JP2003256675A - Method and device for electronic commerce, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for electronic commerce, and a program therefor, capable of efficiently conducting business without giving a large burden on order receiving side companies or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A designer registers the drawings of a part subject to estimation in a DB server 11. When a person in charge of ordering forms a request for estimation at a client 12-1, the person in charge of ordering may access a WWW server 53 from the client 12 to check if information of the drawings, etc., related to the request for estimation is registered in the DB server 11 or not. In case the part is composed of a plurality of items, partly including standard items, the drawings are displayed as all set when the drawings for items other than the standard ones are set. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce method, a device and a program, and more particularly to an electronic commerce method, a device and a program capable of efficiently performing business between organizations such as companies.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of computer technology, various businesses have been systematized. In particular, recently, there is a tendency that even a business between organizations is systematized by using a network typified by the Internet.

The use of networks between organizations is not limited to communication by e-mail, etc., and B to B (Busin
ess to Business), B to C (Business to Consumer), C
It extends to electronic commerce in various forms such as to C (Consumer to Consumer).

[0004]

By the way, in the case of conducting electronic commerce using a network such as the Internet, either one of the commerce is usually performed, or
A system prepared by a third party is often used. For example, in the B to C form, a system prepared by the company side is used, and in the C to C form, a system prepared by a third party acting as an intermediary is used. This also applies to the B to B form.

However, there are various cases in the electronic commerce in the form of B to B, such as the case where both companies operate their own systems or the case where they are not systematized at all. It may be difficult to improve the efficiency of work. In this case, the content of the system is often decided by the initiative of a relatively large company or a company that is the ordering side, and the burden on the relatively small company or the ordering company is often large.

[0006] Further, depending on the contents of the system, there are cases where it is used only to the extent that they can simply contact each other.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce method, an apparatus and a program capable of efficiently performing business without imposing a heavy burden on a company on the order receiving side.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is an electronic commerce method for mediating the provision of information related to a transaction when conducting a transaction through a network, When a plurality of pieces of information related to a transaction are sequentially provided, the complete status in which each piece of the information can be provided is displayed in units of the transaction.

Further, the invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the display is a display showing whether or not all of a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are gathered.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 2, wherein when the display includes standard information that can be acquired at any time in a plurality of information related to the transaction, the standard information is displayed. It is characterized in that it is a display showing whether or not all the information except for has been gathered.

Further, the invention of claim 4 relates to claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the above aspects, the information is a drawing of a product to be traded.

[0012] According to the invention of claim 5, when a transaction is carried out via a network, in an electronic commerce device which mediates provision of information related to the transaction, information for accepting registration of a plurality of information related to the transaction The information registration means is provided with a registration means, an information providing means for providing the information registered by the information registration means, and a display means for displaying information that can be provided by the information providing means, and the information registration means is related to a transaction. When a plurality of pieces of information are sequentially received, the display unit displays the completeness status in which each piece of the information can be provided, in units of transactions.

Further, the invention of claim 6 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 5, the display means is a display showing whether or not all of a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are gathered.

Further, the invention of claim 7 is the invention of claim 6, wherein, when the plurality of information relating to the transaction includes standard information that can be acquired at any time, the standard of the display means is the standard. It is characterized in that it is a display indicating whether or not all the information except the information has been gathered.

The invention of claim 8 is the invention of claims 5 to 7.
In any one of the above aspects, the information is a drawing of a product to be traded.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, when a transaction is carried out via a network, in an electronic commerce program that causes a computer to mediate provision of information related to the transaction, a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are stored. It is characterized in that, when the transactions are sequentially provided, the complete situation in which each of the information can be provided is displayed in units of the transaction.

Further, the invention of claim 10 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 9, the display is a display indicating whether or not a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are all collected.

The invention of claim 11 is based on the invention of claim 10, wherein when the display includes standard information that can be acquired at any time, the standard information can be obtained. It is characterized in that it is a display showing whether or not all the information except for has been gathered.

