JP2002007644A - Article/service selling/buying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article/service and selling/buying system for providing profits to each of user, public office, designated dealer and system operator concerning a selling/buying system for providing an article/service while utilizing the Internet. SOLUTION: Concerning the article/service selling/buying system respectively connected with a user who requires an article/service related to education, welfare, social caring and attendance, and plural designated dealers through telecommunication facilities, when article/service order data, user data and dealer data are transmitted from a user side terminal, these data are received and registered later. After the supply of a relevant article/service to the user is fulfilled, bill data for demanding the payment of the charge of the article/ service to the user are transmitted through the telecommunication facilities to a designated dealer side terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
Using telecommunications facilities including cable TV, etc.
The present invention relates to a merchandise and service trading system that supplies merchandise and services to users such as schools and welfare facilities or staff members who require welfare, welfare, and nursing care-related products and services.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the so-called Internet,
Various usage forms of the Internet are being studied. Among them, the present applicant has filed a patent application for a trading system for selling goods and providing services using the Internet, for example, as Japanese Patent Application No. 11-348358 (title of invention: ordering system).

In a conventional trading system using the Internet, a user using the trading system places an order in a form of selecting a product or service from a home page posted by the trading system, and after receiving the supply of the product or service, In general, a trading method in which the price is paid directly to a trading system operator has been used. However, there are users who have difficulty in adopting such a trading method.

[0004] For example, there is a case where the user is a school or a welfare facility. Such a user does not pay the trading system operator directly, but pays it via a government office. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional purchase of a product / service by a user such as a school / welfare facility. In this case, the user 100, the designated trader 200, the merchandise sales / service provider 300, and the government office 400
Person intervenes.

[0005] The user 100 is provided with schools and welfare facilities that require payment through the government office 400, and
It is a concept that includes affiliated employees and the like, and includes corporations and individuals. The designated trader 200 is a trader whose agency of goods and services has been designated by the government office 400. The merchandise sales / service provider 300 is a business that sells merchandise or provides services, and is a concept including a plurality of designated companies by corporations and individuals. The government office 400 is a local public organization such as a country or a prefectural municipal government, and is an organization that pays public money for the purchase of the user 100.

Next, a case where the user 100 purchases a product at a public expense by a conventional method not using the Internet or the like will be described. The purchase / payment flow from purchase of such a product to payment of the price is as follows. The user 100 selects a desired product from the products and services, and places an order for the product with the designated trader 200 ((1) in FIG. 8). The designated trader 200 selects the most appropriate merchandise sales / service provider 300 according to the merchandise and places an order for the merchandise ((2) in FIG. 8). The merchandise sales / service provider 300 sends the merchandise to the designated trader 200 ((3) in FIG. 8).

[0007] The designated trader 200 sends the product to the user 100. At the time of dispatch, a bill created in a format designated in advance by the government office 300 is also dispatched ((4) in FIG. 8). The user 100 submits the payment order attached to the bill to the government office 400 ((5) in FIG. 8). The government office 400 takes the procedure to withdraw money from the accounting department,
The price of the product is paid to the designated trader 200 ((6) in FIG. 8). The designated contractor 200 is a product sales / service provider 3
Pay the commodity price to 00 ((7) in FIG. 8).

[0008]

[0005] Even for the user 100 who pays the price via the government office 400, by providing a trading system that supplies goods and services using the Internet, the user side can be quickly provided. A business model for realizing the purchase of various products and services and expanding the sales channels of the products and services is being considered for the trading system operator.

[0009] However, even if it is desired to realize such a business model, the purchase / payment flow of goods and services as described above is complicated. Order by selecting products and services from the catalog on the homepage,
The simple use of the conventional trading system based on the conventional trading method of directly paying the price to the trading system operator after receiving the supply of goods and services is based on the following circumstances, the user / government office / designated trader / trading system There was a problem for operators.

The user wants to use the system using the Internet, but cannot pay the system operator directly due to the purchase / payment flow as described above. There was no choice but to purchase goods and services using the Internet trading system.

