JP2001344484A - Method and system for article sale using computer communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method and a system which receive copyrighted images and design constitution bodies from creators and sell a body combined with an article as the customer likes. SOLUTION: Terminals 150 of creators and artists of copyrighted images select frame shapes from a design frame shape database 306 that a server device 101 supplies, create images therein, and register them in a copyrighted image registration database 308. A customer terminal 140 selects a copyrighted image and, for example, clothing type shape data 5d7 in an combinational article database 310 that the server device 101 supplies, confirm a design combined with the copyrighted image, and orders for purchase. A manufacturing company receives order sequence, order date and time, and delivery information of the specified copyrighted image from a print information database 311 on the server device 101 and prints the copyrighted image on the same print paper for transferring and printing to the article.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer terminal (hereinafter referred to as an "artist terminal") of a plurality of creators such as an artest, a designer, a photographer, a painter, etc. connected to a computer communication network such as the Internet. For example, a computer terminal (hereinafter referred to as a customer terminal) possessed by a person who wishes to personally purchase a product such as a T-shirt including the copyrighted image by print printing or the like, and a computer terminal possessed by a person who wishes to purchase a large amount of the product. (Hereinafter referred to as a dealer terminal) and a computer terminal (hereinafter referred to as a “manufacturer terminal”) of a person who wishes to manufacture and sell products such as print printing of the T-shirt and the like, as well as a service center connected to the communication network. By exchanging information with the server device, for example, In a sale display of a product on which a unique copyrighted image input from the artist terminal is arranged on a pyuta communication network, a purchase reservation, an order, or a popularity vote for each product input from a plurality of remote customer terminals. The customer information such as the name and address of the customer and the destination of the product, such as the address of the customer, is also obtained at a remote manufacturer terminal, and the product is manufactured and sold. Further, the present invention relates to a method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network capable of giving information on the limited sales number and the order of purchase reservation for keeping the scarce value of the goods together with the goods and manufacturing and selling the goods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, for a design product such as a T-shirt in which a creative work image such as a designer, a photographer, a painter or the like is arranged, a manufacturing and sales company estimates the sales quantity in advance, and A license agreement has been made to produce the expected quantity. Such prospective production always involves the danger of unsold, and often becomes defective inventory, and the selling price of the product often increases due to the risk factor burden. Also, at one store,
There are problems such as the necessity of a large store in order to prepare a large number of products according to the customer's taste, and this has also caused the selling price of such products to be high. Also, in recent years, mail-order sales or auctions of this type of product on the Internet homepage and the like have been actively performed,
For example, a person who supplies the creative work image, such as a designer,
You can select from a remote location and place the creative work image in a standardized fixed frame shape, and easily copy their work
Create a new product by combining it with the external shape of the product that can be selected by the customer, obtain the purchase reservation and popular information from the remote customer before manufacturing the product, decide the manufacture of the product, and sell it to the ordering customer I do. Further, a computer which provides information on the limited number of sales and the order of purchase reservation in order to maintain the scarce value of the product and sells the product, and which provides a means for making the manufacturing and delivery method of the product rational. There has been no product sales method and system using a communication network.

[0003]

However, here, for example, a designer or another person who supplies the creative work image arranges their work in a part of the product by using an artist terminal from a remote place, and When designing, if they are arranged freely, it is often impossible for a manufacturer terminal that receives the information to manufacture it due to restrictions specific to the product. Therefore, it is necessary to constrain the arrangement and to devise a simple arrangement of the copyrighted image.
Further, a commodity on which a specific copyrighted image is arranged tends to have a scarce value when viewed from a purchaser. Ideally, the creator of the copyrighted image specifies the limited number of production prints of the product including the copyrighted image, and thus, for example, the purchaser of the product can purchase the purchaser within the limited number of production prints. In order to be able to recognize the order of each reservation when receiving the purchase of the product, it is reasonable to devise a processing method for adding the reservation or order to the product sold in large quantities and multiple types, and a manufacturing and delivery method of the product. Was needed.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention according to claim 1 for attaining the above object utilizes a computer communication network such as the Internet including a connection between a cellular phone and its base station, and is widely and unspecified. In a method of selling the product by posting the design information of the product on a homepage or the like for sale of the product such as a T-shirt to a customer, the posting data of the homepage installed in a service center or the like connected to the communication network is used. To place an illustration or a picture, a photographic image, such as a photograph, on a part of the product, to a terminal owned by an artist who creates the design of the product, also connected to the communication network at a remote location from a server device owned by the user. A step of supplying information for selecting a plurality of frame shapes; and a step in which the terminal creates a frame shape using illustration creation software or the like in the selected frame shape. Receiving the digital data of the copyrighted image in the server device and storing the digital data in the copyrighted image registration digital database of the server device, and thereafter, based on the contents of the digital database, the appearance and shape of the copyrighted image and the product Can be selected and displayed at an unspecified number of customer terminals of the unspecified number of customers connected to the communication network, and the server device receives a purchase reservation or a purchase application for the product from the customer terminal. And a system for selling goods using a computer communication network.

