JP2010015600A - Mediation device and mediation method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mediation device and a medication method, for enabling a buyer and a seller to easily make requests and bids and enabling the buyer to easily perform comparison and consideration of sellers. <P>SOLUTION: The mediation device 10 includes: a means for registering a buyer and a seller; an input means for order information of the buyer; a means for displaying order information only from which identification information on the buyer is eliminated to the buyer; a means for the seller to input bid information to the order information; a means for displaying to the buyer a list table of the bid information; and a means for informing the seller desired by the buyer of commercial requests including information about the buyer. The buyer and the seller easily make requests and bids and the buyer can easily compare and consider sellers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an intermediary device and an intermediation method, and more particularly, to an intermediary device and an intermediation method that mediate between a seller and a buyer on the net, and that enables a buyer to easily make a comparison of sellers. Is.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, for example, sellers of products (Sellers) advertise on the Internet, and buyers (buyers, users) apply for business negotiations by looking at the advertisements. .

  In the conventional method for determining a seller as described above, the buyer needs to search for an advertisement where the desired item is listed. When a large number of sellers are found as a result of the search, It was necessary to request an estimate for each seller by using e-mail, etc., and to select the seller who seems to be the best from the sellers who got the answer. Furthermore, in order to investigate whether or not the seller is a credible partner, another search or the like is required, and it is difficult to select the best seller even though a lot of labor is required. There was a problem that there was.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and in a mediating apparatus and mediating method for mediating between a seller and a buyer on the net, the buyer and the seller can easily make a request and a bid. It is an object of the present invention to provide an intermediary device and an intermediation method that enable a buyer to easily perform a comparative examination of sellers.

In the intermediary device that mediates sellers and buyers of the present invention, seller registration means, buyer registration means, buyer order information input means, and only order information excluding buyer identification information are displayed to the seller. Order information display means, bid information input means for the seller to input bid information for the order information, bid information display means for displaying the bid information as a list to the buyer, and seller desired by the buyer And a negotiation request notification means for notifying a negotiation request including buyer information.
According to the present invention, a buyer and a seller can easily make a request and a bid, and the buyer can easily make a comparative examination of the seller. It is also possible to provide credit information to the buyer by confirming the registered contents on the system side.

  As described above, in the brokerage apparatus and brokerage method for brokering the seller and buyer of the present invention, the buyer can easily select a company that suits their needs from a large number of companies, There is an effect that it can be accessed efficiently without time and effort. For sellers, new sales opportunities can be obtained and requests from customers are presented, so there is no need to conduct large-scale advertising or diving sales activities, and the efficiency of sales activities can be achieved. There is.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the whole system containing the mediation apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other structural example of the whole system containing the mediation apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the mediation method performed in the mediation apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the display process of the comparison examination page to the buyer of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the redisplay process of the comparison examination page to the buyer of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the buyer's negotiation application process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed content of the display process of the comparison examination page to the buyer of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the redisplay process of the comparison examination page to the buyer of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed content of the negotiation application process of the buyer of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a seller's category registration screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a seller's person in charge registration screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a seller's company information registration screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an appeal information registration screen to a buyer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the area filter registration screen example of a seller. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a buyer's request (ordering) registration screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an initial screen at the time of a seller's access. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a request list display screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a request detail display screen of a seller. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a bid information input screen of a seller. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a bid information list display screen to a buyer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a bidding company summary display screen to a buyer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a negotiation application screen to a buyer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a negotiation application display screen to a seller. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of an evaluation information input screen to a buyer.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the entire system including a server system 10 which is an intermediary device of the present invention. The intermediary device 10 is connected to a Web (WWW: World Wide Web) server 11, a Web application server 12, a database server 13 having a DB (database), and a mail (SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server 14 via a LAN (not shown). Further, the Web server 11 is connected to the Internet 20 by a router (not shown). In addition, a plurality of maintenance and management servers and terminals (not shown) are connected to the LAN.
The database stores a customer DB for storing registration information of sellers and buyers, a request DB, a bid DB, a negotiation application DB, a mail DB, and the like. The functions of the intermediary device 10 described later are shared by each server. To process. The functions of the servers 11 to 14 are well known, and can be realized by installing a well-known commercially available server device on a well-known commercially available server device and mounting a commercially available program that executes processing as described below.