Further, the invention of claim 12 is characterized in that, in any of the inventions of claims 9 to 11, the information is a drawing of a product to be traded.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of an electronic commerce method, apparatus and program according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic commerce system to which the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, in the electronic commerce system to which the present invention is applied, the intranet 1 of the ordering company is connected to the Internet 3 via the firewall 2. A transaction support device 5 is connected to the Internet 3 via a firewall 4, and a client 6 (6-
1 to 6-n) are connected.

The intranet 1 is an in-house system of the ordering company and includes at least a client in which a web browser operates. The transaction support device 5 supports electronic commerce between the ordering company and the ordering company. The client 6 is a client owned by each of the order receiving companies, and at least a web browser operates. The client 6 may be included in the intranet of the order receiving company, or may be connected via an Internet service provider or the like.

Although the transaction support device 5 is connected to the Internet 3 in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, it may be connected to another part. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the transaction support device 5 is connected between the intranet 1 and the Internet 3 and between the firewall 2 and the gateway 7 (not shown in FIG. 1). In this connection, the transaction support device 5 is connected to the side of the intranet 1 rather than the gateway 7, and thus becomes a part of the in-house system of the ordering company. However, since it is through the firewall 2, it does not become a part of the intranet 1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the transaction support device 5 can be connected to the intranet 1 to be a part of the intranet 1.

As described above, the transaction support device 5 can be connected to various positions. These differences in connection positions are differences in the way of thinking about security, and will be appropriately determined in accordance with the security of the system to which the present invention is applied.

Next, the structure of the transaction support device 5 and the structure of the intranet 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configurations of the transaction support device 5 and the intranet 1.

As shown in the figure, the intranet 1 is
DB server 11 and a plurality of clients 12 (12-1 to 12-1
12-m). Although other servers and the like exist in the intranet 1, they are omitted here. The DB server 11 is a database that stores technical data such as drawings of parts ordered by the ordering company. The DB server 11 may be prepared as a dedicated one for electronic commerce using the transaction support device 5, but may be one normally used as an in-house system. The client 12 is used by an ordering person or the like, and at least a web browser operates.

Further, the transaction support device 5 includes a DB server 51.
And an AP server 52 and a WWW server 53. In the DB server 51, among the technical data such as drawings stored in the DB server 11, those corresponding to the ordered parts are stored. The AP server 52 is a server in which various applications operate, and registers information in the DB server 51, acquires information from the DB server 51, and creates dynamic pages among web pages provided by the WWW server 53. E-mail is sent to the client 6 and the like. The WWW server 53 provides a web page to the client 6 or the client 12, obtains information input to the provided web page, obtains technical information from the DB server 11, and the like. The DB server 51, the AP server 52, and the WWW server 53 are configured by software, and all of them may be realized by the same computer device, and the AP server 52 and the WWW server 53 are realized by the same computer device. Alternatively, all of them may be realized by separate computer devices.

By the way, the configuration shown in FIG. 3 is a basic configuration, and when a firewall 2 or the like exists between the intranet 1 and the transaction support device 5, the configuration on the intranet 1 side is slightly changed. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a DB server 13, an AP server 14, and a WWW server 15 are added to the intranet 1. The DB server 13, the AP server 14, and the WWW server 15 are basically the DB server 51, the AP server 52, and the WWW server 5.
The same operation as 3 is performed. With this configuration, access to the WWW server 15 from the client 6 prohibited by the firewall 2 and the DB server 1 from the transaction support device 5 are prohibited.
This is for responding to access to 1.

Next, the flow of electronic commerce using the transaction support device 5 will be described. Below, the estimation process of the electronic commerce will be described as an example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of an estimation process using the transaction support device 5. In addition, here, it is assumed that a plurality of ordering personnel of the ordering company exist in different roles,
It is assumed that the ordering person A uses the client 12-1 and the ordering person B uses the client 12-2.

