JP2015505408A - Coupon accumulation system and accumulation method using high frequency - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a coupon accumulation system and accumulation method using a high frequency capable of accumulating coupons issued at a sales floor without a customer performing a separate operation. The present invention registers a coupon issuer 100 that issues coupon information, a wireless terminal 200 installed with a coupon-related application service, and a wireless terminal installed with a coupon-related application service, and communicates with the coupon issuer and the wireless terminal. The coupon issuer 100 includes a central server 300, provides coupon information issued when a coupon is issued to the central server, generates a high frequency signal corresponding to the high frequency channel provided from the central server, and the wireless terminal 200 The high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer is received and high frequency channel information corresponding to the high frequency signal is provided to the central server, and the central server 300 is provided with the coupon information from the coupon issuer and provides the corresponding high frequency channel. , High from wireless terminal If they match is provided a wave channel information, wherein the fund coupons to the customer terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to a coupon accumulation system and accumulation method using high frequency, and more specifically, a coupon accumulation system and accumulation using a high frequency that allows a customer to accumulate a coupon issued at a sales floor without performing a separate operation. Regarding the method.

  Generally, when a customer purchases goods at various sales floors such as a sales floor where the user can take home, mileage or coupons are issued and provided. Such coupons are provided to customers in the form of paper and are checked by stamping them according to the number of purchases.

  However, coupons provided in paper form are always forced by the customer to have a coupon paper, and if the customer does not have the coupon paper, the coupon cannot be accumulated and the coupon paper is lost In some cases there is a problem that it cannot be used.

  In order to solve such a problem, recently, with the application of a mobile accumulation system, accumulation using a QR code (registered trademark) has been performed. Otherwise, the accumulation will not be completed, and there is a complication that the customer needs to accumulate himself / herself.

  In order to solve such a problem, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-084742 (Patent Document 1) is provided in a coupon issuer, stores coupon accumulation information in an RFID tag, and requests coupon accumulation. Built-in coupon accumulator that transfers coupon accumulation information to customer terminal and coupon accumulation button, activates the coupon accumulation program that requests the coupon accumulator to request coupon accumulation when the user presses the button If the coupon accumulation information is received from the coupon accumulation device using the RFID reader, the coupon accumulation information is stored in a customer terminal for transferring the coupon accumulation information to a communication company server and a customer-specific database, and the accumulation result A telecommunications company server that forwards the message to the customer terminal. Coupon funding system "is disclosed which uses a child.

  However, the system described in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-084742 still has the trouble that the user of the customer terminal is forced to start the coupon accumulation program by operating the coupon accumulation button.

  For this reason, the present inventor uses a high frequency frequency that deviates from an audible frequency, which is a range of sounds that humans can hear, and allows a user to easily accumulate coupons without performing a separate operation. Has been developed and completed.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-084742

  The subject in one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a coupon accumulation system, accumulation method, and the like using a high frequency capable of accumulating coupons issued at a sales floor without a separate work performed by a customer.

  Another problem to be solved in an embodiment of the present invention is that a coupon accumulation system using a high frequency that can be used over a long period of time without causing a customer to lose coupons by accumulating coupons for each customer terminal at a central server and It is to provide a funding method.

A coupon accumulation system according to an embodiment of one aspect is:
A coupon issuer that issues coupon information;
A wireless terminal installed with a coupon-related application service and a wireless terminal installed with a coupon-related application service are registered, and the coupon issuer and a central server that communicates with the wireless terminal are provided. The coupon information is provided to the central server, the high frequency signal corresponding to the high frequency channel provided from the central server is generated, and the wireless terminal receives the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer and corresponds to the high frequency signal. The high frequency channel information is provided to the central server, and the central server is provided with coupon information from the coupon issuer and provides the corresponding high frequency channel. Characterized by accumulating It is a coupon accumulation system using high frequency.