  The functions of the Web application server 12 can be replaced by CGI or other script programs, and can be omitted. The client-side terminal 30 may be, for example, a well-known commercially available PC (personal computer) that includes the well-known Web browser 31 and the mail client 32 and can access the Internet 20.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the entire system including the server system 10 which is an intermediary device of the present invention. In this embodiment, the mail server 14 and the mail client 32 are removed from the system configuration shown in FIG. The client can execute all the processes of the present invention by accessing the server system 10 through the Web browser 31.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the mediation method executed in the mediation apparatus 10 of the present invention. Based on FIG. 3, the outline | summary of the mediation method of this invention and the function of the site 10 are demonstrated. In the embodiment, an example of mediating various services belonging to a plurality of categories will be described.

  (1) First, a buyer (buyer terminal 40 (30)) and a seller (seller terminal 50 (30)) each register with the mediation system (site) 10 of the present invention. The seller also registers the category of services that he / she provides. The site 10 registers the registration contents in the database. (2) Next, the buyer selects a specific category and inputs a request (ordering information). The site 10 stores the request in association with the buyer.

  (3) The site 10 delivers the request by e-mail to all sellers whose categories match. However, information such as the buyer's company name is not added to this request. (4) The seller accesses the brokerage system of the present invention, browses the request of the category to which the seller belongs, and inputs bid information for the request to bid. The site 10 stores the bid information in correspondence with the request.

  (5) If there is a bid within a predetermined bidding period, the site 10 notifies the buyer that the bid has been received by e-mail, and (6) the buyer accesses the brokerage system and reads the bid information. The site edits all bid information into a list and displays it to the buyer. In this case, it is also possible to read out the detailed information of the bidding company. The buyer compares each bid information and determines a seller to apply for a business talk. Then, the negotiation application information is input.

(7) The site 10 sends a notification to the seller who has applied for the negotiation by e-mail, and the seller accesses the site 10 and browses the negotiation request notification to which information such as the contact information of the buyer is added. (8) After that, the seller and buyer contact directly and proceed with the business negotiation. For example, the site 10 issues a bill for charging a predetermined brokerage fee to the seller who sent out the negotiation request notification. (9) Also, the buyer inputs the seller's evaluation information, which is reflected in the seller's evaluation.
Next, details of the mediation method will be described with reference to the drawings of screen examples displayed on the client terminal.

  (1) User registration.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a seller category registration screen. The seller selects one or more categories corresponding to the services of his company at the time of registration. If there is no applicable category, you can move to the new category application screen and apply for additional categories.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a seller's person-in-charge registration screen. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a seller's company information registration screen. Further, FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an appeal information registration screen from the seller to the buyer. Each appeal information shown in FIG. 13 can be freely described with a sentence of 300 characters or less. With such a configuration, the seller can accurately represent the selling point, which becomes a valuable information source when the buyer selects the seller.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a seller's area filter registration screen. By specifying a region on this screen, the seller can receive only a request that matches the region specified by the region where the service is performed. The buyer's registration content is obtained by removing the category, appeal information, designated area, etc. from the seller's registration content. Various information input through the screen as described above is registered in the database of the site 10, and an ID and a password are issued to the registrant. You can change or cancel your registration details at any time.

  (2) Input of request (ordering information).

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a buyer's request (ordering) registration screen. When the buyer accesses the brokerage system and passes the authentication using, for example, an ID and a password, the site 10 displays a buyer center screen as shown in FIG. 16, and the buyer displays a list of service categories displayed at the bottom of the screen. When the corresponding service category is selected (clicked) from among them, the screen shifts to the screen of FIG.
In the screen of FIG. 15, in addition to inputting items such as service usage location, time, budget, bidding acceptance end date, etc., each item of “request contents”, “company profile”, and “question” is a sentence of 300 characters or less. A form that can be freely described is adopted. In this way, it is possible to respond to various needs by making it possible to fill in free form. The site 10 stores the input request in the request DB in association with the buyer.

  (3) Request distribution.

  The site 10 distributes the request information entered by the buyer to all sellers with matching categories by e-mail. However, information that can identify the buyer, such as the company name and telephone number of the buyer, is not added.

