JP2001306862A - Business transaction support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a business transaction support system where a dealer can desirably perform his/her online transactions on a network without letting other fellow dealers know the dealer's intention such as the sales conditions in interdealer transactions. SOLUTION: A network consists of a service manager and the seller and purchaser groups of commodities, i.e., the customers of the service manager via a server 10, communication terminals 20 and a communication means which connects together these server 10 and terminals 20. The seller group transmits the types and prices of its desired commodities and other sales conditions to the server 10 via terminals 20, and the purchaser group transmits the types and prices of its desired commodities and other purchase conditions to the server 10 via terminals 20 respectively. The server 10 stores received sales and purchase conditions and also compares these sales and purchase conditions with each other to transmit the desirable items and the data on the party opposite to a purchaser or both the purchaser and a seller when the conditions are acceptable to both parties.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business support system using an information communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of the Internet,
Internet transactions are becoming popular. Conventional online transactions mainly show the seller clearly showing his / her product and its selling conditions such as price on the homepage as if it were sold at a store, whereas the buyer moves around on the homepage. However, it was a system to purchase products that matched the conditions.
In addition, online transactions in the form of auctions between buyers are also performed on the provided products.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned online transaction using the conventional communication network, information provided by the seller on the merchandise and its price, and the information on the seller itself providing the merchandise are not only the buyer but also the seller. There was a problem that everyone who accessed online transactions could easily get known. This is a serious problem, especially when business-to-business transactions within the industry are conducted online, not for the general consumer. In other words, in the case where trade between traders in the industry is conducted in a trading market constituted on the Internet or the like, there is a chance to trade with a wider range of traders than before, but on the other hand, the selling conditions of the above products However, there is a problem that the inside of the hand is easily known as information to other companies in the industry. In such a situation, online transactions targeting the industry and the like cannot be sufficiently spread.

Accordingly, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks in the conventional online transaction on the network, and also enables the online trade on the network without knowing the sales conditions and the like of the own trader in the trade between the traders. It is an object of the present invention to provide a commercial transaction support system that can preferably conduct transactions.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a commercial transaction support system according to the present invention comprises a server, a communication terminal, and a server and a communication terminal. A network is formed by connecting communication means, and the sellers send the type of product they want to sell, the selling price, and other selling conditions to the server provided by the operator through the communication terminal, and the buyers sell the product they want to buy The type and its buying price, and other buying conditions are transmitted to the server provided by the operator through the communication terminal, and the server of the operator stores the received selling conditions of each seller and the buying conditions of each buyer, respectively. Comparing the stored selling conditions with the buying conditions, and, for the case where the conditions are balanced, to the buyer or both the buyer and the seller, That it has to transmit the over data it is the first feature. Further, in addition to the first feature, the commercial transaction support system according to the present invention further comprises a group of sellers and a group of buyers which are petroleum merchandise members which are members of the service provided by the operator, and the group of sellers includes the type and price of the petroleum product. , Other terms and conditions of sale, and the buyers will see the type and price of the petroleum product,
Transmitting other buying conditions, the server of the operator stores the received selling conditions of each seller and the buying conditions of each buyer, respectively, and compares the stored selling conditions and buying conditions with each other. The second feature is that, for a balanced case, the fact and the data of the other party are transmitted to the buyer or to both the buyer and the seller. Further, the commercial transaction support system of the present invention
In addition to the above feature, the third feature is that the server takes in the latest price data of the commodity futures market for each petroleum product and provides it on a homepage.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be further described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system for the petroleum industry as one embodiment of the commercial transaction support system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a server, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in the server. It is.

Referring first to FIG. 1, the human components of the system of the present invention include an operator who provides services of a commercial transaction support system, a group of sellers of goods in the oil related industry, and a buyer of goods in the oil related industry. Consists of groups. The operator opens the home page of the commercial transaction support system on the Internet. The sellers and buyers who receive the service become members of the service, respectively.
D, password, etc. are obtained.