It is the schematic of the coupon accumulation system using the high frequency by this invention. It is a block diagram of the coupon issuer by a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the customer terminal by a 1st embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram of a central server according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a wireless coupon accumulation process using high frequency according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart of a wireless coupon usage process using high frequency according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the customer terminal by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a central server according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

<Outline of the embodiment>
In the coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to the present invention, a coupon issuer 100 that issues coupon information, a wireless terminal 200 in which a coupon-related application service is installed, and a wireless terminal in which a coupon-related application service is installed are registered. The coupon issuer 100 includes a central server 300 that communicates with an issuer and a wireless terminal, and the coupon issuer 100 provides coupon information issued at the time of coupon issue to the central server, and provides a high-frequency signal corresponding to a high-frequency channel provided from the central server. The wireless terminal 200 receives the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer and provides high frequency channel information corresponding to the high frequency signal to the central server, and the central server 300 is provided with the coupon information from the coupon issuer. Corresponding Providing frequency channels, if they match is provided a high-frequency channel information from the wireless terminal, characterized in that aside the coupon to the customer terminal.

Preferably, the coupon issuer 100 stores and manages a coupon issue unit 102 that generates information related to a coupon provided to a customer, and a high-frequency channel for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing a range of high-frequency signals into a large number. A coupon information providing unit 106 that provides coupon information generated by the coupon issuing unit 102 while communicating with the first high-frequency channel management unit 104 and the central server 300, and a coupon from the central server 300 while communicating with the central server 300. A coupon channel receiving unit 108 for receiving a coupon channel generated by combining high frequency channels so as to correspond to coupon information issued by the issuing unit 102, and a high frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel provided from the central server 300 as a customer terminal 200 so that it can be received Includes a high frequency generating unit 110 for generating and,
The customer terminal 200 receives the high-frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer 100 and the second high-frequency channel management unit 204 that stores and manages the high-frequency channel for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing the range of the high-frequency signal into a large number. While communicating with the central server 300, the high-frequency signal receiving unit 206, the high-frequency channel receiving unit 206 for comparing the high-frequency signal received by the high-frequency signal receiving unit 206 with the stored high-frequency signal to confirm the corresponding high-frequency channel A high-frequency channel confirmation requesting unit 210 that provides information about the high-frequency channel confirmed by the high-frequency channel confirmation unit 208 to the central server 300;
The central server 300 stores and manages information related to the sales floor that provides coupons, generates a high-frequency channel by dividing a high-frequency range that deviates from the audible frequency, and stores a frequency for each high-frequency channel. If the coupon information is provided from the third high-frequency channel management unit 304 that manages, the customer terminal management unit 306 that stores and manages information about the customer terminal 200 to which the coupon information is provided, and the coupon issuer 100 at the sales floor. The high frequency channel assignment unit 308 that generates a coupon channel corresponding to coupon information by combining a number of high frequency channels, and the coupon channel information generated by the high frequency channel assignment unit 308 is transferred to the coupon issuer 100 that provided the coupon information. Coupon channel While communicating with the sending unit 310 and the customer terminal 200, the customer terminal 200 receives the high frequency channel information provided from the coupon issuer 100 by the customer terminal 200, and the high frequency channel information provided from the customer terminal 200. A high-frequency channel analysis unit 314 that confirms a high-frequency channel that matches the generated coupon channel information and a high-frequency channel that matches through the high-frequency channel analysis unit 314 are issued, and a coupon is accumulated for each customer terminal 200 And a coupon storage unit 316.

  Preferably, the customer terminal management unit 306 of the central server 300 saves the customer terminal 200 while providing the unique identification ID of the customer terminal 200 when the coupon-related application service is installed in the customer terminal 200, and stores the name, phone number, An e-mail address or the like is further registered.

  Preferably, the high frequency channel allocating unit of the central server 300 is characterized by forming a new coupon channel for each transaction.

  Preferably, the central server 300 further includes a coupon accumulation confirmation unit 318 that provides the coupon accumulation information to the customer terminal 200 when the coupon information is stored for each customer terminal 200 via the issued coupon storage unit 316, and the customer terminal 200 Is further provided with a coupon accumulation receiving unit 212 that receives coupon accumulation completion information provided from the central server 300.

  Preferably, the customer terminal 200 further includes a sales floor management unit 202 that registers, stores, and manages information regarding a sales floor that issues high-frequency signals / coupon information.

