On-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method

Abstract

A method for evaluating a virtuous cycle of suppliers based on an on-site verification is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a mobile application executed on a user's mobile terminal acquires store information including a store location from a store that supplies tangible or intangible goods; when the location of the mobile terminal matches the store location and the store is a pre-registered store, the mobile application grants the user an evaluation authority for the store; the mobile application uploads store evaluation results based on evaluations by the user who has been granted the evaluation authority to a management server; the management server pays and manages rewards to the user before or after the user who has been granted the evaluation authority evaluates the store; and the management server provides a store PR service that publishes the uploaded store evaluation results online.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a service provision technology using mobile applications, and more particularly to a service provision technology for the mutual benefit of consumers and providers. [Background technology]

[0002] Korean Patent No. 10-2304627 discloses a reward system for inducing visits to offline stores. This system prioritizes the allocation of points of deposit for each offline store, and when a user visits an offline store and authenticates their purchase with a receipt obtained from purchasing a product, the system provides a set amount of points of deposit, and the points can be used at various places of purchase, thereby inducing users to visit offline stores and helping to increase sales at the stores. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Korean Patent No. 10-2304627 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The present invention aims to provide a method that allows users (consumers) to voluntarily evaluate stores (suppliers) and thereby promote the stores in a virtuous cycle. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The on-site inspection-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method according to one aspect includes the steps of: a mobile application executed on a user's mobile terminal obtaining store information including store location from a store that supplies tangible or intangible goods; if the location of the mobile terminal matches the store location and the store is a pre-registered store, the mobile application granting the user the authority to evaluate the store; the mobile application uploading store evaluation results based on the evaluation of the user who has been granted the evaluation authority to a management server; the management server paying and managing rewards to the user before or after the user who has been granted the evaluation authority evaluates the store; and the management server providing a store public relations service that publishes the uploaded store evaluation results online.

[0006] The on-site verification based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method may further include a step of receiving a selection of either an immediate evaluation or a reservation evaluation from a user who has been granted an evaluation authority, a step of providing a user interface screen for store evaluation to the user when the immediate evaluation is selected by the user, and a step of providing a user interface screen for store evaluation to the user only for a certain period of time when the reservation evaluation is selected by the user, and the reward payment step may pay a reward before the store evaluation if the reservation evaluation is selected.

[0007] The on-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method may further include a step in which the management server imposes a penalty on the user if the store evaluation result is not uploaded within a certain period of time when the reservation evaluation is selected. Effect of the Invention

[0008] The present invention creates an effect of ensuring the reliability of users' store evaluations while inviting users to participate in evaluations, enabling a positive cycle of evaluations and public relations, thereby ensuring the reliability of store evaluations. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram of a field verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment. [Diagram 3] 1 is a flowchart performed in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment. [Figure 4] 1 is a flowchart performed in a mobile terminal according to one embodiment. [Diagram 5] 1 is a flowchart performed by a management server according to one embodiment. [Figure 6] 13 is a flowchart performed by a management server according to another embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a server computing device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] The above and further aspects of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention;

[0011] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an on-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation system according to an embodiment. A mobile terminal 100 is a communication-enabled computing device carried by a user (consumer), and may be, for example, a smartphone. A mobile application (hereinafter, referred to as an "evaluation app") 200 for on-site verification-based supplier evaluation may be installed and executed on the mobile terminal 100. A user is a consumer who visits a store (supplier) that sells (supplies) tangible or intangible goods and purchases the goods.

[0012] The management server 300 is a server system including one or more server computing devices, and may be operated under various operating systems including or not including Windows operating systems, MacOS, Java, UNIX, or LINUX. The management server 300 communicates data with the mobile terminal 100, and more specifically, stores and manages store evaluation results made by users in a database through linkage with the evaluation app 200, and provides a store promotion service by publishing the store evaluation results to users online via the web or app.

[0013] 2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment. The mobile terminal 100 includes at least one of a storage unit 110, a display unit 120, a communication unit 130, a GPS receiver unit 140, a camera unit 150, an RFID reader unit 160, an NFC reader unit 170, a beacon receiver unit 180, and a terminal control unit 190. The storage unit 110 may store commands, data, programs, etc. for operating the mobile terminal 100, and the evaluation application 200 may also be recorded and managed in the form of program code. The display unit 120 provides a screen that allows a user to use the evaluation application 200, and may be a touch screen that can receive input from the user as well as screen output. The communication unit 130 is a communication module for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management server 300, and the GPS receiver unit 140 is a receiver that receives GPS signals from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, as is well known.

[0014] The camera unit 150, the RFID reader unit 160, the NFC reader unit 170, and the beacon receiving unit 180 are also well known in themselves, and in the present disclosure, are used as means for acquiring store information from barcodes such as QR (Quick Response) codes (registered trademark), RFID tags, NFC tags, and beacons installed in a store. That is, the store information is recorded in a QR code, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag, or NFC (Near Field Communication) tag installed in the store, and can be acquired via the camera unit 150, the RFID reader unit 160, or the NFC reader unit 170. It is also possible to receive a wireless transmission signal from a beacon installed in the store via the beacon receiving unit 180 and acquire store information from the received signal. The above is merely an example, and store information can be acquired via other means already known or new means that will be introduced in the future.

