Electronic coupon transaction system and method

• US 20060026070A1
• Filed: 07/26/2005
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Sun, Chung-Yo
• Application Number:
  US11/188,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20060026070A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.350
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

The invention provides an electronic coupon transaction method and system. The electronic coupon transaction system comprises an interactive service server located in a shop, an electronic coupon delivery server, and a wireless communication device used by a buyer. The shop is provided with an ID and allowed to edit and send an electronic coupon to the electronic coupon delivery server. Thus, the buyer can use the wireless mobile device to download the electronic coupon. When purchasing at the shop, the buyer can browse electronic coupons based on the ID of the shop and select one or more of them to transact with the shop. As an electronic coupon requested by the buyer is run out, the electronic coupon delivery server reserves the requested electronic coupon, and sends a short message to the buyer when the requested electronic coupon is available.

Claims

1. An electronic coupon transaction system, comprising:

an interactive service server, which is located in a shop;

an electronic coupon delivery server, which has electronic coupons provided and edited by the shop; and

a wireless communication device, which is used by a buyer to obtain the electronic coupons provided by the shop through a connection with the electronic coupon delivery server and to accordingly select one or more of the electronic coupons through a connection with the interactive service server for transaction.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shop corresponding to the interactive service server has an identification to accordingly find and list the electronic coupons provided by the shop when the buyer uses the wireless communication device to connect with the interactive service server.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the mobile phone and the electronic coupon delivery server respectively have a bluetooth module to establish a wireless connection.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the mobile phone and the interactive service server respectively have a bluetooth module to establish a wireless connection.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a client-end computer, which connects with the electronic coupon delivery server through Internet.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the mobile phone and the client-end computer respectively have a bluetooth module to establish a wireless connection.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interactive service server further connects with a payment and transaction system to provide the buyer to undertake a payment and transaction.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buyer uses the wireless communication device to ask the electronic coupon delivery server to reserve a required electronic coupon, which is requested by the buyer and run out, such that the electronic coupon delivery server sends a short message to the buyer when the required electronic coupon is available.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic coupon delivery server is implemented in a public place.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device records valid dates of the electronic coupons in order to remind the buyer before an valid date is immediately reached.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shop uses the interactive service server to edit the electronic coupons using the web browser connecting to the coupon delivery server.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the interactive service server is a personal computer.

13. An electronic coupon transaction method, which allows a buyer to use electronic coupons to transact with a shop implementing with an interactive service server, the method comprising:

an electronic coupon editing step, in which the shop edits and stores the electronic coupons in an electronic coupon delivery server;

an electronic coupon receiving step, in which the buyer uses a wireless communication device to receive stored electronic coupons from the electronic coupon delivery server; and

a transacting step, in which the buyer connects the wireless communication device with the interactive service server in order to select one or more of the electronic coupons edited by the shop for transaction with the shop.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising, before the transacting step, an identifying step, in which the buyer connects the wireless communication device with the interactive service server in order to obtain an identification of the shop to accordingly find and list the electronic coupons edited by the shop and received by the wireless communication device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a conformation certificate obtaining step, in which the shop issues a conformation certificate to the buyer after the transaction is completed; and

a goods obtaining step, which provides the buyer to obtain goods transacted with the shop according to the conformation certificate.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a transaction recording step, in which the shop records transaction and basic information of the buyer; and

a record analyzing step, in which the shop analyzes consuming habits of the buyer based on the transaction and basic information and accordingly provides electronic coupons suitable to the buyer.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a record returning step, in which the shop sends the transaction information back to the wireless communication device used by the buyer.

18. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, in the electronic coupon receiving step, the buyer uses the wireless communication device to ask the electronic coupon delivery server to reserve a required electronic coupon, which is requested by the buyer and run out, such that the electronic coupon delivery server sends a short message to the buyer when the required electronic coupon is available.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, in the electronic coupon editing step, the shop uses the interactive service server to edit the electronic coupons.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the interactive service server is a personal computer.