JP2002269388A - Device, method, and program for electronic commerce - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a commodity buyer to buy a commodity at a low price through cooperative purchase and to allow a seller to sell the commodity in bulk at a desired price. SOLUTION: In a trading server 10, a commodity as a purchase object and the number of intending purchase are received from a purchaser terminal 14-1 used by a promoter to be registered, buying intention for the registered commodity is collected via a network 11, and the number of buying intention for the commodity is received from a plurality of purchaser terminals 14 used by other purchasers (intending buyers). On the other hand, the trading server 10 collects a seller of the commodity registered by the promoter via the network 11. The trading server 10 receives a sales desired price to the number of purchase intention by the intending buyers from a plurality of seller terminals 16, and on the basis of the received sales desired price received from a plurality of seller terminals 16, decides a seller presenting the lowermost price as a successful bidder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce apparatus, an electronic commerce method, and an electronic commerce program for mediating commerce conducted through a network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of networks such as the Internet, so-called electronic commerce (EC (Electronic Commerc
e)) is becoming widely used.

There are various forms of electronic merchandise transactions, one of which is joint purchase. In e-commerce by joint purchase, for example, on the homepage, information such as the product name, the original product price, the current product price, the number of sales, the discount rate, etc. is presented for the product to be jointly purchased, and the user can freely purchase through the network (Products to be purchased, number of purchases) can be notified. The product price (discount rate) is updated according to the number of desired purchases, and is reduced as the number of desired purchases increases. By reducing the commodity price as the number of purchase applicants increases, more purchase applicants are recruited and the number of sales is increased.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional joint purchase in e-commerce, the price of the product is reduced by collecting purchase applicants and increasing the number of purchases to a certain large number. , It was not always possible to sell the desired quantity of goods at the desired price. Usually, when selling a large number of products from the seller, the selling price has been kept low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and enables a purchaser of a product to purchase a product at a low price by making a joint purchase, and the seller can purchase a large number of products at a desired price. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic commerce device, an electronic commerce method, and an electronic commerce program that can be sold by a company.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic commerce apparatus for mediating a commercial transaction between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network.
Registration means for receiving and registering the product to be purchased and the desired number of purchases from the purchaser terminal of the user, and receiving and registering the desired number of purchases from the second purchaser terminal for the product registered by the registration means Means for registering the number of desired purchases, a calculating means for calculating the total number of the desired number of purchases registered by the registration means and the desired number of purchases registered by the desired number of purchases registration means, Selling price receiving means for receiving, from the plurality of seller terminals, a desired selling price for the total number of products to be purchased calculated by the calculating means, and a plurality of sales received by the desired selling price receiving means Seller determining means for determining a seller based on a desired selling price from a seller terminal.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a transaction server 10 (electronic commerce device) is connected to a purchaser terminal 14 (14-1,...) Used by a general user via a network 11 including various communication systems such as the Internet and a public line network. , 14-n) and the seller terminal 16
(16-1,..., 16-m), it is connected to the bank server 18 of a bank having an account opened by the user of the purchaser terminal 14 and the seller terminal 16.

The transaction server 10, the purchaser terminal 14, the seller terminal 16, and the bank server 18 shown in FIG. 1 read programs recorded on various recording media, and a computer whose operation is controlled by the read programs. It is constituted by.

[0009] The transaction server 10 includes a network 11
To provide a commercial transaction mediation service for mediating a commercial transaction performed between the purchaser terminal 14 and the seller terminal 16 connected via the Internet. In the commerce brokerage service, the product to be purchased and the desired maximum purchase price and the desired number of purchases for the product are received and registered from the purchaser terminal 14 used by the purchaser serving as the initiator via the network 11 and registered. Based on the contents, the applicants for the product are recruited through the network 11 and the desired number of purchases from the other purchaser terminals 14 is received. And the transaction server 10
Calculates the total number of desired purchases from each of the buyer terminals 14, receives the desired sales prices for the total number from the plurality of seller terminals 16, and receives the desired sales prices from the plurality of seller terminals 16. Determine the seller based on.

The purchaser terminal 14 (14-1,..., 14-
n) is used by a purchaser who wishes to purchase a product (for example, a manager of a retail store, an individual, etc.), and is a personal computer, a PDA (personal digital assistan).
t), a terminal such as a mobile phone provided with a function capable of accessing the transaction server 10 through the network 11. In FIG. 1, the purchaser terminal 14-1
Is described as a terminal used by a promoter who registers a product to be purchased.

The seller terminal 16 (16-1,..., 16-
m) is used by a seller (for example, a wholesaler, an irradiation company, an importer, etc.) who sells a product that the buyer desires to purchase, and is traded through the network 11 such as a personal computer, a PDA, and a mobile phone. Server 1
0 is a terminal provided with a function capable of accessing 0.

