JP2001344478A - System and method for article purchase by internet shopping, broker server, and recording medium with recorded article purchase program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for article purchase, a broker server, and a recording medium with a recorded article purchase program for Internet shopping taking into consideration the simplification of a purchase procedure, use trends of users, security, etc. SOLUTION: Homepages of stores opened for Internet shopping are stored on the broker server 20 while related to the homepage of the broker and when a user terminal device 10 accesses the homepage of Internet shopping, the homepages of the respective stores stored on the broker server 20 are provided without connection switching on the Internet 100; after an article order is received from a user by the broker server 20, the received order is send from the broker server 20 to a store terminal device 30 through the Internet 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise purchase system and method for Internet shopping, an intermediary server and a recording medium on which a merchandise purchase program is recorded. The present invention relates to a product purchase system, a method, an intermediary server, and a recording medium for recording a product purchase program in Internet shopping.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the Internet business in recent years, a user accesses a homepage of a shopping mall established by an Internet shopping intermediary via a user terminal device from a user terminal device, and purchases a desired product online. Internet shopping is drawing attention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of a product purchase system in conventional Internet shopping.
User terminals 110, intermediary server 120, and homepages 130, 140, of stores A, B, C,.
, And the Internet 200, 300 (these 200 and 300 are the same and are separated for convenience of explanation).

[0004] In such a system configuration, the user operates the intermediary server 120 from the user terminal device 110 via the Internet 200.
Access the homepage established above. After that, search for the product you want to purchase, its type of business, etc.
Each store (A, B, C,
...) homepages 130, 140, 150, ...
To access.

[0005] For example, if the user wants to purchase a book, he or she clicks on “book” of the type of business on the home page of the agency server 120, and a list of stores that have opened the book is displayed.
If you click on the store A in it, the Internet 3
Then, the user accesses the homepage 130 of the store A via “00”. The user selects a product to be purchased on the homepage of each store and inputs personal information such as address, name, account number of financial institution, etc., and places an order.

[0006] When the order of the book at the store A is completed, the user returns to the homepage of the broker server 120, and if he wants to purchase a CD next, he clicks on "Music" in the business category and sells music related to the store. A list of stores is displayed. When the store B is clicked, the homepage 140 of the store B is accessed via the Internet 300. Subsequent purchase procedures are performed in the same manner as in the case of the book described above.

[0007] The above-mentioned purchase procedure is similarly applied every time the user accesses the Internet shopping and purchases a product.

[0008]

However, the conventional product purchasing system for Internet shopping has the following problems.

[0009] The first problem is that even if there are several dealers who always use the store, after searching for the dealer by the type of business or the product name, etc., in order to get to those dealers, the store list is displayed. In this case, the user must search for and specify a desired store, and there is no quick response to store search in consideration of the store use tendency of each user.

[0010] The second problem is that when ordering a product at a plurality of dealers, each time an order at each dealer is completed, the user returns to the homepage of the broker server, and specifies the next dealer there. Since the order is connected to the homepage of the store, it takes time to change the connection on the Internet, and batch order cannot be made. Further, since the same personal information must be input many times every time the store is changed, the operation of the user is complicated, and the security is not preferable.

[0011] The third problem is that since each product is referred to or ordered on the homepage of each store, each store needs to be provided with a server, which burdens the store. is there.

The fourth problem is that since the use tendency of users and the provision of statistical information such as hot-selling products are not taken into account, only the sales performance at one's own store is known, and the overall performance including other stores in the same industry is also known. Information could not be grasped, which hindered sales and product lineup strategies at each store.

An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise purchasing system and method for Internet shopping which solves the above problems, a mediator server, and a recording medium on which a merchandise purchasing program is recorded.

[0014]

A first intermediary server according to the present invention is provided in a merchandise purchase system in which an intermediary accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases merchandise. An intermediary server, which stores homepage registration means for associating the homepage of the Internet shopping intermediary with the homepage of each of the outlets in the store in a memory; A batch order receiving means for receiving the stored order by using the stored homepages of the broker and each store, and transmitting the received order to each store terminal via the Internet.

[0015] The second intermediary server of the present invention is the first intermediary server of the present invention, wherein when the order is received by the collective order receiving means, the personal agent by the user regardless of the number of dealers ordering. The information is input only once.

[0016] The third intermediary server of the present invention is the first intermediary server of the present invention, wherein the collective order receiving means means selects a store search screen every time the selection of a purchased product at each store is completed. Is displayed to prompt the user to select a product at the next store, and the user selects the end of the order on the store search screen to purchase all the products selected by the user at one or more stores. After displaying the order information in batches and confirming the contents,
When the user makes a purchase for the first time on the Internet shopping this time, the user sends personal information and a password,
When the user has a purchase record in the past, the order is received by receiving the ID number and the password from the user, respectively.