  Preferably, the customer terminal 200 is included in the coupon information receiving unit 214 that has received the coupon authentication information corresponding to the high frequency channel provided from the central server 300 and the coupon information received through the coupon information receiving unit 214. A coupon accumulation unit 216 that confirms the sales floor and the number of coupons and accumulates coupons according to the sales floors, and the central server 300 confirms the matching high frequency channel via the high frequency channel analysis unit 314; The coupon authentication information provision part 320 which produces | generates the coupon authentication information which authenticates and provides to the customer terminal 200 is further provided, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the coupon accumulation method using the high frequency according to the present invention, the coupon issuing unit 102 of the coupon issuer 100 provided in the sales floor generates information about the coupon provided to the customer, and the coupon information providing unit of the coupon generator 106 provides the generated coupon information to the central server 300, and the central server 300 confirms the information about the coupon provided from the coupon issuer 100 at the sales floor by the high frequency channel assignment unit 308, and the multiple high frequency channels. The coupon channel corresponding to the coupon information provided in combination, and the coupon channel transfer unit 310 of the central server 300 transfers the information about the coupon channel generated by the high frequency channel allocation unit 308 to the coupon issuer 100. To The coupon channel receiving unit of the coupon issuer 100 receives the coupon channel information transferred from the central server 300, and the high frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel via the high frequency signal generating unit of the coupon issuer 100. Are generated and provided to the customer terminal 200, the customer terminal 200 receives the high-frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer 100 via the high-frequency receiving unit, and the high-frequency channel confirmation unit 208 of the customer terminal 200 The step of confirming the corresponding high-frequency channel by comparing with the high-frequency signal received by the high-frequency signal receiving unit 206, and the high-frequency channel confirmation requesting unit 210 of the customer terminal 200 provides the confirmed high-frequency channel information to the central server 300. Step and the central server 300 After the confirmation unit 312 is provided with the high-frequency channel information transferred from the customer terminal 200, the high-frequency channel analysis unit 314 confirms the matching high-frequency channel compared with the coupon channel stored, and the matching high-frequency channel is If confirmed, the issued coupon storage unit 316 of the central server 300 includes a step of accumulating coupons for each customer terminal 200.

  Preferably, the coupon accumulation confirmation unit 318 of the central server 300 provides the coupon accumulation information to the customer terminal 200 if the coupon information is stored for each customer terminal 200 via the issued coupon storage unit 316; The coupon reserve receiving unit 212 further includes a step of receiving the coupon reserve completion information provided from the central server 300 and displaying the coupon reserve completion information so that the customer can confirm.

  Preferably, the coupon authentication information providing unit 320 of the central server 300 generates coupon authentication information for authenticating the sales floor and the number of coupons when the matching high frequency channel is confirmed via the high frequency channel analyzing unit 314, and the customer terminal 200. The coupon information receiving unit 214 of the customer terminal 200 receives the coupon authentication information provided from the central server 300, and the coupon accumulation unit 216 receives the coupon information received via the coupon information receiving unit 214. The method further includes the step of confirming the sales floors included and the number of coupons and accumulating coupons for each sales floor.

<Effect of Embodiment>
The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to the present invention has an effect that when a customer accumulates a coupon on a customer terminal such as a smartphone, a coupon issued at a sales floor can be accumulated without performing a separate operation.

  In addition, the coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to the present invention has an effect that the coupon accumulation status can be confirmed by the central server even if the customer loses the terminal by accumulating the coupon for each central server and customer terminal.

<Detailed Description of Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a coupon accumulation system and accumulation method using a high frequency according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the basic idea of the present invention is that if the coupon issuer 100 provided in the sales floor provides the central server 300 with information related to the coupon provided to the customer, the central server 300 can receive coupon information. The coupon issuer 100 transfers a high-frequency signal corresponding to the assigned high-frequency channel to the customer terminal 200, and the customer terminal 200 converts the received high-frequency signal to the received high-frequency signal. Confirming the corresponding high-frequency channel and providing it to the central server 300 to accumulate coupons in the central server 300.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the coupon issuer 100 of the present invention is provided at a sales floor, and includes a coupon issuer 102, a first high-frequency channel manager 104, a coupon information provider 106, and a high-frequency channel receiver 108. And a high-frequency generator 110.

