JP3923951B2 - How to sell or purchase products using the network - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for selling or purchasing goods using a network, and more particularly, to a method for selling or purchasing goods using a network that can donate donations to a certain group by purchasing the goods.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a method for selling a product sold by a product seller on an Internet homepage by auction or limit selling. Conventionally, in the case of an auction on the Internet, bidders who input the bid information showing the bid amount etc. are entered on the input screen displayed on the WWW browser for the exhibited item, and the highest bid amount is set. The successful bid information was notified to the bidder via e-mail or homepage. Thereafter, the purchaser notified the merchandise seller of the name, address, payment method, etc. using an e-mail or a homepage, and then performed a payment process. The merchandise seller who confirmed the completion of payment sent the merchandise to the successful bidder, and the merchandise sales were completed.
In the case of limit sales, the purchase application is made by confirming the amount designated by the merchandise seller using the WWW browser and inputting the purchaser's name, address, payment method, etc. on the purchase application screen. After that, as in the auction, the purchaser notified the merchandise seller of the name, address, payment method, etc. using an e-mail or a homepage, and then the fee payment processing was performed. The merchandise seller who confirmed the completion of payment sent the merchandise to the successful bidder, and the merchandise sales were completed.

“[Conceptual study]“ Donation superpower ”America leading-edge“ collection tech ””, Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo morning edition, August 29, 1999, page 3, Yomiuri Shimbun

However, in the conventional method, only a person who is attractive to acquire a specific product posted on a homepage (a purchase enthusiast) satisfies the purchaser's request by purchasing the product. Some buyers wished to contribute donations to voluntary charitable organizations from the viewpoint of social contribution, etc. (those who wanted to contribute to society). There were also people who were unable to make donations and were frustrated.
Non-patent document 1 describes that donations are made according to the purchase amount. However, the donation method described in non-patent document 1 is that a company that sells products donates to a welfare organization. .

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a method for selling or purchasing a product using a communication network, in which a specific product can be quickly purchased, and a specific product can be donated to an arbitrary organization. Is to provide.