In the quotation process using the transaction support device 5,
First, the person in charge of ordering A accesses the transaction support device 5 from the client 12-1 to set the estimation conditions and create an estimation request (step 101).

Next, the person in charge of ordering B is the client 12-.
Accessing transaction support device 5 from 2 and ordering person A
The quotation request created by is edited as necessary, the quotation destination is selected, and the shipment is approved (step 102).

When the person in charge of shipment B performs an operation of approval of shipment, the transaction support apparatus 5 sends a quotation request notification to the quotationee selected by the person in charge of medium B by e-mail (step 103).

In the order-receiving company that has received the quotation request notification, the person in charge of ordering accesses the transaction support apparatus 5 from the client 6 and refers to the quotation request or makes a quotation reply (step 104).

After that, the person in charge of ordering B is the client 1
2-2 accesses the transaction support device 5 and confirms the quotation reply by the person in charge of ordering (step 105),
Quotation processing ends.

Next, processing such as an estimate request by the ordering person A or the ordering person B will be described with reference to the transition of the screen (web page) displayed on the client 12. Figure 6
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a transition flow of screens displayed on the client 12.

When the ordering person A or the ordering person B accesses the transaction support apparatus 5 from the client 12 and performs processing such as login, a menu screen 200 is displayed on the client 12. This menu screen 200
By selecting the menu with, the screen displayed on the client 12 transits to the estimate condition input screen 210 or the estimate list screen 211.

The quotation condition input screen 210 is a screen for inputting conditions for the quotation, and various conditions such as the number of LOTs, the total number of products manufactured, the delivery destination, and the quotation submission deadline can be input.

The quotation list screen 211 is a screen on which various quotations such as those being prepared, waiting for shipping approval, being quoted, answered, expired, etc. can be listed.
From the first, by operation, the quotation creation screen 220, the quotation reference screen 221, the quotation edit screen 222, the quotation proxy response screen 223, the quotation deletion screen 224, the quotation destination selection screen 225,
The screen transits to one of the estimate shipping screens 226.

The estimate creation screen 220 is a screen for creating a new estimate request, and is capable of inputting necessary items such as a part number. Alternatively, the quotation creation screen 220 may be transited to the data reading screen 230, and the data may be read in place of the necessary items to be input. The data that can be read on the data reading screen 230 is
It may be a general-purpose one such as CSV (Comma Separated Values) format or an original one used in the in-house system.

The quotation reference screen 221 is the quotation list screen 21.
It is a screen for referring to the quotation selected in 1 (including a quotation request and a quotation reply). From this quote reference screen 221, it is possible to transit to a quote attribute reference screen 231, a drawing reference / DL screen 232, and a quote DL screen 233 by operation.

The estimate attribute reference screen 231 is a screen for referring to the attribute of the estimate, and is a drawing reference / DL screen 232.
Is a screen for referring to and downloading drawings of parts included in the quotation. The quotation DL screen 233 is a screen for downloading the quotation in CSV format or another format, and the quotation downloaded here is used or printed in an in-house system or the like as necessary. The estimate attribute edit screen 234 is a screen for editing the estimate attribute.

The quotation edit screen 222 is the quotation list screen 21.
It is a screen for editing the quotation selected in 1. From this quotation list screen 222, refer to the drawing by operation /
It is possible to transit to the DL screen 232, the quote DL screen 233, and the quote attribute edit screen 234.

The quotation proxy reply screen 223 is used by the ordering person in the case where the ordering company sends and receives the quotation request and its reply by fax or mail because the ordering company cannot connect to the Internet. Etc. is a screen for inputting the answer contents by proxy. From this quotation proxy response screen 223, it is possible to transit to a quotation detail reading screen 235,
By reading data in CSV format or the like on the quotation statement reading screen 235, it is possible to replace the input of reply contents on the quote proxy reply screen 223.

The quotation deletion screen 224 is the quotation list screen 21.
It is a screen for deleting the quotation selected in 1.

