KR101439258B1 - Shopping System using the Mobile Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping system which is more convenient for purchasing a goods requested to be delivered and an offline purchase item by using a mobile communication terminal while proceeding with purchase after visually confirming a sale item in a shopping mall. Accordingly, the present invention provides an on-line store in which a plurality of articles are displayed, an article tag provided for each article displayed in the store and having information corresponding to each article, A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a mobile communication terminal having a means and a screen for displaying information; an input window activated so as to input an article to be purchased, 1. A shopping system using a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a shopping application for displaying the progress of a shopping step by using list information of a product to be purchased, and a mart management server capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal, A selection window for determining whether or not a delivery request is made each time the article tag is recognized by the recognition means And the information on the article selected as a delivery request is transmitted to the mart management server, and the article identified by the article tag is divided into an article for which delivery is requested and an article for offline purchase, On the display unit.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a shopping system using a mobile communication terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shopping system using a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a shopping system using a mobile communication terminal, Shopping system.

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as a mobile communication terminal, especially a smart phone, has been developed and popularized, technologies for pursuing convenience by using it have appeared in various fields.

1 and 2 relate to a shopping system disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2007-0063896, which shows an example of a system in which shopping is performed using a mobile communication terminal.

1 and 2, the shopping system includes a mobile communication terminal 10 having a recognizing means 11 capable of image scanning, a commodity 31 including a commodity code, and the mobile communication terminal 10 A shopping mall 30 for checking whether or not payment has been made for the purchase decision using the recognition means 11 and for receiving the shopping list in which the payment has been completed and comparing the purchased product item contained in the cart 20 with the received shopping list . The mart 30 includes a payment server 40 for payment of a shopping list decided by the mobile communication terminal 10 to purchase.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 10 includes a recognition unit 11 that can scan and recognize a shopping start code, a shopping completion code, and a product code of the product 31, A shopping application (12) activated when the recognition means (11) scans the shopping start code and a shopping list generation unit (12) for generating a shopping list of the product (31) scanned and purchased by the recognition means 13), a payment application (14) for paying for the purchased merchandise (31) after the shopping is completed by the shopping application (12), and a communication module (15).

Accordingly, the shopping system operates the shopping application 12 of the mobile communication terminal 10, the recognition means 11 recognizes the product code of the purchased product and generates a shopping list, After the payment is completed, the unique numbers of the shopping list and the cart 20 are transferred to the count 40. [0050]

When the cart 20 leaves the store, the identification number of the cart 20 is automatically checked to monitor whether the cart 20 is a paid cart, and a sensor such as a weight sensor, a quantity measuring sensor, 50 to grasp the merchandise stored in the cart 20 in a rough manner to prevent cheating in comparison with the merchandise of the shopping list.

The shopping system of the above-mentioned type is solved by the mobile communication terminal 10 and does not have a separate cash register, so it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience and time consuming to wait long in front of the count and improve the satisfaction of shopping.

However, since it is very difficult for the above-described shopping system to accurately measure the goods placed on the cart 20 by the sensor 50, it is necessary to inspect the goods one by one, .

In addition, if the item is not a heavy item or an item to be used immediately, the visitor may reduce the labor of carrying the item directly by requesting delivery to the mart side without moving the large quantity of goods on the cart. However, The shopping system of the present invention has a separate system for requesting delivery. In addition, the present delivery system of the mart is a method of ordering after confirming the pictures of the articles online, or by selecting the articles in the mart and completing the payment, and then delivering the articles directly to the delivery window within the mart.

Accordingly, when ordering an item on-line, it is often the case that there is an anxiety about the condition of the item to be delivered due to the naked confirmation of the item on the market, and the actual delivered item is different from the expected item .

