JP2003099644A - Ordering system, method, program and recording media - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce labor of operation on the side of a person who places an order at a shopping site on the Internet, for example. SOLUTION: In a server machine 2 receiving orders, a kit registration processing part 20 is provided so that a kit into which a person who places an order on the Web page of a client machine 1 optionally combines a plurality of commodities can be given an optionally designated kit name and registered in association with the person who placed the order. By the function of a kit order receiving processing part 21 on the server machine 2, the person who placed the order can use the kit name registered by himself/herself to place an order of each commodity constituting the kit in a lump sum.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce technology utilizing the Internet or the like, and more particularly to a technology suitable for reducing an operation load at the time of ordering.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In electronic commerce using the Internet, etc., when ordering a certain item, if there is an item that must be combined in order to use this item, order this item as well. There is a need to.

For example, business-to-busine transactions
In ss), the parts necessary for a manufacturer to manufacture one "A product" are one "X part" and five "Y parts".
If there are 10 "Z parts", this "A product" will be 10 every month.
When manufacturing 0 pieces, the manufacturer sets the "X parts" as "1".
Not only "Months x 100 sets = 100 pieces" are ordered repeatedly every month, but also "Y parts" are "5 pieces x 100 sets = 500 pieces" and "Z parts" are also "10 pieces x 100 sets ="
It is necessary to repeat the order every month. In this case, the "X parts", "Y parts", and "Z parts" are not separately ordered, but 100 parts for "A product" are ordered.
It is more convenient if you can order as a set as a whole.

Further, for example, when shopping on the Internet, the orderer searches for a desired product and inputs the quantity and the like. In a normal shopping site, a product is searched for by category or classification, a desired product name is specified, and then an order quantity or the like is designated for the first time. This is repeated when purchasing a plurality of products.

In this case, the procedure for accessing the customer's website is as follows. Procedure for performing login processing, etc. Search procedure for purchased products.
Select the purchased product from the displayed products. Enter the purchase quantity etc. and put it in the basket etc. Press the confirmation button, etc.

When a plurality of products are purchased, the steps (1) to (5) are repeated, so that the orderer repeatedly accesses (clicks) the shopping site, which results in a large amount of time and communication costs for purchasing the product. .

In order to solve such a problem, for example, there is a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-305987. This technology is based on the product main body information input from the terminal unit in the electronic ordering / ordering system including a terminal unit for inputting order information and a WEB server unit communicatively connected to the terminal unit. The WEB server unit creates an ordering candidate item information list including the item information that constitutes the product body, and the terminal unit displays the ordering item candidate list and displays the merchandise item information selected from the ordering item candidate list in the WEB server. Then, the WEB server section creates an order list for merchandise items.

According to this technique, the product main body is automatically expanded and the ordering candidate product item list is displayed on the user terminal unit only by inputting the product main body information. Therefore, the user can select from among the ordering candidate product items. All you have to do is select the ordered merchandise item, and the trouble of ordering and the risk of omission of ordering are eliminated.

Further, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-320457.
In the official gazette, in the online sales / reservation reception system where sales or reservations are accepted via communication lines,
For products handled by distributors, operators, or both, the products ordered simultaneously by the same orderer and the number of products are registered as order history information, and the number of products ordered at the same time is referred by referring to this order history information. A technique for extracting a set product by combining a plurality of products is disclosed.

According to these techniques, it is possible to reduce the load associated with ordering "X parts", "Y parts" and "Z parts" used for "A product" in the above-mentioned inter-company transaction ("X parts"). , "Y parts" and "Z parts" are not separately ordered, but parts for "A product" are collectively ordered as 100 sets). Also, a plurality of products of the orderer in shopping on the Internet It is possible to reduce the operation load when purchasing.

However, in these prior arts, the seller (order receiving side) creates and provides the ordered merchandise item list and the set merchandise list in which a plurality of related products are set.

That is, the product names used in these conventional Internet shopping are the product names on the side of the shopping site operator, and the product names that are not familiar to the orderer.