[0005] According to the present invention, an illustration or a picture, a photograph, or a photograph, such as a picture or a photograph, is arranged in a part of the product from a remote location connected to the computer network from the server device, for example, to a terminal owned by an artist. Since the information for selecting the frame shape is provided, the artist can create and create a copyrighted image such as their illustration in the selected frame shape at the terminal. As a result, for example, a product such as a T-shirt can be unifiedly posted on a homepage on the Internet in a standard form, and thereafter, it can be linked to efficient print production.

The invention according to claim 2 is a step of posting the copyrighted image on the website, a step of designating and displaying a limited number of prints on a product in which the copyrighted image is designed and incorporated, and a step of displaying the customer terminal. The server device receives the purchase reservation or order information of the product from
A step of totalizing the total number of purchase reservations or orders for each of the copyrighted images by a totaling processing means such as GI, immediately returning, and displaying a confirmation that the number of the copyrighted images is equal to or less than the limited number of prints for each of the copyrighted images on the customer terminal; And a step of displaying the current cumulative number of purchase reservations, or the order of purchase reservations, the number of orders received, or the order of orders received. Further, the server device further includes information on the limited number of prints for each copyrighted image, A merchandise selling method and system using a computer communication network, characterized by having a database of customer information such as an orderer name and a merchandise delivery address.

According to the present invention, there is provided a step of designating and displaying the limited number of prints sold for each of the copyrighted images, and a step of displaying the current number of purchase reservations or purchases, the order, or the order information. Not only the purchase requesting customer, but also the artest who created the copyrighted image, the person who wholesales the product with the dealer terminal, and the manufacturing company can know the degree of popularity of the copyrighted image. In addition, there is an advantage that the customer can immediately know the order of his / her purchase request and can be proud of it.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the current total number of reserved reservations or the number of orders is within the limited number of prints and exceeds a predetermined number, the price of the corresponding product is set in advance. A method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network, comprising a step and means for displaying a price change.

According to the present invention, when the current cumulative number of purchase reservations or the number of orders is within the print limited number and exceeds a preset number, the price of the corresponding product is displayed on a homepage. Is realized by displaying a price change set in advance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image data of the plurality of copyrighted images stored in the server device and a limited number of prints for each copyrighted image number corresponding to the image data. Order, date of order, orderer's name, destination, selection information of clothes and the like are received as print information on the product via the computer communication network, for example, the product itself such as a T-shirt, or A method for selling goods using a computer communication network, comprising a step and means for printing the rank or the order date and time on the printed matter attached to the goods together with the limited number of prints. And its system.

[0011] According to the present invention, the server device is provided with a print information database such as information on the limited number of prints designated for each of the copyrighted images and the order of the purchaser or the orderer, the destination address, the order date and time. Then, the data is received by the terminal of the manufacturer at a remote location, and the purchase reservation or order ranking is printed on the product itself, such as a T-shirt, or on the printed matter attached to the product, together with the limited number of prints. Further, it is possible to simultaneously output the destination address print information to the purchase reservation person, and to produce many kinds of copyrighted image design products very efficiently.
A delivery method and system can be obtained.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the image portion of the copyrighted image and the destination address and name of the orderer are printed on the same surface of a printing base material such as a T-shirt such as thermal transfer paper, The product using a computer communication network, wherein the image portion is used as a base material for print printing of the product, and the destination and the name portion are separated and used as address information for delivery to an orderer of the product. The sales method and its system.

According to the present invention, the printing base material for a product such as a T-shirt and the address information for delivering the finished product to the orderer can always flow through the manufacturing process in an integrated manner. Can provide a simple way.

[0014] The invention according to claim 6 is that the preselectable frame shape for arranging illustrations, cartoon characters, or copyrighted images such as pictures and photographs is, for example, a T-shirt,
Alternatively, there is provided a method for selling goods using a computer communication network and a system therefor, which has a specified shape such as a circle or a rectangle in a part such as a front chest or a back of a garment such as a trainer.

According to the present invention, a frame shape which can be selected in advance from the artist terminal in a specified shape such as a circle or a rectangle of a part such as a front chest or a back portion of clothing such as a T-shirt or a trainer is shown. Because illustrations, pictures, and copyrighted images such as photographs are placed within
Even when producing clothing such as T-shirts in which a large number of the copyrighted images are arranged from a large number of the artist terminals by the wide area telecommunication network, the places other than the copyrighted images are patterned and standardized to reduce the production efficiency. It becomes possible to raise it very much.

[0016] The invention according to claim 7 is that the plurality of pre-selectable frame shapes for arranging an illustration, a cartoon character, a copyrighted image such as a picture or a photograph, and a design such as a jewel or a precious metal are, for example, a pin badge. , A brochure, a base such as a ring, and a designated shape such as a rectangle or the like, and a structure for attaching to clothing, a human finger, or the like, and a method of selling goods using a computer communication network and a system therefor.