  The coupon issuing unit 102 generates information related to coupons provided to customers. The coupon information includes the number of coupons provided to the customer.

  The first high-frequency channel management unit 104 stores and manages the high-frequency channel for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing the range of the high-frequency signal in the first high-frequency channel DB 122. Such high frequency channel information is provided from the central server 300.

  The coupon information providing unit 106 provides coupon information generated by the coupon issuing unit 102 while communicating with the central server 300. At this time, the coupon information providing unit 106 provides the central server 300 with information on the coupon issuer 100 provided at the sales floor together with the coupon information.

The coupon channel receiving unit receives a coupon channel generated by combining high-frequency channels so as to correspond to coupon information issued by the coupon issuing unit 102 from the central server 300 while communicating with the central server 300.
The high frequency generator 110 generates a high frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel provided from the central server 300 so that the customer terminal 200 can receive the high frequency signal. At this time, the high frequency signal may be provided through a speaker attached to the coupon issuer 100 or a connected speaker.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the customer terminal 200 is capable of sensing a high frequency signal, such as a smartphone, and has a sales floor management unit 202, a second high frequency channel management unit 204, a high frequency signal receiving unit 206, and a high frequency signal. A channel confirmation unit 208, a high-frequency channel confirmation request unit 210, and a coupon accumulation reception unit 212 are provided. Each component of such a customer terminal is provided in the customer terminal 200 by a coupon related application service.

  The sales floor management unit 202 registers information related to the sales floor that issues the high-frequency signal / coupon information, and stores and manages the information in the sales floor DB 222. Information on the sales floor registered in the sales floor DB 222 is installed together when the coupon-related application service is installed, and information on the sales floor updated is provided from the central server 300 as needed.

  The second high-frequency channel management unit 204 stores and manages the high-frequency channel for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing the range of high-frequency signals into a large number in the second high-frequency channel DB 224. Such high frequency channel information is installed together when the coupon related application service is installed, and updated high frequency channel information is provided from the central server 300.

  The high frequency signal receiving unit 206 receives and temporarily stores the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer 100. For example, the high frequency signal receiving unit 206 can receive a high frequency via a voice recognition unit of a smartphone.

  The high frequency channel confirmation unit 208 compares the high frequency signal received by the high frequency signal reception unit 206 with the high frequency signal stored in the second high frequency channel DB 224 to confirm the corresponding high frequency channel.

  The high frequency channel confirmation requesting unit 210 provides the central server 300 with information on the high frequency channel confirmed by the high frequency channel confirmation unit 208 while communicating with the central server 300.

  The coupon accumulation receiving unit 212 receives coupon accumulation completion information provided from the central server 300. Examples of coupon accumulation completion information include information on sales floors and information on the number of coupons.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the central server 300 communicates with the coupon issuer 100 and the customer terminal 200, and the sales floor registration unit 302, the third high frequency channel management unit 304, the customer terminal management unit 306, and the high frequency channel allocation unit. 308, a coupon channel transfer unit 310, a customer terminal confirmation unit 312, a high-frequency channel analysis unit 314, an issued coupon storage unit 316, and a coupon accumulation confirmation unit 318.

  The sales floor registration unit 302 stores and manages information related to the sales floor providing coupons in the sales floor DB 322. At this time, as the sales floor information, the unique ID of the coupon issuer 100 provided in the sales floor is registered and stored together with the information of each branch.

  The third high-frequency channel management unit 304 generates a high-frequency channel by dividing a high-frequency range outside the audible frequency into a large number, and stores and manages the frequency for each high-frequency channel in the third high-frequency channel DB 324. For example, as shown in Table 1, 41 high-frequency channels can be generated by dividing high-frequency signal sections in the range of 19, 500 Hz to 20, 500 Hz by 25 Hz.

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The customer terminal management unit 306 stores and manages information on the customer terminal to which coupon information is provided in the customer terminal DB 326. At this time, information related to the customer terminal is stored while providing a unique ID to the customer terminal when a coupon-related application service is installed on the terminal, and the name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. are further added by member registration. be registered.

