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US 11,392,910 B2Granted
Spare change saving system and method therefor
AssigneeOoddy Co., Ltd
InventorBong Kyun Kwon
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a spare change saving system and a method therefor and, more particularly, to a spare change saving system for enabling a user to save, in an allocated user account of a saving server, spare change remaining after using money, wherein the saving server receives deposit information when the spare change is put into a saving device, the user receives, from the saving server, a saving code corresponding to the deposit information and can save spare change in the allocated user account using the saving code anytime and anywhere, and spare change remaining after using money is saved as cyber money and can be freely converted into the type of currency desired by the user and used in future.
Claims9
A system of saving spare change, the system comprising:
- a network configured to connect between a saving device and a saving server;
- the saving device comprising an user interface for receiving a currency type selection command from a user and configured to determine a type of currency based on the currency type selection command inputted through the user interface, identify inserted spare change according to the determined type of currency, and generate deposit information of the inserted spare change, the saving device further comprising a device communicator configured to transmit the deposit information of the inserted spare change and/or user information to the saving server through the network;
- the saving server comprising a server communicator configured to receive the deposit information of the inserted spare change and/or the user information which is/are transmitted by the device communicator of the saving device through the network, and a database storing a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of saving codes, the saving server configured to:
- determine whether or not the user information is simultaneously received with the deposit information of the inserted spare change by the saving server,
- when the user information is simultaneously received with the deposit information of the inserted spare change by the saving server, search for a user account corresponding to the user information in the database, and deposit the inserted spare change to the searched user account corresponding to the user information simultaneously received with the deposit information of the inserted spare change in the database, and
- when the user information is not simultaneously received with the deposit information of the inserted spare change by the saving server, generate a saving code corresponding to the deposit information of the inserted spare change and store the generated saving code corresponding to the deposit information of the inserted spare change in the database, transmit the generated saving code to the saving device through the network by the sever communicator of the saving server, determine whether a saving code received from a user terminal matches the generated saving code stored in the database, and deposit the spare change to a user account allocated to a user of the user terminal in the database according to a determination that the saving code received from the user terminal matches the generated saving code.
3 more elements
The system of claim, 1, wherein the saving device includes:
- an identification element determining inserted spare change;
- a deposit manager counting the identified spare change and generating deposit information;
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- an information manager transmitting the deposit information to the saving server and providing a saving code to the user when the saving code including the deposit information is received from the saving server.
1 more element
A method of saving spare change, the method comprising:
- providing a user interface for receiving a currency type selection command from a user, wherein the user interface is included in a saving device,
- determining by the saving device, a type of currency based on the currency type selection command inputted through the user interface, identifying inserted spare change according to the determined type of currency, generating deposit information of the inserted spare change, and transmitting, by a device communicator comprised in the saving device, the deposit information of the inserted spare change and/or user information to a saving server through the network;
- receiving, by a server communicator comprised in the saving server, deposit information of spare change and/or user information from the saving device through a network connecting between the saving device and the saving server;
- determining, by the saving server, whether or not the user information is simultaneously received with the deposit information of the spare change by the saving server;
- when the user information is simultaneously received with the deposit information of the spare change by the saving server, searching for a user account corresponding to the user information in a database storing a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of saving codes, and depositing the inserted spare change to the searched user account corresponding to the user information simultaneously received with the deposit information of the spare change in the database included in the saving server;
- when the user information is not simultaneously received with the deposit information of the spare change by the saving server, generating a saving code corresponding to the deposit information of the spare change, mapping the deposit information of the spare change to the saving code, and registering and storing the mapped deposit information in the database included in the saving server;
- transmitting, by the server communicator comprised in the saving server, the saving code to the saving device through the network;
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- when receiving the saving code and the user information from a user terminal, searching for a user account from the user information and searching for a saving code matching the received saving code, from stored saving codes, and depositing spare change corresponding to deposit information of the spare change corresponding to the received saving code to the user account corresponding to the user information in the database included in the saving server.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.