JP2002150167A - Electronic shopping control method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience in the ordering processing for designating a delivery address and designating a convenience store, relating to a technology for controlling the shopping through a network such as the Internet, and a shopping home page or the like. SOLUTION: In the Internet shopping by an user, the reservation to a plurality of delivery addresses and the designation of a desired delivery address are controlled by using a delivery address registration control part 104, a delivery address designation control part 105, and a delivery address database 113. Similarly, the selection of a convenience store for the settlement of accounts from plural convenience store companies, and the processing for the settlement of accounts to the convenience store company the basis of the selection are controlled by a settlement of accounts method selecting screen control part 107, a settlement of accounts execution control part 108, a settlement of accounts confirmation mail transmission control part 109, a male server 118, a settlement of accounts method file 114, a settlement of accounts format file 115, and an ordering database 116.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a technique for controlling shopping using a network such as the Internet and a shopping homepage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the development of information technology such as the Internet for realizing electronic commerce, various online shopping transactions have become possible.

A typical shopping mode using the Internet and a homepage is as follows. First, a user connects a personal computer to the Internet, accesses a specific shopping homepage using homepage browser software (hereinafter simply referred to as “browser”) executed on the personal computer, Browse catalogs sequentially.

[0004] When there is a product or the like that the user wants to purchase, the user clicks the shopping button with a mouse (hereinafter simply referred to as "click") and puts the product or the like into a virtual shopping basket. After completing shopping, the user checks the contents of the shopping basket and then clicks the order button.

As a result, a screen for inputting a delivery destination is displayed. The user inputs information such as the address and name of the delivery destination and clicks a button for confirmation or the like. Next, a screen for selecting a settlement method is displayed. As a settlement method, settlement by a credit card, settlement by bank transfer, or settlement at a convenience store (hereinafter, referred to as “convenience store”) can be selected. The user selects one of these settlement methods and clicks a button for confirmation or the like.

[0006] Thus, the order processing is completed.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, the user has to select a delivery destination for each delivery destination. Therefore, there is a problem that the order procedure is complicated, and during that time, a personal computer must be connected to the Internet, which increases the communication fee.

[0008] Payment at a convenience store is very convenient in that payment can be made in a user's usual living area. However, conventionally, a shopping site operating company or a tenant company has been limited by payment procedures. There has been a problem that it is only possible to make a tie-up with one convenience store company, and thus the user cannot select a desired convenience store company, which is inconvenient.

An object of the present invention is to improve the convenience of order processing when specifying a delivery destination and a convenience store.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is based on a technology for controlling shopping using a network such as the Internet and a shopping homepage.

A first aspect of the present invention has the following configuration. First, login from a user via the network (120) is accepted (101, 102, 11).
0).

Next, according to a request from the user after login, one or more delivery destinations specified by the user are registered in advance in the delivery destination database (113) in association with the account authenticated by the login. You.

Next, one or more delivery destinations corresponding to the account authenticated by the login are read from the delivery destination database (113) in accordance with a request from the user after login, and the read one or more delivery destinations are read. Screen for selecting a desired delivery destination from among the delivery destinations (FIGS. 8 and 9)
Is presented to the user via the network (120).

Then, in accordance with a request from the user after login, the delivery destination selected by the user on the selection screen (FIG. 9) is determined as the delivery destination of shopping by the user (105, FIG. 10).

The second aspect of the present invention has the following configuration. First, according to a request from a user via the network (120), a screen (FIG. 11) for selecting one of one or more retail chain companies that can perform payment is used via the network (120). (1)
07).

Then, in accordance with a request from the user, the settlement data relating to the shopping by the user is exchanged between the retailer chain company selected by the user on the selection screen (FIG. 11) and an electronic mail or the like. Communication is performed using a communication medium in a data format corresponding to a retail chain company (108, 109, 115, 116, 11).
8).

According to the present invention, when used by a server computer connected to a network, a computer readout for causing the server computer to perform the same function as the function realized by the configuration of each aspect of the present invention described above. It can also be configured as a possible recording medium.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the first feature relating to the present invention is that the user can freely select a delivery destination from a plurality of delivery destinations registered in advance when using the electronic shopping mall homepage. It is.

