Method and system for providing electronic business card service

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing an electronic business card service and, more specifically, to a method for providing a service which provides an electronic business card selected by a business card provider from among various types of electronic business cards stored in a terminal of the business card provider to a terminal of a specific counterpart, and a system for providing such a service. The present invention enables provision of an electronic business card service in which various types of electronic business cards for a business card provider are prepared and a specific electronic business card selected by the business card provider can be provided to a business counterpart, so that the business card provider can effectively introduce himself / herself through an electronic business card suitably according to business and a counterpart. In addition, when issuing an electronic business card, the electronic business card can be issued after real-name authentication and employment verification through a certification authority, so that a more reliable electronic business card can be provided to a counterpart.

Description

Method and system for providing electronic business card service

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an electronic business card service, and more particularly, to a method for providing a service for providing an electronic business card selected by a business card provider from among various types of electronic business cards held in the business card provider's terminal to a specific counterpart's terminal, and a system for providing such a service.

[0002] For businessmen, business cards are essential for introducing themselves. For centuries, these cards have been used in paper form. However, these paper forms presented inconveniences: not only did they require carrying multiple cards, but they often ran out of cards for distribution in certain situations. Furthermore, they required periodic replacements when they ran out. To address these inconveniences, numerous ideas have been proposed recently for electronic business cards that are stored on mobile devices.

[0003] In modern times, it's common for people to start their own startups based on their own ideas or utilize various certifications to advance their careers while working or running their own businesses. It's also not uncommon for people to hold multiple positions simultaneously. Consequently, it's common to need to present different types of business cards to different business partners.

[0004] In this situation, the existing electronic business cards, as mentioned above, had the problem of being limited in effectively introducing oneself for a specific job, as they could only provide a single piece of information about oneself even when meeting business partners related to different jobs.

[0005] On the other hand, there was also the problem of making it difficult for the other party to trust the personal information provided due to the method of simply providing a saved electronic business card.

[0006] The present invention was created to solve such problems, and its purpose is to provide an electronic business card service that allows a business card provider to provide various types of electronic business cards and a specific electronic business card selected by the business card provider to a business partner, thereby enabling the business partner to effectively introduce themselves through an electronic business card tailored to their business and the business partner.

[0007] In addition, when issuing electronic business cards, another purpose is to provide more reliable electronic business cards to the other party by allowing them to be issued after receiving real-name verification and workplace verification through a certification agency.

[0008] In order to achieve the above object, the method for providing an electronic business card service by an electronic business card service system according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) receiving and storing information included in various types of electronic business cards of an electronic business card sender from a terminal of the electronic business card sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending terminal”); (b) receiving, from the sending terminal, a notification as to which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to the counterparty of the sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending business card”); (c) setting the notified electronic business card in a representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) receiving the sending business card request from the counterparty’s terminal (hereinafter referred to as a “receiving terminal”); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0009] Before the step (d), the method may further include: (d01) transmitting the representative URL to the transmitting terminal; and (d02) generating a detailed URL for each of the various types of electronic business cards and storing information included in the various types of electronic business cards in each detailed URL for each electronic business card, wherein the step (d) may further include: (d1) receiving, from the receiving terminal, a request for an electronic business card set to the representative URL; (d2) confirming the electronic business card set to the representative URL; (d3) transmitting, to the receiving terminal, a detailed URL in which detailed information of the electronic business card set to the representative URL is stored; and (d4) receiving, from the receiving terminal, a request for an electronic business card of the detailed URL of the step (d3), wherein the transmitting business card of the step (e) may be an electronic business card of the detailed URL.

[0010] The electronic business card notified from the transmitting terminal in the above step (b) may be an electronic business card that has completed the sender's real name authentication or workplace authentication by a certification authority.

[0011] Between the above steps (b) and (d), the method may further include: (b1) a step of determining whether the electronic business card request of the above step (d) was received within a preset valid time from the time of receiving the transmission business card notification of the above step (b); and (b2) a step of proceeding to the above step (e) if the request was received within the valid time, and terminating the process without proceeding to the above step (e) for the receiving terminal if the request was received beyond the valid time.

