JP2006092059A - Data management of indirect sub-material, electronic authentication and settlement system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of a system for properly purchasing indirect sub-materials or factory supply based on the relevant data of the indirect auxiliary materials or factory supply from a wholesales cooperation in every field, and for performing electronic authentication procedures and electronic money settlement by the information equipment of each user connected to a communication network. <P>SOLUTION: Each maker 5 produces all products related with indirect auxiliary materials or factory supply in various configurations such as finished articles or half finished products, and information related with the indirect sub-materials, factory supply or the parts is acquired from a wholesales company 7, and information related with the indirect sub-materials, factory supply or the parts and a merchandise catalog is received from a sales company 8 or a server in response to the order of each user 10, especially, end user, and merchandise history data or merchandise selection/decision reference data related with the indirect sub-materials, the factory supply or the parts are stored in the data base of the wholesales company 7 or a sales company 8 or the like. Each user 10, a server and a settlement server are connected to a network 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention takes the product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect secondary materials from the data stored in each direction by simple means by the information equipment of each user connected to the communication network, and selects appropriately In addition, the present invention relates to an electronic certificate for indirect secondary materials that can be ordered and purchased, an electronic certificate for purchase, and a data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials that enable electronic money settlement.

Conventionally, there is a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-39396 as an ordering system for this type of product. This will be described with reference to FIG. 7. An ordering client 1 as a user for ordering products, an ordering client 2 as a manufacturer receiving product orders, and a database server 3 for registering the ordering status of products are provided on an Internet line 4. The database server 3 can search on the WWW (World Wide Web) to receive registration of ordering data relating to the ordering of the product and provision of registered ordering data. The electronic mail can be transmitted / received between the ordering client 1 as a user and the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer.

Then, registration of ordering data from the ordering terminal to the database terminal is performed on the WWW, and transmission / reception of electronic mail is enabled between the ordering terminal and the ordering terminal. Then, when trying to place an order for goods etc. at the ordering terminal, the registration items are described in the HTML file for ordering data registration given from the database terminal by using the WWW browser, and the HTML file is stored in the database. The HTML file for ordering data registration is attached to the e-mail and transmitted to the order receiving terminal. As a result, the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer clarifies the order receiving status.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-39396

In the conventional product ordering system described above, when the ordering client 1 on the user side purchases the product, there are many companies via the Internet line 4 after considering the specifications and desired price of the product. The client applies for purchase by e-mail or the like to the order receiving client 2 as a manufacturer, a sales company handling the product, or its agent.
However, it is extremely difficult to select a product having an appropriate price, quality, performance or function from an appropriate order receiving client 2 and to obtain product catalog data in real time. After the purchase, the product information of the other order receiving client 2 and the like were found to be inappropriate, and there was a problem that it was necessary to purchase again.

On the other hand, the order client 2 also takes time for picking up the ordered product, and the products and standards handled by each company or user are not uniform as a whole. There is a problem that it is practically impossible to quickly provide an ordering client 1 that intervenes in various fields, that is, a product that satisfies all user requirements.

And in the conventional product ordering system, when a personal computer takes out and accumulates product history data such as indirect secondary materials on its electronic procurement website, or a buyer such as a client selects indirect secondary materials, etc. It was inconvenient because there was no criteria data such as ranking. Furthermore, there is a problem that there is no ordering / ordering system for the indirect subsidiary materials, electronic authentication procedures, and electronic money settlement procedures.

In particular, the above-described conventional product ordering system is related to, for example, personal computer equipment that is a general product and related services, such as production auxiliary materials including special production materials, There has been a problem that it cannot be applied to systems associated with the provision of indirect secondary materials such as work tools and miscellaneous tools and factory supplies.

The data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention is a simple system using a network from a user, and is a production system including special production materials, indirect secondary materials such as work tools, and factory supplies. Can be selected from a wide range of data groups, and history data, product selection criteria data, product catalog data, etc. of the indirect secondary materials etc. are retrieved from a server etc. connected to the Internet on an electronic procurement website on a personal computer. It is intended to provide a system that can quickly procure the indirect secondary materials by accumulating and also performs electronic authentication and settlement, and is composed of the following configuration and means.

