 may store basic information (for example, a vehicle type, a vehicle grade, a model year, a manufacturer, etc.) for one or more vehicles necessary for a user to register a vehicle, (Transaction average price, cumulative transaction amount, yearly transaction amount, yearly used price, similar grade vehicle, etc.) for each of the above vehicles. The parts information DB 126 stores part information (for example, part name, part number, part image, part category, etc.) of parts for each of at least one vehicle stored in the vehicle / (E.g., the average price of the parts, the lowest price, the type of parts, the vendor, the selling price by the vendor, the customer evaluation, etc.), information on the self-replacement method for each part, and the like. Lastly, the maintenance information DB 128 may include information on at least one maintenance company (e.g., location, address, hourly wage, maintenance grade, maintenance grade, estimated duration, reservable date and time, Lt; / RTI >

The configuration of the database 120 is an exemplary one. According to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the configuration of the database 120 may be variously modified, for example, configured to include a larger number of lower DBs. In FIG. 2, a single database 120 includes a plurality of DBs. However, each DB may be implemented as a separate storage device or may be a separate physical computing device Server, etc.), and may be implemented to communicate the stored information, via communication with the interface module 110.

The vehicle registration module 130 may register one or more vehicles as a user's owned vehicle or a vehicle of interest. Specifically, upon receiving a vehicle registration request for a certain vehicle from the user, the vehicle registration module 130 registers the vehicle registration information including the user information that transmitted the vehicle registration request and the vehicle information of the vehicle requiring registration to the customer information And stores the vehicle in the DB 122, thereby registering the vehicle as a user owned vehicle or a vehicle of interest. In addition, the vehicle registration module 130 may recommend a predetermined community group associated with the vehicle to the user or create a new community group when registering the vehicle. Here, the community group may refer to a group of users constituted by one or more users as group members.

The information detection module 140 may search the database 120 to detect various information requested by the user such as sales information of the parts, information on the maintenance company, and used price information. Specifically, when the sales information request for any part of the vehicle is received, the information detection module 140 searches the parts information DB 126 based on the vehicle identification information of the vehicle and the parts information of the parts, Sales information can be detected. The information detection module 140 searches the maintenance information DB 128 on the basis of the vehicle identification information and the part information when the user selects the repair service through the maintenance company after the completion of the purchase of the parts, It is possible to detect information on at least one maintenance company capable of performing maintenance. The information detection module 140 searches the vehicle / ticketing information DB 124 based on the vehicle identification information of the vehicle when the user requests the used ticket information for a certain vehicle from the user, Can be detected. As described above, each piece of information detected by the information detection module 140 can be provided to the user through the interface module 110.

The service processing module 150 can perform the purchase of parts for any vehicle, the information about the method of self-replacement of the parts, and the reservation for the maintenance company, at the request of the user. First, the service processing module 150 causes the user who has received the sales information about the parts of the vehicle to pay a predetermined purchase price, when the user transmits a parts purchase request to an arbitrary vendor, Purchase can be performed. In addition, the service processing module 150 may provide information on the self-replacement method for the part through the interface module 110 when the user selects self-maintenance for the purchased part. On the other hand, when the user selects the maintenance of the company, the service processing module 150 transmits the reservation information to the arbitrary maintenance company selected by the user through the interface module 110, , The seller of the purchased part can request the delivery of the parts to the selected maintenance company.

The event management module 160 can manage various events related to the vehicle. For example, when a discount sale event is to be performed for a certain used vehicle, the event management module 160 transmits various advertisement contents such as a moving image and an advertisement image related to the advertisement of the event to the member It is possible to detect a user who satisfies predetermined event participation conditions (for example, payment of a participation fee within a predetermined period of time), and carry out a used-car discount sale event on the detected users . Then, the event management module 160 can select one or more users among a plurality of users participating in the event as an event winner through, for example, a random recommendation method or the like, You can let them carry out acquisitions for used vehicles. On the other hand, the event management module 160 may be configured to pay a predetermined amount of money for the winner who has not consented to the discount purchase of the used car among the selected winners, and the prize winner may be provided with a predetermined alternative prize To perform a delivery process for the < / RTI >

FIG. 3 illustrates a method 300 of operation of a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S310, the interface module 110 may receive a vehicle registration request for any vehicle from the user. That is, for example, the user may access a predetermined web site provided by the vehicle service providing apparatus 100, or may drive a dedicated application to transmit his / her user information to at least one owned vehicle and / By inputting the information, the vehicle registration request can be transmitted to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. [ The vehicle registration request may include the user information and the vehicle information. At this time, the user information may include information on a user's name, a resident number, a telephone number, an address, a member ID, and the like, and the vehicle information includes a registration request category of the vehicle (i.e., Vehicle number, vehicle type, vehicle grade, manufacturer, year, date of purchase, vehicle photograph, and the like. Particularly, in the case of registering the owned vehicle using the vehicle number of the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the possibility of false registration of the owned vehicle through counterfeiting of the vehicle information in advance.

