JP2002007799A - Order-receiving and order-sending support method for special order item - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an order-accepting and order-sending support method for special order items, which is convenient for both an order-sending desiring person and an order-receiving desiring person. SOLUTION: An information-collecting part 11 for an order-receiving and order-sending support system 1 for the special order items stores the attribute information of the order-receiving desiring person, sample data and its attribute information inputted from the order accepting desiring person terminal 2 respectively in a order-receiving desiring person information storing part DB1 and a sample data storing part DB2. According to a request from the order sending desiring person terminal 3 an information-disclosing part 12 respectively reads the attribute information of the order-receiving desiring person from the part DB1, the sample data from the part DB2 and the attribute information of the sample data from a sample attribute information storing part DB3 and causes them to be displayed on the screen of the browser of the terminal 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for supporting the ordering and ordering of a specially ordered product which is convenient for both an orderer and an orderer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as one form of electronic commerce on the Internet, a translator decision system imitating an audition has been put to practical use.

[0003] In this translator determination system, a translation order applicant who wishes to place an order for translation performs an audition of the translation order applicant through an ordering agency organization, and based on the result, the translation order applicant and an order agency. A review is conducted by an organization to determine a translation orderer.

[0004] First, the ordering agency sends the original text given by the translation order applicant to a plurality of translation order applicants via the network. Each translation applicant returns the translation of the original text to the ordering agency via the network. The translations thus collected are examined by the translation ordering applicant and the ordering agency, and the translation ordering party is determined.

Therefore, if this system is used,
The translation order applicant can select an optimal person as a translator from a plurality of translation order applicants.

[0006]

The above-mentioned conventional translator determination system can be considered as a support system for supporting the ordering of a special order product if the translated sentence is considered as a so-called special order product (custom order product).

However, the conventional ordering support system for custom-ordered products is inconvenient because the translation orderer has to provide the original text of the subject one by one even in the process of determining the translation orderer. Is strongly desired.
In addition, since an ordering agent, that is, a manual examination is indispensable, it is hard to say that it is easy to use in terms of confidentiality and cost.

[0008] In addition, the loss of time taken for examinations and the like for the applicants for orders leads to an invisible reduction in efficiency,
There is no denying the possibility of losing orders.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for supporting ordering of custom-ordered products, which is convenient for both an orderer and an orderer. It is in.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting the ordering of a special order product, comprising the steps of: Storing the sample data relating to the special order product that can be provided by the order acceptor, and storing the stored identification information of the order acceptor and the sample data of the order applicant desiring to order the special order item. Providing to the terminal via the network. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sample data and the identification information of the order applicant are stored in a server or the like on the Internet, and provided on demand from a terminal of the order applicant having a web browser. Thus, it is possible to support ordering of custom-ordered products which is highly convenient for both the order applicant and the order applicant.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product, wherein the ordering information includes the identification information and the sample data of the applicant. It is characterized in that a user's terminal registers via a network.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, sample data and the like can be registered even from a remote place, so that the convenience for an order receiving person in a remote place is improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a special order product, wherein the sample data includes an image file and an audio file. Is characterized by including at least one of the above.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by providing a sample of an image or a sound, it is possible to promote a desire for attention of an ordering person.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a special order product according to any one of the first to third aspects. At least one of a name, a creation time, a reference price, a data size, a recording format, production software, and a comment is stored.
According to the present invention, the attributes of the sample data can be provided to the order applicant, so that the order applicant can select a more appropriate order acceptor.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product according to any one of the first to fourth aspects. It is characterized in that a template of the order contract stored in advance is provided to the terminal of the order applicant.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the provided template can be completed by joint work or the like,
For this reason, it is not necessary to prepare an order contract from the beginning, and time for order work can be saved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a special order product, wherein the contract based on the template of the ordering contract is established. It is characterized in that billing is performed when it is done.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, an income is obtained by charging an order accepting person or an order ordering person as an ordering success fee, and this income can be used for server operating costs. it can.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product according to any one of the first to sixth aspects. The number of contacts from the terminal to the terminal of the order applicant is counted and stored, and the stored contact number is provided to the terminal of an arbitrary order applicant.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, an arbitrary order applicant can know the number of contacts to the order applicant as an index of popularity, which is used for predicting the quality of a special order product. be able to.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product according to any one of the first to seventh aspects. The number of times of contact from the terminal to the terminal of the order applicant is counted and stored, and charging according to the stored number of contacts is made to the order applicant.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the possibility of receiving an order increases in accordance with the number of times of contact from the order applicant, and the order acceptor benefits. With this, a legitimate income can be obtained, and this income can be used for operating costs of the server.

[0024]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a method for supporting the ordering of a custom-ordered product according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration and a use form of a custom-ordered product ordering support system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. A custom-ordered product order support system (hereinafter abbreviated as a system as appropriate) 1 is a server (computer system for providing services) connected to the Internet NET, and is operated and managed by a service provider. On the other hand, the Internet NET has an order applicant terminal 2 provided at an office of an order applicant who wants to receive an order for a special order product, and an order applicant terminal provided at an office of an order applicant who wants to place an order. 3 are connected, and each terminal is equipped with a web browser and e-mail software. FIG. 1 shows one terminal each, and other terminals are not shown. In addition, the order receiving applicant here means the creator of the special order product itself and its agent.

The system 1 includes, as a database for storing various data, an order applicant information storage unit DB1,
A sample data storage unit DB2, a sample attribute information storage unit DB3, a contact history information storage unit DB4, a mail form storage unit DB5, and a contract document storage unit DB6 are provided.

The contents of the order applicant information storage section DB1 and the sample attribute information storage section DB3 will be described later.
Other databases will be described. In the sample data storage section DB2, various sample data created by the order applicant are stored and stored. Sample data can be independent files such as still image files, video files with audio, audio files, etc.
l file (Page Description Language Hyper Text Markup Langua
ge) and image files and audio files associated therewith.

In the contact history information storage section DB4, information on the number of times of contact by e-mail from an ordering applicant to an order receiving person is stored for each order receiving person and further for each month. The mail form storage section DB5 stores a template (mail form) for inputting the contents of the above-described electronic mail. The contract document storage unit DB6 stores a template of the order contract, which can be edited and completed from the terminals of both the order applicant and the order applicant. The contract document storage unit DB6 is also used for storing the completed ordering contract.

FIG. 2 is a diagram exemplifying the contents of the order applicant information storage section DB1. The order applicant information storage unit DB1 stores attribute information for each order applicant. Such attribute information includes an order applicant ID, a password, a name, an e-mail address and the like used for identification of the order acceptor. ) And comments from the order applicants are also stored in the order acceptor information storage unit DB1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram exemplifying the contents of the sample attribute information storage section DB3. Sample attribute information storage DB
3 stores attribute information of the sample data. Such attribute information includes the sample ID used to identify the sample data, the orderer ID, the name of the work attached to the sample data by the orderer, the recording format, the size, the software used for production, and the orderer. Comment, time required to create sample data, reference price when assuming that sample data was sold, URL: Un
Information such as the storage location of the sample data specified by the iform Resource Locator.

Returning to FIG. 1, the description of the system configuration will be continued. A mail server (not shown) is connected to the system 1 so that electronic mail can be transmitted and received.

The system 1 is operated continuously by a CPU operating a control program loaded from an external storage device of a computer constituting the system into an internal memory.
An information disclosure unit 12, a mail creation support unit 13, and a contract document creation support unit 14 are provided. In addition, one of these functions
The unit is realized using a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) script or the like. The information collecting unit 11 stores the attribute information, sample data, and the attribute information of the order applicant input from the order applicant terminal 2 into the order applicant information storage unit DB
1. Each is stored in the sample data storage unit DB2.
In response to a request from the order applicant terminal 3, the information disclosure unit 12 samples the attribute information of the order applicant from the order applicant information storage unit DB1, the sample data from the sample data storage unit DB2, and the sample data from the sample attribute information accumulation unit DB3. The attribute information of the data is read, and the order applicant terminal 3 is read.
On the browser screen. Email creation support unit 13
Provides the mail form stored in the mail form storage section DB5 to the order applicant terminal 3, and transfers the contents entered in the mail form to the above-described mail system and transmits it to the order applicant terminal 2.

The contract document creation support unit 14 provides the contractor's template stored in the order applicant information storage unit DB1 to both the order applicant terminal 2 and the order applicant terminal 3, and the system 1 cooperates. The contractor is edited and transmitted to the terminals of both parties, and is stored in the contract document storage unit DB6.

Next, the processing of the custom-ordered product order support system 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of such processing, and FIGS. 5 to 13 are diagrams showing screens displayed on the order applicant terminal 2 or the order applicant terminal 3.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, a top menu screen SC1 displayed first when the system 1 is used.
Button B for registering the attribute information of the order applicant
TN1 and button BT for registering sample data
N3, a button BTN5 for an orderer to view sample data, and a button BTN7 for creating an ordering contract are displayed.

In step S1 of FIG. 4, the order applicant registers the attribute information. In this registration, the order collector presses the button BTN1 on the browser of the order applicant terminal 2 to cause the information collecting unit 11 to display the order applicant registration screen SC2 shown in FIG. Street address,
Ask for phone number and e-mail address. In addition, a genre or comment that the order applicant is good at is input as needed. It should be noted that the special genre can be selected from options stored in advance. Then, the information collecting unit 11 stores the input attribute information of the order applicant in the order applicant information storage unit DB1.

In step S3, the order applicant ID and the password are notified by e-mail to the order acceptor terminal 2 of the order applicant whose attribute information has been registered, as shown in the notification screen SC3 of FIG. You. After that, the order applicant can register the sample data at any time.

When the applicant for order receives the sample data and displays the top menu screen SC1 of FIG. 5 and presses the button BTN3, the information collecting unit 11 proceeds to step S5.
Then, sample data and its attribute information are registered.
That is, the user authentication screen SC4 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the order applicant terminal 2, and the input of the order applicant ID and the password is prompted. Then, when these data are input and the button BTN9 is pressed, it is determined whether or not the data is stored in the order applicant information storage unit DB1 to authenticate the order acceptor. The registration screen SC5 of the sample data and its attribute information shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the name of the work attached to the sample data, the target object of the sample data, the recording format of the sample data, the software used for production, the time required for creating the sample data, and the sample data were sold The reference price and the comment from the applicant are input. Then, the reference button BT on the registration screen SC5
When N11 is pressed, a file selection screen SC6 is displayed, and sample data is selected.

As described above, since the sample data and the like are registered from the terminal of the order acceptor via the network, the convenience for the order acceptor at a remote place can be improved.

For those who do not wish to register sample data or the like via the Internet because of a large data size or the like, the data is obtained by mail or the like as appropriate and stored in the system 1. You may do it.

The information collecting unit 11 stores the sample data registered or obtained in this way and the attribute information thereof in the sample data storage unit DB2 and the sample attribute information storage unit DB3, respectively. In the same manner, the attribute information, sample data, and the attribute information of the order acceptor are appropriately registered from the other order acceptor terminals 2, and the sample data can be browsed from the order applicant terminal 3.

In step S7 of FIG. 4, in response to a request from the order applicant terminal 3, the information disclosing unit 12 stores the attribute information of the order acceptor, sample data and the attribute information in the order applicant information storage unit DB1, Data storage unit DB2
And from the sample attribute information storage unit DB3, and display them on the browser of the order applicant terminal 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of sample presentation screens SC7 associated with each sample data are configured,
The information disclosure unit 12 displays one of them. When the move buttons BTN13 and BTN15 of each screen are operated, the information disclosure unit 12 displays the sample presentation screen SC7 corresponding to the previous sample data and the sample presentation screen SC7 corresponding to the subsequent sample data, respectively.

On one sample presentation screen SC7, the information disclosure unit 12 displays the sample data if the sample data is a still image or a moving image, and outputs the sample data from a speaker or the like of the order applicant terminal 3 if the sample data is audio. . When the part of the sample data is clicked, the information disclosure unit 12 causes the order applicant terminal 3 to download the sample data from the URL indicating the storage location of the sample data in the sample attribute information storage unit DB3.

In addition to the sample data, the information disclosing unit 12 displays, on the sample presentation screen SC7, attribute information of the sample data such as creation time and price, and a request for an order such as a genre and an e-mail address that the user is good at. The attribute information of the user.

Therefore, the order applicant wants to use the move button B
By operating the TN 13 and the BTN 15, sufficient information for determination of the supplier can be obtained, and an optimal determination can be made. When the sample data is a plurality of data constituting a home page, a dedicated display button is displayed on the sample presentation screen SC7, and by pressing this button, the completed home page can be confirmed on another screen. Becomes

In addition to providing the sample data and the like to the order applicant, the special order receiving / ordering support system 1 displays the status of communication from other order applicants to the order applicant displayed on the sample presentation screen SC7. Can be obtained.

That is, the contact status button BTN17 on the sample presentation screen SC7 is pressed, and the request for the contact status from the order applicant terminal 3 is received by the special order receiving / ordering support system 1 as shown in step S9 in FIG. Then, in step S11, the information disclosure unit 12 reads the monthly contact status to the order applicant from the contact history information storage unit DB4,
As shown on the contact status display screen SC8 in FIG. 11, the information is displayed on the browser of the order applicant terminal 3. Therefore, the order applicant can use this as an index of popularity, and can select a more popular order applicant.

Further, the system 1 charges the order applicant in accordance with the number of contacts. This is because the possibility of receiving an order increases in accordance with the number of contacts from the order applicant, and the order acceptor benefits. The revenue from such charging can be used for operating costs of the custom-ordered product ordering support system 1.

By the way, the custom-ordered product ordering support system 1
Can support the creation and transmission of e-mails to favorite order applicants.

That is, the mail transmission button BTN19 on the sample presentation screen SC7 is pressed, and the process proceeds to step S13 in FIG.
As shown in (1), when a request for a mail form from the order applicant terminal 3 is received by the special order receiving and ordering support system 1,
In step S15, the information disclosure unit 12 reads the mail form from the mail form storage unit DB5 and displays the form on the browser of the order applicant terminal 3 as shown in the mail creation screen SC9 in FIG. Make input possible.

Then, the necessary items are input and the transmission button BTN21 of the mail creation screen SC9 is pressed, and as shown in step S17 of FIG. 4, a mail transmission request from the order applicant terminal 3 is sent to the special order receiving and ordering support system 1. Is received, the e-mail creation support unit 13 passes the created e-mail and the e-mail address of the order applicant terminal 2 to the e-mail system connected to the system 1, and in step S19, the e-mail system An e-mail is sent to the terminal 2.
For this reason, the order applicant does not have to start the e-mail program every time at the order applicant terminal 3, so that it is easy to contact the order applicant. When such an e-mail has been transmitted, the information disclosure unit 12 updates the number of contacts to the order applicant in the current month stored in the contact history information storage unit DB4 in step S21.

In this way, the negotiation between the order applicant and the order applicant proceeds, and at the stage of ordering, the order applicant displays the top menu screen SC1 of FIG. 5 and presses the button BTN7. In step S23, a contract creation request from the order applicant terminal 3 is transmitted and received by the system 1. By the same operation, a creation request can be made from the order applicant terminal 2.

In the following step S25, the contract document creation support unit 14 transfers the order contract template from the contract document storage unit DB6 to the work area, and displays the order contract edit screen SC10 in FIG. In addition, the information is displayed on the order applicant terminal 3 to enable editing from both sides.

On the order contract editing screen SC10, it is possible to input or select information relating to the date, the names of those who want to place an order and those who want to receive an order, the title of the order, the contract type, the scope of the contract, the business contents, the deliverables, etc. In addition, a plurality of items such as a contract type, a contract range, business contents, and a delivered item can be appropriately added and provided. When the order contract edited on this screen SC10 is completed, the orderer confirms the contents and presses the orderer confirmation button BTN23 on the screen SC10. On the other hand, when the orderer confirms the contents, the orderer confirmation button BTN25 is pressed. Then, step S27
Then, the contract document creation support unit 14 transmits the completed order contract to both the order applicant terminal 2 and the order applicant terminal 3 via the mail system, and stores it in the contract document storage unit DB6. In addition, the system 1 charges both the applicant for the order and the applicant for the order as a success reward according to the conclusion of the contract. For this reason, the income from such charging can be used for operating costs of the special-ordered product ordering support system 1. Of course, it is also possible to charge either one of the order applicant and the order applicant.

Here, the template of the order contract is completed on the system 1 by joint work.
Simply transmitting such a template to the order applicant terminal 2 and the order applicant terminal 3 can reduce the processing load on the system 1.

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the method for supporting ordering / ordering of a custom-ordered product according to the present invention, the information collecting unit 11 stores the sample data and the order applicant ID in the sample data storage unit DB2 and the order applicant information. The information is stored in the storage unit DB1, and the information disclosure unit 12
In response to a request from the customer, the order applicant ID and the like are read from the order applicant information storage unit DB1 and the sample data from the sample data storage unit DB2, respectively, and displayed on the browser screen of the order applicant terminal 3. The applicant can select the order applicant who provided the favorite sample and place an order for the special order product without manual intervention.