  If the coupon information is provided from the coupon issuer 100 at the sales floor, the high frequency channel allocating unit 308 generates a coupon channel corresponding to the coupon information by combining a number of high frequency channels, and stores the coupon channel in the coupon channel DB 328. Such coupon channels are preferably distinguished by forming a new coupon channel for each transaction. For example, one coupon channel can be generated by combining five channels, six channels, and the like. When generating 5 out of 40 channels as a coupon channel, 568,008 coupon channels can be generated. When combining 6 channels, 3,838,380 coupon channels are generated. Can be generated. On the other hand, the coupon channel DB 328 stores the sales floor and coupon information together with the assigned channels.

  The coupon channel transfer unit 310 transfers the information about the coupon channel generated by the high frequency channel assignment unit 308 to the coupon issuer that provided the coupon information.

  The customer terminal confirmation unit 312 is provided with the high-frequency channel information provided by the customer terminal 200 from the coupon issuer 100 while communicating with the customer terminal 200.

  The high frequency channel analysis unit 314 compares the high frequency channel information provided from the customer terminal 200 with the channel information stored in the coupon channel DB 328 and confirms the matching high frequency channel.

  If the matching high frequency channel is confirmed via the high frequency channel analysis unit 314, the issued coupon storage unit 316 accumulates coupons for each sales floor in the customer terminal DB 326. If the coupon status is accumulated in the central server for each customer terminal, the customer can check and use the coupon status at the central server even if the customer terminal is changed.

  The coupon accumulation confirmation unit 318 provides the coupon accumulation information to the customer terminal 200 when the coupon information is stored for each customer terminal 200 via the issued coupon storage unit 316.

  The coupon accumulation system using the high frequency according to the first embodiment of the present invention automatically provides the central server 300 with the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer 100 when the customer terminal 200 receives the high frequency signal. Since the coupon is accumulated, the customer does not need to perform a separate operation to accumulate the coupon.

  Based on the flowchart of FIG. 5, a wireless coupon accumulation process using high frequency according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  First, when providing a coupon to a customer, the coupon issuing part 102 of the coupon issuer 100 provided in the sales floor generates information related to the coupon provided to the customer (step S101). The coupon information includes the number of coupons provided to the customer.

  The coupon information providing unit 106 of the coupon generator provides the generated coupon information to the central server 300 (step S102). At this time, the coupon information providing unit 106 provides the central server 300 with information on the coupon issuer 100 provided at the sales floor together with the coupon information.

  The central server 300 to which the coupon information is provided confirms information on the coupon provided from the coupon issuer 100 at the sales floor by the high-frequency channel assignment unit 308, and the coupon corresponding to the coupon information provided by combining a number of high-frequency channels. A channel is generated (step S103). At this time, it is preferable that the coupon channel generated by the high-frequency channel allocating unit 308 is generated differently every time it is generated.

  The coupon channel transfer part 310 transfers the information regarding the coupon channel produced | generated in the high frequency channel allocation part 308 to the coupon issuer 100 (step S104).

  Meanwhile, the coupon channel receiving unit of the coupon issuer 100 receives the coupon channel information transferred from the central server 300, generates a high frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel via the high frequency signal generating unit, and provides it to the customer terminal 200. (Step S105). At this time, the high frequency signal can be provided using a speaker attached to the coupon issuer 100 or a connected speaker.

  On the other hand, the customer terminal 200 receives the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer 100 via the high frequency receiver, and the high frequency channel confirmation unit 208 receives the high frequency signal received by the high frequency signal receiver 206 from the second high frequency channel DB 224. The corresponding high-frequency channel is confirmed by comparison with the high-frequency signal stored in (step S106). The confirmed high frequency channel information is provided to the central server 300 via the high frequency channel confirmation requesting unit 210 (step S107).

  The central server 300 is provided with the high frequency channel information transferred from the customer terminal 200 by the customer terminal confirmation unit 312 and then matches the high frequency channel compared with the coupon channel stored in the coupon channel DB 328 by the high frequency channel analysis unit 314. Is confirmed (step S108).

