KR20150113932A - System and Method of Providing Information based on Positional Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method thereof to provide information between a member store and a user based on position information and, more specifically, to a method thereof to provide information between a member store and a user based on position information, capable of receiving position information and random terminal information, randomly generated, from a smart terminal of a user; providing information about a member store in a predetermined distance to the smart terminal by extracting the information from the received position information while calculating the number of surrounding searchers searching around the member store; and providing the calculated number of the searchers to the member store. According to the present invention, since the present invention receives the position information and random terminal information from the smart terminal and provides the information about the member store in the predetermined distance to the smart terminal by extracting the information from the position information, a user is able to receive a position information service without the exposure of personal information and personal position information. Since the present invention calculates the number of the searches and provides information about the searchers to the member store, the member store is able to efficiently perform a target marketing activity for a user being around the member store or seeing the member store information.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information between users and merchants based on location information,

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information between a user and a merchant based on location information, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing information between a user and a merchant, The franchisee stores information on the number of nearby searchers searching for the vicinity of the franchisee and provides information on the calculated number of neighboring searchers to the franchisee, The present invention relates to a system for providing information between a user and an affiliated shop, and a method thereof.

In the era of Big Data, service providers have been asking customers to provide excessive amount of personal information and personal location information in order to provide customers with various reasons in the process of membership registration. In addition to collecting personal information, .

The fact that personal location information is being collected means that no matter how well you take protective measures, you can not completely eliminate the risk of exposure. Until now, users' consent to collection of location information, which they have inadvertently pressed a button, has the potential to someday become the source of a massive personal information leak if someone approaches with impure intent.

With the development of smartphones and tablet computers, many services based on personal location information are being operated, and these services also require personal information and personal location information, and have a risk of information disclosure.

Accordingly, there is a need for a technology that allows users to conveniently receive location information services without fear of exposure of personal information and personal location information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart terminal that receives randomly generated random terminal information and location information from a smart terminal of a user, extracts merchant information within a predetermined distance from the received location information, The present invention provides a system for providing information between a user and an affiliate shop based on positional information, and a method thereof, which calculates the number of nearby searchers searching for an affiliate shop nearer to the merchant shop and provides information on the calculated number of nearby searchers to the merchant shop.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: (a) receiving random terminal information and location information from an external smart terminal; (b) extracting merchant information within a predetermined distance around the received location information and transmitting the information to the smart terminal; (c) calculating the number of neighboring searchers that are the number of smart terminals that transmit location information within a predetermined radius to the merchant terminal of each merchant; And (d) transmitting the calculated number of neighboring searchers to each merchant terminal. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing information between a user and an affiliate shop based on location information.

According to the present invention, the random terminal information and location information generated at random are received from the smart terminal of the user, the merchant information located within a predetermined distance from the received location information is extracted and provided to the smart terminal of the user, The location information service can be provided without exposing the location information of the individual, the number of nearby searchers searching for the vicinity of the merchant is calculated, and the information about the calculated number of neighbor searchers is provided to the merchant shop, The target marketing activity can be effectively performed for the user who is viewing the merchant information of the merchant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system and method for providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information; FIG.
2 is a block diagram of a smart terminal in a system for providing information between a user and an affiliate based on location information according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a management server in a system for providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating an affiliate terminal in an information providing system between a user and an affiliate based on location information according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention.

The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprising" or "having ", and the like, are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal in meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information and a method thereof.

The system for providing information between a user and an affiliate shop based on location information according to the present invention includes a management server 100 for providing various useful information to a user and / or an affiliate shop based on location information of a user and an affiliate shop, The smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n of the user of the mobile terminal and / or the merchant terminals 300_1 to 300_n of the at least one merchant.

The smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n are smart phones or tablet computers that can acquire a user's current position using a GPS (Global Positioning System) and can be connected to the Internet through wireless Internet, 3G, or 4G mobile communication.

The smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n transmit the random terminal information for identifying the smart terminal to the management server 100 through the wireless Internet or mobile communication and the location information of the smart terminal obtained through the GPS, And peripheral information including merchant information existing around the location information of the smart terminal.

The smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n output various merchant information included in the received peripheral information on a map outputted on the screen of the smart terminal.