According to the invention described in claim 1, a large-scale general trading company that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by manufacturers of multiple companies or many companies Process or analyze and accumulate product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect sub-materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by (wholesale company) and large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Order through the network the sales agent or sales company that creates the database and saves it, and the product history data information and product selection criteria information on indirect secondary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company To users who receive information, the manufacturer including SMEs, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer for transmitting the information of the obtained IC tag, a server connected to the network for reading the ID of the indirect auxiliary material by the reader / writer and receiving the ID, and performing an authentication procedure with the IC card storing the authentication information; And a payment server that has the electronic money database of the user and is connected to the network and performs payment payment of indirect auxiliary materials including the parts or factory supplies or production materials.

According to the invention described in claim 2, a large-scale general trading company that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by manufacturers of multiple companies or many companies Process or analyze and accumulate product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect sub-materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by (wholesale company) and large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Order through the network the sales agent or sales company that creates the database and saves it, and the product history data information and product selection criteria information on indirect secondary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company To users who receive information, the manufacturer including SMEs, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer that transmits the information of the obtained IC tag, and the reader / writer reads out the product catalog information of the indirect auxiliary material including the parts or the factory supplies or the production material or the ID of the indirect auxiliary material, and receives and receives the authentication information. A server connected to the network for performing authentication procedures and merchandise data management using a stored IC card, and an indirect connection to the network having the electronic money database of the user and including the parts or factory supplies or production materials It is characterized by comprising a payment server that performs payment settlement of secondary materials.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the first or second aspect, wherein the server comprises the settlement server.

Since the data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the invention described in claim 1, a large-scale general trading company that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by manufacturers of multiple companies or many companies Process or analyze and accumulate product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect sub-materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by (wholesale company) and large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Order through the network the sales agent or sales company that creates the database and saves it, and the product history data information and product selection criteria information on indirect secondary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company To users who receive information, the manufacturer including SMEs, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer for transmitting the information of the obtained IC tag, a server connected to the network for reading the ID of the indirect auxiliary material by the reader / writer and receiving the ID, and performing an authentication procedure with the IC card storing the authentication information; The indirect secondary material data comprising the user's electronic money database and connected to the network, and a payment server for performing payment settlement of the indirect secondary material including the parts or factory supplies or production materials Provide management / electronic authentication and payment systems.
With this structure, SMEs or users as manufacturers or readers are equipped with reader / writers, so that indirect inspection of materials, inventory work, and picking work can be carried out quickly, greatly reducing the number of logistics management man-hours. There is an effect that electronic money can be settled.

According to the invention described in claim 2, a large-scale general trading company that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by manufacturers of multiple companies or many companies Process or analyze and accumulate product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect sub-materials including parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by (wholesale company) and large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Order through the network the sales agent or sales company that creates the database and saves it, and the product history data information and product selection criteria information on indirect secondary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company To users who receive information, the manufacturer including SMEs, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer that transmits the information of the obtained IC tag, and the reader / writer reads out the product catalog information of the indirect auxiliary material including the parts or the factory supplies or the production material or the ID of the indirect auxiliary material, and receives and receives the authentication information. A server connected to the network for performing authentication procedures and merchandise data management using a stored IC card, and an indirect connection to the network having the electronic money database of the user and including the parts or factory supplies or production materials Provided is a data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials, characterized by comprising a payment server for performing payment settlement for secondary materials.
With such a configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, data from the IC tag is read, for example, product catalog data is obtained in real time, and the suitability and selection of products such as indirect auxiliary materials are promptly selected. There is an effect that can be made.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indirect secondary material data management / electronic authentication and settlement system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the server comprises the settlement server.
With such a configuration, there is an effect that the server can be provided with a payment server function, a single server can be constructed, and the system can be simplified.