[0012] The above-mentioned method for providing an electronic business card service may further include: (f1) receiving, from an in-app payment manager, an amount equal to the service fee for the transmitting terminal receiving the electronic business card service, minus an in-app purchase fee, which is a payment method for the service fee; and (f2) providing, to the transmitting terminal users who have installed an electronic business card service providing app for receiving the electronic business card service (hereinafter referred to as “attracted users”) through attracting users of the transmitting terminal, a specific percentage of the electronic business card service fee paid by each attracted user as cash back.

[0013] According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic business card service system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions stored in the at least one memory cause the at least one processor to perform the following steps: (a) receiving and storing, from a terminal of an electronic business card sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending terminal”), information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (b) receiving, from the sending terminal, a notification as to which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to a counterparty of the sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending business card”); (c) setting the notified electronic business card in a representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) receiving the sending business card request from a terminal of the counterparty (hereinafter referred to as a “receiving terminal”); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0014] According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer program stored in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service includes instructions for causing a processor to execute the following steps: (a) receiving and storing, from a terminal of an electronic business card sender (hereinafter referred to as a "sending terminal"), information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (b) receiving, from the sending terminal, a notification of which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to the counterpart of the sender (hereinafter referred to as a "sending business card"); (c) setting the notified electronic business card in a representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) receiving the sending business card request from the counterpart's terminal (hereinafter referred to as a "receiving terminal"); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0015] According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for an electronic business card service system to provide an electronic business card service includes: (a) receiving, from a terminal of a sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending terminal”), information included in several types of electronic business cards of the sender; (b) generating a detailed URL for each of the several types of electronic business cards and storing information of the several types of electronic business cards in a corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) transmitting each of the detailed URLs to the sending terminal; (d) receiving an electronic business card request from a terminal of the other party (hereinafter referred to as a “receiving terminal”); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0016] In the above step (d), the electronic business card request of the receiving terminal can be made using a detailed URL for a specific electronic business card that the receiving terminal received from the transmitting terminal before the above step (d).

[0017] In the above step (d), the electronic business card requested from the receiving terminal may be an electronic business card that has completed real-name authentication or workplace authentication of the sender by a certification authority.

[0018] The above-mentioned method for providing an electronic business card service may further include: (f1) receiving, from an in-app payment manager, an amount equal to the service fee for the transmitting terminal receiving the electronic business card service, minus an in-app purchase fee, which is a payment method for the service fee; and (f2) providing, to the transmitting terminal users who have installed an electronic business card service providing app for receiving the electronic business card service (hereinafter referred to as “attracted users”) through attracting users of the transmitting terminal, a specific percentage of the electronic business card service fee paid by each attracted user as cash back.

[0019] According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic business card service system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions stored in the at least one memory cause the at least one processor to execute the following steps: (a) receiving, from a terminal of a sender (hereinafter referred to as a “sending terminal”), information included in several types of electronic business cards of the sender; (b) generating a detailed URL for each of the several types of electronic business cards and storing information of the several types of electronic business cards in a corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) transmitting each of the detailed URLs to the sending terminal; (d) receiving an electronic business card request from a terminal of the other party (hereinafter referred to as a “receiving terminal”); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0020] According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer program stored in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service includes instructions for causing a processor to execute the following steps: (a) receiving, from a terminal of a sender (hereinafter referred to as a "sending terminal"), information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (b) generating a detailed URL for each of the various types of electronic business cards and storing information of the various types of electronic business cards in a corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) transmitting each of the detailed URLs to the sending terminal; (d) receiving an electronic business card request from a terminal of the other party (hereinafter referred to as a "receiving terminal"); and (e) transmitting the sending business card to the receiving terminal.

[0021] According to the present invention, there is an effect of providing an electronic business card service that allows a business card provider to provide various types of electronic business cards and a specific electronic business card selected by the business card provider to a business counterpart, thereby enabling the business person to effectively introduce himself / herself through an electronic business card tailored to the business and the counterpart.

[0022] Additionally, when issuing electronic business cards, it has the effect of providing more reliable electronic business cards to the other party by allowing them to be issued after receiving real-name verification and workplace verification through a certification agency.

