KR20230055682A - System and method for purchasing items using a vehicle terminal based on drive thru - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drive-through-based product purchasing system and method using a vehicle terminal which orders products using the vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle and picks up the ordered products on a drive-through basis when the vehicle arrives at an affiliated store. The system of the present invention comprises: a product purchase server presenting a list of the products available for purchase at each affiliated store and issuing an estimated pickup time and order code for the ordered products when an order is confirmed by a user; a vehicle management server linked to the product purchase server and delivering information on product purchases; and a vehicle terminal receiving the list of the products for a random affiliated store from the vehicle management server when the random affiliated store is entered as a navigation destination and receiving the order code and the estimated pickup time for the ordered products from the product purchase server when the user places the desired products in a shopping cart from the provided list of the products and confirms the order. According to the present invention, the user can easily purchase the products through the vehicle terminal in the vehicle before arriving at the affiliated store.

Description

Drive-thru-based product purchase system and method using a vehicle terminal {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING ITEMS USING A VEHICLE TERMINAL BASED ON DRIVE THRU}

The present invention relates to a product purchase system and method, and relates to a drive-through based product purchase system using a vehicle terminal for ordering products using a vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle and picking up the ordered product on a drive-through basis when the vehicle arrives at an affiliated store. and methods.

Recently, as various concepts for future vehicles, intelligent vehicle systems that intelligently provide safety and various convenience services by combining communication and IT technologies with vehicles are being developed.

Intelligent vehicles include self-driving cars and connected cars, among which, connected cars are usually equipped with a wireless LAN and can access the Internet. Therefore, the connected car provides various convenient services such as accident information and traffic information, music service, surrounding information, and gas station information to vehicles connected to the network. In addition, the connected car can share Internet access with other terminals inside the vehicle as well as outside the vehicle.

The present invention is intended to provide a service in which a user purchases and picks up desired items in a vehicle by grafting an online product purchase system to such a connected car.

Moreover, drive-thru stores such as coffee and instant food are increasing for user convenience, and it would be more convenient if the user could pick up ordered items in the vehicle in a drive-thru manner.

The present invention is to satisfy the above needs, and when an affiliated store is entered as a navigation destination in a vehicle terminal, a list of items that can be purchased from the affiliated store is presented, and after placing an order for a desired item in a shopping cart from the presented list, the vehicle returns to the vehicle. An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for purchasing products based on a drive-through using a vehicle terminal, which picks up ordered products based on a drive-through upon arrival at an affiliated store.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to order an item in the vehicle before the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store, and when the order is confirmed, the affiliate store provides an estimated pick-up available time to pick up the ordered item to the vehicle terminal, By providing, We want to minimize the waiting time required to purchase goods by considering the expected arrival time to the destination and the expected pick-up time.

To this end, the drive-through based product purchase system using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention presents a list of products that can be purchased at each affiliated store, and when an order is confirmed from the user, the expected pick-up time and order for the ordered products A product purchase server that issues and provides codes; a vehicle management server communicating with the product purchase server and transmitting information about product purchase; and when a random affiliate store is input as a navigation destination, the vehicle management server requests and receives a list of items for the affiliate store, and when a user places a desired item in a shopping cart and confirms an order from the provided item list, the item is purchased through the vehicle management server. A vehicle terminal for receiving an expected pick-up possible time and an order code for ordered items from the server, and when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store, the vehicle terminal provides an arrival notification message and transmits the order code to the affiliate store can be presented in

In addition, a product purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention recognizes a member code provided by a vehicle arriving at the affiliated store or an order code provided by the vehicle terminal or the vehicle user, and member information recognized from the code Merchant terminal that checks whether matches with the purchaser of the product; further includes, and if matched, the ordered item can be picked up in a drive-thru manner in the vehicle.

The vehicle terminal additionally receives platform numbers in the drive-thru station for ordered products from the product purchase server, and when the vehicle arrives at the platform, it can pick up ordered products matched with the platform numbers.

At this time, if the member information and the product purchaser match, the product purchase server transmits information including a bill for the ordered product to the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal through the vehicle management server, and the vehicle terminal Alternatively, the personal terminal of the user may pay an amount corresponding to the bill.