Embodiments of the data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an indirect secondary material data management system as a partial configuration of an indirect secondary material data management / electronic authentication and settlement system. The present invention relates to sales, ordering, and management forms of indirect auxiliary materials such as production auxiliary materials, production tools or work tools such as drivers or pliers or miscellaneous tools as factory supplies, and each user represents each sales agent. The sales system of the store or each sales company is accessed via the network, and the product history data and the product selection criteria data, that is, the so-called “connoisseur digital”, for example, using the user interface provided by each sales company, etc. The indirect secondary material is purchased with the product ranking information of “Cake”. As one embodiment of the present invention, when a sales case of indirect secondary materials or parts thereof occurs between each sales company or the like and each user, that is, a buyer, the order receiving system of each sales company and each user The present invention relates to a communication format exchanged between the ordering systems.
The factory supplies include work tools, work jigs, power tools, air tools, pallets, heavy oil / kerosene, clean room supplies, and the like.

5 is each manufacturer or supplier including small and medium enterprises composed of A company 5A, B company 5B, C company 5C, D company 5D, E company 5E, and F company 5F. A company that produces and sells goods.
Each manufacturer 5 includes, for example, the IC reader 104 shown in FIG. 2 or the reader / writer 14 shown in FIG. 4, and produces all products related to the indirect auxiliary material in various forms such as a finished product or a semi-finished product. This also includes subcontracting companies.

6 is a database for storing product history and product selection criteria for indirect sub-materials and parts produced by each manufacturer 5 as data, based on each company handling each manufacturer 5 and various enormous information. Are processed, analyzed and analyzed, and stored as stored data and so-called discriminating digitized data. Therefore, if new products such as indirect auxiliary materials and factory supplies are newly produced, they are newly accumulated and processed as new product history data.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a large-scale general trading company, that is, a wholesale company that handles indirect sub-materials and products related to its parts upon request from each manufacturer 5, such as “ASONE”, “Nikkei”, “Yamazen”, and the like. The large-scale general trading company 7 can use the database 6 to include various products including new products produced from each manufacturer 5 in real time on various commercially available information devices such as personal computers, PDAs (information terminals) or mobile phones. Information of product history data or product selection criteria data such as indirect secondary materials or parts thereof and factory supplies.

The database 6 is provided on the manufacturer 5 side when data such as product history is created, processed, and processed on each manufacturer 5 side, but each manufacturer 5 on the large-scale general trading company 7, that is, the wholesale company side. Product information may be obtained and processed, processed, and stored in each large-scale general trading company 7. You may install in the third party organization or a server from the importance of the said database 6, the efficiency of this system, or the convenience of storage management. The installation location is determined from the viewpoint of rationality, convenience, and safety of data processing, analysis, or accumulation work.

8 is obtained from large-scale general trading company 7, that is, a wholesale company, and information on the indirect secondary material or its parts is obtained from each user 10, especially buyers and end users, and the indirect secondary material, its parts or factory supplies, etc. For example, there are four companies from Company A 8A to Company D 8D, that is, a plurality of companies. The sales company 8 or the like builds its own system and is connected to each user 10 via the network 9. The user 10 may be, for example, a buyer, and four companies, A company 10A, B company 10B, C company 10C, and D company 10D, are not limited to this, and many companies are added.

Thus, each of the companies 10A, 10B, 10C, 10C, and 10D of the above-mentioned user 10 is a small pliers or a work tool such as a plus screwdriver with a large handle. When purchasing predetermined indirect secondary materials based on the product history data or product selection criteria data, a simple information device or a PDA (information terminal) or an IC reader 104 or reader shown in FIGS. A writer 14 is provided, and these are operated to transmit the order signal to an information device that shares the database of the sales agent or the sales company 8 via the network 9. As a result, the sales agent or the sales company 8 informs the ordering company of each company 10A to 10D of the user 10 that is the ordering company, that is, the buyer or the end user, under the order signal, and also the ordering company, That is, the work tool such as a small pliers having a product history having a predetermined ranking is delivered to the user 10. In this way, there is an effect that a real-time transaction can be realized in response to a request based on merchandise related data of a large number of ordering companies.
In the present invention, the server 11 and the settlement server 16 shown in FIG. 4 are connected to the network 9 in the system configuration shown in FIG.