The bank server 18 is established by a purchaser who has registered a desire to purchase a product using the commercial mediation service provided by the transaction server 10 or a seller who sells a product using the commercial mediation service. It is a server of a bank having a bank account, and can perform operations (remittance, debit (charging)) on the bank account through the network 11.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transaction server 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the transaction server 10 includes a
The recording medium reading unit 23, the communication control unit 24, the display unit 25, the input unit 26, and the clock unit 27 are interconnected.

The CPU 20 controls the entire transaction server 10 and executes various processes by executing programs recorded in the memory 22. CPU2
0 is the commercial transaction program 22a recorded in the memory 22
By executing a commercial transaction process, a commercial mediation service for mediating commercial transactions between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network is realized. In the commerce brokerage service, the product to be purchased and the desired maximum purchase price and the desired number of purchases for the product are received and registered from the purchaser terminal 14 used by the purchaser serving as the initiator via the network 11 and registered. Network 11 for purchase applicants for products based on the content
And receives the desired number of purchases from other purchaser terminals 14. Then, the transaction server 10 receives the desired sales prices for the total number of desired purchases from the respective purchaser terminals 14 from the plurality of seller terminals 16, and also displays the desired sales prices from the plurality of seller terminals 16. And to determine the seller. As a result, a plurality of buyers can make a joint purchase of a set number of products, and a plurality of sellers can sell a set number of products by setting a selling price in an auction manner.

The memory 22 stores programs and data information accessed by the CPU 20 as necessary by reading them out of the recording medium 23a. In the present embodiment, various programs such as the commercial transaction program 22a and the like are stored in the memory 22. In addition to the various data used when executing each program, a work area for temporarily recording work data and the like are set. The various data stored in accordance with the execution of the commercial transaction program 22a include the product to be purchased, the promoter data 22b registered by the purchaser including the information on the desired maximum purchase price and the desired number of purchases for the product, Purchaser data 22c registered by the purchaser including information on the desired number of purchases for the product registered by the customer, and the purchaser wishes to sell the product including information on the desired sale price for the desired number of purchases that the purchaser wants to purchase The data includes seller data 22d registered by the seller, transaction data 22e related to a transaction for a product to be sold registered by the promoter, and the like. The details of each data will be described later (FIGS. 3 and 4).

The memory 22 shown in FIG. 1 shows programs and data recorded at a certain point in time.
a.

The recording medium reading section 23 has a recording medium 23a, and executes recording and reading of programs, data, and the like on the recording medium 23a. The recording medium 23a is formed of a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory, and is fixedly provided in the recording medium reading unit 23 or is detachably mounted. Also, the recording medium 23
The program, data, and the like recorded in a may be configured to be received and recorded from another device connected via a communication line or the like. May be provided with a recording device provided with a recording medium, and a program or data recorded on the recording medium may be used via a communication line. Recording medium reading unit 2
Reference numeral 3 also records various data and the like used by various applications on the recording medium 23a, and reads out and records the data in the memory 22 as necessary.

The communication control unit 24 controls communication with other electronic devices (the purchaser terminal 14, the seller terminal 16, the bank server 18, etc.) via the network 11 under the control of the CPU 20. The display unit 25 is for displaying various information, and displays a screen accompanying execution of various programs stored in the memory 22. The input unit 26 includes a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and is used to input data and various instructions.

Next, an example of information managed by the transaction server 10 for a commercial mediation service will be described. FIG. 3A shows the initiator data 22b, and FIG.
Is the purchaser data 22c, and FIG.
4d and FIG. 4 show the detailed data structure of the transaction data 22e.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the promoter data 22b is data relating to a purchaser who first desires to purchase a product (hereinafter referred to as a promoter), and is disclosed by the transaction server 10 on a network. Name, e-mail address, bank account number, address, title to indicate the content of the negotiation, product to be purchased, registered through the web page ("Initiator Page" of "Internet Group Business Talk Page") , The price of the product to be purchased, the maximum purchase price, the number of desired purchases, and other data. The above data is registered for each initiator, and the initiator data 22b for each initiator is identified by the initiator number ((1) (2)...).

As shown in FIG. 3B, the purchaser data 22c is data relating to a purchaser who wishes to make a joint purchase of a product registered by the initiator, and is disclosed on the network by the transaction server 10. Each data, such as a purchaser's name, an e-mail address, a bank account number, an address, and a desired number of purchases, registered through a Web page (“purchase page” of “Internet group business talk page”) is included. It also includes a purchaser code unique to the purchaser issued to identify each purchaser.

As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the seller data 22d is data relating to the seller who wishes to sell the product desired by the buyer, and is disclosed by the transaction server 10 on the network. The seller's name, email address, bank account number, address, and bid price (the number of products purchased by the founder registered through the web page ("Seller page" of the "Internet group business discussion page") (Sales desired price with respect to (recruited number)) and data at the current number (desired selling price with respect to the number of units (current desired number) desired by the purchaser). It also includes a seller code unique to the seller issued to identify each seller.