Further, in selecting a settlement method, a convenience store to be used for settlement can be selected from a plurality of convenience store companies, thereby automatically completing settlement communication to the convenience store. This is the second feature of the invention.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the management company of the electronic mall manages the homepage of the electronic shopping mall while managing the server computer 119.

The user connects the personal computer to the Internet and inputs a specific URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address using a browser executed on the personal computer, thereby realizing the present invention. Display the shopping homepage.

Although not shown, the respective parts 101 to 109, 117, and 118 constituting the server computer 119 are functions realized as a result of the microprocessor executing a group of programs read from the disk storage device to the main storage device. It is. In addition, databases 110 and 11
3, 116 and files 111, 112, 114, 1
Reference numeral 15 denotes a data group stored in a disk storage device (not shown).

The user first registers as a member. When the user clicks a member registration link (or button) on the homepage displayed on the browser, account registration request data A is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120, and the account It is passed to the registration control unit 101.

Upon receiving the account registration request data A, the control unit 101 generates account registration screen data B in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and transfers it to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server section 117 sends the account registration screen data B to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, an account registration screen as shown in FIG. 2, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer. The user inputs necessary member information using this screen, and clicks a “Send” button 201 (see FIG. 2).

As a result, the account registration screen data B 'in which the member information has been input is transmitted to the WWW server unit 11 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120.
7 is returned to the account registration control unit 101.

The control unit 101 extracts the member information from the account registration screen data B 'and registers it as account data C in the account database 110.
Each time the user accesses the shopping homepage after the above-mentioned member registration operation, the login link (or button) on the homepage displayed on the browser
By clicking, a login operation is performed.

According to this operation, first, the login request data D is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120, and is delivered to the login control unit 102.

The control unit 102 includes a login request data D
Is received, the server generates login authentication screen data E in HTML and delivers it to the WWW server unit 117. The WWW server unit 117 transmits the login authentication screen data E to the personal computer of the user through the Internet 1
20.

As a result, a login authentication screen as shown in FIG. 3, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer. The user uses this screen to enter necessary login information (user ID and password, etc.)
Click the "in" button 301 (see FIG. 3).

Thus, the login authentication screen data E ′ in which the login information has been input is transmitted to the WWW server unit 1 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120.
17 is returned to the login control unit 102.

The control unit 102 executes the login authentication process by extracting the login information from the login authentication screen data E 'and comparing it with the account data C read from the account database 110.

The login control unit 102 generates authentication result screen data F by HTML (not shown), based on the result of the login authentication, and sends it to the browser of the user's personal computer via the WWW server unit 117 and the Internet. And display the corresponding screen. Login control unit 102
When the login authentication is successful, the authentication result screen data F
The user sets the data, called a cookie, in which the user's account information is stored in the user's browser. Thereafter, each time the user accesses the server computer 119, the server computer 119 receives the cookie data transmitted as being included in the access data, and extracts account information from the data. It is possible to identify whether the access is from a user. It should be noted that the cookie data can be set to be automatically deleted after a certain period of time. In this case, the user performs the login operation again.

After the login operation, the user clicks an arbitrary link (or button) on the home page displayed on the browser to display a desired shopping screen.

By this operation, first, the shopping screen display request data G is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120. Upon receiving the shopping screen display request data G, the WWW server unit 117 reads the corresponding shopping screen file 111 in HTML from a disk storage device (not shown), and sends it as shopping screen data H to the user's personal computer. Send it to the Internet 120.

As a result, for example, shopping screens shown in FIG. 4 (shopping list screen) or FIG. 5 (shopping details screen) are successively displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.
The user can shop along these screens. The contents displayed in FIG. 4 or FIG.
For example, the displayed copyright belongs to the company displaying the respective contents.

When the user wants to purchase a product or the like, he or she clicks a shopping button 501 (see FIG. 5) displayed corresponding to the product and puts the product or the like into a virtual shopping basket.