[0023] Figure 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration for providing the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0024] FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a first embodiment of an electronic business card service using a representative URL among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0025] FIG. 3 is a drawing showing a second embodiment of an electronic business card service using a representative URL among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0026] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an electronic business card service using a detailed URL for each electronic business card among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0027] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of an electronic business card service using a detailed URL for each electronic business card among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 6 is a drawing showing a process for issuing an authenticated electronic business card in the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0029] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a business model for collecting service usage fees using in-app purchase in the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0030] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. Prior to this, it should be noted that the terms and words used in this specification and claims should not be interpreted as limited to their conventional or dictionary meanings, and should be interpreted with meanings and concepts that conform to the technical spirit of the present invention, based on the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term to best explain his or her own invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations illustrated in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, it should be understood that various equivalents and modified examples may exist as of the time of this application.

[0031]

[0032] Figure 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration for providing the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0033] The electronic business card service system (300) stores various types of electronic business cards (10) of the sender issued to the sending terminal (100), and transmits a specific electronic business card selected by the sender among the various types of electronic business cards to the receiving terminal (200) at the request of the recipient.

[0034] To this end, the sender registers in advance the various types of electronic business cards (10) issued and held by the sending terminal (100) in the electronic business card service system (300).

[0035] The transmitting terminal (100) transmits a specific URL within the electronic business card service system (300) to the receiving terminal (200) to request the sender's electronic business card. At this time, the transmission can be done using NFC (Near Field Communication), which is a short-range communication method within 10 cm.

[0036] At this time, the sender can transmit the information by bringing the NFC card (110) that has the URL recorded in advance close to the receiving terminal (200). Alternatively, without the NFC card (110), the information can be transmitted using an NFC emulator (120) built into the transmitting terminal (100) or a QR code (130) generated in the transmitting terminal (100) for the URL.

[0037] The processing process of the transmitting terminal (100) to provide such an electronic business card to the receiving terminal (200) is performed through the electronic business card service app installed in the transmitting terminal (100).

[0038] The transmitting terminal (100) can receive the sender's electronic business card as a certified electronic business card through authentication by a certification authority (400). Such certification authorities (400) may include mobile carriers, the National Health Insurance Service, the National Pension Service, etc. Real-name authentication is possible through mobile carriers, and workplace authentication is possible through the National Health Insurance Service or the National Pension Service.

[0039] In addition, when the electronic business card service system (300) charges an electronic business card service usage fee to an electronic business card service app user through in-app purchase, a fee must be paid to the in-app purchase provider (500). The in-app purchase provider (500) may be, for example, Apple or Google, which provide an app market.

[0040] Hereinafter, various embodiments of the electronic business card service will be specifically described with reference to each sequence diagram of FIGS. 2 to 7.

[0041]

[0042] FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a first embodiment of an electronic business card service using a representative URL among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0043] Figures 2 and 3 illustrate a case where a representative URL is used in the electronic business card service of the present invention. In particular, the first embodiment of Figure 2 illustrates a case where a user of a transmitting terminal (100) uses an NFC card (110).

[0044] Afterwards, the service execution of the transmission terminal (100) of FIGS. 2 to 7 is performed through the electronic business card service app installed in the transmission terminal (100).

[0045] The sender accesses the electronic business card service system (300) through the electronic business card service app installed on the sending terminal (100) and requests a representative URL related to URLs where his / her various types of electronic business cards are to be stored (S201). The electronic business card service system (300) transmits the representative URL to the sending terminal (100) (S202). Thereafter, the sending terminal (100) transmits various types of electronic business cards of the corresponding user held by it to the electronic business card service system (300) (S203). The transmitted electronic business cards include information about the sender to be provided as electronic business cards to the other party. The electronic business card service system (300) generates a detailed URL for each electronic business card transmitted by the sending terminal (100) and stores one electronic business card in each URL (S204).

[0046] For example, if the representative URL is 'modibic.com / user01', the detailed URLs generated for each of the three electronic business cards N1, N2, and N3 can be set as 'modibic.com / user01 / n1', 'modibic.com / user01 / n2', and 'modibic.com / user01 / n3'.

[0047] The user records the representative URL for electronic business cards received from the electronic business card service system (300) (S202) on the NFC card using his / her transmitting terminal (100) (S205).

[0048] Thereafter, when a user needs to deliver an electronic business card to a counterparty, he / she first selects an electronic business card to be delivered to the counterparty from among various types of electronic business cards (10) (S206). Let us call the selected electronic business card 'N2' at this time. The user notifies the electronic business card service system (300) (S207) that the electronic business card to be provided to the counterparty is N2 from the transmitting terminal (100). Since the detailed information included in the electronic business card N2 to be provided to the counterparty is already stored in the detailed URL (for N2) of the electronic business card service system (300), the information that the transmitting terminal (100) transmits to the electronic business card service system (300) only needs to notify that the electronic business card to be used is 'N2'.

