JP2004157928A - Secondhand book circulation support system, method of business using it, and secondhand book circulation support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a secondhand book circulation support system that promotes the stocking of good books by urging students to positively put up books (particularly college textbooks or the like) for sale. <P>SOLUTION: A management server 14 analyzes each student's learning directivity based on each textbook's auction history and trading history to create statistical information while going between selling students and buying students to provide the trade-related information of each textbook 30. A company delivers useful information (e.g, job information) to the students with specific learning directivity or individual attributes while referring to this statistical information. The students can acquire useful information matching their own learning directivity, by simply selling and buying used textbooks normally. This mechanism urges the students to put up books for sale to promote the stocking of good books. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an old book distribution support system, and more particularly to a system for supporting an activity of transferring or selling used textbooks and reference books (hereinafter simply referred to as textbooks) between students.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Many textbooks used in university lectures are expensive, and purchasing them all puts a considerable financial burden on students. However, many of these textbooks are no longer needed after a student graduates from college. On the other hand, lectures by the same instructor may use the same textbook for several years. Therefore, when a student takes such a lecture, it is common practice to transfer and use a textbook used by another student who has taken the lecture in the past. Traditionally, such transfer of textbooks has been carried out directly between students or by buying and selling at used bookstores. However, there is no direct transferee, and it is troublesome to bring it to a secondhand bookstore. Even if it is brought in, it is often the case that textbooks are discarded because they can only be purchased at low prices. This is a problem in terms of effective use of resources. As a solution to such a problem, recently, a system that supports the transfer and sale of textbooks using the Internet (hereinafter, referred to as a textbook recycling system) has appeared (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
[Non-patent document 1]
“Recycle Honpo” website (http://www.yuri.sakura.ne.jp/@ogaman/)
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In general, how to obtain good books is an important issue in selling old books. Especially when dealing with university textbooks, the following circumstances must be considered. In other words, while university textbooks are relatively expensive, certain demand can be expected, but they cannot be expected to sell in large quantities like so-called best sellers. Therefore, the number of products that can be used in the used market is somewhat limited. In addition, it is easy to concentrate on buying and selling of textbooks at the beginning of the new semester, before and after the examination, at the time of graduation of students, and so on. As described above, in the used market of textbooks, since the quantity and time are large, if the purchasing ability is not sufficient, the opportunity for buying and selling is lost. The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to actively sell books by students and to promote the purchase of good books. It is to provide a distribution support system and a program therefor.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An old book distribution support system according to the present invention made to solve the above problem includes a server communicably connected to another terminal by a data communication network,
A lecture-related book database that stores attribute information of multiple books used in university lectures,
A student database that stores attribute information of multiple students,
It is characterized by comprising a history storage unit that stores the history of selling and / or buying and selling the book for each student, and an information distribution unit that distributes at least useful information of the content based on the history to the terminal of each student. I have.
[0005]
The present invention also provides a method for implementing a business that supports matching between students and businesses using the old book distribution support system. Still further, the present invention provides a program for a used book distribution support system, which causes a computer connected to a data communication network to function as the server.
[0006]
Embodiments of the Invention and Effects of the Invention
The used market for university textbooks has the following characteristics, unlike the used market for general books with a wide range of preferences.
-The range of trading parties is quite limited. That is, most sellers and buyers are students.
・ The content of the books handled strongly reflects the learning orientation (interests, specialties, etc.) of the trading parties. Therefore, for example, by seeing what book a certain person has bought or sold, it is possible to estimate the field of interest, specialty field, etc. of the person with high accuracy.
The present invention has been made by paying attention to such features.
[0007]
That is, the system according to the present invention includes a lecture-related book database. Based on this, a book exhibited by a student (a book to be sold) is converted into a book used in a lecture at the university (that is, a textbook of the university). Determine if there is. Then, the exhibition history, sales history (seller side), and purchase history (buyer side) of the book are stored in the history storage unit for each seller student and / or buyer student. Based on the information stored in the history storage unit, the learning directivity of each student is analyzed with high accuracy. Then, the useful information having the content based on the analyzed learning directivity is distributed to each student terminal. Examples of useful information include, for example, job information and product information from a company.