In response to the vehicle registration request, in step S320, the vehicle registration module 130 may register the vehicle as the user's owned vehicle or the interested vehicle. Specifically, the vehicle registration module 130 stores the vehicle registration information including the received user information and the vehicle information in the customer information DB 122, thereby registering the vehicle as the owned vehicle or the interested vehicle of the user. On the other hand, at least a part of the vehicle registration information stored in the customer information DB 122 (in particular, the vehicle identification number) will be hereinafter referred to as vehicle identification information .

In step S330, the vehicle registration module 130 may recommend a predetermined community group related to the vehicle to the user or create a new community group based on the vehicle registration information. That is, for example, the vehicle registration module 130 may recommend a community group related to the same vehicle type in the area adjacent to the user to the user based on the information of the user's address and the vehicle type among the vehicle registration information of the user, Upon request, a new community group can be created. After joining the community group as a member, the user can exchange information related to the vehicle through a predetermined bulletin board, virtual space, and the like implemented on-line.

FIG. 4 exemplarily shows a vehicle registration screen on a user terminal in a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a vehicle registration screen provided on the user terminal 210 is shown according to connection to a predetermined web site or driving of a predetermined dedicated application. The user can register on the owned vehicle or the interested vehicle by inputting the vehicle information of the vehicle requiring registration on the vehicle registration screen.

Specifically, after the user has registered, after inputting the vehicle registration information such as the vehicle registration request category, the vehicle number, the vehicle information such as the vehicle photograph, the display form of the registered vehicle, etc. on the vehicle registration screen and selecting the registration request menu, The user information is transmitted to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. The vehicle service providing apparatus 100 can receive the information and store it in the customer information DB 122 to register the vehicle as a user's own vehicle or a vehicle of interest, To the user. At this time, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 may be implemented so that the user can register with the owned vehicle or the interested vehicle for one or more vehicles.

5 illustrates a method 500 of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S510, the interface module 110 may receive a sales information request for any part of the vehicle from the user. At this time, the sales information request may include, for example, part information for the relevant part such as a part name, a part number, a part category, and a part image.

In step S520, the information detection module 140 can detect sales information on the part by referring to the vehicle identification information on the vehicle and the part information on the part. That is, when the sales information request for the parts is received, the information detection module 140 searches the parts information DB 126 based on the vehicle identification information and the parts information, thereby detecting sales information of the parts. Here, the vehicle identification information may include information on at least one of the vehicle number, the vehicle number, the vehicle type, the vehicle class, the manufacturer, the model year, and the vehicle owner of the vehicle. In addition, the detected sales information may include an average price, a minimum price, a part type (for example, genuine article, furnishings, reproduced goods, etc.) of the relevant part, at least one seller who sells the part, Or seller rating), estimated delivery period, and the like.

In step S530, the interface module 110 may transmit sales information on the detected parts to the user. In this manner, the transmitted sales information can be displayed on the user terminal 210 of the user in order by various criteria such as sales price order, sales order order, etc. according to a predetermined initial setting or user input.

Then, in step S540, the interface module 110 may receive a parts purchase request for the selected vendor from the user. That is, the user refers to the sales information transmitted from the vehicle service providing apparatus 100, compares the sales price, the sales grade, the estimated delivery period, etc. of one or more vendors with respect to the component, And selects a sales company that requires purchase, so that the parts purchase request is transmitted to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100.

In step S550, the service processing module 150 allows the user to make a purchase for the parts by making the user pay a predetermined purchase price in accordance with the parts purchase request. At this time, the purchase price can be determined by adding up the sales price, the delivery cost, the purchase agency fee, and the like of the selected seller to the relevant part.

In step S560, the service processing module 150 can determine the maintenance type according to the user's selection. Specifically, after finishing the payment, the user can transmit a user input to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 to select whether to perform the self-maintenance for the purchased parts or the maintenance service through the maintenance company. The service processing module 150 determines the maintenance type according to the user input.

If it is determined that the user has selected self-maintenance, the service processing module 150 proceeds to step S570, and the service processing module 150 obtains information on the self-replacement method for parts manufactured by, for example, images, texts, To the user. After receiving the purchased parts, the user can refer to such information and perform a self-replacement operation on the parts. On the other hand, in this case, the service processing module 150 may be configured to transmit a delivery request to the current address of the user or the user-entered delivery address to the vendor to supply the part.

