WO2003027917A1

WO2003027917A1 - An electronic commerce method for selecting material

Info

Publication number: WO2003027917A1
Application number: PCT/CN2001/001397
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hsunsen Chen; Lihsin Ma
Original assignee: Ibp Technology Inc.
Priority date: 2001-09-14
Filing date: 2001-09-14
Publication date: 2003-04-03

Abstract

An electronic commerce method for selecting material, comprising the following steps: providing an electronic commerce system with user interface to connect at least one user; providing a production database for storing the grade of the material into the electronic commerce system; providing a final production database for storing the final production made by the production material in the electronic commerce system; providing a plurality of the final production option to user by user interface and accepting the final production selected by user; generating a plurality of productiion material option could make the selected final production and accepting the production material selected by the user.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic trading system for plastic materials, and more particularly to a selection of an electronic trading system in which a user can obtain transaction data of raw materials for manufacturing the final product through a final product Material method. BACKGROUND In today's industrial materials, plastic materials have been applied to many uses. Even with the development of the plastic industry, plastic materials have gradually replaced traditional metal materials such as steel. Plastic materials have also become more diversified. Different types of plastic materials and plastic raw materials are usually replaceable.

When a manufacturer intends to manufacture a final product from a plastic material, it is generally known to the manufacturer which plastic material is most suitable for manufacturing the final product. However, for purchasers, the specifications and characteristics of the plastic material cannot be clearly understood. In addition, for engineers, they also need to know whether the final product can be made of other alternative plastic materials.

In view of this, for buyers of plastic materials, there is a need to provide a method for selecting plastic materials, which can directly know the type and specifications of the plastic materials used to manufacture the product through the final product. Summary of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a material selection method for an electronic transaction system, which directly obtains a plastic material for manufacturing the final product through a final product.

A secondary object of the present invention is to provide a method for selecting materials for an electronic trading system, which further provides a method for trading the final product.

The method for selecting materials according to the electronic transaction system of the present invention includes the following steps:

Provide an electronic transaction system with a user interface to connect at least one user; Provide a product database to store specifications of product raw materials in the electronic transaction system; Provide a final product database to Storing the final product manufactured by the product raw materials in the electronic trading system;

Providing the user with a plurality of options for the final product via the user interface, and accepting the final product selected by the user;

An option to generate a plurality of product raw materials, which can be used to manufacture the selected final product and accept the product raw materials selected by the user.

According to another feature of the present invention, the material selection method of the electronic transaction system further includes a transaction step for trading the selected material.

According to still another feature of the present invention, the material selection method of the electronic trading system further includes a smart material selection step for querying materials related to the selected material.

According to yet another feature of the present invention, the material selection method of the electronic trading system further includes a final product manufacturer connection step, and the user interacts with the manufacturer to obtain the transaction data of the selected final product.

According to another feature of the present invention, the electronic transaction system of the material selection method of the electronic transaction system is connected to the Internet, and the buyer can use the Internet to communicate with the electronic transaction. The systems interact with each other.

According to another feature of the material selection method of the electronic transaction system of the present invention, the material database of the electronic transaction system includes a sales price, a quantity, a supplier, a manufacturer, and the like of each material.

According to another feature of the material selection method of the electronic trading system of the present invention, the material traded by the electronic trading system is a plastic material, and the material database includes the specifications (grades), characteristics, and force methods of each material. (Proces s me thod), and various physical properties and test methods.

The method for selecting materials according to the electronic trading system of the present invention has a complete database and uses the convenience of the Internet, so that buyers can use the method of selecting materials of the present invention to quickly select the most suitable material in the purchase process. Required materials. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for selecting materials according to the present invention;

Figures 2-7: An exemplary table or web page format output by an electronic transaction method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure number description:

