JP7284302B2 - Method and system for providing rewards based on point of interest list subscriptions and review information - Google Patents

Description

The following description relates to techniques for providing rewards based on reviews for points of interest.

Due to the recent social trend that the general public is paying high attention to gourmet information and cooking information, information about hidden gourmet restaurants that used to be secretly rumored only among gourmets is now being disseminated through various media such as TV and magazines. By using the content provided by , the general public can now easily access it.

Along with this, the above-mentioned gourmet store information is naturally constructed by region, menu, price, etc. through the Internet, and information can be easily obtained by searching on a search site. is now possible.

For example, Patent Literature 1 (published on October 15, 2013) discloses a technique for recommending shop information within a certain range centered on the position of the customer's terminal.

In general, gourmet restaurant information includes information such as the main menu of the restaurant, photos of food, prices, tastes, etc., as well as information such as the area and map where the restaurant is located. is mainly provided in the form of posts such as blogs.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0113038

To provide a method and system capable of generating and issuing a list of points of interest with visit confirmation certified based on receipts.

To provide a method and system capable of rewarding list creators based on review information from visits by subscribers who subscribe to point of interest lists.

A rewarding method implemented by a computer system comprising the steps of providing a point of interest list including at least one point of interest for which a user's visit has been proven using a receipt; To provide a reward providing method including providing a reward to the user based on a subscription and proof of visit using a receipt.

According to one aspect, the rewarding method further includes granting a copyright to the user as a right to the point of interest list, wherein providing the reward includes: Rewards for subscribing to the list of points of interest or proof of visit may be provided.

According to another aspect, the reward providing method includes, when a receipt is uploaded from the user's terminal, extracting information about the point of interest from the uploaded receipt and proving a visit to the point of interest. May contain more.

According to another aspect, the reward providing method includes collecting and recording information extracted from the uploaded receipt as review information for the point of interest, and reviewing the point of interest where the review information is recorded. The method may further include generating the point of interest list based on the list.

According to another aspect, the step of verifying includes obtaining terminal information from the image file when the receipt is uploaded as an image file from the user's terminal, and uploading the terminal information and the image file. It may include a step of confirming the in-person visit by comparing the information of the terminal that has received the information.

According to another aspect, the step of verifying includes obtaining the location information and visiting time of the point of interest using information extracted from the receipt, and the location record of the terminal that uploaded the receipt. If there is a history corresponding to the location information of the point of interest and the visit time, it may include a step of confirming the visit as an in-person visit.

According to another aspect, the step of providing the reward includes reward money provided by the manager of the point of interest as a sponsor for the point of interest list, and the reward for subscribing to the point of interest list and proof of visit. may be provided to the user.

According to yet another aspect, the reward providing method includes providing at least one of a notification and a report regarding the point of interest list to an admin page of the point of interest or a terminal of the administrator. May contain more.

A computer program for causing a computer to execute the reward providing method is provided.

A computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in the memory, the at least one processor comprising: providing a point-of-interest list including at least one point-of-interest for which a user's visit has been proven using a receipt; A computer system is provided that provides rewards to users.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a point of interest list with verified visit confirmation is generated and published based on receipts, and the list creator is rewarded based on review information by visits of subscribers who subscribe to the point of interest list. It is possible to implement a model that provides This makes it possible to build an effective service model for points of interest.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining internal configurations of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of a server may include in one embodiment of the invention; FIG. Figure 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that a server may perform in one embodiment of the invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the process of generating a point of interest list in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example process for providing rewards to list creators based on point of interest list subscriptions and review information in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the process of providing a sponsor-provided reward to a list creator in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a process of confirming a visit in person by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of the process of confirming a visit in person by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for providing rewards based on reviews of points of interest, and more particularly to a model for providing rewards based on point of interest list subscriptions and review information.