[0049] The electronic business card service system (300) that received the information sets the representative URL to indicate that the electronic business card to be provided to the recipient is N2 (S208). Since the detailed information for electronic business card N2 is stored in the detailed URL of N2, the representative URL only needs to include the information that the electronic business card to be provided to the receiving terminal (200) is N2.

[0050] Afterwards, the user brings the NFC card (110) in his possession close to the other party's terminal (receiving terminal) (200) and transmits the representative URL (in the example above, modibic.com / user01) of the transmitting terminal (100) user recorded in the NFC card (110) to the receiving terminal (200) (S209).

[0051] The receiving terminal (200) accesses the representative URL (modibic.com / user01) of the electronic business card service system (300) to request the electronic business card of the user of the transmitting terminal (100) (S210). The electronic business card service system (300) confirms that the electronic business card set in the representative URL (modibic.com / user01) is N2 (S211) and transmits the detailed URL (modibic.com / user01 / n2) of N2 to the receiving terminal (200) (S212). The receiving terminal (200) requests the electronic business card of the received detailed URL (modibic.com / user01 / n2) (S213), and the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the electronic business card N2 to the receiving terminal (200) (S214). The receiving terminal (200) stores the electronic business card N2 and displays the contents of the electronic business card (S215).

[0052]

[0053] In the process of FIG. 2 described so far, the creation and transmission of the representative URL and the creation of the detailed URL do not necessarily have to be performed in the initial stages (S202, S204) as described above.

[0054] That is, for example, if various types of electronic business card information are received from the transmitting terminal (100) (S203) without performing steps S201 and S202, the electronic business card service system (300) can first store such electronic business card information in a specific storage location. Thereafter, after receiving notification from the transmitting terminal (100) that the electronic business card to be set in the representative URL is N2 (S207) without performing steps S204 and S205, the electronic business card service system (300) can generate a representative URL for the sender and detailed URLs for each electronic business card received. Thereafter, the generated representative URL is transmitted to the transmitting terminal (100). In addition, in the generated representative URL, it is set that the electronic business card to be provided to the other party is N2 (S208), and detailed information of each received electronic business card can be stored in each generated detailed URL. Of course, the step (S205) of having the transmitting terminal (100) record the representative URL in the NFC card (110) is also possible after the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the representative URL generated in this manner to the transmitting terminal (100).

[0055] That is, in summary, the generation and transmission of the sender's representative URL of the electronic business card service system (300) and the generation of detailed URLs for the sender's various types of electronic business cards may be performed in the initial stages (S202, S204) of FIG. 2, but are not limited to this configuration and may be performed before or immediately after step S207 of FIG. 2, and after the generation of the representative URL, the generated representative URL is transmitted to the transmitting terminal (100).

[0056]

[0057] Meanwhile, when the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the electronic business card of the user of the transmitting terminal (100) to the receiving terminal (200), it can set a validity period for security purposes. That is, after the transmitting terminal (100) notifies the electronic business card service system (300) that the electronic business card to be provided is N2 (S207), the electronic business card is transmitted to the receiving terminal (200) only when a request for the electronic business card (S210) from the receiving terminal (200) is made within the set validity period (S212). At this time, the validity period takes into account the time for transmitting the representative URL to the receiving terminal (200) using the NFC card (110), etc. In this way, the security of the electronic business card, which is important personal information, can be improved.

[0058]

[0059] FIG. 3 is a drawing showing a second embodiment of an electronic business card service using a representative URL among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0060] Figures 2 and 3 illustrate a case where a representative URL is used in the electronic business card service of the present invention. In particular, the second embodiment of Figure 3 illustrates a case where the user of the transmitting terminal (100) uses an NFC emulator (120), which is software that operates an NFC chip built into the transmitting terminal (100), instead of an NFC card (110). This also reduces the burden of having to separately carry an NFC card (110) like a paper business card.