According to the present invention, similarly to the above, for example, a frame shape such as a pedestal or the like of a predetermined shape such as a part of a pin badge, a brochure, a ring, or the like is designated. Since images and jewelry and precious metal design components are arranged, even if a large number of the above-mentioned artist terminals and a large number of the above-mentioned copyrighted images and design components are arranged by a wide area telecommunication network, pin batches, brooches, rings, etc. Even in the case of producing commodities, parts other than the copyrighted image and the design components are patterned and standardized, so that production efficiency can be greatly increased.

[0018] The invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that a frame shape that can be selected in advance for placing a copyrighted image such as an illustration or a picture or a photograph is a personal product such as a painting campus, a frame, a photo mount, a poster, a card, furniture, a bag or the like. The system is characterized in that it is a specified shape such as a plurality of numbers or a plurality of prescribed or framed frames indicating the shape and size of a part of the image.

According to the present invention, the painting campus, the forehead,
Photo mounts, posters, cards, furniture, etc. A part of the product, such as a part, indicating the size and size of, for example, a plurality of numbers or a plurality of prescribed or designated shapes of pre-selectable frame shapes are shown, within the range Since an illustration, a picture, a photograph, etc. are arranged in a copyrighted image, even if a huge number of the artistic terminals are used to produce the same product in which a large number of the copyrighted images are arranged from a vast number of the artist terminals through a wide area telecommunication network, Other areas can be patterned and standardized to greatly increase production efficiency.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall system for realizing a product sales method according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Internet communication network 1 which is a wide-area open computer communication network including a connection between a mobile phone and its base station.
For example, manufacture of a plurality of mobile terminals 130 such as mobile phones, customer terminals 140, and artist terminals 150 via the mobile phone base station 11 and the providers 12 to 16, for example, the manufacture of products such as print printing of T-shirts. A company terminal 160, a dealer terminal 170 for purchasing and selling the product at the store, and a server device 101 of the service center.
Are configured to be able to communicate using an Internet communication protocol such as TCP / IP.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal connected to a communication network of an artist, a customer, a manufacturing company, or the like.
This is a terminal connected to the Internet,
The artist terminal 150, the manufacturing company terminal 160, and the store terminal 170 have substantially the same configuration, and the customer terminal 140 will be described as a representative example. The terminal 140 functions as a user interface and the like, and a display device 201 for displaying various information such as product information such as a frame shape 7a2 such as a T-shirt and a combination design shape 8b2, and various commands and product information. An input device 202 for inputting selection, creation of a copyrighted image, product purchase reservation information, etc., a printing device 208 such as a printer for outputting various print information, a processing device 203 for performing various processes, and a work area 204 are provided. , OS (operating system), G
UI (graphical user interface), browser, and APL for performing processing according to the present invention
Storage device 2 storing (application program)
05, so that the components can communicate with each other.
6 and a public line 207 is connected to the processing device 203 via the communication connection means 209. Such a terminal 104 can be widely used not only in offices but also in ordinary households. Further, here, the printing device 208 at the manufacturer terminal 160 is configured to be capable of printing on a transfer printing sheet for thermal transfer printing of the copyrighted image 8a2 on a cloth such as a T-shirt. Further, here, the mobile terminal 130 is capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the mobile terminal base station 11, and the necessary functions including the display unit 201 and the input device 202 of the customer terminal 140 described above are reduced to a palm size. It is also a terminal that can be connected to the computer communication network 1.

FIG. 3 shows a server device 10 of the service center.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment. This server device 101
Includes a display device 301 for displaying various information, an input device 302 for inputting necessary information and the like, a processing device 303 for performing various processes, a work area 304, and an OS (Operating System). ) And a storage device 305 storing an application program (AP) for performing processing according to the present invention, and a plurality of databases (hereinafter also referred to as DBs) 306 to 311. While connected by a bus 312, the public line 207 is connected to the communication connection unit 313.
, And is connected to the processing device 303. The display device 301 can be realized by a display device such as a CRT,
The input device 302 can be realized by an input device such as a keyboard, and the storage device 305 and the DBs 306 to 311
For example, it can be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk, and the processing device 303 can be realized by an electronic device such as a microprocessor.
Can be realized by one computer system in which necessary programs are installed. The service center is located in the store or the manufacturing company,
The server device 101 has terminals 170 and 160, respectively.
There is no problem even if it also serves as.