In addition, when using the delivery window within the shopping mall, there is an advantage in that the user can purchase the goods after directly confirming the goods with the naked eye, but it is troublesome to carry all the goods on the cart in the shopping mall, Since it is necessary to receive the delivery application again at the counter, it took a lot of time and the process was complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for purchasing a distribution request item and an offline purchase item by using a mobile communication terminal, Thereby providing a more convenient shopping system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shopping system that enables efficient shopping by allowing the user to input a list of items to be purchased and confirm shopping information on the items to be purchased in advance.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an on-line store in which a plurality of articles are displayed, an article tag provided for each article displayed in the store and having information corresponding to each article, A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a mobile communication terminal having a means and a screen for displaying information; an input window that can be activated to input an item to be purchased and operated by the mobile communication terminal, 1. A shopping system using a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a shopping application for displaying the progress of a shopping step by using list information of a product to be purchased, and a mart management server capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal, Each time the article tag 210 is recognized by the recognition means, And displays the window on the screen, and transmits information about the selected item as a delivery request to the mart management server. The article recognized by the recognition means is divided into an article for which delivery is requested and an article for offline purchase And displays on the screen.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that an entry confirmation tag is installed at the entrance of the store, the recognition means can recognize the entry confirmation tag, and when the entry confirmation tag is recognized by the recognition means, And receives shopping information including discount information of each article from the management server, and displays the shopping information on the screen.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the shopping application divides the goods in which the goods tag is recognized by the recognition means into a delivery request item and a direct purchase item, and displays a payment amount for the delivery request item and the direct purchase item, respectively It is another feature.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, when the recognition means recognizes the entry confirmation tag, the shopping application receives positional information on the to-be-purchased article pre-inputted from the mat management server and displays it on the screen together with the map of the store And after the article tag is recognized by the recognition means, the position information of the article to be purchased corresponding to the recognized article tag is excluded from the map and displayed.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the shopping application sends list information of purchased goods to be purchased from the mobile communication terminal to the mart management server, and whether or not each of the items to be purchased is stored in the store from the mart management server And if the article is not stored in the store among the items to be purchased, the server receives and displays the expected date of the beach, receives the shopping day, and transmits the day to the shopping mall management server. The server stores the list information of the items to be purchased transmitted from each of the mobile communication terminals in the database together with the expected dates of shopping and the data collecting the items and the quantities of the items to be purchased by the expected dates of shopping are generated in the database, .

In the case of purchasing an article in an offline large-sized store, which is generally referred to as a "mart", the purchaser can purchase the article after confirming it with naked eyes and distinguishing the article requested to be delivered and the article purchased offline using the mobile communication terminal. Can be visually confirmed, but it is possible to alleviate efforts to directly transport and package heavy or large quantities of purchased articles. In other words, in the case of aggravated agricultural products or breakage-prone products that are liable to break down over time, they are purchased offline so that they can be transported directly. You can go shopping and reduce the time it takes to calculate at the checkout counter.

In addition, after the goods to be purchased are stored in advance through the shopping application, the shopping can be recognized while recognizing the goods tag by the mobile communication terminal when visiting the store, thereby preventing excessive consumption due to the impulse purchase, have.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal recognizes the entry confirmation tag, so that the shopping information for each of the pre-stored items to be purchased is received and the shopping can proceed without overlooking the discount coupon and the like.

In addition, since the pre-stored article to be purchased is transferred to the mart management server to check whether the article is to be shipped or not, the user can predict the shopping result, and at the mart side, It is possible to prevent the out of stock condition of the article by sufficiently supplying the article on the expected date of shopping.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional shopping system;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the shopping system of Fig. 1
3 is an explanatory diagram of an overall configuration of a mart according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention
5 is an exemplary illustration of an interface operating by a shopping application in a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a block diagram illustrating a process of preparing a list of items to be purchased in advance using a shopping application of a mobile communication terminal in a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of performing shopping using a shopping application of a mobile communication terminal in an offline store where articles are stored in a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen displaying a store map of a mart and a location of a product to be purchased in the shopping system according to the embodiment of the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the entire structure of a mat according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 4, the shopping system of the present invention includes an offline store 100 in which a plurality of articles are displayed, information corresponding to each article provided for each article displayed in the store 100, A mobile communication terminal 300 having an article tag 210 having a recognizing means 370 for recognizing the article tag 210 and a screen 340 for displaying information, (350) which is capable of inputting an item to be purchased and displays the progress of the shopping step by using the item information recognized by the recognition means (370) and the list information of the item to be purchased And a mart management server 400 capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal 300.