Next, a specific internal configuration of the data management system for indirect secondary materials shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a data management system such as an information device provided in the company A 10A among the companies of the user 10, and an information device provided in the company A 8A among the companies of the sales agency or the sales company 8. 1 shows an example of a data management system, etc., and communicates with each other via a network 9 to establish a commercial transaction for indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof.

Company A 10A of the user 10 is an end user and also includes a buyer. For example, indirect subsidiary materials, factory supplies, and production materials are used for ordering parts from a sales agent or a sales company as an ordering company. System.
The ordering system includes, for example, a user terminal 101 that is an information device or a personal digital assistant (PDA), a display device 102 of the user terminal 101, an input device 103, and an IC reader 104 or an IC writer. This ordering system may be shared by each company B company 10B to D company 10D other than company A 10A, or the entire system can be constructed with a single ordering system. The IC reader 104 is a device for transmitting an IC code number relating to indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies or parts thereof read from the IC code antenna to the host device. Then, the IC reader 104 uses the information from the IC tag 12 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B as IC tag information acquisition means to acquire IC tag data from the existing information device owned by the user 10A, By using the IC tag data, for example, a product individual database of indirect secondary materials, that is, an order receiving company to be described later by searching product data such as a safety data sheet, a lot number for identifying a manufacturing route, manufacturing date data, That is, it is good also as obtaining various information regarding indirect submaterials, factory supplies, production materials, production auxiliary materials, or parts thereof from the sales agent or the sales company 8A.

For example, the company A 8A of the sales agency or sales company or retail store 8 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 delivers indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof to the company A 10A of the user 10 who is the ordering source. An order receiving system 81 of its own sales company 8 for detecting the order status in real time is provided.
The order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8 is a system for receiving orders for the indirect secondary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof, and the user A company 10A is received via the network 9 with the received signal below. To that ordering system.

Reference numeral 6 denotes the above-described database. Particularly, in this embodiment, a case where the sales agent or the sales company 8 is provided is illustrated. 61 is a product history database of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, 62 is a product history database of indirect secondary materials or parts of factory supplies, and 63 is product ranking data / product selection criteria data of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies. Alternatively, it is a database that stores and processes so-called discriminating digitized data, and is provided in the order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8. Each of the databases 61, 62, and 63 deals with cases where new indirect sub-materials or their parts or factory supplies are newly added or sales are abolished, and is always newly processed or analyzed and further stored as the latest data. is doing.

Therefore, each company of the user 10 of the ordering party uses the network 9 to the sales agent or the sales company or the retail store 8 as the ordering company for the necessary indirect auxiliary materials such as special production materials, work tools and miscellaneous tools. Then, the order communication signal is transmitted in real time to the order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8 and the like, and the indirect subsidiary material having the predetermined product history or the predetermined rank desired by the buyer is promptly displayed. Delivery is received from Company A 8A of the store or sales company 8.
Further, the order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8 may be shared by a plurality of companies with the configuration including the respective databases 61 to 63, or the whole can be constructed as a single order receiving system.
The database 6 described above may be arranged in the order receiving system of the large-scale general trading company 7 as shown in FIG.

Next, a configuration in which an IC tag is affixed or attached to the indirect auxiliary material or factory product and the structure of the IC tag will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3A shows an example in which the IC tag 12 is affixed to a part of an indirect auxiliary material (including factory supplies) 13, for example, a side surface. The IC tag 12 may be affixed to any part of the indirect secondary material 13 by contact with other indirect secondary material or other causes or physical external force during handling. Affix it so that it does not peel off from production materials.