Embodiments including the matters specifically disclosed herein generate and publish a point of interest list with visit confirmation certified based on receipts, and subscribers who subscribe to such a point of interest list List generators can be rewarded based on the review information from their visits, thereby achieving significant advantages in aspects such as effectiveness, efficiency, service expansion, and service quality improvement.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including multiple electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 , multiple servers 150 , 160 , and a network 170 . Such FIG. 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as in FIG.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented by a computer system. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players). ), tablets, game consoles, wearable devices, IoT (Internet of things) devices, VR (virtual reality) devices, AR (augmented reality) devices, and the like. As an example, FIG. 1 shows a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, but in embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 substantially utilizes a wireless or wired communication scheme and communicates with other devices via the network 170. may refer to one of a variety of physical computer systems capable of communicating with the electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or the servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and not only the communication method using the communication network that can be included in the network 170 (eg, mobile communication network, wired Internet, wireless Internet, broadcast network, satellite network, etc.), but also the device It may also include short-range wireless communication between For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (personal area network), a LAN (local area network), a CAN (campus area network), a MAN (metropolitan area network), a WAN (wide area network), a BBN (broadband network). k), such as the Internet Any one or more of the networks may be included. Additionally, network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, tree or hierarchical networks, and the like. will not be

Each of servers 150, 160 is implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 over network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, etc. good. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 connected via the network 170, and the server 160 may also be a system that provides a plurality of electronic devices connected via the network 170. It may be a system that provides the second service to the electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 . As a more specific example, the server 150 provides a service intended by the application (for example, location recommendation) through an application, which is a computer program that is installed and executed in the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. service, etc.) may be provided to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 as a first service. As another example, the server 160 may provide, as a second service, a service of distributing files for installing and executing the applications described above to the plurality of electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining internal configurations of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the internal configuration of the electronic device 110 and the internal configuration of the server 150 will be described as an example of the electronic device. Other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configurations as electronic device 110 or server 150 described above.

Electronic device 110 and server 150 may include memory 211 , 221 , processors 212 , 222 , communication modules 213 , 223 , and input/output interfaces 214 , 224 . The memories 211 and 221 are non-temporary computer-readable recording media such as RAM (random access memory), ROM (read only memory), disk drive, SSD (solid state drive), and flash memory. and the like. Here, permanent large-capacity storage devices such as ROMs, SSDs, flash memories, and disk drives may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 150 as separate permanent storage devices separate from the memories 211 and 221. good. The memories 211 and 221 also store an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a browser installed and executed in the electronic device 110 or an application installed in the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). etc.) may be recorded. Such software components may be loaded from a computer-readable medium separate from memories 211,221. Such other computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, memory cards, and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 211, 221 through communication modules 213, 223 that are not computer-readable media. For example, at least one program is a computer program (as an example, the above-mentioned may be loaded into the memory 211, 221 based on the application).

Processors 212, 222 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processors 212 , 222 by memory 211 , 221 or communication modules 213 , 223 . For example, processors 212 , 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code stored in storage devices, such as memories 211 , 221 .

Communication modules 213 and 223 may provide functions for electronic device 110 and server 150 to communicate with each other via network 170, and electronic device 110 and/or server 150 may communicate with other electronic devices (for example, , electronics 120) or other servers (eg, server 160). As an example, requests generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to program code recorded in a recording device such as the memory 211 may be communicated to the server 150 via the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213 . Conversely, control signals, instructions, contents, files, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are received by the electronic device 110 through the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110 via the communication module 223 and the network 170. may be For example, control signals, instructions, content, files, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transferred to the processor 212 and the memory 211, and the content, files, etc. may be further stored in the electronic device 110. It may be recorded on a medium (the permanent recording device described above).

Input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with input/output devices 215 . For example, input devices may include devices such as keyboards, mice, microphones, cameras, and output devices may include devices such as displays, speakers, tactile feedback devices, and the like. As another example, input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates functionality for input and output, such as a touch screen. Input/output device 215 may be one device with electronic device 110 . Input/output interface 224 of server 150 may also be a means for interfacing with devices (not shown) for input or output that are connected to server 150 or that server 150 may include. As a more specific example, when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes the instructions of the computer program loaded into the memory 211, service screens and content configured using data provided by the server 150 and the electronic device 120 are displayed. may be displayed on the display through input/output interface 214 .