  At this time, if a matching high-frequency channel is confirmed (step S109), the issued coupon storage unit 316 of the central server 300 accumulates coupons for each sales floor in the customer terminal DB 326 (step S110), and the coupon accumulation confirmation unit 318 issues If coupon information is stored for each customer terminal 200 via the coupon storage unit 316, coupon accumulation information is provided to the customer terminal 200 (step S111).

  Based on the flowchart of FIG. 6, the use process of the coupon preserve | saved at the central server 300 using a customer terminal is described.

  If the customer requests use of the coupon at the sales floor, the coupon issuing unit 102 of the coupon issuer 100 provided at the sales floor generates information on the number of coupons used by the customer (step S201). The coupon information providing unit 106 of the coupon generator provides the generated use coupon information to the central server 300 (step S202).

  The central server 300 to which the coupon information is provided confirms information on the used coupon provided from the coupon issuer 100 at the sales floor by the high-frequency channel assignment unit 308, and combines a plurality of high-frequency channels corresponding to the used coupon information. A channel is generated (step S203).

  The coupon channel transfer part 310 transfers the information regarding the use coupon channel produced | generated by the high frequency channel allocation part 308 to the coupon issuer 100 (step S204).

  Meanwhile, the coupon channel receiving unit of the coupon issuer 100 receives the used coupon channel information transferred from the central server 300, generates a high-frequency signal corresponding to the used coupon channel via the high-frequency signal generating unit, and the customer terminal 200. (Step S205).

  The customer terminal 200 receives a high-frequency signal corresponding to the used coupon generated by the coupon issuer 100 via the high-frequency receiving unit, and the high-frequency channel confirmation unit 208 receives the high-frequency signal received by the high-frequency signal receiving unit 206 as the second signal. The corresponding high frequency channel is confirmed by comparison with the high frequency signal stored in the high frequency channel DB 224 (step S206). The confirmed high frequency channel information is provided to the central server 300 via the high frequency channel confirmation requesting unit 210 (step S207).

  The central server 300 is provided with the high frequency channel information transferred from the customer terminal 200 by the customer terminal confirmation unit 312 and then matches the used coupon channel information stored in the coupon channel DB 328 by the high frequency channel analysis unit 314. The high frequency channel is confirmed (step S208).

  At this time, if a matching high-frequency channel is confirmed (step S209), the issued coupon storage unit 316 of the central server 300 subtracts the used coupon from the coupon stored for each sales floor in the customer terminal DB 326 (step S210). And the coupon accumulation confirmation part 318 provides the coupon usage information regarding a sales floor to the customer terminal 200 (step S211).

  A coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the customer terminal 200 includes a sales floor management unit 202, a second high-frequency channel management unit 204, a high-frequency signal receiving unit 206, a high-frequency channel confirmation unit 208, a high-frequency channel confirmation request unit 210, a coupon An information receiving unit 214 and a coupon accumulation unit 216 are provided. At this time, the sales floor management unit 202, the second high-frequency channel management unit 204, the high-frequency signal receiving unit 206, the functions of the respective constituent elements corresponding to the high-frequency channel confirmation unit 208 and the high-frequency channel confirmation request unit 210, and between them The organic relationship is the same as the function of each component corresponding to the customer terminal 200 according to the first embodiment and the organic relationship between them. To do.

  Meanwhile, the coupon information receiving unit 214 of the customer terminal receives coupon authentication information corresponding to the high frequency channel provided from the central server 300. The coupon confirmation information includes information on the sales floor, information on the number of coupons, and the like.