[0061] In FIG. 3, since an NFC card (110) is not used, the step (S205) of recording a URL in the NFC card (110) of FIG. 2 is not necessary, and instead of the step (S209) of transmitting the URL from the NFC card (110) of FIG. 2 to the receiving terminal (200), in FIG. 3, a step (S308) of transmitting the URL to the receiving terminal (200) by driving the NFC chip built into the transmitting terminal (100) by an NFC emulator (120) is performed. Of course, such an NFC emulator is controlled through an electronic business card service app installed in the transmitting terminal (100). Other than this, the same process as in FIG. 2 is performed.

[0062]

[0063] Also, as in the case of FIG. 2, in the case of FIG. 3, the creation and transmission of the representative URL and the creation of the detailed URL do not necessarily have to be performed in the initial stages (S302, S304) as in the case of FIG. 3.

[0064] That is, for example, if various types of electronic business card information are received from the transmitting terminal (100) (S303) without performing steps S301 and S302, the electronic business card service system (300) can first store such electronic business card information in a specific storage location. Afterwards, after receiving notification from the transmitting terminal (100) that the electronic business card to be set in the representative URL is N2 (S306) without performing step S304, the electronic business card service system (300) can generate a representative URL for the sender and detailed URLs for each electronic business card received. Thereafter, the generated representative URL is transmitted to the transmitting terminal (100). In addition, in the generated representative URL, it is set that the electronic business card to be provided to the other party is N2 (S307), and detailed information of each received electronic business card can be stored in each generated detailed URL.

[0065] That is, in summary, similar to FIG. 2, in the case of FIG. 3, the generation and transmission of the sender's representative URL and the generation of detailed URLs for the sender's various types of electronic business cards may be performed in the initial steps (S302, S304) of FIG. 3, but are not limited to this configuration, and may be performed before step S306 of FIG. 3 or immediately after S306. After the representative URL is generated, the generated representative URL is transmitted to the transmitting terminal (100).

[0066]

[0067] Also, similar to FIG. 2, when the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the electronic business card of the user of the transmitting terminal (100) to the receiving terminal (200), it can set a validity period for security purposes. That is, after the transmitting terminal (100) notifies the electronic business card service system (300) that the electronic business card to be provided is N2 (S306), the electronic business card is transmitted to the receiving terminal (200) only when a request for the electronic business card (S309) from the receiving terminal (200) is made within the set validity period (S310). At this time, the validity period takes into consideration the time it takes for the NFC emulator (120) built into the transmitting terminal (100) to transmit the URL to the receiving terminal (200), etc. In this way, the security of the electronic business card, which is important personal information, can be improved.

[0068]

[0069] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an electronic business card service that uses a detailed URL for each electronic business card among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0070] Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a case in which each electronic business card uses a stored detailed URL among the electronic business card services of the present invention. In particular, in the first embodiment of Figure 4, the detailed URL is directly transmitted to the receiving terminal (200), so that the receiving terminal (200) directly accesses the corresponding electronic business card of the electronic business card service system (300) through the corresponding detailed URL.

[0071] The transmitting terminal (100) transmits detailed information to be included in each of the various types of electronic business cards to be used to the electronic business card service system (300). The electronic business card service system (300) generates detailed URLs for each of the various types of electronic business cards received, and stores detailed information included in each electronic business card in each detailed URL (S402).

[0072] For example, if the representative URL for each type of electronic business card (N1, N2, N3) is modibic.com / user01, the detailed URLs for each electronic business card can be generated as modibic.com / user01 / n1, modibic.com / user01 / n2, and modibic.com / user01 / n3, respectively.

[0073]

[0074] *The electronic business card service system (300) transmits the detailed URL generated for each electronic business card (N1, N2, N3) to the transmitting terminal (100) (S403), and the transmitting terminal (100) stores it.

[0075] The user of the transmitting terminal (100) selects an electronic business card to be transmitted, for example, N2 (S404), and then transmits the detailed URL of N2, rather than the representative URL, to the receiving terminal (200) using the NFC emulator (120) (S405). This is different from FIG. 2 (S209) and FIG. 3 (S308), which provide the representative URL to the receiving terminal (200).

[0076] Accordingly, the receiving terminal (200) directly accesses the detailed URL of N2 (modibic.com / user01 / n2) to request an electronic business card (S406), and the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the electronic business card N2 to the receiving terminal (200) (S407). The receiving terminal (200) stores the electronic business card N2 and displays the contents of the electronic business card (S408).

[0077]

[0078] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of an electronic business card service using a detailed URL for each electronic business card among the electronic business card services of the present invention.

