JP2001297218A - Auction system using communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an introducer mediate between a buyer and a seller to determine a proper successful bid price that the buyer, seller, and introducer satisfy. SOLUTION: Upper-limit and lower-limit bid prices of an object article of auction which are set by the person who puts the object article at an auction or auction organizer sets are displayed on the screen of a terminal machine of a bid wisher and bid prices sent by bid wishers are received and processed by a computer of the auction organizer and concealed until the bid end time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention utilizes a communication network, in which an auction organizer (hereinafter, referred to as an intermediary) and an exhibitor (hereinafter, referred to as a seller) of an auction target product and a bid applicant (hereinafter, referred to as a seller). , A buyer) to determine a contract price of an auction target product (product).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various products have been sold using a communication network. Among them, there is an auction method for selling goods.

There are two types of auctions currently under way, one of which is the "auction type", in which a buyer who has registered as a member or a buyer who has registered as a member is displayed on the terminal screen. Sending the desired price to the mediator's computer while watching the bid price of the product being offered, auctioning the bid price, and after a predetermined time, the bidding ends, and the highest bidder at that time wins the bid Become

[0004] Another method of auction is referred to as a "bid-down type", in which a registered buyer purchases a product displayed on a terminal screen at a starting price set in advance by a seller or an intermediary. The desired price is transmitted to the mediator's computer while watching the price, and the bid price is auctioned down. When a predetermined time comes, the bidding ends, and the lowest bidder at that time becomes the successful bidder.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned "bidding type"
In the auction, there is a drawback that the bid price rises with the elapse of the bidding time, resulting in a successful bid at a price higher than expected, which gives the successful bidder discomfort and dissatisfaction.

[0006] In the "bid-down type", on the contrary, the bid price is too low to fall below the purchase price of the product, resulting in loss and complaint remaining for the seller.

[0007] Both the "auction-type" auction and the "bid-down" auction involve unpredictable losses and dissatisfaction with the buyer or seller,
It gives disgust, and eventually causes a phenomenon of buyers and sellers coming away from customers, which has been a great pain to introducers.

[0008] Further, in both auction methods, since the bidding price varies every moment, the buyer and the seller must always pay attention to the display screen of the bidding price. Is a waste of time.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and introducers on a network enter between buyers and sellers, and buyers, sellers, and introducers are satisfied and satisfied. The purpose is to determine the best bid price.

[0010] Therefore, the auction system using the communication network according to the first aspect of the present invention is a system in which a bidder sets a bid upper limit price and a lower bid limit of an auction target product set by an exhibitor or an auction organizer of the auction target product. The bid price sent by the bidder is received and processed by the auction organizer's computer, and the bid price is concealed until the bid end time. Things.

The auction system using the communication network according to the second aspect is characterized in that, in the system according to the first aspect, the bidding time and the bidding time are received and processed by the computer of the auction organizer at the same time as the bidding price input by the bidder. Is what you do.

The auction system using the communication network according to the third aspect is the system according to the first or second aspect, wherein a current time and a bid are displayed on a screen of a terminal of a bid applicant from a bid start time to a bid end time. The number of persons is displayed over time.

The auction system using the communication network according to claim 4 is the system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein after a predetermined bidding end time elapses, the highest bid price (successful bid price), the bidding time, and the name of the successful bidder are set. Other, second and lower bid prices,
It is characterized by displaying a bid time, a bidder name, and the like.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a process from a bid to a successful bid by the auction system using the communication network of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are display screens.

The introducer 1 recruits an auction exhibitor (seller) 2 via the Internet N, and the seller 2 provides the introducer 1 with personal information such as the address, name, occupation, age, telephone number, credit number and the like. Notify and apply for membership registration. The introducer 1 notifies the seller 2 that he / she qualifies as a member if he / she qualifies the seller 2, and requests submission of image information, such as still images or moving images, as well as text information such as raw materials, dimensions, colors, designers, etc. of the exhibited products. I do.

The seller 2 transmits the character information and image information of the product and the upper limit price H and the lower limit price L of the product desired by the seller 2 to the computer C of the introducer 1.

The introducer 1 and the seller 2 discuss and determine an upper limit price H and a lower limit price L of the product, a bid start time S, an end time Z, and the like.

Next, the introducer 1 gives the character information, image information, the upper limit price H and the lower limit price of the product to the person who has already registered as a buyer 3 or a new applicant for registration via the Internet N. L, the bid start time S, the end time Z, and the like are transmitted.

When the bidding is started, the buyer 3 bids a desired price on each terminal device via a public line.

Each bid price from the buyer 3 is received by the bidding device 4 and stored in the computer C, while all the bid prices are concealed, and the display screen D displays the character information of the product,
In addition to the image information, the upper limit price H, the lower limit price L, the bid unit price P, the bid start time S, and the end time Z of the product, the current time T and the number of buyers 3 (the number of bidders) at that time are displayed.

When the end time Z comes, the computer C determines the highest bid price (successful bid price), the successful bidder, and the bid time among the hidden prices. At this time, when there are a plurality of bidders with the same highest price, the bidder with the earlier bidding time becomes the successful bidder, is displayed on the display screen D '(see FIG. 3), and has the second lower bid price, , Time, etc. are displayed, and introducer 1
Thus, the seller 2 and the successful bidder (buyer 3) are notified of the successful bid decision by e-mail or the like, and the auction ends.

[0022]

Since the present invention has the above configuration, the buyer 3 (successful bidder) in the conventional auction system "bid-up system".
Of discomfort and dissatisfaction disappears,
This is a significant invention that does not cause any loss and complaint of the seller 2 but also gives a satisfactory result to the introducer 1.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a process from a bid to a successful bid in an auction system using a communication network according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display screen.

FIG. 3 is a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Introducer 2: Seller 3: Buyer N: Internet C: Computer D: Display device

Claims (4)

[Claims] An auction system using a communication network, comprising: an exhibitor or an auction organizer of an auction-targeted product;
The bid upper limit price and the bid lower limit price of the auction target product are displayed on the screen of the bid applicant's terminal, and each bid price transmitted by the bid applicant is received and processed by the auction organizer's computer, and An auction system using a communication network, wherein a bid price is hidden until a bid end time. 2. An auction system using a communication network, wherein a bid time is received and processed by a computer of an auction organizer at the same time as a bid price input by a bid applicant. Auction system using a communication network. 3. An auction system using a communication network, wherein the current time and the number of bidders are displayed over time from the bid start time to the bid end time on the screen of the terminal of the bid applicant. An auction system using the communication network according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. In an auction system using a communication network, after a predetermined bidding end time elapses, in addition to the highest bid price (successful bid price), the bidding time, the name of the successful bidder, the second-lowest bid price, the bidding time, and the bidding price. "Claim 1" or "Claim 2" or "Claim 3" characterized by displaying a person's name, etc.
An auction system using the communication network described.