JP2002163470A - Joint purchase system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint buying system by which the intermediation of on-line transaction highly reliable to a customer is realized by grasping where, by who, from which terminal access is made. SOLUTION: The system is connected with the user terminals 8 of the inhabitants of an apartment through a private line 4 and is connected with dealer terminals 2 through the Internet 3. In response to the assignment request of an IP address from a user terminal, a MAC address is obtained. In the case of a MAC address registered in advance, the IP address is assigned. In response to the access request of a prescribed home page from the user terminal, the IP address is obtained and a table where the IP address is made to correspond to a home page accessible by the address is referred to. When there is correspondence relation, access of the home page is permitted. An application for buying of merchandise is received through this home page and it is displayed on the dealer terminals to intermediate the transaction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a group purchasing system, and more particularly to a group purchasing system capable of mediating between a resident of a condominium or other condominium and a seller such as a sales company with high credit in Internet shopping. It is about.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION With the spread of buying and selling on the Internet, as a trouble between a purchaser and a trader, for example, there has been a case where the purchaser has not paid for the payment. Such a situation is considered to be due to the fact that it is difficult to accurately determine where and who accesses the Internet.

[0003] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its main purpose is to increase the trust of customers by grasping where and who accesses from which terminal (equipment), thereby increasing the trust between customers and the trader. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a joint purchasing system for mediating the smooth execution of online transactions between the parties.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the joint purchase system according to the present invention can be connected to a user terminal operated by a resident of an apartment house or the like via a dedicated line, Alternatively, it can be connected via a network to a trader terminal installed on the side of a service provider or the like. (1) In response to an IP address assignment request from the user terminal, the MAC address assigned to the user terminal is acquired. If the MAC address is a pre-registered MAC address, the IP address is assigned to the user terminal. Means for assigning an address; and (2) obtaining an IP address assigned to the user terminal in response to a browsing request for a predetermined homepage from the user terminal,
Means for judging whether or not the homepage can be browsed on the user terminal based on the address, and enabling browsing of the homepage if possible. And
It is characterized in that a purchase application for a product or a service is received from a user terminal via this homepage, and the application can be disclosed to a trader terminal.

[0005] In addition, the joint purchase system of the present invention preferably has, in addition to the above configuration, (1) means for disclosing information on goods or services to be jointly purchased to a user terminal via a homepage; Means for receiving, from the user terminal, orderer information relating to the user, order information including the desired product or service and the desired purchase price, and registering the information in the information storage means; Means for creating, based on the order information obtained from the information storage means, quote request information relating to a quote request to a trader, transmitting the quote request information to a trader terminal, and disclosing the information; (4) a trader who has considered the quote request information; Means for receiving order acceptability information on the acceptability of an order from the trader terminal of the company and registering the information in the information storage means; Means for transmitting and disclosing information on the success or failure of the contract to the user terminal of the user who made the order, and (6) the ordering of the user who has made an order to the dealer terminal of the orderer based on the orderability information Means for transmitting and disclosing party information.

More preferably, in addition to the above configuration, each user registers in advance the user information including his / her billing address in the information storage means, and registers the MAC address of his / her own terminal in the IP address allocating means. By doing
It is registered that the order information can be received only from the registered user terminal and that the orderer information is disclosed to the trader terminal using the user information obtained from the information storage means. It is a joint purchase system that is characterized.

[0007] More preferably, in addition to the above configuration, the IP address is assigned to each apartment house such as an apartment, and the MAC address is assigned to each device in each room connected by a network in the apartment house. A mail address is assigned to each user who uses the device, and the predetermined home page accessible from the user terminal based on the IP address is:
The joint purchase system is classified according to an apartment house or a management company of the apartment house, and the mail address is included in the orderer information.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the joint purchasing system of the present invention will be described in more detail. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the joint purchase system of the present invention.
The system according to the present embodiment is a system in which an Internet service provider (ISP) for an apartment complex or the like for a condominium or the like performs mediation of transactions between residents of the condominium or the like and various products or service providers online. .