Alternatively, when the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal, the product purchasing server transmits information including a bill for the ordered product to the vehicle terminal or the personal terminal of the user through the vehicle management server, and The user's personal terminal may pay an amount corresponding to the cost bill before picking up the ordered product.

When the member information matches the purchaser of the product, the affiliated store terminal recognizes a code of the order box containing the ordered product and confirms whether all the ordered products are contained in the order box.

The vehicle terminal receives route information and expected arrival time from the current location of the vehicle to the destination affiliate store from the vehicle management server when receiving the expected pick-up time for the ordered products, and the expected arrival time is In case of delay, the expected pick-up time can be adjusted.

Meanwhile, a drive-thru-based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an arbitrary affiliated store as a navigation destination by a vehicle terminal mounted in a vehicle; presenting a list of items for affiliated stores received by the vehicle terminal and putting an item desired by the user in the item list into a shopping cart and placing an order; When the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal, the vehicle management server forwards it to the product purchase server, and the product purchase server issues an expected pick-up time and an order code for the ordered products and provides them to the vehicle terminal; and providing, by the vehicle terminal, an arrival notification message and presenting the order code to the affiliate store when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store.

Furthermore, a method for purchasing goods based on drive-thru using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: when the vehicle arrives at an affiliated store as a destination, the vehicle terminal provides an arrival notification message; recognizing, by an affiliated store terminal provided at the affiliated store, a member code provided by the vehicle or an order code provided by the vehicle terminal; checking, by the affiliated store terminal, whether member information recognized from the member code and product purchaser recognized from the order code match; The method may further include picking up a corresponding order product on a drive-through basis when the member information and the purchaser of the product match as a result of the check.

According to the present invention, when an arbitrary affiliated store is input as a navigation destination in a vehicle terminal of a connected car, a list of products that can be purchased from the affiliated store is presented, and a user can put a desired item in a shopping cart and place an order from the presented list of items. That is, there is an effect that the user can easily purchase products through the vehicle terminal in the vehicle before arriving at the affiliated store.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the vehicle arrives at the affiliated store, the purchaser of the product and the ordered product are identified by recognizing the member code that can identify the purchaser or the order code for the ordered product, and the purchaser's ordered product is picked up on a drive-thru basis Since it can be done, there is a remarkable effect that non-face-to-face purchase is possible.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the order for the ordered product is confirmed through the vehicle terminal, the merchant side presents an estimated pick-up time for the ordered product, and the navigation of the vehicle terminal suggests the expected arrival time from the current location to the merchant, so the vehicle The user can arrive at the affiliated store in consideration of the expected pick-up time and the expected arrival time, thereby minimizing the waiting time until the ordered product is picked up.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, when the expected arrival time is delayed, such as traffic congestion, etc., it is possible to adjust or change the expected pick-up time in consideration of the current traffic situation through the vehicle terminal, so it is useful to efficiently coordinate the waiting time for pick-up. It works.

In addition, according to the present invention, the payment for the order product can be performed before pickup, but it can be performed after the order product is picked up or at the time of pickup, so that the user can directly check the order product including the fresh product and then pay This has the effect of increasing the consumer's trust in the affiliated store.

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining the overall concept of a product purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of a product purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an example showing a drive-through station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an overall flowchart illustrating a drive-thru based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of ordering an item using a vehicle terminal in an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving an ordered product based on a drive-through in an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and/or features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them, will become apparent with reference to the following detailed description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and will be implemented in various forms different from each other, only these embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to completely inform the person who has the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification.

In addition, preferred embodiments of the present invention to be carried out below are provided in each system functional configuration in order to efficiently explain the technical components constituting the present invention, or system functions commonly provided in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The configuration is omitted as much as possible, and the functional configuration that should be additionally provided for the present invention will be mainly described. If one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, one will be able to easily understand the functions of conventionally used components among the omitted functional configurations not shown below, and also the omitted configurations as described above. The relationship between elements and components added for the present invention will also be clearly understood.