Also, in other embodiments, electronic device 110 and server 150 may include more components than those in FIG. However, most prior art components need not be explicitly shown in the figures. For example, electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 215 described above, such as transceivers, Global Positioning System (GPS) modules, cameras, various sensors, databases, and the like. may further include other components. As a more specific example, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, the acceleration sensor, gyro sensor, camera module, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, input/output ports, and Various components, such as a vibrator for vibration, may be implemented to be further included in electronic device 110 .

Specific embodiments of methods and systems for providing rewards based on point of interest list subscriptions and review information are described below.

In the present specification, the point of interest may mean a comprehensive set of major facilities on a map, and in particular, may mean a place-based recommendation target such as a gourmet restaurant or a popular place.

Embodiments of the present invention seek to build a model in a place recommendation service platform that verifies user visits based on receipts for points of interest and provides rewards for user reviews for verified visits. is.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of a server may include in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a possible method;

The server 150 according to the present embodiment may provide rewards for user reviews of points of interest by implementing a reward model in the place recommendation service. As an example, the server 150 may serve as a platform that provides a location recommendation service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, which are clients. The server 150 may cooperate with applications installed in the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 to provide a location recommendation service for points of interest. Place recommendation service platform refers to registration of points of interest, provision of points of interest (recommendation, display, advertisement, etc.), matching between target elements for points of interest, alignment of points of interest, charging for providing points of interest, review of points of interest It may refer to a server system that performs revenue sharing and the like.

The processor 222 of the server 150 includes a visit certification unit 310, an information collection unit 320, a place recommendation unit 330, and a reward provision unit 340 as shown in FIG. 3 as components for executing the reward provision method according to FIG. may be provided. Depending on the embodiment, components of processor 222 may be selectively included or excluded from processor 222 . Also, in some embodiments, the components of processor 222 may be separated or merged to represent the functionality of processor 212 .

Such processor 222 and components of processor 222 may control server 150 to perform steps 410-440 included in the rewarding method of FIG. For example, processor 222 and components of processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to the code of an operating system and the code of at least one program contained in memory 221 .

Here, the components of processor 222 may represent different functions performed by processor 222 according to instructions provided by program code stored on server 150 . For example, visit certifier 310 may be utilized as a functional representation of processor 222 that controls server 150 according to the instructions described above so that server 150 certifies a user's visit to a point of interest.

Processor 222 may read the necessary instructions from memory 221 loaded with instructions associated with the control of server 150 . In this case, the read instructions may include instructions for controlling processor 222 to perform steps 410-440 described below.

At step 410, the visit verification unit 310 may verify the user's visit by reading the receipt for the point of interest. The user may provide, ie, upload, the receipt issued at the point of interest to the service platform, such as by taking a picture with a camera. In other words, the user may upload to the server 150 a receipt image captured in advance or a receipt image captured in real time. Accordingly, the visit certification unit 310 may certify the confirmation of the user's visit to the point of interest by reading the uploaded receipt and confirming the user's visit to the specified point of interest from the read result. As an example, the visit certification unit 310 may provide a character reading function (eg, an optical character reader (OCR), etc.) to extract information about the point of interest from the uploaded receipt. and confirm user visits to the corresponding points of interest. At this time, the visit certification unit 310 may confirm that the visit was made by the user himself/herself in the visit certification carried out based on the receipt, and may recognize that the visit is valid only for the visit by the user himself/herself. A method for confirming that the visit is in person will be specifically described below.

In operation 420, the information collecting unit 320 may collect the information extracted from the receipt as review information of the points of interest visited by the user. The information collecting unit 320 may match the review information of the point of interest with the corresponding receipt image and the information of the user who uploaded it, and record and store it in the database on the platform. The information collecting unit 320 may obtain review information including point of interest information, visit information, menu information, etc. from the receipt provided by the user. The review information may include information extracted from the receipt as well as information on the Internet related to the information extracted from the receipt. For example, if the point of interest is a restaurant, the point of interest information may include basic information such as the restaurant name (trade name), phone number, address, business type, etc., and the visit information may include the date and time when the user visited the restaurant, and the date and time when the user visited the restaurant. The menu information may include information on the number of people, etc., and the menu information may include quantity and price information for each menu ordered by the user, total payment, and the like. The information collecting unit 320 checks in real time whether the corresponding point of interest is registered on the platform based on the information obtained from the receipt, and provides the user with information such as whether the point of interest is registered and the reward level. good.

