KR20040102897A - Method for managing an internet shopping mall and system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for operating an Internet shopping mall based on ordered designs and a system for the same are provided to enable a seller to make/sell products based on the ordered design by enabling a buyer to easily select/order a detail design for the desired product to the Internet shopping mall. CONSTITUTION: Buyer PCs(110-120) are connected to the Internet. A seller server(200) is connected to the Internet, previously stores information for the products and various kinds of image data, and transfers a web page including a basic design and menu items to change the basic design if the buyer PC selects the product. If the menu item is selected, the seller server changes the product design by responding to each selected menu item and calculates/transfers a product price matched with the changed design to the seller server.

Description

METHOD FOR MANAGING AN INTERNET SHOPPING MALL AND SYSTEM THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a method and system for operating an internet shopping mall, and more particularly, to an internet shopping mall operating method and a system for allowing a buyer to directly create and order a color and a product design of a product.

Recently, due to the rapid increase in the number of Internet users, various additional services using the Internet are also rapidly developing. One of these Internet services is an Internet e-commerce service that is performed between a plurality of users using the Internet network. The most typical form of electronic commerce is an internet shopping mall where buyers and sellers purchase and pay for goods through an internet website.

In such a conventional Internet shopping mall, the seller registers the already manufactured items on-line, and the buyer accesses the website, selects and purchases the desired item, and then processes the payment accordingly. In this process, the items registered on the website are limited to the items presented by the seller unilaterally, and buyers have a limited range of choices. In particular, buyers can create and order detailed designs for the products. The thing was virtually impossible.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above point, it is possible to easily order the detailed design for the product that the buyer wants to purchase in the Internet shopping mall, and the seller side to produce and sell the product based on the ordered design An object of the present invention is to provide a method for operating an internet shopping mall and a system therefor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

In the method of operating an Internet shopping mall, when an arbitrary product is selected from a buyer connected through the Internet, a web page including a plurality of menu items for changing the basic design of the selected product and the design of the existing product is transferred to the buyer PC. Transmitting a first step; When each menu item is selected, a second step of changing and displaying a design of a product corresponding to each selected menu item, and calculating and displaying a price of a product corresponding to the changed design; A third step of storing purchase information and the changed design for the product when the purchase and the payment for the product of the changed design are processed from the purchaser PC; It provides a method for operating an Internet shopping mall comprising a fourth step of producing a product corresponding to the changed design and delivering it to the buyer.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A system for operating a shopping mall via the Internet, the system comprising: a plurality of buyer PCs connected to the Internet network; It is connected to the Internet network and stores information on various products and various image data in advance, and includes a number of menu items to change the basic design and product design of the selected product when an arbitrary product is selected from the purchaser's PC. Transfers the web page to the buyer's PC, and if each menu item is selected, changes the design of the product and displays it in response to each selected menu item, calculates the price of the product corresponding to the changed design, and sends it to the buyer's PC. Provides an Internet shopping mall operating system configured to include a seller server.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the Internet shopping mall operating system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating the overall processing of the Internet shopping mall operating method according to the present invention.

3A and 3B are exemplary views for explaining each process shown in FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110, 120,... : Buyer PC 200: Seller Server

210: Web page processing block 220: Design processing block

230: Product Information DB 240: Purchase Information DB

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

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of the Internet shopping mall operating system according to the present invention, connected to a plurality of buyer PC (110, 120, ...) and a plurality of buyer PC (110, 120, ...) through the Internet network Seller server 200 is included.

Referring to the drawings, each constituent means will be described. First, a plurality of purchaser PCs 110, 120, ... are connected to the seller server 200 according to the present invention through the Internet as a general computer capable of accessing the Internet. Merchant server 200 is a web server that is connected to the Internet network to operate the Internet shopping mall as well as log-in processing for a number of buyer PC (110, 120, ...), and provides information on a variety of products through the Internet web page Online sales are performed based on the information input from the respective purchaser PCs 110, 120, .... The seller server 200 includes a web page processing block 210, a design processing block 220, a product information DB 230, and a purchase information DB 240 as shown in FIG. 1.