In addition, in the following description, "transmission", "communication", "transmission", "reception" and other similar terms of signals or information refer to direct transmission of signals or information from one component to another. as well as passing through other components. In particular, "transmitting" or "transmitting" a signal or information as a component indicates the final destination of the signal or information, and does not mean a direct destination. The same is true for "reception" of signals or information.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining the overall concept of a product purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the product purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. This is an example showing a drive-thru station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 1 , a drive-through based product purchase system (hereinafter referred to as product purchase system) using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a merchant system 100, a vehicle system 200, and a payment system 300. can include

In the affiliated store system 100 , a system capable of online ordering for products of each affiliated store and supporting pick-up of ordered items by a drive-thru method may be constructed. Here, affiliated stores may include coffee shops, restaurants, fast food shops, shopping malls, large marts, and the like.

The vehicle system 200 basically provides accident information, traffic information, location-based surrounding information, gas station information, and music service through a vehicle terminal (or navigation terminal) mounted or mounted on a connected car (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a vehicle). A variety of convenience services can be provided.

In particular, the vehicle system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a configuration for ordering and paying for goods through a vehicle terminal by interlocking with the affiliated store system 100 and the payment system 300 through a network. .

The payment system 300 may be constructed as a system for settling and processing payment in a vehicle terminal.

Specifically, looking at the block diagram of FIG. 2, the payment system 300 contracts with a credit card company instead of an online shopping mall, and a PG (Payment Gateway) company 320 that acts as an agent for payment and payment, credit card payment and settlement related tasks. Value Added Network (VAN) company (330) acting as an agent, bank/card company (340) for cash transactions and card payments through account transfer, Fintech company (350) for simple fintech payment, these are integrated It may include a payment server 310 that connects and provides various payment methods for order payment requests and settles them.

The vehicle system 200 may include a vehicle terminal 210 mounted in a vehicle and a vehicle management server 220 that performs data communication with the vehicle terminal 210 through a wireless LAN.

The vehicle terminal 210 is equipped with a communication module for wireless LAN communication, and navigation information (eg, route information, location information), accident information, traffic information, and location-based surrounding information from the vehicle management server 220 through this communication module. etc. can be provided and displayed visually or audibly.

In addition, when an arbitrary affiliate store is input as a navigation destination, the vehicle terminal 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention requests, from the vehicle management server 220, a list of items for the affiliate store as well as location information about the input affiliate store. can be provided. For example, a search result list is provided for an affiliate store entered as a navigation destination on the screen of the vehicle terminal 210, and when an affiliate store of a desired location (region) is selected from the provided search result list, location information about the selected affiliate store and Together, an ordering menu at the selected affiliated store may be provided. When the ordering menu is selected, the vehicle terminal 210 may request a list of items that can be purchased from a corresponding affiliated store to the vehicle management server 220 and provide the list to the screen.

In this case, the vehicle management server 220 may store a list of items for each affiliated store. In this case, the vehicle management server 220 may directly provide item list data for the affiliated store through data communication between vehicle terminals 210. However, if the server of the affiliate store storing the list of items for each affiliate store is provided separately from the vehicle management server 220, the vehicle management server 220 requests the server of the affiliate store for the item list data for the affiliate store and receives it It may serve as an intermediary for delivery to the corresponding vehicle terminal 210 . That is, the vehicle management server 220 may serve as a medium for transmitting information on product purchase in association with the server of the affiliated store system 100 .

Meanwhile, the vehicle terminal 210 may receive an estimated pick-up time and an order code for the ordered items from the affiliated store system 100 when the user confirms the order by putting desired items in the shopping cart from the list of items provided on the screen. Similarly, in this receiving process, the vehicle terminal 210 and the affiliated store system 100 may transmit and receive data via the vehicle management server 220 .

Upon receiving the expected pick-up available time, the vehicle terminal 210 may receive the expected arrival time along with route information from the current location of the vehicle to the destination affiliate store from the vehicle management server 220 . If the expected time of arrival is delayed due to traffic congestion or the like, the vehicle terminal 210 may adjust or change the expected pick-up time for the ordered product to a later time.

In addition, the vehicle terminal 210 may provide an arrival notification message and present an order code to the affiliate store as one of the navigation functions when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store. As a method of presenting this, a method of tagging and recognizing the order code provided to the vehicle terminal at the affiliated store, a method of printing the order code provided to the vehicle terminal and attaching it to the trunk of the vehicle and recognizing it at the affiliated store, or a method provided to the vehicle terminal It can be applied in various ways, such as a method of transmitting an order code to a user's personal terminal and tagging and recognizing it at an affiliated store.

