WO2006123877A1

WO2006123877A1 - Service discount system connected with time and method of the same

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Publication number: WO2006123877A1
Application number: PCT/KR2006/001803
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ki-Soon Ahn
Original assignee: Ki-Soon Ahn
Priority date: 2005-05-16
Filing date: 2006-05-15
Publication date: 2006-11-23
Also published as: KR20060118294A; KR100717148B1

Abstract

A service discount system connected with time and method of the same is disclosed. The present invention provides a service discount system connected with time and method of the same: receiving industry information, discount rate or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies to allow the users to readably register the discounted price by time zone or purchase service goods; and automatically extracting the user's desired service information depending on the user's conditions settings to provide it to the user's cellular phones through SMS in real time, thereby minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, providing discounted service price information to the users, which want to receive the services, in real time, and selling the services within an available service selling time.

Description

SERVICE DISCOUNT SYSTEM CONNECTED WITH TIME AND METHOD OF THE SAME

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to a service discount system connected with time and method of the same and, more specifically, to a service discount system connected with time and method of the same receiving industry information, discount rate information depending on time division range, minimum marginal required cost information, and margin information from a number of service providing companies to allow a user to readably register them, automatically extracting the corresponding result values depending on the user's conditions setting to provide them to the user's cellular phones, thereby minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, and providing discounted service price information to users, which want to receive the services, in real time. Background Art

[2] In general, service goods have a feature that since they may not be stored, they cannot be resold after time is elapsed. That is, the service goods have a feature that if time is elapsed, the previously providable service goods can no longer be provided.

[3] For example, after valid time of vacant seats of an airline or vacant rooms of a lodging company has expired, it is not possible to sell them. In such a case that a usable time is elapsed, since the previously providable services cannot be provided, service goods in a new time zone should be provided. In other words, all service goods have their available selling time.

[4] Among services, as the number of users receiving the services is increased, there are services where a total service providing cost is proportionally increased accordingly, however, even in case that the number of users is increased, there are services where the total service providing cost is increased only a little. Examples of services, that, as the increase of the number of users, an additional service providing cost is increased only a little, include lodging services such as a hotel, etc., transport services such as an airline or a railway, etc., viewing services such as admission for a concert or a play, etc., or communication services through an infrastructure network previously constructed such as a cellular phone, etc., and the like. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem

[5] In case of the latter services, since the discount rate for service price can be increased, users can receive the same services at a very inexpensive price. However, there are no ways for a service provider to effectively inform users of the service discount information within a limited time available. In particular, when users have to use multiple services (multi-services) together rather than a single service, for example, when users have to use a package service such as a lodging and flight, etc, there has been a problem that it is difficult for each service providing company to integrate the multi- services discount information and provide it to users.

[6] Also, as a closing time of each service is approaching, the service providing companies should urge user's to make a decision as to the services provided. Therefore, the service providing companies should define different discount rates by each time zone, but since there have been no ways defining such discount rates until now, the service providing companies provide a single service to users in one-time discount form on the verge of a closing time.

[7] However, there have been problems in that it is difficult for users to obtain such one-time discount information and consume much time in retrieving such information from each service providing company online in order to obtain it. Therefore, since the service providing companies provide their services while rarely filling available capacity, it has been hard for the service providing companies to make great profit. Therefore, vacant room rates in many lodging service providing companies is high, many transport companies frequently operate with vacant seats, and an expensive play or musical is frequently performed with vacant seats.

[8] In particular, in case of a play or a musical, if many seats are unoccupied, it could cause unintentional damage to users who pay a charge for using the service since an actor or a director may feel disappointed and provide a lower quality performance Therefore, there is a need to allow a planning company or a service coupon selling company to quickly sell vacant seats to other users at a minimum marginal cost. Technical Solution

[9] The present invention is made in consideration of the problems of a prior art It is an object of the present invention to provide a service discount system connected with time and method of the same: receiving industry information, discount rate or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies to allow the users to readably register the discounted price by time zone or purchase service goods; and automatically extracting the user's desired service information depending on the user's conditions settings to provide it to the user's cellular phones through SMS (short message service) in real time, thereby minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, providing discounted service price information to the users, which want to receive the services, in real time, and selling the services within an available service selling time It is other object of the present invention to provide a service discount system connected with time and method of the same: receiving user's desired service information to reserve and register it; and receiving industry information, discount rate or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range from a number of service providing companies providing the user's desired service information for automatically extracting optimal service information by price, by time zone, or by location to provide it to user's cellular phones through SMS in real time, thereby allowing the users to receive the discounted price for the same service, selling services matched with the user's desired conditions withm an available service selling time to enhance the user's convenience, and minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates.

[10] It is another object of the present invention to provide a service discount system connected with time and method of the same: receiving industry information, discount rate information or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies to allow the users to readably register them; uploading the information to allow the users to resell service goods after the users purchase the service goods; and when other users retrieve the conditions of the service goods later, providing the service information to the other users by retrieving service goods including the service goods to be resold.

[11] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a service discount system connected with time and method of the same: in the state of receiving industry information, discount rate information or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies to allow the users to readably register them, receiving desired information on the number of persons and margin division providing information from other service providing companies, which can form package goods by coupling with various service industries to provide it to the companies providing discount service connected with time, thereby obtaining a constant margin while providing a minimum marginal required cost. Advantageous Effects

[12] A service discount system connected with time and method of the same according to the present invention has advantages that it allows a number of service providing companies to sell service goods within an available service selling time in order to minimize vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, presents a reasonable discounted price by using a scheme connected with time rather than a fixed discounting scheme to increase profit margin rates, providing discount rates to users to allow them to purchase service goods and resell them, and providing division margin to a number of small service providing companies by using the system to allow them to construct package goods, enhancing synergy effect among the companies. Brief Description of the Drawings

[13] These and other features, aspects, and advantages of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be more fully described in the following detailed description, taken accompanying drawings. In the drawings: [14] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic construction of a service discount system connected with time according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [15] FIGs. 2 to 4 are graphs showing discount rate connected with time through the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention; [16] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing data flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention; [17] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a construction of a service information providing server connected with time provided in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention; [18] FIGs. 7 and 8 are a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention; [19] FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a construction of a service information providing server connected with time provided in a service discount system connected with time according to a second embodiment of the present invention; [20] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing data flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention; [21] FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention; [22] FIG. 12 is a diagram showing data flows in a service discount system connected with time according to a third embodiment of the present invention; [23] FIG. 13 is a graph showing discount rate connected with time through the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention; [24] FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention. [25] DESCRIPTIONS FOR KEY ELEEMNTS IN THE DRAWINGS