100 methods for selecting materials

Smart material selection

Classification Selection Step 140 Display Product Step

150 Raw Material Product Comparison Table Manufacturer Search

List Manufacturer Information Specific Manufacturer Information DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The material selection method of the electronic transaction system of the present invention will be described below using plastic materials in Electronic Commerce (EC) as an example, but the material selection method of the electronic transaction system of the present invention can also be applied to other materials Transaction. Those skilled in the art will be able to easily understand electronic trading systems, such as US Patent Nos. 5,970, 475, 5, 557, 518, and 5, 319, 542. Different electronic trading systems have been disclosed. Electronic transactions through the Internet. The aforementioned patents are incorporated herein by reference.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the material selection method of the electronic trading system of the present invention is applied to an electronic trading system for trading plastic materials, wherein the electronic trading system includes buyers, suppliers, and trading centers, and They are connected to each other through the Internet, and the electronic trading system has a material database. Furthermore, the electronic transaction system is structured in a computer system to perform electronic transactions or to provide users with the function of querying materials.

The material database includes the sales price, quantity, supplier, manufacturer, etc. of each plastic material. And the material database also provides the specifications (grades), characteristics, processing methods (Process Methods), and various physical properties and testing methods of each plastic material. The physical properties include Filler Type, Filler Content, Specific Gravity, Melting Point, Melt Flow Rate, Relative Viscosity, Intrinsic Viscosity ), Moisture absorption (@ 24h / 23 ° C Water Absorption), mold shrinkage (MD II Mold Shrinkage (Flow Direction)), mold shrinkage (TD 丄 Mold Shrinkage (Transverse Direction)), tensile breaking strength (Tensile Strength at Break), Tensile Strength at Yield Tensile Elongation at Break, Tensile Modulus, Flexural Strength, Flexural Modulus, 23 ° C Izod Impact Strength (notched) )), Izod Impact Strength (notched) (-20 ° C Izod Impact Strength (notched)), Izod Impact Strength (notched)).-Izod Impact Strength (notched)) Charpy Impact Strength (notched) (23 ° C), Charpy Impact Strength (notched) (-20 ° C), Charpy Impact Strength (notched) (-40 °) C Charpy Impact Strength (notched)), Rockwell or Shore Hardness, Heat Deformation Temperature (0.46 MpaHeat Deflection Temp), Heat Deformation Temperature (1.82 MPaHeat Deflection Temp), Vicat Softening Point Point), linear expansion coefficient (MD) (10-5Coefflcient of Linear Thermal Expansion), linear expansion coefficient (TD) (10-5Coefflcient of Linear Thermal Expansion) ^ surface resistance Surface Resistivity), Volume Resistivity, Dielectric Strength (@ 1ΜΗζ Dielectric Strength), Dielectric Constant, Dissipation Factor (Dissipation Factor), Arc Resistance, Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Effect (EMI Shielding), Flammability, and Light Transmittance ₀

When a buyer or user wants to purchase plastic materials or inquire about plastic materials to manufacture a final product, the buyer can access the homepage of the trading center of the electronic trading system of the present invention through the Internet, and via The homepage of the trading center enters the method 100 for selecting a product.

After entering the method 100 for selecting products, the buyer enters a selection step, where the buyer can choose to use product search, manufacturer search, or plastic search to search for the required plastic raw materials. If the buyer decides to search by plastic, go to step 112, if the buyer searches, go to step 190 If it is searching by product, it proceeds to step 120. In this step 110, the electronic trading system displays a web page, such as shown in FIG.

In step 120, the trading center will display various final products made of plastic, such as information products, household appliances, general plastic products, etc., and then the buyer can select a specific final product. , And the trading center will display the raw materials used to make the product and its manufacturer. In this way, the buyer can select a specific raw material, or a specific manufacturer, to purchase or query the raw material, or query the manufacturer's detailed information. If the buyer wants to inquire or purchase the raw material, it proceeds to step 140; if the buyer wants to inquire or purchase the final product, he can enter relevant search information on the manufacturer search page, and then enter step 190.