[0015] The terminal control unit 190 includes one or more processors and generally controls the mobile terminal 100. The processor of the terminal control unit 190 loads and executes the evaluation app 200 stored in the storage unit 110, thereby allowing a user to use the evaluation app 200. Thus, a user can use the evaluation app 200 to evaluate a store that he or she has visited and upload the evaluation information to the management server 300, and can also check evaluation information for each store that is published on the online platform of the management server 300.

[0016] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method based on on-site inspection will be described with reference to Fig. 3 to Fig. 6. Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are flowcharts performed by the evaluation application 200 executed in a mobile terminal, and Fig. 5 is a flowchart performed by the management server. However, this does not mean that the evaluation application 200 and the management server 300 each perform steps independently, but rather that at least some steps can be performed in conjunction with each other to perform the process.

[0017] FIG. 3 will be described. The evaluation application 200 acquires store information using the hardware resources of the mobile terminal 100 (S100). At this time, the hardware resources used may be the camera unit 150, the RFID reader unit 160, the NFC reader unit 170, or the beacon receiver unit 180, or may be other hardware resources. The store information includes store location data and may also include store identification information such as the store name (supplier name). The evaluation application 200 also acquires the location data of the mobile terminal 100 (S110). At this time, the hardware resources used may be, but are not limited to, the GPS receiver unit 140. S110 may be a step that is performed after S100 is performed first, or may be a step before S100, or S100 and S110 may be performed independently of each other regardless of the order.

[0018] The evaluation application 200 compares and confirms whether the store location confirmed through the store information in S100 matches the terminal location in S110 (S120). That is, it compares and confirms whether the terminal location belongs to the store location. At this time, it is possible to compare and confirm whether the terminal location matches the store location within a predetermined error range, taking into account the error of the terminal location. Furthermore, the evaluation application 200 judges whether the store is a registered store in S120. In one embodiment, the management server 300 manages information on registered stores in advance as a database, and the evaluation application 200 can use store identification information belonging to the store information to make a query to the management server 300 as to whether the store is a registered store and judge whether the store is a registered store.

[0019] If it is confirmed through S120 that the terminal location matches the store location and the user is located at the store, and that the store is confirmed to be a registered store, the evaluation app 200 grants the user the authority to evaluate the store (S130). This allows the user to evaluate the store he or she visited on-site through the evaluation app 200, and the evaluation app 200 uploads store evaluation information obtained by the user's evaluation to the management server 300 (S140). On the other hand, if it is confirmed in S120 that the terminal location is different from the store location or that the store is not a registered store, the evaluation app 200 can inform the user that the evaluation is not possible (S150).

[0020] Fig. 4 will be described. Fig. 4 shows the procedure carried out between S130 and S140 in Fig. 3. The rating application 200 allows a user who has been granted rating authority to select whether to perform an immediate rating or a reservation rating for a store, and if the user selects the immediate rating, a user interface for store rating is provided on the screen so that the user can perform a store rating, and if the user selects the reservation rating, a certain period during which the user can perform a store rating from the time when rating authority is granted is permitted, and if there is a user request at any time within the certain period permitted, a user interface for store rating is provided on the screen so that the user can perform a store rating (S200) (S210) (S220).

[0021] On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 4, instead of the user having to select between immediate evaluation and scheduled evaluation, it may be possible to define only one of them without any selection. In other words, a user who is given the evaluation authority must either give an immediate evaluation or only give an evaluation within a given fixed period of time.

[0022] FIG. 5 will be described. FIG. 5 may be performed in the case of the instantaneous evaluation described above. The management server 300 receives store evaluation information uploaded from the evaluation application 200, and stores and manages the received store evaluation information in a database (DB) (S300). The management server 300 provides a reward to the user as compensation for the store evaluation, and provides the reward to the user via the evaluation application 200 (S310). The reward may be, but is not limited to, a coupon or points that can be used like cash at the store. The management server 300 then provides a store PR service that makes the store evaluation information managed as a database available online via the web, an application, or the like (S320).

[0023] FIG. 6 will be described. FIG. 6 may be performed in the case of the reservation evaluation described above. The management server 300 provides a reward to a user who has been granted the authority to evaluate a store (S400). The reward is as described above. If the management server 300 receives store evaluation information from the evaluation application 200 within a certain period of time permitted to the user, the management server 300 stores and manages the received store evaluation information in a database (S410) (S420). Then, the management server 300 provides a store PR service that publishes the store evaluation information managed as a database online via the web, an application, etc. (S430). On the other hand, if the store evaluation information is not received within a certain period of time, that is, if the store evaluation information is not uploaded from the evaluation application 200, the management server 300 imposes a penalty on the user (S440). The penalty may be to restrict the user's authority to use the evaluation application 200, or, in the case of a membership system, to adjust the member grade downward, or to withdraw the reward that has been provided. Such a penalty is merely an example, and the penalty method is not particularly limited.

