# US 2012/0084360 A1 · Membership management system and method for using a community page

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- Number: US 2012/0084360 A1
- Document ID: US20120084360A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/237,791
- Filed: 2011-09-20
- Published: 2012-04-05
- Earliest claimed: 2010-09-30
- Assignees: Nhn Corporation
- Inventors: Kwang Jun KIM; Yea Sun YOON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120084360A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A system and method for managing membership in real-time using a community page that enables communication between a member and a provider is disclosed herein. The membership management system may include an information transferring unit to transfer access information, used to encourage an access to a community page associated with or created by the provider, to at least one member, and a business information providing unit to provide business information of the provider to members who access the community page, via the community page. The membership management system may transmit information associated with an access to a community page to a member, thereby encouraging the member to access the community page. Therefore, the community page may provide real-time communication between the provider and the member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A membership management system, comprising:
an information transferring unit to transfer access information of a provider of a community page to a member of the community page, the access information being associated with an access to the community page; and
a business information providing unit to provide business information of the provider to members who access the community page, via the community page.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising:
an access location identifying unit to identify an access location of the member based on profile information of the member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the information transferring unit transfers the access information to the members based on the members being within a specified area from the provider.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the access information includes event information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the event information is based on the access location of the member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the information transferring unit transfers access request information at a current time, based on the current time corresponding with a scheduled specific time or a schedule range of time.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the community page displays texts created by the members.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a rights setting unit to set a permission to access the community page for each of the members.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the community page provides an interface that enables content to be shared between members of the provider.

### Claim 10

A membership management method, comprising:
transferring access information of a provider of a community page to a member of the community page, the access information being associated with an access to the community page; and
providing business information of the provider to members who access the community page, via the community page.

### Claim 11

The method of clam 10, further comprising:
identifying an access location of the member based on profile information of the member.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the transferring is performed as the member accesses the community page within a specified geographical area from the provider.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the access information includes event information.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the event information is based on the access location of the member.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising transferring access request information at a current time when the current time corresponds to a specific scheduled time or scheduled time range.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying texts created by the members.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising:
setting a permission to access the community page for each member.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the community page includes an interface that enables content to be shared between the members.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the access information comprises discount information associated with the business information.

### Claim 20

The method of clam 10, wherein the access information comprises discount information associated with the business information.