Here, returning to FIG.
Each of the databases 306 to 31 in the storage device 305 in the
1 and the connection between them will be described.
First, an identity confirmation password ID (hereinafter simply referred to as ID) registration and confirmation means 11 of an artist who creates a copyrighted image
1 so that data can be transmitted / received to / from the frame shape database 306 and the copyrighted image temporary registration database 307 only from the terminal confirmed there. The image data 307 is checked by the examination means 112 once with the eyes of the service center staff on a display device or the like to determine whether there is any publicly inappropriate expression. After that, the confirmed one is stored in the copyrighted image registration database 308. The combining means 116 combines the clothing shape data of the frame shape database 306 and the image of the copyrighted image database 308 with the product database 31.
It is configured to be connected to 0. Further, for example, the customer terminal 1
From 40, the contents of the combination product database 310 can be browsed on the web via the route 113. The customer name, address, and the like, which are input when the customer purchases the browsed product, are recorded in the order information database 309. Since there is a possibility that the order amount of the store is very large, the store ID is registered with a password or the like, and the identity is confirmed by the confirmation means.
Browse on B and enter the product purchase order information,
Recorded in the order information database. The combined data of the combination product database 310 and the order information database 309 is the print information database 311.
The manufacturing company terminal 160 is configured so that only the authorized person can access the print information database by the manufacturing company ID registration and confirmation means 115.

Now, the flow and configuration of the method of the embodiment in the method and system of the present invention, and an example of a display screen that can be browsed on each related terminal will be described with reference to a plurality of drawings including the above-described drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of the communication process of the method of the present invention, FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a configuration example of a frame shape database, and FIG. 5B is a configuration example of a copyrighted image temporary registration database. FIG. 5C is a diagram showing a configuration example of a copyrighted image registration database, FIG. 5D is a diagram showing a configuration example of a combination product database, and FIG.
FIG. 6B shows an example of an order information database configuration, and FIG.
FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of a print information database, FIG.
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a frame shape and a product outline, FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of a screen for inputting the creation of a copyrighted image such as an illustration painting, and FIG. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of a sales exhibition WEB screen of a combination product design, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an output example of thermal transfer paper on which print data is drawn. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a finished product.

First, a server terminal 10 of a service center is operated from an artist terminal 150 operated by a designer artist (hereinafter referred to as an artist) who creates a copyrighted image such as an illustration printed on a part of a T-shirt or the like.
Access the homepage of product sales such as T-shirts provided by 1 and register the artist and perform an artist ID (ID is an identification number, hereafter referred to as ID)
Registration and confirmation request transmission 401 is performed. The server receives the ID, registers and registers the artist ID, and confirms it thereafter. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A in the server 101, a plurality of T-shirt design frames as shown in FIG. There is a step 402 of transmitting frame shape data such as frame shape A to C shape data. This is transmitted to the artist terminal 150 via the Internet communication network 1.
To the design frame shape selection stage 403. Here, for example, the display screen 7a1 of FIG. 7A is displayed on the display device 201 of the artist terminal 150. For example, when the frame shape 7a2 is selected, the cursor 7a4, which is also displayed on the notation 7a3 of the frame type A indicating the link destination by the browser software displayed on the display screen 7a1, is overlaid, and the input device 202 such as a mouse is used. By clicking, the design frame shape is selected. At this time, since the frame shape constitutes a part of the target product such as a T-shirt here, for example, the external clothing shape 7 of the target product is used.
a5 and 7a6 are displayed for reference of the sense of overall design.
By the selection, the artist terminal 150 is displayed on the artist terminal 150 as an example of the link destination screen, for example, by displaying the selected frame shape 7a2 as the copyright number 7b3 corresponding to the previously registered artist ID. The constituent data is transmitted. At this time, it is received from the server device 101 first, or A
Draw, for example, a unique illustration painting or the like in the frame shape 7b2 using software or the like that can draw a picture on a display screen of a terminal such as a personal computer that is commonly circulated and held in a storage device 205 having a built-in PL (application program). FIG. 7 (a) shows the original copyrighted image 7b.
4 is shown. For example, when a character is to be written, the character selection window 7b5 shown in FIG.
4, the character specification can be selected and written. Thus, the frame shape 7 created by the artist terminal 150
After completion of the image, the copyrighted image 7b4 in b2 is created as image data such as a bitmap file via the operation of the registration transmission switch 7b6 or the like. There is a stage 405 at the stage of the transmission 404, which is stored and stored in the copyrighted image temporary registration database 307 of the server device 101 shown in the configuration diagram of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the structure 5b1 of the copyrighted image temporary registration database 307 includes, for example, copyright number data 5b2, artist name, and copyrighted image data 5b3 assigned in association with the artist ID. It is composed of others. After that, the copyrighted image registration database 308 is held via the examination means 112 of the server device 101 because an unspecified number of artist terminals are registered with copyrighted images that are not suitable for being published on the public Internet. This is a means for excluding the use of Therefore, the configuration difference between FIG. 5 b 1 showing the configuration of the copyrighted image temporary registration database 307 and FIG. 5 c 1 showing the configuration of the copyrighted image registration database 308 is, for example, the copyrighted image 1235 (5
This indicates that the copyrighted image data 5d5 of b4) has been deleted. These are diagrams illustrating the flow of FIG.
Storing 40 in the copyrighted image data reception temporary registration database
5 through the copyrighted image content examination step 406 and the copyrighted image data stored in the registration database via the storage step 407.

