Method for Directly Issuing and Using Discount Coupon by Product Buyer Himself/Herself

• US 20160110749A1
• Filed: 05/26/2014
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Young Hyun Seo
• Original Assignee: Young Hyun Seo
• Inventors: Seo, Young Hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/894,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20160110749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0855 involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0221 Re-usable coupons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date

Abstract

The present invention relates to a “method for issuing and using a discount coupon”, in which a product seller can pay a predetermined deposit necessary for issuing the discount coupon to a discount coupon management server having a discount coupon issuing function and a consumer can extemporally issue and use a discount coupon related to a product when purchasing the product. The method comprises the steps of: a) accumulating, by a product seller, a predetermined deposit in the discount coupon management server; and b) accessing the discount coupon management server and issuing a predetermined discount coupon for a product which a product buyer wants to buy, by the product buyer himself/herself, the discount coupon having a predetermined discount price to be discounted within the deposit, wherein at least one predetermined discount coupon is issued within the deposit. Further, when the predetermined discount coupon is used before an expiration date after being issued, the deposit is reduced in proportion to an issue price of the discount coupon. Also, when the predetermined discount coupon is not used before the expiration date after being issued, the deposit is not reduced.

Claims

1. A method for directly issuing and using a discount coupon by a product buyer himself/herself with a discount coupon management server having a function that enables the product buyer to directly issue and use a discount coupon corresponding to a deposit made by a product seller who wants to sell a product, the method comprising:

(a) accumulating, by the product seller, a predetermined deposit in the discount coupon management server with his/her terminal interworking with the discount coupon management server; and

(b) accessing the discount coupon management server through the product buyer'"'"'s terminal interworking with the discount coupon management server, issuing a discount coupon having a predetermined discount price for a product, which the product buyer wants to purchase, within an amount of the deposit, and storing the discount coupon in the discount coupon management server, by the product buyer himself/herself,

wherein at least one predetermined discount coupon having the predetermined discount price is issued through the terminal of the product buyer within the amount of the deposit,

when the predetermined discount coupon is used within a term of validity after being issued, the deposit is reduced in proportion to an issue price of the discount coupon,

when the predetermined discount coupon is not used within the term of validity after being issued, the deposit is not reduced,

when the product buyer does not use the discount coupon issued through his/her terminal within a predetermined time period, further issuance of the discount coupon is blocked for a predetermined time period,

a predetermined amount of reserve, which is changed according to an issuance result and a usage result of the discount coupon of the product buyer, is accumulated in an account of the product buyer,

the reserve accumulated in the account of the product buyer can be used at the time of purchasing a product from at least one online shopping mall interworking with the discount coupon management server,

the discount coupon issued by the product buyer includes information of a product manager and information of the product buyer,

the discount coupon issued by the product buyer and including the information of the product buyer can be transmitted to a portable terminal of a third person and transferred to the third person, and

when the third person uses the discount coupon, such use is reflected on a purchase result of the product buyer.