Conventionally, it would have been good for a government office to only pay out to a designated trader. However, if the above-mentioned purchase by the trading system using the Internet is approved, the trading system operator is added in addition to the designated trader. A new task of performing a withdrawal operation occurs. Adopting an Internet-based trading system that is convenient for the user, but difficult for the government office.
Permission could be judged to be difficult.

[0012] Further, for a designated trader, there is a risk that the handling of goods and services may be reduced due to so-called hollowing out and the business may be forced to close down, and a system using the Internet has not been firmly accepted. In addition, there are cases where designated contractors do not resist the trend and want to expand their products and services using the Internet etc., but there are many cost generation requirements such as system construction and homepage creation, and There was no way to compete with large-scale sites, and it was difficult to use the Internet.

For a trading system operator, even if the sales channel for goods and services can be expanded by a conventional system using the Internet, it is necessary to prepare invoices in different formats by a plurality of government offices,
Extra work is required, such as the inability to create an invoice in a uniform format, leading to system changes and increased staffing, and the operating costs of the trading system increase significantly. Furthermore, to absorb the cost increase, it leads to a rise in the price of goods and services, making the trading system less attractive compared to other trading systems, reducing the use of users, and purchasing and purchasing as explained above. It is also a concern that few users use the trading system due to the payment flow. Even if you operate the trading system for such special users,
There was a risk that it would not be profitable.

As described above, the user who pays for the purchase / payment flow via the government office is provided with education, welfare, welfare,
This is a user who needs care-related products and services. In order to provide these users with goods and services using the Internet, there has been a pressing need to build a business model that can solve all of the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a trading system for providing goods and services using the Internet.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise and service trading system that benefits each of government offices, designated contractors, and system operators.

[0016]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise / service trading system according to the first aspect of the present invention. A product / service trading system that is connected to a designated trader via a telecommunications facility. The system specifies product / service order data that specifies a product / service required by a user, and specifies a user. User data, and registering means for registering after receiving when the trader data specifying the designated trader with which the user transacts from the plurality of designated traders is transmitted from the user side terminal via the telecommunication equipment, Arrangement means for arranging to supply goods / services pertaining to the product / service order data to the user pertaining to the user data;
Invoice data creating means for creating invoice data for invoking the user associated with the user data for payment of the goods / services pertaining to the goods / service order data, and a designated trader corresponding to the trader data for the invoice data Requesting means for transmitting to the terminal via the telecommunications equipment.

Further, according to the commodity / service trading system of the second aspect, a user who needs education / welfare / welfare / nursing-related goods / services, a plurality of designated traders, and sales / services of goods / services. A merchandise / service buying and selling system connected via telecommunications equipment to a merchandise sales / service provider that provides the merchandise / service, the system comprising: a merchandise / service for specifying goods / services required by a user After receiving the order data, the user data for specifying the user, and the trader data for specifying the designated trader with which the user transacts from the plurality of designated traders, when the data is transmitted from the user terminal via the telecommunications equipment. Registration means for registering, and supply arrangement of goods / services related to the goods / service order data to a user related to the user data. Arrangement means for transmitting, via telecommunications equipment, instruction data instructing to the product sales / service provider side terminal, and payment of the price of the product / service according to the product / service order data according to the user data. Billing data creating means for creating billing data to be charged to the user, and billing means for transmitting the billing data to a designated trader side terminal related to the trader data via a telecommunications facility. Features.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise / service trading system according to the first or second aspect, the registration means includes:
In the case where, in addition to the product / service order data, the user data, and the trader data, public / private distinction data for determining whether to pay by public or private expense is transmitted from the user terminal via the telecommunication equipment. As a means for registering after receipt, the bill data creating means indicates whether payment is public or private based on public / private distinction data, and the payment of goods / services related to the goods / services order data is A means for generating bill data to be charged to the user relating to the user data is characterized in that the designated trader can determine whether the payment is public expense or private expense.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a description will be given of a first embodiment of a product / service trading system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overall system including a product / service trading system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the overall system for operating the product / service trading system 1 is a product / service trading system 1, a telecommunications facility 2, a user terminal 3, a designated trader terminal 4, a product sales / service providing business. At least a user terminal 5.
The user 100 using the user-side terminal 3, the designated trader 200 using the designated trader-side terminal 4, the merchandise sales / service provider 300 using the merchandise sales / service provider side terminal 5, and the government office 400 are: This is the same as the previous description in the related art, and the description is omitted.