In this way, the fact that the orderer places an order under the product name of the site operator means that the orderer will conduct some kind of investigation or
You will search, etc., and after confirming that it is the product you need, place an order.

Therefore, even if these conventional techniques are used, there still remains a problem that the orderer is annoyed by the time and labor required for ordering.

[0015]

The problem to be solved is that in the conventional technology, for example, in a general shopping site, the product composition and the set product name are prepared by the seller. Since the product configuration and the set product name cannot be changed by the orderer, the orderer cannot order the desired product in a short time by the ordering method that meets the needs of the orderer.

The object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, and the orderer can register any product in any combination of quantities in any product name, and can order as many times as the product name once registered. , To provide a technology that can reduce the time required for ordering and the number of clicks.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, on a server machine that receives an order,
The orderer registers a kit, which is an arbitrary combination of a plurality of products, with an arbitrary kit name and in association with the orderer. This allows the orderer to easily order each product that composes this kit, using the kit name that he or she has arbitrarily registered, as well as the product name (kit name ) Can be registered even if it duplicates the kit name of another orderer.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an ordering system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration example of a kit product registration processing section in FIG. 1, and FIG.
1 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration example of the kit order receiving processing unit in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a first processing procedure example according to the present invention of the ordering system in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an order in FIG. It is an explanatory view showing the 2nd example of a processing procedure concerning the present invention of a system.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a client machine (denoted as "client" in the figure), 2 is a server machine (denoted as "server" in the figure), 3 is the Internet (denoted as "Internet" in the figure), The client machine 1 and the server machine 2 are an optical disk drive and a LAN card for reading out programs and data recorded on an optical disk such as a display device, an input device, an external storage device, and a CD-ROM, which are not shown. Is provided with a computer processing function for performing processing according to the present invention.

That is, each of the client machine 1 and the server machine 2 installs a program and data stored in an optical disk or the like into an external storage device via an optical disk drive device or the like, and then, from the external storage device to a main memory. Read CPU (Central Processing U
nit), the client machine 1 is equipped with a kit product registration operation processing unit 10 and a kit product order processing unit 11, and the server machine 2 is equipped with a kit product registration processing unit 20 and a kit product order processing unit. 21 is mounted, and executes the order processing according to the present invention via the Web page.

In such a configuration, the orderer uses the "X parts" 1 to obtain the parts necessary for manufacturing a certain product (referred to as "A product") through an input device such as a keyboard.
The number of parts is 5, the number of “Y parts” is 10, and the number of “Z parts” is 10, and these parts are put together on a Web page, and a registration operation to the present system is performed with an arbitrary kit product name (denoted as “A”).

In this way, the client machine 1 performs W
The kit item information input to the eb page is transmitted to the server machine 2 via the Internet 3, and in the server machine 2, the kit item registration processing section 20 associates the kit item name with the received kit item name and the received kit item name. Save the configuration information (product name / quantity) in the database.

Thus, thereafter, when placing an order with the client machine 1, the orderer uses the kit item name of "A" arbitrarily attached by himself / herself to the respective parts ("X parts", "Y parts",
It is possible to place an order for "Z parts").

That is, when the orderer places an order under the kit item name "A" on the Web page, the client machine 1 causes the kit item order processing unit 11 to
In the server machine 2 that has performed an order for the kit name “A” to the server machine 2 and received the order for the kit item name “A”, the kit item order processing unit 21 performs the following order processing.

The kit product order processing unit 21 searches the database stored by the kit product registration processing unit 20 using the orderer name and kit name "A" as keys, and searches for the orderer name and kit name "A". The product configuration information (kit product information) associated with is read, and order data is developed based on this kit product information. For example, if the order quantity of the kit name “A” is “1”, then one “X part”, five “Y parts”,
Order data for 10 "Z parts" is created.

Based on the order data created in this way, the server machine 2 arranges each part by conventional processing.

The function of the kit product registration processing section 20 of the server machine 2 relating to such processing will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the kit product registration processing unit 2
0 is a kit product information input processing function (described as "kit product registration screen" in the drawing) 20a, customer master management function (described as "customer master" in the drawing) 20b, product master management function ("product master" in the drawing) 20c, and a kit product master processing function (described as "kit product master" in the figure) 20d.