Herein, the merchant information includes location information and contact information of each merchant, and may further include event information.

The event information is information further input from each merchant terminal. For example, if the merchant is a lodging company, the event information may be information indicating whether there is an empty room or discount information on a discount rate at the time of lodging. It may also be menu information containing a list of foods to be sold if the merchant is a restaurant, or discount information on the discount rate.

On the other hand, the franchise store is a business area providing various services, and can be various service shops such as lodging, restaurants, pubs, various merchandise stores, and various regional festivals.

The smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n are provided with a system for providing information between users and merchants based on location information, and dedicated applications for performing functions of the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n.

In the present invention, the random terminal information is information for distinguishing each of the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n from each other, and is newly generated every time the dedicated application installed in the smart terminal of the present invention is terminated and re-executed. Here, the random terminal information includes a random number composed of randomly generated letters or numbers, and may further include information on the execution start time of the dedicated application.

The random terminal information includes only random numbers composed of randomly generated letters or numbers, but does not include any personal information related to the individual such as a telephone number, a user name, and a serial number of a smart terminal of an individual not. Therefore, even if random terminal information is exposed, there is no risk of exposure of personal information.

The management server 100 extracts all of the merchant information within a predetermined distance from the location information received from the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n to generate peripheral information and provides the generated peripheral information to the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n . At this time, the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n may be distinguished as random terminal information.

On the other hand, the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n send the current location information acquired through the GPS to the management server 100 at the beginning of execution of the application, and then move the map to another area or search another area to manage the changed location information To the server (100).

In this case, the management server 100 extracts the merchant information located within a predetermined distance based on the changed location information, regenerates the surrounding information, and transmits the regenerated peripheral information to the smart terminal 200.

On the other hand, the management server 100 calculates the number of nearby searchers for the number of users searching for the neighbor through the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n, and transmits information about the calculated number of neighbor searchers to each of the merchant terminals 300_1 to 300_n, .

The number of nearby searchers refers to the number of users searching for a nearby area or outputting a specific merchant using the dedicated application of the smart terminals 200_1 to 200_n.

The management server 100 calculates the number of searchers around the specific affiliation definition when the current location information according to GPS is located within a predetermined distance from a specific affiliation point by terminating and executing the dedicated application, Or when the position information corresponding to the center point of the map outputted from the mart terminal is located within a predetermined distance from the specific franchisee, the number of nearby searchers is calculated. Since the number of neighboring searchers is calculated for each merchant, the merchant can effectively perform a target marketing activity for a user located nearby or a user viewing his or her merchant information.

The merchant terminals 300_1 to 300_n transmit merchant information including information on merchant name, location, and contact information to the management server 100, and when there is the merchant information, Lt; / RTI >

As described above, the merchant terminals 300_1-300_n receive the number of nearby searchers from the management server 100 and output the number of neighbor searchers to the screen, thereby providing information on the number of neighboring searchers to the merchant.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a smart terminal in a system for providing information between a user and an affiliate based on location information according to the present invention.

2, the smart terminal 200 includes a random terminal information generating unit 210, a location information obtaining unit 220, a location information changing unit 230, a peripheral information obtaining unit 240, a screen output unit 250 ).

The random terminal information generation unit 210 generates random terminal information including a random number generated randomly each time the dedicated application of the smart terminal is terminated and re-executed, and is information for identifying each smart terminal.

The location information obtaining unit 220 obtains the location information of the smart terminal using GPS when the application is executed. When the user changes the search location on the map, the location information obtaining unit 220 obtains the location of the center point of the map Obtain information.

The location information changing unit 230 changes the center point of the map being output from the smart terminal through a screen movement or a local search of the smart terminal. When the position of the center point is changed through the position information changing unit 230, the position information obtaining unit 220 obtains the position information of the changed center point and transmits the obtained position information to the management server 100.

The peripheral information obtaining unit 240 receives peripheral information including the merchant information of an affiliate shop within a predetermined distance from the location information of the smart terminal from the management server 100.

The screen output unit 250 outputs various menus and maps of the dedicated application to the screen and simultaneously outputs the merchant information included in the received peripheral information on the screen when receiving the peripheral information from the management server 100. [

3 is a block diagram illustrating a management server in a system for providing information between a user and an agent based on location information according to the present invention.