Next, as shown in the example of the copyrighted image and product outline selection screen in FIG. 8A, the server apparatus 101 reads a plurality of completed copyrighted images 8a from the copyrighted image registration database.
2, 8a3, and a display screen 8a1 displaying a check box 8a4 for selecting the shape of clothes such as a T-shirt. Therefore, the clothing pattern 1 (7a5) selected via the link execution signal switch 8a5 for viewing the combination design, for example, the copyrighted image 8a2 and the check box 8a4.
9 shows an example of a display screen 8b1 displaying a product design 8b2 in combination with. These are homepages transmitted by the server device 101, and the communication network 1 such as the Internet.
So that it can be delivered to These are the copyright number, image data, and clothing selection data distribution stage 40 described in FIG.
8

At this stage, the combination product database 310 in the server device 101 has, as an example of its configuration,
As shown at 5d1 in FIG. 5D, the copyright number 5c2, the copyrighted image data 5c3, and the frame shape data 5d2, the limited print data 5d3, the current order quantity data 5d4, the price reduction point data 5d5, and the price reduction that have passed the screening are shown. Rate data 5d6, clothing type data 5d7, sales price data 5d
8 and the like. Display screens 8a1 and 8b distributed on the communication network and displayed on respective browsers
1 mainly includes a homepage WEB browsing step 409 described with reference to FIG. 4, which is browsed on the customer terminal 140, the store terminal 170, and the mobile terminal 130. For example, in the customer terminal 140, the home page WEB to be posted is based on the configuration content 5d1 of the combination product database 310 of the server device 101, and the server device 101 of FIG.
Can be directly browsed as shown by the processing route 113 when accessed from the customer terminal 140 of 8a1.
In order to see the copyrighted images 8a2 and 8a3 displayed on the screen, select a favorite copyrighted image, select a clothing style with the check box 8a4, and specify the link signal switch 8a5 with the cursor 7a4 in order to see the combination design, The two are linked to a display screen 8b1 including software for combining and combining to form an image. Here, a combination design 8b2 of the selected copyrighted image 8a2 and the appearance of a product such as a T-shirt clothing selected in the check box is displayed. Further, a limited number of prints display 8b3 and a sale price display 8b4 are displayed from the configuration content 5d1 of the combination product database 310. Further, a counter 8b5 of the current number of orders received including the number of purchase reservations up to the present is displayed. Here, for example, the purchase signal switch 8 for notifying the purchase intention from the customer terminal 140
When b6 is clicked in the same manner as above, the server device 101
The work area 30 of the storage device 301 is communicated by communication means of a communication network such as the Internet using the CP / IP protocol or the like.
4 or APL application software,
By the program processing such as CGI, the display data of the current order number counter 8b5 stored therein is changed by incrementing the display data by +1.
The data is also used as communication data by the TCP / IP protocol or the like as communication data in the communication network 1 such as the customer terminal 140.
Is immediately sent back to the terminal connected to the terminal, and the customer terminal receiving it changes and displays the count value of the current order counter 8b5 displayed on the display screen 8b1 by, for example, adding +1 to a value based on the data. .

At this time, if the current order quantity exceeds the value of the print limited number 8b3, for example, it is also possible to transmit "sold out" data. Further, when the current order quantity is within the print limited number and exceeds a predetermined number equal price reduction point 8b7 (5d5 in the database), the price display 8b4 (5d8 in the database) is changed to the specific price reduction rate display 8b8 (in the database). 5d6). This is because the CGI program of the server device 101 increases the current order quantity data 5d4 and the price reduction point data 5
By comparing d5, for example, when the latter becomes larger, the selling price data 5d8 is calculated using the price reduction rate data 5d6, and the resulting new price is rewritten with the selling price data. Thereby, regardless of the location at the customer terminal 140 or particularly the mobile terminal 130, etc., even in parks, outdoors, and even when they are away from each other, a plurality of personalized copyrighted images can be easily combined. Can be selected at the same time, for example, if friends and lovers purchase the same copyrighted image together, it is easy and quick to exceed the price reduction points, and purchase orders at a reduced new price It is very convenient to bring about a change in shopping style. This step is a customer information input and order information transmission step 410 in FIG. 4, and a dealer inputs the dealer information and the wholesale purchase order information transmission step 4 in FIG.
Indicated by 11. Thereafter, in the server device, the customer terminal 1
There is a step 412 of receiving the customer information and order information, such as the name of the purchaser, the destination, the selected copyright number, and the clothing shape information from the store terminal 170 or the store terminal 170.

Thereafter, the cumulative number of current orders 5 for each copyright number 5c2 of the configuration 5d1 of the combination product database
A step 400 for comparing d4 with the limited number of prints 5d3, and a step 413 for sending an order refusal sentence after the number of orders exceeds the limited number are provided. Here, in the comparison, when the number of orders is within the limited number, the order is stored in the order information database 309. In the storage step 414, the store ID registration unit 114 receives the information from the portable terminal 130, the customer terminal 140, and the store terminal 170. Store ID registration confirmation stage 41
The server apparatus 101 receives order information including a name, a destination address, and the like as a purchaser via the server 5 and stores the information in the order information database 309. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the configuration content 6a1 of the order information database 309 includes print limited number data 5d for each of the copyright number data 5c2.
3 and a plurality of purchase orderer ranking data 6a2, destination name, and address data 6a3.

