METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC COUPON

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and a system for providing an electronic coupon are provided to make a customer and a member shop conveniently and effectively use the electronic coupon at selling, and to obtain marketing data by collecting use particulars of the electronic coupon. CONSTITUTION: An electronic coupon reader(2) includes a communication interface(21) for the communication with an electronic coupon publication server(1) transmitting the electronic coupon to a mobile communication terminal(3) of the customer, an RF(Radio Frequency) module(20) for the non-contact RF communication with the terminal(3), and a processor(22) transmitting an electronic coupon ID received from the terminal(3) to the server(1), requesting an approval and receiving a response from the server(1). The RF module(20) includes an RF block(203) transmitting/receiving a non-contact RF signal from the terminal(3) and a logic block(202) extracting the electronic coupon ID from the RF signal and transmitting the RF signal to the processor(22). The electronic coupon reader(1) includes a display, and the processor(22) displays the response for an approval request from the server(1).