The quotation selection screen 225 is the quotation list screen 2.
It is a screen for selecting the quotation destination of the quotation selected in 11.

The quotation shipping screen 226 is the quotation list screen 21.
This is a screen for approving shipping for the quote selected in 1. The quote request notification is sent to the quote approved for shipping here. As a matter of course, the transition to the estimate shipping screen 226 is performed only when an unshipped quote is selected on the quote list screen 211.

As described above, the screens displayed on the client 12 transit to various screens, but not all screens are always transited. For example, the quotation list screen 211 is displayed on the quotation selection screen 225 and the quotation dispatch screen 226.
Transitions only when an undelivered quotation is selected in, and further transitions to the quotation attribute edit screen 234 only when a quotation for which a reply has been answered is selected and transitions to the quotation reference screen 221 or the like. As such, it will vary depending on the status of each quote.

The screen transition displayed on the client 12 also differs depending on the type of ordering person. For example, when the ordering person A is operating the client 12, since the ordering person A is not authorized to send the shipment, the ordering person A is not transitioned to the estimate shipping screen 226. When B is operating the client 12, the transition to the estimate creation screen 220 is not performed.

Here, several display examples of the screen displayed on the client 12 will be shown. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the quotation list screen 211, and FIG. 8 is a quotation edit screen 222.
It is the figure which showed the example of a display of.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the quotation list screen 211, operation buttons are displayed on the upper stage 211A of the screen, condition setting fields for setting display conditions are displayed on the middle stage 211B of the screen, and the quotation list is displayed on the lower stage 211C of the screen. To be done.

The operation buttons displayed on the upper stage 211A of the screen are for inputting an instruction for making a transition to another screen described above. Of these operation buttons, those for instructing transition to a screen in which transition is not possible are hidden or grayed out and do not accept transition instruction input.
The condition setting field displayed in the middle part 211B of the screen is for setting the display condition of the list of quotations displayed in the lower part 211C of the screen, and the type, ID, and due date of the quotations are input. Lower screen 2
The quotation list displayed in 11C displays the quotation stored in the transaction support device 5 that satisfies the display condition set in the condition setting column displayed in the middle section 211B of the screen. If no condition is set in the condition setting field, all quotations will be displayed. Each of the quotes displayed in this quote list can be selected. By selecting one of the quotes and pressing the operation button displayed in the upper part 211A of the screen, a screen corresponding to the selected quote (edit quote) Screen 222 etc.) is performed.

In the estimate edit screen 222, as shown in FIG. 8, the operation buttons are displayed on the upper stage 222A of the screen, the estimate content input field is displayed on the middle stage 222B of the screen, and the parts details are displayed on the lower stage 222C of the screen. .

The operation buttons displayed on the upper stage 222A of the screen are the same as those displayed on the estimate list screen described above.
This is for instructing transition to another screen. The estimate content input field displayed in the middle part 222B of the screen is a field for inputting the estimate content, and can be appropriately input, changed, and the like. The part details displayed on the lower stage 222C of the screen are the details of the parts to be estimated. In this part details, when the estimation target is an aggregate (assay body) composed of a plurality of parts, details of each part are displayed.

Next, the lower screen 22 of the estimate edit screen 222
Details of the parts displayed in 2C will be described. It should be noted that the details of the parts described below are the same as those in the quote creation screen 2
20, the quotation reference screen 222, and the like.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a part of the details of parts displayed on the lower stage 222C of the screen. As shown in the figure, the part details include a level field 302 and a drawing field 303 in addition to a part number field 301 that displays the part number of each part.

The level column 302 displays the level of each component. The level of a part means that when the part to be estimated is level 1, the level of the part forming the part is level 2 and the part forming the level 2 part is level 3. Therefore, when the estimation target is composed of a single part, only one level 1 part is displayed. It should be noted that each component can be displayed in a tree by using its level, and details thereof will be described later.

