JP2002183480A - Method of commercial transaction support service and system for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide service supporting a commercial transaction between a candidate for buyer and a registered seller across the nation. SOLUTION: A commercial transaction center 1 to support commercial transactions between an autonomy 2 of each region and sellers 3A, etc., is provided. When a quotation for a specific commodity is requested from a terminal 20 of the autonomy 2 via Web site 15, a quotation is replied based on price information related to the commodity in the region. Concurrently, a seller 3A quoting the lowest price for the commodity is selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a service method and system for supporting commercial transactions between a prospective purchaser such as a government office and a dealer registered with the purchaser.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic commerce in which terminals provided for both purchasers of goods and distributors are interconnected via the Internet and electronic information such as catalogs and quotes are exchanged has become popular. Is being done.

[0003]

By the way, in these electronic commerce, prospective purchasers usually procure a large number of products from various vendors, so that each seller dealing with each product individually accesses and makes a quote. It is necessary to repeat the process of requesting and examining the answer, and the seller also needs to set the desired selling price for all the products handled before the quote request is made,
The degree of freedom in setting the product price according to the content of the quote request was small, only the management cost increased, and it was not efficient.

[0004] Further, for example, when a public office such as a local government in each region is a purchaser, there is a system called "trader registration" for the seller, and a nationwide e-commerce system and an electronic settlement system must be constructed. Could not.
In other words, in order to build a nationwide system, dealers from all over Japan who are registering traders participate and register in advance not only the municipalities that they have registered, but also the sales prices of all the products they handle. You have to get it
Under the current situation where the number of commodities is enormous, it was practically impossible.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and aims to provide a service for nationwide support of commercial transactions between a purchaser and a dealer registered with the purchaser. .

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventor has made intensive studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, each product usually flows from a manufacturer that manufactures it to each seller via a distribution trading company. Paying attention to the fact that the price flowing from the manufacturer to the distribution trading company is constant, the distribution trading company has a margin of only a few percent, and therefore there is almost no difference in the purchase price between the sellers, and flows from the manufacturer to the distribution trading company. The present inventors have found that if the prices are known, it is possible to provide accurate sales quotes to prospective purchasers in consideration of the profits of the sellers before grasping the desired selling prices of the sellers registered as the sellers. Was completed.

[0007] That is, the present invention is a method for supporting a commercial transaction between a prospective purchaser and a seller registered with the trader, and a database for managing the information of the sellers registered with the trader for each prospective purchaser. And a database for managing price information of each product for each region, and a commerce center provided with means for providing a product browsing service and a quotation service through a Web site constructed on the Internet. When a request for quote of a specific product is made from the terminal of the prospective purchaser also connected to the Internet through the Web site, the center generates response data of the sales quote based on the local price information of the product, Is returned to the prospective purchaser, and the seller who is registered as a trader with the prospective purchaser sells the specific product. Requesting presentation of prices, on presented sold desired price was selected the lowest merchant provides commerce support services wherein the notifying the information to that effect to the seller.

Further, the present invention has a database for managing information on sellers registered as dealers by prospective purchasers, and a database for managing price information of each product for each region.
A computer system under the control of a commercial transaction center provided with means for providing a product browsing service and a quoting service through a Web site built on the Internet, a terminal of a prospective purchaser who is also connected to the Internet, and And a computer system of the commerce center, which is connected to the merchant terminal in response to a request for quote of a specific product made through the website from the terminal of the prospective purchaser. Generates sales quotation response data based on the price information and returns it to the prospective purchaser, and sends the desired sales price of the specific product to the terminal of the distributor registered as a trader with the prospective purchaser. Is requested, and the desired selling price transmitted from the terminal of each dealer to the Web site is the highest. After having selected have distributors also provides commerce support services system, characterized in that for notifying information to that effect to the merchant terminal.

According to such a method or system for supporting a commercial transaction, the prospective purchaser does not need to individually access each seller to request a quote, but to reply to an accurate sales quote through the website of the commercial transaction center. And the seller does not need to register detailed prices for their products in advance, and can freely set product prices in accordance with the request for quotation requested by the Commerce Center. It can be set to.

Here, the price information of each product is information on a product purchase price from a product supplier, and response data of a sales quote is generated based on the product purchase price in consideration of a predetermined profit. In such a case, a more accurate sales quotation considering the profit of the seller is returned to the prospective purchaser. Note that the product supplier includes a maker when purchasing directly from a maker, and a middleman when purchasing through a middleman such as a distribution trading company.

If the determined selling price is lower than the desired selling price of the selected seller, the commercial transaction center sells the product at a price equal to or less than the determined selling price to the seller. Thus, it is possible to sell at the originally planned price.