The server 150 may build and maintain in a database on the platform the business type, address, telephone number, menu, price per menu, etc. of the points of interest pre-registered on the platform, and use the information collected from the receipt. may update existing information in the database or register new information, and may process review aggregation. For example, the server 150 may update the information on the database by using the point-of-interest information to acquire information such as whether the business type and telephone number of the relevant location have been changed. In addition, the server 150 may aggregate records related to points of interest (eg, the number of visitors, current sales, order of sales by menu, etc.) by accumulating information collected from receipts. Further, if the point of interest information collected from the receipt does not exist in the database, the server 150 may register the corresponding point of interest as a new point of interest. The database on the platform will hold a menu list for each point of interest, but in the same way, if there is no menu information collected from the receipt, it can be registered as a new menu. It is possible.

The server 150 may collect evaluation information (e.g., ratings, comments, photos, etc.) for each point of interest for service users. At this time, a weighted value may be applied to the evaluation information of the user whose visit confirmation is verified from the receipt and reflected on the platform. The server 150 provides the service user with the evaluation information of the site of interest. At this time, in the case of the evaluation information of the user whose visit confirmation is verified from the receipt, it is distinguished from other evaluation information. may be displayed.

In operation 430, the place recommendation unit 330 may generate and recommend a point of interest list including at least one point of interest. The place recommendation unit 330 may issue a point of interest list including at least one point of interest among the points of interest visited by the user according to a user's request, and may use the point of interest list issued by the user as a service. may be recommended in the form of content that users can subscribe to. In addition, the place recommendation unit 330 may recommend a point of interest with a specific purpose or theme to the service user based on records related to the point of interest. For example, the user's profile information (e.g., age, gender, place of residence, interests, etc.) that has been proven to visit a point of interest is used as reference data for recommendation, and based on this, the 'dating place' or Points of interest for various purposes such as "family dining out" may be recommended. In addition, the place recommendation unit 330 can recommend the 'popular menu' of the interest point based on the record of each menu of the interest point, for example, the sales order of each menu.

In operation 440, the reward providing unit 340 may provide a reward to the user who generated the corresponding point of interest list based on the subscription and review information of the point of interest list. For example, the reward providing unit 340 may assign copyright to a corresponding creator of a list of points of interest that the user has visited, and may obtain other users' subscriptions to the list of points of interest, the number of subscribers, A portion of the revenue generated from the platform may be distributed over a period of time to the user who owns the copyright of the corresponding point of interest list, taking into account reviews by subscribers' visits to the point of interest. A specific method and process of providing rewards based on the point of interest list subscription and review information will be described in detail below. In addition, for points of interest that are not registered on the platform, the reward providing unit 340 gives the first user who registers the receipt-based review information a certain portion of the profits obtained from the platform. Distribution over time is also possible. The revenue sharing percentage and revenue sharing period may be determined according to the extent to which the user contributes to the platform, for example, the more copyrighted points of interest the user has, or the more subscribers the points of interest list has. The more users, the more revenue may be shared.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the process of generating the point-of-interest list.

Referring to FIG. 5, User_A (510) may upload the receipt of the point of interest POI_1 visited by him/herself to the place recommendation service platform 550 in the form of an image file captured by a camera. Uploading the receipt may prove that User_A (510) has visited the point of interest POI_1.

The place recommendation service platform 550 may read the receipt of the point of interest POI_1 uploaded by User_A (510), and obtain review information including point of interest information, visit information, and menu information from the reading result.

The place recommendation service platform 550 may match and record the review information of the point of interest POI_1 that has been proven to be visited by User_A (510) with the identification information and receipt image file of User_A (510).

The place recommendation service platform 550 may use the review information obtained from the receipt uploaded by User_A (510) in recommending the point of interest POI_1 to service users.

