JP2002056235A - Method and device for auction - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a successful bidder under a condition matched to the request of a seller. SOLUTION: A bid receiving part 6 receives bid information from bidder terminals 1a-1d and limits the participation of a bidder, which is not suited to the desire of a seller E, in auction by referring to auction refusal object information registered by the seller E. On the basis of the bid information from the bidder terminals 1a-1d and auction desire object information registered by the seller E, an auction condition managing part 7 ranks bidders corresponding to the degree of matching to the condition of the auction desire object information. Thus, possibility for the bidder of more matched conditions to make a successful bid is improved by the request of the seller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an auction method and an auction apparatus for providing a service for buying and selling goods in an auction form using a network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when auctioning goods using the Internet, the successful bidder is determined according to the level of a desired purchase price (bid price) input by a bidder, as represented by an auction system. Was.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, for example, "want to sell preferentially to people near the place of residence" or "want to sell to people with children"
There has been a problem that the successful bidder cannot be determined in consideration of the seller's request other than the bid price.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an auction method and an auction apparatus that can determine a successful bidder under conditions that meet a seller's request.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an auction server on a network buys and sells articles registered by sellers by auction between bidders. In the auction method, in addition to the bid price input from the bidder terminal, based on the degree of matching between the auction participation conditions set by the seller terminal and the personal information of the bidder input from the bidder terminal, It is characterized by determining the winning bidder.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1,
In the auction method described above, the auction participation condition includes a plurality of conditions in which points weighted according to importance are set, and is set to a condition where personal information of the bidder input from the bidder terminal matches. The winning bidder is determined based on the sum of the points obtained.

[0007] According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first aspect of the present invention.
In the auction method described above, the auction participation condition includes a rejection condition for restricting a bidder from participating in the auction.

[0008] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to the invention described in claim 4, the article registered from the seller terminal can be
In an auction apparatus for trading by auction between bidder terminals connected via a network, a registration unit for registering auction participation conditions set by the seller terminal, a bid price from the bidder terminal and a bidder Receiving means for receiving personal information; and, in addition to the bid price input from the bidder terminal, the auction participation conditions registered in the registration means and the personal information of the bidder received by the receiving means. Auction status management means for setting a bidder's successful bid priority based on the degree of matching.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 5, according to claim 4,
In the auction apparatus according to the aspect, the auction participation condition includes a plurality of conditions in which points weighted according to importance are set, and the auction status management unit determines a bid price based on a bid price input from the bidder terminal. A first calculating means for calculating one successful bid point; and a second successful bid obtained by summing points set in the plurality of conditions set in a condition that the bidder's personal information input from the bidder terminal matches. It is characterized by comprising second calculating means for calculating points, and priority order setting means for setting a successful bid order of a bidder based on the first successful bid point and the second successful bid point.

According to the present invention, in addition to the bid price input from the bidder terminal, the degree of matching between the auction participation condition set by the seller terminal and the personal information of the bidder input from the bidder terminal is determined. The winning bidder is determined based on the winning bidder.
Therefore, it is possible to determine the successful bidder under conditions that meet the seller's requirements.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, bidder terminals 1a, 1b, 1c, 1
d is a terminal that can be connected to the network 2 such as the Internet, such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant.
Used by The bidder terminals 1a to 1d access the auction device 4 described later via the network 2, and transmit the bid information input by the bidders A to D. The bid information includes bidder's personal information (age, gender, place of residence, etc.) in addition to the bid price. The seller terminal 3 is a terminal that can be connected to a network such as the Internet, such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant, and is used by the seller E who wants to sell goods. The seller terminal 3 accesses the auction device 4 described later via the network 2 and transmits the auction request target information and the auction rejection target information input by the seller.

The auction apparatus 4 includes an auction condition registration unit 5, a bid reception unit 6, an auction status management unit 7, a successful bidder determination unit 8, and an auction participation condition DB (database) 9. The auction condition registration unit 5 stores the auction request target information and the auction rejection target information from the seller terminal 3 used by the seller E in the auction participation condition DB.
Register in 9. The auction-desired target information is information for specifying the desired target that the seller E wants to sell the article, and conceptually, as shown in FIG.
Gender, place of residence, etc.). More specifically, the auction desire target information includes, as shown in FIG. 2, attributes for narrowing down the target persons, values for the attributes, and points indicating numerically which attributes are to be emphasized.

The seller E allocates all 100 points to each attribute so that high points are assigned to the attribute to be emphasized among a plurality of attributes. In the illustrated example, age, gender,..., Occupation, family structure and hobby are set as attributes, but are not limited thereto. On the other hand, the auction refusal target information is information for specifying the rejection target that the seller E does not want to sell the article, and conceptually, as shown in FIG. Consists of information that specifies

The bid receiving unit 6 receives bid information from the bidder terminals 1a to 1d used by the bidders A to D, refers to auction rejection target information registered in the auction participation condition DB 9, and allows a bid. It is determined whether or not it is a bidder. The auction status management unit 7 ranks the bidders based on the bid information received by the bid receiving unit 6 and the auction request target information registered in the auction participation condition DB 9. Successful bidder decision part 8
Ends the auction on the basis of the preset auction ending condition, and determines the final successful bidder.

The functions of the auction device 4 or the functions of the auction condition registration unit 5, bid receiving unit 6, auction status management unit 7, and successful bidder determination unit 8 execute programs stored in a storage unit (not shown). You may do so. The storage unit is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, a CD-ROM, or a RAM (Rand).
om Access Memory) or a combination thereof. In addition, the storage unit may be a fixed time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system serving as a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Including those holding programs.