If it is determined that the user has selected maintenance, the process proceeds to step S580. In step S580, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 extracts at least one maintenance company capable of performing maintenance on the component, The maintenance reservation process can be performed. The specific maintenance company extraction and maintenance reservation process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the operation method 500 includes steps of detecting part information on a plurality of parts constituting the vehicle, based on the vehicle identification information before step S510, Referring to the parts information, and selecting a part to which the sales information request is made. In this case, step S510 may be implemented to be performed only on the part selected by the user through this step.

That is, for example, when the user selects the parts purchase menu on the predetermined web site or dedicated application provided by the vehicle service providing apparatus 100, the information detecting module 140 detects the vehicle identification information or the vehicle identification information Based on the stored vehicle identification information (that is, in the case of a registered vehicle), part information on a plurality of parts constituting the vehicle from the part information DB 126 can be detected and transmitted to the user terminal 210. [ At this time, the parts information for the received plurality of parts can be displayed to the user on the user terminal 210 through the parts list, the parts category list, the vehicle image, the partial disassembly image and the like. Then, if the user selects the part information of the part for which the sales information is requested to be displayed based on the parts list, the part category list, the vehicle image, etc., the sales information request for the part is combined with the part information selected by the user And transmitted to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the user may directly input the part number and the part name to transmit the sales information request, and the user may request the sales information in various ways according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied . ≪ / RTI >

5, it is described that sales information inquiry, purchase, maintenance reservation, and the like can be performed only for the parts of the vehicle through the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, Purchase and exchange of consumables, car paint, dent, etc., can be performed through the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 to perform sales information inquiry and purchase, inquiry of maintenance company information, and maintenance reservation, etc. , And may be implemented to provide various goods purchase and maintenance services related to the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of step S580 of FIG.

In step S581, the information detection module 140 searches the maintenance information DB 128 on the basis of the vehicle identification information about the vehicle and the parts information of the parts, and obtains at least one maintenance capable of performing maintenance on the parts to be purchased Information about the business can be detected. Herein, the information on the maintenance company may include information on at least one of the location of each maintenance company, the maintenance grade, the hourly labor, the expected time period, the availability date, and the customer evaluation.

In step S582, the interface module 110 may transmit information on the detected at least one maintenance company to the user. In this manner, the information on the maintenance company is sequentially sorted according to a predetermined initial setting or a variety of criteria such as the distance from the address of the user, the current position, the order of the maintenance grade, the order of the labor, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 210 < / RTI >

Then, in step S583, the interface module 110 may receive a reservation request for the maintenance company selected by the user. That is, the user compares the detected positions of the maintenance companies, the maintenance grade, the maintenance grade, the estimated required period, the reserveable date and time, and the customer evaluation through the information on the maintenance company received from the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 The maintenance service provider 100 selects one of the maintenance companies and transmits a reservation request for the selected maintenance company to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. [ Here, the reservation request may include the reservation information of the user, and the reservation information may include information on the parts requiring maintenance, the date and time of the reservation request, the reservation requester, and the like.

In step S584, the service processing module 150, in response to the reservation request, may transmit the reservation information of the user through the interface module 110 to the selected maintenance company. The maintenance company receiving the reservation information can process the maintenance reservation for the user and transmit the reservation processing result to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. The vehicle service providing apparatus 100 transmits information on whether or not the reservation is completed to the user based on the received reservation processing result.

In step S585, the service processing module 150 can transmit, through the interface module 110, a delivery request to the seller who supplies the purchased parts to the maintenance company selected by the user. The delivery request may include information about the address, telephone number, etc. of the maintenance worker concerned. In this way, through direct delivery to the maintenance company selected by the user, the user can avoid the trouble of having to deliver the parts to the maintenance company after receiving the parts, Stop service will be provided.

Meanwhile, in one embodiment, after the maintenance is completed, the maintenance company can transmit information on maintenance completion, maintenance history, and the like to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 or the user, And the satisfaction level of the maintenance company to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100, as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 7A to 7F illustrate a part information and a sales information inquiry screen on a user terminal in an example of a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 7A to 7F, a part information and a sales information inquiry screen provided on the user terminal 210 according to a connection to a predetermined web site or a predetermined dedicated application application are displayed. The user can inquire a plurality of part information constituting the vehicle on such a screen and select one or more parts out of the plurality of parts so that the sales information such as the price for each part of the owned vehicle can be confirmed.