The fourth intermediary server according to the present invention is the server according to the first, second or third intermediary server according to the present invention, wherein each user's first order for goods in said Internet shopping has a different ID number for each user. Is created, the ID number is notified to the user, the personal information received from the user is registered in the user template, and when each user orders a product for the second time or later, the user receives the personal information of the personal information. Instead, the apparatus further includes a user-specific information registration unit that receives the ID number and registers purchase order information of a product in a user template corresponding to the ID number each time a product order is issued by each user.

In a fifth intermediary server according to the present invention, in the fourth intermediary server according to the present invention, the batch order receiving means refers to the user template by the ID number and purchases the same user in the past. In the case of a certain store, the ID number, the personal information, and the current purchase order information are stored in the store terminal. The data is transmitted to the device.

The sixth intermediary server according to the present invention is the server according to the second, third, fourth or fifth intermediary server according to the present invention, wherein said personal information is a name, an address, a telephone number, an account of a financial institution. It is characterized by including a number.

[0020] A seventh broker server of the present invention is the third, fourth or fifth broker server of the present invention, wherein the purchase order information includes a product name, a product number, a quantity, a price, a store name, It is characterized by including the order date.

The eighth intermediary server of the present invention is an intermediary server provided in a merchandise purchasing system in which an intermediary accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases merchandise. When accessing the homepage via the Internet from the user terminal device, for a user who has purchased in the Internet shopping in the past, a unique store search screen according to the usage tendency of the user is generated. Display means for generating and displaying a My Shop screen.

The ninth intermediary server of the present invention is the first intermediary server of the present invention, wherein, when the user terminal device accesses the homepage via the Internet, a purchase record has been obtained in the Internet shopping in the past. For a certain user, there is further provided a my shop screen generating means for generating and displaying a unique store search screen corresponding to the usage tendency of the user.

The tenth broker server according to the present invention is the server according to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh broker according to the present invention, wherein when the user terminal device accesses via the Internet, When a dedicated store search screen display is requested, the user is requested to input an ID number, and sales satisfying a specified condition are referred to by referring to purchase order information registered in the user template corresponding to the received ID number. There is further provided a my shop screen generating means for extracting a store and generating and displaying a store search screen including only the extracted stores.

An eleventh intermediary server according to the present invention is the intermediary server according to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh intermediary server according to the present invention, wherein said user terminal device accesses said home page via the Internet. When the user requests the display of a shop search screen for himself / herself, the user is requested to input an ID number, and reference is made to purchase order information registered in the user template corresponding to the received ID number. Are displayed, and the display of the extracted stores is displayed in a display format different from that of other stores, such as display size change, bold display, blinking display, underline display, mark display, and the like. My shop screen generation means is further provided.

[0025] A twelfth intermediary server of the present invention is the tenth or eleventh intermediary server of the present invention, characterized in that the prescribed condition is that there is a past purchase record.

[0026] A thirteenth intermediary server of the present invention is the tenth or eleventh intermediary server of the present invention, characterized in that the prescribed condition is that there is a purchase record of a fixed amount or more.

[0027] A fourteenth intermediary server of the present invention is the tenth or eleventh intermediary server of the present invention, characterized in that the prescribed condition is that a certain number of purchases have been made.

The fifteenth broker server according to the present invention is the broker server according to any one of the fourth to seventh and tenth to fourteenth brokers according to the present invention, wherein the best selling merchandise, the sales amount and the like are referred to by referring to the user template. Statistical information creating / transmitting means for periodically creating sales statistical information indicating the user usage tendency of the user and transmitting the sales statistical information to each store terminal device via the Internet.

The first product purchase system for Internet shopping according to the present invention is a product purchase system for Internet shopping having a user terminal device, an intermediary server, each store terminal device, and the Internet connecting these. The intermediary server stores the homepage of the intermediary and the homepage of each store in association with each other, and collectively receives the order of each store product from the user terminal device via the Internet, and receives the received order. The data is transmitted from the intermediary server to each of the store terminal devices via the Internet.

A product purchase system for Internet shopping according to the second aspect of the present invention is a product purchase system for Internet shopping including a user terminal device, an intermediary server, each store terminal device, and the Internet connecting these. The intermediary server stores the intermediary's homepage and the homepage of each store in association with each other, and stores an ID for each user.
Equipped with a user template for registering user-specific information including a number, personal information, and purchase order information such as a product name and a store name, and accessing the Internet shopping homepage established by a user from the user via the Internet. When there is, in the intermediary server, the order of each merchandise item from the user is collectively received in the broker server, and at the time of this reception, together with the purchase order information,
If the user has no purchase record in the past, personal information is received from the user and a new ID number is set to create a user template. If the user has purchase record, an ID number is received from the user instead of the personal information. When the corresponding user template is updated and the order received by the intermediary server is transmitted to each of the store terminal devices via the Internet, the user who made the order is referred from the store for the first time by referring to the user template. If the user is a purchaser, the personal information, the ID number, and the purchase order information received this time are transmitted. If the ordering user has a purchase record from the store, the ID number and the current order are received. And the purchase order information is transmitted from the intermediary server at the time of the first order from the user. I was also receives a signal personal information
It is characterized by having personal information storage means for storing in association with the D number.