The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting a program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Also,
The program may be for realizing a part of the processing described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the process mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the auction apparatus 4, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

B. Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment. First, the seller E uses the seller terminal 3 to access the auction apparatus 4 via the network 2 and inputs auction request information and auction rejection information. In the auction device 4, the auction condition registration unit 5 causes the seller terminal 3
The auction request target information and the auction rejection target information, which have been input from, are registered in the auction participation condition DB 9 (S10). Next, the bidders A to D access the auction apparatus 4 via the network 2 using the bidder terminals 1a to 1d, and input bid information including a bid price for an auction item and bidder's personal information. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the bid information of bidder A is "10000 yen, 28 years old, female, living in Tokyo". Similarly, the bid information of bidder B is “15
000 yen, 24 years old, female, living in Tokyo ", bid information of bidder C is" 20,000 yen, 40 years old, male, living in Saitama prefecture ", and bid information of bidder D is" 20,000 yen, 13
Age, woman, living in Tokyo ".

In the auction apparatus 4, the bid receiving section 6 receives the bid information, and determines whether or not the bidder is a bidder by referring to the auction refusal target information registered in the auction participation condition DB9. (S11). For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the bidder D corresponds to “under 20” of the auction refusal target information, and therefore, it is determined that the bidding is not possible at this stage. That is, the bidder who does not meet the seller's wishes is restricted from participating in the auction.

Next, in the auction apparatus 4, the auction status management unit 7
Accordingly, the bidders are ranked based on the bid information received by the bid receiving unit 6 and the auction request target information registered in the auction participation condition DB 9 (S12). In the example shown in FIG. 1, since the auction request target information is “age: 20 years, gender: female, residence: living in Tokyo”, each bidder A, B,
In the case of C (bidder D cannot bid), as shown in auction situation 10, first place: bidder B, second place: bidder A, 3
Rank: The order of the bidder C.

More specifically, for each bidder, a value is calculated by the formula of (bid price + (point addition value of attribute matched with personal attribute × α)) and compared between the bidders. Then, the priority is determined in descending order of the value. A case where the auction requesting target information is set as shown in FIG. 2 will be described with an example. For example, a bidder of "24 years old, male, self-employed, living alone, has a hobby of golf" has "500
0 ", the value of the bidder is 5000+ (20 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 30) × 100 =
10,000. "25-year-old woman, office worker, 4
When a bidder who lives and enjoys golf has a bid of "3000 yen", the value of the bidder is calculated as 300
0+ (20 + 0 + 30 + 20 + 30) × 100 = 130
00. Therefore, 10000 <13000, and the latter bidder is more likely to make a successful bid.

Next, in the auction apparatus 4, the successful bidder deciding section 8 terminates the auction based on preset auction ending conditions, and determines a final successful bidder. Specifically, the auction ends when a preset end date and time is reached, or the auction ends when there is no new bid for a certain period of time. If the end of the auction has not been reached, the process returns to step S11, and the bid of a new bidder is accepted, and the ranking of bidders in step S12 is repeatedly executed.
After the auction, the seller sets the minimum conditions for bidding, for example, the range of the bid price, the sex and age of the bidder, and if the minimum conditions are not met, the bid itself is You may make it invalid. For example, if the bid price range is 5000 yen or more, the bid price of the bidder ranked in step S12 is 50
If it does not reach 00 yen, the bid is invalidated.

By the above-described processing, a ranked bidder list (auction situation 10 in FIG. 1) is finally obtained. If the item is one item, it is sold to the highest bidder in the bidder list. When there are a plurality of articles, the articles are sold to the bidders of the number of articles from the top of the bidder list.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In addition to the bid price input from the bidder terminal, the winning bidder is determined based on the degree of matching between the auction participation conditions set by the seller terminal and the bidder's personal information input from the bidder terminal. Therefore, there is an advantage that the successful bidder can be determined under conditions that meet the seller's requirements.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of auction request target information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a to 1d Bidder terminal 2 Network 3 Seller terminal 4 Auction device 5 Auction condition registration unit (registration unit) 6 Bid receiving unit (receiving unit) 7 Auction status management unit (auction status management unit, first calculation unit, 2 calculation means, priority setting means) 8 successful bidder determination section 9 auction participation condition DB

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An auction method in which an auction server on a network buys and sells an article registered by a seller by auction between bidders, wherein in addition to a bid price input from a bidder terminal, the seller terminal An auction method comprising: determining a successful bidder based on a degree of matching between the set auction participation conditions and the bidder's personal information input from the bidder terminal. 2. The auction participation condition includes a plurality of conditions in which points weighted according to importance are set, and is set to a condition in which the personal information of the bidder input from the bidder terminal matches. 2. The auction method according to claim 1, wherein the winning bidder is determined based on the sum of the points obtained. 3. The auction method according to claim 1, wherein the auction participation condition includes a rejection condition for restricting a bidder from participating in the auction. 4. An auction apparatus for buying and selling an article registered from a seller terminal by auction between bidder terminals connected via a network, wherein the registration for registering auction participation conditions set by the seller terminal. Means, receiving means for receiving a bid price from the bidder terminal and personal information of the bidder, and auction participation conditions registered in the registration means, in addition to the bid price input from the bidder terminal. An auction apparatus comprising: auction status management means for setting a bidder's successful bid priority based on the degree of matching with the bidder's personal information received by the receiving means. 5. The auction participation condition includes a plurality of conditions in which points weighted according to importance are set, and the auction status management means determines a first price from a bid price input from the bidder terminal. A first calculating means for calculating a successful bid point, and a second successful bid point obtained by summing points set in a condition in which the personal information of the bidder input from the bidder terminal matches the plurality of conditions. And a priority order setting unit that sets a successful bid order of a bidder based on the first successful bid point and the second successful bid point. 4. The auction apparatus according to 4.