Service System for Free Using of Mobile Contents
First Claim
1. A free information usage certificate service system comprising a free information usage certificate management server including:
- a free information usage certificate management database for storing information regarding sales of free information usage certificates from at least one mobile contents provider associated with at least one communication company or from the communication company itself, sold from the communication company to one or more affiliated stores;
a free information use request information receiver for receiving free information use request information containing a telephone number of a customer acquiring a specific one of the free information usage certificates and affiliated store identification information from a specific one of one or more affiliated store terminals held respectively by the affiliated stores;
an authentication processor for searching the sale information stored in the free information usage certificate management database for sale information corresponding to the affiliated store identification information to determine whether the corresponding sale information is present in the stored sale information, and performing an authentication process based on the determination result; and
a free information use request information transmitter for transmitting the free information use request information authenticated by the authentication processor to a communication company server managed by the communication company so that the communication company server can deduct the amount of money corresponding to the specific free information usage certificate acquired by the customer from an information usage fee to be charged to the customer'"'"'s telephone number contained in the free information use request information.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a free information usage certificate service system which is capable of distributing free information usage certificates to customers to enable the customers to use mobile contents from at least one associated mobile contents provider free of charge using the free information usage certificates. A portion of the price for online/off line product purchase or the fee for online/off line service use is returned to a customer in the form of a free information usage certificate as a reward for the product purchase or service use, thereby reducing the customer'"'"'s burden of information usage fee and thus enabling the customer to benefit from a more tangible reward service.
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34 Claims
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1. A free information usage certificate service system comprising a free information usage certificate management server including:
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a free information usage certificate management database for storing information regarding sales of free information usage certificates from at least one mobile contents provider associated with at least one communication company or from the communication company itself, sold from the communication company to one or more affiliated stores; a free information use request information receiver for receiving free information use request information containing a telephone number of a customer acquiring a specific one of the free information usage certificates and affiliated store identification information from a specific one of one or more affiliated store terminals held respectively by the affiliated stores; an authentication processor for searching the sale information stored in the free information usage certificate management database for sale information corresponding to the affiliated store identification information to determine whether the corresponding sale information is present in the stored sale information, and performing an authentication process based on the determination result; and a free information use request information transmitter for transmitting the free information use request information authenticated by the authentication processor to a communication company server managed by the communication company so that the communication company server can deduct the amount of money corresponding to the specific free information usage certificate acquired by the customer from an information usage fee to be charged to the customer'"'"'s telephone number contained in the free information use request information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A free information usage certificate service system comprising a free information usage certificate management server including:
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a free information usage certificate issuer for issuing free information usage certificates for free use of mobile contents provided from at least one mobile contents provider associated with the free information usage certificate management server; a free information usage certificate management database for storing information regarding the issuance of the free information usage certificates from the free information usage certificate issuer and information regarding sales of the free information usage certificates to one or more affiliated stores; a free information use request information receiver for receiving free information use request information containing a telephone number of a customer acquiring a specific one of the free information usage certificates and affiliated store identification information from a specific one of one or more affiliated store terminals held respectively by the affiliated stores; an authentication processor for searching the sale information stored in the free information usage certificate management database for sale information corresponding to the affiliated store identification information to determine whether the corresponding sale information is present in the stored sale information, performing an authentication process based on the determination result, and storing information regarding the provision of the specific free information usage certificate to the customer in the free information usage certificate management database; and a free information usage certificate manager for requesting and receiving information usage records of the customer acquiring the specific free information usage certificate, from a communication company server, calculating an information usage fee for use of the mobile contents provided from the associated mobile contents provider, to which the specific free information usage certificate acquired by the customer is applicable, from the received information usage records, deducting the calculated information usage fee from a free information usable fee contained in the free information usage certificate provision information stored in the free information usage certificate management database to update the free information usable fee, and requesting the communication company server to deduct the calculated information usage fee from an information usage fee to be charged to the customer'"'"'s telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A free information usage certificate service system comprising a free information usage certificate management server including:
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a free information usage certificate issuer for issuing free information usage certificates for free use of mobile contents provided from at least one mobile contents provider associated with the free information usage certificate management server; a free information usage certificate management database for storing information regarding the issuance of the free information usage certificates from the free information usage certificate issuer and information regarding sales of the free information usage certificates to one or more affiliated stores; a free information use request information receiver for receiving free information use request information containing a telephone number of a customer acquiring a specific one of the free information usage certificates and affiliated store identification information from a specific one of one or more affiliated store terminals held respectively by the affiliated stores; an authentication processor for searching the sale information stored in the free information usage certificate management database for sale information corresponding to the affiliated store identification information to determine whether the corresponding sale information is present in the stored sale information, performing an authentication process based on the determination result, and storing information regarding the provision of the specific free information usage certificate to the customer in the free information usage certificate management database; and a free information usage certificate manager for receiving free information usage certificate payment request information containing the customer'"'"'s telephone number from a mobile contents provider server managed by the mobile contents provider, searching the free information usage certificate management database for free information usage certificate provision information corresponding to the customer'"'"'s telephone number contained in the received free information usage certificate payment request information to determine whether the corresponding free information usage certificate provision information is present in the database, and, if the corresponding provision information is present in the database, deducting an information usage fee for contents used by the customer from a free information usable fee contained in the corresponding provision information to update the free information usable fee, and adding the information usage fee for the contents used by the customer to a total free information usage fee provided from the mobile contents provider, stored in the free information usage certificate management database, to update the total free information usage fee. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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