In the drawing field 303, a symbol or the like indicating whether or not the drawing can be referred to is displayed. Drawings of parts are usually created by a designer or the like, and depending on the time of the estimation, a request for estimation may be made before completion of the drawings, so not all drawings can be referred to immediately. Therefore, the drawing section 30
In step 3, whether or not the drawing can be referenced is displayed. In addition, drawing column 3
Details of the display of 03 will be described later.

Next, the level of parts will be described. As described above, the level is set for the component, and by referring to the level, the configuration of the component can be easily grasped, and the tree display is also possible.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10A, the part 350 (also an assembly) of the part number "6M 22170" of level 1 is the part number "6M 221 of level 2".
A part 351 of "80", a part 352 of a part number "19K 93400" (also an assembly), a part number "28E 911"
80 ”part 355, part number“ 28E 92500 ”part 356, part number“ 351W 41250 ”part 357
And the component 352 is a level 3 part number "1".
4E 83550 "part 353 and part number" 19E 18 "
The tree display can be performed as if it is composed of the component 354 of "280".

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 10B, the part 360 (which is also an assembly) of the part number "6M 22171" which is the level 1 has the part number "6M 221 which is the level 2".
80 "part 361, part number" 19K 93400 "part 362 (also an assembly), part number" 28E 911 "
80 "part 365, part number" 14E 83550 "part 366, part number" 351W 41250 "part 367
And the part 362 is a level 3 part number "1.
4E 83550 "part 353 and part number" 19E 18 "
The tree display can be performed as if it is composed of the component 354 of "280". In this case, the parts 363 and 366
Are the same parts, but by setting the level for each, it is easy to understand the configuration.

Since the order level is notified to the order receiving side as well, the order receiving side can easily grasp the configuration of the parts and can efficiently perform the estimation process.

Next, the display of the drawing field 303 will be described. As described above, in the drawing field 303, whether or not the drawing can be referred to is displayed by a symbol or the like. FIG. 11 is a drawing section 303
It is the figure which showed the legend of the display of.

Some drawings correspond to a single component and an assembly (assay body). In the drawing column 303, a single component or an assembly of level 2 or lower, for example, the component 351 shown in FIG. A single component such as a component or a component 353 or an aggregate such as a component 352 can be referred to in the drawing, that is, a black circle is displayed if it is registered. If the drawing has not been registered, a white circle is displayed.

If the relevant part is a level 1 aggregate such as the part 350 shown in FIG. 10A, all the drawings can be referred to, that is, the lower level parts can be referenced. A black circle is displayed when all the drawings and the own drawing are registered, and a white circle is displayed when all these drawings are not registered. A black circle is displayed when all drawings corresponding to the aggregates and parts other than the standard product are registered. This is because the standard drawing is available separately.

In addition, if at least a part of the drawings corresponding to the aggregates and parts other than the standard parts among the lower-level parts cannot be referred to, that is, if they are not registered, a triangle is displayed. It should be noted that the same display as that of the level 1 may be applied to the drawings of the parts and the assembly of the level 2 and below.
The drawings corresponding to the following standard products may be hidden without displaying the white circles.

Further, among the symbols displayed in the drawing section 303, the symbols attached to the level 1 parts are the quotation list screen 2
It is also displayed on 11. That is, on the quotation list screen 211, it is possible to easily determine whether or not all the drawings of the level 1 parts to be estimated can be referenced.

As a result, even if there are unregistered drawings due to the use of standard parts as the parts that make up the parts that are an aggregate, the quotation list screen 211 shows
It is determined that all the drawings can be referred to.

Next, the process of the quotation reply by the person in charge of ordering will be described with reference to the transition of the screen (web page) displayed on the client 6. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of transition of screens displayed on the client 6.

When the person in charge of ordering accesses the transaction support apparatus 5 from the client 6 and performs processing such as login, a menu screen 400 is displayed on the client 6. By selecting a menu on the menu screen 400, the screen displayed on the client 6 transits to the quotation list screen 410. From the menu screen 400,
In addition to the quotation list screen 410, a screen (not shown) in which notifications regarding the system are described may be displayed.

