JP2003030492A - Method for collecting and controlling bill, etc., preparation information in on-line shopping and server performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate linguistic barrier in on-line shopping in creasing in recent years. SOLUTION: A bill, etc., preparation information collecting and controlling method in on-line shopping in which a terminal owned by a user is connected to a server where commodity purchase or reservation can be performed via a wide area network such as the Internet and a commodity can be purchased or reserved with the terminal and server connected, consists of a step for transmitting to the terminal desired language selection screen information that urges the user to select a desired language type to issue a bill, etc., in relation to commodity purchase or reservation in a step before or after receiving commodity purchase or reservation information, a step for receiving desired language input information in response to the transmitted desired language selection screen information, and a step for utilizing the received desired language input information to prepare document contents of a bill, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for controlling collection of information for creating documents such as bills in online shopping and a server for executing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, due to the advancement of wide area networks such as the Internet, the market size of mail-order sales using the Internet and the like is expanding.

[0003] Mail-order sales using a wide area network such as the Internet cause various social problems as the market scale expands. In such mail-order sales using a wide area network such as the Internet, etc. Legal arrangements to protect general users are desired.

On the other hand, as a payment system for mail-order sales using such a wide area network such as the Internet, payment by a credit card is the most popular at present, but in addition to this, payment by a product is used for money. There are mail-order sales that use cash on delivery settlement because of the advantage of being able to make payments.

Recently, users who are purchasers have been asked to
There is also a method of delivering an invoice / transfer form to a convenience store, a post office, a bank, etc. that is closely related to the area together with the product or in accordance with a product purchase reservation, and using the invoice / transfer form to settle a predetermined amount of money. is there.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional one, even if the bill and the transfer form are sent to the home, as long as the product of a Japanese vendor is purchased, the contents are described in Japanese. Most of them are
There was a problem that it was difficult for foreigners to understand the contents. In addition, there are online shopping sites that make agreements regarding sales contracts online, but in many cases, they are all made up in Japanese, so foreigners can use sites created for Japanese people. It is difficult to use, and when shopping is done without fully understanding the contents, there are problems such as troubles due to lack of understanding of the user.

In order to solve this problem, the bill and transfer form may be described in a language other than Japanese, for example, it may be possible to describe it in English, which is becoming increasingly popular as a universal language. However, if the invoice and transfer form are written in a language other than Japanese, it will be difficult for a salesclerk at a convenience store or a bank or post office employee to understand the contents. The problem occurs.

Even if English is used as a common language, it is hard to say that most foreigners currently living in Japan can use English fluently. It is hard to say that it can be resolved immediately.

In view of the above problems, the present invention is a bill for online shopping which can encourage foreigners, who have been increasing in Japan in recent years, to enjoy services such as online shopping in Japan. The purpose is to provide a document preparation information collection control method and a bill.

[0010]

In view of the problems described above, in the present invention, when a user registers a purchase of a product or a reservation for the product purchase in the server using the terminal,
The desired language selection screen information that prompts the user to select a language to be used for creating documents such as bills to be finally sent is displayed, and the terminal is displayed based on the transmitted desired language selection screen information. The department is urged to select and input the desired language, and the document contents such as a bill are created based on the desired language received from the terminal.

Therefore, it can be expected that the user can fully understand the contents by looking at the documents related to the product purchase or the product purchase reservation such as the bill sent later by mail or the like.

More specifically, the present invention provides the following method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping.

That is, (1) a terminal owned by a user and a server capable of purchasing or making a reservation
Connect via a wide area network such as the Internet,
A method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping, which enables purchase or reservation of a product in the connected state, wherein the product is purchased before or after receiving the reservation information. Transmitting desired language selection screen information for prompting the selection of a desired language type for issuing a bill or the like relating to purchase or reservation, and receiving desired language input information for the transmitted desired language selection screen information And the step of using the received desired language input information for creating document contents such as a bill.