The vehicle management server 220 may be linked with the product purchase server 130 of the affiliated store system 100 and transmit information about product purchase. That is, when the vehicle management server 220 requests an item list for an arbitrary affiliate store from the vehicle terminal 210 installed in the vehicle through the network, it requests the product purchase server 130 and receives it. In addition, when the order confirmation for the product list is determined from the vehicle terminal 210, the order confirmation is transmitted to the product purchase server 130 as described above, and the order code for the ordered product or pick-up possibility is expected from the product purchase server 130. Time may be received and transmitted to the corresponding vehicle terminal 210 .

The affiliated store system 100 includes a drive-thru station 110 and an affiliated store terminal 120 in order to enable online ordering of products of each affiliated store and to support pick-up of ordered items by a drive-thru method. ), and may be implemented by including the product purchase server 130.

The drive-thru station 110 may include a temporary space provided at each affiliated store to pick up items ordered by a user in a vehicle. It is preferable that such a drive-thru station 110 has enough space for a vehicle to park for a while.

For example, in FIG. 3, a plurality of platforms (platform #1, platform #2, ..., platform #8) are prepared, and order boxes (#1, #2, ..., #8) in which order items are packed are prepared on each platform. It shows the drive-through method in which the vehicle picks up the ordered items from the platform. At this time, the affiliate store can assign an identification number to each platform and match the identification number with the order box to eject. That is, when the order is confirmed by the user, the affiliate store may additionally allocate and present the platform number of the drive-through station 110 together with the expected pick-up time for the ordered product. Then, in accordance with the expected pick-up time for the ordered product, the affiliate store ejects the order box to the corresponding platform, and the user can pick up the order box matched with the platform number on the assigned platform.

This is only described as an example to help the convenience of understanding, and is not limited thereto. That is, the vehicle terminal may be provided with the expected pick-up time and the platform number in the drive-thru station 110 at the same time as the order, but the vehicle terminal is first provided with the estimated pick-up time at the same time as the order is placed, and the vehicle enters the drive-thru station 110. After arriving at , an empty platform number may be additionally allocated from the affiliated store.

In addition, the drive-through station 110 may be implemented in a platform form as shown in FIG. 3, but is not limited thereto, and when the drive-through station 110 needs to be implemented in a narrow space, an order box is placed in one space. It can be implemented in the form of storing and picking up the person's order box while moving along a series of roads.

Referring back to FIG. 2 , the product purchase server 130 of the affiliate store system 100 may store and manage a list of items that can be purchased at each affiliate store by category or classification (large/medium/small). In addition, the product purchase server 130 presents a list of items of the affiliated store according to the request of the vehicle terminal 210, and when the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal 210, the expected pick-up time and order code for the ordered products are displayed. It can be issued and provided to the vehicle terminal 210 . At this time, the goods purchase server 130 is based on exchanging data with the vehicle terminal 210 through the vehicle management server 220, but it is not limited thereto and may also directly exchange data with the vehicle terminal 210. .

In addition, the product purchase server 130 may be separately implemented for each member store or branch, but may be integrated and implemented in one server.

In addition, the product purchase server 130 may present event information, such as a discount, for a specific product.

In addition, the product purchase server 130 may basically receive membership registration from users for service use, and assign unique membership codes to users who have completed registration.

The affiliated store terminal 120 may recognize the user's member code or order code that has arrived at the affiliated store, and confirm whether the member information recognized from the code matches the product purchaser. Alternatively, it is possible to check whether there is an ordered product through member information recognized from the code.

Here, a unique identification number, barcode, QR code, etc. may be applied to the user's member code, and as a method for the affiliated store terminal 120 to recognize the member code (or order code), the member presented from the user's personal terminal A method of directly inputting or tagging a code (or order code) into an affiliated store terminal, a method of attaching a member code (or order code) to a trunk lid or inside a trunk of a vehicle and recognizing it by the affiliated store terminal, etc. can be applied. .

The affiliated store terminal 120 may be installed in the drive-thru station 110 of each affiliated store in a beach type, or may be provided in a portable type carried by a truck driver belonging to the affiliated store.