The estimate list screen 410 is a screen on which various quotations such as unanswered, answered, and in the middle of reply can be listed. From the estimate list screen 410, an estimate reference screen 420 and an estimate reply are operated by an operation. The screen changes to one of the screens 421.

The quotation reference screen 420 is the quotation list screen 41.
The quotation response screen 421 is a screen for referring to the quotation selected in 0, and is a screen for inputting a response to the quotation selected in the quotation list screen 410. Also, the quotation reference screen 420
From, changes to any of the quote detail reference screen 430, the drawing reference / DL screen 431, and the quote DL screen 432 by operation, and from the quote reply screen 421 by operation, the drawing reference / DL screen 431 and quote. The screen changes to any of the DL screen 432, the quote detail reading screen 433, and the quote detail input screen 434.

The quotation detail reference screen 430 is a screen for referring to the quotation details, and refers to the drawing / DL screen 431.
Is a screen for referring to and downloading drawings of parts included in the quotation. The quotation DL screen 432 is a screen for downloading the quotation in CSV format or the like, and the quotation downloaded here can be edited separately by using application software as necessary. The quotation statement reading screen 433 is a screen for reading data in CSV format or the like, and the quotation statement input screen 43
4 is a screen for inputting the details of the estimate.

Here, several examples of screens displayed on the client 6 will be shown. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of the quotation list screen 410, and FIG. 14 is a quotation reply screen 42.
15 is a diagram showing a display example of No. 1 and FIG.
It is the figure which showed the example of a display of 34.

As shown in FIG. 13, in the quotation list screen 410, a condition setting section for setting display conditions is displayed on the upper stage 410A of the screen, and the quotation list is displayed on the lower stage 410B of the screen. The condition setting field displayed on the upper stage 410A of the screen is for setting display conditions of the quotation list displayed on the lower stage 410B of the screen, and the status, ID, and due date of the quotation are input.
In the quotation list displayed on the lower stage 410B of the screen, among the quotations accumulated in the transaction support device 5, those that satisfy the display condition set in the condition setting field displayed on the upper stage 410A of the screen are displayed. If no condition is set in the condition setting field, all quotations will be displayed. As a matter of course, the quotation displayed in the quotation list is only for the company to which the ordering person belongs.

A link (for example, a quote number) is attached to each quote in the quote list displayed in the lower stage 410B of the screen. By following this link, the quote reference screen 420 corresponding to each quote is displayed. Can be transitioned to. Also,
An answer input button is displayed for each quote, and by pressing this answer input button, it is possible to transition to the quote answer screen 421 corresponding to each quote.

As shown in FIG. 14, the quotation reply screen 421 displays operation buttons and the contents of the quotation request on the upper stage 421A of the screen, and the quotation details corresponding to each part on the lower stage 421B of the screen.

The operation buttons displayed on the upper stage 421A of the screen are for instructing the transition to the quote DL screen 432, the reply, and the saving of the reply halfway. The quotation details displayed on the lower stage 421B of the screen are the details of each component constituting the component to be estimated. In this quotation statement, since the level is set for each component, as described above, when the quotation target is an aggregate, the configuration thereof can be easily grasped. For each of the parts that can be referenced or downloaded, a link to the drawing that corresponds to the part number or the like is provided. In the quotation reply screen 421, it is displayed in the upper stage 421A of the screen. By pressing the “answer (on the way)” button 501, which is one of the operation buttons, the estimate in the middle of answering can be temporarily saved. Details of this point will be described later.

The quotation statement input screen 434 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, an input field for inputting the details of the estimate is displayed. When the "calculate total unit price" button 502 is pressed after inputting the details in this input field, the total unit price is automatically calculated based on the input details. Further, an adjustment cost input field 503 for inputting the adjustment cost is provided in the input field for inputting the details, and the ordering person can easily input the details by using the adjustment cost. it can.