Then, the computer system of the commercial transaction center sends the purchase decision and the confirmed sales to the terminal of the selected seller based on the information of the purchase decision transmitted from the terminal of the prospective purchaser. Preferably, information about the price is notified. As a result, in the same manner as the conventional commercial transaction processing procedure, a formal order process is performed from the prospective purchaser to the seller, and the merchandise is sent from the seller receiving the order to the prospective purchaser. .

The computer of the commercial transaction center
When the system places an order for a product to a selected seller based on order data transmitted from a terminal of a prospective purchaser, electronic commerce and electronic settlement can be performed through the website of the commercial transaction center.

[0014] More specifically, it is preferable that the computer system of the commercial transaction center performs a settlement process for the goods which have been accepted based on the acceptance result data transmitted from the terminal of the prospective purchaser.

As the person who intends to purchase the commercial transaction support service method and system, for example, a public office such as a local government in each region is suitable.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the “purchased person” is assumed to be a local government in each region, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an individual or a company. In the case of an individual, it will support a commercial transaction with a seller registered in the commerce center as a favorite seller of the individual, and in the case of a company, it will be registered in the center as a business partner of the company. It will support commercial transactions with sellers.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a commercial transaction support service system S according to the present invention, and FIGS.
Embodiment, FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment, in which reference numeral 1 indicates a commercial transaction center, 2 indicates a local government, and 3A to 3C indicate dealers.

The commercial transaction support service system S of the present invention
Are for supporting commercial transactions between the local governments 2 in each region and the dealers 3A,... Registered with the local governments. The core of the system includes commercial transactions as support entities for the commercial transactions. A center 1 is provided.

The commercial transaction center 1 manages the information of the registered dealers 3A,... For each local government 2, manages the price information of each product for each region, and establishes a Web constructed on the Internet I. A means for providing a product browsing service and a quotation service through the site 15 is provided. When a request for quotation of a specific product is made through the Web site 15 from the terminal 20 of the local government 2 also connected to the Internet I, The sales replies are answered based on the price information of the region related to the product, and at the same time, the distributor 3A with the lowest selling price for the product is selected, and the municipal government 2 and its registered distributors 3A,.
-It has a role of a bridge between the two parties with regard to the ordering of products between them.

First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on.

The commercial transaction center 1 is connected to one or a plurality of servers which carry out processing means for performing various business processes, storage means 10a and communication control means on a LAN (Local Area Network) constructed in the center. A computer system 10 is provided. In the computer system 10, a Web site 15 is opened on the Internet as a contact point for the local government 2, the distributors 3A,... And the like, and is operated and managed. A WWW server 11 is included. This WWW server 11 uses HTTP (HyperText
Transfer software) is composed of server software for performing protocol processing and the like, and an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file in which information consisting of hypertext is stored. The terminal 20 of the local government 2 through the Web site 15 based on the HTTP protocol
And is visually output on the screen by the WWW browser of the terminal 20.

Further, the computer system 10 of the commercial transaction center 1 is provided with a database server 12 as a storage means 10a.
A,... Manages information for each local government 2,..., A merchandise database 12b that manages price information of each product for each region, and manages information of local governments all over the country. And an authentication database 12d that manages ID numbers and passwords registered for each local government and each dealer.

The price information of each product managed in the product database 12b is configured based on the product purchase price obtained from the distribution trading company 4, the product cost obtained from the manufacturer 5, and the like, and is provided from the commercial transaction center 1 to the local government 2. The sales quotation response data is created by the processing means of the computer system 10 in consideration of the predetermined profit based on the price information of the product.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a commercial transaction in this embodiment.

First, the local government 2 desiring to purchase a product accesses the Web site 15 of the commercial transaction center from the terminal 20 and logs in to the computer system 10 using an ID given by the center in advance. Computer·
When the system 10 receives the login of the terminal 20,
The local government 2 is authenticated by collating the authentication database.

When the authentication of the local government 2 is completed, a standard screen for inputting the quote request data is returned to the terminal 20, and the local government 2 displays a desired (necessary) product item, its quantity, etc. on this screen. Is transmitted from the terminal 20 to the Web site 15 to make an estimate request (ST1).

The computer that has received the quote request data
The system 10 has a product database 12b in the system.
Based on the price information of the corresponding product managed in the above, response data of the sales quote is generated in consideration of a predetermined profit, and this is returned to the terminal 20 of the local government 2 (ST2). More specifically, the estimate reply data is stored in the form of an “estimate” in which the name of the responsible party (organizer) managing the commercial transaction center 1 is described in the form of an FA in the computer system 10.
The server X sends back a reply to the terminal 20. For example, if a certificate of the commercial transaction center 1 is required, a paper document describing the response data is created and mailed with the certificate. As another example, electronic data with an electronic signature may be directly sent back to the terminal 20 using electronic mail or the like.