  (4) Bidding information input.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an initial screen when the seller accesses. When the seller accesses the brokerage system and passes the authentication using, for example, an ID and a password, the site 10 displays a sailor center and buyer center screen as shown in FIG. In the case of a buyer, only the buyer center is displayed, but in the case of a seller, there is a possibility of becoming a buyer, so both are displayed.
The list at the top of the seller center displays the number of requests in each category of the service registered by the seller (“Homepage creation” and “Internet advertisement”), and click “To bid” in the right column. Then, the screen shifts to the screen of FIG.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a request list display screen. The seller clicks the “Item name” part of any request, or checks one or more of the rightmost check buttons and clicks the “Detailed information list display” button at the bottom. The detailed information of the request in FIG. 18 can be seen.
The bidding request list screen shown in FIG. 17 can be viewed by unregistered users and can confirm what orders have been placed in the mediation system of the present invention before registration. . However, unregistered users cannot see the detailed information of the request.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a seller request detail display screen. If the seller looks at the detailed information of this request and wishes to bid, click the “Bid” button at the bottom.
FIG. 19 is an explanatory view showing an example of a seller's bid information input screen. As the bidding information, a form that can be freely described in a sentence of up to 300 characters for the items “answer to question” and “appealing service” along with the price range and the validity period of the proposal is adopted. The site 10 stores the bid information in the bid DB corresponding to the request.

  (5) Bidding notice.

  If there is a bid within a predetermined bidding period, the site 10 notifies the buyer that the bid has been received by e-mail.

  (6) Bidding information comparison and business negotiation application.

  FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bid information list display screen for the buyer. The buyer center screen shown in FIG. 16 displayed when the buyer accesses the brokerage system displays a list of requests that are being accepted or have been accepted. By clicking the “Compare” button for the desired request, FIG. Move to the list display screen.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of the display process of the comparison consideration page to the buyer in the mediation apparatus 10 of the present invention. Assume that the buyer center screen of FIG. 16 is displayed on the Web browser of the buyer terminal 40. In S001, the buyer center screen displays a list of requests that are being accepted or have been accepted, and by clicking the “Compare” button for the desired request, the embedded request number is sent to the site 10. The

In step S002, the site 10 extracts all bid data for the request from the bid database using the specified request number as an extraction condition. In S003, it is checked whether or not a deletion flag is set in each extracted bidding data, and those with the flag set are deleted. In S004, it is checked whether or not the valid period of the response of each extracted bid data has expired, and the expired one is deleted. In S005, a bid content comparison / consideration table (list) HTML file is generated and transmitted to the buyer terminal 40. The browser of the buyer terminal 40 displays the received list HTML file (FIG. 20).
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the display process of the comparison consideration page to the buyer in the mediation apparatus of the present invention. The step numbers in FIG. 7 correspond to those in FIG. 4, and in FIG. 7, in addition to the processing contents in FIG.

  On the list display screen, all bid information is displayed in a list, and the company name of the seller is also displayed. The buyer can display the seller's details (registration) information by clicking the “company overview” button in the left column. FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bidding company summary display screen for the buyer. In addition, the buyer can delete the bid from the list by clicking the “reject” button in the left column.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of the redisplay process of the comparison consideration page to the buyer in the mediation apparatus of the present invention. Assume that the list screen of FIG. 20 is displayed on the Web browser of the buyer terminal 40. In S007, when the buyer clicks the “Decline” button of the request he / she wishes to decline, the bid number embedded with the click position information is transmitted to the site 10.

In S008, the site 10 updates the bidding database in order to set a deletion flag for the designated bidding number. In S009, it is checked whether or not the update is successful. If the update is not successful, an error display HTML file is transmitted to the terminal 40, and the terminal 40 displays the file in S011. The subsequent processing is the same as the processing after S002 in FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of the redisplay process of the comparison consideration page for the buyer in the mediation apparatus of the present invention. The contents are the same as in FIG.
The buyer compares the bidding information on the screen shown in FIG. 20, determines the seller to apply for the negotiation, and clicks the “Apply for negotiation” button corresponding to the seller.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of the buyer negotiation application process in the mediation apparatus of the present invention. Assume that the list screen of FIG. 20 is displayed on the Web browser of the buyer terminal 40. In S012, when the buyer clicks the “Apply for business negotiation” button of a request to apply for business negotiation, the bid number embedded together with the click position information is transmitted to the site 10.

