JP2015156092A - Merchandise purchase system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an acquaintance to purchase merchandise when finding out his or her desired merchandise regardless of whether or not the acquaintance is in the place.

SOLUTION: A merchandise purchase system 20 registers merchandise information data including a mail address of a merchandise introducer, a mail address of a merchandise purchase applicant, store data of a store which sells merchandise over the counter, and merchandise name data and merchandise price data in a merchandise DB 22 in accordance with a merchandise information registration request by the merchandise introducer. The merchandise purchase applicant is notified that the merchandise information data have been registered in the merchandise DB 22. Merchandise introduction page data are created by using the registered merchandise information data in accordance with the presentation request of the merchandise information made by the merchandise purchase applicant, and the merchandise introduction page data are transmitted to a merchandise purchase applicant terminal 10. Settlement processing is executed in accordance with a purchase request made by the merchandise purchase applicant.

COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product purchase system, and more particularly to a product purchase system that receives an introduction of a purchase desired product through a network and can purchase the introduced purchase desired product.

  Patent Document 1 uses a purchaser computer to register product purchase conditions (product standards, features, desired purchase price, desired purchase time, etc.) in a shopping agent computer, and the shopping agent computer accesses the seller computer. Then, a shopping agency system for searching for product information satisfying the purchase conditions and transmitting the product information satisfying the purchase conditions to the purchaser computer is disclosed.

JP 2001-297214 A

  In the shopping agency system of Patent Document 1, product information must be registered in advance in a seller computer. Product information that is not registered in advance in the seller computer cannot be retrieved and is not transmitted to the buyer computer. For example, it is not possible to purchase products (for example, precious secondhand books, vintage, pottery, paintings, etc.) that are sold only in stores and are not sold on the Internet (not registered in the seller's computer).

  When an acquaintance (for example, your brother, sister, friend) finds a store that sells products that you want to purchase, you pay for the acquaintance and purchase the product and send it to the acquaintance. It is possible. However, the financial burden of purchasing a product cannot be avoided, and if you do not have cash or a credit card, you may lose the opportunity to purchase a product that an acquaintance who has found it wants to purchase.

  An object of the present invention is to make it possible for an acquaintance to purchase a product even when the acquaintance finds the product he / she wishes to purchase, even if the acquaintance is not there.

  Another object of the present invention is to realize efficient virtual store management.

  A further object of the present invention is to make it possible to temporarily open a virtual store.

  In the product purchase system according to the present invention, in accordance with a product information registration request from a product introducer, for the product desired by the purchaser of the product, store data for identifying at least a store selling the product over the store, the product Product information including product name data and product price data, and product information data having product introducer identification data for identifying the product introducer and purchase applicant identification data for identifying the purchase requester registered in the database Product information data registered in the database in accordance with a registration means, a notification means for notifying a person who wishes to purchase the product that the product information data is registered in the database, and a product information presentation request by the product purchase applicant. Product introduction page creation means for creating product introduction page data using the above-mentioned product introduction page Product introduction page transmission means for transmitting the product introduction page data created by the product creation means to the terminal of the product purchase applicant, and payment means for executing settlement processing in accordance with a purchase request for the product by the product purchase applicant. I have.

  If the product introducer finds a store that sells the product that the product purchase applicant desires to purchase, store data that identifies at least the store that sells the product, store name data, and Product information data including the price data of the product and having data for identifying a product introducer and data for identifying a product purchaser is registered in the database. The product information data may be transmitted to the product purchase system from the terminal of the store selling the product, or the product information data may be transmitted to the product purchase system from the terminal owned by the product introducer. In any case, the product information data related to the product desired by the product purchaser is registered in the database when the product introducer actually finds the product (actual).

  When the product information data is registered in the database, the product purchase applicant is notified accordingly. E-mail, telephone, facsimile, etc. can be used to notify purchasers.

  Product introduction page data is created using the product information data registered in the database in accordance with the request for presentation of the product information data registered in the database. Since the product information data includes store data, product name data and price data, these can be included in the page represented by the product introduction page data. For example, if an e-mail is used when notifying a person who wishes to purchase a product that the product information data has been registered in the database, a request for presenting product information data (for example, a URL) is described in the e-mail. Just keep it. By clicking the URL, it is possible to transmit a request for presentation of product information data from the product purchase applicant's terminal to the product purchase system.