Next, the commodity / service trading system 1 will be described. In the present embodiment, the merchandise / service trading system 1 will be specifically described as one large-capacity server having a high processing capacity. In addition, besides this, for example, the product / service trading system 1 having a plurality of servers operated on a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) may be used. The configuration of the product / service trading system 1 is appropriately designed and selected. User side terminal 3, designated trader side terminal 4, and merchandise sales / service provider side terminal 5 of the whole system
And the server of the product / service trading system 1 are connected via the telecommunications equipment 2.

The telecommunications equipment 2 will be described. The telecommunications equipment 2 includes a telecommunications line such as a public line or a dedicated line and equipment such as an exchange in a lump. Here, the telecommunication line is a packet switching network, ISDN (Inte
grated Services Digital Network) or an Internet network including an analog network. A DSU (Digital Service Unit) is provided between the terminal and a telecommunication line to which the terminal is connected.
SU or TA (Terminal Adapter) is connected via a modem if it is an analog network. There is also a form in which a modem is built in the terminal.

The user 10 who uses the cable TV
If it is 0, the user terminal 3 and the telecommunications equipment 2 may be connected using the communication cable of the cable TV. In a cable TV, communication signals are transmitted and received using a surplus band other than a transmission band required for a video signal for a cable TV. Has been realized. Two-way data communication is performed between the product / service trading system 1 and the user-side terminal 3 via a communication cable of a cable TV, and a product / service is traded. When using the cable TV, the video signal of the TV program can also be transmitted. Therefore, in cooperation with a cable TV company, information relating to the sale and purchase of goods and services (images transmitted via the Internet and displayed on a computer). More detailed advertisements and product introductions are performed using ordinary cable TV images).
V can be provided as one program.

Next, the user side terminal 3, the designated trader side terminal 4, and the merchandise sales / service provider side terminal 5 will be described. These terminals when using the Internet network are a personal computer (PC) and a portable information terminal. The PC is a normal desktop laptop personal computer with internet access. The portable information terminal is a PDA (Person
al Digital Assistant), palmtop personal computers, and information terminals such as mobile phones to which data can be transmitted. The user-side terminal 3, the designated trader-side terminal 4, and the merchandise sales / service provider side terminal 5 are concepts that collectively represent these PCs and portable information terminals. Also, if these terminals are L
In the case of a PC connected via in-house equipment such as an AN, the terminal includes equipment such as a gateway, a router, and a large-sized server that constitute a LAN. As described above, it is assumed that the user's terminal is communicably connected to the telecommunications facility via various means such as an internal / external modem as described above.

As described above, various types of telecommunications equipment and terminals can be used. In the present invention, the term "telecommunications equipment" refers to a device which can use the above-mentioned telecommunications line. Data transmission / reception between the product / service trading system 1, the user-side terminal 3, the designated trader-side terminal 4, and the product sales / service provider 5 through a telecommunication line is included. Equipment at a time. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described on the assumption that only the telecommunications facility 2 is interposed between the product / service trading system 1 and these terminals. In the description of the present embodiment, in order to make the description concrete, in particular, the following description will be made assuming that the telecommunications line is an Internet network and the terminal is also a normal computer.

Next, the commodity / service trading system 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a flow from purchase of a product / service to receipt of a price using the product / service trading system 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 illustrates a flow performed by the product / service trading system of the present embodiment. FIG. Hereinafter, these processes will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

In the purchase of goods and services using the goods and services trading system 1, in addition to the case where the user 100, which is a school or a welfare facility, makes purchases using public expenses, the staff or the like belonging to the school or welfare facility may be used. It is assumed that the purchase is made using private expenses. The first embodiment is a merchandise / service trading system realized only when purchasing using public expenses.