[26] Al to An : USER'S TERMINAL

[27] B 1 to Bn ^• USER'S CELLULAR PHONE

[28] SPS 1 to SPSn : SERVICE PROVIDING COMPANY'S SERVER

[29] WPS : Web SERVER [30] SMSS SMS SERVER

[31] TASIS SERVICE INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER CONNECTED

WITH TIME

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[32] Hereinafter, a service discount system connected with time according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings

[33] FIG 1 is a diagram showing a schematic construction of a service discount system connected with time according to a first embodiment of the present invention

[34] Referring to FIG 1, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a system that receives industry information, discount rate or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies to allow the users to readably register them, and automatically extracts the user's desired service information depending on the user's conditions settings to provide it to the user's cellular phones through SMS in real time, thereby minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, providing discounted service price information to the users, which want to receive the services, in real time, and selling the services withm an available service selling time

[35] Meanwhile, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a system that receives user's desired service information to reserve and register it, and receives industry information, discount rate or discounted price information depending on time division range, and time division range information from a number of service providing companies providing the user's desired service information for automatically extracting optimal service information by price, by time zone, or by location to provide it to user's cellular phones through SMS in real time, thereby allowing the users to receive the discounted price for the same service, selling services matched with the user's desired conditions withm an available service selling time to enhance the user s convenience, and minimizing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates

[36] In other words, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a system that the service industries having a very small marginal required cost, that is, even in case that the number of user is increased, the service industries that a service providing required cost is increased little or a little, for example, lodging services such as a hotel, etc , transport services such as an airline or a railway ticket, etc., viewing services such as an admission ticket for a concert or a play, etc., or communication services through an infrastructure network previously constructed such as a cellular phone, etc., and the like are applied to services having an additional service providing cost little or a little increased even in case that the number of user is increased, resulting in that discount rate is proportionally increased according to approaching from a registration time to a closing time for selling the services so that the service goods can be sold within an available service selling time.

[37] Today, each service company sells hot sale goods through its own server, however, users are difficult to obtain such information. Also, since the sites of the respective service companies are inactive and even in case of the same service industries, there are too many companies, users considerably consumes time and cost to attempt to read the corresponding information one by one.

[38] Therefore, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives information from the service providing companies to automatically register it, and allows many and unspecified users to read the corresponding service providing information and discount rate information connected with time in order to purchase the corresponding service goods in real time.

[39] Further, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives specific service goods purchasing conditions from many and unspecified users and registers them, and compares and judges discount rate information pre-registered or discount rate information registered in real time by the service providing companies and when service goods matched with service goods purchasing conditions registered by users are retrieved, transmits the service goods information to the user's mobile communication terminals to allow the users to purchase the service goods in real time.

[40] For this, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention provided in the respective service providing companies comprises a first to N service providing company's servers SPS 1 to SPSn, which transmit the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time to a service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) and execute a selling agency request to provide the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time to users for quickly selling the service goods,

[41] At this time, the first to N service providing company's servers SPSl to SPSn do not merely mean a server to which a plurality of terminals are connected, but include all communication means capable of uploading or selectively inputting data to a remote server such as a terminal having a server, a cellular phone, PDA, etc.

[42] Also, the service discount system connected with time (TASIS) according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises a first to N user's terminals Al to An, which access to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to read the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time uploaded by the first to N service providing company's servers SPSl to SPSn and comprise a communication module such as a modem, etc., and a web browser therein to generate signals for purchasing the corresponding service goods.

[43] In addition, the service discount system connected with time comprises a first to N user's mobile terminals Bl to Bn, which access to the service information providing servers connected with time (TASIS) to read the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time uploaded by the first to N service providing company's servers SPS 1 to SPSn, generate signals for purchasing the corresponding service goods, and comprise a communication module and a mobile web browser therein to execute the conditions settings with respect to specific services for receiving the service information matched with the corresponding conditions through SMS.

[44] The service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), which receives the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time from the first to N service providing company's servers SPSl to SPSn of the respective service providing companies to allow many and unspecified users to readably register them; receives and sets the service goods purchasing conditions information from the first to N user's terminals Al to An or the first to N user's mobile terminals B 1 to Bn; retrieves the service goods matched with the corresponding purchasing conditions in real time; prepares and processes SMS to transmit the service information on the retrieved results to the first to N user's mobile terminals Bl to Bn; and executes a settlement processing for the corresponding service goods depending on the purchasing signal from the users.

[45] Further, the service discount system comprises a web server WPS, which is provided with the information received through a data communication network such as an internet, etc., associated with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to interface it with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), and transmits and processes the information from the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to a specific terminal or a server.

[46] Meanwhile, the service discount system comprises SMS server (SMSS), which is connected with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) so that when completing the preparation of character messages of service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) with respect to the specific service in- formation it transmits and processes the corresponding character messages to the set user's mobile terminals B 1 to Bn

[47] The service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention constructed as above is slightly similar to an online auction system in that it interconnects providers providing service goods with purchasers purchasing the service goods However, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention uses time range preset in the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) and the discount rate information proportionally increased depending on the time range to sell the service goods within an available selling time, unlike the auction scheme merely interconnecting the providers providing service goods with the purchasers purchasing the service goods to allow the purchaser presenting the highest purchasing price to arbitrarily determine the price of the corresponding service goods

[48] In particular, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a system that is able to allow a user to previously register reservation purchasing conditions of desired service goods with the service providing server connected with time (TASIS) and retrieve the service goods matched with the reservation purchasing conditions in real time to transmit the service goods information quickly updated to the user's mobile terminals B 1 to Bn and pays a charge on the service goods

[49] The service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention should quickly sell the service goods using the reservation purchasing scheme since it cannot sell the service goods for many hours The reservation purchasing scheme is completely different from a reservation scheme for selling a manufacturing article such as an air conditioner.

[50] That is, since a manufacturing article such as an air conditioner is an industrial product, increasing manufacturing lines can produce products without limit. However, service goods such as an airline ticket, an admission ticket for a musical performance, or a lodging ticket, etc , cannot be produced without limit as well as since the service goods is connected with time range, the nearer a selling closing time approaches the higher discount rate becomes.

[51] Further, users intending to purchase specific service goods using the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention may purchase the corresponding service goods approximately on the verge of a closing time for selling the service goods, but since the quantity of the service goods is limited, the users cannot purchase the corresponding service goods by blindly waiting for time when the highest discount rate arrives.

[52] Meanwhile, since the user's terminal, or the server or the terminal of the service providing company in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention may be any means accessible to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the data communication network presented by the present invention as well as all data communication network including a satellite communication network is also included in the scope thereof

[53] FIGs. 2 to 4 are graphs showing discount rate connected with time through the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[54] Referring to the drawings, in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the service providing company can previously register the discount rate information connected with time that can be set to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) w ith the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) in a plurahty of formats and select the discount rate data of any one of the formats, thereby setting the marginal required cost of the corresponding service goods.