  The generated product introduction page data is transmitted to the terminal of the product purchase applicant. A product introduction page including the store name, product name, price, etc. is displayed on the terminal of the product purchase applicant.

  When purchasing a product introduced on the product introduction page displayed by the product introduction page data, a purchase request is accepted by the product purchase system. In accordance with the purchase request, settlement processing is executed in the product purchase system. The payment processing is not necessarily performed by the product purchase system itself, and may be performed by a computer of a credit card company, for example. In this case, data necessary for the settlement process is transmitted from the product purchase system to the computer of the credit card company. The settlement means of the present invention includes a mode in which settlement processing is executed in cooperation with another computer.

  According to the present invention, when an introducer finds a store that sells an over-the-counter product desired by a person who wants to purchase the product, the product is purchased even if the product purchase applicant is not on the spot. Applicants can purchase. There is no need for the introducer to purchase the product on behalf of the product purchaser, and there is no financial burden on the introducer.

  Further, since the product information data includes the product introducer identification data and the product purchase desirer identification data, even if a large number of product information data is registered in the database, a product information registration request is made for each of the product information data. It is possible to identify the person who performed the product (product introduction person) and the person who should be notified of the product information (the person who should send the product introduction page data) (the person who wants to purchase the product).

  Furthermore, from the standpoint of a store that sells products over-the-counter, products that are likely to be purchased are sold online (product information data is registered in the database), so efficient virtual store operation is possible. Realized.

  Preferably, the product information data includes expiration date data set on the basis of the date and time when the product information data is registered in the database, and the product purchase system has a date and time set in the expiration date data. , Deletion means for deleting the product information data from the database is provided. As described above, in the present invention, products registered in the database (products sold on the Internet) are products that are highly likely to be purchased. Therefore, there is little need to continue selling the same product online over a long period of time like a permanent virtual store. By setting an expiration date and deleting the product information data at the expiration date, the amount of database usage can be reduced.

  In response to the purchase request for the product, product information data about the product may be deleted from the database. This realizes a temporary virtual store that is opened only when necessary when necessary.

  In one embodiment, the product purchase system includes a user data storage device that stores the data for identifying the product purchase applicant and the data for identifying the product introducer in association with each other, and the product introducer included in the product information data. A product that the product introducer can introduce the product to the product purchase applicant according to the identification data and the purchase user identification data and the association data stored in the user data storage device Authentication means for determining whether or not the person is an introducer is provided. This is a mode in which the relationship between the product purchase applicant and the product introducer is determined in advance, and only introduction of products from a specific product introducer is permitted. For example, the data for identifying the product purchase applicant can be an e-mail address unique to the product purchase applicant. The data for identifying the product introducer can also be an e-mail address unique to the product introducer. Depending on whether or not the product introducer identification data included in the product information data is stored in the user data storage device and whether or not the product introducer identification data is associated with data for identifying the product purchase applicant, It is possible to determine whether or not the product purchaser can introduce the product to the product purchase applicant. It is possible to prevent the introduction of the product by a person who is not a legitimate introducer (an introducer stored in the user data storage device in association with the product purchase applicant).

  For example, the merchandise information registering means is configured so that the merchandise introducer purchases the merchandise by the provisional registration processing for temporarily registering the merchandise information data in the database according to the merchandise information registration request from the merchandise introducer and the authentication means. When it is determined that the product introducer can introduce the product to the applicant, the temporary registration process is executed to register the provisionally registered product information data in the database. Then, the notification means notifies the person who wishes to purchase the product that the product information data has been registered in the database on the condition that the product information data has been registered in the database. As a result, only a legitimate introducer (an introducer stored in the user data storage device in association with the product purchase applicant) can introduce the product information to the product purchase applicant.

  When the processing by the authentication means is not performed within a predetermined time from the time of temporary registration of the product information data in the database, the temporarily registered product information data may be deleted from the database. It is possible to prevent a situation where the temporary registration state lasts for a long time.

  In another embodiment, the user data storage device stores data for identifying the product introducer in further association with a product category in which product information is permitted to be registered by the product introducer. Product introducers who can introduce products for each product category can be distinguished.