[0008]
As described above, by using the system according to the present invention, a student can register general personal attribute information such as his / her name, contact information, and e-mail address and then sell or transfer used textbooks. Just by listing as a product, you can get useful information that matches your learning orientation. At that time, the student does not need to register detailed information on his / her learning history. By such a mechanism, the exhibition of books by students is promoted, and the purchase of good books is promoted.
[0009]
In the system according to the present invention, it is particularly preferable to distribute the business-related information to the student as useful information. The business-related information is, for example, business information and job information of a business (eg, a company). One of the most important information for students is recruitment information, and finding a business that fits your abilities and interests from a vast number of businesses requires your personal attributes and learning orientation. It is essential to efficiently extract information based on the information. This situation is the same from the perspective of the business operator. To find useful human resources, it is necessary to not only gather information from a large number of students but also to efficiently extract information about the human resources that they want from them. No. Therefore, if the system according to the present invention is used as described above, first, the student simply repeats a very ordinary act of buying and selling used books, and the business extracted based on his / her personal attributes and learning orientation. Can obtain information related to the patient. In addition, the business side can efficiently distribute business information and job offer information to a large number of students having a certain personal attribute and learning directivity that they want. As described above, the system according to the present invention can be used for a business that supports matching between a student and a business operator.
[0010]
【Example】
A textbook recycling system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a textbook recycling system (hereinafter, referred to as the present system) 10 of the present embodiment. The system includes a management server 14 which is a computer connected to a communication network 12 such as the Internet. The management server 14 includes a web server 16, a mail management unit 18, and a data management unit 20, which are software function units configured by operating predetermined computer programs. The management server 14 executes a process according to various requests sent from other terminals (student terminals 24A and 24B, a company terminal 26) connected to the network 12, and returns a result to those terminals. The student terminal 24A has a WEB browser and a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a personal computer) in which mail sending / receiving software is installed, the student terminal 24B has a mobile phone having a Web browser function and a mail sending / receiving function, and the corporate terminal 26 has a WEB browser installed. PC. Although FIG. 1 shows only two student terminals and only one company terminal, there are actually more student terminals and company terminals. In the following description, when a matter applicable to both of the student terminals 24A and 24B is described, it is simply described as “student terminal 24”.
[0011]
Further, the management server 14 includes a data storage unit 28 including a storage device such as a fixed magnetic disk. FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the data storage unit 28. In FIG. 2, the word "database" is abbreviated as "DB". The database and the data storage unit created in the data storage unit 28 will be described below.
[0012]
Student database: A database that stores student attribute information registered as members of this system. The key item is the student ID. The information stored includes name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, school name, undergraduate school, department, major, and the like.
Company database: A database that stores the attribute information of companies registered as members of this system. The key item is the company ID. The information to be stored includes a company name, an address, a person in charge, a telephone number, a mail address, and the like.
Textbook database: A database that stores bibliographic information of textbooks (or textbooks used in the past) used in university lectures. The key item is the book ID. The information to be stored includes the title, author name, date of issue, edition, format, total number of pages, content classification, list price, and the like.
Lecture database: A database that stores university lecture information. The key item is the lecture ID. The stored information includes a school name, a lecture name, an instructor name, an opening period, a book ID, and the like. In the book ID, the book ID of the textbook used in the relevant lecture is stored. A plurality of book IDs may be stored.
Commodity database: A database that stores information about textbooks that the owner wants to sell through the system. The key item is a product ID. The information to be stored includes a book ID, a registration date, a registrant ID, a book state, a desired sale price, a sales period, a management status, and the like. As the book ID, the book ID of the textbook to be sold is stored. The state of the book is selected by the seller from predetermined options (eg, good / normal / bad) at the time of product registration. The sales period is a period during which the product can be sold. For example, in the case where a textbook is used until a certain date, and it is later possible to actually sell, a sales period is specified. The management status is expressed by, for example, a value such as “under negotiation”, “contracted”, “sold”.