[0009] The ISP is provided with a server 1 which is a main part of the joint purchase system. The server 1 is connectable via a network 3 to terminals of a plurality of traders (trader terminals) 2, 2. In this embodiment, they are connected via the Internet 3.

Each trader terminal 2 is an input / output device operated by a trader, and in this embodiment is constituted by a personal computer. That is, for example, the PC body,
In addition to a keyboard, a mouse, and a display, the system is provided with a modem or a terminal adapter for enabling communication with the server, a WWW browser, a mailer, and the like.

On the other hand, between the server 1 and each apartment,
It is connected by a dedicated line 4. The DSU 5 is attached to the end of the dedicated line 4 on the server side and each apartment side, respectively.
1 and 52 and routers 61 and 62 are provided. A plurality of terminals (user terminals) 8 in the apartment can be connected to the router 62 on the apartment side via the LAN 7.

That is, each condominium is provided with a LAN 7, and each room is provided with one or more LAN jacks 71 for connecting to the LAN. Therefore,
By connecting the user terminal 8 to the LAN jack 71, the user terminal 8 can access the server 1 and the Internet 3 via the server 1.

As the user terminal 8, various devices such as a personal computer (PC) and a television (TV) can be used. User terminal 8
Is a TV, a connection between the TV and a LAN jack may be made via a set-top box (STB). When the user terminal 8 is a PC, a LAN card may be attached to the PC and connected to the LAN jack 71 via the LAN card. In any case, the user terminal 8 includes a WWW browser, a mailer, and the like.

By the way, STBs and LAN cards have M
An address unique to the device called an AC address is assigned. In addition, router 62 for each apartment
Has a plurality of IP addresses that can be assigned to each user terminal 8 of the apartment. The property IP address for each apartment, the personal IP address for each apartment room, and the E for each resident who uses the terminal in each room
An email address can be set. Therefore, the server 1 is also provided with a mail server function that enables the use of the e-mail address.

The apartment-side router 62 is connected to the PC L
A terminal for selecting a terminal that can access the server 1 by using a MAC address inherent to the AN card or the STB of the TV and allowing only the permitted terminal to access the server side.
HCP access control is performed. That is, the MAC address of the user terminal 8 to be accessed is checked,
Only when the C address is a predetermined one registered in advance, one of the above-described IP addresses prepared in advance for each apartment is assigned to the terminal to permit access. Therefore, as long as the device can dynamically assign an IP address, a personal computer or the like can be used in addition to the router.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the DHCP access control. As shown in FIG.
When the user attempts to access the server side, first, the user terminal 8 requests the router 62 to allocate an IP address. On the other hand, the router 62 requests the user terminal 8 to acquire the MAC address of the terminal. On the other hand, the MAC address is returned to the router 62 from the user terminal.

The router 62 has an M unique to each user terminal.
An assignment table in which AC addresses and assignable IP addresses are stored in correspondence is stored. That is, the MAC address of the terminal to which access permission is given is checked in advance and registered in the assignment table in advance.

Therefore, based on the MAC address received from the user terminal 8, the router 62 refers to the assignment table to determine whether an IP address can be assigned. Then, if the assignment is possible, an IP address is assigned to the user terminal 8. That is, based on the MAC address acquired from the user terminal 8, the assignment table is searched, and if the MAC address is registered in the assignment table, one of the corresponding IP addresses is assigned.

The user terminal 8 to which the IP address is assigned can access the server 1 or the Internet 3 via the DSU 51 and the router 61 on the server side after passing through the router 62 and the DSU 52 on the apartment side. Becomes

In the server 1, a website for the joint purchase system of the present invention is set up. Through this website, each user can apply for purchase of various products or services. In this embodiment, at least some of the pages are classified into one or more condominiums or condominium management companies or the like, and a purchase application for a product or the like is made via the page.