By this operation, first, the shopping cart registration request data I and the product data J are transmitted via the Internet 120 to the WWW server section 11 of the server computer 119.
7 and delivered to the shopping cart control unit 103.

Upon receiving the shopping cart registration request data I and the product data J, the control unit 103 stores the product data in a shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user on a disk storage device or main storage device (not shown). J is additionally registered. The user at this time is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the shopping cart registration request data I.

Subsequently, the shopping cart control unit 103 reads out the registered product data group K from the shopping cart file 112. Next, the shopping basket control unit 103 executes the HTM including the contents of the product data group K.
L to generate shopping basket screen data L and store it in W
Deliver to the WW server unit 117.

The WWW server section 117 sends the shopping basket screen data L to the Internet 120 toward the user's personal computer. As a result, for example, a shopping cart screen as shown in FIG. 6 or 7 is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

The user can delete any or all items in the shopping basket. For example, when the user clicks a delete link of a specific product indicated as 701 in FIG. 7, the shopping basket screen data L ′ and the product data M designated to be deleted are transmitted to the server computer 119 via the Internet 120. WWW server unit 11
7 and delivered to the shopping cart control unit 103.

When the control unit 103 receives the shopping basket screen data L 'and the product data M designated to be deleted,
In particular, the merchandise data M is deleted from the shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user on a disk storage device or main storage device (not shown). If all deletion is specified (see 702 in FIG. 7), all the product data is deleted.

The shopping cart control unit 103 reads out the registered product data group K from the shopping cart file 112 again, generates shopping cart screen data L, and transmits it to the WWW server unit 117 via the Internet. The data is transmitted to the user's personal computer via the terminal 120. As a result, the shopping cart screen after the product is deleted is displayed on the user's browser.

At any time, the user can click the shopping basket display button 502 (see FIG. 5) to display the current contents of his / her shopping basket. In this case, the shopping cart control unit 103 reads out the registered product data group K from the shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user, generates shopping cart screen data L, and outputs it to WWW. The data is transmitted from the server unit 117 to the user's personal computer via the Internet 120.

Next, as an operation particularly related to the present invention,
An operation in which a user registers a delivery destination in advance will be described. When the user clicks the delivery destination registration button 703 on the shopping basket screen shown in FIG. 7, for example, the shopping basket screen data L ′ designated by the button is displayed on the WW of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120.
Received by the W server unit 117, the delivery destination registration control unit 104
Handed over to

Upon receiving the shopping basket screen data L ', the control unit 104 reads the delivery destination registered so far for the user from the delivery destination database 113 on a disk storage device (not shown). Read data group N. The user at this time is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the shopping basket screen data L '.

Subsequently, the delivery destination registration control unit 104 generates delivery destination registration screen data O in HTML including the delivery destination data group N and delivers it to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server section 117 sends the delivery destination registration screen data O to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, a delivery destination registration screen as shown in FIG. 8, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

On this screen, the user can further register new delivery destination information or clear the current delivery destination information. The user changes the registration contents and enters “Registration /
When a “change” button 801 (see FIG. 8) is clicked, the delivery destination registration screen data O ′ is transferred to the WWW server unit 11 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120.
7 and is delivered to the delivery destination registration control unit 104.

The control unit 104 replaces the contents of the delivery destination database 113 corresponding to the user with the contents of the delivery destination data P corresponding to the newly received delivery destination registration screen data O '.

Subsequently, the delivery destination registration control unit 104 generates delivery destination registration screen data O corresponding to the rewritten content, and transmits the generated data to the user's personal computer via the Internet 120 from the WWW server unit 117. Send it out. As a result, the rewritten delivery destination registration screen (see FIG. 8) is displayed on the user's browser.

When the user completes the registration or confirmation of the delivery destination, the user clicks the delivery destination designation button 802 on the screen of FIG. 8, for example. As a result, the delivery destination registration screen data O 'for which the button has been designated is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120, and delivered to the delivery destination designation control unit 105.