  In S013, the site 10 acquires seller information from the customer database using the designated bidding number as a selection condition. In S014, a negotiation application HTML file as shown in FIG. 22 is generated. In the buyer terminal 40, the negotiation application HTML file is displayed in S015, and the name of the person in charge, department, contact method, comment, etc. are input and transmitted in S016.

  In S017, the site 10 newly assigns a negotiation application number, updates the negotiation application database, and updates the bidding database in order to set a deletion flag in the bidding data. In S18, it is checked whether or not the update is successful. If unsuccessful, an error display HTML file is transmitted to the terminal 40, and the terminal 40 displays the file in S021.

  If the database update is successful, the process proceeds to S019, and it is checked whether or not mail notification is desired as seller registration information. If the user wishes to notify the mail, the process proceeds to S20 to notify the seller that the business application has been made, and save it in the mail database.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the detailed contents of the buyer negotiation application process in the mediation apparatus of the present invention. The step numbers in FIG. 9 correspond to those in FIG. 6, and in FIG. 9, display items are also described in addition to the processing contents in FIG. FIG. 22 is an explanatory view showing an example of a negotiation application screen for a buyer (confirmation screen after application is completed).

  (7) Negotiation request notification.

  The site 10 sends a notice to the seller who has applied for the negotiation by e-mail in which the name of the buyer, the name of the person in charge, a telephone number, etc. are described, and at this point, the seller becomes clear to the seller. The seller can also access the site 10 and confirm the negotiation request notification with information such as the buyer's contact information. FIG. 23 is an explanatory view showing an example of a screen for displaying an application for negotiations with a seller. On this screen, the name of the buyer, the name of the person in charge, the telephone number, etc. are described.

  (8) Direct business negotiations.

  After that, the seller and buyer contact directly and proceed with the negotiation. For example, the site 10 issues a bill for charging a predetermined brokerage fee to the seller who sent out the negotiation request notification.

  (9) Input of evaluation information.

  The buyer inputs seller evaluation information, which is reflected in the seller's evaluation. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an evaluation information input screen for the buyer. This screen can be entered only once per application for business negotiations, and evaluations are digitized and integrated as points, and may be viewed on the seller's detailed information display screen (FIG. 21), for example.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was disclosed, the following modifications can also be considered to a present Example. In the embodiment, the seller information registered in the intermediary device 10 is displayed. However, the buyer can access the seller's advertisement homepage by accessing the seller's server. You may comprise.

  As an embodiment, an example in which a request is input using a request form common to each category has been disclosed. However, the content of items and the number of items may differ depending on the category. Therefore, an optimal request form may be created for each category. Furthermore, the buyer can customize the request form himself / herself, and the bid form may be generated according to the form. With such a configuration, it is possible to receive a highly accurate estimate or proposal.

For example, in order to enable requests and bids on mobile phones and PHS that can be connected to the Internet, especially to enter text in the free-form input field, select standard text, fill-in text, and customizable text A sentence or the like may be used.
In the embodiment, an example in which only character (code) information is handled as information such as registration information, a request, and a bid is disclosed. However, graphics, image, audio, and other multimedia information (file) may be handled. .

  In the embodiment, an example in which a buyer first registers and then inputs a request is disclosed. However, a user who is reluctant to register may end without registering even if he / she looks into the site. is expected. Therefore, even an unregistered member can enter a request, and when the input of the request is completed, the screen may be shifted to a registration screen. In this case, the request is valid only after registration is completed. By adopting such a configuration, it can be expected that the number of registrants to the system will increase.

  In the embodiments, an example of a mediation system for services has been disclosed, but the mediation apparatus and mediation method of the present invention can be similarly implemented for all commercial transactions including arbitrary services and arbitrary products.