According to the invention of (1), it is possible to receive desired language input information for the desired language selection screen information and prepare a bill based on the desired language. Invoices can be created in the desired language accordingly. Such invoices are generally sent by post at a later date, and for foreigners who cannot read Japanese, the number of days may have passed, so what is the invoice? Often cannot be judged immediately,
Although there was a problem that the payment method described in the invoice could not be read and understood, the present invention can be expected to be effective in solving such problems all at once. .

(2) calculating a billing amount of the product based on the purchase or reservation information of the product, and generating a machine-readable mark such as a barcode based on the calculated billing amount, , And the mark is
The method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to (1) above, which is used for billing.

According to the invention of (2), the effect of the invention of (1) above can be enjoyed, and even if the finally created invoice is in a language not generally used, By reading the affixed mark with a machine, the effect can be expected that the clerk at the convenience store or the employee of the bank or post office can recognize the machine to process the bill.

(3) Transmitting desired language selection screen information for prompting the selection of a desired language type for issuing a bill or the like relating to the product purchase or reservation, and the transmitted desired language selection screen The step of receiving the desired language input information for the information is performed before the item of the purchase or purchase reservation is selected, and the WEB page after the execution is generated in the selected language and is displayed in the terminal. The above (1) characterized by controlling to transmit
Alternatively, the method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to (2).

According to the invention of (3), prior to the stage of product purchase or purchase reservation, the language used by the user who intends to shop using the terminal is specified first, and the subsequent WEB page is displayed. Since it is generated in the specified language, it is possible to explain the product purchase description and payment method in the language that the user is good at. There is an advantage that operations such as reading the description on the WEB page or translating using translation software are unnecessary.

(4) In the document creation information collection control method for bills and the like in online shopping according to any one of (1) to (3), the desired language input information is output by a printer provided in the server. A method of controlling collection of billing information in online shopping, which is used for printing documents such as bills provided to the user.

The term "used to print documents such as bills provided to the user" means that the language used to create bills is the desired language input information previously selected by the user. Is to use one language.

(5) Further, there is provided a server capable of carrying out the invention of the method for collecting billing information creation information in online shopping according to any one of the above (1) to (4).

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment to which a method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the entire system to which the method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to the present invention is applied.

The transaction flow will be described based on the overall system schematic explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 1. First, the user as a customer uses the portable terminal 4A or the personal computer 4B as the terminal 4 owned by the user. , The commodity purchase reservation server 7A as a company site is connected via the Internet network 6 as a wide area communication network.

While maintaining this connection state, various product information provided from the product purchase reservation server 7A is displayed on the display units 14 and 24 of the terminal 4, and the input operation units 13 and 25 are displayed.
The user operates <1> to place an order. When making the order, the desired language as a bill for the product is selected by the user's operation of the input operation units 13 and 25 according to the desired language selection screen information from the server 7A.

The merchandise purchase reservation server 7A that has received the order refers to the user information registered in advance or, in the case of a new user, newly input address information, information of the ordered merchandise, and the merchandise. The billing information, such as the billing amount, is registered in the database as contract information (<2> Order processing), and while the reserved goods are dispatched through the carrier, the address information, billing information, and desired language input information are also provided. Is transmitted to the settlement server 7B through the Internet network 6 (<3> Invoice information transmission).

The address information and billing information,
Upon receiving the desired language input information, the payment server 7B registers it in the database as the billing information, and prints the bill and the address in the desired language input information by the printer described later (<4> bill printing).

The invoice in which the desired language input information is printed is mailed to the user as the customer, and the user selects one of the payment methods described in the desired language input information on the invoice. Then, the price of the product to be purchased through the online shopping is settled. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the payment method described above enables a plurality of items to be stored in a convenience store (hereinafter referred to as a convenience store) or a financial institution such as a bank or a post office.

<6> In the case of payment at a convenience store, when the user visits the convenience store and pays at the convenience store cashier, it is confirmed in real time that the payment server 7B has received the payment from the POS system at the convenience store. <7> It is transmitted as storage information. The convenience store and the payment server 7B are a convenience store VAN (Value Added Network).
ork) system and finance service Co., Ltd., and the storage information (<8>, <11
>, <12> storage information) is transmitted in real time and in real time. Further, in the case of settlement by a financial institution, the user goes to the window of the financial institution and sends the storage information to the server 7B through the bank VAN system of the financial institution.