  The product information data may further include an identification code (ID) for identifying each of the product information data.

  Preferably, the product introduction page data includes store information based on the product information data, product name information and product price information, and the product introducer information, and purchase request data for the product specified by the product name information. It represents a shopping cart screen that can be sent to the product purchase system. That is, when the product information data is registered in the database at the request of the product introducer, the product information represented by the product information data enters the shopping cart at the terminal of the product purchase applicant. That is, the product introducer can put product information into the shopping cart of the product purchase applicant. A shopping cart is one of the functions of an online shop, and is a function that temporarily stores data related to products that are scheduled to be purchased. Since it is a widely used function, its detailed explanation is omitted. To do.

The flow of utilization of a goods purchase system is shown roughly. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a goods purchase system. A purchaser data table is shown. An introducer data table is shown. Product data is shown. Shows product introduction data. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a goods purchase process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a goods purchase process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a goods purchase process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a goods purchase process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a goods purchase process. The temporary registration completion screen is shown. Indicates a product introduction email. The product introduction page (shopping cart screen) is shown. The other example of an introducer data table is shown.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows the flow of use of the product purchase system.

  The product purchase system 20 enables an acquaintance to purchase the product even if the acquaintance is not present when the store where the acquaintance wants to purchase is found in the store. System. In FIG. 1, the acquaintance (its name) is shown as “Patent Hanako”. Patent Hanako is a person who wishes to purchase a product (for example, a book) and will be referred to as a “product purchase applicant” in the following description.

  A person who introduces a product to a person who wants to purchase a product (patent Hanako) is called an “introducer” in the following description. In FIG. 1, the introducer is shown as “Taro Tokkyo”.

  The above-described data for identifying (specifying) the product purchase applicant and the introducer (including the e-mail address) is registered in advance in the user database 21 provided in the product purchase system 20.

  Suppose that a product desired by “Hanako”, who is a product purchaser (acquaintance), is sold in stores, and this is found by “Taro Patent”, an introducer. At this time, the introducer “Taro Tokkyo” requests the store to register product data (product data registration request (I)). This store is assumed to be a member store of the product purchase system 20 capable of registering product data in the product purchase system 20.

  The member store that has received the request for the registration processing of the product data uses the member store terminal 30 to store the product data (data regarding the product purchase applicant, data regarding the introducer, product name, price, etc.) (details will be described later). The data is transmitted to the product purchase system 20 (product data registration (II)). The product data is provisionally registered in a product database 22 provided in the product purchase system 20.

  Next, an authentication procedure is performed to determine whether the introducer “Taro Taro”, that is, the person who has requested the registration processing of the product data is a valid introducer. In this authentication procedure, an e-mail is transmitted from the introducer “Taro Tokkyo” to the product purchase system 20 (authentication procedure (III)). As will be described in detail later, the authentication procedure is performed using data for identifying the introducer registered in the user database 21 provided in the product purchase system 20. An introducer terminal 40 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone owned by the introducer “Taro Taro” is used to send an e-mail from the introducer “Taro Taro” to the product purchase system 20.

  When it is determined in the introducer authentication procedure that the introducer “Taro Taro” is a valid introducer, the product data temporarily registered in the product database 22 of the product purchase system 20 is fully registered. As a result, the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” can confirm the data (product name, price, etc.) related to the product introduced by the introducer “Taro Taro” (product confirmation process (IV)). In order to confirm the introduced product, a purchase applicant terminal 10 such as a personal computer owned by the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” is used.

  When the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” inputs data indicating that the product introduced by the introducer “Taro Taro” is purchased, the data is transmitted from the product purchase applicant terminal 10 to the product purchase system 20 (product Purchase process (V)). The merchandise purchase system 20 performs settlement processing in cooperation with a credit card company computer system (credit card system). The merchandise purchase system 20 notifies the member store terminal 30 that the payment process has been completed. Merchants ship products (such as shipping products to those who wish to purchase products to “Patent Hanako”).