Closing history database: A database that stores information on actual cases of buying and selling products. The key item is the contract ID. The stored information includes a product ID, a contract date, a purchaser ID, and the like. The purchaser ID stores the student ID of the student who purchased the product.
Book request database: A database that stores information about textbooks that users have requested. The key item is the request ID. The information to be stored may be any information as long as the content can specify the desired book. Specifically, for example, a book can be specified if there is the following information.
(1) Title, publisher and issue date combination (2) ISBN
(3) Combination of university name, department / department name, and lecture name WEB site data storage unit: A place where files (HTML documents, images, sounds, scripts, etc.) constituting the WEB site of this system are stored.
[0013]
FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of a part of the WEB site. The area surrounded by the broken line in the WEB site is an area that can be browsed only by those who are registered as student members or corporate members of the present system.
[0014]
A person who wishes to register as a student member opens the top page with the web browser of the student terminal 24, selects "student member registration" there, and opens the student member registration page. The student member registration page is provided with a form for inputting information necessary for student member registration (see “Student database” in FIG. 2). When necessary information is input to this form and a transmission operation is executed, the input information is transmitted from the terminal to the management server 14. In the management server 14, the received information is passed from the web server 16 to the data management unit 20. The data management unit 20 issues a new student ID and password, adds a new record corresponding to the student ID to the student database (FIG. 2), and stores the information therein. The issued student ID and password are transmitted to the student terminal 24 through the web server 16.
[0015]
The company wishing to register as a corporate member enters the necessary information into the corporate member registration form on the corporate member registration page and executes the transmission operation using the WEB browser of the corporate terminal 26 in the same procedure as the student registration described above. Thus, the information for corporate member registration is transmitted to the management server 14. In the management server 14 that has received the information, the data management unit 20 issues a new company ID and password in the same manner as at the time of student member registration, and stores the information in the company database (FIG. 2). The issued company ID and password are transmitted to the company terminal 26 through the web server 16.
[0016]
Those who have obtained a student ID or company ID as described above will use the student menu or company menu by selecting "Login" on the top page and entering their ID and password on the authentication page from the next time. can do.
[0017]
An overview of the service functions available from the student menu is described below.
[0018]
Confirmation / change of registration information: Function to enable student members to confirm and change information registered in the student database. It is also possible to select information items to be disclosed to other students and companies.
New information browsing: A function that allows student members to browse a list of textbooks newly exhibited in this system and a list of requests newly issued by students. You can also apply to purchase textbooks.
Textbook search: Student members can search for textbooks exhibited in this system and browse the list of applicable textbooks and detailed information on each textbook (for example, textbooks used in which lectures at which universities) Features to make it so. Directory search function, keyword search function by book title, author name, university name, undergraduate / subject name, lecture name, instructor name, etc. can be used. You can also apply to purchase textbooks.
Product registration for sale: A function that allows student members to register their textbooks as products for sale in this system. At the time of registration, in addition to the book identification information as described above, enter the desired sale price and information on the lecture using the textbook (university name, undergraduate / department name, lecture name, instructor name, etc.) . For textbooks registered in the lecture database (FIG. 2), lecture information can be automatically acquired only by inputting book specific information. In such a case, there is no need to ask the student for lecture information. If the same textbook is used in multiple lectures, display a list of those lectures and let the student select it.
Product management: A function that allows student members to manage the registration information of textbooks that they have registered for sale. The management work includes browsing and changing the registered contents (eg, changing the desired selling price), canceling the registration, and inputting the result of the negotiation (eg, closing / unsuccessful trading).
Textbook Request: A function that allows student members to request a textbook that they want to transfer. The bibliographic information of the requested textbook will be made available to other student members through the new information browsing service. At this time, the number of student members who wish to obtain each textbook may be disclosed together.
Lecture Information Provision: To enable student members to provide the system with information on which textbooks are used in which lectures. Textbooks are not required to provide information. In order to promote the provision of information, the information provider may be given points that can be used for book purchase in this system.
[0019]
An overview of the service functions available from the corporate menu is described below.