The server 7B that receives the storage information once registers the storage information in the database, and performs the matching clearing process between the database in which the storage information is registered and the database in which the billing information transmitted from the server 7A is registered. To do. That is, <5> the user who mails the invoice performs collation work to determine whether or not the payment has been made.

Then, the paid-out application information (<9>, <13>) which has been invoiced after the collation work is registered in the database, and the registered application information is registered in the commodity purchase reservation server 7A. Inquiry screen (<10>, <14
>) Is transmitted from the server 7B.

The above is the flow of transactions based on the schematic diagram of the overall system. Next, a more specific system will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 shows an overall view of the system,
The components designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 play the same role as in FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network system to which a server capable of executing a billing information collection control method in online shopping using a wide area network such as the Internet according to the present invention is applied. .

In the network system 1 shown in FIG. 2, a packet network / PDC (Personal Di)
portable cellular phone 4A owned by an unspecified number of users via the base station 3 with respect to the digital cellular network 2.
... 4A is connected, and the personal computer 4B owned by an unspecified number of users is connected to the Internet network 6.

From the standpoint of the server administrator, the user said, "A person who is a purchaser of a commodity or a person who reserves a purchase of the commodity and prepares documents for finally terminating online transactions such as invoices thereafter. The point of the present invention lies in how and at what stage the language types for collecting are collected.

The mobile terminal 4A is an input terminal including a mobile phone which is generally popularized by Zaurus (product name manufactured by Sharp) or other manufacturers, and in this embodiment, an online shopping site as a WEB server. Any WEB page can be used as a WEB terminal as a terminal in the present invention as long as various input operations for purchasing a product can be performed. Of course,
The WEB terminal is not limited to the mobile terminal 4A described above, but a personal computer 4B such as a stationary personal computer or a notebook computer can be adopted.

The WEB terminal of each portable terminal 4A or personal computer 4B exchanges voice data and character data with each other via a communication network such as a packet network / PDC network 2 or the Internet, for example, TDMA (Tim).
e Division Multiple Acces
It can be performed by a time division multiple access method called s). In addition to exchanging character data such as numbers, alphabets and katakana, or image data with each other, the portable terminal 4A can access the information center 5 by packet communication via the packet network / PDC network 2. it can.

In response to a request from the mobile terminal 4A, the information center 5 acquires various information from the servers 7 (7A, 7B) connected to the Internet network 6 and sends the information to the mobile terminal 4A as the request source. Hand over to. In addition, the mobile terminal 4
Since A and the server 7 are WEB terminals and WEB servers in the WWW information sharing system that can use other computers through the network, the input operation of the portable terminal 4A for the WEB page in the server 7 is performed. Data input such as writing can be performed by operating the section 13. The personal computer 4
Similarly, B is also movable as a WEB terminal, and data can be input to the WEB page in the server 8 by the input operation unit 25.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal 4A owned by the user. As shown in FIG. 3, in the mobile terminal 4A, the CP is connected to the data bus BUS.
U11, memory 12, a transceiver unit (RF) 15 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the base station 3, an RF (Radio Frequency) signal received by the transceiver unit 15 is converted into a baseband signal, and a base to be transmitted. As a baseband processing unit 16 for converting a band signal into an RF signal, a voice input processing unit 17 that is an interface with a microphone 18 and a speaker 19, a display unit 14 including a liquid crystal display panel, and an input unit such as a mouse and a keyboard. The input operation unit 13 of is connected.

The CPU 11 is adapted to execute various operations in accordance with an operation program stored in the memory 12, and controls each circuit section in accordance with the operation.
Information such as various characters or figures received by the transmission / reception unit 15 is displayed on the display unit 14 as necessary through various processes of the CPU 11.