The first method of purchasing goods in Internet shopping according to the present invention is a method of purchasing goods in Internet shopping in which an intermediary company accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases goods. The homepage of the intermediary company and the homepage of each store that opens in the Internet shopping are stored in the intermediary server in association with each other, and stored in the intermediary server when the user terminal device accesses the homepage of the Internet shopping. After providing the homepage of each of the dealers without changing the connection on the Internet, and accepting a product order from the user in the broker server, the received order is received from the broker server. And transmits to each dealer terminal device via the Internet.

The second method of purchasing goods in Internet shopping according to the present invention is a method of purchasing goods in Internet shopping in which an intermediary accesses a home page of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases goods. A first process in which the mediator server stores the mediator's homepage and each dealer's homepage in association with each other, and, when the user terminal device accesses the internet shopping homepage, A second process of transmitting the home page to the user terminal device from the user terminal, and when a user-specific store search screen is selected from the user terminal device, the intermediary server requests the user to input an ID number and a password. And receive these A third process in which the user extracts a store having a past purchase history in accordance with the ID number, generates and displays a store search screen including only the extracted store, and the user terminal device. When a normal business type button is selected from, a fourth process of displaying a store search screen including all stores corresponding to the business type, and a product order is performed on each store homepage from the user terminal device. Fifth processing for temporarily storing the information in the intermediary server each time, and receiving an order end from the user terminal device, the intermediary server sets purchase order information that summarizes the purchased items in all the stores. In the user terminal device as a purchase product list screen, and here, the order screen is transmitted from the broker server by the user confirming the purchase content. A seventh process in which a user who has purchased for the first time this time inputs personal information and a password, and a user who has purchased in the past inputs an ID number and a password and transmits the ID number and password to the intermediary server; The intermediary server determines whether the received information includes an ID number. If the received information does not include the ID number, the ID number is set and transmitted to the user terminal device. An eighth process for creating and registering a user template in association with the ID number in which the password and the purchase order information are set, and transmitting the information to each corresponding store terminal device; If the server receives the ID number, it updates the purchase order information of the corresponding user template by adding the current purchase information, A ninth process of searching for each of the dealers who purchase this time with reference to the user template,
For the store having no purchase record in the ninth process, the personal information and the purchase order information associated with the ID number are transmitted to the corresponding store terminal devices, and the store having the purchase record is transmitted. Is a tenth process of transmitting the ID number and the purchase order information to the corresponding store terminal devices, and each store terminal device transmits the purchase order information and the ID number or the personal information associated with the ID number. When the personal information associated with the ID number is received, each dealer terminal device stores the personal information in a memory.
And a twelfth process in which the intermediary server creates sales statistical information with reference to the user template and transmits the sales statistical information to each store terminal device.

The first recording medium of the present invention records a product purchase program for causing a computer to function as an intermediary server described in the third, fourth, fifth, tenth, eleventh, or fifteenth aspect of the present invention. It is characterized by having done.

[0034] The second recording medium of the present invention is a first processing in which an intermediary server stores a homepage of an intermediary and a homepage of each store in association with each other, and a homepage for Internet shopping from a user terminal device. A second process of transmitting the home page from the intermediary server to the user terminal device when there is access; and selecting a store search screen dedicated to the user from the user terminal device. Requests a user to input an ID number and a password, receives them, extracts a store that the user has purchased in the past by using the ID number, and stores the store including only the extracted stores. Third processing for generating and displaying a search screen, and when a normal business type button is selected from the user terminal device, the corresponding business type is selected. A fourth process of displaying a store search screen including all stores, and temporarily storing the information in the broker server each time a product order is placed on each store homepage from the user terminal device. Upon receiving the processing of step 5 and the end of the order from the user terminal device, the intermediary server displays on the user terminal device purchase order information summarizing the purchased items at all the stores as a purchased item list screen. Processing and here, the user confirms the purchase contents, the order screen is transmitted from the broker server, the user who purchases for the first time inputs personal information and a password, and the user who has purchased in the past A seventh process of inputting an ID number and a password and transmitting the ID number and the password to the broker server, and the information received from the user terminal device includes the ID number. The intermediary server determines whether the ID number is not included and sets an ID number and transmits it to the user terminal device, and sets the received personal information, password, and the purchase order information. The eighth process of creating and registering a user template in association with the ID number and transmitting the information to the corresponding store terminal device corresponds to the eighth process when the intermediary server receives the ID number. A ninth search is performed by adding the current purchase information to the purchase order information of the user template and updating the purchase order at the same store in the past with reference to the user template for each store to be purchased this time. In the processing and the shop having no purchase result in the ninth processing, the personal information associated with the ID number and the purchase order information correspond to each shop end. A tenth process of transmitting the ID number and the purchase order information to the corresponding store terminal device for the store that has transmitted to the terminal device and has made a purchase record, and the intermediary server refers to the user template. In addition, an eleventh process of creating sales statistic information and transmitting the sales statistic information to each store terminal device and a product purchase program for causing a computer to execute the process are recorded.