[55] Also, in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the service providing company can arbitrarily input the discount rate information connected with time that can be set to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) and set the discount rate information.

[56] First, in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention, examples that the service providing company can set the discount rate data to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) will be described.

[57] The examples are shown in FIGs. 2 to 4. FIGs. 2 to 4 each shows the states that the increments of the discount rates connected with time according to service industries are differently applied. Referring first to FIG 2, X axis is an axis representing a time elapsing state and Y axis is an axis representing a selling cost.

[58] Ml shown in FIG. 2 represents the price of service goods prior to elapsing constant time Tl from a point in time that the service goods are registered. For example, in case that the service goods is an airline ticket, assuming that the price when the service goods is first registered prior to a week of a closing day M3 is 500,000 Korean Won, it is the price of the service goods from seven days before to six days before of a closing day.

[59] If the service goods arrive at six days before of a closing day passing one day, since the price of the service goods is connected with time, the discount rate for the service goods is increased to M2. The discount rate is constantly increased as approaching to the closing day M3 and can be set to be greater one day before of a closing day

[60] At the closing day M3, the price of the service goods can be set to be a minimum marginal cost A The minimum marginal cost A means a service goods providing price that cannot be discounted any more due to an additional oil cost generated from the increase of passengers weight and an labor cost of a basic service providing personnel when using an airline.

[61] Ml shown in FIG. 3 represents the price of service goods prior to elapsing constant time Tl from a point in time that the service goods are registered. For example, in case that the service goods is a performance service such as a musical, etc., assuming that the price when the service goods is first registered prior to a week of a closing day M3 is 100,000 Korean Won, it is the price of the service goods from seven days before to five days before of a closing day.

[62] In particular, in case of the performance service since it is continued for a constant period unlike the airline service, the price to which the discount rate is applied is the same as Ml for a constant period, but before one or two days of a closing time, the service providing price can be set to be discounted to M2, which is a minimum marginal cost, as shown in FIG. 3.

[63] At this time, in case of the performance service, since the success and failure of a very important performance can be relied on its opening day, at the opening day the discount rate can be set to be increased to a minimum marginal cost by one hour or only in the opening day the service goods can be set to be sold at a minimum marginal cost by order of arrival.

[64] In case of FIG. 4, although the discount rate is increased a little from a first registration date to constant time according to kinds of the service goods, it can be set to be sold at a minimum marginal cost M3 on the verge of a closing day T3. Such service is suited for a lodging service executing reservation or purchase one or two days before.

[65] The discount rate data connected with time as in FIGs 2 to 4 is set by inputting the service goods information, the discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., respectively, by allowing the service goods directly providing company to access the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), thereby updating the discount rate value connected with time in real time and executing the sale of service goods, based on the information in the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS).

[66] Meanwhile, a user accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to register any specifications with it as conditions, for example, the user may set the visiting of ΔΔ country between ΔΔ date and OO date and the price range as the conditions That is, in case of a tour service, a user registers tour time information and can set one destination and a desired price range as conditions. Then, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) scans and retrieves the service goods information pre-stored depending on the user's condition value and compares and judges it

[67] If the discount rate for the service goods retrieved in the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) is still high because an enough time is not elapsed, it is preferable that since the same service goods can be matched with the user's conditions by the discount rate applied depending on time delay when retrieving later, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) again includes the service goods information filtered when primarily retrieving as the retrieving object when secondarily retrieving

[68] FIG 5 is a diagram showing data flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[69] Referring to FIG 5, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention largely determines data flows in two schemes One is a scheme that in the state of allowing the service providing company's server SPS to access the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to upload and register the service goods information, the discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost in formation, etc , respectively, with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the user selects and purchases the specific service goods by accessing to service information providing server connected with time (TASIS)

[70] The other is a scheme that a user retrieves a desired service goods by accessing to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) and then registers the specific service goods purchasing conditions information with it, thereby comparing and retrieving the service goods uploaded to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) in real time by constant time interval along with the conditions information registered by the user to provide the service goods information matched to the user.

[71] Since both schemes is the same in that the service goods to which the discount rate connected with time is applied is registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), only the former scheme of both schemes will be described below.

[72] First, the service providing company's server SPS accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to first upload and register the service goods information, the discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., and then register closing day information on the service goods.

[73] Then, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) registers the information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS as the service goods to which the discount rate connected with time is applied, allowing unspecified users to read it.

[74] In the state, if the user accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) through the terminals Al to An to execute member joining, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) accounts the user's ID and password to read the information so that the user can read the service goods information to which the discount rate connected with time registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) is applied. In this state, the user generates purchasing signals and transmits them to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to purchase specific service goods, and m case that desired service goods are absent, is able to reserve and register specific purchasing conditions with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS).

[75] When reserving and registering an airline ticket as the service goods purchasing conditions, the user can set boarding available date information (for examples, from 17th to 23rd), designation information (for example, the United States of America), price condition (for example, 900,000 Korean Won to 1,100,000 Korean Won) to reserve and register the purchase of the service goods.

[76] If the user makes the input of the service goods purchasing conditions, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) compares the service goods information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS in real time or compares the service goods pre-stored in the database with the user's conditions information. Since the service goods pre-stored in the database is applied with different discount rates depending on time elapse, even the service goods pre-stored in the database is automatically compared and retrieved with the user's conditions information in real time.

[77] If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) judges that the specific service goods information matches with the user's conditions information, it transmits the service goods information to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn through SMS and if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) receives purchasing signals from the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn, it executes a settlement processing on the service goods. Since the settlement processing is the same as a conventional settlement processing, the description of the data processing state for this will be omitted

[78] FIG 6 is a block diagram showing a construction of a service information providing server connected with time provided in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention

[79] Referring to FIG. 6, the service information providing server connected with time

(TASIS) is configured of a communication module, a key input unit, a member information manager, a service providing company register, a service discount rate setting unit, a retrieving unit, a retrieve conditions setting unit, a settlement processor, a SMS sender, a member information DB, a service providing company information DB, a discount processing algorithm, a retrieve processing algorithm, a settlement information DB, a SMS sending DB, and a controller.