When the user inputs a telephone number of a desired call destination (for example, a provider such as the Internet or a mobile phone), the input operation unit 13 supplies the CPU 11 with data representing the telephone number. The CPU 11 transmits / receives data to / from the transmission / reception unit 15 with respect to the communication destination represented by the telephone number input by the user.
Send a connection request via. At this time, packet network / P
The DC network 2 connects the lines according to the response of the communication destination. When the line is connected, the transmission / reception unit 15 receives the RF signal from the communication destination received via the antenna from the baseband processing unit 16
, Where the RF signal is converted to a baseband signal. The baseband processing unit 16 supplies the converted baseband signal to the input / output unit 17 so that the received audio signal from the communication destination is output as audio from the speaker or the video signal is displayed on the display unit 14. indicate.

More specifically, the CPU 11 converts various electronic information of the input operation unit 13 operated by the user into packet data, and then converts this into packet data.
6 and the transmitting / receiving unit 15 to the packet network / PDC network 2. The packet network / PDC network 2 sends this packet data to the information center 5. In addition, an RF signal in which packetized information transmitted from the information center 5 via the packet network / PDC network 2 is layered is transmitted / received by the transmission / reception unit 1
5 and the baseband processing unit 16, and display it on the display unit 14.

When the user inputs a voice through the microphone 18, the input / output unit 17 supplies the input voice signal supplied from the microphone 18 to the baseband processing unit 16, where the baseband signal is converted into an RF signal. To do.
The baseband processing unit 16 then converts the converted R
The F signal is transmitted via the transmitter / receiver 15 to the packet network / PDC network 2
It is sent to the communication destination connected to the line. Thus, the user who uses the mobile terminal 4A can have a conversation with the mobile terminals of other users who are communication destinations.

Internet Explorer (product name) is stored in the memory 12 as communication software. By using this communication software, the server 7 can be operated.
The information from is displayed on the display unit 14, and data input such as rewriting of the WEB page of the server 7 can be performed by operating the input operation unit 13 of the mobile terminal 4A.

Further, various ID information used for online shopping is registered in advance in the memory 12 of the portable terminal 4A of the user who wants to receive an order. That is,
The billing address, name, telephone number, etc. are registered,
By inputting and transmitting the information registered in the memory 12, the input work can be simplified. Needless to say, pre-registering the ID information in this manner is very convenient in the portable terminal 4A such as a personal computer that does not have a keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the personal computer 4B as a WEB terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4, the personal computer 4B includes a CPU 2 connected to a data bus.
1, a storage unit 22 such as a memory or a hard disk, a modem 23 as a transmission / reception unit, a display unit 2 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal
4 and an input operation unit 25 as an input means such as a keyboard and a mouse.

The CPU 21 is connected to the servers 7 and 8 via the modem 23 by a communication program such as Internet Explorer stored in the memory 22. In this connected state, this personal computer 4B can transmit and receive various electronic information to and from the server 7 as in the portable terminal 4A as the WEB terminal.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of the merchandise purchase reservation server 7A (7). As shown in this figure, the server 7 has a CPU 31, a memory 32, a communication interface 33 and a database 34 connected to the data bus BUS, and the CPU 31 performs various processes according to a control program stored in the memory 32. It is designed to run.

That is, the CPU 31 makes an order or purchase reservation for purchasing a product from each WEB terminal 4 (mobile terminal 4A, personal computer 4B) transmitted via the Internet network 6 connected by the communication interface 33. Receives ordering information and stores it in the memory 32
The electronic information stored in the database 34 is stored in the database 34. The information that needs to be made into the database is the contract information described above. The contract information includes the ID information of the user who made the purchase or purchase reservation of the product, and the product information related to the purchase or reservation of the product, In addition, it includes billing amount information related to the product information, desired language input information desired to be used for creating the bill, and the like.

As the control program, a system program as a basic OS, and when accessing from the WEB terminals 4 (4A, 4B) of the supplier and the user desiring to place an order, it is determined whether or not the access is from a genuine user. Authentication program, communication program for transmitting / receiving electronic information to / from the WEB terminal 4, WEB of the server 7A
Includes a guide program for product purchase or purchase reservation for pages, input of desired language input information, automatic database editing program for automatically creating a database so that the input results can be searched .