The operator has a server 10 in which homepage data is stored, and the seller and the buyer access the server 10 using a personal computer as a communication terminal 20 or a mobile phone capable of receiving character information. The seller accesses the homepage provided by the server 10 from his / her own communication terminal 20 and enters the type and price of the petroleum product, the unit price, the sales area, and the effective sales period in the sales condition entry column p provided on the homepage. , Write and send other selling conditions. The server 10 that has received the selling conditions of the seller stores and stores the selling conditions for each seller. On the other hand, the buyer also accesses the homepage of the server 10 using his / her own communication terminal 20, and in the purchase condition writing column q provided on the homepage, the type and price of the petroleum product he wants to buy, Write and send the area range of whether you want to purchase, the validity period of the purchase conditions, and other purchase conditions. Server 1 that has received the buyer's buying conditions
0 stores and saves the buying conditions for each buyer.

[0009] The server 10 does not provide any of the sales and purchase conditions received and stored as information on a homepage or the like. Of course, it is not provided to those who have accessed it later. Therefore, a trader cannot arbitrarily acquire information such as a sale condition and a purchase condition of another trader. When the server 10 receives a selling condition from a seller or a buying condition from a buyer, the server 10 stores the condition and compares it with the previously stored buying condition or selling condition. Then, for the case in which the conditions are balanced, this is selected, and the fact that the conditions are balanced and the data such as the transaction conditions and the trader's name of the other party are configured in the transmission data creation form r. To both.

The schematic configuration of the server 10 is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The server 10 has a data transmission / reception unit 11 and a mail transmission / reception unit 12 as parts for transmitting / receiving data to / from the network. Also, as the storage unit 13, a sales condition data storage unit 13a that stores sales conditions for each seller,
Purchase condition data storage unit 13b for storing purchase conditions for each buyer
And a trade transaction data storage unit 13c for storing trader data, sale conditions, and purchase condition data constituting a transaction for a match between the sale conditions and the purchase conditions.
And a homepage data storage unit 13d for storing homepage data. Further, a data comparison / determination unit 14a for comparing the selling condition and the buying condition to determine whether there is a matching condition between the two (the condition is balanced), And a report data creation unit 14b for reporting the transaction conditions and the data of the partner to the buyer or buyer and seller of the transaction. It also has an input / output device 15 such as a keyboard and an output display device 16 such as a CRT. And these parts 11, 1
2, 13, and 14 and a control unit 17 for controlling each of the devices 15 and 16.

The system of the present invention will be further described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 3. If the service operator accesses the homepage of the commodity trading support system for petroleum commodities that has been opened (Yes in step S1). ,
The homepage data is transmitted to the visitor (step S2). This allows the visitor to understand the description of the contents of the present system posted on the homepage. You can also learn about certain procedures for becoming a member. As a specific procedure for the membership procedure, various existing methods can be adopted. The member who has accessed the homepage opens the selling condition writing column p or the buying condition writing column q as a transaction condition input window, and according to a predetermined format, the seller can select the type of petroleum product he or she wants, Write down the conditions such as product name, price, price unit, minimum sales volume, sales area, validity period of the condition, etc.
In addition, the buyer should write down the conditions, such as the type of petroleum product desired, the name of the product, the price range, the area of the business partner, the validity period of the condition, etc., according to a certain format, and enter the ID, password, etc. owned by the buyer. Then, send the desired conditions.

The server 10, which has received the selling condition data or the buying condition data from the seller or the buyer at the data transmitting / receiving unit 11, receives the data by the sender's ID number and password (Yes in step S3). The selling condition data is stored in the selling condition storage unit 13a together with the seller data, and the buying condition data is stored in the buying condition storage unit 13b together with the buyer data (step 4). Then, the received selling condition data or buying condition data is compared with the previously stored buying condition data or selling condition data (step S5). If there is a transaction whose condition is balanced (step S6: YES), the balance transaction is stored in the balanced transaction data storage unit 13c (step S6).
7) At the same time, in the report data creation unit 14b, according to the report data creation form r, the fact that the conditions are balanced, the condition data of the other party, the company name, the telephone number, the FAX number, and other report data are created (step S8). The balance transaction data is transmitted to the buyer or both the buyer and the seller (step S9).