Upon receiving the delivery destination registration screen data O ', the control unit 105 firstly stores the shopping cart file 11 corresponding to the user on a disk storage device (not shown).
2 is read, and the product data group K registered therein is read. Subsequently, the delivery destination designation control unit 105 stores the delivery destination database 1 on a disk storage device (not shown).
13, the delivery destination data group N registered so far corresponding to the user is read out. At this time, the user
It is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the delivery destination registration screen data O '.

Next, the delivery destination designation control unit 105 performs delivery by HTML in which a menu for selecting each delivery destination included in the delivery destination data group N is set for each product data included in the product data group K '. Generate destination designation screen data Q,
It is delivered to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server section 117 sends the delivery destination designation screen data Q to the Internet 120 toward the user's personal computer. As a result, for example, a delivery destination designation screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

On this screen, the user can specify each delivery destination in the selection menu 901 for each product.
When the user clicks, for example, the final confirmation button 902 in FIG. 9 after designating the delivery destination for each product, the delivery destination designation screen data Q ′ designated by the button is displayed on the server computer 119 via the Internet 120. WWW
The final confirmation screen control unit 106 received by the server unit 117
Handed over to

The control unit 106 extracts delivery destination data corresponding to each product data from the delivery destination designation screen data Q '. Next, the final confirmation screen control unit 106 reads the shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user and reads out the product data group K registered therein. The user at this time is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the delivery destination designation screen data Q '.

Next, the final confirmation screen control unit 106 determines a delivery destination for each product based on the delivery destination data and the product data group K and calculates a subtotal thereof. Aggregate shipping charges.

Subsequently, the final confirmation screen control unit 106 stores these total results R in the shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user. Then, the final confirmation screen control unit 106 generates final confirmation screen data S in HTML including the results of the aggregation, and delivers the data to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server unit 117 sends the final confirmation screen data S to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, a final confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 10, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

After the user makes a final confirmation, "go to cashier"
When button 1001 (see FIG. 10) is clicked, final confirmation screen data S 'designated by the button is received by WWW server section 117 of server computer 119 via Internet 120, and payment method selection screen control section 107 is set. Handed over to

When the control unit 107 receives the final confirmation screen data S ', it reads out the shopping basket file 112 corresponding to the user, particularly on the disk storage device (not shown), and registers the product data group K registered therein. And a totaling result R are extracted. The user at this time is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the final confirmation screen data S '.

Subsequently, the settlement method selection screen control unit 107
Generates the settlement method selection screen data T by HTML in which a tally result of the purchased merchandise and a menu for selecting the settlement method are set, and transfers it to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server unit 117 sends the settlement method selection screen data T to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, a settlement method selection screen as shown in FIG. 11, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

On this screen, the user can specify a settlement method using a selection menu 1101. As a settlement method, in addition to the conventional "credit card", "cash on delivery (cash on delivery)", etc., "convenience store 1,""convenience store 2,""convenience store 3" Can be selected from among a plurality of convenience store companies.

When the user clicks, for example, a “next” button 1102 (see FIG. 11) in FIG. 11 after selecting the payment method, the payment method selection screen data T ′ specified by the button is displayed on the Internet 120. The data is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the server computer 119 and passed to the payment method selection screen control unit 107.

The control unit 107 extracts payment method data U from the payment method selection screen data T 'and stores it in the shopping cart file 112 corresponding to the user.
The user at this time is identified based on the account information extracted from the cookie data received together with the settlement method selection screen data T '.

Subsequently, the settlement method selection screen control unit 107
Reads the payment method file 114 corresponding to the payment method selected by the user from a disk storage device (not shown), generates payment method display screen data V including the contents thereof, and delivers it to the WWW server unit 117. .

The WWW server unit 117 sends the settlement method display screen data V to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, a settlement method display screen as shown in FIG. 12, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

After the user confirms the contents of the settlement method, a “go to final confirmation of order” button 1201 (see FIG. 12)
When the button is clicked, the payment method display screen data V ′ designated by the button is received by the WWW server unit 117 of the server computer 119 via the Internet 120 and passed to the payment execution control unit 108.

