JP2001290975A - Method and system for sale on communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify selection and ordering of purchase articles in a method and a system for sale on a communication network. SOLUTION: When articles are sold from a selling site to a user through the communication network, a server in the selling site transmits service information 21, 22, 23, 25, and 26 including selling articles and an estimate sheet 27, where selling articles are written, to the user to display them on a display monitor the user side, and the user performs correction including deletion of selling articles written in the estimate sheet to prepare an estimate sheet 27 and returns it to the selling site. The selling site sells articles on the basis of the estimate sheet returned from the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales method and a sales system using a communication network, and more particularly to a method and system for creating a quote and placing an order on the communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art On a communication network such as the Internet, a service for providing a user with a method describing an operation procedure for solving various problems, such as an analysis method, an analysis method, or a processing method, as an application is provided. In addition, there is a business that sells various items such as devices, instruments, instruments, consumables, and reagents used in this application.

[0003]

Conventionally, devices, instruments, and the like used in applications provided from sales sites
When purchasing various items such as instruments, consumables, and reagents, there is a problem that the user needs to perform a purchase operation for each item on the communication network. For example, the user performs an operation of selecting a required item from an application displayed on his / her terminal and calling a screen for performing purchase to perform a purchase operation for each item. For this reason, the purchase operation becomes complicated, and when a large number of purchased items are selected, there arises a problem that the selected items are forgotten or selected repeatedly. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems and to easily select and order a purchased item in a sales method and a sales system on a communication network.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a user prepares a quote for a purchase item and places a sales order based on the quote, thereby selecting and ordering a purchase item for sale on a communication network. To simplify. Therefore, the selling method according to the present invention is a selling method for selling goods between a selling site and a user via a communication network. In the selling site server, service information including the selling item and the selling item are provided to the user. The quote and the written quote are transmitted and displayed on the user's display screen. On the other hand, the user makes a correction including deletion of the sales item described in the quote and prepares the quote. Return the quote to the sales site. Further, the sales site sells goods based on the quote returned from the user.

Further, the sales system according to the present invention is a sales system in which goods are sold between a sales site and a user via a communication network. Equipped with quotation data showing sales items and software for sending and receiving data to and from the user, while the user displays the data and quotation, corrects the quotation, creates a quotation, and creates the quotation. And software for returning a certificate to the sales server. The service information is a sale item required by the user, detailed items such as the specification and price of the sale item, and an operation procedure for solving a problem using the sale item. The operation procedure for solving the problem includes, for example, an analysis method, an analysis method, and a processing method. The sales server can provide the user as an application through a communication network.

[0006] This application includes various items such as devices, instruments, instruments, consumables, and reagents used in the application as sales items, and a user selects necessary items from the sales items and writes a quote. And sell the product based on this quote. The sales site includes data on service information including sales items and data on quotes in a database. The data of the sales item and the quotation are displayed on the user side by software provided by the sales site and the user, and the user corrects the quotation and prepares the quotation. The sales site receives the created quote from the user, receives an order for a sales item, and sells the product.

[0007] The user can select a sales item by specifying a sales item name described in the service information displayed on the display screen, and temporarily stores data of the selected sales item. Is done. The quotation can be created by selecting, deleting, adding, etc., the sales item name in the quotation in which the sales item name described in the service information is described. Further, by displaying the sales item name specified in the service information in the sales item name described in the quote, the user can be notified of the sales item selected by the user.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a user can create a quote while confirming required sales items on a screen, and can avoid omission of orders and duplicate orders.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an example of a display screen displayed on the user side according to the present invention. The display screen 20 shown in FIG. 1 can be displayed on a user terminal by browsing software such as a browser. Display screen 20
, Service information such as a sales item 23 required by the user, detailed items 25 such as specifications and prices of the sales item, and a description 22 of an operation procedure for solving a problem using the sales item are displayed.

