KR20000063709A - System and method for testing through internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for conducting tests through internet is provided to promote continuous advertisement effects and to assist the improvement of the product quality by selecting appropriate members for the testing product or the product use, enabling the selected members to test the product, notifying the test result report on the internet, and storing the test product report's information in the DB. CONSTITUTION: A method for conducting tests through internet is composed of transmission, transformation, notification, and storage. The submitted report is transmitted through the web server in an e-mail form from the test homepage to the web master(402). The transmitted reports are collected(404) and transformed into internet documents by executing design operation with an HTML form of webpage(406). The designed report displays the picture of the product, a general product evaluation information of the road tests, and the road testers' pictures and evaluation reports(408). The tested product's reports are stored in a DB to enable the user to access the information whenever the user desires(410).

Description

System and method for testing through internet

The present invention relates to a test system, and more particularly to a system and method for performing a test over the Internet.

In general, a road test is to provide a product to a specific consumer (hereinafter referred to as a tester) immediately after a company develops or ships a product and obtain a result of actually using the test. The test result is obtained by obtaining an objective evaluation data of the product. This is to supplement or improve the function. In addition, the road test also had an advertising effect.

However, in the conventional road test, each manufacturer or seller has a product for testing, and when a company exhibits a test article and receives a tester application, the tester selects a tester based on the company's own judgment criteria and reports the test results from the tester. Received.

Therefore, there was a hassle of recruiting testers every time there was a test.

In addition, these conventional road tests often qualify a person who purchases a specific product such as a magazine or a book as a tester or have limited areas of interest such as computer hardware and software.

An object of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, by selecting members suitable for the product to be used and the intended use, to test the product to the selected members, and publish a report of the test results on the Internet, It is to provide a system and method for testing through the internet that can help the continuous advertisement effect of the company that requested the test and improve the quality of the product by making a database of the report contents for each tested product.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for performing a test via the Internet according to the present invention.

2A is a flowchart of a posting process of a test product.

2B is a flowchart of a tester application process.

3 is a diagram showing a screen of the home page of the server in the present embodiment.

4 is a diagram showing a member registration form screen in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main screen provided to members in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displaying product information and introduction contents of a test product in this embodiment.

7 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a tester application form in the present embodiment.

8 is a flowchart of a tester selection process.

9 is a flowchart of a report submission process.

10 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a report submission form in this embodiment.

11 is a flowchart of the DB process of the tested product.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a report submitted as a result of a road test in this embodiment.

In order to achieve the above object, a system connected to a network of a plurality of member computers for a test, comprising: means for requesting and posting at least one test product from a plurality of companies; Means for receiving an application from the members wishing to test for any one of the test items; Means for selecting a member to actually test from among members who have received the application; Means for receiving a test result of the test for the test product from the selected members; And means for documenting the received reports over the Internet to post test results for the product for testing.

In order to achieve the above another object, a method of performing a test using a system in which a plurality of member computers and servers are connected by a network, the method comprising: (a) requesting and posting at least one test product from a plurality of companies; (b) receiving an application from the members wishing to test any one of the test goods; (c) selecting a member to be tested from among the members who have received the application; (d) receiving the reports from the members selected by the members after performing the test on the test product; And (e) documenting the received reports over the Internet to publish test results for the test article.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for performing a test via the Internet according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user computer 12 and the server 14 are interconnected via the Internet 10. As shown in FIG.

The user computers 12 of FIG. 1 are computers used by those who access a website (hereinafter referred to as a road test website) that provides a road test service over the Internet.

They are members or nonmembers who are entitled to apply as a road tester and can view products posted on the road test website.

The user computers 12 have Internet browsers (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) capable of displaying web content in the form of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and the like.

On the other hand, the server 14 is provided in the company running the road test website, a server computer or storage device that can communicate with other computers on the computer network, and can be accessed by someone from another computer connected to the network. It includes hardware and software adapted to make accessible computer files or software stored at

The server 14 includes an application program 16 for processing and managing operations of the server, a web server 18 for managing a homepage, a mail server 20 for transmitting and receiving electronic mail and a member information DB 22, It has a test product DB 24 and a product-specific report DB 26. In addition, various peripheral devices such as a firewall may be installed in the web server as necessary.

The member information DB 22 stores, for each member, items that users fill out when registering as members.

The test product DB 24 stores information such as a test period, a use purpose, and the like for the products requested for testing.

In addition, the product-specific report DB 26 collects and stores the reports received by the test results for each product.

Next, a road test service method through the Internet according to the present invention will be described.

2A is a flowchart of a posting process of a test product.

First, the server secures a test product from various companies and posts the number of test products and a test end date on the road test homepage (102), and sends a new test product list to members by e-mail (104).

Then, among the members who have received the test product list by e-mail, the member interested in the test product accesses the homepage (106).

FIG. 2B is a flowchart of a tester application process, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a home page of a server in this embodiment.