[80] Reference numeral 2 represents the communication module, which converts and receives a protocol by receiving a data transmitted through an internet network or a mobile communication network, makes a filtering processing for the received data, and allows many and unspecified users to readably transmits and processes the data stored in the data storage

[81] Reference numeral 4 represents the key input unit, which generates key input signals of a server manager to execute the various key inputs of the server for managing them. Reference numeral 6 represents the service providing company that provides service goods to which discount rate connected with time is applied, or a member information manager that manages user's personal information purchasing the service goods, and ID information and password information accounted, and execute the user's authentication processing when the user accesses

[82] Reference numeral 8 represents the service providing company register, which registers the information on a service providing company providing service goods to which discount rate connected with time is applied Reference numeral 10 represents a service discount rate setting unit, which sets changing discount rate information on service goods with changing discount rate depending on time elapse

[83] Reference numeral 12 represents the retrieving unit, which registers user's service purchasing conditions and comprises a retrieving processor retrieving various service goods depending on the conditions Reference numeral 14 represents the retrieve conditions setting unit, which registers purchasing conditions with respect to service goods to be purchased by user's access, wherein the user's retrieving conditions are slightly different depending on the service goods to be purchased That is, in case that the service goods that the user wants to purchase is an airline ticket, time range leaving on a trip, designation information, price range information on the purchasing airline ticket should be set as the user's conditions, and in case that the service goods is a lodging ticket, lodging date information, lodging available date range, grade in- formation on a lodging company, and price condition information should be set as the user's conditions.

[84] Reference numeral 16 represents the settlement processor, which transmits service information matched with user's purchasing conditions and receives the user's purchasing signal to execute a settlement processing on the user's service charge depending on the purchasing signal.

[85] Reference numeral 18 represents the SMS sender, which if service goods registered by a number of service providing companies are matched with conditions information registered by users, prepares the service goods with SMS to transmit them to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn.

[86] Reference numeral 20a represents the member information DB, which stores member personal information, and ID and password accounted. Reference numeral 20b represents the service providing company information DB, which stores personal information on the service providing company providing the service goods with changing discount rate connected with time.

[87] Reference numeral 20c represents the discount processing algorithm, which executes a data updating process by automatically converting into a selling price to which discount rate preset by a service providing company is applied depending on time elapse. The application of the concreted discount processing algorithm is made through the discount rate applying graphs as shown in FIG 2 to 4, wherein the algorithm previously sets the corresponding discount rate and time information to automatically apply the discount rate depending on time elapse for changing a selling price and allows the selling price information changed to automatically update data.

[88] Reference numeral 2Od represents the retrieve processing algorithm, which registers user's service purchasing conditions and retrieves service goods depending on the corresponding conditions. The retrieve processing algorithm 2Od retrieves and compares using a date range providing the service goods, location information providing the service goods, and price information on the service goods, wherein in case that the service goods is an airline ticket allowing a user to ride in an airplane on any one date of service providing dates from 18th to 20th registered by the user, the retrieve processing algorithm 2Od is set with 18th, 19th, 20th, and in case that location information is origination and destination information and price information is, for example, 900,000 Korean Won to 1,100, 000 Korean Won, the retrieve processing algorithm is set to retrieve the service goods included in the price range and execute an automatic retrieve processing depending on the retrieve conditions.

[89] Reference numeral 2Oe represents the settlement information DB, which is connected with the settlement processor 16 to store service goods information settled, paying teller information and settlement amount information. Reference numeral 2Of represents the SMS transmitting DB, which is connected with the SMS sender 18 to store service goods information and user's terminal information transmitted through the SMS sender 18.

[90] Reference numeral 22 represents the controller, which receives service goods information and discount rate information connected with time transmitted from the service providing company's server SPS to set and register them with the service discount rate setting unit 10, allows unspecified users to readably open them, receives service goods purchasing conditions information from the user to execute the retrieve processing in state of setting it to the retrieve conditions setting unit 14, in case of retrieving the corresponding service goods, controls the SMS sender 18 to transmit the corresponding service information, and receives purchasing signals for service goods to execute settlement processing.

[91] The function and acting of the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[92] FIG 7 and FIG. 8 are a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[93] First, the service discount system connected with time according to the first embodiment of the present invention first selects and registers the contents of service goods to be provided by a service providing company's server SPS or a classifying group depending on the classification of the service providing company by accessing the service providing company's server SPS to the service discount system connected with time (TASIS).

[94] Then, the service discount system connected with time (TASIS) executes the registration processing of the service industry depending on the service classifying group. In the state, the service providing company's server SPS uploads and registers service goods information, discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., and then registers closing day information on the service goods.

[95] Then, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) registers the service goods to be sold and opens a database to read the service goods. During the process, a user executes member joining into the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) and accounts his ID and password to input reservation information. The reservation information allows the user to retrieve the service previously registered or the service goods uploaded in real time by inputting the purchasing conditions with respect to specific services, through a retrieve formula using the corresponding conditions information in the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS)

[96] As a result, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) registers the user's retrieve formula input and executes the retrieve with respect to the service goods previously registered in real time. If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) does not retrieve the service goods that the specific service goods are matched with the user's retrieve formula, it judges whether the time preset is elapsed and if the time preset is elapsed, again retrieves the entire service goods including service goods newly uploaded during the time. At this time, even in case of the service goods previously registered, the discount rates thereof are changed and updated depending on time elapse to differently change the price conditions of the service goods, resulting in that the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) continuously executes the update processing of the discount rate through time information on a plurality of service goods continuously registered even during the period of executing the retrieve again.

[97] If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) retrieves the service goods that the specific service goods are matched with the user's retrieve formula, it extracts the information on the user's cellular phones Bl to Bn stored in the database, and prepares the service information with SMS and transmits it.

[98] Accordingly, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) receives and transmits purchasing signals on whether the corresponding service goods can be purchased or not from the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn to the service providing company's server SPS to judge whether the corresponding service goods can be purchased or not, and if so, transmits the purchase available information on the corresponding service goods to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn

[99] Therefore, if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) receives settlement information from the user's cellular phone B 1 to Bn, it pays a charge on the service goods price, and if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) does not receive settlement information from the user's cellular phone B 1 to Bn, it judges whether the time preset exceeds or not to execute an unsettled process and cancels the reservation information for the user to purchase the service goods.

[100] If the user transmits settlement information to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) registers the service goods selling information so that other users do not generate duplicated purchasing signals for the service goods.

[101] Even in case that the service providing company sells the service goods through online regardless of service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), since when asking the service goods providing server SPS whether the service goods can be purchased the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) receives signals that the service goods cannot be purchased, it registers the service goods selling information in the same process as above so that other users do not generate duplicated purchasing signals for the service goods. Mode for the Invention

[102] Hereinafter, a service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[103] FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a construction of the service information providing server connected with time provided in a service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[104] Referring to FIG. 9, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention receives discount rate information, minimum marginal required cost information, and margin information from a number of service providing companies to allow a user to read them; uploads the information to allow the users to resell service goods after the users purchase the service goods; and when other users retrieve the conditions of the service goods later, provides the service information to the other users by retrieving service goods including the service goods to be resold.

[105] In other words, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention is basically same as the first embodiment, wherein the system is that the service industries with a very small marginal required cost, that is, even in case that the number of user is increased, the service industries that a service providing required cost is increased little or a little, for example, lodging services such as a hotel, etc., transport services such as an airline or a railway ticket, etc., viewing services such as an admission ticket for a concert or a play, etc., or communication services through an infrastructure network previously constructed such as a cellular phone, etc., and the like are applied to services having an additional service providing cost little or a little increased even in case that the number of user is increased, resulting in that discount rate is proportionally increased according to approaching from a registration time to a closing time for selling the services so that the service goods can be sold within an available service selling time.