That is, homepage access control is performed by the server so as to allow access only from the user terminal 8 of a specific apartment. In this homepage access control, the IP address of the device 8 on which the WWW browser is running is acquired by the WWW server, and access control is performed based on the information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the homepage access control. As shown in this figure, when a request for displaying a specific home page is made from the user terminal 8 to the server, the server 1 first requests the user terminal 8 to acquire an IP address. In response, the user terminal 8 returns the IP address to the server.

The server 1 stores an access permission table in which one or more IP addresses capable of browsing the home page are registered corresponding to the address (URL) of the home page. That is, in the access permission table, the IP addresses (IP address groups assigned to each apartment) assigned to the user terminal 8 are registered in correspondence with the home page that can be browsed at the IP address.

Therefore, when a request for browsing a predetermined homepage is made, based on the IP address obtained from the device (user terminal) 8 on which the WWW browser is running, the IP address in the access permission table is compared and referenced, Only in the case of an IP address registered in the access permission table, browsing of a predetermined homepage corresponding to the IP address is permitted. That is, in the user terminal 8 having the IP address registered in the access permission table,
A home page is acquired from the server 1 and can be browsed.

By the above-described DHCP access control and homepage access control, the server 1 can accept only access from one or more specific terminals in a specific place. That is, by referring to a customer recognition database (table) in which, for example, a property IP address, a property code, a ridge code, a room number, a personal IP address, a personal MAC address, a personal mail address, and the like are stored for each individual, Can be identified, and access can be controlled. In addition, by storing the log (access recording), it is possible to surely grasp from which terminal and when access has been made. Further, if a product purchase application or the like is received via the homepage and an e-mail address or the like is input at that time, it is possible to grasp from whom terminal and who made the purchase application from which terminal.

There is no particular limitation on the information provided on the website, but in this embodiment, a joint purchase application for merchandise and the like is accepted and mediated with a trader. For example,
Disclose the products to be jointly purchased on the website according to genre, accept the input of the desired product etc. and the desired purchase price from among them, and after the order acceptance period has expired, inform the relevant company of the result and examine the contents The contractor gives a response as to whether or not the order is accepted, and informs the user of the success or failure of the contract based on the result, informs the contractor of the user's billing address, and then negotiates directly between the user and the contractor. This is a system to support a series of processing up to.
In the present embodiment, the website is a membership system, and only the registered members can receive the service. Hereinafter, a more specific description will be given.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are flowcharts of the merchandise joint purchase system of this embodiment. 6 to 9
Shows a more specific flowchart. First,
Users who want to use this system (residents of apartments, etc.)
Performs member registration as shown in tasks 1 and 2 in FIG. First, each user uses his or her own user terminal 8 to access a website of the present system provided by a WWW server. Then, by proceeding to the new member registration page, the application form page is sent to the user terminal and displayed on the display, so it is necessary to fill in the items requested for input using the keyboard and mouse etc. Good.

Then, by clicking a transmission button displayed on the screen or the like, the input information is transmitted to the server 1, and the server 1 having received the information uses the information as user information in a database (data storage means). Customer database). The user information to be registered is appropriately set, and includes, for example, a name, an address, a telephone number, a fax number, and an e-mail address. The registration may be received offline, such as by mailing an application form.

The user who has completed the registration in this way,
After that, you can use the website exclusively for members. Note that an ID and a password may be given to a user who has registered as a member, and thereafter, the member-only page may be browsed after authentication using the ID, but this is not essential. Because, in the system of the present invention, as described above, the DHCP
This is because the user who can connect can be grasped by using the access control and the homepage access control. That is, by adjusting the relationship between the MAC address of the user terminal 8, the IP address that can be assigned to the MAC address, and the home page that can be browsed with the IP address, authentication can be performed.

The user who has become a member can perform tasks 3 to 3 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a desired product can be selected on the homepage, and the desired purchase price can be determined. In this embodiment, a product can be selected from a category. The classification of this category is performed as appropriate, and for example, is classified into "automobile", "food", "furniture", "home appliances", "tickets", "toys" and the like. Here, for example, when "automobile" is selected, the display shifts to a selection page of a maker, a vehicle type, and the like which are being handled. The server has a product database in which categories, products handled, specific contents, handling periods, and the like are registered, and information can be acquired from this database to select a product.