The user 100 operates the user terminal 3 in FIG. 1 to access the commodity / service trading system 1. Specifically, the user 100 accesses a web server (not shown) included in the product / service trading system 1, displays a homepage established in the product / service trading system 1 on the user terminal 3, and displays it on the display. An order for a product or service is made in a format for selecting a desired product or service from the catalog on the homepage.

In this case, the product / service order data for specifying the product / service required by the user 100, the user data for specifying the user 100, and the designated trader 200 with which the user 100 trades out of a plurality of designated traders. The company data to be specified is transmitted from the user terminal 3 via the telecommunication equipment 2. And as shown in FIG.
The merchandise / service trading system 1 receives and registers the merchandise / service order data, user data, and trader data when they are transmitted from the user terminal 3 via the telecommunications equipment 2 (registering means). This registration means corresponds to the flow of (1) in FIG.

Here, the product / service order data is
Data that can specify the content of the product / service, such as the name / management number of the product / service. The user data is data for specifying the ordering user 100. In addition to the address, name, telephone number, e-mail address, and the like of the user 100, the member / registration number if a member / registration system is adopted. Can be included.

The trader data is data for specifying the designated trader 200 used by the user 100. In addition to the address, name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. of the designated trader 200, a member / registration system is adopted. If so, the member / registration number can be included. For this trader data, a list of designated traders may be displayed on the homepage, and the user 100 may select from the list.
A format in which text data is input may be used.

Following the registration means, as shown in FIG. 3, the merchandise / service buying and selling system 1 arranges to supply merchandise / services pertaining to the merchandise / service order data to the user pertaining to the user data (arranging means). . This arrangement means corresponds to the flow of (2) in FIG. In this arrangement means, goods are shipped or services are provided to the user 100.

Product / Service Trading System Operator 500
Is a company that stocks products or provides services, the supply arrangements for the preceding products / services are arrangements within the company. The merchandise / service trading system 1 automatically arranges for the merchandise to be dispatched from the warehouse and dispatched by a courier service or the like, or automatically dispatches service personnel who execute services. By making arrangements, the goods and services desired by the user 100 are supplied. Alternatively, the merchandise may be shipped to the designated trader 200 and delivered to the user 100 by the designated trader 200. Further, the product / service order data, the user data, and the trader data may be displayed on a display device (not shown) of the product / service trading system 1, and the operator may make an arrangement by telephone, facsimile or the like.

After the goods / services are supplied, the goods / services
The service trading system operator 500 includes the designated trader 200
Will be charged. In this case, the product
As shown in FIG. 3, the service buying and selling system 1
Invoice data is created for invoking the user associated with the user data for payment of the goods / services related to the service order data (invoice data creation means). This is a means to be processed in the product / service trading system 1.

Here, the bill data is used for billing the designated trader 200, but there is no prescribed format. Therefore, at least the user data relating to the user who purchased the product / service and the product data・ Information on the price of the service is provided. In addition, the date of purchase and detailed information on the purchased product / service can be included in the bill data. These contents are appropriately discarded and selected.

Then, the product / service trading system 1
Transmits the bill data to the designated trader side terminal 4 relating to trader data via the telecommunication equipment as shown in FIG. (Claim) This corresponds to the flow of (3) in FIG.

The designated trader 200 operates the designated trader side terminal 4 to display and print the claimant data on the display device. Based on the bill data, the designated contractor 200
Prepares an invoice in a format specified by the government office 400 in advance to request public expenses. The bill is created by the designated trader side terminal 4 automatically printing the bill using the bill data, or written by the designated trader 200.

The designated contractor 200 sends the bill to the user 100
Send to This corresponds to the flow of (4) in FIG. The user 100 submits the payment order to the office 400 along with the bill. This corresponds to the flow of (5) in FIG.