[106] Also, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention receives information from the service providing companies to automatically register it, and allows many and unspecified users to read the corresponding service providing information and discount rate information connected with time in order to purchase the corresponding service goods in real time. [107] Further, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention receives specific service goods purchasing conditions from many and unspecified users and registers them, and compares and judges a discount rate information pre-registered or a discount rate information registered in real time by the service providing companies and when service goods matched with service goods purchasing conditions registered by users are retrieved, transmits the service goods information to the user's mobile communication terminals to allow the users to purchase the service goods in real time. These basic functions are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[108] Along with the system as above, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a system that uploads the information to allow the users to resell service goods after the users purchase the service goods; and when other users retrieve the conditions of the service goods later, provides the service information to the other users by retrieving service goods including the service goods to be resold.

[109] In other words, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention allows a user to resell a service coupon like the service providing company after the user purchase specific service goods to which the service discount rate connected with time is applied. The service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention comprises a service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'), which receives the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time from the first to N service providing company's servers SPS 1 to SPSn of the respective service providing companies to allow many and unspecified users to readably register them; receives and sets the service goods purchasing conditions information from the first to N user's terminals Al to An or the first to N user's mobile terminals B 1 to Bn, retrieves the service goods matched with the corresponding purchasing conditions in real time; prepares and processes SMS to transmit the service information on the retrieved results to the first to N user's mobile terminals Bl to Bn; executes a settlement processing on the corresponding service goods depending on the purchasing signal from the users, and receives resale requesting signals from the user's terminals to register the information on the service goods with fixed discount rate rather than changing discount rate. The whole control operation of the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') is accomplished by the controller 22'.

[110] That is, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') illustrated in the present invention largely sells service goods with discount rate changed depending on time elapse and service goods with fixed discount rate, and registers and processes the service goods to be purchased and resold by the user as fixed discounting service goods that the discount rate is not changed any more.

[Il l] Through the embodiments of the present invention, since the service providing company sells its service goods to a user for reselling them rather than a real purchaser withm available service selling time, thereby effectively decreasing vacant room rates and vacant seat rates. Also, in case of a user that wants to resell the service goods, the user purchases service goods at a relatively low cost and recommends specific persons the purchase of the service goods to resell them so that the user can make some margin. Meanwhile, since the persons purchasing the specific service goods from the user purchase the service goods at cost lower than a general service providing price, the persons can also make profit in price. Further, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') can take a service charge by intermediating the selling of the service goods between the user and the service providing companies and increase the competitiveness of service industry by quickly transmitting the information therebetween.

[112] In addition, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention comprises a web server WPS, which is provided with the information received through a data communication network such as an internet, etc., associated with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to interface it with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'), and transmits and processes the information from the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to a specific terminal or a server.

[113] Meanwhile, the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention comprises SMS server (SMSS), which is connected with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') so that when completing the preparation of character messages of service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') with respect to the specific service information it transmits and processes the corresponding character messages to the set user's mobile terminals B 1 to Bn.

[114] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing data flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[115] Referring to FIG. 10, in the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the service providing company's server SPS accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to first upload and register the service goods information, the discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost in- formation, etc , and then register the closing day information on the service goods.

[116] Then, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') registers the information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS as the service goods to which the discount rate connected with time is applied, allowing unspecified users to read it.

[117] In the state, if the user executes member joining by accessing the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') through the terminals Al to An, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') accounts the user's ID and password to read the information so that the user can read the service goods information to which the discount rate connected with time is applied registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'). In this state, the user generates purchasing signals and transmits them to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to purchase specific service goods, and in case that desired service goods are absent, is able to reserve and register specific purchasing conditions with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS')

[118] When reserving and registering an airline ticket as the service goods purchasing conditions, the user can set boarding available date information (for examples, from 17th to 23rd), designation information (for example, the United States of America), price condition (for example, 900,000 Korean Won to 1,100,000 Korean Won) to reserve and register the purchase of the service goods.

[119] If the user makes the input of the service goods purchasing conditions, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS ) compares the service goods information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS in real time or compares the service goods pre- stored in the database with the user's conditions information. Since the service goods pre-stored in the database is applied with different discount rates depending on time elapse, even the service goods pre- stored is automatically compared and retrieved with the user's conditions information in real time

[120] If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') judges that the specific service goods information matches with the user's conditions information, it transmits the service goods information to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn through SMS and if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') receives purchasing signals from the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn, it executes a settlement processing on the service goods.

[121] In the state, if the user purchasing the service goods transmits resale requesting signals with respect to the service goods to the service information providing server with time (TASIS'), the service information providing server with time registers the service goods with the group of the service goods with a fixed discounted price and allows unspecified users to read them.

[122] Further, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') provides the fixed discounted price service goods and the discount rate service goods information connected with time to the user's terminals Al and A2 for executing reservation and registration through the retrieve processing according to the user's condition retrieve formula. That is, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') executes a retrieve processing for entire service goods including the service goods with a fixed discount amount that is the service goods to be resold, when retrieving the service goods.

[123] Meanwhile, many and unspecified users accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to purchase the service goods to be resold, that is, the service goods that discount amount is constantly fixed or the service goods to which discount rate connected with time is applied.

[124] In case that the user attempts to resell the service goods through the system of the present, the service goods are to be resold within a service providing period and therefore, the service goods not resold should directly use the corresponding service. Accordingly, if the service goods are not resold, there is a risk of directly using the corresponding service.

[125] Also, the user purchasing the service goods with the fixed discount amount does not sell the service goods independently of time, and if the service goods are sold out, even although the service goods are service goods with a fixed discount amount, the user will try to purchase them. The system considering supply and demand and convenience of the user is the service information providing server connected with time of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[126] For example, within a period excepting a slack season and a peak season, if an airline registers some airline ticket goods to which discount rate connected with time is applied with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') by using a general data to sell them on our behalf, a specific user purchases a specific airline ticket from the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') for the purpose of making a trip or reselling it, and when requesting the resale of the service goods purchased to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'), the airline ticket is the service goods that the number capable of purchasing is limited since in case of the airline ticket, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') is requested to sell it by applying the discount rate connected with time by the number of vacant seats expected through a previous data.

[127] Accordingly, if the user wishing to purchase the airline ticket to which discounted price is applied by accessing the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') confirms the information that the service goods are sold out, the user can purchase the service goods to be resold, which is registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS').