Clicking a "purchase" button displayed on the screen corresponding to each product completes the selection of the product. When the item is determined, an input field for the desired purchase price is displayed. The user can input the price and click the "OK" button. If the user wants to continue purchasing another product, these operations can be repeated.

On the other hand, when the user wants to end the shopping, he or she can click the "end" button. As a result, a list of the product selected by the user and the desired purchase price is displayed (task 8), and the user can change the price, delete the product, or add the product if necessary. Or you can. When adding a product, the operation returns to the operations of the tasks 3 to 7 described above. At the same time, the user selects a settlement method for merchandise purchase. For example, the user selects from bank transfer, cash on delivery, credit card, and the like (task 9). In the case of credit card settlement, if a credit card number or the like is registered as user information at the time of the member registration, the trouble of inputting such information for each purchase can be saved. Further, a specific settlement method may be determined with the trader after the contract is made.

The information on the merchandise and its purchase price is transmitted to the server 1, and upon receipt of the information, the server 1 registers the information in a database (order database) as information storage means (tasks 10 to 13). At that time, in order to identify which user purchased the product, the product is stored in association with the user information in the customer database and the product information in the product database.

The received information on the products and the like is tabulated by category and by product, and an order deadline is checked (tasks 12 to 14). Then, when the order period elapses, it is checked whether or not the number of persons who have ordered so far has reached the expected number of persons to order by using the totaling result (task 15). If the number of orders cannot be achieved, a document indicating that the contract has not been established is created and e-mailed to the user who ordered the product (tasks 17, 19, 20).

On the other hand, if the number of orders can be achieved, an estimate request is created based on the order information in the order database (task 16). This request for quotation is configured to include the product for which purchase has been requested and the desired purchase price. Specifically, for example, by dividing into multiple price ranges,
The number of people who wished to purchase in each price range is displayed correspondingly. For example, it is estimated that three people are under 800,000 yen and less than 900,000 yen are five people, five people are 900,000 yen or more and less than one million yen, and one person is one million yen or more, etc. A letter is created. After that, the request for quote
The product is transmitted by e-mail to a company that sells the product (task 18). In addition, by authenticating with a password or the like, the quotation information may be disclosed on a homepage that can be browsed only by the trader.

The trader receiving the estimate information examines the contents and determines whether or not to accept the purchase application (tasks 21 and 22). At that time, the order may be received for all applications, or may be received for only some applications.
For example, in the above example, it is possible to receive orders of all the persons who have given a higher price except those who are less than 800,000 yen. Note that the actual purchase price is the desired purchase price applied by each user. That is, each user can purchase a product at his / her own price as long as the trader agrees.

When the trader decides to receive the order, he creates an order confirmation for each product and sends it to the server (tasks 23 and 24). On the other hand, if no order is received, an order rejection report indicating that fact is created and transmitted to the server side (tasks 25 and 26). In the case where only an application for a certain price range is received, an order confirmation and an order rejection report clearly indicating the range may be created and transmitted.

The server that has received the order confirmation or order rejection updates the product database based on the information and grasps the contract status of each order of each user (task 2).
7-29). Then, to the user who has made a contract, an order confirmation indicating that fact is transmitted by e-mail (task 30). On the other hand, an order rejection report indicating that fact is transmitted to the user who has not made a contract (task 31). Therefore, the user who has received the order confirmation or the order rejection report knows whether or not his / her order has been completed (tasks 32 and 33).

When the order is completed, the server obtains the orderer information such as the billing destination data of the ordering user from the customer database and sends it to the contractor in parallel with the notification of the success or failure of the contract to the user. Email (task 34). Then, this fact is registered in the product database (task 35).

