Electronic apparatus for processing information for point conversion and method thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of processing information in an electronic apparatus, the method including transmitting a point inquiry request including user information for identifying a user to servers of one or more affiliates, acquiring balance information of a first point corresponding to the user from a first affiliate among the one or more affiliates in response to the point inquiry request, providing the balance information of the first point to the user, and processing, when information including a conversion request for conversion between the first point and a second point related to a service of the electronic apparatus is acquired from the user, a transaction corresponding to the conversion request.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method operable by an electronic apparatus to process point conversion requests, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a transceiver of the electronic apparatus, a point inquiry request from a user device;   in response to receiving the point inquiry request, determining, by a processor of the electronic apparatus, server information associated with a server which is in charge of generating inquiry identification information, and sequence information associated with an order at which the inquiry identification information is generated with respect to a plurality of other inquiry identification information generated by the electronic apparatus;   generating, by the processor, the inquiry identification information based on the server information and the sequence information;   transmitting, by the transceiver, the point inquiry request to servers of one or more affiliates, the point inquiry request comprising user information for identifying the user to the servers of one or more affiliates and the inquiry identification information;   in response to the point inquiry request, receiving, by the processor, balance information of a first point corresponding to the user from a first affiliate among the one or more affiliates;   transmitting, by the transceiver, the balance information of the first point to the user device;   receiving, by the processor, a conversion request for conversion between the first point and a second point from the user device; and   in response to receiving the conversion request, processing, by the processor, a transaction corresponding to the conversion request.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user information includes connecting information (CI) for identifying the user in the one or more affiliates. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the server information comprises a serial number associated with the server of one or more affiliates receiving the inquiry identification information. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second point is related to a service provided by an entity associated with the electronic apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the inquiry identification information is information generated by converting third information into a base-32 number, wherein a fourth information includes first information having a size of 8 bits and corresponding to the server information and second information having a size of at most 8 bits and corresponding to the sequence information. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the processing of the transaction corresponding to the conversion request comprises:
 transmitting information corresponding to the conversion request to the first affiliate; and   changing balance information of the second point,   wherein the information corresponding to the conversion request comprises at least one of CI or inquiry identification information generated in the electronic apparatus based on the transaction.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein changing the balance information of the second point comprises changing the balance information of the second point when approval information is received from the first affiliate in response to the conversion request. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the processing of the transaction corresponding to the conversion request further comprises:
 recording processing of the transaction by storing the inquiry identification information.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 acquiring information on an affiliate related to the user from the user,   wherein the one or more affiliates are determined based on the information on the affiliate related to the user.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: in response to determining that the user has provided to the electronic apparatus advance approval information related to point conversion corresponding to the first affiliate, converting the first point into the second point based on the advance approval information. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: in response to determining that the user has provided advance approval information related to a point inquiry corresponding to the first affiliate, receiving the balance information. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 excluding a second affiliate from the one or more affiliates when information indicating that the user is not a member of the second affiliate is received from the second affiliate among the one or more affiliates in response to the point inquiry request.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 acquiring information including a conversion ratio between the first point and the second point,   wherein the transaction is performed based on the information including the conversion ratio.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, to the user, at least one of the balance information of the first point or balance information of the second point corresponding to the conversion request.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 acquiring a payment request for one or more items from the user,   wherein the point inquiry request is transmitted based on the payment request.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 providing, to the user, an interface for paying the one or more items based on balance information of the second point corresponding to the conversion request.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 suggesting point conversion when a payment amount corresponding to the payment request is less than or equal to a total balance of a point corresponding to the user transmitted from at least one of the one or more affiliates.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the point inquiry request to the server of the one or more affiliates comprises:
 identifying information on the one or more affiliates; and   transmitting the point inquiry request including information corresponding to each of the one or more affiliates to each server of the one or more affiliates.   
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a computer program for performing the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         20 . An electronic apparatus for processing information, the electronic apparatus comprising:
 a transceiver;   a memory in which instructions are stored; and   a processor,   wherein the processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:   receive, via the transceiver, a point inquiry request from a user device;   in response to receiving the point inquiry request, determine server information associated with a server which is in charge of generating inquiry identification information, and sequence information associated with an order at which the inquiry identification information is generated with respect to a plurality of other inquiry identification information generated by the electronic apparatus;   generate the inquiry identification information based on the server information and the sequence information;   transmit, via the transceiver, the point inquiry request to servers of one or more affiliates, the point inquiry request comprising user information for identifying the user to the servers of one or more affiliates and the inquiry identification information;   in response to the point inquiry request, receive balance information of a first point corresponding to the user from a first affiliate among the one or more affiliates;   transmit the balance information of the first point to the user device;   receive a conversion request for conversion between the first point and a second point from the user device; and   in response to receiving the conversion request, process, by the processor, a transaction corresponding to the conversion request.