[0020]
Confirmation / change of registered information: A function that allows corporate members to confirm and change information registered in the corporate database.
Statistical information viewing: A function that allows corporate members to view various statistical information about student members. The statistical information includes, for example, the number of students by field / theme, the number of students by book, the number of students by school, and the like.
Delivery mail creation: A function that allows corporate members to specify student attribute conditions and create text for e-mail (opt-in mail) containing information edited according to those conditions. The created text is distributed to students who satisfy the above attribute conditions by using e-mail. Specifically, for example, it is distributed to each student as a direct mail addressed to the student whose company is the issuer or as a header advertisement inserted in an e-mail magazine having contents related to the specialty / interest of the student. In addition, the individual information about the student of the distribution destination is not disclosed to the company in principle.
[0021]
The textbook buying and selling procedure using this system is as follows.
[0022]
First, when a student on the seller side (hereinafter referred to as a seller) opens a menu page for students on the WEB site using the student terminal 24A and selects “Register desired product for sale”, a product registration screen having a product information input form is displayed. . On this screen, the seller inputs the book identification information of his textbook 30, the information of the lecture using the textbook, the desired selling price, the sales period, and the like in the input form. The input form may be such that information of a plurality of textbooks can be input at one time. When the transmission operation is executed after the input of the data, the input data is transmitted from the terminal 24A to the management server 14. In the management server 14, the data is passed to the data management unit 20 via the web server 16. The data management unit 20 that has received the data executes the following processing.
-If the received data includes information on a textbook that has not been registered in the textbook database, the information is newly registered in the textbook database.
-If the received data includes information on a lecture that has not been registered in the lecture database, the information is newly registered in the lecture database.
・ Register product-related information in the product database.
[0023]
A student on the buyer side (hereinafter, a buyer) uses the student terminal 24B to open a menu page for students on the WEB site, and applies for a textbook purchase by one of the following methods.
Select "view new arrival information" to display a new arrival textbook list screen, select the desired product and execute a purchase application operation (eg, press the "purchase" button corresponding to the desired product).
Select "Textbook Search" to display the textbook search screen, perform a directory search or keyword search, select the desired product from the textbooks that satisfy the search conditions, and execute the purchase application operation.
If the customer wishes to conduct negotiations for price negotiations before purchase, the buyer can state so at the time of purchase application (eg, check the "Want to negotiate business" check box). Further, the buyer can browse information on the seller before applying for the purchase. The information that can be browsed is items that the seller has disclosed to others in personal attribute information, in addition to past merchandise sales histories (exhibition numbers, contract rates, return rates, etc.).
[0024]
When the purchase application operation is performed, the purchase application data is transmitted from the student terminal 24B to the management server 14. The management server 14 receiving the purchase application data notifies the student who exhibited the textbook to be purchased of the purchase application content by e-mail.
[0025]
When a buyer wants a business negotiation, the seller and the buyer make a business negotiation using electronic mail. The contents of the negotiation include product explanation, question and answer, price negotiation, and the like.
[0026]
When the textbook is bought and sold through the above process, the seller transfers the textbook to the buyer in a predetermined manner, and the buyer pays the seller in a predetermined manner. Products are delivered by mail, home delivery, or over-the-counter delivery at partner shops. Payment is made by postal transfer, bank transfer, cash on delivery at home delivery, payment at a partner shop, etc. In addition, the seller opens the menu page for students on the WEB site using the student terminal 24A, selects “product management”, displays the product management screen, and changes the management status of the product to “sold”. In the case of performing product delivery and payment using the partner shop, the person in charge of the partner shop may perform data processing after the sale.
[0027]
This system manages the history information regarding the textbook trading between students as described above. The history information to be managed includes the following.
-Each student's textbook exhibition history-Each student's book sales history-Each student's book purchase history [0028]
Further, the present system analyzes the learning directivity of each student based on the history information as described above. The learning directivity is, for example, a field of interest of each student, a research theme, a learning history, and the like. The analysis of the learning directivity is performed, for example, by a method in which evaluation points by field are assigned to each textbook in advance, and evaluation points by field of each student are totaled based on the history information. An example of how to assign evaluation points by field is shown below.