A method for selling products using a communication network according to claim 1 of the present invention is a method for selling products using a communication network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a product seller terminal, and a purchaser terminal.
Acquiring the sales product information in the shopping mall server so that the purchaser terminal can browse the product information such as the content of the sales product and / or the sales price via a communication network such as the Internet using a WWW browser;
By store information management means of shopping mall server , product code, product name, product classification ,
Recording and managing keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, donation rate,
A keyword included in the product information acquired in the shopping mall server , a product classification and / or store classification, a sales price, and a donation amount donated to an organization to which a donation corresponding to the sales price is donated ; Presenting a donation rate to the purchaser terminal from store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Store information manager of the shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal
Searching by stage,
About search results searched by shopping mall server, product name, price, donation amount ,
A step of displaying the donation rate, the store name, and the products that match the search items in the donation rate order on the purchaser terminal;
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal, the shopping mall server association
Collating with the contents of the member database by means of member management and authenticating,
Shopping including store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, total donation amount
Displaying the contents of the contents of the basket on the purchaser terminal by the order management means of the shopping mall server;
Information that identifies the purchaser, and the total amount, the step of accepting a total of donations, the purchase application information of the products, including the donation destination registration, to the shopping mall server than the purchaser terminal,
Checking whether the payment process by the purchaser has been completed;
Creating or updating donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means, recording and managing it in the donation status database unit, and searching for data relating to donation ;
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
Recording and managing the donation pooled by the donation status management means as a deposit in the deposit database unit, and notifying the donation group terminal of payment management information for the donation group; and
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
And recalculating an amount obtained by subtracting the payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment unprocessed total as a new payment unprocessed total, and a method for selling products using a communication network.
A method for selling products using a communication network according to claim 2 of the present invention is a method for selling products using a communication network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a product seller terminal, a purchaser terminal, and a donation organization terminal. There,
The sales product information is stored in such a manner that the store information management means of the shopping mall server can browse the product information such as the content of the sales product and / or the sales price by the purchaser terminal via a communication network such as the Internet using a WWW browser. Acquiring from the merchant terminal;
Store information management means of the shopping mall server records and manages product codes, product names, product classifications, keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, and donation rates. And steps to
A donation target group management means of the shopping mall server obtains donation group information from the donation group terminal so that the purchaser can view the donation group information;
The store information management means of the shopping mall server donates to a group to which the keyword included in the acquired sales product information , product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donation corresponding to the sales price are donated Presenting a donation amount to be made and a donation rate to the buyer terminal;
The donation target group management means of the shopping mall server presenting the acquired donation group information to the purchaser terminal;
The store information management means of the shopping mall server supports search items from the buyer terminal.
Search step,
The store information management means of the shopping mall server
A name, a price, a donation amount, a donation rate, a store name, and a product that matches the search items in order of donation rate, shown on the purchaser terminal,
The membership management means of the shopping mall server will update the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal.
Verifying and verifying with the contents of the member database based on,
The shopping order management means of the shopping mall server displays the contents of the shopping basket including the store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, and total donation amount on the purchaser terminal. Steps,
The order management means by shopping of the shopping mall server accepting purchase application information of the product including information specifying the purchaser , total amount, total donation amount, and donation destination registration from the purchaser terminal;
The order management means by shopping of the shopping mall server accepting from the purchaser terminal purchase application information of the sales product including information identifying the purchaser and donation information selected by the purchaser;
The payment information management means of the shopping mall server obtains information as to whether or not payment processing by the purchaser has been completed; and
A method of selling products using a communication network, comprising: a donation status management unit of a shopping mall server records and manages the donation information included in the purchase application information and searches for data related to donation.
The method for selling products using the communication network according to claim 3 of the present invention further includes the step of the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server presenting information on the group to which the donation is donated. A method of selling products using the communication network according to claim 1 or claim 2 .
A method for selling products using a communication network according to claim 4 of the present invention is a method for selling products using a network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a product seller terminal, a purchaser terminal, and a donation group terminal. And
The merchandise information is sold through the shopping network so that the WWW browser can browse the merchandise information such as the donation amount, the contents of the merchandise and the sales price donated to an arbitrary organization determined by the merchant via a communication network such as the Internet. Acquiring in the mall server;
By store information management means of shopping mall server, product code, product name, product classification ,
Recording and managing keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, donation rate,
The product contents, keywords, product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donations included in the sales price included in the sales merchandise information acquired by the shopping mall server are donated to the donated organization. Presenting the donation amount to the purchaser terminal from the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Store information manager of the shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal
Searching by stage,
About search results searched by shopping mall server, product name, price, donation amount ,
A step of displaying the donation rate, the store name, and the products that match the search items in the donation rate order on the purchaser terminal;
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal, the shopping mall server association
Collating with the contents of the member database by means of member management and authenticating,
Shopping including store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, total donation amount
Displaying the contents of the basket on the purchaser terminal by the order management means of the shopping mall server; and
Inputting information for identifying the purchaser into the shopping mall server from the purchaser terminal, with the purchase amount information of the product including the total amount, the total donation amount, and the donation destination registration information identifying the purchaser;
Confirming whether the purchase process corresponding to the purchase application has been completed by the purchaser;
Creating or updating a donation status database section for managing donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means;
Notifying the purchaser terminal of information prompting payment processing corresponding to the purchase application information by e-mail transmission / reception means for notifying via a communication network such as the Internet;
The e-mail transmitting / receiving means notifying the purchaser terminal of the purchase application information of the purchaser, information indicating that the payment process has been completed, and information for delivering the sale product to the purchaser; ,
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
Recording and managing donations pooled by the donation status management means, and notifying the donation organization terminal of payment management information for the donation organization;
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