The IC tag 12 is composed of a contact-type electronic tag or a non-contact-type wireless tag, and an IC chip 12b in which an antenna coil pattern 12a is etched and formed on a metal layer is connected to a paper or plastic base material on which a metal layer is laminated. Can be formed. If the memory capacity of the IC chip 12b is, for example, 1 (Kbit), 128 characters can be recorded, and there is no problem for delivery of the indirect secondary materials (including factory supplies) 13, inventory management, and the like. Items to be recorded on the IC tag 12 include product name, product number, date of manufacture, unit price (sell price), feature point, shipment quantity, storage quantity, delivery information, destination, and ID code or identification code of the IC tag 13 itself. Is described.

FIG. 3B is a plan view showing an example of the IC tag 12. The IC tag 12 is designed to have a size of, for example, 30 (mm) × 30 (mm) or less, and is also called a so-called data carrier. The antenna tag pattern 12a is formed on a base material 12c such as plastic, and the antenna tag is used. A resonance circuit is formed by the coil pattern 12a and the capacitive element built in the IC chip 12b, and radio waves having a constant frequency can be received and transmitted. In the case of the system according to the present invention, for example, a frequency band of 135 KHz (medium wave) to 2.45 GHz (microwave) is used. The antenna coil pattern 12a is connected to the IC chip 12b through the coil connection terminal 12e by the conductive member 12d. Further, information such as indirect auxiliary materials (including factory supplies) 13 or production materials, various product names of production auxiliary materials, ID codes, etc. recorded on the IC tag 12 is resonated by the reader / writer described later with respect to the IC tag 12. A call signal is transmitted, and a response signal from the IC tag 12 that has received the call signal is stored.

Next, an embodiment of the data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention will be clarified based on FIG.
5 is each manufacturer or supplier including small and medium enterprises composed of A company 5A, B company 5B, C company 5C, D company 5D, E company 5E, and F company 5F. A company that produces and sells goods. Each manufacturer 5 includes, for example, the IC reader 104 shown in FIG. 2 or the reader / writer 14 shown in FIG. 4, and produces all products related to the indirect auxiliary material in various forms such as a finished product or a semi-finished product. This also includes subcontracting companies.

The company A 10A of the user 10 is, for example, an end user, and the example shown here is an indirect auxiliary material or factory supplies, and a personal order for ordering the parts from the sales agent or sales company that is the ordering company. Although the system is provided, the present invention is not limited to this, and includes at least a reader / writer 14 and an IC reader 104 that read information of the IC tag 12.
The ordering system includes, for example, a user terminal device 101 composed of an information device or a personal digital assistant (PDA), a display device 102 of the user terminal device 101, an input device 103, a reader / writer 14 as an IC reader 104, and the reader The IC card 14A is inserted into the writer 14. This ordering system may be shared by each company B company 10B to D company 10D other than company A 10A, or the entire system can be constructed with a single ordering system. The reader / writer 14 is a device for transmitting an ID code or an identification code related to the indirect auxiliary material or the parts read by the antenna coil pattern 12a of the IC tag 12 to the host device. Then, the reader / writer 14 acquires IC tag data from the existing information device owned by the user 10A as IC tag information acquisition means, and uses the IC tag data to, for example, a product individual database of indirect secondary materials and factory supplies. That is, by retrieving product data such as a safety data sheet, lot number for identifying a production route, production date data, and the like, an indirect subsidiary material and production material from an ordering company described later, that is, a sales agent or a sales company 8A. And various information about factory supplies or parts thereof.

The company A 8A of the sales agency or sales company or retail store 8 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, for example, delivers indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof to the company A 10A of the user 10 who is the ordering source. An order receiving system 81 of its own sales company 8 for detecting the order status in real time is provided. The order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8 is a system for receiving an order for the indirect secondary material 13 or factory supplies or parts thereof, and receives the received signal from the user A company via the network 9. The fact is transmitted to the order system of 10A.

Further, the sales agent (sales company) 8A, like the above-mentioned company A 10A of the user 10, is a user terminal device 101, a display device 102, an input device 103, a reader / writer 14, and an IC card inserted into the reader / writer 14. The reader / writer 14 acquires IC tag data from the current information device owned by the user 10A as IC tag information acquisition means, and uses the IC tag data, for example, for the above-mentioned indirect auxiliary materials and factory supplies. By retrieving a product individual database such as product data such as safety data sheets obtained, various information relating to indirect auxiliary materials, factory supplies, or parts thereof is obtained from an ordering company described later, that is, a sales agent or a sales company 8A. To do.