・ The higher the level of specialization (the deeper the classification hierarchy), the higher the points.
(Example) "Introduction to mechanics" (physics: 2 points), "Quantum mechanics" (physics: 3 points).
(Example) "Space physics" has higher points than "physics".
・ The higher the price, the higher the point (it is estimated that the specialty is high).
・ Points are given to books related to multiple fields for each field.
(Example) "Environmental chemistry" (chemistry: 1 point, environment: 1 point)
[0029]
Further, the present system generates various statistical information and publishes it to the member companies. The statistical information includes, for example, the number of students by field / theme, the number of students by textbook, the number of students by school (undergraduate / department), the number of students by grade and age, and the number of students by male / female. The person in charge of the member company opens the corporate menu page using the corporate terminal 26 and selects “Browse Statistical Information” to view the above statistical information and display the image of all students registered as members of the system. I can figure it out.
[0030]
The procedure for delivering an e-mail to a student having a specific personal attribute or learning orientation is as follows. First, the company menu page is opened on the company terminal 26, and "Create Delivery Mail" is selected to open the mail creation screen. On this screen, a condition (delivery condition) relating to the personal attribute and learning directivity of the student to whom the mail is to be delivered is set, and information useful for the student who satisfies the condition (for example, job information, product / service information, etc.) is included. Create the email body. When the mail transmission operation is executed after the creation of the mail text, the company ID, the distribution condition and the mail text are transmitted from the company terminal 26 to the management server 14. In the management server 14, the data management unit 20 generates a list of e-mail addresses of the students satisfying the distribution condition, and passes the list to the e-mail management unit 18. The mail management unit transmits an electronic mail including the mail text to each mail address described in the list.
[0031]
In addition to the various functions described above, for example, a function of opening the negotiation history and the closing rate of each student to a company may be provided. With this function, companies can estimate the response of each student on the seller side from the negotiation history and the closing rate. On the other hand, students can appeal to themselves by disclosing their sincere response as a seller.
[0032]
Further, a communication function (such as a bulletin board or a chat) may be provided to support information exchange between students using the same textbook or students taking the same lecture. Further, it is also possible to provide information (for example, a banner advertisement of a company related to such a field) corresponding to the specialty / interest of the participating student on the screen for using the communication function.
[0033]
In addition, information according to the specialty and field of interest of the destination student is inserted into the e-mail for business communication (e-mail for business negotiations and e-mail related to product delivery) sent to students by this system. It is also possible to provide.
[0034]
As described above, one embodiment of the used book distribution support system according to the present invention has been described in detail, but the embodiment is not limited to the above, and various embodiments can be considered within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Needless to say.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a textbook recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration of a data storage unit.
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration of a web site.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 textbook recycling system 12 network 14 management server 20 data management unit 24A student terminal (seller side)
24B ... Student terminal (buyer side)
26 ... Company terminal 30 ... Textbook

Claims (4)

It comprises a server communicably connected to another terminal by a data communication network, the server comprising:
A lecture-related book database that stores attribute information of multiple books used in university lectures,
A student database that stores attribute information of multiple students,
A history storage unit that stores the history of exhibiting and / or buying and selling the book for each student; and
An old book distribution support system comprising an information distribution unit that distributes at least useful information having contents based on the history to a terminal of each student. 2. The used book distribution support system according to claim 1, wherein the useful information includes business related information provided by the business. Using the old book distribution support system according to claim 2,
A step of selecting business-related information for the student based on at least the history of exhibiting and / or buying and selling books of each student, and delivering the business-related information to the student terminal;
A procedure in which the business operator specifies conditions for student selection, and
A procedure for selecting a student that meets the condition based on the attribute information of the student and the history, and distributing information on the selected student to a terminal of the business operator, wherein a used book distribution support system is provided. Business method using. An old book distribution support program for causing a computer connected to a data communication network to function as the server according to claim 1.

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