JP2002063431A - Shopping system via network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shopping system via network which enables a customer to compare, examine and then purchase the merchandise of plural virtual shops. SOLUTION: In this shopping system provided with the plural virtual shops 2 and an agent site 3 for performing a partial procedure of the plural virtual shops 2 as an agent, the virtual shop 2 is provided with a temporary order reception means 2a for receiving a temporary order from a consumer through the network and a reservation reporting means 2b for reporting a received merchandise reservation condition to the agent site 3 as reservation information. The agent site 3 is provided with a reservation management means 3a for managing the reservation information while making it to correspond to the virtual shop 2 and the consumer, a reservation condition presentation means 3b for presenting the information of the temporary ordered merchandise in the plural virtual shops 2 to the consumer in response to a request from the specified consumer and a merchandise purchase means 3d for reporting the purchase of the merchandise to the corresponding virtual shop 2 when the consumer selects the purchase of the merchandise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shopping method for shopping via a network, in which a shopping product is temporarily placed in a virtual shopping cart, and all desired products are placed in the shopping cart. The present invention relates to a shopping system via a network for comparing and examining products, selecting a product to be actually purchased, and paying for the product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the Internet, consumers access a virtual store (online shop) on the Internet from an Internet terminal and use the products (including services such as travel reservations and article rental). Electronic commerce, in which trading is performed electronically, has become popular.

In such electronic commerce, a consumer first browses a product at a virtual store, selects a product to be purchased, and then inputs a payment method, a delivery destination of the product, and the like.

At this time, if there are a plurality of products to be purchased, it is inconvenient to input the payment method and the delivery destination of the products each time. A system that puts them in a virtual shopping cart and pays them all at once is being adopted.

[0005]

However, even if the above system is used, the goods put in the shopping cart will be settled in the virtual store.
In the case of shopping around a plurality of virtual stores, it is inconvenient to pay each time the customer moves to the next store.

[0006] In addition, in the case of payment every time a customer moves from one store to another, he / she must always pay attention to his / her own budget so that the budget may not run out during shopping, and allocate the determined budget appropriately. Was difficult.

[0007] Further, it is difficult to compare and examine the price, delivery date, after-sales service, and the like of products between different virtual stores.

[0008] Therefore, it is also possible to browse all desired products first, grasp the price, delivery date, after-sales service, total cost, etc., and then connect to the virtual store again to purchase the product without paying the account when moving the store. Although it is possible, it is necessary to store the URLs of a plurality of products and access each virtual store, which is troublesome.

Further, confirmation of the stock status, delivery date, delivery status, etc. of the product must be performed for each virtual store, and when a large number of products are ordered, the confirmation becomes complicated.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and is a shopping system via a network that enables a consumer to compare and examine products of a plurality of virtual stores before purchasing the products. .

[0011]

To achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following means.

That is, according to the present invention, when shopping at a plurality of virtual stores that sell products on a network, each time they visit a virtual store, they do not make a regular order, but instead purchase a product that they wish to purchase at the time of the visit. After placing a temporary order and visiting all the virtual stores that you want to visit, consider repurchasing the products for which you have placed the temporary order, canceling the temporary order for unnecessary products, and ordering regular products for necessary products. . For this reason, the shopping system of the present invention is provided with a proxy site that performs a partial procedure of the plurality of virtual stores, and the virtual store includes a temporary order receiving unit that receives a temporary order from a consumer via a network. And a reservation notifying unit for notifying the agent site of the reservation status of the product received by the provisional order receiving unit as reservation information. The agent site may include a reservation management unit that manages the reservation information from the reservation notification unit in association with the virtual store and a consumer, and a reservation management unit that responds to a request from a specific consumer. Referring to the reservation information, a reservation status presenting means for presenting the information of the product provisionally ordered in the plurality of virtual stores to the specific consumer, and a display of the product presented by the specific consumer by the reservation status presenting means. A product purchase unit for notifying the corresponding virtual store of purchase of the product by referring to the reservation information of the reservation management unit when the purchase is selected.

[0013] Thus, the reservation management means and the reservation status presenting means form a virtual shopping cart, and the shopping cart can store the reserved goods related to a plurality of virtual shops. Is displayed on one shopping cart so that comparison and examination can be performed.