Reference numeral 6 denotes the above-described database. Particularly, in this embodiment, a case where the sales agent or the sales company 8 is provided is illustrated. 61 is a product history database of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies, 62 is a product history database of indirect secondary materials or parts of factory supplies, and 63 is product ranking data / product selection criteria data of indirect secondary materials or factory supplies. Alternatively, it is a database that stores and processes so-called discriminating digitized data, and is provided in the order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8. Each of the databases 61, 62, and 63 deals with cases where new indirect sub-materials or their parts or factory supplies are newly added or sales are abolished, and is always newly processed or analyzed and further stored as the latest data. is doing.

Therefore, each company of the ordering user 10 supplies the necessary special production materials, production auxiliary materials, indirect auxiliary materials such as work tools and miscellaneous tools to the sales agent, sales company, or retail company 8 as the ordering company. If an order is made using the network 9, the order communication signal is transmitted in real time to the order receiving system 81 of the sales company 8, etc., and the indirect auxiliary material possessing a predetermined product history and a predetermined rank desired by the buyer, that is, the user 10. Etc. will be promptly received from the sales agent or the company A 8A of the sales company 8.

As shown in FIG. 5, the user 10 receives the indirect auxiliary material directly from the manufacturer 5 (supplier) via the so-called direct sales route a, and also receives the wholesale company 7 and / or the dealer (from the manufacturer 5 (supplier)). There is a form of receiving delivery from the route b through the retail store 8.
In addition, the order system 81 of the sales company may have a configuration including the databases 61 to 63 shared by a plurality of companies, and the whole can be constructed as a single order system and IC tag management system.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, in the case of A company 7A of a large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7, for example, “As One”, A company 10A of the user 10 and A company of a sales agent (sales company) 8 Similarly to 8A, a user terminal device 101, a display device 102, an input device 103, a reader / writer 14, and an IC card 14A inserted into the reader / writer 14 are provided. The reader / writer 14 serves as the IC tag information acquisition means, and the user 10A IC tag data is acquired from the existing information equipment owned by the company, and using the IC tag data, for example, by searching a product individual database of indirect secondary materials and factory supplies, an ordering company described later, that is, a sales agent or sales It is assumed that various information related to the indirect auxiliary material 13, factory supplies, or parts thereof is obtained from the company 8A.

A server 11 manages various information and data related to the indirect secondary material 13, factory supplies, or parts thereof, and is connected to the network 9. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the manufacturer 5 communicates with the indirect auxiliary material 13, the factory supplies, or various information about the parts, and stores and manages the data. The server 11 performs electronic authentication procedures for the indirect secondary materials and factory supplies. For example, the server 11 may be constituted by an IC tag management company, and the user 10, the manufacturer 5, the large-scale general trading company. (Wholesale company) 7, sales agent 8, etc. may be provided or concurrently. In addition, the server 11 exchanges various information data regarding the indirect auxiliary material 13, factory supplies, or parts thereof according to the request of the user 10. Then, the user 10 communicates e.g. catalog data of the product processed and stored by the wholesale company 7, for example. Similarly, communication between the wholesale company 7 and the store (retail store) 8 and between the store (retail store) 8 and the user 10 is also related to data related to the indirect auxiliary material 13, factory supplies, or parts thereof. f is performed, and various information related to the indirect secondary material 13, factory supplies, or parts thereof is taken out and communicated in real time.

When the server 11 distributes the indirect secondary material 13 to which the registered IC tag 12 is attached, the ID code and the identification code of the indirect secondary material 13 are stored in the database of the server 11. . Then, the user terminal device 101 provided for each user 10 or the like is operated, and a browser (personal computer) is activated to authenticate the user terminal device 101, and connection to the server 11 is established via the network 9. When requested and recognized by the server 11, a signal for inputting the user ID and password of the user terminal device 101 provided in the user 10 or the large-scale general trading company 7 or the sales agent 8 or the like. Is sent. Then, the user 10 or the like inputs the user ID and password with the input device 103 and transmits them to the server 11. Here, the reader / writer 104 provided for the user 10, the sales agent 8, etc. reads out the ID code and identification code of the indirect secondary material etc. distributed in the market, and the server 11 centrally manages it via the network 9.