In the customer master management function 20b,
The "user ID" and the "orderer code" are associated with each other and managed by the "customer master", and in the product master management function 20c, the "product name" and the "unit price" are associated with each other. It is managed by the "product master". The “orderer code” in the “customer master” is acquired at the time of user authentication in the login process.

The kit product information input processing function 20a generates a "kit product registration screen" (Web page), sends it to the client machine 1, and displays it on the screen by a Web browser. By operating the client machine 1, the orderer inputs the “product name”, the “quantity”, and the “kit product name” on the “kit product registration screen” (Web page).

Information ("product name", "quantity", "kit product name") entered in the "kit product registration screen" (Web page) on the client machine 1 as described above, as well as "customer master" and "product" Based on the registered contents of the “master”, the kit product information input processing function 20a associates these pieces of information with each other to create an “orderer code”, a “kit product name”,
Product configuration information including “product”, “quantity”, etc. is generated.

The product configuration information generated by the kit product information input processing function 20a in this manner is registered in the "kit product master" by the kit product master processing function 20d.

Next, the function of the kit product order processing unit 21 of the server machine 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the kit product order processing unit 2
1 is a kit product order input processing function (described as "kit product order screen" in the figure) 21a, a customer master management function (described as "customer master" in the figure) 21b, and a product master management function ("product master" in the figure) 21c, a kit product master management function (described as "kit product master" in the drawing) 21d, and an order data management function (described as "order data" in the drawing) 21e.

The customer master management function 21b displays "User I
Access to the "customer master" in which "D" is associated with the "orderer code", etc., and the product master management function 2
0c accesses the "product master" in which the "product name" is associated with the "unit price", and the kit product master management function 21d
Accesses the "kit product master".

These "customer master", "product master" and "kit product master" are the same as the "customer master", "product master" and "kit product master" described with reference to FIG. That is, the "customer master" has the user ID and the orderer code, and the "product master" has the product name and unit price.
The "kit product master" stores the orderer code, kit product name, product configuration information (product name / quantity), and the like.

The kit product order input processing function 21a generates a "kit product order screen" (Web page), sends it to the client machine 1, and displays it on a Web browser. By operating the client machine 1, the orderer
In this "kit product order screen" (Web page), enter "kit name" and "quantity".

In this way, the information ("kit item name", "quantity") entered in the "kit item order screen" (Web page) on the client machine 1, and the "customer master", "product master" and "kit" Based on the registration contents of the “product master”, the kit product order input processing function 21a
The information entered on the “Kit product order screen” (Web page) is expanded into product data on the orderer side, and “Orderer code”, “Product”, “Quantity”, “Unit price”, “Amount”, etc. Generate order data consisting of

The order data thus generated by the kit product order input processing function 21a is registered as "order data" by the order data management function 21e.

Next, an example of the processing operation of the ordering system of this example will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is mainly shown in FIG.
5 shows an example of a processing procedure relating to the kit product registration processing unit 20 shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 5 mainly shows a processing procedure example relating to the kit product order processing unit 21 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the orderer logs in from the client machine 1 (step 401), user authentication, acquisition of the orderer code, and menu screen (Web page) on the client machine 1 are performed on the server machine 2 on the server machine 2. Display by Web browser (Step 40)
2).

On the client machine 1 side, when the orderer designates the product name or classification of the product to be searched according to this menu screen (Web page) (step 403),
The server machine 2 displays a list of target product / quantity input fields (Web pages) on the client machine 1 side (step 404).

On the client machine 1 side, the orderer selects a product to be registered as a kit from the products displayed on the Web page, and inputs the quantity of each product (step 405). Server machine 2
Then, the input information is stored and held in association with the orderer (orderer code) (step 406).

The processes in steps 403 to 406 are repeated (step 407). When the client machine 1 inputs an instruction to end the product selection operation from the orderer (step 408), the server machine 2 specifies the kit product name. The screen (Web page) is transmitted to the client machine 1 and displayed by the Web browser on the client machine 1 side (step 409).