When the control unit 108 receives the settlement method display screen data V ', the shopping basket file 112 on the disk storage device (not shown) corresponding to the user is received.
To extract the product data group K, the tally result R, and the settlement method data U registered therein, and delete the shopping cart file 112 from the directory storage device. At this time, the user sets the payment method display screen data V '.
Is identified based on account information extracted from the above-mentioned cookie data received together with the cookie data.

Next, the settlement execution control unit 108 determines the order number of the current settlement. Next, the settlement execution control unit 108
Reads the payment format file 115 corresponding to the payment method data U (corresponding to the result of convenience store selection, etc.) from a disk storage device (not shown), and has the format specified by the payment format file 115, A payment instruction mail W including the K, the tally result R, and the order number is sent to the mail address indicated by the payment format file 115, and the mail instruction is sent to the mail server unit 117. The mail server unit 117 transmits the settlement instruction mail W to the Internet 120.
And send it to the designated convenience store company.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user can not only select a convenience store to be used for settlement from a plurality of convenience store companies, but also settle the settlement with the selected convenience store company. It is a significant feature relevant to the present invention that transactions are automatically performed in a payment format corresponding to the convenience store company.

Subsequently, the settlement execution control section 108 stores the contents of the order in an order database 116 on a disk storage device (not shown). Then, the payment execution control unit 108 generates payment result display screen data X including the above-mentioned order content, and delivers it to the WWW server unit 117.

The WWW server section 117 sends the settlement result display screen data X to the Internet 120 to the user's personal computer. As a result, a settlement result display screen as shown in FIG. 13, for example, is displayed on the browser of the user's personal computer.

The destination convenience store company that has received the above-mentioned settlement instruction mail W executes a settlement procedure process and returns a settlement response mail Y in which a settlement reception number is described in a predetermined format.

The settlement response mail Y is received by the mail server unit 118 in the server computer 119 via the Internet 120, and then delivered to the settlement confirmation mail transmission control unit 109.

The control unit 109 accesses the order database 116 based on the order number included in the settlement response mail Y, and acquires the contents of the order. Then, it generates a payment confirmation mail Z including the contents of the order and the contents of the payment response mail Y and addressed to the mail address of the user corresponding to the contents of the order, and instructs the mail server unit 117 to transmit the mail. The mail server section 117 places an order for the payment confirmation mail Z via the Internet 120 and sends it to the user's mail account.

As a result, the user receives the settlement confirmation mail Z having the contents as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, for example. This allows the user to confirm the order details and to know the settlement procedure at the designated convenience store.

The present invention is configured as a computer-readable recording medium for causing a computer to perform the same functions as the functions realized by the above-described respective embodiments of the present invention when used by the computer. You can also.

In this case, for example, a floppy disk, C
A portable recording medium such as a D-ROM disk, an optical disk, or a removable hard disk, or a program for realizing various functions of the embodiment of the present invention via a network line is stored in a storage device (RAM or hard disk or the like) in the server computer. Loaded and executed.

[0083]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when using the electronic shopping mall homepage, the user can freely select a delivery destination from a plurality of delivery destinations registered in advance. Becomes possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, not only can a user simply select a convenience store to be used for settlement from a plurality of convenience store companies, but also a settlement transaction with the selected convenience store company. Can be automatically executed in a payment format corresponding to the convenience store company.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the conflicting demands of improving the convenience for the user and simplifying the settlement transaction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an account registration screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a login authentication screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a shopping screen (list screen).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a shopping screen (detail screen).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a shopping cart screen (No. 1).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a shopping cart screen (No. 2).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a delivery destination registration screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a delivery destination designation screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a final confirmation screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a settlement method selection screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a settlement method display screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a settlement result display screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example (first half) of a payment confirmation mail.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example (second half) of a settlement confirmation mail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Account registration control unit 102 Login control unit 103 Shopping cart control unit 104 Delivery destination registration control unit 105 Delivery destination designation control unit 106 Final confirmation screen control unit 107 Payment method selection screen control unit 108 Payment execution control unit 109 Payment confirmation mail transmission control Unit 110 account database 111 shopping screen file 112 shopping basket file 112 113 delivery destination database 114 payment method file 115 payment format file 116 order database 117 WWW server unit 117 118 mail server unit 119 server computer 120 internet