The user uses a search screen (not shown) to
A desired method is selected as an application from an analysis method, an analysis method, or a processing method provided from the sales site, and is displayed on the display screen 20. The application displayed on the display screen 20 is the application title 2
1. Includes a description 22 of the problem solving operation procedure, and a description 2
2 includes various sales item names 23a and 23b such as devices, instruments, instruments, consumables, and reagents used in the application.
Is written. An index is given to the application title 21 and the sale item names 23a and 23b by underlining or the like, and the index links to related contents. By clicking and selecting an index with a mouse or the like, related contents can be displayed. FIG.
Shows item descriptions 25 and 26 as displays associated with the sale item names 23a and 23b, and a quote 27 as a display associated with the application title 21.

The item descriptions 25 and 26 indicate the name of the sales item, a description of each sales item, and a purchase button for purchasing the sales item, and the quotation 27 includes items related to the application. A quote button at the time of purchase and a print button for printing, and an order button for confirming the quote and placing an order are described. In the quote 27, the sale item name described in the application is written in advance together with the required quantity, and it is possible to select the required sale item, change the required quantity, and the like. Finalize. In addition, the sales item name which pushed the purchase button is quote 2
By distinguishing and displaying the items in 7, the user can be informed that the item is a sales item name selected and purchased.
An order to a sales site using a quote can be made by pressing an order button. The display screen 20
An estimate button 24 is provided at an arbitrary position, and by pressing the estimate button 24, an estimate 27 can be displayed in the same manner as when the application title 21 is selected.

According to the present invention, an application in which sales item 23 is displayed on display screen 20 on the user side and quote 27
By displaying, you can easily create a quote for the sales items used in the application,
You can easily order a quote. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of a sales system of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a sales site server, and FIG. 4 is a database of a sales site server. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example between a user and a sales site, FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the user side, and FIGS. It is a display example displayed by.

In FIG. 2, a sales system 1 is configured by connecting a user 2 and a sales site server 3 via a communication network 6 such as the Internet. The user 2 includes a plurality of users 2A, 2B and 2C, and is connected to a normal telephone network via the exchange 4 or directly to a connection provider site 5, and further to a communication network 6. The sales site server 3 is connected to the communication network 6. Thus, the user 2 is connected to the sales site 3 via the communication network 6. The sales site server 3 and the connection provider 5 include a control unit and a database.

The connection provider server 5 includes a communication unit, a control unit, and a database. The communication means is connected to the user 2 via a dedicated line or the exchange 4, and is connected to the sales site server 3 via the communication network 6.
The control means controls connection processing between the user 2 and the sales site server 3 connected by the communication means and transmission / reception of data after connection, using a user management table provided in the database. The user management table stores data relating to the user 2, such as a user ID for identifying the user 2, a password for authenticating the user, and the name of the user 2.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the sales site server 3. The sales site server 3 includes a communication unit 3a and a control unit 3
b and a database 3c. The communication unit 3 a connects to the connection provider server 5 via the communication network 6 and further connects to the user 2. The control unit 3b controls transmission and reception of data with the connection provider server 5 connected by the communication unit 3a, and controls the database 3c. The database 3c includes a user management table 31, an application data table 32, a sales item data table 33, an estimate data table 34, a format data table 35, and the like.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a table provided in the database 3c. FIG. 4A shows an example of the user management table 31, in which a user ID 31a, a password 31
b, data about the user 2 such as the name 31c. FIG. 4B is an example of an application data table relating to the application title 21 and the description 22 displayed on the display screen 20.
In addition to a, application data 32b such as a description of an operation procedure for solving a problem and an application title, and data relating to an application having an item name 32c of various sales items such as devices, instruments, instruments, consumables, and reagents used in the application are stored. are doing.

FIG. 4C shows an example of a sales item data table related to the item description 25 displayed on the display screen 20. The item name 33 of the sales item is displayed together with the serial number 33a.
b, Specification data 33 for explaining details of the sale item
c and data on the sales item of the price data 33 are stored. FIG. 4D is an example of an estimate data table related to the estimate 27 displayed on the display screen 20, and includes a serial number 34a, a user ID 34b for specifying the user who created the estimate, and an estimated date and time. Date data 34c indicating the sales item estimated, item data 34d for specifying the estimated sales item, quantity data 34f for specifying the estimated quantity, total data 34e of the estimate, and whether the order has been received or suspended on the estimate. , And data related to the estimate, such as order data 34g.