As shown in FIG. 4, the transaction data 22e is data relating to a commercial transaction between the buyer terminal 14 and the seller terminal 16, and includes a recruiting period for recruiting a purchase request for a product registered by the promoter. In addition to the data on the number of recruitment units for recruiting product purchase requests, the current desired number indicating the total number of purchase requests from each purchaser received from the purchaser terminal 14, and the number from the current desired number to the recruitment unit ( Data of the remaining number of applicants indicating the difference in the number of applicants currently requested). Further, the transaction data 22e includes a bid history indicating the status of bidding from each seller (a price at the number of units offered (bid price), a price at the current unit (bid price), a bidder code indicating the bidder, and a successful bid. , Data on the winning bidder (buyer code indicating the winning bidder, sales amount (total amount) according to the number of products sold at the winning price, sales commission,
Sales amount (send amount), successful bid price (bid price) of merchandise sales to sellers, and data wrapped around each purchaser (buyer code indicating purchaser, purchase amount according to desired number of purchases based on desired purchase price) (Total amount), a purchase fee, and an amount charged to the purchaser by purchasing the product.

Next, a commercial transaction process by the transaction server 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the transaction server 10 establishes an initiator homepage on the network for recruiting a purchaser who will be a product purchase initiator (step A1). The promoter indicates the first purchaser who registers a product to be purchased when a group of products are jointly purchased by a plurality of purchasers.

When the initiator homepage is accessed via the network 11 (step A2), the transaction server 10 executes the initiator homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6A (step A3).

In the initiator homepage processing, first, the transaction server 10 transmits homepage data of the initiator homepage to the purchaser terminal 14-1 used by the purchaser who has accessed the initiator (step B).
1). The purchaser terminal 14-1 displays the initiator homepage on the browser screen based on the homepage data received from the transaction server 10.

FIG. 7A shows an example of a browser screen on which the initiator homepage is displayed. The founder's home page contains information about the founder,
"E-mail address", "Bank account number", "Address"
An input field for registering is provided. In addition, "Title" which briefly indicates the content of the joint purchase used to recruit the joint purchase of the product to other users, "Product name" of the product to be jointly purchased, " Input fields are provided for registering the “maximum purchase price”, the “fixed price” of the product, and the “recruited number”. In addition, there are provided input fields for registering a "recruitment period" for recruiting other purchasers who participate in the joint purchase and a purchase number ("own purchase number") of a product desired by the promoter.

By inputting information in the respective entry fields for the promoter home page at the purchaser terminal 14-1 of the promoter, the transaction server 10 obtains information on the promoter, that is, "personal information" and "title". , "Product name", "maximum purchase price", "list price", "
Acquire the information of “the number of purchases” (steps B2 to B
7).

As shown in FIG. 4, the transaction server 10 registers the information on the "number of recruited units" as transaction data 22e for the product registered by the promoter as a target for joint purchase, and stores other information in FIG. 3 (a). As shown in FIG.

The transaction server 10 uses the information of the “recruitment number” and the purchase number of the promoters (“the number of purchases”) received from the purchaser terminal 14-1 of the promoters to collectively purchase the merchandise to be purchased. , The total number of purchase requests from each purchaser is calculated as “current desired number”, “requested number” obtained by subtracting “current desired number” from “recruited number”, and registered as transaction data 22e. To the purchaser terminal 14-1 (step B8). On the promoter's purchaser terminal 14-1, the current desired number and the remaining recruitment number are displayed on the promoter's homepage.

Further, the transaction server 10 obtains information on a "recruitment period" for recruiting a purchaser of a product from the purchaser terminal 14-1 through the promoter homepage and registers the information in the transaction data 22e (step B9).

It should be noted that the transaction data 22e is managed in association with the initiator data 22b by an initiator number (in FIG. 4, the initiator number (1)) as data relating to a product registered by the initiator.

When the promoter homepage processing is completed and the merchandise to be co-purchased is registered from the promoter's purchaser terminal 14-1, the transaction server 10 determines the merchandise based on the data registered by the promoter. A purchaser homepage for recruiting purchasers who wish to purchase is prepared and established on the network (step A4). At the same time, the transaction server 10 creates a seller homepage for recruiting a seller who wants to sell this product based on the data registered by the promoter, and establishes it on the network (step A5).

When the purchaser homepage is accessed via the network 11 (step A6), the transaction server 10 executes the purchaser homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6B (step A7).

In the purchaser homepage processing, first, the transaction server 10 transmits homepage data of the purchaser homepage to the purchaser terminal 14 that has accessed (step C1). The purchaser terminal 14 displays the purchaser's homepage on the browser screen based on the homepage data received from the transaction server 10.