Here, the adjustment cost will be described. As described above, the part to be estimated may be an aggregate composed of a plurality of parts. In this case, in principle, it is necessary to enter the estimate details in units of the minimum parts. However, in the case of using the minimum parts as a unit, the details of small parts such as screws are also entered, which is complicated. For this reason, it may be desired to omit the entry of the details for a small amount of parts, but if the entry of the details is omitted, the total unit price calculated automatically will be incorrect. Therefore, the adjustment cost is used to absorb the error caused by the specification in which the input is omitted.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a specific example of the adjustment cost. FIG. 16A shows an example in which the adjustment cost is not used, and the material cost, the processing cost, and the total thereof are input for each part. Further, according to the calculation peculiar to the assembly, the material cost of the part of the part number "19K 93400" of the level 2 is "14E 8355"
This is the sum of the total amount of the parts of "0" and the total amount of the parts of the part number "19E 18280". Similarly, the material cost of the part with the part number “6M 22170” of level 1 is the sum of the total amount of each part of the level 2, and the sum of the processing cost that is the cost of assembling the part of level 2 Is the total unit price of the parts of the part number “6M 22170” which is the estimation target.

FIG. 16B is an example in which the details of the same parts as those in FIG. 16A are calculated using the adjustment cost. For example, the part number “14E 83550” and the part number “19E 182” that compose the level 2 part number “19K 93400”.
The description of the parts of “80” is omitted, and instead of this, the part number “19
If you enter the adjustment cost of "K 93400", the part number "19K
The error does not occur in the unit price of the part of "93400". Similarly, even if the unit price of the part of the level 2 part number "28E 92500" is omitted, the part number of the level 1 part "6M 22
By inputting the adjustment cost of "170", the error due to omission can be absorbed.

When inputting the details, as shown in FIG. 17, it is possible to omit inputting the details for the same component. Even in this case, when calculating the total unit price,
The omitted details are treated as if they were entered.

Finally, the upper screen 4 of the estimate reply screen 421
The process when the "answer (on the way)" button 501 displayed on 21A is pressed will be described. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in the case of saving the estimate reply on the way.

When the person in charge of ordering who has received the notification of the estimate request operates the client 6 to create an estimate reply and presses the “Reply (middle)” button 501 in the middle of the process, the estimate reply in the process of creation is sent from the client 6. It is transmitted to the transaction support device 5 (step 111) and is stored in the transaction support device 5 as an estimate in the middle of reply. Even if the person in charge of ordering B who operates the client 12-2 intends to confirm the estimate during the reply (step 112), it cannot be confirmed.

After that, the person in charge of ordering operates the client 6 to obtain the estimate reply in the process of preparation from the transaction support device 5 (step 113), continues to create the estimate reply, and returns the completed estimate reply to the transaction support device. After registration in step 5 (step 114), the person in charge of ordering B who operates the client 12-2 can thereafter confirm the estimate reply (step 115).

In the above description, the estimation process, which is a part of electronic commerce, has been described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to other processes of electronic commerce. For example, the present invention can be used not only for presenting specifications other than drawings, but also for notifying various contact items.

[0089]

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is configured to visually confirm whether information such as a drawing can be referred to, information can be easily managed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic commerce system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing another schematic configuration of an electronic commerce system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing configurations of a transaction support device 5 and an intranet 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another configuration of the transaction support device 5 and the intranet 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of an estimation process using the transaction support device 5.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of transition of screens displayed on the client 12.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate list screen 211.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate edit screen 222.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a part of the component details displayed on the lower stage 222C of the screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of parts.