A payment server 16 is connected to the network 9 and includes an electronic money database. The payment server 16 registers the payment account of the user 10 or the manufacturer 5 and the name thereof, and performs electronic money payment related to the indirect auxiliary material. . Further, the server 11 may be configured to have the function of the settlement server 16.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to the present invention will be described.

The data management / electronic authentication and settlement system is generally transmitted via a network 9 and is a supplier or manufacturer 5, a user 10, a large general trading company (wholesale company) 7 and a sales agent (sales company) 8. The server 11 and the payment server 16 are connected to each other, and the manufacturer (supplier) 5, the user 10, the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7, and the sales agent (sales company) 8 each have a user terminal device. 101, that is, a WWW browser (personal computer) is installed. When the user terminal device 101 specifies a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the server 11 and requests display of a home page, the server 11 starts an electronic authentication procedure.
Here, FIG. 6 (a) shows the company A 10A of the user 10 in FIG. 4, the company A 7A of the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) 7, and the company A 8A of the sales agent (sales company) 8. The external appearance block diagram of the provided reader / writer 14 is shown. FIG. 6B shows the internal configuration of the IC card 14A inserted into the reader / writer 14. FIG. 6C shows the operation of the IC card 14A.

The reader / writer 14 may be composed of a portable terminal (PDA), and an insertion slot for an IC card 14A is arranged on the left flat side surface of the reader / writer 14, into which the IC card 14A is inserted. A connector 141 for connecting a cable (not shown) is arranged on the opposite side surface. On the front surface of the reader / writer 14, a display panel 142, a numeric keypad 143, a cursor key 144, and the like are provided. Further, a power button 145 and a confirm button 146 are provided above the cursor key 144.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the IC card 14A has a configuration in which a CPU 148, a ROM 149, a RAM 150, and the like are connected via an internal bus 147. The internal bus 147 is connected to the external contact terminal 152 via the terminal interface circuit 151 so that the reader / writer 14 can access an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) 153. The external contact terminal 152 includes a Vcc terminal for receiving a voltage supply from the reader / writer 14, a clock terminal for supplying a clock signal, a ground terminal, and the like, and exchanges data via the data input / output signal terminal.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6C, the user 10 turns on the power button 145 of the reader / writer 14. Then, the IC card 14A storing the authentication information is inserted into the reader / writer 14. When the URL is displayed on the display panel 142 and the URL to be accessed is displayed, the confirmation button 146 is turned on, and the reader / writer 14 is connected to the user terminal device 101 using a cable. Is accessed to request the data (step 1). Then, the server 11 returns an HTML document. The Web screen of the browser of the user terminal device 101, that is, the electronic procurement site receives an HTML document corresponding to the request (step 2). Then, authentication information is requested from the IC card 14A in accordance with the HTML format document (step 3), and the authentication information is obtained from the IC card 14A (step 4). Thus, the authentication information is returned to the server 11 (step 5). If access is permitted as a result of authentication by the server 11, an HTML document is transmitted and received, and displayed on the display device 102 of the user terminal device 101 of the user 10 (step 6). Thus, the electronic authentication procedure for indirect auxiliary materials and factory supplies is completed.

