METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL GOODS USING URL COUPON

• US 20160210654A1
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: N-Tuple Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: N-Tuple Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Hyun-Min
• Granted Patent: US 11,238,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/50 using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees

Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to a method for providing digital goods using a URL coupon. The method includes: generating a digital goods provision URL containing information on digital goods; generating a URL coupon containing the digital goods provision URL; providing the URL coupon; receiving a digital goods provision request at the digital goods provision URL; authenticating a user; and transmitting an information processing request containing authenticated user information and digital goods identification information to a digital goods managing server. The method makes it possible to provide digital goods in an easy and safe manner.

Claims

1. A method for providing digital goods, the method comprising:

generating, via a control unit of a URL coupon managing server, a digital goods provision URL containing information on digital goods;

generating, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, a URL coupon containing the digital goods provision URL;

providing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the URL coupon;

receiving, via a communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, a digital goods provision request at the digital goods provision URL via a network;

processing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, data regarding user authentication; and

transmitting, via the communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, an information processing request containing authenticated user information and digital goods identification information to a digital goods managing server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, identification information of the URL coupon in a storage medium;

comparing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the received digital goods provision request with the stored identification information of the URL coupon; and

determining, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, whether the received digital goods provision request is a normal request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user authentication is performed using a user ID of a social network service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL coupon is a markup language element containing the digital goods provision URL.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL coupon is a usage number limiting URL coupon by which the digital goods can be provided a predetermined number of times.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL coupon is a period limiting URL coupon by which the digital goods can be provided for a predetermined time period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL coupon is an unlimited URL coupon by which the digital goods can be provided without limitation.

9. A method for providing digital goods, the method comprising:

generating, via a control unit of a URL coupon managing server, a digital goods provision URL containing information on digital goods;

generating, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, a URL coupon containing the digital goods provision URL;

providing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the URL coupon;

receiving, via a communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, a digital goods provision request at the digital goods provision URL via a network; and

providing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the digital goods in response to the digital goods provision request.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, identification information of the URL coupon in a storage medium;

comparing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the received digital goods provision request with the stored identification information of the URL coupon; and

determining, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, whether the received digital goods provision request is a normal request.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

12. A method for providing digital goods, the method comprising:

generating, via a control unit of a URL coupon managing server, a URL coupon issuance URL containing information on digital goods;

receiving, via a communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, a coupon issuance request at the URL coupon issuance URL via a network;

transmitting, via the communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, a URL coupon corresponding to the coupon issuance request via the network;

receiving, via the communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, a digital goods provision request at a digital goods provision URL contained in the URL coupon via the network;

processing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, data regarding user authentication; and

transmitting, via the communication unit of the URL coupon managing server, an information processing request containing authenticated user information and digital goods identification information to a digital goods managing server, or providing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the digital goods in response to the digital goods provision request.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, identification information of the URL coupon in a storage medium;

comparing, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the received digital goods provision request with the stored identification information of the URL coupon; and

determining, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, whether the received digital goods provision request is a normal request.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, whether the coupon issuance request is received from a predefined URL.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating, via the control unit of the URL coupon managing server, the URL coupon in real time upon receiving the coupon issuance request.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon issuance URL is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

18. A method for distributing a URL coupon, the method comprising:

storing, via a control unit of a secondary distribution server, a URL coupon issuance URL containing information on digital goods in a storage medium;

receiving, via a communication unit of the secondary distribution server, a URL coupon provision request from a user via a network;

transmitting, via the communication unit of the secondary distribution server, a coupon issuance request to the URL coupon issuance URL via the network;

receiving, via the communication unit of the secondary distribution server, a URL coupon containing a digital goods provision URL corresponding to the coupon issuance request via the network; and

transmitting, via the communication unit of the secondary distribution server, the URL coupon to the user via the network.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the information contained in the URL coupon issuance URL is encrypted by an encryption algorithm.

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