In step 120, the trading center further provides a multi-layer nested selection mode, which is broadly divided into large, large, and small product categories. The example web pages are shown in Figures 3a, 3b, and 3c. . For example, the buyer can select "Information Products" in the big category to enter the sub-category product category menu (as shown in Figure 3b). In this sub-category product category, the buyer can select "input product" to enter the sub-category product category menu (as shown in Figure 3C). In this small-type product classification menu, the buyer can select the final product to be manufactured, such as a mouse, a keyboard, an optical pen, a tablet, and the like. In addition, when the buyer selects the final product as a mouse, an example web page output by the trading center is shown in FIG. 4. The trading center displays the raw materials used to make the mouse and the query page for the manufacturer who made the mouse. If the buyer wants to inquire or purchase the raw material, he can click on the specific raw material in the raw material list to proceed to step 140. If the buyer wants to inquire or purchase the final product, he can enter relevant search information on the manufacturer's search page, and enter the step 190 by using the "query" key.

In step 190, the web page format output by the transaction center is shown in FIG. The buyer can be identified by company name, country / region, province / county / city, date of creation, number of employees, capital, and Enter the search criteria for items such as industries to further narrow down the search, and then proceed to step 200. In addition, the trading center displays the number of manufacturers of the specific final product on the page. Those skilled in the art will understand that if the buyer directly enters step 190 from step 110, the trading center will not display the number of manufacturers of the final product.

In step 200, the trading center will display the manufacturer of the final product according to the buyer's search conditions. The results of the example are shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the trading center will display the search conditions set by the buyer and the results of the search. Please note that in this step, the trading center arranges the order of the manufacturers according to its defined weights. It is easier to trade on the previously known manufacturing, so the trading center can further define the ranking weight. This weight can be sold to the manufacturer as a commodity. After that, the buyer can select a specific manufacturer solution to enter step 210 for displaying detailed information of the specific manufacturer. An example is shown in FIG. 7.

In step 140, the trading center will display the possible raw materials for the specific final product, and the buyer may select a specific raw material to enter step 150, and in step 150, the trading center will display the specifications of the raw material ( Physical properties) and comparison data of the product so that the buyer can decide which raw materials to use.

In step 112, the user enters a smart material selection step. The detailed information of this step is disclosed in the inventor's application No. 89119419 on September 20, 1989, and the method of intelligently selecting products. These applications are hereby incorporated by reference into Application No. 89121157, "Methods of Electronic Transactions", dated May 7th. Through the smart material selection step, the user can easily select the raw material of the plastic product, and can inquire whether the trading center provides the raw material for trading, and then proceeds to step 114. In step 114, the transaction center can query various final products that can be manufactured by the raw material, and then enter step 150.

In the method 100 for selecting materials of the present invention, the method further includes a final product transaction step. After the user enters step 210, the user can be connected to the manufacturer of the final product, and the user and the manufacturer can be connected to each other through the Internet. For example, the manufacturer may provide an electronic transaction homepage to conduct transactions with the user, or the manufacturer may provide the price information of the final product in the transaction center so as to conduct the final transaction through the transaction center. Product transactions.

In summary, the user can easily access the trading center via the Internet and use the method of selecting materials to easily select the product item to be traded or query the relevant information of the product item.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be defined by the claims.

Claims

Claim

1. A method of selecting materials for an electronic transaction system, comprising: the following steps: providing an electronic transaction system with a user interface for connecting at least one user; providing a product database for storing products The specifications of the raw materials are stored in the electronic trading system; a final product database is provided for storing the final products manufactured by the raw materials of the products in the electronic trading system;

2. The method for selecting materials of an electronic transaction system according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

Trading on this selected product raw material.

3. The method for selecting materials of an electronic transaction system according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

Through the user interface, a plurality of product raw material options are generated for the selected product raw material, the characteristics of which are close to the characteristics of the selected product raw material, and the product selected by the user is accepted. raw material.

4. The method for selecting materials of an electronic transaction system according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

A manufacturer interface is provided to connect to the manufacturer of the final product, to provide transaction information of the selected final product, and / or to trade the selected final product.

5. The method for selecting materials according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein: The sign is that the electronic trading system is connected to the Internet, and the buyer can interact with the electronic trading system through the Internet.

6. The method for selecting materials of the electronic trading system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: the product database of the electronic trading system includes the sales price, quantity, supplier, Manufacturers and more.

7. The method for selecting materials of an electronic trading system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: the products traded by the electronic trading system are plastic materials, and the product database includes the information of each product Specifications (grades), characteristics, processing methods (Process Method), and various physical properties and test methods.