Furthermore, the modification for every function or process is shown below.
<Registration process>
In the registration process, in order to increase the number of member members of the brokerage market and activate the market, it may be possible to input the name or email address of the introducer during member registration. Use the effects of referrals by word of mouth (you can get a certain number of reliable members), which leads to the acquisition of reliable members. Furthermore, it can be used for a mechanism to provide referral incentives to member members.
As registration information, not only sellers but also buyers can be entered in terms of establishment year (business start year), capital, number of employees, and sales items, and transaction credit information may be provided to sellers as well. .
In order to increase the reliability of member members, a temporary registration method may be introduced so that it cannot be used unless an email address other than an existing email address is registered. This will also prevent the use of free email accounts.
When becoming a member user, a certain standard may be set, and if the standard is met, an electronic personal authentication may be issued so that it can be used during brokerage service transactions. Thereby, it is possible to improve the reliability of use members (buyers and sellers), and prevent impersonation in transactions and denial of contracts and quotations.
Service categories that can be selected as services provided by buyers can be expanded and refined to enable high-precision matching between buyers and sellers. Since there are categories where the number of registered sellers is not sufficient, a two-part category system may be introduced. In the first category, sellers can also register as a service offering category, and buyers can also request for that category. On the other hand, in the category of the second part, the seller can select the category at the time of registration, but the buyer may not make a request for the category.
As registration information, items to be filled in in their free format (business outline, details of services provided, features / PR points, past achievements / major customers, related companies, affiliated associations / organization names, etc.) are added as examples. May be. It is possible to support each member to provide reliable information by adjusting the entry level of each member to a certain level or more.

<Quotation request>
The service category may be expanded and refined to enable high-precision matching between buyers and sellers. With the introduction of a two-part system, you may be able to request two parts.
By providing credit information such as the payment method and payment date to the buyer at the time of the request, it may be possible to provide information that is easy for the seller to bid.
In the case of a request from a user who holds electronic authentication, unlike a request from a normal user, credit information is added in the form of a request from a trusted buyer so that the seller can be provided with a sense of security. May be.
In order to prevent registration of mischievous / cool requests or improve requests for which information is lacking, after a visual check once, the procedure for approving the request is performed and the seller is notified as an official request. You may be able to do it.
For each service category, display the items to be filled in at the time of request, greatly improve the situation where buyers do not know what and how to write at the time of request, and request for the service to obtain an accurate estimate May be made even by buyers who are often amateurs.
For items that can be entered in a free format (request contents, other comments, etc.), it may be possible to create an estimate request that is easy for the seller to estimate by adding a specific entry example.
For each category selected at the time of request, the display of a banner advertisement or the like may be changed, and an advertisement that does not directly compete with or can complement the category may be exposed on the site. If an advertisement that competes with a category is displayed, there is a risk that the buyer may move to the advertisement destination site without making a request. By tracking the click history of advertisements for each user, it is possible to investigate user preferences and measure the effectiveness of advertisements.

<Estimate>
The buyer may be able to introduce the case to a user who has not yet registered. Thereby, when the introduced user becomes a member user, it becomes possible to sufficiently meet the needs of the buyer by increasing the number of member users of the seller. In addition, it is possible to provide a function for tracking whether the person in charge of introduction has been registered.
Items to be filled in at the time of quotation for each service category (proposal for request / PR of service, reference quotation price, etc.) may be made available when the next quotation is created.
For items that can be entered in free format (questions for buyers), it may be possible to provide information that makes it easy for buyers to compare estimates by adding specific examples.
The information entered as seller registration information is displayed by default when creating a quote (homepage, details of services provided, features / PR points, past achievements / business partners, related companies, affiliated associations / organization names), the same every time You may make it unnecessary to fill in the contents. On the other hand, the description may be changed to a description such as PR corresponding to the request, or the contents may be reflected in the registration information.
In addition to questions from buyers to sellers at the time of requests, sellers can ask questions from buyers also at the time of quotation proposals, and by clarifying each other's unknowns during the course of negotiations, it is possible to smoothly enter actual negotiations It may be possible to make it.
In the case of an estimate from a seller who holds an electronic certificate, credit information may be provided in the form of an “estimate from a reliable seller”, unlike an estimate (bid bidding) from a normal user. It can provide a sense of security to the buyer.
When viewing the request details, the buyer's credit information (business summary, year established, capital, number of employees, previous year sales) may be displayed so that the seller can determine the buyer's credit.
If there is no contact even though the seller has been quoted, a “reminder email” may be sent to the seller.
An upper limit of the estimated number that the buyer can deal with may be set so that the estimate can be created in the order in which the estimate is made in principle. In that case, even if an attempt is made to exceed the upper limit, an estimate may not be registered.