The control program and the CPU 31 constitute a control unit, and the control unit, before or after receiving the purchase or reservation information of the product, receives a bill for the purchase or reservation of the product. When the desired language selection screen information for prompting the selection of the desired language type for issuance is read from the customer information storage means 35 and transmitted to the terminal 4, and the desired language input information for the transmitted desired language selection screen information is received. Then, control is performed to store the received desired language input information in the database 34.

In the customer information storage means 35, the ID information (address, telephone number, transaction history information, company information, etc., ID code, password) with the user and the display sections 14 and 24 of the WEB terminal 4 are displayed. Display screen data that prompts various inputs such as the desired language selection screen information that can be displayed is stored.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the settlement server. Reference numeral 31 in FIG. 5 is designated by reference numeral 31 'in FIG. 6, reference numeral 32 in FIG. 5 is designated by reference numeral 32' in FIG. 6, and FIG. Reference numeral 33 is reference numeral 33 'in FIG. 6, reference numeral 34 in FIG. 5 is reference numeral 3 in FIG.
4 ', and their functions are almost the same,
In the following description, redundant description will be omitted as much as possible.

In this embodiment, the merchandise purchase reservation server 7A of FIG. 5 and the settlement server 7B of FIG. 6 are separated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one server 7 connected to the Internet network 6 is used. It is possible to
In this embodiment, a plurality of product purchase reservation servers 7A
.... Processing of invoice shipment from 7A by one settlement server 7
It is difficult to build an original money collection system because it is one of the smallest product purchase reservation servers 7A ... It aims at the merit of being able to improve efficiency.

Therefore, the product purchase reservation server 7A
And the settlement server 7B are similar in hardware configuration, but have different functions.

That is, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the communication interface 3 is transmitted from the commodity purchase reservation server 7A.
The contract information is received through the Internet network 6 via 3 '. Based on the received contract information, CPU
The billing information is stored in the database 34 'connected to the data BUS similarly to 31', the memory 32 ', and the communication interface 33'. This billing information indicates which of the users purchased what kind of product from the product purchase reservation server 7A or made a purchase reservation, and how much the product purchase reservation server 7A gave to the user for the purchase or purchase reservation of the product. It includes information based on the desired language input information such as whether the request is made, the date and time of the purchase or the purchase reservation, whether or not the product is shipped and the shipping date, and the desired language for issuing the bill.

The billing information once stored is as follows:
CPU 31 'based on the desired language input information described above
And a billing program stored in advance in the memory 32 'to calculate the amount of money for which the margin of the server 7B is added to the payment for the product purchased or reserved for purchase by the user, and the bill in the user's desired language. Is issued.

In the bill, in addition to the bill amount in the user's desired language and the payment method based on the bill, the bill amount and the like are set at the convenience store or the like.
The printer 36 in which the barcode as a mark according to the present invention is connected to the data BUS so that the barcode can be read by the barcode reader of the system.
Is processed under the control of the control unit (various programs in the CPU 31 'and the memory 32'), and a bill is issued. The issued bill is shipped to the user who is the billing destination for the purpose of collecting the price by transportation such as mail.

When the user pays the payment at a payment destination such as a convenience store according to the issued bill, the stored information is stored in the settlement server 7B through the above-mentioned convenience store VAN system, bank VAN system, or computer of Finance Service Co., Ltd. The storage information transmitted is stored in the database 34 '.

Then, the control section performs a matching process between the stored storage information and the above-mentioned billing information, and finally, the erased information as the processed information for which the payment is collected is stored in the database 34 '. It stores and notifies the commodity purchase reservation server 7A that the payment is completed. When the merchandise purchase reservation server 7A receives the information that the payment is completed, the control unit of the server 7A causes the customer information storage unit 3 to operate.
The customer information stored in 5 is updated. The updated customer information is used for services such as direct mail for various users.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show a server 7 including the above-mentioned product purchase reservation server 7A and settlement server 7B,
It is a flowchart explaining the flow of a process from the product purchase or purchase reservation performed by the user terminal 4 (4A, 4B) to the issuance of a bill.

First, the merchandise purchase reservation server 7A is in a standby state (step S1) for always accepting a connection from the terminal 4 through the Internet network 6.