On this screen (Web page), the orderer arbitrarily designates the kit item name (step 41).
0), the server machine 2 uses this kit name and step 4
It is stored in the database together with each information held in 06 (step 411).

After this processing, the orderer can place an order for all related merchandise under the kit name arbitrarily designated. A processing example of the ordering system of this example relating to this ordering and ordering will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the orderer logs in from the client machine 1 (step 501), the server machine 2 authenticates the user, obtains the orderer code, and displays the menu screen (Web page) on the client machine 1. Display by Web browser (Step 50)
2).

On the client machine 1 side, when the orderer specifies the selection of the kit product order screen according to this menu screen (Web page) (step 503), the server machine 2 displays the kit product order screen on the client machine 1 side. (Web page) is sent and displayed (step 504).

On the client machine 1 side, the orderer selects a kit product to be ordered from the kit products displayed on the Web page, and inputs the quantity (set number) or the like (step 505). ), In the server machine 2, these input information are the orderer (orderer code)
Is stored and held in association with (step 506).

The processes in steps 503 to 506 are repeated (step 507), and when the client machine 1 inputs an instruction to end the selection operation of the kit product from the orderer (step 508), the server machine 2 confirms the order. The screen (Web page) is transmitted to the client machine 1 and displayed by the Web browser on the client machine 1 side (step 509).

When the orderer designates execution of ordering of the kit item on this screen (Web page) (step 510), the server machine 2 uses the orderer code and the kit item name held in step 506 as the basis. Order data expanded into information such as the product name, quantity, unit price, etc. on the site operator side is created and stored in the database (step 511).

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, in this example, in the server machine 2 that receives an order, a kit in which the orderer arbitrarily combines a plurality of products on the Web page of the client machine 1 Is registered with an arbitrarily designated kit name and in association with the orderer. As a result, the orderer can use the kit name registered by himself / herself to place an order for each merchandise composing the kit as many times as desired. Since the kit name is registered in association with each orderer, the product name (kit name) given by the orderer can be registered even if it overlaps with the kit names of other orderers.

Thus, for example, at a shopping site on the Internet, the orderer can repeatedly place an order with a name that he or she can easily remember or a product name used in the own system. Further, since it is possible to order a plurality of products as one kit product name, it is not necessary to perform an ordering operation for each originally necessary part, and the number of clicks to the shopping site at the time of ordering can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the examples described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in this example,
Although the commercial transaction service via the Internet 3 has been described as an example, the network 3 is not limited to the Internet 3 and may be a network such as an intranet.

Further, as a computer configuration example of the server machine 2 in this example, a computer configuration without an input device or an optical disc drive device may be used. Further, as the recording medium of the program loaded into the client machine 1 and the server machine 2, an FD (Flexible Disk) or the like other than the optical disc may be used.
Further, regarding the installation of the program, the program may be downloaded and installed via the network via the communication device.

[0057]

According to the present invention, the orderer can register an arbitrary product with an arbitrary product name in an arbitrary combination of quantities, and can order as many times as the product name once registered. For example, on the Internet. Even in general shopping sites,
The time and the number of clicks required for ordering can be reduced, and the operation load on the orderer can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an ordering system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration example of a kit item registration processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration example of a kit product order processing unit in FIG. 1.

4 is an explanatory diagram showing a first processing procedure example according to the present invention of the ordering system in FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a second processing procedure example according to the present invention of the ordering system in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Client machine, 2: Server machine, 3: Internet, 10: Kit product registration operation processing unit, 11: Kit product order processing unit, 20: Kit product registration processing unit, 20
a: Kit product information input processing function ("Kit product registration screen"), 20b: Customer master management function ("Customer master"), 20c: Product master management function ("Product master"), 20d: Kit product master processing function ("Kit product master"), 21: Kit product order processing unit, 21a: Kit product order input processing function ("Kit product order screen"), 21
b: Customer master management function (“customer master”), 21c:
Product master management function ("product master"), 21d: Kit product master management function ("kit product master"), 21e:
Order data management function (“Order data”).