The accounting department of the government office 400 is designated
Pay the price charged for This corresponds to the flow of (6) in FIG. The designated trader 200 pays a price to the merchandise / service trading system operator 500. This corresponds to the flow of (7) in FIG. The process from the purchase of goods and services at public expense to the receipt of the price is processed in such a flow. The first embodiment is as described above.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by the product / service trading system of the present embodiment. In the first embodiment, the purchase of goods and services at public expense has been described. However, there is a case where the staff of a school or a welfare facility, which is the user 200, wants to purchase a product / service privately by using the product / service buying and selling system, for example, because he / she cannot work at night because he cannot go shopping. Therefore,
In the present embodiment, when purchasing a product or service, it is possible to select between payment at public expense and payment at private expense, and a product / service trading system 1 capable of dealing with both public expense purchase and private expense purchase. And

The overall system including the commodity / service trading system of the present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment of FIG. 1 and will not be described. In addition, in the flow from the purchase of a product / service using the product / service trading system 1 to the receipt of the price, the purchase of the product / service at the public expense is the same as the description of the first embodiment in FIG. . The purchase of goods / services at private expense will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 4.

The user 100 operates the user terminal 3 of FIG. 1 to access the commodity / service trading system 1,
Select a product or service from the catalog on the homepage and place an order for the product or service. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the product / service order data, user data, trader data, and public / private distinction data are transmitted from the user side terminal 3 via the telecommunication equipment 2. The merchandise / service trading system 1 registers after receiving merchandise / service order data, user data, trader data, and public / private distinction data from the user-side terminal 3 via the telecommunications facility 2. (Registration Means) This registration means corresponds to the flow of (1) in FIG.

The product / service order data, user data, and trader data are the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. The public / private distinction data is data for determining whether the payment is public expense or private expense. For example, a radio button or the like for selecting public or private payment on the homepage is arranged, and the user 200 selects the private / private data.

In response to the order, as shown in FIG. 4, the merchandise / service buying and selling system 1 arranges to supply the merchandise / service according to the merchandise / service order data to the user according to the user data (arrangement). means). Then, it sends out a product or provides a service to the user 100. This arrangement means corresponds to the flow of (2) in FIG.

Product / Service Trading System Operator 500
Will charge the designated trader 200 for the price. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the product / service trading system 1 indicates the payment by public or private expense based on the public / private distinction data, and the payment of the product / service related to the product / service order data is performed. Create bill data to be charged to the user associated with the user data (bill data creation means). This is a means to be processed in the product / service trading system 1.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4, the merchandise / service trading system 1 transmits the bill data to the designated trader side terminal related to the trader data via the telecommunication equipment.
(Claim) This corresponds to the flow of (3) in FIG. The flow from (1) to (3) is the same as when purchasing at public expense.

The designated trader 200 operates the designated trader side terminal 4 to display and print the claimant data on the display device. In this case, the designated trader 2
00 can be distinguished between payment by public expense and payment by private expense. In the case of public expenditure, the flow of purchase / payment (4) to (7) is the same as that of the first embodiment described above, and the description thereof is omitted.

In the case of purchasing goods and services at private expense,
The designated contractor 200 creates a bill based on the bill data. In this case, unlike payment by public expense, there is no prescribed form in the bill for private payment, so the terminal automatically prints the bill in an arbitrary format using the bill data, or the designated contractor 200 Make a written invoice in the form.

The designated trader 200 directly brings the bill to the staff of the user 100 specified by the user data, or sends the bill by mail. This corresponds to the flow of (4) in FIG. The staff member of the user 100 pays the price described in the bill by direct handing or bank transfer. This corresponds to the flow of (4) ′ in FIG.

The designated trader 200 pays the merchandise / service trading system operator 500 for the price. This is Figure 2
Corresponds to the flow of (7). In the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a product / service trading system in which processing from purchase of a product / service at public or private expense to receipt of the price is performed.

Next, a third embodiment of the commodity / service trading system 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a flow from purchase of a product / service to receipt of the price using the product / service trading system according to the present embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by the product / service trading system of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, when the merchandise / trading system operator 500 does not stock the merchandise and does not provide a service, or when the merchandise / trading system operator 500 merely mediates merchandise trading, The merchandise / service trading system 1 is a merchandise / service buying / selling system in the case where an order is placed with an external merchandise sales / service provider 300.