<Estimate comparison>
The evaluation result of each seller may be displayed in a mark in the company column of the estimate comparison table (for example, three levels), and the evaluation ranking may be intuitively understood on the comparison table.
With this intermediary service, the buyer may evaluate the seller with respect to the transaction that has occurred up to the negotiation request. The evaluation may be scored according to a certain formula and reflected on the display.
All the evaluations made to the seller and whether or not the service has been used can be viewed in a list, so that it can be judged from the contents (reputation) filled in whether or not the seller can be trusted. Also good.
You may be able to ask the buyer about the seller each time a buyer who has specified that he or she will receive an inquiry from another buyer at the time of evaluation.
All contents inquired in the past may be listed as an inquiry history.
You may be able to reply to the inquiry about the seller used in the past from other buyers.
In addition to answering questions from sellers to buyers at the time of quotation, it is possible to answer questions from buyers to sellers at the time of business negotiation requests, so that unknown points can be clarified in the course of business negotiations Good. It is possible to smoothly enter actual business negotiations.
For items that can be entered in free format (such as comments), specific examples may be provided. It becomes possible to create a business negotiation request that makes it easy for the seller to proceed with the business negotiation.
The reason for rejecting the quote may be input, and the seller may be informed why the current quote has been declined. It can be used for the next estimate and negotiation.
In the case of a quote from a seller who holds an electronic certificate, it is possible to provide credit information in the form of a “request for a business negotiation from a trusted buyer” unlike a business request from a normal user, providing a sense of security to the seller. it can.
If there is no contact even though the buyer has applied for a business negotiation, a “reminder mail” may be sent to the buyer.

<Information Disclosure>
When an electronic certificate is used, information that can be viewed for each member user may be controlled by setting an information viewing authority for each electronic certificate. In other methods, an authority profile may be set for each member user to control information that can be browsed and objects that can be executed. For example, a member user can arbitrarily give a member user of a certain other company the right to view credit information for a certain period of time, and can release important information only to the user authorized by the member user. Information accumulated in brokerage transactions can be provided to third parties and member members who specify credit information about member members in various transactions including brokerage transactions.
<Mail exchange>
If electronic authentication is to be maintained, install authentication in the mail client so that it can be used to ensure data integrity in the exchange of mail between the brokerage site and the user and in the exchange of mail between member users. Good.

<Evaluation process>
You may be able to evaluate the seller's negotiation activity by filling in information about whether or not there was a transaction with the seller, the negotiation attitude and service quality, inquiries from other users, and comments.
It is possible to know whether or not a contract has been made since it is possible to determine whether or not the service has been received from the buyer at the time of evaluation.
It can be used to collect commissions from sellers by grasping the existence of transactions.
In the case of evaluation by a user who holds electronic authentication, unlike a request from a normal user, credit information can be added in the form of “evaluation from a trusted user” to provide the buyer with a sense of security.
<Business negotiation result report>
The seller may be able to report the result of whether or not the buyer actually provided (contracted) the service. When reporting, if necessary, you can also certify the transaction performance by sending contracts and invoices together.
It can be used to collect commissions from sellers by grasping the existence of transactions.

<Confirmation / Request for Contract>
You may be able to confirm the contents of the transaction by sending a confirmation email for a case that may have been closed.
The bidding fee, the negotiation request fee, the registration fee, and the commission fee may be calculated from transactions that have occurred in the past, and a monthly invoice may be created.
The monthly billing content may be viewed by the user using a connection encrypted with SSL or the like.
<Invoice verification>
You may enable it to input about the deposit amount from a user.
It may be possible to confirm whether there is an excess or deficiency between the transfer amount from the user and the charge. The result may be managed for each user as a payment history, and the payment performance may be evaluated.

<Customer support>
For the purpose of promoting quotation requests, list users who need support in order to avoid disappointment at the beginning of registration, and list users who need support in order to continue using them, and send emails for each user as appropriate You may be able to do that.
For the purpose of promoting quotations, list users who need support so that they won't be disappointed at the beginning of registration, and list users who need support so that they can continue to use them, and respond appropriately by sending an email for each user. You may be able to do that.
For the purpose of promoting business negotiation requests, list users who need support in order to avoid disappointment at the beginning of registration, and list users who need support in order to continue to use them. You may be able to do that.
For each user, each time an inquiry is made, the history may be registered in the database so that consistent support can be provided even if the person in charge changes. If the user makes an inquiry using a specified opinion / question form, the information may be centrally managed on the inquiry management screen.
The activity of the corresponding user after the promotion activity may be displayed so that it can be seen how effective it is.

