Method for circulating an electronic gift certificate in online and offline system
First Claim
1. A gift certificate service system for managing sales, gifting, and usage of electronic gift certificates according to a request by a user'"'"'s communication terminal through a wired/wireless network, comprising:
- a gift certificate service server for managing purchase, gifting, and usage operations on the electronic gift certificates from the communication terminal;
a gift certificate database, accessed to the gift certificate service server, for storing electronic gift certificate information, and processing a reply to an inquiry of electronic gift certificate usage from the gift certificate service server; and
a network server, accessed to the gift certificate service server and accessed to the user'"'"'s communication terminal through the wired/wireless network, for performing a client interface function on the purchase, gifting, and usage on the electronic gift certificates, and transmitting the user'"'"'s gift certificate purchase particulars and gift certificate information for usage of the corresponding gift certificate to the communication terminal.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic gift certificate circulating method for a gift certificate service system including a gift certificate database and a gift certificate service server to manage sales of the electronic gift certificates according to requests by a communication terminal through wired and wireless networks, comprising: receiving a user'"'"'s purchase request from the communication terminal; checking a settlement state of the electronic gift certificate bought by the user; settling the electronic gift certificate bought by the user, and issuing the bought electronic gift certificate to the user, when the user requests settlement; storing the issued gift certificate information in the gift certificate database; and notifying the user of the gift certificate purchase particulars in a
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23 Claims
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1. A gift certificate service system for managing sales, gifting, and usage of electronic gift certificates according to a request by a user'"'"'s communication terminal through a wired/wireless network, comprising:
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a gift certificate service server for managing purchase, gifting, and usage operations on the electronic gift certificates from the communication terminal;
a gift certificate database, accessed to the gift certificate service server, for storing electronic gift certificate information, and processing a reply to an inquiry of electronic gift certificate usage from the gift certificate service server; and
a network server, accessed to the gift certificate service server and accessed to the user'"'"'s communication terminal through the wired/wireless network, for performing a client interface function on the purchase, gifting, and usage on the electronic gift certificates, and transmitting the user'"'"'s gift certificate purchase particulars and gift certificate information for usage of the corresponding gift certificate to the communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electronic gift certificate circulating method for a gift certificate service system including a gift certificate database and a gift certificate service server to manage sales of the electronic gift certificates according to requests by a communication terminal through wired and wireless networks, comprising:
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(a) receiving a user'"'"'s purchase request from the communication terminal;
(b) checking a settlement state of the electronic gift certificate bought by the user;
(c) settling the electronic gift certificate bought by the user, and issuing the bought electronic gift certificate to the user, when the user requests settlement;
(d) storing the issued gift certificate information in the gift certificate database; and
(e) notifying the user of the gift certificate purchase particulars and gift certificate information for usage of the corresponding gift certificate in a message format. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic gift certificate circulating method for a gift certificate service system including a gift certificate database and a gift certificate service server to manage gifting of the electronic gift certificates according to requests by a communication terminal through wired and wireless networks, comprising:
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(a) receiving a user'"'"'s gifting request from the communication terminal;
(b) inquiring an existence state of the gift certificate possessed by the user of the gift certificate database, and determining the existence state;
(c) receiving information on the gift certificate to be gifted and a transferee when the user'"'"'s gift certificate is found;
(d) transmitting the gift certificate selected by the user to the transferee;
(e) updating the user'"'"'s gift certificate information, storing the updated information in the gift certificate database together with the transferee'"'"'s gift certificate information; and
(f) notifying the user of the gift certificate gifting information in the message format. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic gift certificate circulating method for a gift certificate service system including a gift certificate database and a gift certificate service server to manage usage of the electronic gift certificates according to requests by a communication terminal through wired and wireless networks, comprising:
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(a) receiving the usage request of a gift certificate selected by the user from among the gift certificate information stored in the communication terminal from the communication terminal;
(b) inquiring the gift certificate database of an existence state of the gift certificate possessed by the user, and determining the existence state;
(c) settling the price with the gift certificate and determining whether the settlement is possible;
(d) allowing the usage of the gift certificate to process the settlement on the price information when the settlement is possible;
(e) settling the user'"'"'s gift certificate information, updating the settlement information, and storing the updated information in the gift certificate database; and
(f) notifying the user of the gift certificate usage information in the message format. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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