Now, in the next stage of the server device 101,
The combination product database 310 and the order information database 309 are combined and combined, and the copyright number, image data, customer information, and order information are stored and stored in a print database 311 for printing the copyright image on a product such as a T-shirt. 416. FIG. 6B shows the contents of the print information database synthesized here. Each piece of copyright number data 5c2 includes print limited number data 5d3, corresponding copyrighted image data 5c3, purchaser ranking data 6a2, clothing shape data 5d7, destination name, and address data 6a3.

On the other hand, from the manufacturer terminal 160, which is also connected to the communication network 1, a step 41 via the manufacturer ID registration confirmation means 115 provided by the server 101 is performed.
7, there is a step 418 of accessing the print information database 311 to obtain print data. Now, the manufacturing company terminal 160, as described earlier,
The configuration of the terminal is almost the same as that of the terminal shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 08 denotes a device which is connected to a printing device capable of printing on a print base material such as a thermal transfer paper or a thermal transfer film for transferring and printing the copyrighted image on a part of a product such as a T-shirt fabric by thermal transfer or the like. is there. here,
FIG. 9 shows an output example of, for example, thermal transfer paper in which the data obtained in step 418 of obtaining the print data is output from the printing device 208. In FIG. 9, the copyrighted image 8a2 printed on the thermal transfer paper 901 and the order number and the limited number of prints 902 indicating prints within the limited number of prints in the vicinity of the image 8a2. From 130, the server device 101
For example, a print print 903 of the data such as date, time, etc., for which the order has been received, is output. In addition, a product including the copyrighted image 8a2 as a part on the same thermal transfer paper 901 or another linked printing device, in this case, the name of the T-shirt orderer, the destination, etc. The address printing unit 904 is printed at the same time. In addition, the tag notation portion of the data such as the date, time, etc., for which the order has been received, is also output 905 at the same time. FIG. 9 shows a state where these are output. This output, for example, copyrighted image 8
When the copyrighted image 8a2 is thermally transferred to a part of the product 1001 such as the T-shirt of the clothing type selected as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. A product in which the work 8a2 is printed on a part of the product is completed. This is shown in FIG. 4 as the print data acquisition step 418 to the printed printed goods manufacturing step 419 of the method of the present invention. Here, the tag notation section of the orderer, the destination, etc. is used for packing, shipping,
It can be used in conjunction with the delivery logistics notation, which is reasonable.

The T-shirt has been specifically described as an example of a target product of the method and the system of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to a T-shirt, but may be a picture or a photograph. It is widely effective for all products that have designs such as cartoon characters, illustrations, etc., and even more unique structural shapes. For example, pin-badges, brooches, tie-pins, rings, handkerchiefs, tie-pins, hats, sunshade covers, headcovers, etc. It can be applied to fine arts, fine arts, furnishings and equipment that have a furniture role. For example, FIG. 11 shows an example of a pin batch or similar broach attached to a hat or clothing, FIG. 12 shows an example of a ring, and FIG. 13 shows an example of a picture such as a drawing as a furniture. Each step of the flow procedure of the method of the present invention described above with reference to the example of a T-shirt is performed in the same manner, but a frame shape design at each step and a work image created by an artist are partially incorporated. Combined product shapes are different. For example, in FIG. 11, a plurality of frame shapes 1102 from which the pin batch can be selected are shown, and a plurality of mounting structures 1103 of the pin batch to, for example, a hat are shown instead of the clothing shape. Therefore, according to the present invention described above, a pin batch combining the artist's work image created in the frame shape 1102 and the attachment structure selected from the customer terminal 140 is created by the creator of the design work image. Tastes, customers, their product exhibitors and manufacturers can be exhibited, received, manufactured and sold on a communication network such as the Internet promptly while being at remote locations.
Further, the method and system are applicable to rings. For example, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a ring. A pedestal frame 1202 of a plurality of rings can also be selected,
The attachment structure 1103 may be shown to have, for example, a ring size shape 1203 of a ring. In this case, in the figure showing the copyrighted image and the product outline selection screen example in FIG. 8A, the copyrighted portion is studded in the pedestal frame and can be selected, for example, a plurality of jewels such as diamonds arranged and designed. The product shape is a ring shape or size information. Further, a diagram corresponding to the example of the sales display WEB screen of the combination product design of FIG. 8B is a diagram showing the shape of the combination product of the ring with the jewel studded and the ring selected by the customer. It is self-evident. In the manufacture of this product, a craftsman manufactures an actual ring at a jewelry manufacturing workshop based on print information of an output example shown in FIG. 9 showing an output example of thermal transfer paper on which print data shown in FIG. 9 is drawn. Then, it is composed of steps and means for transferring to delivery according to the orderer's name and destination information.