Furthermore, in the purchase of goods and services using the goods and services trading system of the present embodiment, a user who is a school or welfare facility purchases at public expense, or a school or welfare facility staff uses private expenses. Products that are purchased only at public expense
The service trading system will be described. The overall system including the commodity / service trading system of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the purchase of goods and services at public expense will be described with reference to FIGS.

The user 100 operates the user terminal 3 of FIG. 1 to access the commodity / service trading system 1,
Order products and services in a format that selects products and services from catalogs on the homepage. As shown in FIG. 6, goods / service order data, user data, and trader data are transmitted from the user side terminal 3 to the telecommunication equipment 2.
Sent via Product / Service Trading System 1
Is registered after reception when the goods / service order data, user data, and trader data are transmitted from the user side terminal 3 via the telecommunications equipment 2. (Registration means) The product / service order data, user data, and trader data are the same as in the description of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. This registration means corresponds to the flow of (1) in FIG.

In response to the order, as shown in FIG. 6, the merchandise / service trading system 1 instructs the user pertaining to the user data to arrange supply of the merchandise / service according to the merchandise / service order data. The data is transmitted to the merchandise sales / service provider via the telecommunications facility 2. (Arrangement means). This arrangement means corresponds to the flow of (2) in FIG.

Then, using the product sales / service provider side terminal 5 of FIG. 1, the product sales / service provider 3
00 reads out the instruction data and sends out a product or provides a service to the user 100. The delivery of the product and the provision of the service correspond to the flow of (3) in FIG.

The merchandise sales / service provider 300
An action is taken for the product / service trading system operator 500. Specifically, when the price is determined in advance, there is no need to reclaim, so the notification data for notifying that the shipment of the product and the provision of the service have been completed is transmitted to the terminal of the product sales / service provider side. 5
Is transmitted to the merchandise / service trading system 1 via the telecommunications equipment 2 by using the communication method, and billing data for billing is transmitted if it is decided to bill each time. The notification of the delivery of the product and the provision of the service corresponds to the flow of (4) in FIG.

Product / Service Trading System Operator 500
Will charge the designated trader 200 for the price. In response to the notification data and the billing data transmitted from the product sales / service provider side terminal 5, as shown in FIG. 6, the product / service trading system 1 sets the price of the product / service related to the product / service order data. Is created (invoice data creation means) for invoicing the user related to the user data for the payment of (1). This is a product
This is a means processed in the service trading system 1.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, the merchandise / service trading system 1 transmits the bill data via the telecommunications equipment 2 to the designated trader side terminal 4 relating to trader data. (Claim) This corresponds to the flow of (5) in FIG.

The designated trader 200 operates the designated trader side terminal 4 to display the claimant data on the display device and print it out by the printer. Based on the bill data, the designated contractor 200 prepares a bill in a format designated by the government office 400 in advance to bill for public expenses.

The designated trader 200 sends the bill to the user 100
Send to This corresponds to the flow of (6) in FIG. The user 100 submits the payment order to the office 400 along with the bill. This corresponds to the flow of (7) in FIG. The accounting department of government office 400 is designated
Pay the price charged for 0. This corresponds to the flow of (8) in FIG.

The designated trader 200 pays the merchandise / service trading system operator 500 for the price. This is Figure 5
Corresponds to the flow of (9). The merchandise / service trading system operator 500 pays the merchandise sales / service provider 300. This corresponds to the flow of (10) in FIG. The process from the purchase of goods and services at public expense to the receipt of the price is processed in such a flow. This is the third embodiment.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by the commodity / service trading system of the present embodiment. In the third embodiment, the purchase of goods / services at public expense has been described. In this embodiment, when purchasing a product / service,
The merchandise / service trading system 1 is configured to allow a user to select between payment using public expenses and payment using private expenses.

The overall system including the commodity / service trading system of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and will not be described. In addition, in the flow from the purchase of a product / service using the product / service trading system 1 to the receipt of the price, the purchase of the product / service at public expense is the same as the description of the third embodiment using FIG. I do. The purchase of goods / services at private expense will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 5 and 7.

The user 100 operates the user terminal 3 of FIG. 1 to access the goods / services trading system 1,
Select a product or service from the catalog on the homepage and place an order for the product or service. As shown in FIG. 7, goods / service order data, user data, trader data, and public / private distinction data are transmitted from the user terminal 3 via the telecommunication equipment 2.