The trader who has received the orderer information including the billing destination data creates a bill for each user based on the information and sends an e-mail to the user (task 3).
6-38). Then, after settlement is made between the user and the trader who have received the goods, the goods are sent from the trader to the user, and the trade is completed when the user receives the goods (tasks 39 to 43). Note that the settlement is performed by the user performing a bank transfer after receiving the bill.

The joint purchase system of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, but can be changed as appropriate. For example, a home page or a bulletin board that can be viewed only by the resident of each apartment or the like may be created for each apartment or the like by utilizing the fact that the home page can be viewed only by a specific person by the DHCP access control or the home page access control. As a result, it can be used as a circular notice, and can transmit and receive regional information. In addition, if a voting system or the like is provided, it is possible to vote for the neighborhood association.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which a user and a trader are mediated, but the trader may be another user. In other words, it can be used for mediation of personal sales information. Even in such a case, since the identity of both the sale applicant and the purchase applicant can be guaranteed, highly reliable transactions can be performed by both parties.

[0043]

As described in detail above, according to the joint purchasing system of the present invention, it is possible to know who accesses from which terminal and from which terminal, so that it is possible to mediate transactions with high customer credit. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a joint purchase system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a DHCP used in the joint purchase system of FIG. 1;
It is a flowchart of access control.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of homepage access control used in the joint purchase system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the joint purchase system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a task list obtained by converting the flowchart of FIG. 4 into a table format.

FIG. 6 is a user flowchart of task 1 and tasks 3 to 10 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a server-side flowchart of task 2 and tasks 11 to 19 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a trader on tasks 21 to 26 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 shows tasks 27 to 31 and task 34 in FIG.
35 is a server side flowchart of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server 2 Trader terminal 3 Network (Internet) 4 Dedicated line 7 LAN 8 User terminal 51,52 DSU 61,62 Router 71 LAN jack

Claims (4)

[Claims] A user terminal operated by a resident of an apartment house or the like can be connected via a dedicated line, and is connected via a network to a trader terminal installed on the side of a provider of goods or services. In response to a request to assign an IP address from a user terminal,
A means for assigning an IP address to the user terminal if the MAC address assigned to the user terminal is obtained and the MAC address is a pre-registered MAC address; ,
Means for obtaining an IP address assigned to the user terminal, determining whether or not the home page can be viewed on the user terminal based on the IP address, and enabling browsing of the home page if possible. A joint purchase system, wherein a purchase application for a product or service is received from a user terminal via the homepage, and the application can be disclosed to a dealer terminal. 2. A means for disclosing information on goods or services to be jointly purchased to a user terminal via a homepage, orderer information on the user from the user terminal, a desired product or service and a request for the purchase Means for receiving the order information including the price and registering the information in the information storage means; and for the goods or services after the expiration of the order deadline, the quotation request information relating to the quotation request to the trader based on the order information obtained from the information storage means. Means for creating, transmitting to the trader terminal and disclosing; receiving from the trader terminal of the trader who has considered the quote request information, receiving the order acceptability information regarding whether or not the order can be received and registering it in the information storage means; A method for transmitting and disclosing contract success / failure information on the success / failure of an order to the user terminal of the user who placed the order based on the order acceptability information If, on the basis of the order permission information, orders supplier dealer terminal,
A means for transmitting and disclosing the orderer information of the user who placed the order, the joint purchase system according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. Each user is registered in advance by registering user information including his / her billing destination in the information storage means and by registering the MAC address of his / her terminal in the IP address allocating means. Order information can be received only from a user terminal registered as a user, and disclosure of orderer information to a trader terminal is performed using the user information obtained from information storage means. The joint purchasing system according to claim 2. 4. The IP for each apartment house such as an apartment.
An address is assigned, the MAC address is assigned to each device in each room connected by the network in the apartment house, a mail address is assigned to each user who uses the device, and an IP address is assigned to the IP address. The predetermined homepage which is accessible from the user terminal based on each of the apartments or a management company for the apartments, and the like, and the mail address is included in the orderer information. 3. The joint purchase system according to 3.