  As described above, when the product purchase system 20 is used, when the introducer “Taro Taro” finds a store that sells the product desired by the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako”, the product purchase applicant Even if “Patent Hanako” is not on the spot, the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” can purchase it. There is no financial burden on the introducer “Taro Taro”. In addition, from the standpoint of a member store, product data is registered in the product purchase system 20 when a product data registration request is received from the introducer “Taro Taro”. The product will be sold online. Efficient virtual store management is realized. Since it is possible to open a virtual store for online shopping for products that are highly likely to be purchased when necessary, it is very efficient compared to the operation of a permanent virtual store.

  Hereinafter, the process of the product purchase system 20 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the product purchase system 20. The product purchase system 20 is a computer system and includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11 that controls the overall operation of the product purchase system 20. The CPU 11 includes an input device (such as a keyboard) 12, a display device (such as a liquid crystal display) 13, a memory 14 that provides a work area and a buffer area, a storage device (such as a hard disk) 15 that stores various programs and data, and a network. A communication device 16 that transmits and receives data is connected to the Internet (such as the Internet). A program for causing the computer system to function as the product purchase system 20 is installed in the storage device 15, and the computer system operates as the product purchase system 20 by executing this program.

  A purchase applicant terminal 10 used by a product purchase applicant (“Patent Hanako” in FIG. 1), a member store terminal 30 used by a member store, and an introducer terminal used by an introducer (“Patent Taro” in FIG. 1). 40 is also a computer system, and the basic hardware configuration is the same as that of the product purchase system 20.

  The user database 21 and the product database 22 described above are constructed (stored) in the storage device 15 of the product purchase system 20. 3 to 6 show details of the user database 21 and the product database 22 included in the product purchase system 20. A product purchase applicant data table 21 A shown in FIG. 3 and an introducer data table 21 B shown in FIG. 4 are stored in the user database 21. Product data 22A shown in FIG. 5 and product introduction page data 22B shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the product purchase applicant data table 21A stores, for each product purchase applicant, a set of the product purchase applicant's name, email address, and credit card card number owned by the product purchase applicant. Is done. A product purchase applicant who uses the product purchase system 20 makes an application for the use of the product purchase system 20 in advance, and based on this, the data representing the name, e-mail address and credit card number is the product purchase applicant data table 21A. Is remembered.

  Referring to FIG. 4, in the introducer data table 21B, the name of the introducer and the name of the introducer (which may be an ID, etc.) stored in the above-mentioned product purchase applicant data table 21A are associated. A set of email addresses is stored. The name and e-mail address of the introducer is entered (registration application) by the product purchase applicant. Only one introducer may be entered, or multiple introducers may be entered.

  Referring to FIG. 5, the product data 22A is data created by the member store terminal 30 as described above, and is created according to the introducer's application for product data registration. Product data 22A is created when an introducer finds a product desired by an acquaintance sold at a store and introduces it to a product purchase applicant.

  The product data 22A is numbered for each product data, and is given to the processing ID for identifying the product data, the product name of the product applied by the introducer (the product desired by an acquaintance), and the product. Model number (ISBN for books), merchandise code assigned to merchandise by merchants, merchandise image, merchandise price, merchandise data expiration date, merchandise data registration date, merchandise remarks, merchandise Includes the store name (member store name), the email address of the introducer, and the email address of the person who wishes to purchase the product. Although details will be described later, the product data 22A is transmitted from the member store terminal 30 to the product purchase system 20 through a network (for example, the Internet) and registered in the product database 22.

  With reference to FIG. 6, the product introduction page data 22 </ b> B is html data used when the product purchase applicant confirms the product introduced by the introducer on the display screen of the purchase applicant terminal 10. Although details will be described later, a shopping cart screen is displayed on the display screen of the product purchase applicant terminal 10 based on the product introduction page data 22B. The product introduction page data 22B includes the name of the introducer and product information (product name, price, store information, etc.) specified by the product data described above.

  7 to 11 are flowcharts showing the flow of product purchase processing using the product purchase system 20. FIGS. 12 to 14 show examples of screens displayed in the product purchase process using the product purchase system 20. Hereinafter, a product purchase process using the product purchase system 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. The product purchase applicant (referred to as “Patent Hanako”) has already applied for use of the product purchase system 20, and the product purchase applicant data table 21A included in the user database 21 of the product purchase system 20 (FIG. 3). It is assumed that the data including the name, e-mail address and credit card number of the applicant (patent Hanako) is already stored. Further, it is assumed that data (e-mail address, member store name, etc.) related to the member store is registered in advance in the storage device 15 of the product purchase system 20.