The management server 100 includes a peripheral information generating unit 110, an event information receiving unit 120, a neighboring searcher number calculating unit 130, and an affiliate shop database 140.

The peripheral information generating unit 110 receives the random terminal information and the position information from the smart terminal 200 and extracts all the merchant information existing within a predetermined distance from the merchant store database 140 from the location information received from the smart terminal, And generates peripheral information including the information. When the location information of the center point of the map outputted from the smart terminal is changed, the peripheral information generation unit 110 re-extracts the merchant information existing within a predetermined distance from the location information of the changed zoom core, And provides the generated information to the smart terminal 200.

The event information receiving unit 120 receives event information including the presence / absence of empty rooms and / or discount information from the merchant terminal 300, and updates the received information to the merchant database 140. [ The event information includes information on various marketing events to be provided to the merchant, and the event information may be included in the above merchant information and provided to the smart terminal.

The neighboring searcher number calculation unit 130 calculates the number of nearby searchers, which is the number of smart terminals that transmit location information within a predetermined radius, from each franchisee terminal of each franchisee for each franchisee, and transmits the calculated number of neighboring searchers To each merchant terminal.

The neighboring searcher number calculator 130 calculates the number of smart terminals whose current GPS position information of the smart terminal is located within a predetermined distance from a specific franchisee by terminating and re-executing the dedicated application, The number of nearby terminals is calculated for each merchant by calculating the number of smart terminals whose location information corresponding to the central point is located within a predetermined distance from the specific merchant. The calculated number of neighboring searchers is provided to each corresponding merchant point.

The merchant database is a database that stores merchant information including merchant name, location, and contact information. The merchant information may further include event information input by each merchant terminal.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an affiliate terminal in an information providing system between a user and an affiliate store based on location information according to the present invention.

The merchant terminal 300 includes an affiliate shop information input unit 310, an event information input unit 320, and a peripheral searcher number output unit 330.

The merchant information input unit 310 plays the role of receiving the merchant information including the merchant name, location, and contact information through the merchant manager, and the entered merchant information is transmitted to the management server 100, / RTI >

The event information input unit 320 receives event information to be provided to the target user through the merchant manager, and the input event information is included in the merchant information or transmitted to the management server 100 independently . By inputting the event information at that time to a target user such as a neighboring searcher and providing the information to the user, the franchisee can effectively perform targeted marketing.

The neighboring searcher number output unit 330 outputs the number of neighbor searchers received from the management server 100. [ For example, when a merchant is a lodging company and there are many empty rooms, the manager can provide discount information to the neighboring searchers by providing information on the presence of vacant rooms as the event information and providing discount information.

According to the present invention, the random terminal information and location information generated at random are received from the smart terminal of the user, the merchant information located within a predetermined distance from the received location information is extracted and provided to the smart terminal of the user, The location information service can be provided without exposing the location information of the individual, the number of nearby searchers searching for the vicinity of the merchant is calculated, and the information about the calculated number of neighbor searchers is provided to the merchant shop, The target marketing activity can be effectively performed for the user who is viewing the merchant information of the merchant.

Hereinafter, the information provision between the user and the merchant based on the location information will be described. The method of providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention is essentially the same as a method of providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention and thus a detailed description and a duplicate description will be omitted.

A method for providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention is a method performed by an information providing system between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention, Receiving; Extracting merchant information within a predetermined distance from the received location information and transmitting the information to the smart terminal; Calculating the number of neighboring searchers that are the number of smart terminals that transmit position information within a predetermined radius to the merchant terminal of each merchant; And transmitting the calculated number of neighboring searchers to each merchant terminal.

In addition, the method may further include transmitting event information of the merchant to the smart terminal together.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information between a user and an affiliated store based on location information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the merchant terminal 300 receives merchant information including merchant name, location and contact information, and transmits the merchant information to the management server 100 (S10).

The management server 100 stores the received merchant information in the merchant store database 140. [

On the other hand, the smart terminal 200 generates random terminal information including a random number generated randomly each time the dedicated application of the smart terminal ends and is executed again (S20).