[0079] Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a case in which each electronic business card uses a detailed URL stored in the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0080] The second embodiment of FIG. 5 is the same as the first embodiment of FIG. 4 in other respects, but in the second embodiment of FIG. 5, the transmitting terminal (100) does not transmit (S405) the detailed URL of the electronic business card N2 to the receiving terminal (200) by the NFC emulator as in FIG. 4.

[0081] That is, the electronic business card service system (300) generates a detailed URL for each type of electronic business card received from the transmitting terminal (100) (S501), stores detailed information of each electronic business card in each detailed URL (S502), and then generates a QR code for each detailed URL (S503). Accordingly, the electronic business card service system (300) transmits the generated detailed URLs and each QR code for each detailed URL to the transmitting terminal (100) (S504).

[0082] Thereafter, when the user selects an electronic business card to be transmitted (e.g., N2) at the transmitting terminal (100) (S505), the QR code of the corresponding electronic business card (N2) appears on the screen of the transmitting terminal (100) (S506), and the receiving terminal (200) scans it to obtain the detailed URL of N2 (S507). Accordingly, the receiving terminal (200) directly accesses the corresponding electronic business card of the electronic business card service system (300) using the detailed URL of N2 to request the electronic business card (S508), and receives the electronic business card of N2 (S509, S510).

[0083]

[0084] Figure 6 is a drawing showing a process for issuing an authenticated electronic business card in the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0085] While providing a business card allows you to verify the identity of the cardholder, it doesn't verify the authenticity of that information. This also applies to electronic business cards.

[0086] Therefore, to compensate for these shortcomings, the transmitting terminal (100) can receive authentication from a certification authority (400) regarding the user's real name, mobile phone number, and work information, and then receive an authentication electronic business card. The issued electronic business card is initially stored in the transmitting terminal (100). The authentication authority (400) may include a mobile carrier, the National Health Insurance Service, the National Pension Service, etc. As mentioned above, real-name authentication is possible through a mobile carrier, and work authentication is possible through the National Health Insurance Service or the National Pension Service.

[0087] Referring to FIG. 6, a user applies for a sender authentication electronic business card to the electronic business card service system (300) through his / her terminal (100) (S601). The electronic business card service system (300) instructs the transmitting terminal (100) to perform an authentication process (S602), and the transmitting terminal (100) provides authentication information to the electronic business card service system (300) (S603). The electronic business card service system (300) requests the sender's information while providing the received authentication information to the authentication agency (400) (S604). The authentication agency (400) accordingly provides the requested sender information to the electronic business card service system (300) (S605). As a result, the sender's real name authentication, and in some cases, even workplace authentication, is completed, and the electronic business card service system (300) issues an authentication electronic business card to the transmitting terminal (100) (S606), and the transmitting terminal (100) stores the authentication electronic business card containing the sender's authenticated information (S607).

[0088] Such an authentication process (S601 to S607) may be performed in advance at the request of the transmitting terminal (100) prior to the electronic business card transmission process of FIGS. 2 to 5, so that the authenticated electronic business cards may be stored within the transmitting terminal (100).

[0089] Alternatively, authentication may be performed during the electronic business card transmission process of FIGS. 2 to 5. In this case,

[0090] i) When the transmitting terminal (100) transmits various types of electronic business card information to the electronic business card service system (300) (S203, S303, S401, S501), an authentication application (S601) for each electronic business card is made together, so that the authentication process of FIG. 6 is performed first, and after the authentication is completed, the processes after steps S203, S303, S401, and S501 in FIGS. 2 to 5 are performed.

[0091] ii) or i) When the transmitting terminal (100) transmits various types of electronic business card information to the electronic business card service system (300) (S203, S303, S401, S501), even if an authentication application (S601) for each electronic business card is not made together, when the transmitting terminal (100) selects an electronic business card to be transmitted (S206, S305, S404, S505), an authentication application (S601) for the electronic business card to be authenticated can be made.

[0092] That is, for example, an application for authentication (S601) for an electronic business card to be authenticated can be made immediately before selecting an electronic business card to be transmitted (S206, S305, S404, S505), and the authentication process of Fig. 6 can proceed accordingly. Accordingly, after authentication is completed, the electronic business card to be transmitted (an electronic business card authenticated immediately before) can be selected in steps S206, S305, S404, S505 of Figs. 2 to 5, and then the steps after steps S206, S305, S404, and S505 can be performed.