(Introducer registration process (pre-processing))
First, introducer information registration processing is performed. Referring to FIG. 7, the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” introduces information including the name and email address of a person (introducer) who can introduce the product using the purchase applicant terminal 10. Is transmitted to the product purchase system 20 (step 51). For example, screen data (html data) including an input field for inputting the name and email address of the introducer is transmitted from the product purchase system 20 to the purchase applicant terminal 10. When this screen data is read into the browser program started up on the purchase requester terminal 10, a screen including input fields for the name and mail address of the introducer is displayed. The name and mail address of the introducer are input and transmitted using this. The data transmitted from the purchase applicant terminal 10 to the product purchase system 20 includes data for identifying the purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” (for example, a member number may be used). When inputting the name and email address of the introducer, the SNS information (such as LINE) may be referred to support the input (for example, the name is not input from the keyboard but is selected from a pop-up menu). .

  In the product purchase system 20 that has received the introducer information, the received introducer information (the name and email address of the introducer) is associated with the purchase requester name in an introducer data table 21B (FIG. 4). (See step 61). Here, it is assumed that the name of the introducer is “Taro Patent”.

  When the registration of the introducer information including the introducer name “Patent Taro” is completed, html data representing the registration completion screen is transmitted from the product purchase system 20 to the purchase applicant terminal 10 (step 62), and is sent to the purchase applicant terminal 10 A registration completion screen (not shown) is displayed (step 52).

(Product data registration process)
An introductor “Taro Taro” finds a store (member store) that sells products that the acquaintance purchaser “Patent Hanako” wants to purchase, and the purchase applicant “patent” who is an acquaintance When introducing to Hanako, product data registration processing is performed. The introducer “Taro Tokkyo” requests the merchant that sells the product to register the product data. Using the member store terminal 30, the member store (the employee) uses the member store terminal 30 to store product data 22A (product name, model number, product code, product image data, special notes, introducer email address, purchase applicant email address, etc. 5) and is transmitted to the product purchase system 20 via a network (such as the Internet) (step 81). As for the input and transmission of the product data 22A, for example, screen data (html data) including a data input field is transmitted from the product purchase system 20 to the member store terminal 30, and the product data 22A is input at the member store terminal 30 accordingly. And can be sent.

  Part of the product data 22A (see FIG. 5) may be automatically input by the member store terminal 30 or the product purchase system 20. For example, the registration date and time included in the product data 22A can be automatically input using a clock managed by the operating system of the member store terminal 30, and the valid date and time is a date obtained by adding a predetermined number of days to the registration date and time. It is possible to input automatically by setting a deadline. As for the process ID, product data not including the process ID may be transmitted from the member store terminal 30 to the product purchase system 20, and the product purchase system 20 may assign the process ID by numbering.

  The product purchase system 20 that has received the product data 22A transmitted from the member store terminal 30 temporarily registers the received product data 22A in the product database 22 (step 63). In the temporary registration, referring to the introducer data table 21B of FIG. 4, is the introducer identified by the introducer email address included in the product data 22A an introducer associated with the product purchase applicant? You may check if. It is possible to prevent the product data 22A from another person from being temporarily registered. When the provisional registration of the merchandise data 22A is completed, the merchandise purchase system 20 transmits data representing the provisional registration completion screen (html data) to the member store terminal 30 (step 64). A temporary registration completion screen is displayed on the display device of the member store terminal 30 (step 82).

  FIG. 12 shows a temporary registration completion screen (window) G 1 displayed on the display device of the member store terminal 30.

  As described above, registration of the product data 22A in the product database 22 is provisional registration at this point. In an introducer authentication process to be described next, when it is confirmed that the introducer “Taro Tokkyo” is a valid introducer, the product data 22 A is registered in the product database 22. The temporary registration completion screen G1 includes a text explaining the procedure required for the authentication process, a process ID for specifying the product data 22A, a destination address of a blank mail used for the authentication procedure, and a two-dimensional representation of the destination address. The code and product information (product name, model number (ISBN), product code, etc.) included in the product data 22A are included.