[0035]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
And the middleman server 20, each store terminal device 30,
It has an Internet 100 for connecting these.

The user terminal device 10 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. User terminal device 10
Is provided with access means 11 for accessing a homepage of a shopping mall provided by the intermediary server 20 on the Internet 100 and displaying on a screen products of various stores. In the shopping mall, there are stores that handle various products such as a clothes store, a bookstore, a ticket shop, a CD shop, and the like, so that images and prices of the products of each store can be listed. The user terminal device 10 further includes purchase order information that is product information of a product that the user wants to purchase, personal information such as an address and a name,
An input unit 12 is provided for inputting and transmitting a D number, a password, and the like to the intermediary server 20 via the Internet 100.

The intermediary server 20 is constituted by an information processing apparatus such as a workstation server, and includes a homepage registration means 21, a batch order receiving means 22,
The system includes a user unique information registration unit 23, a my shop screen generation unit 24, a statistical information creation / transmission unit 25, and a storage unit 26.

[0039] The homepage registration means 21 registers a homepage for each shop for introducing a product or receiving an order from a shop that opens in a shopping mall in correspondence with each shop on the shop search screen on the broker's website. These homepages are stored in the storage means 26. Further, new merchandise information and the like are received from each store terminal device 30 via the Internet 100 and registered. As described above, since both the broker homepage and the store homepage are stored in association with each other in the broker server 20, the connection on the Internet 100 is changed (broker homepage → sales) in order to access the store homepage as in the related art. The store homepage, the store homepage → the broker homepage) is not required, and batch orders can be made at a plurality of stores.

The collective order receiving means 22 classifies the purchase order information of the product input from the user terminal device 10 and the personal information associated with the ID number or the ID number for each store and stores them in each store terminal device. 30.

The user-specific information registration means 23 receives purchase order information, personal information, ID numbers, passwords, and the like of merchandise sent from the user terminal device 10 by user operation, and manages these as user-specific information. Means for creating a template. This user template is updated by adding a purchase history each time a user purchases a product for the second time or later. In addition, a function is provided for setting an ID number for a user who purchases or places an item for the first time in a shopping mall.

When the user accesses the shopping mall, the my shop screen generating means 24 refers to the template for each user registered by the user specific information registering means 23 and performs shopping according to the usage tendency of each user. This is a means for generating a mall screen. Examples of shopping mall screens tailored to the usage trends of each user include extracting and displaying only stores where each user has purchased a product, and displaying small and large buttons on the display buttons of business types and stores. This includes displaying with distinction, displaying the latest information related to the type of business or store where each user has purchased the product so far, and the like.

The statistical information creating / transmitting means 25 is means for creating sales statistical information, which will be described later, which indicates the use tendency of the shopping mall and the like, and transmitting it to each store terminal device 30 via the Internet 100.

The storage means 26 is a homepage of an intermediary company,
Homepage and new information for each store associated with the broker homepage, user templates for each user,
Stores sales statistical information and the like.

Each store terminal device 30 transmits the purchase order information of the product and the ID number or the personal information associated with the ID number from the broker server 20 to the Internet 100.
Receive through. At the time of the first order, when the purchase order information of the merchandise and the personal information associated with the ID number are transmitted from the broker server 20, the ID is stored in the memory provided in each store terminal device 30. A personal information storage means 32 is provided for storing numbers and personal information in association with each other. Thus, at the time of the next and subsequent orders from the same user, only the purchase order information of the product and the ID number are sent from the intermediary server 20, so that the personal information stored in the memory is used as a key with the ID number as a key. Can be read. In addition, there is provided an access unit 31 for transmitting a homepage of a store to be opened in the shopping mall of the intermediary server 20 and new product information to the intermediary server 20.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a search screen by type of business on the homepage of the shopping mall of the intermediary company. In addition to a search by keyword, a search by business type, and a my shop button which is one of the features of the present invention. It has a search function. This My Shop Search, for example,
This is used when only the stores that the user has purchased in the past are extracted from many stores and displayed on the screen. Thereby, a shopping mall screen display dedicated to the user in consideration of the user's usage tendency is performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a store search screen on the homepage of the shopping mall of the broker. The screen shown in FIG. 4 shows a case in which "book" is clicked in the search by industry in FIG. 3, and all the stores displayed here are the stores handling "book". If you click the My Shop button in Fig. 3,
The retailers included in the retailer screen of FIG.
Stores that the user has purchased in the past are displayed for all industries.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a product purchase screen on the home page of each store.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a purchase product list screen for batch purchase of products, in which products to be purchased from three dealers, A bookstore, B clothing store, and C music hall, are displayed collectively. . These pieces of information become purchase order information.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an order screen, which is used when ordering the collectively purchased items shown in FIG. Items to be entered by the user include personal information (name, address, phone number,
Bank account number of a financial institution, etc.), password and ID
In the case of a user who purchases for the first time at a shopping mall, the ID number is not registered yet,
There is no need to enter a D number. In the case of a user who has purchased in the past, input of personal information can be omitted by inputting an ID number.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a user template for each user. In correspondence with the ID number, a password, personal information, and purchase order information (product name, product number, quantity, price, store name) , Purchase date, etc.), and manages the unique information of each user. Each time a purchase is made, purchase order information is added and the user template is updated.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of sales statistical information. Here, as an example, the number of times of access to the same business type (for example, “book”) in the shopping mall, the number of purchasers, the purchase product name, the quantity, the price, and the like, are shown. This sales statistical information is created for each type of business and is periodically transmitted to each store included in each type of business.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