Here, the virtual store is provided with grace information notifying means for notifying grace period information indicating the expiration date of the tentative order received by the tentative order receiving means to the reservation management means of the agency site. Is also good. Further, the reservation management means manages the grace period information in association with the reservation information, and the reservation status presenting means refers to the grace information of the reservation management means in response to a request from the specific consumer,
The grace period of the product may be presented together with information on the provisionally ordered product.

[0015] By setting the grace period in this way, the consumer is able to sufficiently consider the margin. Then, the virtual shop can prepare the goods within this period.

[0016] The virtual shop further includes status information notifying means for notifying the stock information, shipping information or product information of the product received by the temporary order receiving means to the agency site as product status information, The user site has a product status management means for managing the status information in association with a consumer, and the reservation status presenting means refers to the status information of the product status management means in response to a request from the specific consumer. Alternatively, the information may be presented together with information on the ordered product.

[0017] Thus, the status information of commodities relating to a plurality of virtual stores can be confirmed in one shopping cart.

In addition, stock information, shipping information, and product information can be confirmed, so that product information can be grasped in more detail.

Further, the agent site includes identification information issuing means for issuing identification information to a consumer terminal used by the consumer, and the consumer terminal records identification information for recording the issued identification information. Recording means, and identification information notifying means for notifying the connection destination of the identification information, and when the consumer terminal connects to the virtual store, notifies the virtual store of the identification information, and reserves the virtual store. Notifying means notifies the agency information of the reservation information in association with the identification information, and the reservation management means of the agency site manages the reservation information in association with the consumer using the identification information, The identification information is notified when the consumer terminal connects to the agency site, and the reservation status presenting means of the agency site presents information of the temporarily ordered product based on the identification information. It may be.

For example, the consumer terminal notifies the connection destination of the identification information using a cookie, and identifies the consumer based on the identification information. Therefore, even when moving between different virtual stores, the consumer is aware of the identification information. You can easily move without doing.

Further, the proxy site may authenticate the consumer and issue identification information to a consumer terminal used by the authenticated consumer.

After the consumer is authenticated, identification information is issued so that the consumer can be specified, thereby simplifying the operation without repeating the authentication.

According to the present invention, furthermore, a plurality of virtual stores for selling goods on the network, a consumer terminal connected to the virtual store via the network, and a proxy for performing a part of procedures of the plurality of virtual stores A temporary order receiving means for receiving a tentative order from the consumer terminal, and a reservation status of a product received by the tentative order receiving means as reservation information, Reservation notification means for notifying the reservation information, wherein the consumer terminal records reservation information from the agent site, and reservation information browsing means for browsing the reservation information recorded by the reservation information recording means. And when the consumer selects the purchase of the product browsed by the reservation information browsing means, a purchase notification that notifies the agency site of the purchase of the product. And a merchandise purchaser for notifying the purchase to a virtual store corresponding to the purchased merchandise in response to the notification of the purchase. It can also be.

As described above, the virtual shopping cart formed by the reservation information recording means and the reservation information browsing means is provided on the consumer terminal, so that the product reserved on the consumer terminal without connecting to the agency site. The examination of can be performed. Also, reservation information from a plurality of agent sites can be confirmed in one shopping cart.

Further, the virtual shop may be provided with a settlement requesting means for notifying the substitute site of the settlement request.

Since the agent site performs the payment procedure for the commodity price, personal information such as an account number and a telephone number can be centrally managed, so that security can be easily secured.

[0027] In the case where the agent site is provided with a settlement requesting means, the agent site may include a billing means for billing the consumer when the agent site receives a settlement request from the virtual store. .

In each of the above-mentioned configurations, the agent site may include a payment means for paying the commodity price to a business of the virtual shop on condition that the consumer has paid for the commodity price. Can also.

When the network is the Internet, it is preferable that the virtual shop and the agent site are provided in a WWW server. The above configurations can be combined with each other as much as possible.

[0030]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a shopping system via a network according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a consumer terminal for shopping, 2 denotes a plurality of virtual stores that sell products on a network, and 3 denotes a proxy site that performs a part of the procedure of the virtual store 2. .

According to the present embodiment, when a consumer accesses the virtual store 2 via the Internet and finds a product to be purchased in the virtual store 2, the consumer first puts it in a virtual shopping cart and does not settle on the spot. At the next virtual store 2, search for the product you want to compare and other products you want to buy, put them in the shopping cart, put all the products you are considering purchasing in the shopping cart, Considering the stock situation, differences in services due to different stores, the total amount of the product price, etc., consider the product, select the product you want to purchase on the cart and place an order, and it will be posted in different virtual stores Products can be confirmed in one shopping cart, and even if an order involves a plurality of virtual stores 2, the It is a shopping system that was to be able to order products without re-connection. In the present invention, the product includes services such as travel reservation and rental of goods.

The consumer has an Internet terminal (for example, a personal computer) 1 for shopping by connecting to the Internet, and subscribes to a specific Internet connection provider to make a dial-up connection. The consumer terminal 1 includes a browser for browsing a web (World wide web) on the Internet, and stores a cookie (identification information recording unit) 1.
a and a means (identification information notification means) 1b for notifying the cookie to the web of the connection destination. Note that the use of cookies is not essential, and a configuration in which a member number or the like is input as necessary may be employed, or a consumer may select whether or not to use cookies.

Further, the consumer registers in advance on the agent site and obtains a member number and a password for performing authentication.

The virtual shop 2 and the agent site 3 are homepages on the Internet, and are provided in a computer system functioning as a WWW server.

The virtual store 2 is a temporary order receiving means 2a for receiving a temporary order from the consumer terminal 1 connected via the Internet, and a reservation for notifying the agent site 3 of the received reservation information of the product as reservation information. Notification means 2b,
It has a grace information notifying means 2c for notifying the agency site 3 of grace period information indicating the expiration date of the tentative order, and first receives an order from a consumer as a tentative order.

The virtual store 2 is provided with a temporary order receiving means 2a.
Status information notifying means 2d for notifying the agent site 3 of the stock information, shipping information, or item information of the item received at step S3, and settlement request means for requesting the agent site 3 to settle the sold item. 2e.

The agent site 3 includes a reservation management unit 3a for managing the reservation information from the reservation notification unit 2b of the virtual store 2 in association with the virtual store 2 and the consumer, and responding to a request from the consumer. A reservation status presenting means 3 for presenting information on products temporarily ordered in the plurality of virtual stores 2 to the specific consumer with reference to the reservation information of the reservation management means 3a.
b, a merchandise status management means 3c for managing status information from the virtual store 2 in association with the consumer, so that even if the consumer tentatively places an order at a different virtual store 2, the reservation status and the product status are collectively To be able to confirm.

When the consumer selects the purchase of the commodity presented by the reservation status presenting means 3b, the agent site 3 refers to the reservation information of the reservation managing means 3a to establish a corresponding virtual store. There is a product purchase means 3d for notifying the purchase of the product, so that the consumer can order to a plurality of virtual stores at once without connecting to the virtual store.

[0042] Then, the agent site 3 receives a request for payment from the virtual store 2 and, upon receipt of a request for payment, a price billing means 3e for charging the consumer who purchased the product for the product price; Payment means 3f for paying the product price to the business of the virtual store 2 on condition that payment has been made
, And settle the payment for the goods.

In this embodiment, the settlement method is described in Japanese Patent Application
As described in -101623, the price of the product is withdrawn from the utility bill withdrawal account of the consumer who became the member together with the utility bill. In this case, at the time of the authentication in step S1, it may be determined whether or not the authentication is possible by referring to the withdrawal delay information in the utility bill debit account or the utility bill unpaid information. In addition, the upper limit of the payment amount that can be proxied may be determined based on a parameter represented by the contract size or the actual usage amount of the public service.

FIGS. 2 to 4 are flowcharts of shopping in the present system. The shopping process of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the consumer connects to the Internet using the terminal 1, accesses the agency site 3 and inputs the member number and password to perform personal authentication (S1).
If the authentication is not obtained, the procedure is stopped. If the authentication is obtained, the identification information issuing means 3g issues the identification information as a cookie to the consumer terminal 1 so that the consumer can be specified on other sites. Then, the identification information recording means 1a of the consumer terminal 1 records this.

The agent site 3 displays a banner of a member store of the present system or displays a list of member stores, thereby making an authenticated consumer refer to the member store (S2), and allowing the consumer to find the target store. By selecting the virtual store (online shop) 2, a connection is made to the linked virtual store 2, for example, the store A (S3). At this time, the identification information notification means 1b of the consumer terminal 1 notifies the virtual shop 2 of the identification information.

When the consumer browses the product posted at the store A and finds a product to be purchased, the customer selects this product, makes a temporary order with the store A, and reserves the product (S
4). At that time, the settlement requesting means 2e makes a settlement agency request to the agency site 3, and when the settlement agency is accepted, the product is put into a shopping cart (S5). At the same time, the provisional order receiving means 2a of the store A receives this, and at the store A, the reservation notifying means 2b and the grace information notifying means 2e notify the agency site 3 of the reservation information and the grace period. At the same time, the reservation notifying means 2b notifies the identification information to the agency site 3, and notifies that the consumer is an authenticated consumer in step S1. In addition, agent site 3
Indicates that the identity provided is not valid at this time,
The user is required to enter the member information and password again to perform authentication. The reservation management unit 3a of the agent site 3 manages the reservation information and the grace period in association with the consumer, and the reservation status presentation unit 3b presents the reservation information and the grace period in response to the request from the consumer. I can do it.

The reservation management means 3a and the reservation status presenting means 3b constitute a virtual shopping cart. Upon accepting a settlement agency request from each virtual shop 2, a product is put into the shopping cart at the same time (S5), and consumption is performed. By checking the products in the shopping cart, the user can decide whether to purchase the products before purchasing. In addition, when the agent site 3 has made an input to the shopping cart, the agent site 3 replies that fact to the store, and the store A confirms this and completes the transaction of the product reservation (S6).

Similarly, the consumer enters the store B, which is one of the virtual stores 2, (S7), and performs product reservation (S8), shopping cart input (S9), and product reservation (S10).

Further, the consumer enters the store C which is one of the virtual stores 2 (S11), and performs a product reservation (S12), a shopping cart input (S13), and a product reservation (S14).

When connecting to the virtual store 2, the consumer terminal 1 notifies the virtual store 2 of the identification information issued from the agency site 3 in step S 1, and
Are able to identify consumers.

As a result, even if a temporary order is placed by successively connecting to different virtual stores 2 as described above, each virtual store 2
Associates the reservation information with this identification information,
, The agent site 3 can identify the consumer who has reserved the product, and the shopping cart can be easily shared between different virtual stores 2.

Each of the stores A, B,
C is to provide inventory information and status information such as product information (delivery date, etc.) when inventory changes or when a temporary order is received.
For example, when there is no formal order for a predetermined period after the provisional order is placed, the product status management unit 3c of the agent site 3 is notified appropriately (S15, S16, S17).

Then, the consumer examines the merchandise in the shopping cart and makes a purchase decision within the grace period (S18,
S19, S20). At this time, if the cookie information is valid, the shopping cart is displayed based on the identification information. If the cookie information is invalid, the member number and password are input again to display the corresponding shopping cart.

FIG. 5 is a display example when the information in the shopping cart at this time is displayed on the browser of the consumer terminal 1.

As shown in the figure, the shopping cart displays a list of provisionally ordered products, such as the reception date, stock status, purchase expiration date (grace period), purchase store (virtual store), product name, quantity, amount, and the like. Is done.

The consumer refers to these pieces of information, and considers, for example, canceling any product or reducing the number of products to be purchased when the estimated purchase price exceeds the budget. In addition, similar products are provisionally ordered in different virtual stores 2, and inventory information, amounts, and the like are compared and examined.

If the product to be purchased is determined as a result of the examination, the section for confirming the product to be purchased is checked, and a button for collective payment is clicked to notify the agent site 3. On the other hand, the agency site 3 urges the user to confirm the payment contents and select a payment method (cash, service point, or a combination thereof) as shown in FIG. 6, and if the consumer clicks OK, purchases the product. The means 3d notifies each virtual shop 2 of this consumer's selection (formal order) (S21). Then, the consumer is notified of the completion of the purchase procedure as shown in FIG.
The shipping status is displayed so that a shopping cart (shopping basket) is viewed.

At this time, the virtual store 2 is notified of the reception number given by the virtual store 2 in advance at the time of product reservation, the reception number issued by the agency site 3 and the like, along with the product information.

The virtual store 2 makes a delivery slip or requests a shipment based on this number, and sends out the product (S2).
2, S25, S27).

Along with the shipment of the product, the status information notification means 2d notifies the product status management means 3c of the agency site 3 that the product has been sent (S23, S26, S28). The status information notifying means 2d may be configured to sequentially notify information such as which delivery center the merchandise has reached at present, and the fact that the consumer has been brought back to the agency store in the absence of the product in cooperation with the delivery company.

Thus, the consumer can access the virtual shopping cart and check the delivery status of the product (S24).

In the agency site 3, after this formal order, the price request means 3e requests the consumer for the product price (S2).
9). Specifically, an electronic statement is displayed on the consumer terminal 1 to notify the user of the details of the debit, and the consumer is debited from the utility account.

When the payment from the consumer, that is, the direct debit is completed (S30), the payment means 3f
Makes arrangements such as transfer to the business of virtual store 2,
The commodity price is paid (S31, S32, S33), and the transaction ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a product is reserved in the virtual store 2 in a state of provisional order, and the products reserved in the plurality of virtual stores 2 are put into one shopping cart and displayed in a list. To compare products of a plurality of virtual stores 2 or to shop while considering a budget.

Further, the consumer can easily check the stock information, the shipping status, and the product information of the products in the plurality of virtual stores 2 with one shopping cart.

By setting a grace period for provisional ordering,
The consumer can consider purchasing with a margin, and the virtual shop 2 can prepare an appropriate inventory.

Since the details of the transaction remain as electronic data,
It can be used as statement and household account data. In particular, transactions with a plurality of virtual stores 2 can be managed collectively.

When the consumer actually purchases the merchandise, the agent site 3 can provide the virtual store 2 with information such as what kind of other merchandise the user has decided to purchase. it can.

Further, since the virtual shop can know that the consumer has indicated the purchase intention for the product by the provisional order, the sales shop can determine the purchase intention for the specific consumer. Information can be provided individually.

In this embodiment, the agency site 3 allows the consumer to refer to the affiliated store in step S2. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The consumer terminal 1 may be connected. By configuring the shopping mall by the member stores in this way, the shopping cart can be shared by any of the virtual stores 2 within the shopping mall, so that the use range of the shopping cart can be easily explained to the consumer.

Further, in the shopping mall, there is no need to make a payment each time, and the consumer can complete shopping in the shopping mall.

Further, the consumer may search for the virtual store 2 using a search engine, or connect to the virtual store 2 by knowing the URL from a print medium such as a magazine. In this case, the authentication in step S1 may be performed at the time of the first product reservation, and the authentication at the next store 2 may be omitted using the identification information while the identification information by the cookie is valid thereafter.

The reference by the agency site 3, the introduction by the shopping mall, the search by the search engine, etc. may be provided as much as possible, and the consumer may access the virtual store 2 by any means. .

Further, in the present embodiment, the settlement request means 2e makes a settlement agency request to the agency site 3 when the virtual store 2 receives the tentative order. However, the present invention is not limited to this. After receiving the order and shipping the product, or after confirming that the consumer has received the product, the payment request means 2e may make a payment proxy request.

In the present embodiment, the settlement of the commodity price is deducted from the utility bill account. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a credit card, electronic money, transfer to a designated account, etc. may be used.

<Second Embodiment> In this embodiment, a shopping cart is provided in the consumer terminal 1. In this embodiment, the same elements as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the consumer terminal 1 of the present embodiment includes a dedicated browser having a shopping cart function, and allows a consumer to put a product posted in the virtual store 2 into a shopping cart, that is, to input reservation information. The information is recorded by the reservation information recording means 1c and is displayed in a list by the reservation information browsing means 1d, so that the comparison and examination of the products can be performed on one's own terminal.

When the purchase of a product in the shopping cart is determined, the purchase notification means 1e notifies the purchase to the product purchase means 3d of the agency site 3.

FIGS. 9 to 11 are flowcharts of shopping in this embodiment. The shopping process of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the consumer connects to the Internet using the terminal 1 and enters the store A (S40).

When the consumer browses the product posted at the store A and finds a product to be purchased, the customer selects this product, makes a temporary order with the store A, and reserves the product (S4).
1). Then, the temporary order receiving means 2a of the store A receives this, and the reservation notifying means 2b and the grace information notifying means 2c
The reservation information and the grace period information are notified to the reservation management means 3a of the agency site, and the selection of the settlement method is prompted (S42).

Then, the agent site (XX settlement agent)
3 (S43), and if the authentication is not obtained, the procedure is terminated. If the authentication is obtained, the reservation information and the grace period information of the reservation management means 3a are notified to the consumer terminal 1, and the reserved product is designated. Put in the shopping cart (S44).

Similarly, the user enters the store B (S45), performs product reservation (S46), selects a settlement method (S47), performs authentication (S48), and places the reserved product in the shopping cart (S49). The agent site 3 that performs this authentication (S48) may be different from the agent site 3 in step S43 as long as the agent site 3 has a function of putting the reserved product into the consumer's shopping cart. (In this example □□ settlement agency)

Further, the user enters the store C (S50), reserves a product (S51), selects a settlement method (S52), and performs authentication (S50).
Perform 53), and place the reserved product in the shopping cart (S54).

At this time, in the shopping cart, 3
There are two pre-order items, and consumers consider purchasing with reference to price and stock information. Further, a system in which a settlement agency gives service points according to the settlement fee or the like and performs subsequent services (such as making it possible to purchase goods at these points as shown in FIG. 6) according to the points. In the case of adoption, it may be possible to examine the difference in the supplementary services such as the difference in the service points and the discount.

When the purchase of the merchandise at the store A is decided, the agent is notified to the agent site 3 by the purchase notifying means 1e (S55). In the agent site 3 receiving the notification of the purchase, the merchandise purchasing means 3d makes a formal order to the store A (S56).

The shop A receiving the order ships the product to the consumer (S57), and the status information notifying means 2d 'notifies the consumer of the product shipping information by e-mail (S5).
8).

[0099] The same applies to the stores B and C (S59 to S66).

FIG. 12 shows a specific procedure of such a procedure.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram when a mug is reserved at “Umetsuki-tei” which is the virtual store 2.

When the commodity to be reserved is determined as shown in FIG. 12A, the payment method is selected and the name, zip code, address, telephone number, E-mail are selected as shown in FIG.
For example, the user inputs information necessary for the transaction, clicks the “order” button, and performs authentication on the agent site 3.

When the reservation product is input to the shopping cart with this authentication, it is displayed as shown in FIG.

Further, a different virtual store 2, here "FI"
At GARO, reserve a cup saucer mat.
(FIG. 14)

As in the case of the reservation, information necessary for the transaction is inputted, and an order button (not shown) is clicked to place a provisional order.

When the provisional order is authenticated and the reserved product is input to the shopping cart, a list is displayed together with the previous product as shown in FIG.

The consumer considers purchasing a product with reference to the information displayed in the list.

In this example, in order to stop the purchase of the mug, the user checks the cancel column in the row of the mug and clicks the purchase cancel button.

As a result, only the cup saucer mat is displayed as shown in FIG. 16, so the check box is checked and the batch purchase button is clicked.

[0100] Next, a confirmation screen for the settlement contents is displayed as shown in FIG. 17, and after confirming the contents, the OK button is clicked to confirm the purchase. Then, a purchase procedure completion screen similar to that shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, a message indicating that the shipping status is distributed by e-mail is displayed, and the procedure is completed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to examine a product on its own terminal without connecting to the agent site.

Further, if a function for notifying the consumer terminal 1 of the information of the reserved product is provided, it is possible to cope with different agent sites.

In the present embodiment, the purchase notifying means 1e of the consumer terminal 1 collectively notifies the agent site 3 of the purchase notification. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the purchase may be notified directly to each virtual store, and the virtual store may make a request to the proxy site 3 to perform the payment proxy in response thereto.

[0104]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a shopping system via a network that allows a user to compare and examine products at a plurality of virtual stores before purchasing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a display example of a shopping cart.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a payment content confirmation screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram when the purchase procedure is completed.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of shopping in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase procedure in the system of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Consumer terminal 1a Identification information recording means 1c Reservation information recording means 1d Reservation information browsing means 1e Purchase notification means 2 Virtual store 2a Temporary order receiving means 2b Reservation notification means 2c Grace information notification means 2d Status information notification means 2e Payment request means 3 Agency site 3a Reservation management means 3b Reservation status presentation means 3c Product status management means 3d Product purchase means 3e Payment request means 3f Payment payment means 3g Identification information issuing means

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A shopping system comprising: a plurality of virtual stores that sell products on a network; and a proxy site that performs a partial procedure of the plurality of virtual stores. A temporary order receiving means for receiving a temporary order from a user, and a reservation notifying means for notifying the agent site of the reservation status of the product received by the temporary order receiving means as reservation information, the agent site comprising: A reservation management unit that manages the reservation information from the reservation notification unit in association with the virtual store and the consumer, and refers to the reservation information of the reservation management unit in response to a request from a specific consumer; A reservation status presenting means for presenting information of the product temporarily ordered in the virtual store to the specific consumer; and a business product presented by the specific consumer by the reservation status presenting means. And a product purchase means for notifying the corresponding virtual store of the purchase of the product by referring to the reservation information of the reservation management means when the purchase is selected. . 2. The grace information notifying means, wherein the virtual store notifies grace period information indicating an expiration date of the tentative order received by the tentative order receiving means to a reservation management means of the agent site, Means for managing the grace period information in association with the reservation information, and the reservation status presenting means referring to the grace information of the reservation management means in response to a request from the specific consumer, Is presented together with information on the provisionally ordered merchandise, the shopping system via a network according to claim 1, wherein 3. The proxy store includes status information notifying means for notifying the agent site of stock information, shipping information or product information of the product received by the tentative order receiving device as status information of the product. The user site has a product status management means for managing the status information in association with a consumer, and the reservation status presenting means refers to the status information of the product status management means in response to a request from the specific consumer. The shopping system via a network according to claim 1, wherein the information is presented together with information on the provisionally ordered product. 4. The agent site includes identification information issuing means for issuing identification information to a consumer terminal used by the consumer, and the consumer terminal records the issued identification information. Recording means, and identification information notifying means for notifying the connection destination of the identification information, and notifying the identification information to the virtual store when the consumer terminal connects to the virtual store, and reserving the virtual store Notifying means notifies the reservation information to the proxy site in association with the identification information, and the reservation management means of the proxy site manages the reservation information and the consumer in association with the identification information using the identification information, When the consumer terminal connects to the agency site, the identification information is notified, and the reservation status presenting means of the agency site presents information on the temporarily ordered product based on the identification information. Shopping system through a network according to claim 2 or 3. 5. The network according to claim 4, wherein the agent site authenticates the consumer and issues identification information to a consumer terminal used by the authenticated consumer. Shopping system through. 6. A plurality of virtual stores for selling goods on a network, a consumer terminal connected to the virtual store via a network, and a proxy site for performing a partial procedure of the plurality of virtual stores. In the shopping system having the virtual shop, the virtual shop receives a provisional order from the consumer terminal and reserves the reservation status of the commodity received by the provisional order reception means as reservation information to the agent site. Notifying means, wherein the consumer terminal records reservation information from the agent site, reservation information recording means, reservation information browsing means for browsing reservation information recorded by the reservation information recording means, And a purchase notifying means for notifying the agency site of the purchase of the product when the purchase of the product browsed by the reservation information browsing means is selected. A shopping agent via a network, wherein the agent site has product purchase means for receiving a notification of the purchase and notifying the purchase to a virtual store corresponding to the purchased product. 7. The shopping via a network according to claim 1, wherein the virtual store includes a settlement requesting unit for notifying a substitute agency site of a settlement request. system. 8. The agent site according to claim 7, wherein the agent site is provided with a billing means for billing the consumer when receiving a settlement agency request from the virtual store. Shopping system through the network. 9. The agent site comprises a payment means for paying the merchandise price to a business of the virtual store on condition that the consumer has paid for the merchandise price. Item 9. A shopping system via a network according to any one of Items 1 to 8. 10. The network is the Internet, and the virtual store and the agent site are each W
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is provided in a WW server.
10. A shopping system via a network according to any one of items 1 to 9.