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI theme coat ゛ (reference) G06F 17/60 504 G06F 17/60 504 F term (reference) 5B049 BB11 CC00 CC05 CC10 DD01 EE05 FF01 GG02 5B055 CB00

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A method for controlling shopping using a network, comprising the steps of: receiving a login from a user via the network; and, following a request from the user after the login, providing an account authenticated by the login. Correspondingly, one or more delivery destinations specified by the user are registered in the delivery destination database in advance, and in response to a request from the user after logging in, the delivery destination database corresponds to the account authenticated by the login. One or more delivery destinations to be read out, and presenting a selection screen for allowing the user to select a desired delivery destination from the one or more delivery destinations read out to the user via the network, In accordance with the request from the user, the delivery destination selected by the user on the selection screen is Determined as grayed destinations, electronic shopping control method characterized by comprising the step. 2. An apparatus for controlling shopping using a network, comprising: login control means for receiving a login from a user via the network; and A delivery destination registration control means for registering one or more delivery destinations specified by the user in advance in a delivery destination database in association with the authenticated account; and a delivery destination database according to a request from the user after login. Read one or more delivery destinations corresponding to the account authenticated by the login, and use the selection screen for selecting a desired delivery destination among the one or more readout destinations via the network. Delivery destination presenting means to be presented to the user, and the user Wherein selecting a destination selected on the screen, the user by determining a shopping destination delivery destination determining means and, electronic shopping control device which comprises a. 3. A method for controlling shopping using a network, comprising the steps of:
A screen for selecting one of the one or more retail chain companies that can settle is presented to the user via the network, and the user selects the selection screen according to a request from the user. Communicating settlement data relating to shopping by the user with the retail chain company selected above in a data format corresponding to the retail chain company using an electronic communication medium. Characteristic electronic shipping control method. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of communicating the payment data with the retail chain company using electronic mail. Control method. 5. An apparatus for controlling shopping using a network, the apparatus comprising:
Payment method presenting means for presenting a screen for selecting one of the one or more retailer chain companies capable of performing payment to the user via the network; Settlement of payment data relating to shopping by the user with a retail chain company selected by the user on the selection screen in a data format corresponding to the retail chain company using an electronic communication medium. An electronic shipping control device, comprising: execution control means. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the settlement execution control means communicates the settlement data with the retail chain company using an electronic mail. Electronic shipping control device. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shopping using the network is performed using a shopping homepage that communicates with the Internet based on a hypertext transfer protocol. And controlling the electronic shipping method. 8. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the shopping using the network uses the Internet and a shopping homepage that performs communication based on a hypertext transfer protocol. And an electronic shipping control method. 9. A recording medium for recording a program read by a server computer connected to a network when the program is used by the server computer, wherein: a function of receiving a login from a user via the network; A function for registering one or more delivery destinations specified by the user in advance in a delivery destination database in accordance with the account authenticated by the login in accordance with a request from the user, and a request from the user after login. Reads one or more delivery destinations corresponding to the account authenticated by the login from the delivery destination database, and displays a selection screen for allowing the user to select a desired delivery destination from the read one or more delivery destinations. A function to present to the user via a network, and from a user after login A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing the server computer to perform a function of determining a delivery destination selected by the user on the selection screen as a delivery destination of shopping by the user according to a request; . 10. A recording medium on which a program read by a server computer connected to a network when used is used, according to a request from a user via the network.
A function of presenting a screen to the user via the network for selecting one of the one or more retail store chain companies capable of performing payment, and in accordance with a request from the user, the user A function of communicating settlement data relating to shopping by the user with a retail store chain company selected on the selection screen in a data format corresponding to the retail store chain company using an electronic communication medium; A computer-readable recording medium recording a program to be executed by the server computer.