As shown in FIG. 7, the commodity / service trading system 1 transmits commodity / service order data, user data, trader data, and public / private distinction data from the user terminal 3 via the telecommunication equipment 2. If received, register after receiving. (Registration means) Product / service order data, user data, trader data, and public / private distinction data are the same as those described in the first to third embodiments, and a description thereof will be omitted. This registration means corresponds to the flow of (1) in FIG.

In response to the order, as shown in FIG. 7, the product / service trading system 1 issues an instruction to supply the product / service related to the product / service order data to the user 100 related to the user data. The data is transmitted to the merchandise sales / service provider 300 via the telecommunications equipment 2. (Arrangement means). This arrangement means corresponds to the flow of (2) in FIG.

Then, using the product sales / service provider side terminal 5 in FIG. 1, the product sales / service provider 3
00 reads out the instruction data and sends out a product or provides a service to the user 100. The delivery of the product and the provision of the service correspond to the flow of (3) in FIG.

The merchandise sales / service provider 300
The notification data that notifies the product / service trading system operator 500 that the delivery of the product and the provision of the service have been completed is transmitted via the telecommunications equipment 2 using the terminal 5 on the product sales / service provider side. -It transmits to the service trading system 1 and also transmits billing data for billing. The notification of the delivery of the product and the provision of the service corresponds to the flow of (4) in FIG.

Further, the merchandise / service trading system operator 500 charges the designated trader 200 for the price. In response to the notification data and the billing data transmitted from the product sales / service provider side terminal 5, as shown in FIG. 7, the product / service trading system 1 pays for public or private expenses based on public / private distinction data. Invoice data that is shown and invoices the user associated with the user data for payment of the goods / services related to the goods / services order data (invoice data creation means). This is a means to be processed in the product / service trading system 1.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7, the merchandise / service trading system 1 transmits the bill data to the designated trader side terminal 4 relating to the trader data via the telecommunication equipment 2. (Claim) This corresponds to the flow of (5) in FIG. The flow from (1) to (5) is the same as when purchasing at public expense.

The designated trader 200 operates the designated trader side terminal 4 to display and print the claimant data on the display device. In this case, the designated trader 2
00 can be distinguished between payment by public expense and payment by private expense. In the case of public expenditure, the flow of purchase and payment (6) to (10) is the same as that of the third embodiment described above, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

In the case of purchasing goods and services at private expense,
The designated trader 200 is known to pay by private expenses based on the public / private distinction data, and the designated trader side terminal 4 automatically prints an invoice in an arbitrary format using the bill data, or the designated trader 200 Write an invoice and create an invoice.

The designated trader 200 brings a bill to the staff of the user 100 specified by the user data or sends the bill by mail. This corresponds to the flow of (6) in FIG. The staff member who is the user 100 pays the price described in this bill by direct handing or bank transfer. This corresponds to the flow of (7) ′ in FIG.

The designated trader 200 pays the merchandise / service trading system operator 500 for the price. This is Figure 5
Corresponds to the flow of (9). The merchandise / service trading system operator 500 pays the merchandise sales / service provider 300. This corresponds to the flow of (10) in FIG. The process from the purchase of goods and services at public or private expense to the receipt of money is processed in this manner. The fourth embodiment is as described above.

[0074]

The merchandise / service trading system of the present invention has the following advantages by adopting the trading system for performing the processing as in the first to fourth embodiments. (1) For users who cannot directly pay the system operator due to the purchase / payment flow described above, products / services that can utilize the conventional purchase / payment flow via government offices and designated traders Because of the trading system, it is possible to purchase goods and services inexpensively and quickly using a goods and services trading system via the Internet.

(2) For the government office, since it is a merchandise / service trading system that can utilize the conventional purchase / payment flow via the user, the office, and the designated trader, a new payment operation is performed for the trading system operator. No work is required, and it is only necessary to perform a withdrawal operation to the conventional designated trader, and it is easy to adopt and permit purchase by the above-mentioned trading system using the Internet.

