Patent ID: 9349133
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system for providing coupon service using receipts, comprising: a communications network including the internet; a first personal terminal of a first consumer connected to the communications network, the first personal terminal including a first image acquisition unit having a scanner or a digital camera, the first image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a first receipt for having purchased a particular product from a first store, the first personal terminal configured to transmit the image acquired by the first image acquisition unit through the communications network; a first member store terminal of the first store connected to the communications network, the first member store terminal configured to receive and transmit the image of the first receipt to a government agency through the communications network for collecting taxes from the first consumer for having paid for the particular product in cash; a second personal terminal of a second consumer connected to the communications network, the second personal terminal including a second image acquisition unit having a scanner or a dig ital camera the second image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a second receipt for having purchased the same particular product from a second store, the second personal terminal configured to transmit the image acquired by the second image acquisition unit through the communications network; a second member store terminal of the second store connected to the communications network, the second member store terminal configured to receive and transmit the image of the second receipt to the government agency through the communications network for collecting taxes from the second consumer for having paid for the particular product in cash; a coupon product manufacturer server connected to the communications network, the coupon product manufacturer server configured to store coupon product information for the particular product to which a coupon is attached and event information specifying different point-accumulating rates for purchasing the same particular product at the first and second stores; a coupon service provider server connected to the personal terminals and the coupon product manufacturer server through the communications network, the coupon service provider server including an operating program configured to acquire image data of the receipts and to provide point information to the consumers; a database server connected to the coupon service provider server through the communications network, the database server configured to receive and store the coupon product information and the event information transmitted from the coupon product manufacturer server, the receipt images provided by the personal terminals, and the point information extracted from the receipt images; and an image analyzing and processing device configured to extract texts from receipt information provided by the personal terminals and to extract coupon information and the event information from the texts in order to accumulate a first quantity of points for the first consumer and a second different quantity of points for the second consumer, the points calculated based on the extracted coupon information and the extracted event information, the image analyzing and processing device comprising: