JP2002024707A - Commodity trading method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sale a waste substance and disposed substance substantially valuable as commodity at extremely low prices or free of charge by allowing the commodity to be circulated in markets by utilizing a communication network such as computers. SOLUTION: In this commodity trading method, the information on commodity (particularly, those commodity having low profit such as B class article) from producers is loaded in a server operated by an operating body so as to circulate the commodity in markets, the prices of the commodity appearing on the screens of the terminals of users are converted into the connection fee or points accounted from a connected amount required for the users to select the commodity on the screens, and the users selects the commodity on the screens of the terminals so as to sale the commodity by the connection fee or points required for the selection of the commodity. The product prices are further reduced by the subsidiary payments from local governments and societies and the advertisement fee from companies.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the Internet,
The present invention relates to a merchandise trading method for distributing merchandise using a communication network by a computer regardless of an intranet and selling the merchandise.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional merchandise distribution, merchandise having a high profit margin has been preferentially distributed in the market. Therefore, those products are often products having first-class quality. Conversely, B-class products and C-grade products that have real value as products but have low profit margins are discarded by producers,
It had been disposed of as a disposal item. That is, in the conventional merchandise distribution process, since distribution costs and advertising expenses are high, B-class products and C-class products have little profits and may be in the red even if they have substantial value as products. It was disposed of without distribution to the market.

[0003]

However, by posting the various products including the conventionally disposed products on the screen (homepage) of the terminal device of the communication network, the products are distributed to the market, As a result, it is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise trading method in which a customer can purchase the merchandise at extremely low cost or free of charge.

[0004]

As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a method for buying and selling goods using a communication network by a computer, based on a program of a computer server. The price for the product appearing on the screen of the terminal device of the communication network is converted into a connection fee or points counted from the connection amount required for the customer to select the product on the screen, and the customer is displayed on the screen of the terminal device. This is a merchandise trading method characterized by selling the merchandise at a connection fee or points required for selecting the merchandise by selecting the merchandise. The invention according to claim 2 is the commodity trading method according to claim 1, wherein the price for the commodity is a price reduced by a price down element. According to the third aspect of the present invention, a virtual screen leading to the selection of a product appears on the screen of the terminal device of the communication network, and the customer selects the product through a simulated experience in various scenes appearing on the virtual screen. This is a method for selling or buying commodities according to item 1 or 2. The invention according to claim 4 is the commodity trading method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the commodity is any one of a waste product, a disposal product, a depopulated area commodity, an intermediate or low quality commodity having a substantial value as the commodity. The invention according to claim 5 is the commodity trading method according to claims 1 to 3, wherein the commodity is travel destination information including a sightseeing spot, a resort, and an event venue. The invention according to claim 6 is a method for buying and selling goods using a communication network by a computer, wherein the goods appearing on the screen of the terminal device of the communication network based on the program of the computer server and the goods information related thereto are: Producer information of the commodity presented by the input from the producer and the commodity grade related thereto, and the subordinate commodity presented by the input from the subordinate producer to the commodity presented by the input from the producer, and Related merchandise information is a merchandise trading method in which a customer purchases the merchandise and the subordinate merchandise from the merchandise information and the subordinate merchandise information. The invention according to claim 7 is the commodity trading method according to claim 6, wherein the commodity is any one of a waste product, a disposal product, a depopulated area commodity, an intermediate or low quality commodity having a substantial value as the commodity. The invention according to claim 8 is the commodity trading method according to claim 6, wherein the commodity is travel destination information including a sightseeing spot, a resort, and an event venue. Claim 9
The invention according to claim 8 is a method for buying and selling goods according to claim 8, wherein the dependent goods are travel agent information.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The method according to the present invention can be realized by being programmed in a computer server (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as “server”) and executing the program. This system includes a plurality of hierarchical output screens (hereinafter, may be referred to as “homepage screens”) including an upper page screen and a lower page screen, which are output by accessing from a terminal device through a communication network. In addition, the entire or a part of the output screen of each page screen includes an input screen linked to another page screen. In general, the server is managed and operated by an Internet company (a so-called Internet provider or the like), a mail order company, or a local government. Hereinafter, an organization or the like that manages the server is referred to as an operating entity.

This system, which is programmed on a computer server, has a step 1 in which, on each output screen, as shown in FIG. 1, a customer inputs a selection of a paid page screen or a free page screen on a customer top page.
00, a step 120 to jump to a corner selection screen for selecting a simulation corner, a product direct sales corner or the like by selecting the pay page screen, and inputting a simulation corner selection on the corner selection screen (step 130). ), And a step 140 of collecting a purchased product object using a simulated experience (simulation). As a method of providing the simulated experience, for example, a virtual screen by computer graphics (CG) or a real image (including a still image and a moving image) can be considered. The display method may be not only two-dimensional display using a display but also three-dimensional display using goggles.

In step 130, a simulation corner selection screen is provided, and one or a plurality of simulation corner selection screens are provided. By selecting and inputting the simulation corner selection screen, each simulation corner is selected. You will experience the process of purchasing goods according to the story development (step 140).

[0008] In the program executed in the present embodiment,
The process up to product purchase (product selection) according to the story development of each simulation is counted as a connection amount (for example, connection time, connection distance, amount of advertisement appearing on the screen due to connection, etc.), and the purchased product is The price,
It is converted into a connection fee or points according to the amount of connection required for the customer to select a product on the screen, and is required for the customer to select the product by selecting the product on the screen of the terminal device. It is designed to sell the product for a connection fee or points. The actual merchandise is sent by the customer's selection of these merchandise, and the customer purchases the merchandise.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the connection fee or the point determining factor for determining the product price is, for example, the actual price of the product and the mediation cost required for the management body to manage and operate the server. And a price down element. That is, the price obtained by offsetting the price down element from the necessary price element is determined as the price of the product.

The price reduction factors include subsidies, subsidies and donations (hereinafter referred to as subsidies, etc.) to producers or operating bodies by local governments, cooperatives such as agricultural cooperatives and fishing cooperatives, and advertising fees from operating companies to operating bodies. There is. Therefore, if there is no price down element such as a subsidy or an advertising fee, the above necessary price element is set as the price of the product. On the other hand, when there is a subsidy or the like and a price down factor of the advertisement fee for each product, the price of each product is determined by offsetting by each price down factor.

[0011] The product price and the connection amount corresponding to the product price are determined in advance, and the connection amount and the product price are compared and evaluated programmatically to determine the product among various products. And make it available for purchase. That is, a customer who has connected to the server of the operating body and reached a certain amount of connection can purchase a product commensurate with the amount of connection.

In particular, when there is an advertisement on the simulation screen for product purchase, the user passes through the simulation screen with the advertisement (ie, the customer views the advertisement).
By counting the process as the connection amount, the price of the product displayed on the simulation screen may be further reduced and may be free. In such a case, it is not sufficient to provide a screen for selecting the pay page screen and the free page screen. In addition, the advertisement also has an advertising effect on the customer, and in particular, the sale and purchase of products in a depopulated area leads to the activation of the area.

Further, if there is a subsidy or the like by a local public organization, an agricultural cooperative, a fishing cooperative, or the like, it will be a factor of price reduction, so that the price of each product will be reduced. In other words, the local government contributes a subsidy to the product in which it is a locality, thereby lowering the price of the product in the locality. If the union contributes subsidies, the prices of the products it handles are reduced. If local governments and unions provide subsidies to the operating organization, the prices of products handled by the operating organization can be reduced overall.

As shown in FIG. 1, when a purchase of a product is determined in step 150, information on product sales (products, quantity, The destination is output, and the stock information is updated accordingly. And
The customer receives the goods by home delivery or station delivery by the sales company. Station delivery is a method of delivering to a delivery destination (station) in place of home, and a customer who is often away is going to the delivery destination and receiving the product. The station may be a 24-hour convenience store.

Further, a specific example of a simulation using the above system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
This conceptually shows how a customer (A to E in FIG. 3) accesses the homepage of the management body, acquires a product in each simulation as described above, and delivers the product to the customer. That is, a simulation scene can be selected according to the customer's preference, and a product can be purchased. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the simulation items are various,
First, each customer selects the paid page screen from the top page for the customer, and selects “Mountain Corner” from the item column therein.

That is, FIG. 5 shows the simulation selection screen 10, which is an example of a screen in which “mountain corner” is selected in step 130. For example, by moving the mouse cursor to a place where "mountain" is written and clicking, the "corner corner" can be selected.

FIG. 6 shows a simulation selection screen 11. "Grape picking" from each menu of "Mountain Corner"
It is an example of a screen on which is selected. In addition, it is also possible to publish the advertisement screen 30 related to the "mountain corner". In FIG. 7, when "grape picking" is selected, for example, as shown in the simulation selection screen 12 shown in FIG.
You can choose grape picking from A and BB (A
A and BB are production place names). A related grape advertisement screen 30 can be displayed, and a link screen 40 that links to a grape product direct sales corner described later can also be displayed. In addition, each product (here grape of each production area)
It is preferable to additionally describe the reason why the product is a Class B product or the like.

Next, if the picking of AA grapes is selected, the process proceeds to a simulation screen for obtaining AA grapes, but an advertisement relating to transportation going to AA is displayed as in a simulation screen 20 shown in FIG. It is also possible to post the advertisement screen 31 and the link screen 41 linking to the sightseeing spot corner of the AA. FIG. 9 is a simulation screen on which an actual simulation is performed.
The display method of the simulation is preferably a virtual screen or a real image by computer graphics (CG) as described above.

The customer picks grapes on the simulation screen 21 of the "grape picking corner", and on the picking selection screen that appears after the end of the corner, divides the grapes into desired grapes and undesired grapes. It is delivered from a related sales company and arrives at hand. As mentioned above, due to the advertising fee of advertisements posted on the homepage screen such as operation subsidies and subsidies, the fee is only the connection fee and all the materials collected on the simulation are free (furthermore, even the connection fee Is sometimes free.) Is a feature of this system. Therefore, by using this system, it is possible to find value in a product that is physically usable but has no commercial value, or has a low commercial value.

In other words, even if crabs and the like are caught in a depopulated area, it is possible to find value in marine products such as those who do not eat or buy. The real value of the value is added or raised. In addition, it is expected that it will lead to revitalization of rural areas and depopulated areas.

The details of the game corner in the simulation corner are as follows. First, in the game corner, in a competitive game, customers start all at once from a certain time, and customers with good results can acquire products as prizes. As a system, when there are ten customers, capital of “connection fee × number of customers (here, ten)” is collected, and a product is issued from this capital. The lottery game is also a system in which a prize or a prize is paid out of the capital for “connection fee × number of customers” in this manner. In the game corner as well, a method using a virtual screen or real images using computer graphics (CG) is suitable as described above.

The present invention is a mechanism in which various actions on a simulation are performed on a homepage screen, and "goods" obtained by the actions are delivered free of charge from each production area at a later date. This system is to perform virtual `` strawberry picking '', `` insect gathering '' (beetles and stag beetles), `` wild plant picking '', `` matsutake hunting '' etc. while staying at home, labor and travel expenses to go to the site And so on.

As described above, the connection fee for the simulation of the homepage screen (for example, ¥¥ / min) is determined, and the connection fee corresponding to the connection fee is set by the customer. It will arrive at the source. In short, there are some customers who get products of several thousand yen in one minute on the simulation, and others who can get products of less than 1,000 yen in ten minutes. A business can be established with fares, travel expenses, time, and time required to go to the site, or less than appropriate. The customer pays only the connection fee (¥ per minute) during the simulation, and the commodity price, shipping fee, etc. can be free. For example, while enjoying a game on a communication network, it is possible to actually experience “insect picking” and the like on the screen and obtain a product. Even if you are in the city, you can simulate the act of taking insects on the screen, and you can actually get what you got not only on the game but also on the screen, so it is an impossible experience in everyday life, the desire to satisfy Can be easily obtained. If you get a lot of things in the game, you can look at their individual sizes and take them if you like, or let go if you don't. This is achieved by information and posting of the collected material after collection.

That is, the present invention is a system in which a product obtained through a simulated experience on the Internet arrives at hand.
It is a system that allows you to get a large amount of goods with a small connection fee, and also enables role playing to compete for goods. In addition, it is possible to deliver goods acquired at a connection fee even when accessing from a game model that can be connected to the Internet. Note that the connection fee is a point (for example, 1
(1 point for 00 yen).

Hereinafter, the details of the merchandise direct sales corner will be described. In the pay page screen shown in FIG.
20) When "commodity direct trading corner" is selected, information of each producer is displayed, and the customer and the producer can directly talk with each other. In other words, in the "commodity direct trading corner" of step 310, each producer gathers product information such as products that are less than or equal to the class B of the agricultural product and wants to sell urgently for a specific reason. It is a system in which buying and selling is concluded on the homepage when the quantity meets personal conditions. (This requires a connection fee for the producer and the individual to the “commodity direct sales and purchase corner”.) After the sale is completed, in step 320, money is exchanged and the merchandise is sent between the parties.