[128] Also, the user purchase specific service goods in futures scheme rather than a reselling scheme at a lowest price to give it to an acquaintance in a surprising event form. In this case, it is preferable that the user selects many remaining service goods among service goods waiting for a sale and in state of waiting until substantially minimum marginal cost approaches, that is until time when the highest discount rate is applied, the user generates a purchasing signal for the service goods and transmit it the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'). The reason doing as above is that if the number of service goods waiting for a sale is small, all the service goods are sold out during time waiting until minimum marginal cost approaches so that the user may not purchase the service goods.

[129] Further, in case of reselling the service goods using minimum marginal cost approaches according to the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user previously assures a predetermined number of travelers and spectators, the user purchases a predetermined number of service goods from the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') and is able to resell them exceeding the purchasing price.

[130] The function and acting of the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[131] FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[132] First, the service providing company's server SPS accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to first upload and register the service goods information, the discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., and then register the closing day information on the service goods.

[133] Then, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') registers the information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS as the service goods to which the discount rate connected with time is applied, allowing unspecified users to read it.

[134] If the service goods are registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'), the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') automatically applies a changing value of discount rate preset depending on time elapse to execute the update processing of the service charge.

[135] In the state, if the users execute member joining by accessing the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') through their terminals Al to An, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') accounts the user's ID and password to read the information so that the user can read the service goods information to which the discount rate connected with time is applied registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') In this state, the user generates purchasing signals and transmits them to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') to purchase specific service goods, and in case that desired service goods are absent, is able to reserve and register specific purchasing conditions with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS')

[136] When reserving and registering an airline ticket as the service goods purchasing conditions, the user can set boarding available date information (for examples, from 17th to 23rd), designation information (for example, the United States of America), price condition (for example, 900,000 Korean Won to 1,100,000 Korean Won) to reserve and register the purchase of the service goods.

[137] If the user makes the input of the service goods purchasing conditions, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS ) compares the service goods information uploaded from the service providing company's server SPS in real time or compares the service goods pre stored in the database with the user's conditions information. Since the service goods pre-stored in the database is applied with different discount rates depending on time elapse, even the service goods pre- stored is automatically compared and retrieved with the user's conditions information in real time.

[138] If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') judges that the specific service goods information matches with the user's conditions information, it transmits the service goods information to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn through SMS and if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') receives purchasing signals from the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn, it executes a settlement processing on the service goods.

[139] In the state, if the user purchasing the service goods transmits resale requesting signals with respect to the service goods to the service information providing server with time (TASIS'), the service information providing server with time registers the service goods with the group of the service goods with a fixed discounted price and allows unspecified users to read them

[140] Further, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') provides the fixed discounted price service goods and the discount rate service goods information connected with time to the user's terminals Al and A2 for executing reservation and registration through the retrieve processing according to the user's condition retrieve formula That is, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') executes a retrieve processing for entire service goods including the service goods with a fixed discount amount that is the service goods to be resold, when retrieving the service goods.

[141] Meanwhile, if the purchasing signals for the service goods to be resold, that is, the service goods that discount amount is constantly fixed are applied from many and unspecified user's terminals Al to An to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS'), the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS') executes a settlement processing on the service goods and executes the resale processing of the service goods.

[142] Hereinafter, a service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings

[143] FIG 12 is a diagram showing data flows in a service discount system connected with time according to a third embodiment of the present invention

[144] Referring to FIG. 12, the service discount system connected with time according to a third embodiment of the present invention is a system that in the state of receiving and registering industry information, discount rate information depending on time division range, minimum marginal required cost information, and marginal m formation from service providing companies, receives desired personnel information and margin division providing information from other service providing companies, which can form package goods by coupling with the service industries, to provide it to the companies providing discount service connected with time, thereby making a constant margin while providing a minimum marginal required cost.

[145] That is, unlike the large service providing companies, it is difficult for the small service providing companies to plan and manufacture package goods The advantages of the package goods is that as a closing day of the service goods is approaching, the service goods can be sold within an available service selling time at a substantially minimum marginal required cost That is, even although any one of the service goods is provided with a minimum marginal required cost, i e , with a little margin, by dividing the margin of the other goods coupled, a constant margin can be assured on the whole

[146] Preferably, the package goods are goods that service industries are coupled with goods selling industries For example, it is very ideal that the service goods independently of the number of user receiving services or generating a little additional cost are coupled with the goods selling industries generating an additional required cost in proportional to the number of user but making quick sales at small profits, as the package goods. That is, an airline transporting industry can be coupled with goods selling industry as a single package goods, wherein if the goods selling industry is a food goods selling industry, the margin can be increased in proportional to the increase of the number of user and even though the number of user is decreased, since the corresponding goods can be sold later, the risk due to the decrease of the users is relatively small.

[147] However, since the airline transporting industry can significantly be subjected to damage in its margin depending on vacant seats rate due to the decrease of the number of user, an airline ticket discounted to a substantially minimum marginal cost can be provided.

[148] Accordingly, the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention can construct package goods to be provided by dividing margin from a common goods selling company while assuring a constant number of users from a service goods providing company, which applies discount rate approaching to a minimum marginal cost through such package goods

[149] For this, the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention is provided with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) that register a package goods requesting signal from any one service providing company, executes the registration of goods information and the registration of division margin information to construct the package goods by registering the requesting signal desiring to provide the goods to be included in the package goods, and transmits the information in both to construct specific package goods

[150] In FIG. 12, there is shown that one service providing company providing the specific service goods is provided with a first service providing company's server SPS 1 and the other service providing company is provided with a second service providing company's server SPS2, however, it is most ideal that any one service providing company and a common goods providing company constructs package goods In the present invention, it is called both as a service providing company, however, the industries are described by way of example only, not limited thereto

[151] First, the second service providing company's server SPS2 of one service providing company accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to register margin division information by the number of person The margin division information by the number of person is margin division information that divides and provides the margin by the number of person constantly by the second service providing company. That is, in case of assuring and providing 100 persons, the margin division information is requesting information providing a constant ratio of margin

[152] If the requesting information is registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the first service providing company's server SPSl of the other service providing company accesses to it to read the information and generate the requesting signal with respect to the construction of the package goods with the second service company.

[153] If the first service providing company applies the requesting signal for constructing the package goods to provide the division margin depending on the information from the second service providing company to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the first service providing company's server SPSl uploads and registers service goods information, discount rate information connected with overall time, respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc , along with the requesting signal with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), and then registers the closing day information on the service goods with it.

[154] At this time, since the first service providing company assures the division margin provided from the second service providing company, its own providing service goods price is lower so that it provides in substantially minimum marginal cost, resulting in that the service goods can be sold within an available selling time to assure the constant number of persons.

[155] As a result, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) uses the information uploaded from the first and second service providing company's servers SPSl and SPS2 to allow unspecified users to readably register the information as the package goods

[156] If the package service goods are registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) automatically applies the changing value of the discount rate preset to execute the update processing on the service charge.