Recalculating an amount obtained by subtracting a payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment outstanding balance as a new payment outstanding amount,
In the purchaser terminal,
The sales product information presented by the store information management means of the shopping mall server is displayed, and the sales product information presented by the donation target organization management means of the shopping mall server and information about the organization to which the donation is donated. With steps to display,
Registering merchandise seller information from the merchandise seller terminal in the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
A method of selling products using a communication network, comprising: registering information on the donation group from the donation group terminal in the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server.
It is.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selling merchandise using a communication network , wherein the donation status management means of a shopping mall server sends information on an organization to which a donation determined by a purchaser is donated to the purchaser terminal. A method for selling products using the communication network according to claim 1, further comprising a step of acquiring more .
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selling products using a communication network, the step of storing a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller in the store information management means of a shopping mall server. 5. The method for selling products using a communication network according to claim 4, wherein the method can be executed a plurality of times corresponding to an arbitrary donation amount .
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selling products using a communication network , wherein the donation target managing means of the shopping mall server presents information related to a group to which the donation is donated to the purchaser terminal. The method of selling products using the communication network according to claim 4, wherein the ranking is displayed based on the magnitude of the donation results .
A method for purchasing a product using a communication network according to claim 8 of the present invention is a method for purchasing a product using a network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a product seller terminal, a purchaser terminal, and a donation organization terminal. And
Acquiring the sales product information in the shopping mall server so that the purchaser terminal can browse the product information such as the content of the sales product and the sales price via a communication network such as the Internet by a WWW browser;
By store information management means of shopping mall server, product code, product name, product classification ,
Recording and managing keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, donation rate,
The product contents, keywords, product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donations included in the sales price included in the sales merchandise information acquired by the shopping mall server are donated to the donated organization. Presenting the donation amount to the purchaser terminal from the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Store information manager of the shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal
Searching by stage,
About search results searched by shopping mall server, product name, price, donation amount ,
A step of displaying the donation rate, the store name, and the products that match the search items in the donation rate order on the purchaser terminal;
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal, the shopping mall server association
Collating with the contents of the member database by means of member management and authenticating,
Shopping including store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, total donation amount
Displaying the contents of the basket on the purchaser terminal by the order management means of the shopping mall server; and
Inputting information for identifying the purchaser into the shopping mall server from the purchaser terminal, with the purchase amount information of the product including the total amount, the total donation amount, and the donation destination registration information identifying the purchaser;
Confirming whether the purchase process corresponding to the purchase application has been completed by the purchaser;
Creating or updating a donation status database section for managing donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means;
Notifying the purchaser terminal of information prompting payment processing corresponding to the purchase application information by e-mail transmission / reception means for notifying via a communication network such as the Internet;
The e-mail transmitting / receiving means notifying the purchaser terminal of the purchase application information of the purchaser, information indicating that the payment process has been completed, and information for delivering the sale product to the purchaser; ,
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
Recording and managing donations pooled by the donation status management means, and notifying the donation organization terminal of payment management information for the donation organization;
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
Recalculating an amount obtained by subtracting a payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment outstanding balance as a new payment outstanding amount,
In the purchaser terminal,
Displaying the sales merchandise information presented by the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Displaying the sales merchandise information presented by the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server,
With the merchandise seller terminal,
Registering merchandise seller information in the store information management means of the shopping mall server,
With the donation organization terminal,
A method of purchasing a product using a communication network, comprising the step of registering information on the donating organization in a donation target organization managing means of the shopping mall server .
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network. In the step of acquiring the sales product information, a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller is stored in a shopping mall server. The method for purchasing a product using the communication network according to claim 8, comprising the step of acquiring in the store information management means .
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network, the step of storing a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller in the store information management means of a shopping mall server. The method for purchasing a product using a communication network according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the method can be executed a plurality of times corresponding to an arbitrary donation amount .
According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network , wherein the donation target group managing means of a shopping mall server presents information on a group to which a donation is donated to the purchaser terminal. A product purchase method using the communication network according to any one of claims 8 to 10 .
According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network , wherein the donation target managing means of the shopping mall server presents information related to a group to which the donation is donated to the purchaser terminal. The method of purchasing a product using the communication network according to claim 11, wherein the product is ranked and displayed based on the magnitude of donation results .
According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network , wherein the donation status management means of a shopping mall server sends information on an organization to which a donation determined by a purchaser is donated to the purchaser terminal. A method for purchasing a product using a communication network according to any one of claims 8 to 12, further comprising a step of acquiring the information .
According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network, wherein information on selection of an organization for donating donations by a purchaser and information on the amount of donation for the organization are determined by shopping. 13. A method for purchasing a product using a communication network according to claim 8, comprising a step of inputting to a mall server .
According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network, wherein the purchaser selects information on an organization that contributes donations and information on the amount of donation for the organizations. The step input to the shopping mall server is a method of purchasing a product using the communication network according to claim 14, which is performed at an appropriate time by the purchaser or the successful bidder .
According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network, wherein the products corresponding to the search item in the search result searched by the shopping mall server are displayed on the purchaser terminal in a donation rate order in a default sort. A method for selling products using the communication network according to claim 1, comprising steps .
According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purchasing a product using a communication network, wherein the products corresponding to the search item in the search result searched by the shopping mall server are displayed on the purchaser terminal in the order of donation rate by default sort. A method for purchasing a product using a communication network according to claim 8, comprising steps .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for purchasing a product using a network that can quickly purchase a specific product and can make a donation to an arbitrary group by purchasing the specific product.