When an internet user accesses the homepage of the server, a screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.

When an Internet user logs in by inputting an ID and password (108), the member information DB 22 of the server 14 is retrieved.

If it is not a registered member (110), a member registration form as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed to induce membership (112).

In order to register, the user inputs not only basic personal information such as Korean name, ID, social security number, password, etc., but also the CPU, RAM, Internet use environment, etc. of the computer system.

At this time, since each member's career and computer experience are considered important in the selection process as a road tester, the member inputs his / her career and personal ability.

Submitting the completed membership registration form is stored in the member information DB (22) of the web server automatically become a member, you can log in to receive all the services as a member.

After logging in, the homepage screen is switched to the member main screen shown in FIG. 5. Members can check the test products posted on the homepage.

6, the product information and the introduction content of the published test product are displayed (116). Product introductions will be published according to the specifications provided by the test product companies, and the advertising effect on the product and the advertising effect on the manufacturer can be obtained.

If the user applies for a load tester (118), the tester application as shown in Figure 7 is displayed (120).

In the input window, enter the member's ID, the name of the test product, and the intended use of the product.

At this time, since all information about the member is stored in the cookie (COOKIE) in the member's computer, there is no need to enter a name or ID separately. However, the usage of the product should be detailed.

When the input of the tester application is completed (122), the submit button is pressed, and the inputted information is automatically sent to the webmaster of the load test web page via the mail server (124).

8 is a flowchart of a tester selection process.

When the tester application is received by e-mail (202), the member who submits the tester application for the test product is selected by considering the use of the test product and the member's experience and personal ability (204). .

An e-mail notifying the selected member of the method of submitting the report and the date of submission is sent (206), and checked again by telephone (208).

9 is a flowchart of a report submission process.

The member selected as a tester receives an e-mail notifying the report submission method and the date of submission (302), and the product is delivered free of charge for detailed testing (304).

A member selected as a tester will prepare a post-use (post-test) evaluation report (306), and the photograph can be attached with the text through the report submission form of FIG. 10 together with the photograph of the tester.

The created report is submitted to the server's homepage by e-mail (308).

11 is a flowchart of the DB process of the tested product.

The submitted report is sent from the test homepage to the webmaster via a web server in an e-mail format (402), and the collected reports are collected (404). ).

The designed report publishes a comprehensive product evaluation and load tester's photos and report content of the product tested and the road tests for the product as shown in FIG. 12 (408).

Therefore, a variety of information about the product is obtained, the company that provides the product obtains a variety of information about the product and the company that provides the product can expect a natural advertising effect on the product.

The report on the test product published as above is made into a DB so that the user can find it again at any time (410).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and of course, modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, a computer is taken as an example, but the present invention can be applied to various products such as travel products, books, and various service products as well as manufactured articles such as computers.

Therefore, the scope of the claims in the present invention will not be defined within the scope of the detailed description, but will be limited to the claims below.

According to the present invention, since the road test service system and method through the Internet is provided, it can be of great help in the continuous advertising effect of the company requesting the test and the improvement of product quality.

In addition, objective product evaluation on the Internet can be achieved on the manufacturer's product under test.

Then, by using the DB member information, you can load test by selecting the members suitable for the product and the intended use.

On the other hand, by sending an e-mail to members about the new test request products, the new product notification function is provided.

It also provides a reasonable opportunity for consumers to judge objectively by evaluating the evaluation of homogeneous test products categorized by category.

In the future, if the present invention is activated, consumers can further apply to mass co-purchasing of specific items by comparing prices, performances, and specifications of products, and may be a guide to rational e-commerce in the future.

Claims (9)

In a system that is connected to a network of a plurality of member computers and performing a test, Means for posting at least one test product from a plurality of companies; Means for receiving an application from the members wishing to test for any one of the test items; Means for selecting a member to actually test from among members who have received the application; Means for receiving a test result of the test for the test product from the selected members; And Means for documenting the received reports over the Internet to post test results for the test article. The method of claim 1, And a database storing the test results for each product for testing. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And means for emailing a new list of products for testing to said members. In a method of performing a test using a system in which a plurality of member computers and servers are networked, (a) requesting and posting at least one test product from a plurality of companies; (b) receiving an application from the members wishing to test any one of the test goods; (c) selecting a member to be tested from among the members who have received the application; (d) receiving the reports from the members selected by the members after performing the test on the test product; And e) documenting the received reports via the Internet and publishing a test result for the product for testing. The method of claim 4, wherein After step (e), And storing the test results in a database for each product for testing. The method of claim 4, wherein After step (a), And e-mailing the member a new list of test items for testing. The method of claim 4, wherein In step (b), And wherein said members write at least their ID, the name of the product they wish to test and the intended use of the product. The method of claim 4, wherein The members perform a test over the Internet, characterized in that filling in the matters related to their careers and abilities at the time of membership registration. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 8, And the product for testing comprises at least a computer, a travel product, and a book.