[157] In the state, if the users access to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) through their terminals Al to An to read the package service goods information, and select specific package goods to generate purchasing signals, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) executes a settlement processing on the package goods.

[158] FIG. 13 is a graph showing discount rate connected with time through a service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[159] FIG. 13 shows the margin processing made in the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention. That is, any one service providing company, i.e., the first service providing company is a service industry that generates a required cost independently of the number of persons, it is a company that should assure the constant number of users within an available service selling time by applying discount rate connected with time. Meanwhile, if the second providing company is a company selling common goods, margin Ml of Y axis in the upper end represents the decrease of margin rate depending on time elapse due to the application of discount rate.

[160] Also, since margin M2 of Y axis in the lower end is the margin of goods sold by the second company, the margin is associated with the purchase of goods from a user and is not associated with time, it represents a constant margin as shown in FIG. 13 Another graph associated with the number of persons is needed, however, FIG. 13 can apparently explain the present invention through its graph representing discrimination with the first service providing company and division margin and the graph representing margin changing rate depending on the increase of the number of persons will therefore be omitted.

[161] MIa and MIb shown in FIG. 13 represent margins generated due to a drop in service price by applying discount rate depending on time elapse and MIc is a minimum marginal cost of the service company. That is, since selling service goods below a minimum marginal cost suffers a loss, the service providing company cannot sell the service goods below their minimum margin cost, even in case of generating vacant seats and vacant rooms.

[162] Also, M2b is margin generated from the second company, and in case that the second company receives a constant number of users provided from the first company, M2a represents division margin to be provided from the second company to the first company.

[163] Accordingly, if each of the first company and the second company constructs a single package goods, since the first company receives division margin M2a from the second company, the first company can drop a selling price of service goods to a price MId below a minimum marginal cost, and since the second company can previously prepare goods by the number of user assured, the second company can obtain a reservation effect and an expected margin through quick sales at small profits

[164] The function and acting of the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention constructed as above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[165] FIG 14 is a flow chart showing signal flows in the service discount system connected with time according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[166] First, the second service providing company's server SPS2 of one service providing company accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to register margin division information by the number of person. The margin division information by the number of person is margin division information that divides and provides the margin by the number of person constantly by the second service providing company. That is, in case of assuring and providing 100 persons, the margin division information is requesting information providing a constant ratio of margin

[167] If the requesting information is registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the first service providing company's server SPSl of the other service providing company accesses to it to read the information and generate the requesting signal with respect to the construction of the package goods with the second service company.

[168] If the first service providing company applies the requesting signal for constructing the package goods to provide the division margin depending on the information from the second service providing company to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the first service providing company's server SPSl uploads and registers service goods information, discount rate information connected with overall time, respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., along with the requesting signal with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), and then registers the closing day information on the service goods with it.

[169] At this time, since the first service providing company assures the division margin provided from the second service providing company, its own providing service goods price is lower so that it provides in substantially minimum marginal cost, resulting in that the service goods can be sold within an available selling time to assure the constant number of persons.

[170] As a result, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) uses the information uploaded from the first and second service providing company's servers SPSl and SPS2 to allow unspecified users to readably register the information as the package goods

[171] If the package service goods are registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS), the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) automatically applies the changing value of the discount rate preset to execute the update processing on the service charge.

[172] In the state, if the user accesses to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) through the terminals Al to An to execute member joining, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) accounts the user's ID and password to read the information so that the user can read the service goods information to which the discount rate connected with time registered with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) is applied. In this state, the user generates purchasing signals and transmits them to the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) to purchase specific service goods, and in case that desired service goods are absent, is able to reserve and register specific purchasing conditions with the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS).

[173] If the user makes the input of the service goods purchasing conditions, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) compares the service goods information uploaded from a number of service providing company's servers (SPS) in real time or compares the service goods pre-stored in the database with the user's conditions information. Since the service goods pre-stored in the database is applied with different discount rates depending on time elapse, even the service goods pre- stored is automatically compared and retrieved with the user's conditions information in real time.

[174] If the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) judges that the specific service goods information matches with the user's conditions information, it transmits the service goods information to the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn through SMS and if the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) receives purchasing signals from the user's cellular phones B 1 to Bn, it executes a settlement processing on the service goods.

[175] If the settlement processing is completed and a closing time for selling the package goods is approaching, the service information providing server connected with time (TASIS) transfers an amount (M2b-M2a) subtracting division margin M2a to the second company and a service goods selling charge being an amount adding the division margin M2a to the first company.

[176] The service discount system connected with time and method of the same according to the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above only, and various changes thereof might be made without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention.

[177]

Industrial Applicability

[178] The service discount system connected with time and method of the same according to the present invention has advantages that it allows a number of service providing companies to sell service goods within an available service selling time in order to minimize vacant room rates and vacant seat rates, presents a reasonable discounted price by using a scheme connected with time rather than a fixed discounting scheme to increase profit margin rates, providing discount rates to users to allow them to purchase service goods and resell them, and providing division margin to a number of small service providing companies by using the system to allow them to construct package goods, enhancing synergy effect among the companies.

Claims

[1] A service discount system connected with time provided for the respective service providing companies comprises' a first to N service providing company's servers, which transmit the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time to a service information providing server connected with time and execute a selling agency request to provide the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time or discounted price information to users for quickly selling the service goods withm a valid service selling time; a first to N user's terminals, which access the service information providing server to read the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time uploaded by the first to N service providing company's servers and comprise a communication module such as a modem, etc., and a web browser therein to generate signals for purchasing the corresponding service goods; a first to N user's mobile terminals, which access to the service providing servers connected with time (TASIS) to read the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time uploaded by the first to N service providing company's servers, generate signals for purchasing the corresponding service goods, and comprise a communication module and a mobile web browser therein to execute the conditions setting with respect to specific services for receiving the service information matched with the corresponding conditions; and the service information providing server connected with time, which receives the service goods information and the discount rate information connected with time from the first to N service providing company's servers of the respective service providing companies to allow many and unspecified users to readably register them; renews the service goods price information to which the discount rate is applied by checking time elapse, receives and sets the service goods purchasing conditions information from the first to N user's terminals or the first to N user's mobile terminals; retrieves the service goods matched with the corresponding purchasing conditions in real time; prepares and processes SMS's to transmit the service information on the retrieved results to the first to N user's mobile terminals; and executes a settlement processing for the corresponding service goods depending on the purchasing signal from the users.

[2] The service discount system connected with time as claimed in claim 1, wherein it further comprises: a web server, which is provided with the information received through a data communication network such as an internet, etc., associated with the service information providing server connected with time to interface it with the service information providing server connected with time, and transmits and processes the information from the service information providing server connected with time to a specific terminal or a server, and an SMS server, which is connected with the service information providing server connected with time so that when completing the preparation of character messages of the service information providing server connected with time with respect to the specific service information it transmits and processes the corresponding character messages to the set user's mobile terminals.