The place recommendation service platform 550 may reward User_A (510) for registering the review information by uploading the receipt of the point of interest POI_1. In particular, the place recommendation service platform 550 may distribute a portion of platform profits to User_A (510) who first registered review information when the point of interest POI_1 is a point of interest that does not exist on the platform. .

The place recommendation service platform 550 may generate at least one point of interest whose visit is proven by a receipt as a point of interest list 501 and publish it as a subscribeable list according to the request of User_A (510). The point of interest list 501 is composed of points of interest (eg, POI_1 to POI_4) selected directly by User_A (510) or sorted by predetermined criteria (location, industry, order of recent reviews, etc.). you can

The place recommendation service platform 550 may grant copyright, which is the right of the point of interest list 501 , to User_A ( 510 ) who published the point of interest list 501 . A predetermined period of time (for example, one year) is set as the rights authorization period of the point of interest list 501, and a reward may be provided to user_A (510) during the period of time.

The place recommendation service platform 550 may recommend the point of interest list 501 to the service user, and the service user may subscribe to the point of interest list 501 .

Therefore, when User_A (510) photographs the receipts of the points of interest that he/she has visited and uploads them to the place recommendation service platform 550, the place recommendation service platform 550 sends the information extracted from the receipts to User_A (510). 510) automatically records the visited points of interest as review information, and based on the list of points of interest in which the review information is recorded, a list of points of interest 501 to be disclosed to the outside can be generated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process of providing rewards to list creators based on point of interest list subscriptions and review information.

Referring to FIG. 6, User_B ( 620 ) may subscribe to the Point of Interest List 501 generated by User_A ( 510 ) on the place recommendation service platform 550 .

User_B (620) uploads a receipt for a point of interest, such as POI_2, included in the point of interest list 501 issued by User_A (510) to the place recommendation service platform 550, thereby allowing User_B (620) to You may prove that you have visited the point POI_2.

Similarly, the place recommendation service platform 550 may read the receipt of the point of interest POI_2 uploaded by User_B (620), and obtain review information including point of interest information, visit information, and menu information from the reading result. .

The place recommendation service platform 550 may use the review information obtained from the receipt uploaded by User_B (620) in recommending the point of interest POI_2 to service users.

If User_B (620) proves his/her visit by uploading a receipt to the point of interest list 501 created by User_A (510), User_A's (510) rights to the corresponding list 501 Point of interest list 501 may be rewarded by sharing to User_A (510) a portion of the revenue generated by the place recommendation service platform 550 during the period for which the is certified.

User_B (620), whose visit was verified by uploading a receipt to the point of interest list 501 generated by User_A (510), is also given a revenue share as a reward for visiting and reviewing point of interest POI_2. you can

Therefore, User_B (620) subscribes to the point-of-interest list 501 published by User_A (510) and uploads the receipts for the points-of-interest included in the list 501 to which User_A (510) is subscribed, thereby performing a visit review. can be left. Accordingly, the place recommendation service platform 550 provides User_A (510), who is the creator of the point of interest list 501 subscribed by User_B (620), with a reward for subscribing and visiting reviews of User_B (620). be able to.

Although the above describes a reward model that combines subscription to the point of interest list and visit review, it is not limited to this, and rewards for subscription and rewards for visit review can be provided separately. It is possible.

As an example of revenue sharing, the place recommendation service platform 550 may share platform revenue generated from advertisements for points of interest. A sponsor (eg, a business owner) may provide a fixed amount of compensation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of the process of providing the list generator with the reward provided by the sponsor.

Referring to FIG. 7, the place recommendation service platform 550 generates and subscribes to the point of interest list 501 generated by the user_A (510) for the business owners of the points of interest included in the list 501. , visit reviews, etc. For example, a point of interest list 501 including the point of interest POI_2 is generated, a subscriber of the point of interest list 501 including the point of interest POI_2 is added, and user_B subscribes to the point of interest list 501 including the point of interest POI_2. When (620) visits the point of interest POI_2, a notification may be provided to the administrator page of the point of interest POI_2 or the business owner terminal of the point of interest POI_2.