Then, the settlement server 16 which has been certified by the server 11 takes out from the electronic money database, issues electronic money, performs electronic money settlement on indirect secondary materials, etc., and sends the fact to the user 10.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an indirect secondary material data management system as a partial configuration of an embodiment of an indirect secondary material data management / electronic authentication and settlement system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific internal configuration of FIG. 1 and showing components in a system provided for a user and a sales agent or sales company. The example of the IC tag used for the data management and electronic authentication and payment system of indirect secondary material concerning the present invention is shown, and (a) is a side view showing the state pasted on indirect secondary material, etc., (b ) Is a plan view showing an IC tag. It is a block diagram which shows the Example of the data management and electronic authentication of the indirect secondary material which concerns on this invention, and a payment system. It is a communication outline | summary figure of the information regarding the merchandise sales route in the data management and electronic authentication of the indirect secondary material which concerns on this invention, and a payment system, and the said indirect secondary material. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing a reader / writer and an electronic authentication procedure provided in the system shown in FIG. 4, wherein FIG. 5A is an external configuration diagram of the reader / writer, FIG. 5B is an internal configuration diagram of an IC card inserted into the reader / writer, and FIG. ) Is a flowchart of the electronic authentication procedure. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the conventional goods ordering system.

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5 Manufacturer (supplier)
5A Manufacturer A Company 5B Manufacturer B Company 5C Manufacturer C Company 5D Manufacturer D Company 5E Manufacturer E Company 5F Manufacturer F Company 6 Database 61 Product history database for indirect secondary materials or factory supplies 62 Product history database for indirect secondary materials or factory supplies parts 63 Product ranking data and product selection criteria database for indirect secondary materials or factory supplies 7 Large-scale general trading company (wholesale company)
7A Large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) Company A 8 Sales agent (sales company)
8A Sales agent (sales company) Company A 8B Sales agent (sales company) Company B 8C Sales agent (sales company) Company C 8D Sales agent (sales company) Company D 81 Sales company order system 9 Network 10 User 10A User A Company 10B User B Company 10C User C Company 10D User D Company 101 User Terminal Device 102 Display Device 103 Input Device 104 IC Reader 11 Server 12 IC Tag 12a Antenna Coil Pattern 12b IC Chip 12c Base Material 12d Conductive Member 12e Coil Connection terminal 13 Indirect auxiliary materials (factory supplies)
14 Reader / writer 14A IC card 141 Reader / writer connector 142 Reader / writer display panel 143 Reader / writer numeric key 144 Reader / writer cursor key 145 Reader / writer power button 146 Reader / writer determination button 147 IC card internal bus 148 IC card CPU
149 IC card ROM
150 IC card RAM
151 IC card terminal interface circuit 152 IC card external contact terminal 153 IC card EEPROM
16 Payment server

Claims (3)

A large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information on parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by multiple or multiple manufacturers, and the large-scale general A sales agent that processes or analyzes and accumulates the product history data information and product selection criteria information of parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by a trading company (wholesale company) and stores it in a database. A store or sales company, a user who receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company as ordering information via a network, Including information on IC tags prepared for the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer; a server connected to the network for performing an authentication procedure using an IC card that reads and receives the ID of the indirect secondary material by the reader / writer and stores authentication information; and an electronic money database of the user. A data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials, comprising a payment server connected to the network and performing payment settlement for indirect secondary materials including parts, factory supplies or production materials. A large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) that receives product history data information and product selection criteria information on parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by multiple or multiple manufacturers, and the large-scale general A sales agent that processes or analyzes and accumulates the product history data information and product selection criteria information of parts or factory supplies or production materials provided by a trading company (wholesale company) and stores it in a database. A store or sales company, a user who receives product history data information and product selection criteria information of indirect auxiliary materials including parts provided by the sales agent or sales company as ordering information via a network, Including information on IC tags prepared for the manufacturer, the sales agent (sales company) or the large-scale general trading company (wholesale company) A reader / writer, an authentication procedure using an IC card that reads the commodity catalog information of the indirect auxiliary material including the parts or factory supplies or production material or the ID of the indirect auxiliary material by the reader / writer and stores the authentication information; A server connected to the network for managing product data, and a settlement that has the electronic money database of the user and is connected to the network and performs payment settlement of indirect auxiliary materials including the parts or factory supplies or production materials A data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect sub-materials, characterized by comprising a server. 3. The data management / electronic authentication and settlement system for indirect secondary materials according to claim 1, wherein the server comprises the settlement server.

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