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masayuki Kajiwara             1-16-5 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Hitachi Information Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akihiko Ishikawa             3-4, Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo J             P Building Hitachi Electronic Devices Sales Co., Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An ordering system for receiving and placing an order for goods between a server and a client via a Web page, wherein the server allows the user to execute the W
A means for registering kit product information created by assigning a kit name by arbitrarily combining a plurality of products on the eb page, and the Web in the client.
In response to the user's ordering with the kit name from the page, the kit item information of the kit name associated with the user is extracted, and the order data for each of the plurality of items included in the kit item information. An ordering system comprising means for generating. 2. An ordering system comprising a terminal device for a user to input order information of a product, and a server connected to the terminal device via a computer network to receive the order information, wherein the server is provided with the product. The product master that stores the name and unit price of the product, the customer master that stores the orderer identification information in association with the user authentication information at logon, and the user who stores the orderer identification information in the customer master Means for registering the kit product information, which is created by giving a kit name by arbitrarily combining a plurality of products with the orderer identification information, in response to a request from the user of the terminal device, Means for displaying the kit name of each kit item information registered in the kit item master corresponding to the user on the terminal device, and each key displayed on the terminal device. Based on the kit name and quantity selected and entered by the user from the set name, refer to the above kit product master and product master to generate order data for each product included in the kit product information of the kit name and register the file. An ordering system, which is provided with means for performing. 3. An ordering method in a server for receiving and placing an order of goods between clients via a Web page,
In the client, a procedure in which the user arbitrarily associates and registers kit item information created by giving a kit name by combining a plurality of items on a Web page,
In response to the user's ordering with the kit name on the Web page of the client, a procedure for extracting the kit item information of the kit name associated with the user, and a plurality of items included in the extracted kit item information. An ordering method, comprising: a procedure for extracting the item of item, and a step of generating order data for each of the extracted items. 4. An ordering method for a system comprising a terminal device through which a user inputs order information for a product using a Web page, and a server connected to the terminal device via a computer network and receiving the order information. hand,
In the server, a procedure for storing the name and unit price of the product in the product master, a procedure for associating the orderer identification information with the user authentication information at the time of logon and storing it in the customer master,
A procedure in which the user, who is associated with the orderer identification information and stored in the customer master, arbitrarily combines a plurality of items to give a kit name and creates kit item information, transmits the Web page to the terminal device, and An ordering method characterized by executing a procedure of receiving kit product information created on a Web page and a procedure of associating the received kit product information with the orderer identification information and registering it in a kit product master. 5. An ordering method for a system, which comprises a terminal device through which a user inputs order information for a product using a Web page, and a server which is connected to the terminal device via a computer network and receives the order information. hand,
In the server, a procedure for storing the name and unit price of the product in the product master, a procedure for associating the orderer identification information with the user authentication information at the time of logon and storing it in the customer master,
A procedure in which the user, who is associated with the orderer identification information and stored in the customer master, arbitrarily combines a plurality of items to give a kit name and creates kit item information, transmits the Web page to the terminal device, and In response to a request from the user of the terminal device, a procedure for receiving the kit product information created on the Web page, a procedure for associating the received kit product information with the orderer identification information and registering the kit product master. , A procedure for transmitting a Web page displaying the kit name of each kit item information registered in the kit item master corresponding to the user to the terminal device, and the user selecting from each kit name displayed on the Web page Based on the entered kit name and quantity, refer to the above kit product master and the above product master to order each product included in the kit product information of the kit name. How to order, characterized in that to perform the procedure to file registration to generate over data. 6. The computer according to any one of claims 3 to 5.
A program for executing each step in the ordering method described in any of 1. 7. The computer according to any one of claims 3 to 5.
A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing each step in the ordering method described in any one of 1. 8. An ordering system via a Web page on the Internet, wherein a kit is created by an orderer arbitrarily combining a plurality of products and giving an arbitrary kit name on the Web page at an Internet shopping site. By registering product information, and if there is an order from the orderer with the above kit name on the Web page, each product is extracted from the registered kit product information, so that the order from the above orderer can be ordered. An ordering system characterized by receiving at.