[0093] Alternatively, when selecting an electronic business card to be transmitted (S206, S305, S404, S505), an authentication request (S601) for the selected electronic business card may be made simultaneously, and accordingly, the authentication process of Fig. 6 may be performed. Accordingly, after authentication is completed, steps subsequent to steps S206, S305, S404, and S505 of Figs. 2 to 5 may be performed.

[0094]

[0095] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a business model for collecting service usage fees using in-app purchase in the electronic business card service of the present invention.

[0096] When the transmitting terminal (100) uses the electronic business card service app to utilize the paid electronic business card service of the electronic business card service system (300), the electronic business card service usage fee is paid through in-app purchase (S701). The first receiving terminal (600), second receiving terminal (700), and third receiving terminal (800), described below, also pay the electronic business card service usage fee through in-app purchase (S702, S703, S704).

[0097] In this case, if the electronic business card service usage fee charged to the user of the electronic business card service app installed on the transmitting terminal (100) is paid in the in-app purchase method as described above, an in-app payment fee must be paid to the in-app payment provider (500). The in-app payment provider (500) may be, for example, Apple or Google, which provide an app market.

[0098] The in-app payment manager (500) performs in-app payment revenue settlement by paying the in-app payment fee deducted from the electronic business card service fee to the electronic business card service system (300) (S705).

[0099]

[0100] Meanwhile, in order to expand the use of the electronic business card service of the present invention, an incentive may be paid to a user who is induced to install an electronic business card service app to use the paid electronic business card service of the electronic business card service system (300).

[0101] For example, referring to FIG. 7, let's say that a transmitting terminal user (100) has persuaded three users, including a first user, a second user, and a third user, to install the electronic business card service app on their respective terminals, i.e., the first attracting terminal (600), the second attracting terminal (700), and the third attracting terminal (800). In this case, they must pay the electronic business card service fee to the electronic business card service system (300) as described above (S702, S703, S704). Of course, as described above, this is primarily performed through an in-app payment (S702, S703, S704), and an in-app payment manager (500) pays the in-app payment fee to the electronic business card service system (300) through an in-app payment revenue settlement method (S705).

[0102] At this time, the electronic business card service system (300) can provide a certain percentage of the electronic business card service fees paid by each of the first attracting terminal (600), the second attracting terminal (700), and the third attracting terminal (800) as cash back for attracting app installation to the user of the transmitting terminal (100).

[0103] In this way, the electronic business card service system (300) can obtain the effects of securing fee revenue for paid electronic business card services and expanding electronic business card services by inducing app installation.

Claims

1. As a method for providing electronic business card service by an electronic business card service system, (a) A step of receiving and storing information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the terminal of the sender of the electronic business card (hereinafter referred to as the “sending terminal”); (b) a step of receiving notification from the transmitting terminal which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to the sender's counterpart (hereinafter referred to as "transmitted business card"); (c) a step of setting the notified electronic business card to the representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) a step of receiving the transmission business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; A method for providing an electronic business card service including:

2. In claim 1, Before the above step (d), (d01) a step of transmitting the representative URL to the transmitting terminal; and, (d02) A step of generating a detailed URL for each of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards and storing the information included in the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards in each detailed URL for each electronic business card. Including more, The above step (d) is, (d1) A step of receiving an electronic business card request set to the representative URL from the receiving terminal; (d2) Step of verifying the electronic business card set in the above representative URL; (d3) a step of transmitting a detailed URL in which detailed information of an electronic business card set in the representative URL is stored to the receiving terminal; and, (d4) A step of receiving an electronic business card request of the detailed URL of step (d3) from the receiving terminal. Including, The above-mentioned sending business card of the above step (e) is, The electronic business card of the above detailed URL A method for providing an electronic business card service characterized by:

3. In claim 1, The electronic business card notified from the transmitting terminal in the above step (b) is: An electronic business card that has completed the sender's real name verification or workplace verification by a certification authority. A method for providing an electronic business card service characterized by:

4. In claim 1, Between steps (b) and (d) above, (b1) a step of determining whether the electronic business card request of the above step (d) was received within a preset validity period from the time of receiving the transmission business card notification of the above step (b); and, (b2) If it is made within the valid time, proceed to step (e) above, and if it is made beyond the valid time, terminate the process without proceeding to step (e) above for the receiving terminal. A method for providing an electronic business card service, characterized in that it further includes:

5. In claim 1, (f1) A step of receiving a settlement amount from the in-app payment provider, in which the in-app purchase fee, which is a payment method for the service fee, is limited from the service fee for the transmitting terminal receiving the electronic business card service; and, (f2) In the case where there are users who have installed the electronic business card service providing app to receive the electronic business card service by attracting users of the above-mentioned transmission terminal (hereinafter referred to as “attracted users”), a step of providing a certain percentage of the electronic business card service fee paid by each attracted user as cash back to the users of the above-mentioned transmission terminal. A method for providing an electronic business card service, characterized in that it further includes:

6. As an electronic business card service system, at least one processor; and At least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, The computer-executable instructions stored in the at least one memory are executed by the at least one processor, (a) A step of receiving and storing information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the terminal of the sender of the electronic business card (hereinafter referred to as the “sending terminal”); (b) a step of receiving notification from the transmitting terminal which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to the sender's counterpart (hereinafter referred to as "transmitted business card"); (c) a step of setting the notified electronic business card to the representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) a step of receiving the transmission business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; An electronic business card service system that enables execution.

7. A computer program stored in a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service. Stored in a non-transitory storage medium, by the processor, (a) A step of receiving and storing information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the terminal of the sender of the electronic business card (hereinafter referred to as the “sending terminal”); (b) a step of receiving notification from the transmitting terminal which of the various types of electronic business cards is to be sent to the sender's counterpart (hereinafter referred to as "transmitted business card"); (c) a step of setting the notified electronic business card to the representative URL for the various types of electronic business cards of the sender; (d) a step of receiving the transmission business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; A computer program stored in a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service, which includes commands to cause the service to be executed.

8. As a method for providing electronic business card service by an electronic business card service system, (a) a step of receiving information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the sender's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "sending terminal"); (b) a step of generating a detailed URL for each of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards, and storing information of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards in the corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) a step of transmitting each of the above detailed URLs to the transmitting terminal; (d) a step of receiving an electronic business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; A method for providing an electronic business card service including:

9. In claim 8, In the above step (d), The electronic business card request of the above receiving terminal is, This is done by using the detailed URL for a specific electronic business card received by the receiving terminal from the transmitting terminal before the above step (d). A method for providing an electronic business card service characterized by:

10. In claim 8, In the above step (d), the electronic business card requested from the receiving terminal is: An electronic business card that has completed the sender's real name verification or workplace verification by a certification authority. A method for providing an electronic business card service characterized by:

11. In claim 8, (f1) A step of receiving a settlement amount from the in-app payment provider, in which the in-app purchase fee, which is a payment method for the service fee, is limited from the service fee for the transmitting terminal receiving the electronic business card service; and, (f2) In the case where there are users who have installed the electronic business card service providing app to receive the electronic business card service by attracting users of the above-mentioned transmission terminal (hereinafter referred to as “attracted users”), a step of providing a certain percentage of the electronic business card service fee paid by each attracted user as cash back to the users of the above-mentioned transmission terminal. A method for providing an electronic business card service, characterized in that it further includes:

12. As an electronic business card service system, at least one processor; and At least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, The computer-executable instructions stored in the at least one memory are executed by the at least one processor, (a) a step of receiving information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the sender's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "sending terminal"); (b) a step of generating a detailed URL for each of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards, and storing information of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards in the corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) a step of transmitting each of the above detailed URLs to the transmitting terminal; (d) a step of receiving an electronic business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; An electronic business card service system that enables execution.

13. A computer program stored in a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service. Stored in a non-transitory storage medium, by the processor, (a) a step of receiving information included in various types of electronic business cards of the sender from the sender's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "sending terminal"); (b) a step of generating a detailed URL for each of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards, and storing information of the above-mentioned various types of electronic business cards in the corresponding detailed URL for each electronic business card; (c) a step of transmitting each of the above detailed URLs to the transmitting terminal; (d) a step of receiving an electronic business card request from the other party's terminal (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving terminal"); and, (e) a step of transmitting the above-mentioned transmission business card to the above-mentioned receiving terminal; A computer program stored in a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium for providing an electronic business card service, which includes commands to cause the service to be executed.

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