Each store terminal device 30 transmits the homepage of its own store to be opened to the agent server 20 from the access means 31 in advance, and the agent server 20
Is registered in the storage unit 26 by associating the homepage of the broker with the homepage of each store by the homepage registration unit 21 (step A1 in FIG. 2). Next, the user accesses the homepage of the shopping mall opened on the Internet 100 by the broker through the access means 11 of his / her user terminal device 10 (step A2).

In response, the broker server 20
User terminal device 1 for shopping mall homepage
0 (step A3). First, the shopping mall shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal device 10 (step A4).

When the user selects "my shop", the my shop screen generating means 24 of the intermediary server 20 requests the user to input an ID number and a password. When the user inputs these using the input means 12 of the user terminal device 10 (step A5 → step A6),
The my shop screen generation means 24 refers to the user template (FIG. 8) stored in the storage means 26 and extracts the store name registered corresponding to the ID number. Then, a store search screen as shown in FIG. 4 is generated by combining the extracted stores. In this case, regardless of the type of business, the information is generated and displayed in the form of a list of stores where the user has purchased the product in all types of business so far (step A7).

On the other hand, when the user selects a business type button (for example, “book”) in step A4, the broker server 20 displays a store search screen shown in FIG. 4 (step A).
8).

Next, the user selects a desired store on the store search screen in step A7 or step A8 (for example, store A). When a store is selected, the broker server 20 extracts the store's homepage from the storage means 26, and transmits and displays the homepage on the user terminal device 10. The user determines a product to be purchased on the purchase screen (FIG. 5) of the store homepage. In the example of FIG. 5, when the user clicks the purchase column of books 1 and 2 with the mouse, the □ changes to ■, and when the OK button is clicked, the information is transmitted to the broker server 20 and the batch order receiving means 22 Temporarily stores the information of the books 1 and 2, and returns the display of the user terminal device 10 to the store search screen of FIG. 4 (step A9).

The user selects another store B and makes a purchase registration in the same manner as in step A9 (step A10). Then, when returning to the store search screen of FIG. 4, if there is no more item to be purchased, the user clicks the "end order" button. When the order end button is selected, the collective order receiving means 22 summarizes the purchased products in both stores A and B, displays a purchased product list screen as shown in FIG. Remember temporarily. FIG. 6 shows an example in the case of purchasing from three dealers. Here, when "purchase" is selected, the collective order receiving means 22 displays an order screen shown in FIG. When the user selects "change purchase content", the collective order receiving means 22 displays the store search screen of FIG. 4 on the user terminal 10, and the user re-registers the purchase, so that the purchased item of the store is re-registered. Change registration. Then, "purchase" is selected and the order screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the user terminal 10 (step A1).
1).

In step A11, the user who has purchased for the first time inputs personal information (name, address, telephone number, account number) and password from the input means 12 of the user terminal device 10, and clicks a "send" button. Thereby, the information is transmitted to the broker server 20 (step A12).

In step A11, since the ID number is registered for the user who has purchased in the past,
Enter only the ID number and password and set up the broker server 2
0 (step A13).

The batch order receiving means 22 of the intermediary server 20 determines whether the ID number is included in the information sent from the user terminal device 10 (step A).
14). If the ID number is not included, the ID number is set by the user-specific information registration unit 23 and transmitted to the user terminal device 10. From next time, the user will use this ID
Since the product can be purchased using the password determined as the number, the operation at the time of ordering is simplified, and since the personal information does not flow on the Internet, security is enhanced (step A15).

Next, the user-specific information registration means 23 of the intermediary server 20 stores the personal information and password received from the user terminal device 10 and the purchase order shown in FIG. Associate information with
Further, a purchase date is added to create a user template as shown in FIG. 8 and registered in the storage means 26 (step A16).

Next, the batch order receiving means 22 of the intermediary server 20 determines that the ID number has not been sent from the user terminal 10 in step A14,
The personal information associated with the ID number set in step 15 and the purchase order information for each store are transmitted to each store terminal device 30 (step A17).

If the ID number is received in step A14, the user unique information registration means 23 updates the purchase order information of the user template shown in FIG. 8 by adding the current purchase information (step A18).