The business owner of the point of interest POI_2 may sponsor the point of interest list 501 and directly propose a reward to be provided to User_A (510) who is the creator of the point of interest list 501, and the place recommendation service platform 550 may , for user_A (510), the reward proposed by the business owner of the point of interest POI_2 is displayed on the point of interest list 501, and the corresponding amount is rewarded to user_A (510), who is the creator of the list. may be provided as

The place recommendation service platform 550 may provide a notice to the business owner of the relevant point of interest when list generation, subscription, visit review, etc. occur for the point of interest, and further, based on the review information from the receipt, Reports including age distribution, gender distribution, average payment amount, etc. of users who visited the location may also be provided. Business owners of points of interest will be able to conduct targeted marketing, such as identifying points of interest listings on the place recommendation service platform 550 and subsidizing rewards.

A method of confirming the visit by the user will be described below.

The process of verifying the user's in-person visit may be included in step 410 described above and may be performed by the visit verification unit 310 .

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a process of confirming a visit by a user.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step 801, when a receipt image file is uploaded from a user terminal, e.g. You can get device information from EXIF information is a video file format used in cameras, and includes basic information such as camera model name, shooting display degree, etc., as well as location and space such as latitude/longitude coordinates, altitude, shooting azimuth, etc. May contain information.

In step 802, the visit certification unit 310 compares the terminal information acquired from the receipt image file with the terminal information of the actual electronic device 110 that uploaded the receipt image file, and determines whether the terminal information matches. It may be determined whether the visit is in person. When the receipt image file is uploaded, the visit certification unit 310 compares the terminal information that captured the receipt with the terminal information that actually uploaded the receipt. It may be determined that the receipt is taken by the user himself/herself and recognized as a visit by the user himself/herself.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the process of confirming the visit by the user.

Referring to FIG. 9, in step 901, when the receipt image file is uploaded from the electronic device 110, the visit certification unit 310 extracts the location information at the time of photographing the corresponding image from the receipt image file, that is, the receipt photographing location. can be obtained. For example, the visit certification unit 310 may acquire the location information tagged to the receipt image file or the location information included in the EXIF information of the receipt image file.

In step 902, the visit certification unit 310 may extract information about the point of interest from the receipt by reading the uploaded receipt image file using a character reading function, and use the information extracted from the receipt. to obtain the location information and visit time of the point of interest. In other words, the visit certification unit 310 may acquire the address and visit time of the point of interest from the result of reading the receipt.

In step 903, the visit verification unit 310 uses the location record collected from the electronic device 110 to determine the visit time of the point of interest for a certain period of time when the receipt photographed location is near the address of the point of interest extracted from the receipt. It may be determined whether there is a history in which the location information of the electronic device 110 was located within a certain radius of the location information of the point of interest before and after. At this time, if the position record of the electronic device 110 includes a history corresponding to the receipt information, the visit certification unit 310 may certify that the receipt is a receipt made by the user himself. In other words, the visit certification unit 310 determines that there is a history that the user was located near the POI location indicated on the receipt within a certain period of time (for example, one hour) before and after the time indicated on the receipt. In this case, by determining that the site of interest is actually visited by the user, it may be recognized that the site is visited by the user himself.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in the visit certification based on the receipt, by confirming that the user himself/herself has visited and recognizing that the visit is valid only for the visit by the user himself/herself, the abuse of the visit certification using the receipt can be effectively prevented. can be effectively prevented.

In addition, server 150 may utilize user-uploaded receipt information to automatically tag other photos uploaded by that user with relevant point-of-interest information.

It is assumed that a record of a user uploading a receipt is recorded and maintained on the platform, and that the user's in-person visit is confirmed for the uploaded receipt. When the user uploads another photo within the same domain as the location recommendation service or from a related service (social networking service, data cloud service, etc.) that can be linked with the location recommendation service, the server 150 detects that the same user has already uploaded another photo. The points of interest information from the receipts may be automatically tagged to the corresponding photos. As an example, the server 150 compares the terminal information on which the receipt was taken with the terminal information on which another picture was taken, and if it determines that they are the same, or (using deep learning or existing information on the platform Assuming that the user information that uploaded the receipt is known) If the user who uploaded the receipt is included in another photo, the location information included in the EXIF information of the other photo and the already uploaded The point of interest information on the receipt may be checked and the point of interest information mapped to the corresponding photo may be recorded.