In step S30, the smart terminal 200 obtains the location information of the smart terminal using the GPS at the beginning of application execution.

The generated random terminal information and acquired location information are transmitted to the management server 100 (S40).

Meanwhile, when the user changes the search position on the map, the smart terminal 200 can acquire the position information of the center point of the map output from the smart terminal and transmit the acquired position information to the management server.

The management server 100 extracts all of the merchant information existing within a predetermined distance from the location information received from the smart terminal 200 from the merchant store database 140 and generates peripheral information including the extracted merchant information in step S50, And transmits the information to the smart terminal 200.

When the location information of the map center point is changed, the management server 100 re-extracts the merchant information existing within a predetermined distance from the location information of the changed center point, regenerates the surrounding information including the extracted merchant information, (200).

The management server 100 calculates the number of smart terminals whose current GPS position information of the smart terminal is located within a predetermined distance from a specific franchise point by calculating the number of smart terminals that are located in the center point of the map output from the smart terminal The number of nearby terminals is calculated for each merchant by calculating the number of smart terminals whose corresponding location information is located within a predetermined distance from the specific merchant terminal (S70), and the calculated number of neighboring search terminals is transmitted to the merchant terminal 300 (S80) .

The merchant terminal 300 outputs the received number of nearby searchers on the screen (S90), and the manager on the merchant's side can check how many users are around the merchant's own merchant by checking the number of nearby searchers.

Then, the merchant terminal 300 receives event information from an administrator or a user and transmits the event information to the management server 100 (S100). The manager or the user of the merchant terminal can utilize the above-described event information in order to increase sales after confirming the number of nearby searchers and sales on the same day. The event information is information further input from each merchant terminal, for example, information indicating whether an empty room is present when the merchant is a lodging company, or discount information on a discount rate at the time of lodging. It may also be menu information containing a list of foods to be sold if the merchant is a restaurant, or discount information on the discount rate.

Although it is not shown in the drawings, it is obvious that the step S100 of inputting and transmitting event information can be performed before or after any of steps S10 to S90.

The method of the present invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission via the Internet) . The computer-readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention should be construed in accordance with the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents and equivalents thereof should be construed as being covered by the scope of the present invention.

100, a management server
200, a smart terminal
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Claims (9)

(a) receiving random terminal information and location information from an external smart terminal;
(b) extracting merchant information within a predetermined distance from the received location information, and transmitting peripheral information including the extracted merchant information to the smart terminal;
(c) calculating the number of nearby searchers, which is the number of smart terminals that transmit location information within a predetermined radius, from each franchisee terminal of the franchisee, for each franchisee;
(d) transmitting the calculated number of neighboring searchers to each merchant terminal that has transmitted the random terminal information,
Wherein the random terminal information is information for distinguishing each smart terminal, and includes a random number composed of randomly generated letters or numbers. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b)
And transmitting the event information of each of the franchisees together to the smart terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the random terminal information is randomly generated each time a dedicated application installed in the smart terminal is terminated and re-executed. The method according to claim 1,
(B) to (d), when the location information of the center point of the map outputted from the smart terminal is changed and the changed location information is received from the smart terminal A method for providing information between a user and an affiliate shop. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for realizing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is recorded. A peripheral information generation unit that receives random terminal information and position information from an external smart terminal, extracts merchant information within a predetermined distance based on the received location information, and generates peripheral information including the extracted merchant information; And
The number of neighboring searchers, which is the number of smart terminals that transmit position information within a predetermined radius, from each franchisee terminal of each franchisee to each franchisee, and transmits the calculated number of neighboring searchers to each franchisee terminal that transmitted the random terminal information A searcher embroidery calculator,
Wherein the random terminal information is information for distinguishing each smart terminal and includes a random number formed by randomly generated letters or numbers. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6,
And receives event information of each merchant from the merchant terminal and transmits the information together to the smart terminal. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the random terminal information is randomly generated each time the dedicated application installed in the smart terminal is terminated and re-executed. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein when the position information of the center point of the map outputted from the smart terminal is changed and the changed position information is received from the smart terminal, the peripheral information is reproduced and the peripheral color embroidery is reproduced based on the position information Information providing system between users and merchants.

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