In the case of a picture such as a drawing, for example, a plurality of numbers and shapes 1302 indicating the size of a campus that can be selected are shown. Similarly, the picture is put in place of the clothes pattern. A plurality of forehead shapes 1303 are shown. Similarly, as in the present invention described above, a picture with a frame combining the authored image of the artist created in the frame shape 1302 and the frame shape selected from the customer terminal 140 is transmitted over a communication network such as the Internet as described above. Can be exhibited, received orders, manufactured and sold.

[0035]

Next, the effects of the present invention will be described. According to the method and system for selling goods using the computer communication network of the present invention, using a communication network such as the Internet, while being at remote locations from each other, for example, a person who creates a unique illustration, a picture of a character, a photograph, The artists can select a design frame that they like and create a copyrighted image on their terminal in that frame, which can be created efficiently. In addition, since a plurality of such images are displayed on the WEB, including copyrighted images of other artists, the terminals are connected to the communication network and are owned by a plurality of customers in Japan or around the world. A plurality of appearance designs of a product such as a T-shirt can be selected and combined with the copyrighted image to be browsed as a whole product design. If the user likes it, a purchase application can be made on the spot, which is very convenient. In addition, the customer may print the printed image of the copyrighted image and determine in what order the purchaser is within the limited number of prints of the combined product. Since the order and the date of purchase application are printed on the product itself or on the attached notation tag, you can boast greatly to your friends, if your friend has a product with the same copyrighted image Being higher than a friend and having an earlier purchase application date will greatly tickle the sense of superiority, which will be of great use in modern trendy sales promotion.

When the current order quantity 8b5 of a product such as a T-shirt incorporating a specific copyrighted image is about to exceed a preset price reduction point 8b7, for example, the portable terminal 130 such as a portable telephone of the customer is used. , Talk with a friend and explain that it would be cheaper to buy them together, and while they are remote from each other,
, The current number of orders exceeds the number of price reduction points, and the price 8 at the price reduction rate 8b8
Since the change of b4 can be confirmed, the customer can very conveniently provide a method and a system for purchasing a product on which a unique copyrighted image is printed at low cost, regardless of time and place.

In addition, a product manufacturer can obtain print information for each customer at a remote location through the communication network, and print it out, for example, and design it by combining the copyrighted image and the product appearance according to the customer's preference. You can also obtain a pair of the print image necessary for the production of the product and the destination information of the product. There is an effect that can be managed.

Further, according to the present invention, the frame shape that can be selected in advance for arranging the copyrighted image is a position conspicuous to the clothing with a T-shirt, a trainer, or the like, and can have a certain area. Alternatively, since the frame is a designated shape such as a rectangle, the frame can be standardized, and the creator of the copyrighted image can very easily perform the creation work, and the customer can compare the copyrighted images to a certain extent, thereby easily selecting the image. Further, in the present invention, pin batches, illustration designs on pedestals such as rings, a frame for arranging jewelry design components can be selected, and a mounting structure of pin batches on clothes and a unique jewelry design are provided. The configuration is shown so that the ring structure and size of the ring can be selected, and the present invention can be applied to various personal belongings and is very practical. Further, for example, when the product is a painting, a photograph, a poster, or the like, generally, the size of the product is selected by the artist, and the selection of the shape of the forehead is performed by the customer by the method and system for selling the product using the computer communication network of the present invention. It is incredibly quick and incomparable with conventional over-the-counter sales, and is open 24 hours a day, even if there is no sales representative directly in contact with customers who have high labor costs. Expected effects can be expected.

[0039]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall system for realizing a product sales method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal connected to a communication network of an artist, a customer, a manufacturing company, or the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a server device 101 of a service center.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of communication processing of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 5A illustrates a configuration example of a frame shape database.

FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a copyrighted image temporary registration database;

FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a copyrighted image registration database;

FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a combination product database;

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of an order information database configuration;

FIG. 6B illustrates a configuration example of a print information database.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a frame shape selection and a product outer shape.

FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for creating a copyrighted image such as an illustration painting.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of a copyrighted image and a product outline selection screen;

FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of a sales display WEB screen of a combination product design.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an output example of thermal transfer paper on which print data is drawn;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a completed product;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a frame-shaped shape selection and a product outline display screen when the present invention is implemented in a pin batch attached to a hat, clothing, or the like.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a frame-shaped selection such as a pedestal of a ring and a display screen of a product outline when the present invention is implemented as a ring studded with jewels.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a frame-shaped shape selection and a product outline display screen when the present invention is implemented as a drawing, a painting, a poster, etc.