The commercial transaction center 1 receiving the request for quote
Immediately or within a short period of time, while making a reply to the local government 2 with the above estimate, the seller 3A,. The local government has requested a quote. The products are as shown in the table below. Please provide your company's desired sales price. " Then (ST3), when the sales price is received from each dealer (ST4), a person with the lowest sales price is selected from the presented sellers, and for example, "this Selection notification is made as in "Selected for the case" (ST5). This selection notification means that the right to receive an order with priority from the local government 2 that has requested the quote for the product has been granted, and the above-mentioned presentation is made according to the item, quantity, etc. of the product requested by the local government 2. One or a plurality of sellers are appropriately selected based on the price thus set.

The municipal government 2 which has received the estimation answer in the above-mentioned ST2 makes a final purchase decision through processing such as budgeting based on the estimate, and information on the decision is sent from the terminal 20 to the W
When notified to the computer system 10 via the website 15 (ST6), the commercial transaction center 1 notifies the selected seller 3A of the sales decision and the final sales price (ST7), , The selected seller is notified (ST8).

Thereafter, in the same manner as the conventional commercial transaction processing procedure, the local government 2 performs a formal order processing to the seller 3A (ST9), and the seller 3A who has received the order is received.
The product is sent to the local government 2 together with the government office designated slip (ST10).

Note that the commercial transaction center 1 receives a report from the local government 2 or the distributor 3A that the transaction has been completed, and gives the distributor 3A a "Web site participation fee" based on a certain percentage of the selling price. Collect a fee.

Further, the commercial transaction center 1 stores each dealer 3
A,... Have the ability to sell products, ST2
Is created according to the sellable price of the seller, and the price presented by each seller 3A,... Is higher than the quoted price answered by the commercial transaction center 1. If there is, as shown in FIG. 3, the commercial transaction center 1 sells the product to the selected seller 3A, and the seller 3A sends the product to the local government 2 at the determined price. Is sold.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The commercial transaction center 1 according to the first embodiment described above.
However, the municipal government 2 responds to the estimate of the product requested by the local government 2, selects the registered distributor 3A, and introduces the registered distributor 3A to the local government 2 so to speak, whereas the commercial transaction center 1A according to the present embodiment , The local government 2 and the distributor 3A,
It acts as an intermediary or acting agent for a series of commercial transactions including order receiving and ordering processing and settlement processing between the settlement institution 6 and.

As shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment, the computer system 10A constructed on the LAN of the commercial transaction center 1A manages contract contents and order / order information related to commercial transactions. And a notarization database 12e for performing a notarization process
f and a terminal 6 of a settlement institution 6 such as a credit company or a bank.
0 is connected online via the Internet or the like.

The processing procedure according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The steps up to this point are the same as those in the first embodiment described above. Therefore, the procedure after the order processing (ST6) will be mainly described.

In step ST2, the municipal government 2 that has received a reply to the estimate from the commercial transaction center 1A makes a final purchase decision through budgeting and other processing based on the estimate, and makes an order for the product along with the purchase specification. Data is transmitted from the terminal 20 to the computer system 10A through the Web site (ST
6). Computer system 10 receiving order data
A stores this as order information in the commercial transaction database 12e, and provides the selected seller 3A with
The order data and the purchase specification are transmitted (ST7).
In addition, the commercial transaction center 1A receives the contract from both sides,
Notary measures such as an electronic signature are taken and stored in the notarization database 12f.

The seller 3A, having received the order data, sends the goods to the local government 2 (ST8), and the information on the goods that have been sent is appropriately notified to the computer system 10A of the commercial transaction center 1 (ST9). Commerce Database 1
2e is stored and managed. In response to an inquiry request from the local government 2, the information on these shipped products, that is, information on the shipping status,
The information is provided to the terminal 20 through the Web site 15.

The sent goods are inspected by the local government 2, and the inspection result data is transmitted to the commercial transaction center 1A as appropriate (ST10), and the computer system 10A is operated.
Is stored in the commercial transaction database 12e.

Then, based on the inspection result data transmitted from the local government 2, the management center 1A performs electronic settlement processing of the price of the accepted goods (ST11). In this settlement process, when the management center 1A receives the billing statement data from the seller 3A, the management center 1A checks and compares the billing statement data with the order data in the commercial transaction database 12e, and transmits the billing statement data to the local government 2. Further, the settlement institution 6 receiving the information pays the billed amount to the distributor 3A on behalf of the local government 2 and separately receives the payment from the local government 2.