FIG. 4E shows an example of a format data table for displaying the applications (21, 22), the item description 25, and the quotation 27 on the display screen 20 on the user side. , An item description format 35b, and an estimate format 35c. When an application requested by the user is specified on the display screen 20 on the user side, the application format 35a is read from the format data table 35, and the application data 32b and the item name 32c corresponding to the specified application are read from the application data table 32. read out. Using the read application format 35a as a format, the application data 3
The application is displayed by applying 2b or the item name 32c.

In the application display,
When the user designates an indicator such as the item name 32c, the item description format 35b is read from the format data table 35, and the specification data 33c and the price data 33d corresponding to the specified item name 32c are replaced with the item name 33b. It is read from the item data table 33 as an index. The item description 25 is displayed by applying the specification data 33c and the price data 33d using the read item description format 35b as a format.

Further, when the user designates the sign of the application title 21 or the quotation button 24 on the application display, the quotation format 35c is read from the format data table 35, and the designated application or the quotation button 24 is displayed. The application data table 32 and the sales item data table 33 are used to store the item name and price data of the sales item described in the displayed application.
Read from Using the read out quote format 35b as a format, the user who made the quote has a user ID 34b,
Date and time data 34c, item data 34d,
Quantity data 34f, price data 33d and quantity data 34
The estimate 27 is displayed by applying the total data 34e obtained from f. The quote 27 displayed here is a quote based on the standard item name and quantity described in the application.

When the item name (23a, 23b) described in the description 22 of the application is designated by the user as a purchased item, the corresponding item name in the quote 27 is displayed separately from other item names. By doing so, it is possible to indicate that the item is a purchased item. The distinction display can be performed by underline display, color display, or the like. In addition, unnecessary sales items can be deleted in the quote 27, the quantity can be changed, or sales items can be added.

Next, a flow when a user purchases a sales item at a sales site will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows the flow of time from the top to the bottom, and the order is indicated by the numbers shown in parentheses. When the user connects to the sales site (1), the sales site requests the user for a user ID to confirm the user (2). The user sends the user ID to the sales site in response to the request (3). The sales site confirms the transmitted user ID and performs personal authentication (4).

After authenticating that the user is a registered user, when the user requests an application from the sales site (5), the sales site provides the user with an application adapted to solve the user's problem (6). The user displays the provided application on a display screen of a terminal provided therein (7). If the displayed application requires a more detailed description of the equipment, instruments, instruments, consumables, reagents, etc. used, the item name (23)
a, 23b) to request an item description (8).
The sales site sends the requested item description data to the user (9). The user displays the transmitted item description on the display screen (10), and when it is determined that the purchase of the sales item is necessary, presses a purchase button provided in the item description, thereby displaying the purchase item. Make a selection. The sales item selected in the selection of the purchased item is temporarily stored and used for creating an estimate (11).

By repeating the request for the item description, the display of the item description, and the selection of the purchased item, after selecting the required sales item in the application, the sales site is requested to create a quote (12). The sales site transmits the format of the quote to the user (13). The user displays the format of the sent quote. The displayed temporary quote shows the standard purchase items used for the application. At this time, the sales item specified by the purchase item selection can be distinguished and displayed (14). The user corrects the quote with reference to the displayed temporary quote (15), transmits the quote and the order after the order operation (16) (17). The sales site confirms the transmitted quote (18) and informs the user that the order has been received (19).

Next, an example of a processing operation performed on the user side will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After connecting to the sales site (step S1), the user requests a required application. Selection of a required application can be performed by, for example, a search using a keyword (step S2). The user displays the application transmitted from the sales site on a display screen.
FIG. 7 is a display example of an application. Display screen 2
0 is the application title 21 and description 22
Is displayed. In FIG. 7, application title 2
An example in which an organic acid analysis system is displayed as 1 is shown. The underline display indicates that the link is to the quote.