The off-line store 100 is a place similar to a general large-sized mall on which a variety of articles are displayed, and is a place where the goods displayed on the display stand 140 can be directly checked and purchased. The entry confirmation tag 230 is installed at the entrance 130 of the offline store 100 and the recognition means 370 of the mobile communication terminal 300 can recognize the entry confirmation tag 230 as shown in FIG. When the recognition means 370 of the mobile communication terminal 300 recognizes the entry confirmation tag 230, the shopping application 350 is driven and the entrance confirmation tag 230 is received from the mart management server 400 at the request of the shopping application 350 And is provided to receive shopping information including discount information of each article. Specifically, the entry confirmation tag 230 is an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag.

The article tag 210 includes information on each of the articles displayed on the shelf 140 in the offline store 100. The article tag 210 may be disposed at an adjacent position such as the upper side or the lower side of each article displayed on the front side of the shelf 140 It is attached directly to the sample article. The article tag 210 may be a tag that allows the mobile communication terminal 300 to recognize the article information, but the NFC tag is most preferable as the entry confirmation tag 230.

The mobile communication terminal 300 is a smartphone-like terminal equipped with a recognition unit 370 capable of recognizing the article tag 210 and having a screen 340 for displaying information. The recognition means 370 may be an NFC reader when the article tag is an NFC tag.

The shopping application 350 may be driven by the mobile communication terminal 300 to input a product to be purchased and use the product information recognized by the recognition means 370 and the list information of the product to be purchased to perform shopping Display the process step by step. In addition, during the process of shopping, the article in which the article tag 210 is recognized by the recognition means 370 is divided into an article for which delivery is requested and an article for offline purchase, and displayed on the screen 340, Make sure that the goods and the goods to be delivered are clearly recognized, and that they can be separated from each other.

The mat management server 400 communicates with the mobile communication terminal 300 and provides necessary information for each step of driving the shopping application 350. The mat management server 400 transmits information on delivery request items and quantity for delivery to the back room system 420, And delivers the goods according to the information inputted by the customer. In addition, the mart management server 400 receives the list of items to be purchased from the customer's mobile communication terminal 300, stores the list in the database 430, and manages the required quantity by date, There may be a sufficient number of items to be purchased at a shopping day, so that the items to be purchased are not sold out.

5 illustrates an interface that is operated by the shopping application 350 in a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The shopping application 350 is activated in the mobile communication terminal 300 such as a smart phone to activate the input window as shown in FIG. 5 so that the user can input and store the article to be purchased in advance, And displays the progress of the shopping step by step. That is, each time the shopping tag 350 is recognized by the recognizing means 370 in the course of shopping in the store 100, a selection window about the delivery request is displayed on the screen 340 And the information on the selected item as the delivery request is transmitted to the Mart management server 400 together with the identification code of the mobile communication terminal 300. [

Hereinafter, a processing procedure of the shopping system using the mobile communication terminal 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

6 is a block diagram illustrating a process of preparing a list of items to be purchased in advance using the shopping application 350 of the mobile communication terminal 300. As shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user operates the shopping application 350 of the mobile communication terminal 300 to select and input an item to be purchased. The product to be purchased is regularly updated from the shopping mall management server 400 to store the product name in the memory 360 of the mobile communication terminal 300 and the product name of the memory 360 is displayed on the screen 340 ) (Step S1)

When the process of selecting the item to be purchased and storing it in the shopping cart (steps S2 to S3) is completed, a list of the items to be purchased is transmitted to the mart management server 400. (Step S4)

The mart management server 400, which has received the information on the articles to be purchased from the mobile communication terminal 300, transmits information about whether or not to be stored in the store 100 to each mobile communication terminal 300 for each item to be purchased, Information on whether the items to be purchased are respectively stored in the store 100 of the mart is displayed on the screen 340 through the shopping application 350. In steps S5 to S6,