[0024] As described above, store evaluations are only conducted by users whose store visits have been authenticated, which prevents evaluation manipulation by malicious users who have not visited the site, thereby increasing the reliability of the evaluations and creating a virtuous cycle of voluntary participation in evaluations by visiting users and resulting publicity for the store.

[0025] FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a server computing device. The method performed by the management server may be performed by one or more server computing devices, and more specifically, may be performed by one or more processors belonging to the computing device. As shown in FIG. 7, the computing device 500 may include a processor 510, a memory 520, a storage device 530, an input / output interface 540, and a communication interface 550. The processor 510 may include a microprocessor with one or more processing cores, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a graphical processing unit (GPU), or the like. The memory 520 may store data and programs for execution by the processor 510. The memory 520 may include one or more volatile and non-volatile memories, and may be internal or distributed memory. The storage device 530 may be for a database and may include non-transitory storage. The storage device 530 may include at least a portion of a hard disk drive, a flash memory, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a universal serial bus (USB) drive, and the like.

[0026] The input / output interface 540 may include one or more input and / or output devices that enable a user to provide input, receive output, and exchange data with other computing devices. The input / output interface 540 may be a mouse, a keypad or keyboard, a camera, an optical scanner, a network interface, a modem, or other known I / O devices, or may include combinations thereof. The input / output interface 540 may include at least a portion of a graphics engine, a display, one or more output drivers (e.g., a display driver), one or more audio speakers, and one or more audio drivers. The communication interface 550 may provide one or more interfaces for network communications (e.g., packet-based communications) between the computing device 500 and one or more other computing devices. For example, the communication interface 550 may include a network interface controller (NIC) or network adapter for communicating over an Ethernet or other wire-based network, or a wireless NIC or wireless adapter for communicating over a wireless network, such as WiFi.

[0027] Meanwhile, a bus may include hardware, software, or all of these that connect components of a computing device to each other. For example, a bus may include an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or other graphics bus, an Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, a front-side bus (FSB), a hypertransport (HT) interconnect, an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, an INFINIBAND interconnect, a low-pin-count (LPC) bus, a memory bus, a Micro Channel Architecture (MAC) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, a PCI-Express (PCIe) bus, a serial technology attachment (SATA) bus, a VESA Local (VESA: Video Electronics Standard Association Local) bus, or other suitable bus, or a combination thereof. The above configuration of FIG. 7 is merely exemplary, and it goes without saying that a computing device may include at least a part of the configuration of FIG. 7, and may also include other components not shown.

[0028] The present invention has been discussed above with a focus on its preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be realized in modified forms without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered from an explanatory perspective, not a limiting one. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims, not the above description, and all differences within the scope of the equivalents should be interpreted as being included in the present invention.

Claims

1. A step in which a mobile application executed on a user's mobile terminal acquires store information including a store location from a store that supplies a tangible or intangible product; A step of granting a rating authority for the store to the user when the location of the mobile terminal matches the location of the store and the store is a pre-registered store by the mobile application; A step in which the mobile application uploads store evaluation results based on evaluations by users who have been granted evaluation authority to a management server; A step in which the management server pays and manages rewards to users before or after the users who have been granted the evaluation authority evaluate a store; a step of providing a store public relations service in which the management server publishes the uploaded store evaluation results online; receiving, by the mobile application, a selection of either an instant rating or a scheduled rating from a user who has been granted a rating authority; When the instant evaluation is selected by the user, the mobile application provides the user with a user interface for evaluating the store on a screen; The method includes a step of, when the reservation evaluation is selected by the user, providing the user with a user interface for evaluating a store on a screen only for a certain period of time by the mobile application; The reward payment step is a field verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method in which, if immediate evaluation is selected, rewards are paid after store evaluation, and if reservation evaluation is selected, rewards are paid before store evaluation.

2. 2. The on-site inspection-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method according to claim 1, wherein the store information acquisition step acquires the store information by scanning a barcode on which the store information is recorded, or acquires the store information wirelessly from a device in the store.

3. 2. The on-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method according to claim 1, further comprising a step in which the management server gives a penalty to the user if the store evaluation result is not uploaded within a certain period of time when the reserved evaluation is selected.

4. The reward payment step involves paying rewards before the store evaluation, providing a user interface for evaluating a store on a screen when a request is received from the user within a certain period of time from when the evaluation authority is granted to the user by the mobile application; 2. The on-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: the management server giving a penalty to the user if the store evaluation result is not uploaded within a certain period of time.

5. A step in which a mobile application executed on a user's mobile terminal acquires store information including a store location from a store that supplies a tangible or intangible product; A step of granting a rating authority for the store to the user when the location of the mobile terminal matches the location of the store and the store is a pre-registered store by the mobile application; A step in which the mobile application uploads store evaluation results based on evaluations by users who have been granted evaluation authority to a management server; A step in which the management server pays and manages rewards to users who have been granted evaluation authority before the users evaluate stores; a step of providing a store public relations service in which the management server publishes the uploaded store evaluation results online; The on-site verification-based supplier virtuous cycle evaluation method includes a step in which the mobile application provides a user with a user interface for store evaluation on a screen only for a certain period of time.

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