In the above description, the service operator incorporates the latest price data in the commodity futures market of petroleum products into the server 10 as influential information when sellers and buyers set transaction conditions and provides them on a homepage. To do. As a result, the seller and the buyer can set their own price conditions with reference to the latest price data.

In step S6, the software can be configured to match the conditions so that only one having the closest condition is always selected. However, if there is no matching condition that exceeds a certain standard,
The software may be configured to conclude that there is no match. If two or more conditions matching the target condition are detected and further narrowing is not possible, the software may be configured to request the sender to add a narrowing condition. Good.

In step S3, the server 1
In the case where 0 receives the selling conditions from the seller and the buying conditions from the buyer, e-mail transmission such as e-mailing the proof specifying the conditions from the e-mail transmitting / receiving unit 12 to the sender. Similarly, in step S9, the transmission of the balance transaction data when the conditions of the seller and the buyer are matched in step S9 is automatically transmitted by e-mail from the mail transmission / reception unit 12. You may do so.

In step S4, the stored selling condition data and buying condition data may be deleted after a certain period has elapsed from the date of receiving the data. In addition, the commercial transaction support system of the present invention is constructed on the Internet, but may be constructed on a communication network such as another personal computer network.

[0017]

According to the commerce support system according to the first aspect of the present invention, both sellers and buyers can target a wider range than ever before on a communication network. You can search for trading partners. Moreover, since the transaction conditions are not displayed on the network, it is possible to prevent the details of the own transaction conditions from being known to other companies or the like. Therefore, the trader can conduct a transaction on the online network with a sense of security, and the effect of the transaction assistance is great. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, the trade between petroleum products traders can be broader on a network and their own trade conditions can be changed by other traders. It can be done safely without being known. According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the second aspect, the seller and the buyer refer to the latest price data provided on the homepage to determine their own price conditions. It can be set, very convenient, and you can enter precise conditions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system for the petroleum industry as an embodiment of a commercial transaction support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a server.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing in a server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server 11 Data transmission / reception part 12 Mail transmission / reception part 13 Storage part 14 Operation part 15 Input / output device 16 Output display device 17 Control part 20 Communication terminal p Sales condition writing column q Buying condition writing column

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) G06F 17/60 504 G06F 17/60 504 (72) Inventor Rie Imai 1-2-1 Benten, Minato-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 1100 F-term in Hot Pot Co., Ltd. (Reference) 5B049 BB14 CC05 GG02

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A service operator and a group of sellers and buyers of a product which is a customer of the operator constitute a network by a server, a communication terminal, and a communication means for connecting the server and the communication terminal. The type of product, its selling price, and other selling conditions are transmitted to the server provided by the operator through the communication terminal, and the buyer group transmits the type of the product he / she wants to buy, its buying price, and other buying conditions to the operator through the communication terminal. Transmitting to the providing server, the server of the operator stores the received selling conditions of each of the sellers and the buying conditions of each of the buyers, and compares the stored selling conditions and the buying conditions with each other. A commerce support system characterized in that a balanced matter is transmitted to the buyer or both the buyer and the seller, and the data of the other party is transmitted. 2. The group of sellers and the group of buyers are made up of petroleum merchandise companies consisting of members of the services provided by the operator, the group of sellers transmits the type and selling price of the petroleum product, and other selling conditions. The type of product and the buying price, and other buying conditions are transmitted, and the server of the operator stores the received selling conditions of each seller and the buying conditions of each buyer, respectively, and stores the stored selling conditions and buying conditions. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, for the case where the conditions are balanced, the fact and the data of the other party are transmitted to the buyer or both the buyer and the seller. Commerce support system. 3. The commercial transaction support system according to claim 2, wherein the server takes in the latest price data of the commodity futures market for each petroleum product and provides it on a homepage.