(Introducer authentication process)
Referring to FIG. 9, after the provisional registration of the product data is completed, the authentication process for the introducer “Taro Tokkyo” is performed. In step 63, referring to the introducer database in FIG. 4 at the time of provisional registration, it is possible to prevent the product database from being tentatively registered to the product purchase applicant “patent Hanako” by another person. , By introducing the authentication process of the introducer “Taro Tokkyo”, the product introduction information can be safely sent to the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako”.

  The introducer authentication process is performed within a predetermined time, for example, within 30 minutes after the above-described provisional registration of the product data 22A (after the provisional registration completion screen G1 is displayed). This is to prevent the product data 22A from passing for a long period of time while being temporarily registered. After the provisional registration of the product data 22A, if the predetermined time has passed without the introducer authentication process being performed, the provisionally registered product data 22A is deleted from the product database 22 by the product purchase system 20.

  The introducer “Taro Tokkyo” transmits an authentication e-mail (blank mail) to the product purchase system 20 in accordance with the instruction described in the temporary registration completion screen G1 (FIG. 12) (step 91). The e-mail address of the product purchase system 20 to which the authentication e-mail is to be sent is described in the temporary registration completion screen G1. In addition, a processing ID for specifying the product data 22A is entered in the “subject” field of the authentication e-mail. The process ID is also described on the temporary registration completion screen G1.

  The product purchase system 20 that has received the authentication e-mail executes authentication processing (step 65). Specifically, the following processing is performed.

  The merchandise purchase system 20 first identifies the merchandise data 22A temporarily registered in the merchandise database 22 based on the process ID described in the “subject” column of the authentication email (the merchandise data 22A has a process ID). (See FIG. 5), the mail address of the product purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” included in the product data 22A and the mail address of the introducer “Taro Taro” are acquired. Next, based on the acquired email address of the applicant “Patent Hanako” and the email address of the introducer “Taro Taro”, the product purchase system 20 introduces “Taro Taro” (the person who sent the authentication e-mail). Is registered in the introducer data table 21B (FIG. 4) of the user database 21 as an introducer of the purchase applicant “Patent Hanako”. It may be determined whether or not the sender address of the authentication e-mail is registered in the introducer data table 21B. When registered as an introducer of the purchase applicant “Patent Hanako” in the introducer data table 21B, the person who sent the authentication e-mail is authenticated as a legitimate introducer.

  If the authentication is successful, that is, if it is confirmed that the introducer “Taro Taro” is a legitimate introducer who can introduce the product to the applicant “President Hanako” (step 66). YES), the product data that was temporarily registered is fully registered in the product database 22 (step 67). If the authentication is not successful (NO in step 66), the product purchase system 20 performs predetermined error processing (deletion of the temporarily registered product data 22A, and an e-mail indicating that the authentication was not successful). The process of transmitting to the terminal 40, etc.) is executed (step 68).

(Product confirmation process)
Referring to FIG. 10, when the product data 22A is permanently registered in the product database 22, the product purchase system 20 is addressed to the email address of the purchase applicant “patent Hanako” included in the registered product data 22A. A product introduction mail (e-mail) is created and transmitted (step 69). The product introduction email transmitted from the product purchase system 20 is received by the purchase applicant terminal 10 (step 53).

  FIG. 13 shows an example of the product introduction mail G2 received by the purchase applicant terminal 10 and displayed on the display screen.

  The merchandise introduction mail G2 has the mail address of the merchandise purchase applicant as the destination (To column) and the mail address of the merchandise purchase system 20 as the sender (From column). URL for confirming is described. The URL described in the text column of the product introduction mail G2 includes the address (www.tijin.co.jp) of the product purchase system 20 (the Web server) and the processing ID (2014010600900) for specifying the product data 22A. (See also FIG. 5). When the URL is clicked, a request for a product introduction page including the processing ID is transmitted from the purchase applicant terminal 10 to the product purchase system 20 (step 54).

  The product purchase system 20 that has received the request for the product introduction page from the purchase requester terminal 10 accesses the product database 22, reads the product data 22A specified by the processing ID included in the request, and uses it. Product introduction page data (html data) (see FIG. 6) is created and transmitted to the purchase applicant terminal 10 (step 70). A product introduction page is displayed on the display device of purchase applicant terminal 10 (step 55).