Next, the batch order receiving means 22 of the intermediary server 20 determines whether there has been any purchase at the same store in the past by referring to the user template stored in the storage means for each store to be purchased this time. (Step A1)
9).

For the store that did not have a purchase record in step A19, refer to the user template and
The personal information and purchase order information associated with the D number are
Transmit to the corresponding store terminal device 30 (step A
20).

For the store that has made a purchase in step A19, refer to the user template, and enter the ID.
Each store terminal device 30 corresponding to a number and purchase order information
(Step A21).

Each store terminal device 30 receives the purchase order information and the ID number or the personal information associated with the ID number. Here, when the personal information associated with the ID number is received, it is stored in the memory of each store terminal device 30. As a result, even if the same user next time inputs only the ID number and does not input the personal information, the personal information stored in the memory using the ID number as a key can be obtained (step A22).

Next, although not shown in FIG. 2, the statistical information creating / transmitting means 25 of the intermediary server 20 periodically stores information as shown in FIG. Is created based on the
Send to As a result, each store can grasp the top selling products and the like, and can be used for future sales.

The above steps A5 to A7
In the description of FIG. 3, it is assumed that, by clicking the “My shop” button in FIG. 3, the stores in all industries in which the user has purchased the product are generated and displayed in the form of a list. However, the following method may be used instead.

First, the user clicks the “My shop” button in FIG. 3 and then clicks any desired business button (for example, “Book”). The my shop screen generation means 24 refers to the user template (FIG. 8) stored in the storage means 26 and, among the stores registered corresponding to the ID number, sets the store name corresponding to the type of business "book". Extract. Then, a store search screen as shown in FIG. 4 is generated by combining the extracted stores.
In this case, a store in which the user has purchased a product has been generated and displayed among the stores of the type of “book”.

Further, as another example, not only a store where a product has been purchased is displayed but also a display size of a store where a product has been purchased can be changed.
The display may be displayed in a display format different from the display of other dealers, such as bold display, blinking display, underline display, and mark display.

The condition of the store to be extracted by the “My shop” button may be, in addition to the product purchase record in the past, the purchase record of a certain amount or more, or the purchase record of a certain number of times.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention, which comprises a computer 40 and a recording medium 50. The configuration of the computer 40 is as follows.
This is basically the same as the broker server 20 described in the embodiment of the present invention in FIG. The recording medium 50 records a product purchase program. The recording medium 50 may be a magnetic disk, an optical recording disk, a semiconductor memory, or another recording medium. The product purchase program is read from the recording medium 50 into the computer 40 and controls the same operation as in the embodiment of the present invention.

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The first effect of the present invention is that the homepage of each store is taken into the broker server, thereby eliminating the connection change by switching between the broker homepage and each store homepage, and from the access to the order. In addition to shortening the processing time, batch ordering is possible when ordering products at multiple dealers, and each dealer does not need a server function, so terminal devices such as personal computers can be used. That is.

The second effect is that since the user information is collectively managed by the intermediary server using the ID number, the user only needs to input personal information at the time of the first purchase at the shopping mall. It simplifies and contributes to improved security.

A third effect is that since the user information is collectively managed by the intermediary server, the user's usage tendency can be grasped, and a store search screen corresponding to each user can be provided. , And a quick dealer search was realized.

The fourth effect is that the user information is collectively managed by the broker server, so that the statistical information such as the user's usage tendency and top selling products is created by the broker server.
This means that sales data can now be provided to retailers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an industry-specific search screen on a homepage of a shopping mall of an intermediary company.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a store search screen on a homepage of a shopping mall of a broker.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a product purchase screen on a homepage of each store.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a purchased product list screen for batch purchase of products.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an order screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user template for each user.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of sales statistical information.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a product purchase system in conventional Internet shopping.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User terminal device 11 Access means 12 Input means 20 Broker server 21 Homepage registration means 22 Batch order acceptance means 23 User specific information registration means 24 My shop screen generation means 25 Statistical information creation / transmission means 26 Storage means 30 Each store terminal Device 31 access means 32 personal information storage means 40 computer 50 recording medium 100 internet

Claims (21)