  The coupon accumulation unit 216 confirms the sales floor and the number of coupons included in the coupon information received via the coupon information reception unit 214 and accumulates coupons in the coupon DB 226 for each sales floor. The coupon accumulation items for each sales floor stored via the coupon accumulation unit 216 can be displayed on the screen and checked by the user.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the central server 300 communicates with the coupon issuer 100 and the customer terminal 200, and the sales floor registration unit 302, the third high frequency channel management unit 304, the customer terminal management unit 306, and the high frequency channel allocation unit. 308, a coupon channel transfer unit 310, a customer terminal confirmation unit 312, a high frequency channel analysis unit 314, an issued coupon storage unit 316, and a coupon authentication information provision unit 320. At this time, the sales floor registration unit 302, the third high-frequency channel management unit 304, the customer terminal management unit 306, the high-frequency channel allocation unit 308, the coupon channel transfer unit 310, the customer terminal confirmation unit 312, and the high-frequency channel analysis unit 314 and the function of each component corresponding to the issued coupon storage unit 316 and the organic relationship between them are the function of each component corresponding to the central server 300 according to the first embodiment and the organic between them. Since this is the same as the general relationship, the explanation of each of this will be omitted below.

  On the other hand, the coupon authentication information providing unit 320 of the central server generates coupon authentication information for authenticating the sales floor and the number of coupons and providing it to the customer terminal 200 when the matching high frequency channel is confirmed via the high frequency channel analyzing unit 314. To do.

  According to the second embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is possible to check the accumulated state of coupons for each sales floor at the central server 300 and the customer terminal 200.

  As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs have ordinary knowledge. Needless to say, various modifications and variations are possible within the technical scope of the present invention and the equivalent scope of the claims described below.

Claims (13)