First, the web page processing block 210 is a means for providing various types of web pages and processing information input through the web pages in response to a request from the purchaser PCs 110, 120,..., Connected through an internet network. . Then, the design processing block 220 is a means for changing the design of the article based on the information input from the purchaser PC (110, 120, ...) and display the changed image on the web page. That is, according to the present invention, the buyer can select a specific product to purchase, and then change the detailed design of the product to the desired shape. The design processing block 220 is input from the purchaser PCs 110, 120, ... at this time. It refers to a kind of design editing tool that allows you to edit and change the design of a product on a web page based on the information. The web page processing block 210 and the design processing block 220 are embedded in a software form including various application programs in the seller server 200, but in FIG. It was.

The product information DB 230 stores information on all products sold through the Internet in the seller server 200, that is, product name, basic image of the product, price, and product description, and partial images of each product in the form of a database. Means of storage. Here, the partial image of each product means an image for each part corresponding to each product so that the purchaser can use it when changing the design of the product. In addition, the purchase information DB 240 is a means for storing information on a product name, design, quantity, payment details, shipping address, buyer, and the like, for a product processed by the purchaser PCs 110, 120,..., In a database form.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of the method for operating an internet shopping mall according to the present invention. The operation of the seller server 200 will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, in order to purchase a product through an internet shopping mall provided by a seller server 200, an arbitrary buyer accesses the seller server 200 using the purchaser PC 110 (step S201). In this case, the webpage control block 210 of the seller server 200 may transmit a predetermined Internet webpage to the purchaser PC 100 and control the member login process if necessary.

Subsequently, the purchaser searches for and selects a product he / she wants to purchase through a web page provided from the seller server 200. If any product is selected from the purchaser PC 110, a selection signal (click signal) is selected accordingly. ) Is transmitted to the seller server 200 (step S203), the webpage control block 210 reads the information on the selected product from the product information DB 230 to form a predetermined webpage to purchase the buyer PC 110 In this case, the web page includes a design selection menu that allows the buyer to directly change the design of the selected product. FIG. 3A is an exemplary view of this. For example, when the purchaser selects a handbag, the webpage processing block 210 may display the basic design image 10 and the purchaser for the selected product as shown in FIG. 3A. A plurality of design selection menu items 20 and product descriptions (not shown) configured to directly change the design are configured as one web page and transmitted to the purchaser PC 110.

Accordingly, the buyer PC 110 displays the basic design image 10 and the design selection menu item 20 for the product selected by the buyer, and the buyer directly selects the design for the product through this web page. It can be changed (step S205). If the buyer selects each menu item 20 to change the design of the product (step S207), the design processing block 220 recognizes each menu item selected by the buyer, and displays the corresponding web item on the web page accordingly. The default design image is changed to the design corresponding to the item selected by the buyer. For example, if each menu item 20 displayed on the right side of the web page is selected as shown in FIG. 3B while the web page shown in FIG. 3A is displayed, the design processing block 220 displays each selected menu. The partial image corresponding to the item 20 is read out from the product information DB 230 to generate a modified design image and display it on the left side of the web page as shown in FIG. 3B (step S209).

As a result, the buyer can design the desired product by using each menu item included in the web page. That is, the material, color, presence or absence of the logo, the position of the logo, the shape of the logo, the size of the logo, the surface pattern, the position of the accessory attached to the product, the size of the accessory, the color of the accessory can be selected. 3A and 3B, a handbag is described as an example, but the design change method is equally applicable to other articles, for example, clothing, belts, shoes, and wallets. However, only the type and number of menu items 20 for design change are different due to the characteristics of each article.

On the other hand, when the change of the product design by the buyer is completed through each of these processes (step S211), the seller server 200 calculates and displays the price of the product corresponding to the changed design on the web page shown in Figure 3b (Step S213). That is, the price of the product may be recalculated and displayed in response to the selected menu item 20 as much as the price change of the product may occur due to the material of the product selected by the buyer or the presence or absence of a logo. Here, the process of changing the basic design image and calculating the price of the product according to the selection of the menu item 20 may be performed in the final state in which the design change of the product is completed for the purchaser. When the selection is made one by one, the basic design image 10 may be partially changed and displayed, and the changed price of the product may be newly calculated and displayed each time.