If the merchandise management server 400 is not in the store 100 at the time of receiving the information related to the goods to be purchased, information about the beach scheduled date is transmitted, and information about the beach scheduled date is received (Step S6)

After the information on whether or not to receive the commodity to be purchased (100) is displayed and the information about the expected date of the commodity is displayed, the shopping application (350) activates the input window so that the shopping day is inputted, 400 (step S8)

The mart management server 400 can sufficiently supply the related goods on the date based on the information on the planned shopping day and the goods to be purchased transmitted from a plurality of customers and can predict the demand, The situation can be prevented.

In step S7, the shopping management application 400 of the mobile communication terminal 300 transmits information indicating completion of the sale to the shopping mall management server 400, Information on the screen 340 is displayed.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of shopping using the shopping application 350 of the mobile communication terminal 300 in the offline store 100 where the article is stored.

Referring to FIG. 7 together with FIG. 3, the user arrives at the shopping mall and enters the entrance confirmation tag 230 installed at the entrance 130 of the store into the store 100 through the entrance 130 of the store, If the entry confirmation tag 230 is the NFC tag and the NFC reader 370 is embedded in the mobile communication terminal 300, the mobile communication terminal 300 is inserted into the NFC tag, (Step S11). The shopping information is related to discount information and event information regarding each of the items to be purchased. The shopping information includes information about the position of each item to be purchased and displays the position of each item to be purchased in the store map as shown in Fig. 8 (a). (Step S12)

Accordingly, the user confirms the map and event information displayed on the mobile communication terminal 300 and selects the article by accessing the article to be purchased first among the articles to be purchased. At this time, the user recognizes the goods tag 210 with the mobile communication terminal 300 as shown in FIG. 3 (step S13). If the goods are unnecessary to be delivered, the user places the goods tag 210 directly in the cart. (Steps S16-S18)

7, the shopping application 350 recognizes the article tag 210, for example, an NFC tag, and at the same time, activates a selection window related to delivery on the screen 340 if the article is stored as a product to be purchased , Allowing the user to select whether or not to include delivery and quantity in a virtual cart. The total amount of goods stored in the virtual cart is displayed in real time (steps S14 to S18)

If the item is not registered as an item to be purchased, the shopping application 350 activates a selection window on whether or not to purchase the item (step S15). If the item is selected, the selection window for the delivery is activated So that it can be put in a virtual cart.

The user can select whether or not the shopping is finished on the screen 340 on which the delivery item is placed in the cart and the real-time amount is displayed (step S20)

After the direct purchasing is selected on the screen 340 for inputting whether or not the delivery is necessary, a window asking whether or not the shopping is finished is activated to select whether to continue the shopping (S20)

On the other hand, the user activates the map of the store 100 indicating the location of the goods in the shopping application 350 to access the goods to be purchased for the second time in order to access the goods to be purchased for the second time. At this time, the first purchased item that has already been purchased, that is, the article corresponding to the article tag 210 recognized by the recognition means 370 is displayed in a state removed from the map as shown in FIG. 8 (b) The information provided to the user is simplified according to the progress, and the user can easily grasp the location information of the article to be shopping.

The selection of the second article may also be performed by recognizing the article tag 210 by the mobile communication terminal 300 as in the case of the first article described above and if it is an article which is not required to be delivered, A delivery request is made in the selection window (step S16)

In the process of shopping, the shopping application 350 displays the items recognized by the recognizing means 370 as the requested goods for delivery and the offline purchased items directly purchased, A screen is formed so as to calculate and display the settlement amounts for the purchased articles, respectively.

After the shopping is sequentially performed and the end of shopping is selected, the shopping application 350 activates the screen 340 regarding the payment request and proceeds with the payment. The payment for the delivery items contained in the virtual cart does not need to be paid at the general cash register 160 of the store 100, so that payment can be made through the mobile communication terminal 300 in advance. The settlement method may be performed by a known settlement application interlocked with the shopping application 350 (step S30). However, the POS settlement system 500 using the NFC is more preferable, and the NFC counterpart 150 is additionally provided so that the payment can be made by dividing or summing up the items requested to be delivered and the offline purchased goods contained in the cart have.