11 is a diagram showing a legend of a display in a drawing field 303. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of transition of screens displayed on the client 6.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate list screen 410.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate reply screen 421.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of an estimate detail input screen 434.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a specific example of adjustment costs.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of omitting entry of details for the same component.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flow of processing when an estimate reply is saved midway.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Intranet 2 firewall 3 Internet 4 firewall 5 transaction support equipment 6, 6-1 to 6-n client 7 gateway 11 DB server 12, 12-1 to 12-m client 13 DB server 14 AP server 15 WWW server 51 DB server 52 AP server 53 WWW server 200 menu screen 210 Quote condition input screen 211 Quote list screen 211A screen top 211B screen middle 211C screen bottom 220 Quote creation screen 221 Quote reference screen 222 Quote edit screen 222A screen top 222B middle screen 222C screen bottom 223 Quotation proxy screen 224 Quote deletion screen 225 Quote selection screen 226 Quotation shipping screen 230 Data reading screen 231 Quote attribute reference screen 232 Drawing reference / DL screen 233 Quotation DL screen 234 Quote attribute edit screen 235 Quote details read screen 350 parts 351 parts 352 parts 353 parts 354 parts 355 parts 356 parts 357 parts 360 parts 361 parts 362 parts 363 parts 364 parts 365 parts 366 parts 367 parts 400 menu screen 410 Quote list screen 410A screen top 410B screen bottom 420 Quote reference screen 421 Quotation reply screen 421A screen top 421B screen bottom 430 Quote detail reference screen 431 Drawing reference / DL screen 432 Quotation form DL screen 433 Quote details read screen 434 Quote details input screen 501 "Reply (halfway)" button 502 "Calculate total unit price" button 503 Adjustment cost input field

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Yosuke Hashimoto             Fuji Zero, 2274 Hongo, Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Co., Ltd. Ebina Office (72) Inventor Fumihiko Tanaka             Fuji Zero, 2274 Hongo, Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Co., Ltd. Ebina Office (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Yokouchi             Fuji Zero, 2274 Hongo, Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Co., Ltd. Ebina Office

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. When performing a transaction through a network,
In an electronic commerce method that mediates the provision of information related to the transaction, when a plurality of information related to the transaction are sequentially provided, the complete status in which each of the information can be provided is displayed in units of the transaction. An electronic commerce method characterized by the above. 2. The electronic commerce method according to claim 1, wherein the display is a display indicating whether or not a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are all collected. 3. When the plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction include standard information that can be acquired at any time, the display is a display indicating whether or not all the information except the standard information has been collected. The electronic commerce method according to claim 2, wherein the electronic commerce method is provided. 4. The electronic commerce method according to claim 1, wherein the information is a drawing of a product to be traded. 5. When carrying out a transaction via a network,
In an electronic commerce device that mediates the provision of information related to the transaction, an information registration unit that accepts registration of a plurality of information related to the transaction, an information provision unit that provides the information registered by the information registration unit, Display means for displaying information that can be provided by the information providing means, and when the information registration means successively receives a plurality of information related to the transaction, the display means can provide each of the information. An electronic commerce device characterized by displaying the matching status as a unit of transaction. 6. The electronic commerce device according to claim 5, wherein the display means is a display indicating whether or not all of the plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are gathered. 7. The display means, when a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction includes standard information that can be acquired at any time, a display indicating whether or not all the information except the standard information has been collected. 7. The electronic commerce device according to claim 6, wherein 8. The electronic commerce device according to claim 5, wherein the information is a drawing of a product to be traded. 9. When performing a transaction through a network,
In an electronic commerce program that causes a computer to mediate the provision of information related to the transaction, when a plurality of information related to the transaction are sequentially provided, the complete situation in which each of the information can be provided is referred to as the transaction. An electronic commerce program characterized by displaying as a unit. 10. The electronic commerce program according to claim 9, wherein the display is a display indicating whether or not all of a plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction are gathered. 11. When the plurality of pieces of information related to the transaction include standard information that can be acquired at any time, the display is a display indicating whether or not all the information except the standard information has been gathered. The electronic commerce program according to claim 10, wherein the electronic commerce program is provided. 12. The electronic commerce program according to claim 9, wherein the information is a drawing of a product to be traded.