Then, when there is an access from the terminal 4,
The CPU 31 of the product purchase reservation server 7A determines the access (step S2).

When the connection is confirmed, next, the control section including the CPU 31 transmits to the terminal the purchaseable merchandise information stored in advance in the storage means 35 (step S3). This purchaseable merchandise information includes an input form of the merchandise desired to be purchased, and the input of the merchandise desired to be purchased is input by the input operation unit of the terminal 4 on the input form formed on the WEB page. Urge against.

Next, when the control section determines that the selection input of the desired product has been made (step S4; Y), this time, the image data of the desired language selection screen is extracted from the storage means 35 and the terminal 4 is selected. (Step S5).

The transmitted desired language selection screen is constructed so that it can be directly input by the input operation unit of the terminal 4, like the above-mentioned WEB page, and the input to this desired language selection screen is completed. Is determined by the control unit (step S6; Y), the payment method description and the image data of the input screen relating to the payment are extracted and generated from the storage means 35 based on the desired language (step S7), and the terminal 4 is generated. (Step S8).

When the control unit determines that the input of the payment method and the like is completed (step S9), the control unit executes a process for shipping the product desired to be purchased. At this point, the user's input work for product purchase is completed, and control may be performed to forcibly disconnect the connection with the terminal 4 as necessary.

While executing the processing for shipping the merchandise, the contract information mentioned above such as the payment method and the price of the purchased merchandise is transmitted to the settlement server 7B. Based on the transmitted contract information, the control unit of the server 7B performs billing processing (step S11).

When the bill making process is completed, the control unit of the server 7B prints out the bill and prints it out to the printer 3.
6 is instructed to cause the printer 36 to execute the bill print processing (step S12). The printed out bill is sent to the user who wishes to purchase the product by mail or the like to the address of the user included in the contract information.

[0072]

According to the present invention described above, as a result of carrying out online shopping, the user sees documents related to product purchase or product purchase reservation, such as invoices, which are sent by mail at a later date, and the contents thereof are displayed. You can expect the effect of being able to fully understand it. Therefore, it becomes possible to operate online shopping that can be used by a wide range of users, including foreigners who are suitable for domestic situations where the number of foreigners using various languages is increasing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an overall system to which a method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a network system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal as a WEB terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal computer as a WEB terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a product purchase reservation server according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a payment server according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process flow from product purchase or purchase reservation to issuance of a bill according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow from product purchase or purchase reservation to issuance of a bill according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 (4A, 4B) terminals 6 Internet network 7 servers 7A product purchase reservation server 7B payment server 36 Printer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A terminal owned by a user and a server capable of purchasing or making a reservation for a product are connected via a wide area network such as the Internet, and the product is purchased or reserved in the connected state. A method for controlling the collection of billing information in online shopping, which is capable of requesting issuance of a bill or the like relating to the purchase or reservation of the product before or after the purchase of the product or the reception of reservation information. The step of transmitting desired language selection screen information prompting selection of a language type to the terminal, and the step of receiving desired language input information for the transmitted desired language selection screen information, the received desired language input information Collecting billing information in online shopping, characterized by the steps of: Your way. 2. A step of calculating a charge amount of the product based on the purchase or reservation information of the product, and a step of generating a machine-readable mark such as a barcode based on the calculated charge amount. 2. The method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to claim 1, wherein the mark is used for billing. 3. A step of transmitting desired language selection screen information to the terminal for prompting selection of a desired language type for issuing a bill or the like relating to the product purchase or reservation, and the transmitted desired language selection screen information. Receiving the desired language input information for is performed before selecting the product for purchase or purchase reservation, and the WEB page after the execution is generated in the selected language and transmitted to the terminal. It controls so that it may be performed.
A method for controlling collection of information such as billing information for online shopping described in. 4. In the method for controlling collection of information for creating documents such as invoices in online shopping according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the desired language input information is:
A method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping, which is used for printing documents such as bills provided to the user by a printer provided in the server. 5. A server capable of executing the method for controlling collection of billing information in online shopping according to any one of claims 1 to 4.