In the description 22, for example, pac
Item names 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d of sales items such as kscr-102h, packscr-101h, piping parts j, and aqueous solution of toluenesulfonic acid are underlined to indicate that they are linked to the item description.
Further, an estimate button 24 is displayed on the display screen 20,
It indicates that it is linked to the quote (step S
3).

If a detailed description of the underlined item names 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d in the description 22 is required, the item name is designated and selected, and the item description is sent to the sales site. (Step S
4). The sales site sends the requested item description data to the user, who displays the sent item description. FIG. 8 shows an example of the item description. Item description 25
(26) indicates the image 25a (26a) and the specification 25b (26
b), in addition to displaying detailed data on the sale item such as the price 25c (26c), a purchase button 25d (26d) is provided (step S5).

The purchase button 25d (26d) is for temporarily holding the purchase of the sales item selected for preparing the quote, and is used to purchase the sales item displayed in the item description 25 (26). (Step S6), the purchase button 25d (26d) is pressed to temporarily hold the purchase of the sale item (Step S7). Further, for another sales item, if the purchase selection is performed with reference to the item description (step S8), steps S4 to S7 are repeated. After the examination of the application, when creating a quote (step S9), the quote is requested from the sales site. The request for the quote can be made by designating the application title 21 or the quote button 24 displayed on the application (step S1).
0).

The sales site displays the quote on the user's display screen in response to the quote request from the user. FIG. 9 shows an example of the quote. The quote 27 includes items 27b such as an item name, a quantity, a unit price, and a subtotal of sales items used for the application in a form 27a of the quote, and further checks a print button 27c for designating printing and the contents of the quote. And an order button 27d indicating that the order has been placed. The quotation sent from the sales site is a tentative quotation created based on the standard sales items and quantities used for the application, and the user can delete, add, A quotation required by the user is created by modifying the quantity and the like (step S11).

When the user needs to correct the provisional estimate (step S12), the user corrects the necessary portions to complete the estimate (step S13). The user
The completed quotation is confirmed, and it is finally determined whether to place or cancel the order (step S1).
4). When placing an order based on the quote, the quote is transmitted to the sales site (step S15). On the other hand, when canceling the quote, a cancellation process is performed.
The canceling process can be performed by an operation of pressing a button (not shown) or an operation of disconnecting the connection with the sales site (step S16).

It should be noted that a reserve button (not shown) is provided in the quote 27, and by pressing this reserve button,
The created quote can be put on hold. This hold state can be held in the order data 34g in the estimate data table 34 shown in FIG.

[0032]

As described above, according to the sales method and the sales system on the communication network of the present invention,
It is possible to easily select and order a purchase item.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a display screen displayed on a user side according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an outline of a sales system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a sales site server of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a database provided in the sales site server of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation example between a user of the present invention and a sales site.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the user side of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a display example of an application of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a display example of an item description according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a display example of a quote according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Selling system, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, ... user,
3 sales site server, 3a communication means, 3b control means, 3c database, 4 exchange, 5 connection provider, 6 communication network, 20 display screen, 21 ...
Application title, 22 ... description, 23 (23
a, 23b, 23c, 23d) ... Item name, 24 ... Quote button, 25, 26 ... Item name description, 25a, 26a ... Image, 25b, 26b ... Specifications, 25c, 26c ... Price, 2
5d, 26d: purchase button, 27: quote, 31: user management table, 32: application data table, 33: sales item data table, 34: quote data table, 35: format data table.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sales method for selling goods between a sales site and a user via a communication network, wherein the server of the sales site provides the user with service information including the sales item and an estimate indicating the sales item. And send it on the display screen of the user side, the user,
A quotation created by modification including deletion of the sales item described in the quotation is returned to the sales site, and the sales site sells the product based on the returned quotation, Sales method on communication network. 2. In a sales system for selling goods between a sales site and a user via a communication network, a server of the sales site provides service information including a sales item to the user and an estimate indicating the sales item. With software for sending and receiving data of documents and users,
The user is provided with software that displays the data and the quote, creates a quote by correcting the quote, and returns the created quote to the sales server.
Sales system on communication network.