After each of these processes, when the purchaser completes the design of the product and checks the changed price of the product, the purchaser requests the purchase of the product, and the webpage processing block 210 of the seller server 200 purchases the webpage for payment processing. The payment is performed to the PC 110 to perform a payment process, and the purchase information for the processed product and the design of the product selected by the buyer are stored in the purchase information DB 240 (step S219). Of course, in the above-described step (S215), the buyer may cancel the purchase without purchasing the product (step S217) or may repeat the process after the above-described step (S205) again to select the design of the product.

On the other hand, when the purchase of the product from the buyer is completed through the above-described step (S219) and the design of the product selected by the buyer is stored in the purchase information DB 240, the seller confirms the design of the product stored in the purchase information DB 240 To produce the requested product to be delivered to the buyer (step S221). As a result, in the Internet shopping mall according to the present invention, a seller can manufacture / sell a product having a desired design for each buyer rather than unilaterally selling a pre-made product or a product of a standardized design.

The above embodiments and drawings are merely for the purpose of describing the contents of the invention in detail, and are not intended to limit the scope of the technical idea of the invention, the present invention described above is a general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. As those skilled in the art, various permutations, modifications, and changes are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, but are not limited to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. It should be judged including the range of equality.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the buyer can directly design the product in order to operate the Internet shopping mall, thereby the buyer can purchase a differentiated product. In addition, the seller can satisfy the needs of various customers, thereby maximizing the profit of the Internet shopping mall.

Claims (7)

In the Internet shopping mall operating method, A first step of transmitting a web page including a plurality of menu items for changing a basic design of the selected product and a design of the product when a certain product is selected from a buyer connected through the Internet; If each menu item is selected, changing a design of the product corresponding to each selected menu item, calculating a price of a product corresponding to the changed design, and displaying the price on the purchaser PC; A third step of storing purchase information and the changed design of the product when the purchase and the payment of the product of the changed design are processed from the purchaser PC; And a fourth step of producing a product corresponding to the changed design and delivering the product to the buyer. The method of claim 1, The menu items may be selected from materials, colors, presence or absence of a logo, location of a logo, shape of a logo, size of a logo, surface pattern, location of an accessory attached to the product, size of an accessory, and color of an accessory. Internet shopping mall operating method comprising a menu item that can be. The method of claim 2, The second step, Whenever each menu item is selected one by one, the design corresponding to the selected menu item is changed every time, and the price of the product corresponding to each changed design is calculated and displayed on the buyer PC each time. Way. In the system for operating a shopping mall via the Internet, A plurality of shopper PCs connected to the Internet; It is connected to the Internet network and pre-stores information on various products and various image data, and if any product is selected from the purchaser's PC, it is possible to change the basic design of the selected product and the design of the product. The web page including the menu item is transmitted to the purchaser PC. When each menu item is selected, the design of the product is changed in response to the selected menu item, and the price of the product corresponding to the changed design is calculated. Internet shopping mall operating system comprising a seller server for transmitting to the buyer PC. The method of claim 4, wherein The menu items may be selected from materials, colors, presence or absence of a logo, location of a logo, shape of a logo, size of a logo, surface pattern, location of an accessory attached to the product, size of an accessory, and color of an accessory. Internet shopping mall operating system, characterized in that consisting of a menu item that can be. The method of claim 5, wherein The seller server, A database for storing information on a plurality of products and various image data; A web page processing block for constructing an internet web page corresponding to a request from the buyer PC through the internet network, calculating a price of the product, and transmitting the price to the buyer PC; And a design processing block for changing a design of a product displayed on the web page in response to each selected menu item and delivering the same to a buyer PC. The method of claim 6, The design processing block, Whenever each menu item is selected one by one, the design corresponding to the selected menu item is changed every time, and the price of the product corresponding to each changed design is calculated and displayed on the buyer PC each time. system.