[Claims] An intermediary server provided in a merchandise purchase system for accessing an Internet shopping homepage established by the intermediary on the Internet from a user terminal device and making a purchase, wherein the homepage of the internet shopping intermediary is provided. Home page registration means for associating the store with the home page of each store that is opening the store and storing the order of the product from the user from the user using the stored broker and home page of each store. Reception,
A batch order receiving means for transmitting the received order to each store terminal via the Internet. 2. The intermediary according to claim 1, wherein when the order is received by the collective order receiving means, the user inputs personal information only once, regardless of the number of stores to which the user orders. Trader server. 3. The collective order receiving means displays a store search screen every time the selection of a purchased product at each store is completed, prompts the user to select a product at the next store, and searches the store. When the user selects the order end on the screen, the purchase order information of all the products selected by the user at one or more dealers is displayed collectively, and after the user confirms the contents, the user An order is received by receiving personal information and a password from the user when making a purchase through the Internet shopping, and receiving an ID number and a password from the user when the user has made a purchase history in the past. Item 4. The broker server according to item 1. 4. An intermediary server according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein when each user orders a product for the first time in said Internet shopping, a different I for each user.
Create a user template with a D number,
While notifying the user of the D number, registering the personal information received from the user in the user template, and at the time of the second or subsequent product ordering of each user, receiving the ID number from the user instead of the personal information from the user, An intermediary server characterized by further comprising a user-specific information registering means for registering product purchase order information in a user template corresponding to the ID number each time a user orders a product. 5. The batch order receiving means refers to the user template by the ID number, and in the case of a store having the same user's purchase history in the past, sets the ID number and the current purchase order information to the same. 5. The intermediary server according to claim 4, wherein, in the case of a store having no purchase history of the user, the ID number, the personal information and the current purchase order information are transmitted to each store terminal device. 6. The server according to claim 2, wherein the personal information includes a name, an address, a telephone number, and an account number of a financial institution. 7. The broker according to claim 3, wherein said purchase order information includes a product name, a product number, a quantity, a price, a store name, and an order date. server. 8. An intermediary server provided in a merchandise purchase system in which an intermediary accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases merchandise, wherein an internet from the user terminal device is provided. When the user accesses the homepage via the Internet shopping service, for a user who has purchased in the Internet shopping in the past, a my shop screen generating means for generating and displaying a unique store search screen according to the usage tendency of the user is provided. An intermediary server characterized by having. 9. The intermediary server according to claim 1, wherein, when the user terminal device accesses the homepage via the Internet, the user who has purchased in the Internet shopping in the past is referred to as the user. An intermediary server further comprising a my shop screen generating means for generating and displaying a unique store search screen according to the usage tendency of the shop. 10. The intermediary server according to claim 4, wherein, when the user terminal device accesses the store terminal via the Internet, the user requests display of a store search screen dedicated to the user. A user is requested to input an ID number, and a store that satisfies a specified condition is extracted by referring to purchase order information registered in the user template corresponding to the received ID number, and only the extracted store is configured. An intermediary server further comprising a my shop screen generating means for generating and displaying a store search screen to be displayed. 11. The intermediary server according to claim 4,5, 6, or 7, wherein when the user terminal device accesses the homepage via the Internet,
When the user requests the display of the shop search screen for himself / herself, the user is requested to input the ID number,
Referring to the purchase order information registered in the user template corresponding to the D number, a store satisfying the specified condition is extracted, and the display of the extracted store is changed in display size, bold display, blinking display, and under display. An intermediary server characterized by further comprising a my shop screen generating means for displaying in a display format different from that of other stores, such as a line display and a mark display. 12. The intermediary server according to claim 10, wherein the prescribed condition is a past purchase record. 13. The intermediary server according to claim 10, wherein the prescribed condition is that the purchase result is equal to or more than a fixed amount. 14. The intermediary server according to claim 10, wherein the specified condition is that the purchase has been made a certain number of times or more. 15. An intermediary server according to claim 4, wherein sales brokerage information indicating a user use tendency such as hot-selling merchandise and sales amount is referred to by referring to the user template. An intermediary server further comprising: statistical information creating / transmitting means for creating the statistical information and transmitting the sales statistical information to each store terminal via the Internet. 16. A merchandise purchase system for Internet shopping comprising a user terminal device, an intermediary server, each of the store terminal devices, and the Internet connecting them, wherein the intermediary server is a homepage of the intermediary agent. And the homepage of each store are stored in association with each other, orders for the products of each store are collectively received from the user terminal device via the Internet, and the received orders are received from the broker server and the respective store terminals. A product purchase system for Internet shopping, wherein the product is transmitted to the device via the Internet. 17. A merchandise purchase system for Internet shopping comprising a user terminal device, an intermediary server, each store terminal device, and the Internet connecting them, wherein the intermediary server is a homepage of the intermediary agent. Is stored in association with the homepage of each retailer,