First, referring to FIG. 7A, a user can input or select vehicle identification information such as vehicle type, year type, and the like of a vehicle which wants to inquire about parts information. At this time, as described above with reference to FIG. 5, the user can perform the part inquiry without inputting the vehicle identification information for the vehicle that the user has already registered with the own vehicle or the like. When the vehicle identification information for the vehicle is inputted or selected, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 detects the parts information of the plurality of parts constituting the vehicle based on the vehicle identification information, Or the like on the user terminal 210. 7B to 7D, the user can select the parts information of the parts for which sales information is to be inquired by referring to the displayed parts category list, parts list, vehicle image, and the like. 7E, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 detects sales information such as a seller of the relevant part and a price per the seller, and transmits the sales information to the user terminal 210 Display. Next, the user refers to the displayed sales information, selects a seller to purchase the part, and then completes the purchase for the part by paying the predetermined purchase cost, as shown in FIG. 7F.

The parts purchased by this process are then delivered to the user's address or the like for self-maintenance, as described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, , The user can perform vehicle maintenance such as replacement of parts.

FIG. 8 illustrates a method 800 of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S810, the interface module 110 may receive a request for used ticket information for any vehicle from the user. Here, the used ticket information request may include vehicle identification information for the vehicle, and the vehicle identification information may include information about at least one of a vehicle type, a vehicle rating, a manufacturer, a model year, and an accident vehicle presence / absence. That is, the user can transmit the used ticket information request to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 by selecting or inputting the vehicle type, the vehicle rating, the manufacturer, the year type, and the like with respect to the vehicle requiring inquiry about the used ticket.

In step S820, the information detection module 140 may detect used ticket information for the vehicle by referring to the received vehicle identification information. That is, when a request for a used price information is received, the information detection module 140 searches the vehicle / ticketing information DB 124 based on the vehicle identification information to detect used ticket information for the vehicle. Here, the used price information may include information on the average price of the vehicle, the cumulative volume of transactions, the volume of transactions by year, the used price per year, and the similar grade vehicle.

Subsequently, in step S830, the interface module 110 can transmit the detected used ticket information to the user. The transmitted used-up ticker information is displayed on the user terminal 210 and is provided to the user, and the user can refer to such information as an overlay reference for purchasing a used car or calculating an insurance company's insurance premium.

Meanwhile, although not shown in FIG. 8, the operation method 800 may further include collecting and updating used ticket information from the outside. That is, for example, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 requests the plurality of used car purchasers, sellers, and the like through the interface module 110 to input information on the type of the used used car, the manufacturer, the actual transaction by grade, , And to collect new used ticket information or to update existing used ticket information through a method of providing a predetermined prize to a buyer, a seller, or the like that transmits valid information in response thereto.

Also, although not shown in FIG. 8, in one embodiment, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 may be implemented to provide a used car purchasing service for the vehicle. That is, for example, when the user selects the purchase menu displayed together with the used-up ticker information, the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 displays a used car of the same vehicle type, vehicle grade, manufacturer, and model year as the vehicle corresponding to the used- It is possible to detect a used car dealer and a selling price for each company to be sold and display it on the user terminal 210 of the user.

FIG. 9 exemplarily shows used ticket information provided to a user terminal in a vehicle service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, various used ticket information for a certain vehicle displayed on the user terminal 210 is shown in response to a request for used ticket information to the vehicle service providing apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, various small and medium-sized market information such as the used car price by year, the average trading price by grade, the number of vehicles by grade, and the information about the same-class vehicle provided by the vehicle service providing apparatus 100 can be displayed on a variety of graphs, May be provided on the user terminal 210 in the form of a user interface.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or a combination thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), Processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