[3] The service discount system connected with time as claimed in claim 1, wherein data applying discount rate connected with time, processed in the service information providing server connected with time, is stored in the service information providing server connected with time, as data having a plurality of discount rates applying patterns depending on time elapse, so that the service providing server can be previously selected.

[4] The service discount system connected with time as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service information providing server connected with time is configured of: a communication module, which converts and receives a protocol by receiving data transmitted through an internet network or a mobile communication network, performs a filtering process on the data, and allows many and unspecified users to readably transmit and process the data stored in the data storage a key input unit, which generates key input signals of a server manager to execute the various key inputs of the server for managing them; a service providing company that provides service goods to which discount rate connected with time is applied, or a member information manager that manages user's, purchasing the service goods, personal information, and ID information and password information, and executes the user's authentication processing when the user accesses service discount system, a service providing company register, which registers the information on a service providing company providing service goods to which discount rates connected with time are applied; a service discount rate setting unit, which sets changing discount rate information on service goods with changing discount rates depending on time elapse, a retrieving unit, which registers user's service purchasing conditions and compnses a retrieving processor retrieving various service goods depending on the conditions, a retrieve conditions setting unit, which registers purchasing conditions with respect to service goods to be purchased by user's access, a settlement processor, which transmits service information matched with user's purchasing conditions and receives the user's purchasing signal to execute a settlement processing on the user's service charge depending on the purchasing signal, a SMS sender, which, if service goods registered by a number of service providing companies are matched with conditions information registered by users, prepares the service goods with SMS to transmit them to the user's cellular phones, a member information DB, which stores member personal information, and ID and password; a service providing company information DB, which stores personal information on the service providing company providing the service goods with changing discount rates connected with time; a discount processing algorithm, which executes a data updating process by auto matically converting into a selling price which discount rate preset by a service providing company is applied depending on time elapse, a retrieve processing algorithm, which registers user s service purchasing conditions and retrieves service goods, a settlement information DB, which is connected with the settlement processor to store service goods information settled, paying teller information and settlement amount information; a SMS transmitting DB, which is connected with the SMS sender to store service goods information and user's terminal information transmitted through the SMS sender; and a controller, which receives service goods information and discount rate information connected with time transmitted from the service providing company's server to set and register them with the service discount rate setting unit, allows unspecified users to readably open them, receives service goods purchasing conditions information from the user to execute the retrieve processing in state of setting it to the retrieve conditions setting unit, when retrieving the corresponding service goods controls the SMS sender to transmit the corresponding service information, and receives purchasing signals for service goods to execute settlement processing

[5] The service discount system connected with time as claimed in claim 4, wherein the discount processing algorithm, preset in the server, previously sets the corresponding discount rate and time information by using the discount rate applying graphs selected through servers of the service providing company to automatically apply the discount rate depending on time elapse for changing a selling price and allows the corresponding service selling price change to automatically update data.

[6] The service discount system connected with time as claimed in claim 4, wherein the retrieve processing algorithm is previously registered through a date range for which the service goods are provided, location information for which the service goods are provided, and price information on the service goods, which user sets, or is processed through a comparison with service goods information to be upload in real time.

[7] A service discount method connected with time comprising the steps of: selecting and registering a classifying group depending on the classification of the service providing company by accessing a specific service providing company's server connected to the service discount system connected with time; allowing the service providing company's server to upload and to register service goods information, discount rate information connected with overall time, the respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., and then to register closing day information on the service goods; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to register the service goods to be sold and open a database to read the service goods; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to receive and to transmit purchasing signals on whether the corresponding service goods can be purchased from the user's terminals or cellular phones to the service providing company's server to judge whether the corresponding service goods can be purchased or not; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to pay a charge on the service goods, if the corresponding service goods can be purchased; and allowing the service information providing server connected with time to register the service goods selling completion information.

[8] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 7, it further comprises the steps of: receiving service purchasing reservation information from a user's terminal and registering it on the service discount system connected with time; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to retrieve the service previously registered or the service goods uploaded in real time, through a retrieve formula using the corresponding conditions information, allowing the service information providing server connected with time to judge whether the preset time is elapsed, if it does not retrieve the service goods that the specific service goods are matched with using the user's retrieve formula, allowing the service information providing server connected with time to again retrieve all service goods including service goods newly uploaded during the time, if the preset time is elapsed, and allowing the service information providing server connected with time to extract the information on the user's cellular phones, and prepare the service information with SMS and transmit it, if it retrieves the service goods that the specific service goods are matched with using the user's retrieve formula

[9] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 7, wherein when retrieving again the service information providing server connected with time, the discount rates are changed and updated depending on time elapse, thereby executing the retrieve again on information of all service goods

[10] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 7, wherein if the service information providing server connected with time does not receive settlement information from the user's terminal when the preset time is exceeded after transmitting purchasable service information conforming to the user s conditions, it executes an unsettled process for the corresponding service goods and cancels the reservation information for the user purchasing the service goods.

[11] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 7, wherein when asking the service goods providing server whether the service goods can be purchased, the service information providing server connected with time receives signals that the service goods cannot be purchased, and in this case, it registers the service goods selling information and cancels the corresponding service goods from the purchasable service information

[12] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 7, wherein it further comprises the steps of: allowing the users who purchases specific service goods to generate a reselling signal of the corresponding service goods to the service information providing server connected with time through user's terminals, and allowing the service information providing server connected with time to execute the registration of the service goods according to the corresponding reselling signal

[13] The service discount method connected with time as claimed in claim 12, wherein the reselling service goods registered with the service information providing server connected with time are set so that the service goods price with the fixed discounted price to which the discount rate connected with time is not applied is registered. [14] A service discount method connected with time comprises the steps of: registering the margin division information by the number of persons in the service information providing server connected with time from second service providing company allowing the first service providing company's server, of the other service providing company, to access to the service information providing server connected with time, to read the information, and to generate the requesting signal, with respect to the construction of the package goods, for the second service company; allowing the first service providing company's server to upload and to register service goods information, discount rate information connected with overall time, respective time range and the discount rate changing information depending on the range, and the minimum marginal cost information, etc., along with the requesting signal, with the service information providing server connected with time, and then to register the closing day information on the service goods with it, allowing the service information providing server connected with time to use the information uploaded from the first and second service providing company's servers to allow unspecified users to readably register the information as the package goods; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to receive purchasing signals on specific package goods from the user's terminals; allowing the service information providing server connected with time to execute a settlement processing on the corresponding package goods; and allowing the service information providing server connected with time transfer an amount, subtracting a division margin, to the second company and a service goods selling charge, being an amount, adding the division margin, to the first company, if the settlement processing is completed and a closing time for selling the package goods is approaching.