(3) In addition, the designated trader can participate in a product / service trading system on the Internet that can sufficiently oppose the preceding large-scale site.・ Because the service trading system operator bears, it is possible to expand the products and services handled while suppressing the investment burden.

(4) Product / Service Trading System For the operator, the product / service trading system, which is a computer, creates invoices in a unified format, and a plurality of government offices specify the work of creating invoices in different formats. There is no need to do extra work because it can be outsourced to a contractor. In addition, the cost generation requirement of changing the system and increasing the number of personnel can be suppressed, the operation cost can be kept low, the price of goods and services can be reduced, and the number of users can be increased. There are also technical advantages such as simplification of the processing program and the need for a high-performance operation server. Further, in addition to the convenience of the conventional trading system using the Internet and the ability to utilize the relationship cultivated over many years between the designated trader and the user, the sales channels of goods and services can be expanded in a short period of time.

As described above, in order to solve all the conventional problems, even if the user needs to pay for the purchase / payment flow through the government office, it is necessary to provide products and services related to education, welfare, welfare, and nursing care. It is possible to construct a business model for providing goods and services to the user using the Internet.

In general, according to the present invention, there is provided a trading system for providing goods / services using the Internet, which is a trading system for goods / services that provides benefits to users, government offices, designated traders, and system operators. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overall system including a product / service trading system according to first to fourth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a flow from purchase of a product or service to receipt of a price using the product or service trading system according to the first or second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by the product / service trading system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by a commodity / service trading system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a flow from purchase of a product / service to receipt of a price using the product / service trading system according to the third and fourth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by a product / service trading system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow performed by a product / service trading system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating purchase of a conventional product / service by a user such as a school / welfare facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Merchandise and service trading system 2 Telecommunications equipment 3 User side terminal 4 Designated trader side terminal 5 Merchandise sales and service provider 100 user 200 Designated trader 300 Merchandise sales and service provider 400 Government office 500 Merchandise and service trading system operator

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A goods / service trading system which is connected via telecommunications equipment to a user who needs education / welfare / welfare / nursing-related goods / services and a plurality of designated traders. The system consists of merchandise / service order data that specifies goods / services required by the user, user data that specifies the user, and trader data that specifies the designated trader that the user trades from among a plurality of designated traders. Registering means for registering after transmission from a side terminal via a telecommunications facility, and arranging means for arranging to supply goods / services pertaining to the product / service order data to a user pertaining to the user data Requesting payment of the price of the product / service according to the product / service order data to the user according to the user data. A bill data creating means for creating bill data; and a billing means for transmitting the bill data to a designated trader side terminal relating to the trader data via a telecommunications facility. system. [2] Between a user who needs education, welfare, welfare, and nursing-related products and services, a plurality of designated companies, and a product sales and service provider that sells and provides products. A merchandise / service trading system each connected via a telecommunications facility, the system comprising: merchandise / service order data specifying goods / services required by a user, user data specifying a user, and a plurality of Registration means for registering after receiving, when the trader data specifying the designated trader with which the user transacts from the designated trader via the telecommunication equipment from the user side terminal, and registering the goods / service order data A product sales / service provider that provides instruction data for instructing a user pertaining to the user data to supply and supply goods / services; Arranging means for transmitting to a terminal via a telecommunications facility; and billing data for creating billing data for billing a user of the user data for payment of a product / service according to the product / service order data. A goods / service trading system comprising: a creating unit; and a billing unit that transmits the bill data to a designated trader-side terminal related to the trader data via a telecommunications facility. 3. The merchandise / service trading system according to claim 1, wherein the registration means includes public or private money in addition to the merchandise / service order data, the user data, and the trader data. Means for registering, after receiving, when the public / private distinction data for discriminating the payment is transmitted from the user side terminal through the telecommunications facility, the bill data creating means, the public expense based on the public / private distinction data Or means of payment by private expense, and means for creating invoice data for billing the user pertaining to the user data for payment of the goods / services pertaining to the merchandise / service order data; , Or a product / characteristic that allows the designated trader to determine whether payment is at private expense
Service trading system.