Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100306037 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SHOPPING MALL AND SERVER SYSTEM THEREFORE - A method for providing a virtual shopping mall is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a multi-party goods sale contest, proceeding with the multi-party goods sale contest when the contest is established in response to the request, analyzing a contest result in consideration of a sale record after a predetermined time lapses or other triggering even occurs, determining a goods sale rank of the plurality of sellers based on the analyzed sale result, and giving different benefits to buyers purchasing goods of the plurality of sellers according to the determined sale rank. | 12-02-2010 |
20110010273 | Method and System for Conducting Product Competition - Provided is a method of conducting a product competition using a product competition conducting system including a popularity rank determiner, a competition product extractor, a competition space provider, a competition rank determiner, and a benefit giver. The method includes: determining popularity ranks of a plurality of products using the popularity rank determiner, extracting some of the plurality of products according to the determined popularity rank using the competition product extractor; providing a competition space such that a competition between the extracted products is conducted using the competition space provider; when the competition between the extracted products is conducted in the provided competition space and a predetermined time has lapsed, determining competition ranks using the competition rank determiner; and giving benefits corresponding to the determined competition rank using the benefit giver. | 01-13-2011 |
20110295684 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING ADVERTISEMENTS - A method and server for managing advertisements are provided. The method and server attract a searcher's attention by a contest among a plurality of items extracted in relation to a search word, give a predetermined benefit according to contest ranks, and provide an advertisement of an advertiser supporting the benefit to the searcher, thereby maximizing advertising effects. The method includes receiving, at a receiver of an advertisement managing server, a search word input by a searcher, providing, at a contest space provider of the advertisement managing server, a contest space to the searcher to hold a contest among a plurality of items related to the search word and including link information, determining, at a contest rank determiner of the advertisement managing server, contest ranks of the items in consideration of the number of links, providing, at a benefit provider of the advertisement managing server, a benefit corresponding to the determined contest ranks, and providing, at an advertisement provider of the advertisement managing server, an advertisement of an advertiser supporting provision of the benefit to the searcher. | 12-01-2011 |
20120239520 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. The auction method includes maintaining, at an auction server, a database of the highest price of a specific product, the lowest price offered by a seller, and the limited number of successful bidders, receiving, at the auction server, bidding information including bid prices for the specific product between the lowest price and the highest price from bidders, selecting, at the auction server, a lowest successful bidder from among the bidders in consideration of the limited number of successful bidders and the bidding information when a predetermined bidding time elapses, and requesting, at the auction server, payment from all successful bidders using a successful bid price of the lowest successful bidder as a sale price on the basis of bidding information about the lowest successful bidder. | 09-20-2012 |
20120296763 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. The auction method includes maintaining, at an auction server, a database of a highest price of a specific product, a lowest price offered by a seller, and a successful bid rate, receiving, at the auction server, bidding information including bid prices for the specific product between the lowest price and the highest price from bidders, selecting, at the auction server, a lowest successful bidder from among the bidders in consideration of the successful bid rate and the bidding information when a predetermined bidding time elapses, and requesting, at the auction server, payment from all successful bidders using a successful bid price of the lowest successful bidder as a sale price on the basis of bidding information about the lowest successful bidder. | 11-22-2012 |
20130066737 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066738 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073355 | VENDING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a vending machine, more specifically a vending machine that includes: a money deposit opening, into which a particular currency may be deposited; a money return opening; an input part configured to receive a user input from a user for product selection; a product dispenser opening configured to dispense a product selected by the user; and a product competition module configured to determine a ranking of products in consideration of a sales record of products during a predetermined period, and configured to perform a control to offer a benefit in correspondence to a ranking of the product selected by the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20130185146 | METHOD AND SERVER OF PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT - The present invention relates to a method and server for providing advertisements that employ a contest arrangement between a multiple number of advertising items extracted in association with a particular text or image, to draw the interest of the advertisement users and maximize the advertising effect by supplying certain benefits according to the contest rankings. | 07-18-2013 |
20130204695 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR MANAGING ADVERTISEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for managing advertisements and a mobile communication terminal for the same, which uses the position information of the mobile communication to provide a searcher with a contest arrangement among multiple advertising items related to the searcher's current position, so as to arouse the searcher's interest, apply benefits to the searcher and the advertiser according to the contest ranking, and induce the searcher to make return visits and the advertiser to participate in bids. A method for managing advertisements according to an embodiment of the present invention can include: receiving position information, by a position information module of a mobile communication terminal; receiving a particular search keyword as input from a searcher, by a receiving unit of the mobile communication terminal; providing the searcher with a contest space based on the position information so as to implement a contest among a plurality of advertising items related to the particular search keyword, by a contest space provider unit of the mobile communication terminal; determining contest rankings for the plurality of advertising items in consideration of a number of clicks, by a contest ranking determiner unit of the mobile communication terminal; providing a benefit in correspondence to the determined contest rankings, by a benefit provider unit of the mobile communication terminal; and providing the searcher with an advertisement of an advertiser sponsoring provision of the benefit, by an advertisement provider unit of the mobile communication terminal. | 08-08-2013 |
20130254058 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. The auction method includes maintaining, at an auction server, a database of the highest price of a specific product, the lowest price offered by a seller, and the limited number of successful bidders, receiving, at the auction server, bidding information including bid prices for the specific product between the lowest price and the highest price from bidders, selecting, at the auction server, a lowest successful bidder from among the bidders in consideration of the limited number of successful bidders and the bidding information when a predetermined bidding time elapses, and requesting, at the auction server, payment from all successful bidders using a successful bid price of the lowest successful bidder as a sale price on the basis of bidding information about the lowest successful bidder. | 09-26-2013 |
20140304101 | AUCTION METHOD AND SERVER - Provided are an auction method and server that enable a seller and bidders to determine the price of a product at their own discretion by enabling the bidders to participate in a bid between the lowest price offered by the seller and the highest price of the product, and give benefit to both the seller and successful bidders by applying the successful bid price of a lowest successful bidder to all the successful bidders as a sale price. The auction method includes maintaining, at an auction server, a database of the highest price of a specific product, the lowest price offered by a seller, and the limited number of successful bidders, receiving, at the auction server, bidding information including bid prices for the specific product between the lowest price and the highest price from bidders, selecting, at the auction server, a lowest successful bidder from among the bidders in consideration of the limited number of successful bidders and the bidding information when a predetermined bidding time elapses, and requesting, at the auction server, payment from all successful bidders using a successful bid price of the lowest successful bidder as a sale price on the basis of bidding information about the lowest successful bidder. | 10-09-2014 |