[0041]

As described above, according to the method and system for supporting a commercial transaction of the present invention, the prospective purchaser does not need to individually access each seller to request an estimate, but to use the Web of the commercial transaction center. Accurate sales quote answers can be obtained immediately through the site, and sellers do not need to register detailed prices for their products in advance, and can use the contents of the quote request requested by the Commerce Center. Accordingly, the commodity price can be freely set each time.

If the determined selling price is lower than the desired selling price of the selected seller, the commercial transaction center sells the product to the seller at a price lower than the determined selling price. , It will be possible to sell at the originally planned price.

Further, when the computer system of the commercial transaction center places an order for a product to the selected seller based on the order data transmitted from the terminal of the prospective purchaser, electronic commerce and the like are performed through the website of the commercial transaction center. Electronic payment becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a commercial transaction support service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a commercial transaction support service.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a product is sold from a commercial transaction center to a seller.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a commercial transaction support service system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the commercial transaction support service.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S Commerce support service system 1, 1A Commerce center 2 Local government 3A, 3B, 3C Distributor 4 Distribution trading company 5 Maker 6 Settlement institution 10, 10A Computer system 10a Storage means 11 WWW server 12 Database server 12a Trader database 12b Product database 12c Local government Database 12d Authentication database 12e Commerce database 12f Notary database 15 Website 20 Terminal 30 Terminal 60 Terminal

Claims (11)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A method for supporting a commercial transaction between a prospective purchaser and a dealer registered with the trader, comprising: a database for managing the information of the distributors registered by the trader for each prospective purchaser; A commerce center having a database for managing price information of commodities for each region, and a means for providing a product browsing service and a quotation service through a Web site constructed on the Internet; Similarly, when a request for quote of a specific product is made from the terminal of the prospective purchaser connected to the Internet through the Web site, response data of the sales quote is generated based on the price information of the region related to the product, and this is used for the purchase. In addition to replying to the prospective person, presenting the desired selling price of the specific product to the dealer registered as the supplier of the prospective purchaser And selecting the seller with the lowest suggested offer price and notifying the seller of the information. 2. The price information of each product is information on a product purchase price from a product supplier, and the commercial transaction center generates answer data of a sales quote in consideration of a predetermined profit based on the product purchase price. The business transaction support service method according to claim 1. 3. The commercial transaction according to claim 1 or 2, wherein upon receipt of information on the purchase decision from the prospective purchaser, the selected seller is notified of the purchase decision and information on the determined sales price. Support service method. 4. If the determined selling price is lower than the desired selling price of the selected seller, the commercial transaction center sells the product to the seller at a price lower than the determined selling price. The commercial transaction support service method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The commercial transaction support service method according to claim 1, wherein the prospective purchaser is a public office such as a local government in each region. 6. A database which manages information of sellers registered as dealers by prospective purchasers, and a database which manages price information of each product for each region, and stores the product through a Web site constructed on the Internet. A computer system under the control of a commercial transaction center provided with means for providing a browsing service and a quoting service, a terminal of a prospective purchaser also connected to the Internet, a terminal of a seller also connected to the Internet, The computer system of the commerce center, in response to a request for quote of a specific product made from the terminal of the prospective purchaser through the Web site, reply data of sales quote based on regional price information on the product. Is generated and returned to the prospective purchaser, and registered as a trader by the prospective purchaser. Requesting the seller's terminal to present the desired selling price of the specific product, selecting the seller with the lowest selling price transmitted from the terminal of each seller to the Web site, A business transaction support service system for notifying the terminal of the seller of the information to the effect. 7. The method according to claim 7, wherein the price information of each product is information on a purchase price of a product from a product supplier, and response data of a sales quote is generated based on the purchase price of the product in consideration of a predetermined profit. Item 6. The commercial transaction support service system according to Item 6. 8. The computer system of the commercial transaction center, based on the information of the purchase decision transmitted from the terminal of the prospective purchaser, sends the purchase decision and the determined sales to the terminal of the selected seller. The commercial transaction support service system according to claim 6, wherein information on a price is notified. 9. The computer system of the commercial transaction center orders goods from a selected seller based on order data transmitted from a terminal of a prospective purchaser.
Or the commercial transaction support service system according to 7. 10. The computer system of the commercial transaction center according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the computer system of the commercial transaction center performs a settlement process for the accepted goods based on the acceptance result data transmitted from the terminal of the prospective purchaser. Commerce support service system described in 1. 11. The business transaction support service system according to claim 6, wherein the purchase prospective person is a government office such as a local government in each region.