For example, when the vehicle arrives at the platform of the drive-thru station 110, the user opens the trunk of the vehicle and the truck man loads the goods. At this time, a member who can identify the user is placed on the trunk lid or inside the trunk. The code is attached, and the merchant can recognize the corresponding code with the affiliated store terminal 120 to check whether vehicle occupant information (member information) and product buyer information match.

That is, when the occupant of the vehicle matches the purchaser of the product, the user can pick up the ordered product in the vehicle in a drive-through manner, such as a truck man loading the corresponding ordered product into the vehicle.

In addition, when the occupant of the vehicle matches the purchaser of the product, the affiliated store terminal 120 may recognize the code of the order box containing the ordered product and confirm whether all the order products purchased by the user are contained in the order box.

In addition, when the occupant of the vehicle matches the product purchaser, the affiliated store terminal 120 notifies the product purchase server 130 of the match, and the product purchase server 130 transmits information including the bill for the ordered product to the vehicle management server Through 220, it can be transmitted to the vehicle terminal 210 or the user's personal terminal. Then, the vehicle terminal 210 or the personal terminal pays the amount corresponding to the bill. It is obvious that the vehicle terminal 210 or personal terminal performs payment in conjunction with the payment system 300 during payment.

On the other hand, as described above, it is preferable to perform the payment at the time of pickup of the order product or after, but it may be performed even before the pickup of the order product. That is, when the user places an order through the vehicle terminal 210 and the order is confirmed, the product purchase server 130 immediately transmits a bill for the ordered product to the vehicle terminal 210 or the user's personal terminal, and the vehicle terminal ( 210) Alternatively, the user's personal terminal may pay an amount corresponding to the cost bill before picking up the ordered product. In this case, you must present the payment receipt at the time of pick-up to receive the ordered item.

In the product purchase system of the present invention according to this configuration, when an affiliated store is entered as a navigation destination in the vehicle terminal 210, a list of products that can be purchased from the corresponding affiliated store is presented, and the user places an order for the desired item in a shopping cart from the presented list. It is characterized in that it is provided so that goods can be purchased in the vehicle. And, after ordering, when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store, the product purchase system recognizes the member code that identifies the user or the order code for the ordered product through the affiliate store terminal 120 to identify the purchaser and order product, Ordered items can be picked up on a drive-through basis, so non-face-to-face purchases can be made in the vehicle.

The device (system) described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA), It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. A processing device may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. A processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of software. For convenience of understanding, there are cases in which one processing device is used, but those skilled in the art will understand that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and/or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it can include. For example, a processing device may include a plurality of processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or processes independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be any tangible machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, intended to be interpreted by or provide instructions or data to a processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. Software may be distributed on networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable media.

In relation to these characteristics, the specific method of the present invention will be described below with reference to specific processes of FIGS. 4 to 6 .

4 is an overall flowchart illustrating a drive-thru based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A drive-through based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention described below is a drive-through based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal using the system according to an embodiment of the present invention described above.

In the first step S100, the vehicle terminal mounted on the connected car receives an input of an arbitrary affiliated store as a navigation destination and searches for it. As a result of the search, the vehicle terminal presents a search result list for affiliated stores, and when an affiliated store in a desired location (region) is selected from the search result list, a menu for ordering from any affiliated store may be provided along with location information on the selected affiliated store. there is.

In the next step S200, when the ordering menu is selected, the vehicle terminal requests and receives a list of items for the affiliated store from the product purchase server, and presents the list on the screen. Thereafter, the vehicle terminal may place an item desired by the user in the shopping cart and place an order in the presented list of items.

When the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal, the vehicle management server transfers it to the server of the affiliated store system, and the server of the affiliated store system may provide an expected pickup available time for the ordered product of the vehicle terminal. In addition, the affiliated store system may issue and provide an order code for the ordered product.

The S200 process is described in detail in FIG. 5 .

In the next step S300 , the affiliated store system prepares the ordered product according to the expected pick-up time and pays the order to the drive-through station.