4, the mart management server 400, which has received the item to be purchased from the mobile communication terminal 300, moves information about whether the article to be purchased is present or not and information about the date when the article is not to be shipped, And stores the to-be-purchased article and the scheduled shopping day in the database 430 together with the identification code of the mobile communication terminal 300. From the data stored in the database 430, the item items and the quantities necessary for the planned shopping day can be stored and the collected data can be generated, so that the mall side can manage to prevent the items to be purchased from being sold out on the shopping day.

Also, in the case of an article requested to be delivered, the name and quantity data are delivered to the backroom system 420 for delivery. When the backroom system 420 transmits information on the date and time of delivery to the mart management server 400, the mart management server 400 transmits information on the delivery date and time to the customer, Make sure to check the date and time.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limited to the particular embodiments set forth herein. It goes without saying that other modified embodiments are possible.

100; Store 130; Entrance
140; Shelf 150; NFC checkout
160; A cash register 210; Goods tag
230; An entry confirmation tag 300; Mobile communication terminal
340; Screen 350; Shopping applications
360; Memory 370; NFC Reader
400; Mart management server 420; Backroom System
430; A database 500; POS payment system

Claims (5)

An offline store (100) in which a plurality of articles are displayed,
An article tag 210 provided for each article displayed in the store 100 and having information corresponding to each article,
A mobile communication terminal 300 having a recognizing means 370 for recognizing the article tag 210 and a screen 340 for displaying information,
The mobile communication terminal 300 can operate the input window to input the item to be purchased and can use the article information recognized by the recognition means 370 and the list information of the article to be purchased A shopping application 350 for displaying the progress of the shopping step by step,
And a mart management server (400) capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal (300)
The shopping application 350
Displays a selection window related to whether or not a delivery request is made on the screen (340) every time the article tag (210) is recognized by the recognition means (370)
The information on the selected item as the delivery request is transmitted to the mart management server 400,
The article identified by the article tag 210 by the recognition means 370 is displayed on the screen 340 by dividing it into articles to be delivered and articles to be purchased offline,
An entry confirming tag 230 is installed at the entrance 130 of the store 100 and the recognizing means 370 can recognize the entry confirming tag 230,
When the recognition unit 370 recognizes the entry confirmation tag 230,
The shopping application 350 receives shopping information including discount information of each article from the mat management server 400,
The location information on the to-be-purchased article previously input from the mat management server 400 is received and displayed on the screen 340 together with the map of the store 100,
After the article tag 210 is recognized by the recognition means 370, the position information of the article to be purchased corresponding to the recognized article tag 210 is excluded from the map and displayed,
The shopping application 350
The goods identified by the article tag 210 by the recognition means 370 are divided into a delivery request item and a direct purchase item,
The screen 340 displays the settlement amounts of the goods requested to be delivered and the goods directly purchased,
The shopping application 350
The mobile communication terminal 300 transmits to the mart management server 400 the list information of the input purchase scheduled articles,
Receives information on whether or not each of the items to be purchased is stored in the store (100) from the mart management server (400)
In the case of an article not included in the store 100 among the items to be purchased,
The shopping destination date input window is activated to receive the planned shopping day and transmits it to the mart management server 400,
The mart management server 400
Stores the list information of the items to be purchased transmitted from each of the mobile communication terminals 300 in the database 430 together with the scheduled dates of shopping and stores the items and the quantities of the items to be purchased in the database 430 Data is also generated and stored,
The mart management server 400
The delivery request item and the quantity information to the backroom system 420 for delivery,
When the backroom system 420 transmits information on the date and time of delivery to the mart management server 400,
The mart management server 400
To the mobile communication terminal (300), information on a delivery date and time of the delivery requested article to the mobile communication terminal (300) delete delete delete delete

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