FIG. 7B shows an example of a browser screen on which a purchaser homepage is displayed. The buyer's home page contains the "title" registered by the promoter,
"Product name", "Maximum purchase price", "Price", "Number of units offered" are displayed, and "Current minimum bid price" registered by the seller who wants to sell the product through the seller homepage is displayed. Is displayed. In addition, input fields for registering the number of products you want to purchase (“your desired number of purchases”), “name”, “e-mail address”, “bank account number”, and “address” are provided as information about the buyer. Has been. In addition, the transaction data 22 of the target product
Based on e, information of “currently desired number”, “remaining desired number” recruiting joint purchasers, and “recruitment period” are displayed.

When the purchaser's home page is entered in each input field on the purchaser's home page at the purchaser's terminal 14, the transaction server 10 receives the information, that is, the “number of purchases desired” of the product and the personal information (“name”). ,"e-mail address",
"Bank account number" and "address" are acquired and registered as purchaser data 22c in association with the promoter data 22b (steps C2 and C3). The purchaser data 22c
Is data relating to a product registered by the initiator, and is managed in association with the initiator data 22b by the initiator number (the initiator number (1) in FIG. 3B). Further, a purchaser code unique to the purchaser for identifying the purchaser is issued and registered together with other information as purchaser data 22c.

The transaction server 10 calculates the “current desired number” and the “remaining recruitment number” for the product based on the desired number of purchases received from the purchaser terminal 14 and obtains the transaction data 2.
Registered as 2e and transmitted to the purchaser terminal 14 of the purchaser (step C4). In the purchaser terminal 14, FIG.
As shown in (b), "current number of applicants" and "remaining number of applicants"
Is displayed.

In this way, it is possible to receive a purchase request from a plurality of purchasers via the network 11 for a product registered by the promoter. If the total of the "number of purchases desired" from the purchaser has not reached the "number of recruitment" of the product, the purchase request from the purchaser is continuously received within the recruitment period for this product (step A8). When the total number of desired purchases from the buyers reaches the recruitment number, the trading server 10 closes the purchaser's homepage and ends the recruitment of purchasers who wish to purchase products (step A).
9).

On the other hand, when there is access to the seller homepage via the network 11 (step A10), the transaction server 10 executes the seller homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6C (step A1).
1).

In the seller homepage processing, first, the transaction server 10 transmits the homepage data of the seller homepage to the seller terminal 16 which has accessed (step D1). The seller terminal 16 displays the seller homepage on the browser screen based on the homepage data received from the transaction server 10.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a browser screen on which a seller homepage is displayed. On the seller's homepage, information of “title”, “product name”, “maximum purchase price”, “regular price”, and “recruitment number” registered as promoter data 22b or transaction data 22e by the promoter is displayed. The bid history for the product registered in the transaction data 22e is displayed. The bidding history includes the price of the number of products offered by each seller who has requested (sold a bid for) the product, and the number of units that had been purchased by the time each seller bid. A list of prices at ("current number") is displayed.

As information on the seller, the bid price based on the number of units offered (“your bid price”), the bid price based on the number of purchases desired by the current buyer (current number), “name”, “e-mail” Address, bank account number,
An input field for registering an "address" is provided. Also, based on the transaction data 22e for the target product, the seller terminal of the seller displaying the “currently desired number”, the “remaining number of offers” for which joint buyers are being offered, and the “offer period” By inputting each of the input fields on the seller homepage at 16, the transaction server 10
By obtaining each information about the seller, that is, the bid price for the number of products offered, the bid price for the current desired number of purchases,
In addition to registering with the initiator data 22b and registering it as seller data, the bidding history of the transaction data 22e is registered with the price at the number of units offered and the price at the current unit with a corresponding seller code indicating the seller. (Step D
2, D3).

The seller can make a bid by referring to the state of the bidding history on the seller's home page and referring to the price of the number of units offered by other sellers and the price of the current number of units. Therefore, if the seller cannot sell at a price higher than the desired selling price, the seller does not need to bid, and can bid at the highest possible price with reference to the bid prices of other sellers. In addition, since the number of products for which purchase has already been requested is presented, the number of products that can be sold can be ascertained reliably.

When the recruitment period for this product ends (step A12), the transaction server 10 refers to the transaction data 22e and determines whether or not the desired number of purchases from the purchaser corresponds to the recruitment number (step A1).
3). Here, if the recruitment number has been reached, the transaction server 10 refers to the transaction data 22e and determines the seller whose price (bid price) at the requisition number is the lowest price as the successful bidder (step A14). . On the other hand, if the recruitment number has not been reached, the transaction server 10 similarly determines the seller with the lowest price (bid price) at the current number as the successful bidder (step A15).

The transaction server 10 registers the seller code indicating the successful bidder and the successful bid price as the transaction data 22e for the determined successful bidder, as well as the sales amount (total amount) according to the number of products sold at the successful bid price, A commission for providing the commercial transaction intermediary service and a remittance amount to be actually remitted to the seller obtained by subtracting the commission from the total price of the product are calculated and registered as the transaction data 22e (step A16).