In the next step S400, when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store, the vehicle terminal provides an arrival notification message, and when the vehicle enters the drive-thru station according to the guidance of the affiliate store, the order code is presented to the affiliate store so that the user of the vehicle can purchase the goods can be checked to see if they match. Only when the confirmation results match, the corresponding ordered product is received in the drive-through method and payment for the ordered product is made. These processes will be described in detail in FIG. 6 .

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of ordering an item using a vehicle terminal in an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a desired affiliated store is selected by the user in the vehicle terminal 210 and the ordering menu of the affiliated store presented in the vehicle terminal 210 is selected (S201), the vehicle terminal 210 purchases goods through the vehicle management server 220 The server 130 may request a list of products that can be purchased at the affiliated store (S202 and S203).

Next, in response to the above request, the vehicle terminal 210 may receive a list of articles of the affiliated store from the product purchase server 130 through the vehicle management server 220 (S204 and S205).

Here, the product purchase server 130, as a server of each affiliated store, may manage information about a list of products that can be purchased from the affiliated store. The product list is classified and presented by category or classification (large/medium/small), and event information such as discount may be included for a specific product. In addition, the product purchasing server 130 may suggest a replacement product when a product desired by the user is out of stock, or provide an alarm to the corresponding user when an out of stock product is received.

Next, the vehicle terminal 210 may select an item desired by the user from the item list and put it in the shopping cart (S206).

Next, when the vehicle terminal 210 confirms the order for the selected items, an order request message may be transmitted to the item purchase server 130 through the vehicle management server 220 (S207 to S209).

Next, the product purchasing server 130 may check an expected pick-up time for the ordered product (S210). In addition, the product purchasing server 130 may check the inventory of the ordered product and, if it is out of stock, present a replacement product or inform whether to notify when the next ordered product is received.

Next, the product purchase server 130 may issue an order code for the final ordered product in consideration of out-of-stock, replacement, etc. for the ordered product (S211). The order code may include a member code, order item name, price (amount), and the like.

Next, the product purchasing server 130 may provide the expected pick-up time and order code for the ordered product to the corresponding vehicle terminal 210 through the vehicle management server 220 (S212 to S213).

Next, the vehicle terminal 210 may receive an expected pick-up possible time and an order code for the order item for which the order has been confirmed, and may also receive an estimated arrival time from the vehicle management server 220 to the affiliated store as the destination (S214 ).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving an ordered product based on a drive-through in an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the vehicle arrives at the affiliated store as the destination, the vehicle terminal 210 may display an arrival completion message on the screen or output an audio to alert the user (S401).

Next, the affiliated store terminal 120 may recognize the member code of the vehicle entering the drive-through station (S402).

The member code is unique identification information given by the user from the product purchase server 130 of the affiliated store system through membership registration before using the service, and may be a number composed of numbers or letters, or a barcode or QR code. The member code may be presented through the user's personal terminal or vehicle terminal, or may be exposed by being attached to the trunk lid or inside of the vehicle.

The affiliated store terminal 120 may directly input the number of the member code to recognize the code, or if the code is a barcode or QR code, it may be recognized through a reader.

Next, the affiliated store terminal 120 may recognize the purchaser of the product by recognizing the order code attached to the order box (S403). Here, the order code may be the same as the order code provided from the product purchase server simultaneously with the order from the vehicle terminal 210 when the vehicle terminal 210 orders the product list for the affiliated store in step S200. . The order code includes product buyer information, the name of the ordered product, and information about the price (amount), and the product buyer information may be, for example, a member code.

Next, the affiliated store terminal 120 may check whether member information recognized through the member code (ie, vehicle occupant information) and product purchaser information recognized from the order code match (S404).

Next, if the member information and the product purchaser match, the affiliated store terminal 120 transmits a matching confirmation message to the product purchase server 130, and the product purchase server 130 sends the order code including the cost bill to the vehicle management server It can be transmitted to the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal through (S405, S406).

Thereafter, the vehicle terminal 210 may receive an expense bill from the product purchase server 130 and perform payment of an amount corresponding to the expense bill (S407 and S408).

Alternatively, although not shown in the drawings, the user's personal terminal other than the vehicle terminal may receive an expense bill from the product purchase server 130 and pay an amount corresponding to the expense bill.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program commands recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CDROMs and DVDs, and magnetic-optical media such as floptical disks. Included are hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited examples and drawings, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in an order different from the method described, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the method described, or other components may be used. Or even if it is replaced or substituted by equivalents, appropriate results can be achieved.