<Account management>
After the buyer registration, the registration may be changed as a seller.
While changing the email address, you may not be able to log in, and the new email address may be reflected only by clicking on the URL in the confirmation email.
In the case of forgetting the password, the password may be automatically notified to the corresponding e-mail address by inputting the e-mail address or telephone number by the automatic search function.
<Acquaintance introduction>
You may make it possible to browse the list of users (buyers / sellers) who have joined through their introduction. Points are accumulated according to the number of member users, and an incentive to acquire member users may be provided. A kind of word-of-mouth referral framework can be used to acquire a certain degree of reliable member users. Depending on the points earned through the introduction of acquaintances, you may provide a mechanism that allows you to exchange various products and services from the website.

<Member user directory>
For registered sellers, basic credit information and company overviews may be posted. In addition, if it is a user who has undergone electronic authentication, that point can also be displayed.
<Site visit history management>
Where the seller / buyer who visits the site accesses from before registration, how many screens are used every day after registration, which pages are infrequently used, and where are frequently interrupted It may be possible to take a site movement history for each user.
<Banner display>
An advertisement such as a banner to be displayed may be changed according to the category of the request. Tracking can also be performed for the number of times the banner is displayed and the number of clicks.

<Schedule management / Groupware>
Integration with schedule management functions provided by other companies. Throughout the negotiation process (from quotes to contracts, service introductions, and evaluations), the status of the account page and schedule can be linked, contact sellers and buyers can be registered as contacts, and documents and other files can be shared. By creating an interface with external software in order to facilitate business negotiations, the information on the My Account page and the information on the schedule management software may be synchronized. The same linkage is possible with functions other than schedule management.
<Resource Bank>
Content that supports the management activities of sellers and buyers may be provided. The simplest is a reciprocal link, but it can also be realized by displaying a site of another company in a frame inside the company. By linking sites, it is possible to provide a mechanism that can track how many users have flowed to their own site or to affiliated sites and have been registered.

<Expert column>
In collecting site content from professionals in each specialized field, we provide a content provision page to each specialist, free writer, reporter, etc., and content (articles etc.) directly there via the website The content may be viewed on the production server by confirming and approving the content in-house. The content editing / management process can be performed efficiently.
<Mail magazine>
You may be able to subscribe to e-mail magazines, change distribution destinations, and cancel subscriptions. When registering as a member, an e-mail magazine registration application may be automatically made.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Mediation apparatus (server system), 11 ... Web server, 12 ... Web application server, 13 ... Database server, 14 ... Mail server, 20 ... Internet, 30 ... Client side terminal, 31 ... Web browser, 32 ... Mail client, 40 ... Buyer terminal, 50 ... Seller terminal

Claims (7)

Seller registration means,
Buyer's registration means,
Input method of buyer's ordering information;
Order information display means for displaying only the order information excluding the buyer's identification information to the seller;
Bidding information input means for the seller to input bidding information for the ordering information;
Bidding information display means for displaying the bidding information as a list to the buyer;
An intermediary device for mediating a seller and a buyer, comprising: a negotiation request notifying unit for notifying a negotiation request including buyer information to a seller desired by the buyer. The seller registration means registers sellers by product or service category,
The order information input means also inputs category information,
The order information display means displays order information only to sellers that match the category selected by the buyer,
2. The intermediary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bidding information display means displays bidding information by a list in a format corresponding to the corresponding category.   2. The intermediary device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the buyer registration unit or the seller registration unit includes an item that can be freely described in text with respect to information provided to a trading partner.   The intermediary apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the order information input means is capable of inputting a question item to a seller that can be freely described in text.   2. The mediation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising evaluation information input means for inputting seller evaluation information from a buyer and reflecting it in seller information provided to the buyer.   The seller registration means can specify an area where goods or services are provided, and the order information display means is only for sellers whose areas specified in the order information match the areas where the goods or services are provided. 2. The intermediary device according to claim 1, wherein order information is displayed. Registering sellers and buyers; and
The buyer inputting ordering information;
Displaying only the order information to the seller;
The seller inputting bid information for the order information;
Displaying the bidding information as a list to the buyer;
A mediating method for mediating between the seller and the buyer on the net, the method comprising: notifying the seller desired by the buyer of a business negotiation request including the buyer's information.

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