For example, the transaction data 22e shown in FIG.
Then, the seller of the seller code “S4352” makes a successful bid, and the total price “525,000 yen” for the number of units sold based on the price bid by the seller, the sales commission “52500 yen” that is 1% of the total price, and the total price Remittance "5197500" calculated by subtracting the sales commission
Yen "and a successful bid price (bid price)" 17500 yen "are registered.

The transaction server 10 stores the transaction data 2
Based on the information on the successful bidder registered in 2e, a notification mail for notifying that the successful bidder has won the product is created, and the e-mail address registered in the seller data 22d The notification mail is transmitted to the address (step A17).

FIG. 9A shows an example of a notification mail to a seller (successful bidder). As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the notification mail to the seller who has become the successful bidder includes a message notifying that the successful bid has been made, a message notifying the shipping date and shipping destination of the product, and a bank account of the remittance destination. In addition to the message for confirmation, a product name, a purchase decision quantity, a contract price, a total price, and a remittance amount are presented.

Here, it is assumed that the destination of the merchandise from the seller is addressed to the operator who operates the transaction server 10 (for example, a distribution center). Trading server 1
The operator of No. 0 receives products from the seller and inspects the products, thereby improving the reliability of product sales using the commercial transaction mediation service. The seller may be notified of the shipping destination of the product for each purchaser, and the seller may directly ship the product to each buyer.

On the other hand, the transaction server 10 determines whether or not each purchaser who wishes to purchase the successful bid product registered in the purchaser data 22c.
The purchaser code indicating the purchaser and the purchase amount (total amount) according to the number of purchases desired by each purchaser are registered as the transaction data 22e, and the commission for providing the commercial mediation service and the commission for the total price of the product are registered. The charge amount actually charged to the added purchaser is calculated and registered as the transaction data 22e (step A18).

For example, the transaction data 22e shown in FIG.
Then, the purchase price "350,000 yen" of the purchase amount purchased by the purchaser of the seller code "B2351" and the purchase amount desired by the purchaser, the purchase fee "3500 yen" which is 1% of the total amount, and the total amount The charge amount “353500 yen” including the purchase fee is registered. Similar data is registered in the transaction data 22e for each purchaser.

The transaction server 10 stores the transaction data 2
Based on the information on each purchaser registered in 2e, a notification mail for notifying the purchaser that the product purchase price has been determined is created and sent to the e-mail address registered in the purchaser data 22c. A notification mail is transmitted (step A19).

FIG. 9B shows an example of a notification mail to the purchaser. As shown in FIG. 9B, the notification e-mail to the purchaser includes a message notifying that the purchase price has been determined, a message notifying the scheduled shipping date of the product, and a confirmation of the billing destination bank account. In addition to the message, a product name, a desired number of purchases, a contract price, a total price, and a billing amount are presented.

The merchandise is transmitted from the seller in response to the notification mail to the successful bidder (seller), and when the completion of the inspection is notified to the transaction server 10 from, for example, the distribution center (step A20), the transaction server 10 Is
The remittance process for the seller of the product, that is, the procedure for accessing the bank server 18 having the bank account of the seller and transferring the remittance amount of the successful bidder registered in the transaction data 22e to the corresponding account is executed (step). A2
1).

Further, the transaction server 10 instructs a shipping center that actually performs a shipping process for a product purchaser, that is, a product delivery business, for each purchaser registered in the transaction data 22e. . It is assumed that the data of the address indicating the shipping destination of the product registered in the purchaser data 22c of each purchaser is separately transmitted to the distribution center (step A22).

The transaction server 10 accesses the billing process for each purchaser, that is, accesses the bank server 18 having the purchaser's bank account, and applies the purchase price of each purchaser registered in the transaction data 22e. A procedure for withdrawing from the account is executed (step A23).

As described above, in the transaction server 10 according to the first embodiment, the purchaser who is the initiator registers the number of purchases and the maximum purchase amount of the product, and recruits another purchaser via the network 11. Since a large number of products can be purchased jointly, even retailers or individuals with a small number of purchases can purchase products cheaply. In addition, the seller can sell a large number of products, and can register the desired sales price (bid price) while referring to the bid prices of other sales applicants. Can be sold. In addition, the seller can register the bid price for the current desired number at the time of bidding, so even if the desired sales number is not secured, the seller can sell the product at the desired price according to the sales number. It is possible. If the seller wants to sell a large number of products, he / she wants to sell it by using the commerce brokerage service to specify the number of items to be offered and the maximum purchase price and to recruit those who wish to purchase. A number of products can be sold at a price close to the desired price. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the product from being beaten and bought (purchased at a price significantly lower than the desired selling price).

In the above description, it is assumed that the promoter registers the number of recruited products (the number of sold products) for the product. Total number of units ("Current number desired")
It is good.