The point of interest information automatically mapped to another photo using the receipt information can be used in photo search, and can be provided as a search result of the point of interest corresponding to the photo at the time of search.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a user uploads a photo from a location recommendation service or another service that can be linked with the location recommendation service, the receipt information already uploaded by the same user can be used to obtain the point of interest information. can be automatically tagged to the corresponding photo, and this can be used when searching for photos.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a list of points of interest whose visit confirmation is certified is generated and published based on receipts, and the list is based on review information from visits of subscribers who subscribe to the list of points of interest. A model can be implemented that provides rewards to producers, thereby building an effective service model for points of interest.

The apparatus described above may be realized by hardware components, software components, and/or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments include processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic units (PLUs), microprocessors, Or may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing unit may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the OS. The processor may also access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to executing software. For convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. You can understand. For example, a processing unit may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, to configure a processor to operate at its discretion or to independently or collectively instruct a processor. You can Software and/or data may be embodied in any kind of machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium, or device for interpretation by, or for providing instructions or data to, a processing device. good. The software may be stored and executed in a distributed fashion over computer systems linked by a network. Software and data may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiments may be embodied in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Here, the medium may record the computer-executable program continuously or temporarily record it for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be various recording means or storage means in the form of a combination of single or multiple hardware, and is not limited to a medium that is directly connected to a computer system, but is distributed over a network. It may exist in Examples of media are magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and It may include ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc., and may be configured to store program instructions. Other examples of media include recording media or storage media managed by application stores that distribute applications, sites that supply or distribute various software, and servers.

As described above, the embodiments have been described based on the limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations based on the above description. For example, the techniques described may be performed in a different order than in the manner described and/or components such as systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. described may be performed in a manner different than in the manner described. Appropriate results may be achieved when combined or combined, opposed or substituted by other elements or equivalents.

Accordingly, different embodiments that are equivalent to the claims should still fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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A reward providing method executed by a computer system, comprising:
After extracting information about a point of interest from a receipt to prove a user's visit to the point of interest, recording the information extracted from the receipt as review information of the user;
using the receipt to provide a point of interest list including points of interest for which the user's visits have been proven; and based on subscriptions to the point of interest list by other users and proof of visits using other receipts; providing a reward to the user;
including
The reward providing method, wherein the review information includes, as information extracted from the receipt, interest point information indicating the interest point, visit information on visits to the interest point, and menu information ordered at the interest point. granting the user rights to the point of interest list;
The step of providing the reward includes:
2. The rewarding method of claim 1, wherein the entitled user is rewarded by subscription or proof of visit to the list of points of interest by the other user. 3. The rewarding method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising generating the point of interest list based on a list of points of interest for which review information is recorded. After acquiring the terminal information from the image file of the receipt, verifying the visit to the point of interest is based on the result of comparing the terminal information with the information of the user's terminal that uploaded the image file. 4. A rewarding method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a visit to said point of interest is verified. Proving the visit to the point of interest includes obtaining the location information of the point of interest and the visiting time of the point of interest using the information extracted from the receipt, and the location of the terminal of the user who uploaded the receipt. 4. A method of providing rewards according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein if a record contains a history corresponding to the location information and the time of visit, it proves the user's visit to the point of interest. The step of providing the reward includes:
6. The reward providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reward is provided to the user based on a reward provided by an administrator of the point of interest as a sponsor for the list of points of interest. 7. The reward providing method of claim 6, further comprising providing at least one of a notification and a report regarding the point of interest list to an administrator page of the point of interest or a terminal of the administrator. A computer program that causes a computer to execute the reward providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7. a computer system,
a memory; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to said memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in said memory;
The at least one processor
Carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 7,
The computer system, wherein the review information includes, as information extracted from the receipt, interest point information indicating the interest point, visit information on visits to the interest point, and menu information ordered at the interest point.

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