JP2009134414A - Commodity sale application reception system by mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problems: because a dealer conventionally uses a store, a telephone, facsimile, or an electronic mail when receiving an application for purchase of a commodity, e.g. a used article, it takes expenses such as personnel expenses, store maintenance cost, or communication cost; and, because a user does not perform the application for sale unless confirming a purchase price, the user has to wait coping of a person in charge in busy time of the dealer in a conventional method, so that it lacks in convenience, that is for example, the application is impossible out of a business time. <P>SOLUTION: In a commodity sale application reception system, a mobile terminal 102 attached with a bar code reader function and an Internet connection function performs transmission/reception of data with a server 103 storing a database registered with commodity information and user information, so that the user instantaneously confirms the purchase price by prescribed easy operation to the mobile terminal, and directly decides the application for the sale. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system that accepts a sale application by transmitting and receiving data via a network between a mobile terminal of a user who wants to sell a product and a server managed by a seller.

  Conventionally, a business operator who purchases a product such as an antique has used a store, a telephone, a fax, an e-mail, or the like when accepting an application for sale from a user who wants to sell the antique.

  Conventionally, a product image or product identification code and its symbol data are acquired by a portable terminal and detailed information on the product is provided to the user (see Patent Document 1), and a product using a barcode and a mobile phone. An excellent method has been proposed, such as a system for receiving a service (see Patent Document 2) and a system for receiving a service using a service ID and a mobile phone (see Patent Document 3).

JP2004-30546 JP2002-259760 JP2006-146318

  Since the purchase price of a product fluctuates every day or every hour, and the user must confirm the purchase price on the day or immediately before applying for sale, the conventional method has the following restrictions.

Store users must go to the store of the operator.
Applications cannot be made outside business hours.
Expenses are required to operate the store.
It is difficult for telephone users to accurately convey the name of an antique product that they wish to sell.
Applications cannot be made outside business hours.
We must secure personnel who can answer the phone.
Fax Communication costs are incurred. The user must confirm the purchase price by the methods 1 to 4 in advance.
Must be proficient in the operation of computers and mobile devices such as e-mail key touch.
The user must confirm the purchase price by the methods 1 to 4 in advance.

Moreover, in patent document 1, although merchandise information can be shown, the application for sale cannot be received.
Patent Document 2 is a system for receiving an order for a product, and does not accept an application for sale. Every time it is used, the user must input information such as a name and an address into the portable terminal.
In Patent Document 3, a service can be directly received by a simple operation, but the service provider has to create and manage a barcode suitable for each service, and lacks versatility.

  For this reason, the present invention provides a first system for accepting a sale application by transmitting and receiving data via a network between a mobile terminal of a user who wants to sell a product and a server managed by a seller business operator. It is characterized by.

  Moreover, the network is the Internet, the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal to which an Internet connection function is added, and the server is a device that can connect to the Internet and stores a database in which user information and product information are registered. The second feature is a system that accepts applications.

  A third feature is a system in which the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal to which a barcode reader function is added, and the product accepts an application for sale in which the product is a product in which the symbol of the product identification code is described.

  Furthermore, the product identification code data acquired from the product identification code symbol of the product by the bar code reader function added to the mobile terminal and the data of the solid identification number for identifying the user's mobile terminal, from the user's mobile terminal, A method for transmitting product information and user information to a server that stores a registered database, and the server displays appropriate user information and product information on the screen of the user's mobile terminal based on the received data. A method and a system that accepts a sale application, which is a system that informs the operator of the user information and product information from the server when the server receives the sale application confirmation data from the user's mobile terminal. Features.

  The present invention can directly carry out from the purchase price confirmation to the sale application from 24 hours a day, anywhere by performing a certain simple operation common to all users to the mobile terminal. By providing a system that does not require businesses to deal with individual users, the use opportunities can be expanded, and expenses such as store operating costs and communication costs can be reduced.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings illustrating examples, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the examples.
In the following, an explanation will be given of an application for sale of antiques.

  FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing elements to be configured for carrying out the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a system based on each element shown in FIG.

  The following relates to FIG.

101 is an antique that the user wishes to sell, and is a product identification code symbol in any part.
The product identification code is widely used in the world, and is described in various products such as books, daily necessities, and home appliances.

  102 is a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA owned by the user, which has a barcode reader function capable of reading data of a product identification code and an Internet connection function capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a server. It is.

  103 is a server that can be connected to the Internet managed by the business operator, product information associated with a product identification code, product name, purchase price, etc., and a personal identification number, name, age, address, identification of the mobile terminal This is a device for storing a database in which user information associated with a document number is registered.

  Reference numeral 104 denotes the Internet, which is a communication means widely used all over the world, and most portable terminals that are now widely used have a function of connecting to the Internet.

The following relates to FIG.

  201 is the start of processing.

  202 is a process in which the user reads the product identification code from the symbol of the product identification code written on the antiques desired to be sold by the barcode reader function of the portable terminal.

  Reference numeral 203 denotes a process of transmitting the product identification code data read in 202 from the portable terminal and the data of the individual identification number of the portable terminal to the server.

  Reference numeral 204 denotes processing for determining whether or not the solid identification number transmitted in 203 is registered in the database.

  205 is a process of displaying, on the mobile terminal, a button for determining whether the user confirms transmission or cancels together with the user information input screen when it is determined in 204 that the user information is not registered in the database (YES). is there.

  206 is a process of transmitting the user information input by the user from the mobile terminal to the server when the button for confirming the transmission of the user information displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal is pressed in 205.

Reference numeral 207 denotes product information registered in the database based on the product identification code data transmitted in 203, user information transmitted in 206, and a button for determining whether the user will continue or cancel the application procedure. Is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal.
If it is determined in 204 that the user information is registered in the database (NO), the process directly proceeds to this process.

  208, when the user presses the button for continuing the sale application procedure in 207, a button for determining the number of items desired to be sold and a button for determining whether to confirm or cancel the application are displayed on the screen of the portable terminal. It is processing.

  In step 208, when the user presses the button for confirming the sale application after the button for the desired quantity for sale, the processing 209 sends the data for the desired quantity for sale and the data for application confirmation to the server.

  210 is a process of transmitting an e-mail describing the product information and user information displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal in 207 and the desired number of items sold in 209 to the mobile terminal and the business operator.

  Reference numeral 211 denotes the end of the process. When the user presses the cancel button in 205, 207, 208, the process directly moves from this process to this process.

    By using the system as described above, for example, when a user purchases a product for sale at midnight, which is outside the normal business hours of an antique dealer, the product sold at a major mass retailer or discount shop Confirm the purchase price at an antique dealer on the spot, and if the purchase price is higher than the sale price at a major mass retailer or discount shop, apply for sale directly and confirm the profit on the spot I can do it.

Components for carrying out the present invention Flow chart of the system with each element shown in Fig. 1

Claims (4)

  A system that accepts a sale application by transmitting and receiving data via a network between a mobile terminal of a user who wants to sell a product and a server managed by a seller.   2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet, the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal to which an Internet connection function is added, and the server is connected to the Internet and stores a database in which user information and product information are registered. A system that accepts applications for sale.   The system for accepting a sale application according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal to which a barcode reader function is added, and the product is a product in which a symbol of a product identification code is described.   The user's mobile terminal uses the product identification code data obtained from the product identification code symbol of the product by the bar code reader function added to the mobile terminal and the data of the individual identification number for identifying the user's mobile terminal. Based on the data sent to the server that stores the database that stores the product information and user information, and the data received by the server, the appropriate user information and product information are displayed on the screen of the user's mobile terminal. A system for accepting an application for sale in accordance with claim 1 and a server for notifying a business operator of user information and product information when a server receives data for confirming sale application.