For example, Mr. A, an apple orchard manager, suffered heavy damage to apples before shipping due to a typhoon. At this time, in step 300, Mr. A sends information to the "direct merchandise sales corner" through the "top page for producers" to buy apples due to the typhoon damage for X yen. If a buyer does not appear at X yen, the system gradually reduces the amount from X yen to Y yen → Z yen, and waits for the appearance of a customer whose conditions such as price, quantity, and quality match.

FIG. 10 is an example of a screen of a product direct sales corner. As shown in the merchandise trading screen 60 in FIG. 10, the corner is a corner where you can directly buy and sell items that are physically usable but have no merchandise value, or have low merchandise value. , Or updated date "," article name "," prefecture name "," quantity "," quality ",
Enter the information of "comment" and "price" on the producer side,
This is a system where customers and producers who meet the above conditions can exchange at the "commodity direct sales corner". Here, the quality refers to, for example, “excellent / excellent / good” which is a grade (appearance) or “4L / 3L” which is a class (size) in a crop.
2L, L, M, S, 2S ", and the producer sends information, for example," Please purchase 2L of yuan x X yen ". In addition to the illustrations, "comments" include, for example, "Apple caused by typhoon damage, but it was originally a product that should be traded in excellent 3L three days later."
In addition, producers (inn and inn owners) who have problems such as "crabs can be caught but customers do not come" in depopulated areas "Please come to our inn as we will eat all-you-can-eat crabs." And the like.

The "sightseeing spot corner" will be described below. Figure 1
As shown on a merchandise trading screen 61 of No. 0, an independent producer (for example, a ryokan manager or a guest house manager) first posts information about a ryokan or guest house on the “top page for producers”. The subordinate producer that has checked the information posts information subordinate to the information in the subordinate producer column of the “top page for producers” as shown on the merchandise trading screen 62. For dependent producers,
A travel agency, that is, a travel agency (a travel agency, a tour company, a ticket agency, or the like) or a public transportation system (a railway company, a bus company, or the like) can be exemplified.

For example, Y near the coast A, which is an independent producer
Mr. Y, a guest house owner, said, "Because I will eat all-you-can-eat crab,
Please stay at our inn. Service period is from May 10
Until the end of June. On April 1 on the top page for producers. The next day, B was checking that information
The bus company says, "I will make a tour from Osaka station to the nearest station of Y Minshuku by XX yen by bus." In addition, Mr. X of the C tour company who checked the B bus company including the information gave information such as "We will provide this tour using a train and a bus for XX yen." In other words, subordinate producers will have price and non-price competition on this homepage.

By the competition system among the subordinate producers, customers can contract with subordinate producers with the best conditions for achieving the purpose. In addition, there is no need to visit each travel agency and compare pamphlets, and simply select the place you want to go and you can select and contract a tour that accompanies it.

As described in the description of the simulation corner, in the case of a system having the steps shown in FIG. 1 above in connection with the direct sale corner of a product, in the case where an advertisement fee is adopted as a factor for determining a product price, The following method may be adopted. For example, an independent producer (for example, a hotel, an inn, etc.) and a dependent producer (for example, a tour company, a bus company) who want to sell strawberry hunting can display their advertisement screens on the paid page screen (free of charge) of the homepage screen according to the present embodiment. Page may be displayed on the screen of the simulation or a subsequent one, and the customer inputs the selection of the advertisement screen, and the input selection information is used as a product sample of the actual “strawberry” that can be picked by the strawberry picking. It is also possible to employ a system that includes a step of sending to a sending supplier (including an independent producer or a dependent producer).

In addition, the hot spring inn of an independent producer who wants to sell the beautiful skin effect is used as an advertisement screen on the paid page screen (free page screen may be used) on the home page screen according to the present embodiment or a simulation screen thereafter. Post an advertisement for a hot spring inn, and enter the selection of the advertisement screen by the customer, and input the selected information to the wooden wash basin of the hot spring inn containing a bathing agent or soap with a beautiful skin effect, for example. It is also possible to adopt a system including a step of sending to a trader (including an independent producer or a subordinate producer) that sends as a product sample.

Other examples of such a method include, for example, a bouquet if a flower garden is sold, a tea leaf if a new tea is sold, a small bowl of Shigaraki ware if a Shigaraki ware experience tour, and the like.

By adopting these methods, it becomes possible for customers to understand the contents of goods or services that could only be expressed in pamphlets and the like in the past. It becomes possible to do activities.

[0035]

As described above, the present invention relates to a method for buying and selling goods by using a communication network by a computer, wherein a price for a goods appearing on a screen of a terminal device of the communication network is determined based on a program of a computer server. The connection fee or points converted from the amount of connection required for the customer to select a product on the screen is converted into a connection fee or points, and the customer selects the product by selecting the product on the screen of the terminal device. The sale method is characterized by selling the product at the connection fee or points required for the product, so that the product has real value as waste, disposed goods, depopulated area products, intermediate or low quality products, or tourist destinations, Various products including travel destination information including resorts and event venues can be displayed on the screen (homepage) of the terminal device of the communication network. It posted, which can be very inexpensive or purchase for free sale.

Further, the price down factor increases the possibility that the price of the product is reduced or becomes free. The price down factors include subsidies, subsidies and donations to producers or operators by local governments, cooperatives such as agricultural cooperatives and fishermen's cooperatives, and advertising fees from companies to the operators.

The present invention also relates to a method for buying and selling merchandise using a communication network by a computer, wherein the merchandise appearing on a screen of a terminal device of the communication network based on a program of a computer server and merchandise information related thereto. Is the product presented by the input from the producer and the producer information of the product grade related thereto, and the subordinate product presented by the input from the subordinate producer to the product presented by the input from the producer. Related product information related to this, which is a merchandise buying and selling method in which the customer purchases the above-mentioned product and the dependent product from the above-mentioned product information and the dependent product information. Goods, disposal goods and other depopulated area goods, intermediate or low quality goods with subordinate goods. In addition to the above, depending on whether or not a purchase has been entered by a customer, producers of goods and related product grades are updated by re-input from producers, and therefore, purchase and sale of goods at extremely low prices Can be. In addition, the above products include tourist products such as travel destination information provided not only by inns and guesthouses in depopulated areas but also by tourists in general tourist destinations including tourist resorts, recreational areas and event venues where demand for attracting customers is large. It is. Furthermore, since the above-mentioned product includes a plurality of subordinate product information based on an input from a plurality of travel agencies for a specific producer product, each travel agency competes in the subordinate producer page. Through this, better services and inexpensive subordinate products can be provided and selected for purchase.

[0038] In addition, in this method of selling and selling commodities, the effect of promoting and advertising products and sightseeing spots in a depopulated area is expected, which leads to activation of the area.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing steps in a commodity trading method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the concept of a commodity trading method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a concept of a commodity trading method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing steps of a simulation screen.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a simulation selection screen.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a simulation selection screen.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a simulation selection screen.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a simulation screen.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a simulation screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of a product direct sales corner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10-12 Simulation selection screen 20, 21 Simulation screen 30-32 Advertisement screen 40, 41 Link screen 50 Acquisition selection screen 60-62 Screen of product direct sales corner

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A method for buying and selling goods using a communication network by a computer, wherein a price of a product appearing on a screen of a terminal device of the communication network is determined by a customer on the screen based on a program of a computer server. Is converted from the amount of connection required to select the connection fee or points to be counted, and the customer selects the product on the screen of the terminal device, and the connection fee or points required to select the product A merchandise trading method characterized by selling goods. 2. The method for selling and selling goods according to claim 1, wherein the price for the goods is a price reduced by a price down element. 3. A virtual screen leading to selection of a product appears on a screen of a terminal device of the communication network, and a customer selects a product through a simulated experience in various scenes appearing on the virtual screen. 2. Product sales method described in 2. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise is one of a waste product having a real value as a merchandise, a disposed product, a depopulated area merchandise, and a middle- or low-grade merchandise. 5. The merchandise trading method according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise is travel destination information including a sightseeing spot, a resort, and an event venue. 6. A method for buying and selling goods using a communication network by a computer, wherein the goods appearing on a screen of a terminal device of the communication network based on a program of a computer server and product information related to the goods are provided to a producer. And the producer information of the commodity grade associated with the commodity presented by the input from the subordinate producer and the subordinate commodity presented by the input from the subordinate producer to the commodity presented by the input from the producer Dependent product information, wherein a customer is a method of buying and selling the product and the dependent product from the product information and the dependent product information. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the merchandise is any one of a waste product, a disposal product, a depopulated area product, a middle-grade or a low-grade product having a substantial value as a product. 8. The method for buying and selling goods according to claim 6, wherein the goods are travel destination information including sightseeing spots, resorts, and event venues. 9. The merchandise trading method according to claim 8, wherein the dependent merchandise is travel agency information.