The above description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed by the claims below, and various equivalents and modifications that may be substituted for them at the time of this application should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: merchant system 200: vehicle system
300: payment system 110: drive-thru station
120: affiliated store terminal 130: product purchase server
210: vehicle terminal 220: vehicle management server
310: payment server 320: PG company
330: VAN company 340: bank/card company
350: fintech company

Claims (9)

a product purchase server that presents a list of products that can be purchased at each member store, and issues and provides an estimated pick-up time and order code for the ordered products when an order is confirmed by the user;
a vehicle management server communicating with the product purchase server and transmitting information about product purchase; and
When a random affiliate store is input as a navigation destination, the vehicle management server requests and receives a list of items for the affiliate store, and when an order is confirmed by putting an item desired by the user in the provided item list into a shopping cart, the item purchase server through the vehicle management server a vehicle terminal for receiving an expected pick-up available time and an order code for ordered items from;
Including,
When the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store, the vehicle terminal provides an arrival notification message and presents the order code to the affiliate store.
According to claim 1,
an affiliated store terminal that recognizes a member code provided by a vehicle arriving at the affiliated store or an order code provided by the vehicle terminal or the vehicle user, and confirms whether the member information recognized from the code matches the product purchaser;
Including more,
A drive-through based product purchase system using a vehicle terminal, characterized in that if they match, the corresponding ordered product is picked up in a drive-thru method in the vehicle.
According to claim 2,
The vehicle terminal,
The platform number in the drive-thru station is additionally provided for ordered products from the product purchase server,
A drive-through based product purchase system using a vehicle terminal, characterized in that when the vehicle arrives at the platform, it can pick up the ordered product matched with the platform number.
According to claim 2,
If the above member information and the purchaser of the item match,
The product purchase server transmits information including a bill for the ordered product to the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal through the vehicle management server;
The drive-thru based product purchasing system using the vehicle terminal, characterized in that the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal pays an amount corresponding to the expense bill.
According to claim 1,
The product purchase server
When the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal, information including a bill for the ordered product is transmitted to the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal through the vehicle management server;
The drive-thru based product purchasing system using the vehicle terminal, characterized in that the vehicle terminal or the user's personal terminal pays an amount corresponding to the expense bill before picking up the ordered product.
According to claim 2,
The affiliated store terminal,
If the above member information and the purchaser of the item match,
A drive-thru based product purchasing system using a vehicle terminal, characterized in that by recognizing a code of an order box containing the order product, it is confirmed whether the order product is all contained in the order box.
According to claim 1,
The vehicle terminal
Receive route information and expected arrival time from the current location of the vehicle to the destination affiliate store from the vehicle management server when the expected pick-up time for the ordered products is received;
A drive-thru based product purchase system using a vehicle terminal, characterized in that for adjusting the expected pick-up available time when the expected arrival time is delayed.
receiving an arbitrary affiliated store as a navigation destination by a vehicle terminal installed in the vehicle;
presenting a list of items for affiliated stores received by the vehicle terminal and putting an item desired by the user in the item list into a shopping cart and placing an order;
When the order is confirmed from the vehicle terminal, the vehicle management server forwards it to the product purchase server, and the product purchase server issues an expected pick-up time and an order code for the ordered products and provides them to the vehicle terminal; and
providing, by the vehicle terminal, an arrival notification message and presenting the order code to the affiliated store when the vehicle arrives at the destination affiliate store;
A drive-thru-based product purchasing method using a vehicle terminal comprising:
According to claim 8,
providing an arrival notification message by the vehicle terminal when the vehicle arrives at an affiliated store as a destination;
recognizing, by an affiliated store terminal provided at the affiliated store, a member code provided by the vehicle or an order code provided by the vehicle terminal;
checking, by the affiliated store terminal, whether member information recognized from the member code and product purchaser recognized from the order code match;
Picking up a corresponding order product on a drive-through basis when the member information and the purchaser of the product match as a result of the check;
A drive-through based product purchase method using a vehicle terminal, further comprising:

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