Since the sample data and the like are registered from the terminal of the order receiving party via the network, the convenience for the order receiving party at a remote place is improved.

Further, the sample data is configured to include at least an image file or an audio file, thereby providing an image or an audio sample, so that the order applicant can be encouraged to pay attention.

The information collecting unit 11 allows the order applicant terminal 2 to register attribute information such as a work name (sample name), creation time, reference price, data size, recording format, production software, and comments. Therefore, the information disclosure unit 12 can provide the attribute information of the sample data to the order applicant terminal 3, and therefore, the order applicant can select a more appropriate order acceptor.

The contract document creation support unit 14 provides the order receiving applicant terminal 2 and the order applicant terminal 3 with the order contract template stored in the pre-contract document storage unit DB6. Based on this template, the order contract can be completed by collaborative work or the like. Therefore, there is no need to create the order contract from the beginning, and time for order work can be saved.

In addition, an income can be obtained by charging an order receiving applicant, an order applicant, and the like as a success fee for ordering and receiving, and the income can be used for operating costs of the system.

Further, the number of contacts from any order applicant terminal 3 to the order applicant terminal 2 is counted and stored, and the stored number of contacts is provided to any order applicant terminal 3. The applicant can know the number of contacts with the order applicant as an index of popularity, and this can be used for prediction of the quality of specially ordered products.

In addition, the possibility of receiving an order increases in accordance with the number of contacts from the order applicant, and the order acceptor benefits. Therefore, by charging the order applicant, a legitimate income can be obtained. The revenue can be used for operating costs of the system.

[0064]

As described above, according to the method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product according to the present invention, sample data registered from the terminal of the order applicant is provided to the terminal of the order applicant. It is possible to support ordering of custom-made products that is highly convenient for both the applicant and the order applicant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration and a usage form of a custom-ordered product ordering support system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram exemplifying contents of an order applicant information storage unit DB1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a sample attribute information storage unit DB3;

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a processing flow of the custom-ordered product ordering support system 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a top menu screen SC1.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an order applicant registration screen SC2.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a notification screen SC3 by e-mail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a user authentication screen SC4.

FIG. 9 shows a registration screen SC for sample data and its attribute information.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a file selection screen SC5.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a sample presentation screen SC7.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a contact status display screen SC8.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a mail creation screen SC9.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an order contract editing screen SC10.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Custom-ordered product ordering support system 2 Order applicant terminal 3 Order applicant terminal 11 Information collecting unit 12 Information disclosure unit 13 Email creation support unit DB1 Order applicant information storage unit DB2 Sample data storage unit DB3 Sample attribute information storage unit DB4 Contact History information storage unit DB5 Mail form storage unit DB6 Contract document storage unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Noriyoshi Mikami 3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo East Japan Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Tetsuhiro Takanezawa Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 3-chome 19-2 Tohoku Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Satoko Kono 3-19-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tonichi Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F-term (reference) 5B049 AA01 AA02 CC02 CC03 CC05 DD01 DD05 EE00 EE05 FF03 FF09 GG02 GG04 GG07

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A step of storing identification information of an order applicant who wants to receive an order for a special order item and sample data relating to the special order item that the order applicant can provide, in association with each other; Providing, via a network, the identification information and the sample data to a terminal of an ordering applicant who wishes to order a special order product. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information and the sample data of the order-receiving person are registered from a terminal of the order-receiving person via a network. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sample data includes at least one of an image file and an audio file. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a sample name, a creation time, a reference price, a data size, a recording format, production software, and a comment is stored together with the sample data. Order support method for special order items described in Crab. 5. The order receiving contract terminal according to claim 1, wherein said order receiving terminal and said ordering terminal are provided with pre-stored templates of order contracts. How to support ordering of special order products. 6. A charge is made when a contract based on a template of the order contract is established.
Order support method for the special order products described. 7. A method of counting and storing the number of contacts from an arbitrary order applicant terminal to an order applicant terminal, and providing the stored number of contacts to the arbitrary order applicant terminal. A method for supporting ordering of a special order product according to claim 1. 8. A method of counting and storing the number of contacts from a terminal of an arbitrary order applicant to a terminal of an order acceptor, and charging the order applicant in accordance with the stored number of contacts. 8. The method for supporting ordering of a custom-ordered product according to claim 1, wherein