A coupon issuer that issues coupon information;
A wireless terminal installed with a coupon-related application service and a wireless terminal installed with a coupon-related application service are registered, and the coupon issuer and a central server that communicates with the wireless terminal are provided. The coupon information is provided to the central server, the high frequency signal corresponding to the high frequency channel provided from the central server is generated, and the wireless terminal receives the high frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer and corresponds to the high frequency signal. The high frequency channel information is provided to the central server, and the central server is provided with coupon information from the coupon issuer and provides the corresponding high frequency channel. Characterized by accumulating Coupon accumulation system using high frequency. A coupon issuing unit for generating information about coupons to be provided to customers; a first high-frequency channel management unit for storing and managing high-frequency channels for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing a range of high-frequency signals; and a central server Combining high-frequency channels to correspond to coupon information issued by the coupon issuing unit from the central server while communicating with the central server while communicating with the coupon information providing unit providing coupon information generated by the coupon issuing unit A coupon issuer having a coupon channel receiving unit that receives the coupon channel generated in a manner and a high frequency generation unit that generates a high frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel provided from the central server so that the customer terminal can receive the coupon channel; ,
A second high-frequency channel manager that stores and manages a high-frequency channel for each high-frequency signal generated by dividing the range of the high-frequency signal into a large number; a high-frequency signal receiver that receives the high-frequency signal generated by the coupon issuer; A high frequency channel confirmation unit for confirming a corresponding high frequency channel by comparing a high frequency signal received by the high frequency signal reception unit with a stored high frequency signal, and a high frequency channel confirmed by the high frequency channel confirmation unit while communicating with the central server A customer terminal having a high-frequency channel confirmation requesting unit that provides information to a central server;
A sales floor registration unit that stores and manages information related to a sales floor that provides coupons, and a third high frequency that stores high frequency channels by dividing a high frequency range outside the audible frequency into a large number, and stores and manages frequencies for each high frequency channel. If coupon information is provided from a channel management unit, a customer terminal management unit that stores and manages information related to the customer terminal provided with coupon information, and coupon information from a coupon issuer at the sales floor, the coupon information is combined with a number of high-frequency channels. While communicating with a customer terminal, a high-frequency channel allocating unit that generates a coupon channel corresponding to, a coupon channel transfer unit that transfers information about the coupon channel generated by the high-frequency channel allocating unit to a coupon issuer that provided coupon information , Customer terminal is provided from coupon issuer The customer terminal confirmation unit provided with the high frequency channel information, the high frequency channel confirmation unit for confirming the matching high frequency channel by comparing the high frequency channel information provided from the customer terminal with the generated coupon channel information, and the high frequency channel confirmation unit If a matching high-frequency channel is confirmed via a central server having an issued coupon storage unit that accumulates coupons for each customer terminal,
The coupon accumulation system using the high frequency characterized by comprising.   When the coupon related application service is installed in the customer terminal (200), the customer terminal management unit (306) of the central server (300) stores and provides the unique identification ID of the customer terminal (200), and by membership registration 3. The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to claim 2, wherein a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address and the like are further registered.   3. The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to claim 2, wherein the high frequency channel allocating unit of the central server forms and distinguishes a new coupon channel for each transaction.   The high frequency channel coupon accumulation system according to claim 2, wherein the high frequency channel information of the coupon issuer and the customer terminal is provided from a central server.   The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to claim 2, wherein the coupon information providing unit of the coupon issuer provides the central server with coupon information provided in the sales floor together with the coupon information.   The coupon issue system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coupon issuer provides a high frequency signal through a speaker connected to the coupon issuer. The central server further includes a coupon accumulation confirmation unit that provides coupon accumulation information to the customer terminal if the coupon information is stored for each customer terminal via the issued coupon storage unit,
3. The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to claim 2, wherein the customer terminal further includes a coupon accumulation receiving unit that receives coupon accumulation completion information provided from the central server.   3. The coupon accumulation system using high frequency according to claim 2, wherein the customer terminal further includes a sales floor management unit that registers, stores, and manages information related to a sales floor that issues coupon information with a high frequency signal. The customer terminal confirms the coupon information receiving unit that receives coupon authentication information corresponding to the high-frequency channel provided from the central server, and the sales floor and the number of coupons included in the coupon information received via the coupon information receiving unit. And a coupon accumulation unit that accumulates coupons according to sales floors,
The central server further includes a coupon authentication information providing unit for generating coupon authentication information for authenticating the sales floor and the number of coupons and providing the same to the customer terminal when a matching high frequency channel is confirmed through the high frequency channel confirmation unit. The coupon accumulation system using the high frequency of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. A coupon issuer of a coupon issuer provided at the sales floor generating information about the coupon provided to the customer;
A coupon information providing unit of the coupon generator providing the generated coupon information to a central server;
The central server confirms information on the coupon provided from the coupon issuer at the sales floor at the high frequency channel assignment unit, and generates a coupon channel corresponding to the coupon information provided by combining a number of high frequency channels;
The coupon channel transfer unit of the central server transfers information about the coupon channel generated by the high frequency channel allocation unit to the coupon issuer;
A coupon channel receiver of the coupon issuer receiving the coupon channel information transferred from the central server;
Generating a high-frequency signal corresponding to the coupon channel via the high-frequency signal generator of the coupon issuer and providing it to the customer terminal;
A customer terminal receiving a high frequency signal generated by a coupon issuer via a high frequency receiver;
The high frequency channel confirmation unit of the customer terminal confirms the corresponding high frequency channel in comparison with the high frequency signal received by the high frequency signal reception unit;
The high frequency channel confirmation requesting unit of the customer terminal provides the confirmed high frequency channel information to the central server;
The central server is provided with the high frequency channel information transferred from the customer terminal in the customer terminal confirmation unit, and then confirms the matching high frequency channel in comparison with the coupon channel stored in the high frequency channel confirmation unit;
If the matching high-frequency channel is confirmed, the issued coupon storage unit of the central server accumulates coupons for each customer terminal,
A wireless coupon accumulation method using high frequency, comprising: The coupon accumulation confirmation unit of the central server provides the coupon accumulation information to the customer terminal if the coupon information is stored for each customer terminal via the issued coupon storage unit;
The coupon accumulation receiving unit of the customer terminal receives the coupon accumulation completion information provided from the central server and displays it so that the customer can confirm,
The wireless coupon accumulation method using high frequency according to claim 11, further comprising: The coupon authentication information providing unit of the central server generates the coupon authentication information for authenticating the sales floor and the number of coupons and providing it to the customer terminal if the matching high frequency channel is confirmed via the high frequency channel confirmation unit;
The coupon information receiving unit of the customer terminal receives the coupon authentication information provided from the central server, and the coupon accumulation unit confirms the sales floor and the number of coupons included in the coupon information received via the coupon information receiving unit. Step of accumulating coupons by sales floor,
The wireless coupon accumulation method using high frequency according to claim 11, further comprising:

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