In the above description, both the bid price for the number of units offered and the bid price for the current number of units are registered in the seller homepage processing, but only the bid price for the number of units offered is registered. You may make it.
Further, the seller may arbitrarily select and register any one of the bid price based on the number of units offered and the bid price based on the current number of units.

In the above description, one seller having the lowest bid price is set as the successful bidder. However, when the seller places a bid, the number of units desired to be sold may be specified. However, the total number of desired purchases from the buyer shall be equal to or less than the “current desired number”. When multiple buyers sell the desired number of products by multiple sellers, the bid price is determined as the successful bidder in order from the seller with the lowest bid price and designated by the seller as the successful bidder. When the number of sold vehicles reaches the number of purchases desired by the buyer, the determination of the successful bidder is ended. The sales price of a product to each purchaser is calculated by calculating the average of the sales prices of a plurality of sellers so that each purchaser can purchase the product at the same price.

Next, a commercial transaction process by the transaction server 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the above-described business transaction processing in the first embodiment, the seller registers the desired selling price (bid price) for the desired number of products after the purchaser registers the desired number of purchased products. However, in the second embodiment, the registration of the desired number of purchases from the purchaser is performed after the sales price of the product is registered by the seller.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 10 (step E)
Steps A1 to E7) substitute for steps A1 to A5 in the flowchart of the commercial transaction processing according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the processing after step E7 is the same as that after step A6 (however, steps A10 and A11). ) Is executed.

First, the transaction server 10 establishes an initiator homepage on the network for recruiting a purchaser who will be a product purchase initiator (step E1). The promoter indicates the first purchaser who registers a product to be purchased when a group of products are jointly purchased by a plurality of purchasers.

When the initiator homepage is accessed via the network 11 (step E2), the transaction server 10 executes the initiator homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6A (step E3). In addition,
The initiator homepage process is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the promoter homepage processing is completed and the merchandise to be jointly purchased is registered from the promoter's purchaser terminal 14-1, the transaction server 10 determines the merchandise based on the data registered by the promoter. A seller homepage for recruiting sellers is created and established on the network (step E4).

When there is access to the seller homepage via the network 11 (step E5), the transaction server 10 executes the seller homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6C (step E6). In addition,
The seller homepage processing is performed in step D3 in FIG.
Except that the processing in is not performed, the detailed description is omitted as it is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

By executing the seller homepage processing first, the transaction server 10 can determine the selling price of the product in advance based on the lowest bid price (accordingly,
In effect, the seller (successful bidder) is also determined).
After completing the seller homepage processing, the trading server 10 creates a buyer homepage for recruiting buyers who wish to purchase and opens the homepage on the network (step E7). On the purchaser's homepage, instead of the "current lowest bid price" shown in FIG. 7B, the "sale price of the product" calculated based on the lowest bid price from the seller is presented. Accordingly, the purchase applicant can confirm the determined “sale price of the product” on the purchaser's homepage and determine whether or not to purchase the product.

As described above, in the second embodiment, after the seller's desired selling price of a product is registered, the number of purchases desired by the buyer is registered, thereby allowing the purchaser's home page to be registered. By presenting the "sales price of the product", it is possible to recruit purchasers.

In the above description of the second embodiment,
It is explained that there is a desire to purchase the number of recruited units,
Step D3 of seller homepage processing (FIG. 6 (c))
In place of the processing of, a bid price may be registered for sale of a product when there is no purchase request up to the number of recruited units. In this case, the purchaser's homepage presents the "sales price of the product" when there is a request for the number of units to be offered and when there is no request for the number of units to be offered, and recruits the purchasers. In this case, the winning bidder is determined based on the bid price for the product sale when there is no purchase request up to the recruitment number.

Next, a commercial transaction process by the transaction server 10 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the above-described business transaction processing in the first embodiment, regardless of whether or not the number of desired purchases for a product from a purchaser reaches the number of recruitment units registered by the promoter, the number of recruitment units registered (bid) by the seller is used. Desired selling price (bid price)
Alternatively, the winning bidder is determined based on the desired selling price based on the current number of units, but in the third embodiment, if the desired number of purchases registered by the purchaser reaches the number of recruited units registered by the initiator, sales are performed. Registration (bid) from the seller.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 replaces steps A1 to A13 of the flowchart in the commercial transaction processing of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the processing after step F14 is the same as the processing after steps A14 and A16. Is executed.

First, the transaction server 10 establishes an initiator homepage on the network for recruiting a purchaser who is an initiator of the product purchase (step E1). The promoter indicates the first purchaser who registers a product to be purchased when a group of products are jointly purchased by a plurality of purchasers.