[Description of Signs] 1 Internet Communication Network 11
Mobile phone base station 130 Mobile terminal such as mobile phone 140
Customer terminal 150 Artist terminal 160
Manufacturing company terminal 170 Distributor terminal 201 Display device 202
Input device 204 Work area 205
Storage device 206 Bus 207
Public line 208 Communication connection means 301 Display device 302
Input device 303 Processing device 304
Work area 305 Storage device 306 Design frame shape database 307
Temporary image registration database 308 Copyright image registration database 309
Order information database 310 Combined product database 311
Print information database 7a1 Display screen 7a3
Notation of frame type A indicating link destination 7a2 Frame shape 7a
5, 7a6 Appearance clothing shape 7a4 Cursor 7b1 Work image creation screen 7b3
Notation of copyright number 7b4 Unfinished copyrighted image 7b6
Registration transmission switch 8a1 Copyrighted image and product outline selection screen 8a2
Completed work image 8a4 Check box 8b1 to select shape Combination product design display screen 8b2
Combination product design 8b3 Print limited number display 8b4
Sales price display 8b5 Counter of current orders 8b6
Purchase signal switch 8b7 Price reduction point for specific number 8b8
Price reduction rate display 1101 Pin batch frame shape selection screen 110
2 Plural frame shapes that can be selected for pin batch 1103 Plural mounting structures 1201 Diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a ring 120
2 Base frame shape of a plurality of rings 1203 Ring size shape of a ring 1301 Display screen in the case of a picture such as a drawing 130
2 Multiple numbers and shapes 1303 Multiple forehead shapes

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A computer communication network such as the Internet including a connection between a mobile phone and a base station thereof, and the design information of the product for selling T-shirts and other products to a large and unspecified number of customers is provided on a homepage or the like. In the method of selling and selling the product, the product is also connected to the communication network at a remote location from a server device that holds the posting data of the homepage installed at a service center or the like connected to the communication network, A step in which information for selecting a plurality of frame shapes for arranging a copyrighted image such as an illustration, a character, a picture, or a photograph in a part of the product is supplied to a terminal owned by a creator of a part of the design. Receiving digital data of a copyrighted image created by illustration creation software or the like in the selected frame shape from the terminal; Storing in the copyrighted image registration digital database, and at a customer terminal of an unspecified number of customers connected to the communication network, selecting from the plurality of copyrighted images based on the contents of the digital database. And a step of selecting a plurality of shape designs such as appearances of the product, and a step of displaying the entire product design by combining them. Similarly, the server device transmits a purchase reservation or a purchase application for the product from the customer terminal. And a system for selling goods using a computer communication network. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of posting the copyrighted image on the homepage, the step of designating and displaying the limited number of prints on a product in which the copyrighted image is incorporated and designed, and the step of The server device receives the purchase reservation or order information of the product, the total number of purchase reservations or the number of orders for each copyrighted image is totaled by the totaling means such as CGI, and immediately returns to the customer terminal. Displaying a confirmation that the number is equal to or less than the limited number of prints, and a step of displaying the current cumulative number of purchase reservations, or the order of purchase reservations, the number of orders received, or the order of orders, further comprising: A computer communication database having a database of customer information such as information on the limited number of prints for each copyrighted image, the name of a purchaser or orderer, and the address of a product delivery destination. Product sales methods 及 the system using the network. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the current cumulative purchase reservation number or order number is within the print limited number and exceeds a preset number, the price of the corresponding product changes a preset price. A method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network, comprising a step and means for displaying. 4. The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3,
The image data of the plurality of copyrighted images stored and stored in the server device and the limited number of prints for each copyrighted image number corresponding to the image data, purchase orderer or orderer order, order date / time, orderer name, The destination, the selection information of the clothing shape and the like are received as print information on the product via the computer communication network, and are written together with the limited number of prints on the product itself, such as a T-shirt, or on a print attached to the product. A method and a system for selling goods using a computer communication network, comprising a step and means for printing the rank or the order date, time, and the like. 5. An image portion of the copyrighted image, a destination address to the orderer, and selection information of a name and a clothing shape to the orderer, wherein the selection information of the shape of the heat transfer paper or the like, such as a T-shirt, is the same side of the print base material. Printed on the product, the image portion is used as a base material for print printing on the product, the destination, the name portion is used as the address information for delivery to the orderer of the product, and the product management information is separated and used separately. A method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network. 6. The method of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5,
The plurality of frame shapes that can be selected in advance for placing illustrations, cartoon characters or pictures, photographs, and other copyrighted images are designated shapes such as a circular shape or a rectangular shape on a part of the clothing such as a T-shirt or a trainer such as a front chest or a back. A method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network. 7. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5,
Illustrations, cartoon characters, or pictures, pictures such as photographs, and jewelry, a plurality of pre-selectable frame shapes for arranging sculpture design components such as precious metals are, for example, pin badges, broaches, pedestals such as rings, A method and system for selling goods using a computer communication network, characterized in that it has a specified shape such as a rectangle and a structure for attachment to clothes, human fingers, and the like. 8. A method according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, wherein a plurality of frame shapes which can be selected in advance for arranging a copyrighted image such as an illustration, a picture, a photograph, and the like include a painting campus, a photo mount, a poster, a card, A computer characterized by having a handkerchief, a scarf, a container of liquor, furniture, a bag, a part of a product around the body, and a designated shape such as a plurality of numbers, a plurality of prescribed shapes, or a frame, for example, indicating a size. Product sales method and system using communication network.