  FIG. 14 shows an example of the product introduction page G3.

  The product introduction page G3 constitutes a shopping cart screen including introducer information and product information. FIG. 14 shows a product introduction page G3 when products are introduced by two introducers (Taro Taro and Jiro Taro). The html data for displaying such a product introduction page (shopping cart screen) is created by the product purchase system 20 using the product data 22A. Of course, in order to display the product information introduced by the two introducers shown in the product introduction page G3 of FIG. 14, together with the product data 22A created by the request of the introducer “Taro Taro” shown in FIG. It is necessary that another product data created at the request of the introducer “Patent Jiro” is fully registered in the product database 22.

  The product introduction page G3 displays a “purchase” button and a “do not purchase” button for each introduced product information. When the “Purchase” button is clicked, the process proceeds to a product purchase process described below. When the “do not purchase” button is clicked, the corresponding product information disappears from the product introduction page (shopping cart screen) G3. For example, a delete command is transmitted from the purchase applicant terminal 10 to the product purchase system 20, and html data in which the description of the product information in which the “do not purchase” button is clicked is newly created in the product purchase system 20, Is transmitted from the product purchase system 20 to the purchase applicant terminal 10, and a product introduction page (shopping cart screen) from which product information for which the “do not purchase” button is clicked is displayed.

  When the “Don't buy” button is clicked, an email to that effect may be sent to the product introducer. For example, when a “do not purchase” button is clicked, a mail program (mailer) is activated on the purchase applicant terminal 10 to display an e-mail transmission screen addressed to the introducer of the product. For example, an e-mail describing the reason for not purchasing is sent to the introducer of the product.

  When multiple products are introduced for a product with the same model number (ISBN) (as shown in FIG. 14), even if the “Purchase” button is clicked for any product, the “Purchase” button is also clicked. The introducer of the product information that did not exist may be automatically transmitted by e-mail to the effect that the product introduced by another introducer has been purchased by the purchase applicant.

(Product purchase processing)
Referring to FIG. 11, when the “Purchase” button is clicked on product introduction page G3, purchase request data is transmitted from purchase applicant terminal 10 to product purchase system 20 (step 56). The product purchase system 20 that has received the purchase request data executes a payment process using a credit card in cooperation with the computer system of the credit card company (step 71). As described above, the purchaser's credit card number is registered in advance in the purchaser data table 21A of the user database 21 (FIG. 3). This credit card number is used for the settlement process.

  When the payment process is completed, payment completion screen data is transmitted from the product purchase system 20 to the purchase applicant terminal 10 (step 72), and a payment completion screen (not shown) is displayed on the display device of the purchase applicant terminal 10 ( Step 57). The product purchase system 20 also creates a settlement completion notification email (e-mail) and transmits it to the member store terminal 30 (step 73). The settlement completion notification mail is received by the member store terminal 30 (step 83). As a result, the merchant is informed that the merchandise sales contract has been established. The member stores then make arrangements to deliver the merchandise for which a sales contract has been concluded to the purchase applicant “Patent Hanako”.

  If the sale of the product is successful, the member store that sold the product may grant benefits such as points to those who wish to purchase the product or in addition to the introducer of the product. Good.

  When a product is purchased by a product purchaser (when a sales contract is established as described above), the product data 22A for the product may be deleted from the product database 22 of the product purchase system 20 at that time. However, since an expiration date is set for the product data 22A (see FIG. 5), the product data 22A can be deleted when this expiration date comes. Processing for deleting the product data 22A from the product database 22 is executed by the product purchase system 20.

  FIG. 15 shows a modification of the introducer data table. The introducer data table 21B shown in FIG. 4 is different from the introducer data table 21B in that a “product category” column is additionally provided, and introducers are classified according to product categories.