A user template for registering user-specific information including an ID number, personal information, and purchase order information such as a product name and a store name for each user. Is received via the broker server, the order of each merchandise item from the user is collectively received in the intermediary server, and at the time of this reception, if the user has not purchased in the past together with the purchase order information, Receive personal information from the user, set a new ID number and create a user template, and if there is a purchase record, receive an ID number from the user instead of the personal information and update the corresponding user template, The order received by the intermediary server is sent to each of the store terminal devices via the Internet. When transmitting via the user template, if the ordering user is the first user to purchase from the store, the personal information, the ID number, and the purchase order information received this time are transmitted, If the ordering user has a purchase record from the store, the ID number and the purchase order information received this time are transmitted. Each of the store terminal devices transmits the ID number and the broker server at the time of the first order from the user. A personal information storage means for storing personal information received from a personal computer in association with the received ID number. 18. A method for purchasing goods in Internet shopping in which an intermediary company accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases goods, wherein each of the homepages of the intermediary company and each of the stores that open the Internet shopping. The homepage of each store stored in the broker server is changed on the Internet when the user terminal device accesses the homepage of Internet shopping, in association with the homepage of the store. After receiving a product order from a user in the intermediary server, and transmitting the received order from the intermediary server to each store terminal via the Internet. Purchase method in Internet shopping. 19. A product purchasing method in Internet shopping in which a mediator accesses a homepage of Internet shopping established on the Internet from a user terminal device and purchases a product, wherein the mediator server includes the mediator's homepage and each dealer. And a first process of storing the homepage of the Internet shopping in association with the homepage of the Internet, and transmitting the homepage to the user terminal device from the broker server when the homepage of the Internet shopping is accessed from the user terminal device. When the user selects a store search screen for himself / herself from the user terminal device, the broker server requests the user to input an ID number and a password, and receives the ID number and password.
A third process in which the user extracts a store having a purchase history in the past based on a number, generates and displays a store search screen including only the extracted store, and a normal process from the user terminal device. When the type of business button is selected, a fourth process of displaying a store search screen including all stores corresponding to the type of business is performed, and each time a product order is placed on each store homepage from the user terminal device, Fifth processing for temporarily storing information in the broker server, and upon receiving the order end from the user terminal device, the broker server stores the purchase order information that summarizes the purchase items at all the stores in the purchase item. A sixth processing to be displayed on the user terminal device as a list screen; and here, the order screen is transmitted from the broker server by the user confirming the purchase content. A user who has purchased personal information and a password is input, and a user who has purchased in the past inputs an ID number and a password and the seventh processing for transmitting to the intermediary server, and receiving from the user terminal device The intermediary server determines whether an ID number is included in the received information, and if the ID number is not included, sets an ID number and transmits it to the user terminal device.
Eighth processing in which a user template is created and registered in association with a password and the ID number in which the purchase order information is set, and the information is transmitted to each corresponding dealer terminal device; Receives the ID number, updates the purchase order information of the corresponding user template by adding the current purchase information, and checks whether there has been a purchase record at the same store in the past by referring to the user template. A ninth process of searching for each store to be purchased, and, for a store having no purchase record in the ninth process, each store corresponding to the personal information associated with the ID number and the purchase order information. A tenth process of transmitting the ID number and the purchase order information to the corresponding store terminal device for the store that has transmitted to the terminal device and has made a purchase record; Device purchase order information and the ID number or ID
Receiving personal information associated with the number;
When personal information associated with the D number is received, each store terminal device stores the personal information in a memory, and the broker server creates sales statistical information with reference to the user template. And a twelfth process for transmitting to each store terminal device. 20. A recording medium on which a product purchase program for causing a computer to function as the intermediary server according to claim 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, or 15 is recorded. 21. A first process in which an intermediary server stores a homepage of an intermediary and a homepage of each store in association with each other, and when the user terminal device accesses an Internet shopping homepage, A second process of transmitting the home page from the intermediary server to the user terminal device, and when a store search screen dedicated to the user is selected from the user terminal device, the intermediary server inputs an ID number and a password. Request these to the user and receive them, the ID
A third process in which the user extracts a store having a purchase history in the past based on a number, generates and displays a store search screen including only the extracted store, and a normal process from the user terminal device. When the type of business button is selected, a fourth process of displaying a store search screen including all stores corresponding to the type of business is performed, and each time a product order is placed on each store homepage from the user terminal device, Fifth processing for temporarily storing information in the broker server, and upon receiving the order end from the user terminal device, the broker server stores the purchase order information that summarizes the purchase items at all the stores in the purchase item. A sixth processing to be displayed on the user terminal device as a list screen; and here, the order screen is transmitted from the broker server by the user confirming the purchase content. A user who has purchased personal information and a password is input, and a user who has purchased in the past inputs an ID number and a password and the seventh processing for transmitting to the intermediary server, and receiving from the user terminal device The intermediary server determines whether an ID number is included in the received information, and if the ID number is not included, sets an ID number and transmits it to the user terminal device.
Eighth processing in which a user template is created and registered in association with a password and the ID number in which the purchase order information is set, and the information is transmitted to each corresponding dealer terminal device; Receives the ID number, updates the purchase order information of the corresponding user template by adding the current purchase information, and checks whether there has been a purchase record at the same store in the past by referring to the user template. A ninth process of searching for each store to be purchased, and, for a store having no purchase record in the ninth process, each store corresponding to the personal information associated with the ID number and the purchase order information. A tenth process of transmitting the ID number and the purchase order information to the corresponding store terminal device corresponding to the store that has transmitted the purchase result to the terminal device, and A recording medium storing a product purchase program for causing a computer to execute an eleventh process in which a server creates sales statistical information with reference to the user template and transmits the generated statistical information to each store terminal device. .