When the initiator homepage is accessed via the network 11 (step E2), the trading server 10 executes the initiator homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6A (step E3). In addition,
The initiator homepage process is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the promoter homepage processing is completed and the merchandise to be jointly purchased is registered from the purchaser terminal 14-1 of the promoter, the transaction server 10 determines the merchandise based on the data registered by the promoter. A purchaser's homepage for recruiting purchasers who want to purchase is prepared and established on the network (step F4).

The trading server 10 discloses the recruitment period registered by the promoter. The trading server 10
When the offer period for this product has expired (step F
8) In other words, if there is no purchase request up to the number of recruited products, the number of desired purchases for the product is sent to the e-mail address registered in the promoter data 22b and the purchaser data 22c. Sends an e-mail notifying that the recruitment number has not been reached, and ends the process (step F9). Thus, in the third embodiment, if there is no desire to purchase the recruited number, the commercial transaction is not established.

On the other hand, if the purchaser homepage is accessed via the network 11 during the recruitment period (step F5), the transaction server 10 executes the purchaser homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6B (step F5). F6). Note that the purchaser homepage processing is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The transaction server 10 stores the transaction data 2
With reference to 2e, it is determined whether or not the desired number of purchases from the purchasers registered by the purchaser homepage processing is equal to the number of recruited vehicles (step F7). Here, if the recruitment number has been reached, the transaction server 10 closes the purchaser homepage and ends the recruitment of purchasers who want to purchase the product (step F10).

Since the desired number of purchases has reached the number of offers, the transaction server 10 creates a seller homepage for recruiting sellers who want to sell this product, based on the data registered by the promoter. Then, it is established on the network (step F11).

When there is access to the seller homepage via the network 11 (step F12), the transaction server 10 executes the seller homepage processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6C (step F13). Note that the seller homepage processing is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The trading server 10 accepts a bid from the seller through the seller homepage during the recruitment period of the product registered by the promoter (step F14). Note that a period for recruiting sellers may be separately set, and during that time, the seller homepage processing may be executed.

When the recruitment period ends, the transaction server 10 determines the successful bidder with reference to the transaction data 22e, and thereafter executes the same processing as in the first embodiment.

As described above, in the third embodiment, when the desired number of purchases registered by the purchaser reaches the number of recruitment units registered by the promoter, registration (bid) of the desired sale price from the seller is performed. By doing so, the seller can bid on the product whose sales volume has been ensured, and can easily sell the desired number of products at the desired price.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified in the practical stage without departing from the gist thereof. Further, the functions executed in the above-described embodiments may be implemented in combination as appropriate as much as possible. The embodiments described above include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent features. For example, even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment, if the effect is obtained, a configuration from which the components are deleted can be extracted as an invention.

The processing described in each of the above-described embodiments is an electronic commerce program that can be executed by a computer, for example, a magnetic disk (floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD). Etc.), and can be written to a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory and provided to various devices. Further, it is also possible to transmit the data via a communication medium and provide the data to various devices. A computer that implements a server (e-commerce device) that provides a commerce intermediation service reads an e-commerce program recorded on a recording medium or receives an information acquisition program via a communication medium, and the operation is controlled by the program. Thus, the above-described processing is executed.