  When registering the introducer information, the name and email address of the introducer are entered, and the product category such as “book”, “painting”, etc. are also entered. Thereby, the introducer who can introduce product data can be classified for each product category. In the case of the introducer data table 21C shown in FIG. 15, the introducers “Taro Taro” and “Taro Jiro” can introduce products classified into the product category “book” to the purchaser “Hanako Patent”. Products classified into the product category “Picture” cannot be introduced. On the contrary, the introducers “Patent Saburo”, “Patent Shiro” and “Patent Goro” can introduce products classified into the product category “Painting” to the purchase applicant “Patent Hanako”, but the product category “Book” "Cannot be introduced. It is possible to limit the introducers who can introduce the product (that is, the product can be put in the shopping cart screen (FIG. 14) of the product purchase applicant “patent Hanako”). Judgment as to whether or not an introducer can introduce a product according to the product category is performed, for example, in the provisional registration process (step 63 in FIG. 8) of the product data 22A or in the authentication process (step 65 in FIG. 9). ) Can be done. In this case, data specifying the product category is added to the product data 22A (FIG. 5).

  In the embodiment described above, the member store inputs the product data 22A using the member store terminal 30 and transmits it to the product purchase system 20 according to the request of the introducer “Taro Tokkyo” (FIG. 8, step 81). The introducer “Taro Tokkyo” may input the product data 22A using the introducer terminal 40 and transmit it to the product purchase system 20.

  Further, the purchaser himself / herself may be registered as an introducer in the introducer data table 21B (FIG. 4). The product information found by the purchase applicant himself / herself can also be displayed on the product introduction page (FIG. 14) (added to the shopping cart).

10 Purchase request terminal
20 Product purchase system
21 User database (user data storage device)
21A Purchaser data table
21B, 21C Referrer data table
22 Product database
22A Product data (product information data)
22B Product introduction data
30 Merchant terminal
40 Referrer terminal G3 Product introduction page

Claims (10)

According to the product information registration request by the product introducer, for the product desired by the purchaser of the product, at least store data identifying the store selling the product over-the-counter, the product name data, and the price data of the product Product information registration means for registering in the database product information data including product introducer identification data for identifying the product introducer and purchase applicant identification data for identifying the purchase applicant
Notification means for notifying the purchaser of the product that the product information data is registered in the database;
Product introduction page creation means for creating product introduction page data using the product information data registered in the database according to a product information presentation request by a product purchaser.
Product introduction page transmitting means for transmitting the product introduction page data created by the product introduction page creating means to the terminal of the product purchase applicant, and executing settlement processing according to the purchase request for the product by the product purchase applicant With payment means,
Product purchase system. Product information data transmitted from the terminal of the store selling the product or the product introducer's terminal is registered in the database by the product information registration means.
The product purchase system according to claim 1. The product information data includes expiration date data set based on the date and time when the product information data was registered in the database.
The above product purchase system
A first deletion means for deleting the product information data from the database at the date and time set in the expiration date data;
The product purchase system according to claim 1. In response to a purchase request for the product, a second deletion means for deleting product information data about the product from the database;
The product purchase system according to claim 1. A user data storage device for storing the data for identifying the product purchase applicant and the data for identifying the product introducer in association with each other, the product introducer identification data and the purchase requester identification data included in the product information data, Authentication means for determining whether the product introducer is a product introducer capable of introducing a product to the product purchase applicant in accordance with the association data stored in the user data storage device. With
The product purchase system according to claim 1. The product information registration means
Temporary registration processing for temporarily registering the product information data in the database in accordance with a product information registration request from the product introducer;
When it is determined by the authentication means that the product introducer is a product introducer capable of introducing a product to the product purchase applicant, the provisionally registered product information data is stored in the product information data. Execute the main registration process for main registration in the database,
The product purchase system according to claim 5. The notification means is
Notifying the person who wishes to purchase the product that the product information data has been registered in the database on the condition that the product information data has been registered in the database.
The product purchase system according to claim 6. Third deletion of deleting the temporarily registered product information data from the database when the processing by the authentication means is not performed within a predetermined time from the time of temporary registration of the product information data to the database. Equipped with means,
The product purchase system according to claim 6. The product introduction page data includes store information, product name information, product price information, and product introducer information based on the product information data, and purchase request data of the product specified by the product name information is the product purchase. Represents a shopping cart screen that can be sent to the system,
The product purchase system according to claim 1. The user data storage device
The data for identifying the product introducer is stored in association with the data representing the product category for which the product introducer is permitted to register the product information.
The product purchase system according to claim 5.