Also, for example, various embodiments may be stored or encoded in a computer-readable medium including instructions. The instructions stored or encoded in the computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform the method, for example, when the instructions are executed. The computer-readable medium includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. The storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium that can be used to carry or store data in the form of data structures.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described in the present invention as "parts" may be implemented separately or together as separate but interoperable logic devices. The description of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to emphasize different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be implemented by individual hardware or software components. Rather, the functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components, or may be incorporated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although acts in a particular order are shown in the figures, it should be understood that these acts are performed in the specific order shown, or in a sequential order, or that all illustrated acts need to be performed to achieve the desired result . In any environment, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, it should be understood that the division of the various components in the above-described embodiments is not to be understood as requiring such a distinction in all embodiments, and that the described components are generally integrated together into a single software component or packaged into multiple software components It should be understood.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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A method of operating a vehicle service providing apparatus,
Receiving a sales information request from a user for any part of the vehicle, the sales information request including part information of the part;
Detecting sales information for the part by referring to the vehicle identification information and the part information for the vehicle, the sales information including at least one of an average price of the parts, a lowest price, a seller, - including information about the subject; And
And sending the sales information to the user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the vehicle identification information includes information on at least one of a vehicle number, a vehicle number, a vehicle type, a vehicle rating, a manufacturer, a model year, and a vehicle owner of the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a vehicle registration request for the vehicle from the user, the vehicle registration request including user information for the user and vehicle information for the vehicle; And
Further comprising registering the vehicle in response to the vehicle registration request by storing vehicle registration information including the user information and the vehicle information in a database. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: transmitting information about the self-replacement method for the part to the user. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a part purchase request for a seller selected by the user among the sellers; And
Further comprising the step of purchasing the part by causing the user to pay a predetermined purchase price in accordance with the part purchase request,
Wherein the purchase price is determined by summing a sale price, a shipping cost, and a purchase agency fee for the part of the selected seller. 6. The method of claim 5,
Detecting information on at least one maintenance company capable of performing maintenance on the part based on the vehicle identification information and the part information for the vehicle; And
Further comprising transmitting information on the maintenance company to the user,
Wherein the information on the maintenance company includes information on at least one of a location of each of the maintenance companies, a maintenance grade, an hourly wage, an expected duration, a reservation availability date, and a customer evaluation. The method according to claim 6,
Receiving a reservation request for a maintenance company selected by the user among the maintenance companies;
Transmitting reservation information including information on the part, the reservation request date and the reservation requestor to the selected maintenance company in response to the reservation request; And
Further comprising: sending a delivery request to the selected maintenance company for the part to the selected vendor. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising recommending to the user a predetermined community group associated with the vehicle or creating a new community group based on the vehicle registration information. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a used ticket information request from the user for a second vehicle, the request ticket information including vehicle identification information for the second vehicle;
Detecting the used ticket information for the second vehicle with reference to the vehicle identification information for the second vehicle; And
Further comprising transmitting the used ticket information to the user,
Wherein the vehicle identification information for the second vehicle includes information on at least one of a vehicle type, a vehicle grade, a manufacturer, and a model year of the second vehicle, the used ticket information includes information on a transaction average value, Year trading volume, and year-to-date used price. 10. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9. A vehicle service providing apparatus comprising:
An interface module for receiving a sales information request for any part of the vehicle from a user, the sales information request including part information of the part; And
An information detection module for detecting sales information on the part by referring to the vehicle identification information and the part information for the vehicle, the sales information including at least an average price of the parts, a lowest price, The information including information about one,
And the interface module transmits the sales information to the user. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the vehicle identification information includes information on at least one of a vehicle number, a vehicle number, a vehicle type, a vehicle class, a manufacturer, a model year, and a vehicle owner of the vehicle. 12. The method of claim 11,
When the interface module receives the vehicle registration request for the vehicle from the user, in response to the vehicle registration request, storing the vehicle registration information including the user information on the user and the vehicle information on the vehicle in the database And a vehicle registration module for registering the vehicle,
Wherein the vehicle registration request includes the user information and the vehicle information. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the interface module transmits information on a self-replacement method for the part to the user. 12. The method of claim 11,
When the interface module receives a parts purchase request for the seller selected by the user among the sales companies, the interface module makes a payment for the predetermined purchase price to the user according to the parts purchase request, Further comprising a service processing module,
Wherein the purchase price is determined by adding a selling price, a shipping cost, and a purchase agent fee for the parts of the selected seller. 16. The method of claim 15,
When the information detection module detects information on at least one maintenance company capable of performing maintenance on the part based on the vehicle identification information and the part information for the vehicle, Information to the user,
Wherein the information on the maintenance company includes information on at least one of a location of each of the maintenance companies, a maintenance grade, an hourly labor, an estimated required period, a reservation available date, and a customer evaluation. 17. The method of claim 16,
When the interface module receives a reservation request for a maintenance company selected by the user among the maintenance companies,
In response to the reservation request, the service processing module transmits reservation information including information on the part, the reservation request date and the reservation requester to the selected maintenance company through the interface module, And transmits a delivery request to the selected maintenance company to the selected seller. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the vehicle registration module recommends, based on the vehicle registration information, a predetermined community group related to the vehicle, or creates a new community group. 12. The method of claim 11,
The information detection module detects the used ticket information for the second vehicle by referring to the vehicle identification information for the second vehicle when the interface module receives the request for used ticket information for the second vehicle from the user,
The used-price information is transmitted to the user through the interface module,
Wherein the vehicle identification information for the second vehicle includes information on at least one of a vehicle type, a vehicle grade, a manufacturer, and a model year of the second vehicle, the used ticket information includes information on a transaction average value, Year information, at least one of a yearly trading volume and a yearly used price.

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