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As described above, according to the present invention, a purchaser who is a founder registers the number of purchases of a product and the maximum purchase price, recruits other purchasers, and obtains Can purchase products at a low price, even for retailers and individuals with a small number of purchases, and sellers can purchase a large number of products at a desired price. It becomes possible to sell.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transaction server 10 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed data configuration of promoter data 22b, purchaser data 22c, and seller data 22d.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed data configuration of transaction data 22e.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a commercial transaction process by the transaction server 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an initiator homepage process, a purchaser homepage process, and a seller homepage process.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an initiator homepage and a purchaser homepage.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a seller homepage.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a notification mail transmitted to a purchaser and a seller.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a commercial transaction process by a transaction server 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a commercial transaction process performed by a transaction server according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Transaction server 11 ... Network 14 (14-1, ..., 14-n) ... Buyer terminal 16 (16-1, ..., 16-m) ... Seller terminal 18 ... Bank server 20 ... CPU 22 ... Memory 22a ... commercial transaction program 22b ... initiator data 22c ... purchaser data 22d ... seller data 22e ... transaction data 23 ... recording medium 24 ... recording medium reading unit 25 ... communication control unit 26 ... display unit 27 ... input unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An electronic commerce device for mediating a commercial transaction between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, comprising: an article to be purchased from a first buyer terminal; Registration means for receiving and registering the desired number of goods, a desired purchase number registration means for receiving and registering a desired number of purchases from the second purchaser terminal for the goods registered by the registration means, Calculating means for calculating the total number of the desired number of purchases and the desired number of purchases registered by the desired number of purchases registering means; and the total calculated by the calculating means of the products to be purchased registered by the registering means. Means for receiving a desired price for several minutes from the plurality of seller terminals; sales from the plurality of seller terminals received by the desired price receiver Nozomu price e-commerce system, characterized in that it was and a seller determining means for determining a seller on the basis of the. 2. The registration means receives, from the first purchaser terminal, a recruitment number of a desired product for purchase from the first purchaser terminal, and registers the number of requisitions. The desired purchase number registration means is calculated by the calculation means. 2. The electronic commerce device according to claim 1, wherein when the total number has reached the number of recruited products registered by the registration unit, the reception of the desired number of purchases from the second purchaser terminal is terminated. . 3. The registration means receives from the first purchaser terminal a requisition number of a desired product to be purchased and registers it, and the desired sale price receiving means is registered by the registration means. Receiving a first desired selling price for the number of recruited goods to be purchased and a second desired selling price for the total number calculated by the calculating means, wherein the seller determining means is calculated by the calculating means; When the total number of products has reached the recruitment number of goods registered by the registration means, a seller is determined based on the first desired selling price, and the total number calculated by the calculation means is calculated by the registration means. 2. The electronic commerce device according to claim 1, wherein a seller is determined based on the second desired selling price when the number of products registered has not been reached. 4. An electronic commerce apparatus for mediating a commercial transaction performed between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, wherein a product to be purchased from the first buyer terminal and a desired number of purchases are provided. Registration means for receiving and registering the desired number of goods, a desired purchase number registration means for receiving and registering a desired number of purchases from the second purchaser terminal for the goods registered by the registration means, Calculating means for calculating the total number of the desired number of purchases and the desired number of purchases registered by the desired number of purchases registering means; and the total calculated by the calculating means of the products to be purchased registered by the registering means. Selling price receiving means for receiving less than the desired number of selling prices together with the desired selling number from the plurality of seller terminals; Based on the desired selling price from the seller terminal of the seller terminal, in order from the lowest desired selling price, until the sum of the desired sales number of each seller reaches the total number calculated by the calculation means, as a seller An electronic commerce device comprising: a seller determining means for determining. 5. An electronic commerce apparatus for mediating a commercial transaction between a purchaser terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, wherein the product to be purchased from the first purchaser terminal and the desired number of purchases are provided. Registration means for receiving and registering the desired price, selling price reception means for receiving, from a plurality of seller terminals, a desired selling price for a product to be purchased registered by the registration means, and the desired selling price receiving means. The seller determining means for determining the seller and the selling price based on the desired selling prices from the plurality of seller terminals received by the seller, and the seller determining means for the goods registered by the registering means are determined by the seller determining means. An electronic commerce device comprising: a purchase request registering means for receiving and registering a purchase request based on a selling price from a plurality of second purchaser terminals. 6. An electronic commerce device for mediating a commercial transaction between a purchaser terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, wherein the product to be purchased from the first purchaser terminal and the desired number of purchases are provided. Registering means for receiving and registering the number of requisitions to be purchased and a desired number of purchases; desired number of registrations for receiving and registering the desired number of purchases from the second purchaser terminal for the goods registered by the registering means; Calculating means for calculating the total number of the desired number of purchases registered by the registration means and the desired number of purchases registered by the desired number of purchases registration means; and the total number calculated by the calculation means is registered by the registration means. Determining means for determining that the number of recruited products has been reached, and a purchase object registered by the registering means when the determining means determines that the number of recruited goods has been reached. Selling price receiving means for receiving the desired selling price for the total number calculated by the calculating means from the plurality of seller terminals, and from the plurality of selling terminals received by the selling price receiving means. And a seller determining means for determining a seller based on the desired selling price of the electronic commerce. 7. An electronic commerce method for mediating a commercial transaction between a purchaser terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, comprising: a first purchaser terminal; A registration step of receiving and registering the desired number, and a second step for the goods registered in the registration step
A desired number registration step of receiving and registering the desired number of purchases from the purchaser's terminal, and the total number of the desired number of purchases registered in the registration step and the desired number of purchases registered in the desired number of purchases registration step A calculating step of calculating, from the plurality of seller terminals, a desired selling price receiving step of receiving the desired selling price for the total number calculated by the calculating step of the product to be purchased registered by the registering step; A seller determining step of determining a seller based on the desired selling prices from the plurality of seller terminals received in the desired selling price receiving step. 8. An electronic commerce program for mediating a commercial transaction between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal connected via a network, wherein a computer is purchased from the first buyer terminal. Registration means for receiving and registering the product and the desired purchase number, and a desired purchase number registration means for receiving and registering the desired purchase number from the second purchaser terminal for the product registered by the registration means; Calculating means for calculating the total number of the desired number of purchases registered by the registration means and the desired number of purchases registered by the desired number of purchases registration means; and the calculation means of the goods to be purchased registered by the registration means Means for receiving the desired price for the total number calculated by the plurality of seller terminals from the plurality of seller terminals; An electronic commerce program for functioning as a seller determining means for determining a seller based on a desired selling price from a seller terminal.