  The above-mentioned object, other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of the best mode for carrying out the invention with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing a shopping system in which the method of the purchase using the network according to the present invention is applied. The shopping system 10 is generally composed of a purchaser terminal 12, a shopping mall server 14, a merchandise seller terminal 16, a payment processing institution server 18 and a network 100.

  The purchaser terminal 12 is connected to the shopping mall server 14 via the network 100 such as the Internet, browses the contents of the product registered in the shopping mall server 14, and inputs the purchaser's name, address and payment. It has a function of inputting purchase application data such as methods and bid information to be input at the time of auction bidding. Further, the purchaser terminal 12 has a function of performing transmission / reception of an electronic mail with an arbitrary mail server (not shown) based on the SMTP protocol and the POP3 protocol. As the purchaser terminal 12, a workstation or personal computer having a communication device connectable to the network 100 such as the Internet and having a WWW browser application and a mail client application installed, or a mobile phone having an Internet connection function is used. The

  The shopping mall server 14 exchanges various data with the purchaser terminal 12, the merchandise seller terminal 16, and the payment processing institution server 18, thereby managing the sale of merchandise and the donation donated to an arbitrary group. Have FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the shopping mall server 14. The shopping mall server 14 includes a WWW server function unit 20, an e-mail transmission / reception unit 22, a product database unit 24, a successful bid database unit 26, an order database unit 28, a member database unit 30, a settlement information database unit 32, and a donation status database unit 34. Have.

  The WWW server function unit 20 has a function of distributing various data to the purchaser terminal 12 and the merchandise seller terminal 16 based on the HTTP protocol. In addition, as data to be distributed specifically, a screen for inputting data related to sales products recorded in the product database unit 24, which will be described in detail later, data displaying content related to auction products, and a screen for inputting purchase application data. Various data used for browsing and inputting data such as data to be displayed, data to display a screen for inputting bid data, and data to be displayed for confirming data input by the purchaser terminal 12 and the merchandise seller terminal 16 Screen data is sent.

  The electronic mail transmission / reception unit 22 has a function of performing transmission / reception of electronic mail based on the SMTP protocol and the POP3 protocol. In addition, specific emails that are sent or received include an email that informs the successful bidder of the product through an auction, or an email for a purchase application that is made when a purchase application for a purchased product is made. Etc. are sent.

The product database unit 24 is donated to the organization to which the donation included in the sales price is donated in addition to the data of the product content of the product sold or auctioned in the shopping mall server 14 when the product is a limit sale. Data on the amount of donation is stored, and when the product is sold by auction, data indicating the ratio of the amount of donation to the winning bid price donated to the organization to which the donation is donated is stored. In the product database unit 24, data is appropriately registered by the product seller using the product seller terminal 16 via the product data registration interface provided by the WWW server function unit 20.
Specifically, for shopping products, data such as product code, product name, reading, keyword for search, product description, specification / content description, price, shipping, donation rate, etc. are recorded and managed, and auction For products, product code, product name, product classification, keyword for search, product description, usage / contents description, bid start price, bid rate, shipping fee, auction period (start date and end date), donation rate Etc. are recorded and managed.

The successful bid database section 26 stores data such as the price at which the product was sold in the auction sale, personal information such as the name and address of the successful bidder, and a payment method. The successful bid database unit 26 also has a function of storing and managing bid data bid by bidders and determining a successful bidder based on a bid period and bid data.
Specifically, data such as store name, end date, product ID, product name, number of bids, bid rate, bid start price, successful bidder ID, successful bid price, etc. are recorded and managed.

The order database unit 28 stores purchase application data input from a screen (interface) for inputting purchase application data provided by the WWW server function unit 20. The purchase application data stored in the order database unit 28 is used by the merchandise seller terminal 16 used by the merchandise seller to view the contents and confirm the order details.
Specifically, order information (order number, order date, store ID, store name, exhibition category, donation destination NPO), orderer (member ID, orderer name, full name, postal code, address, email address, telephone Number, fax number), delivery address (name, reading, address, phone number, email address), order status (acceptance), order product information (product ID, product name, quantity, unit price, donation amount, shipping fee, amount, total) Data) is recorded and managed.

The member database unit 30 stores information specific to each member such as the name or name of the purchaser or merchandise seller, the address, the URL of the homepage, and the e-mail address contact information registered as a member in the shopping mall server 14. It is stored as data. The data of the member database unit 30 is stored by the purchaser or merchandise seller from the screen for the member registration information provided by the WWW server function unit 20, or input by the administrator of the shopping mall server 14 Is done.
Specifically, name, reading, nickname, member ID, password, gender, date of birth, telephone number, fax number, address, member email address, personal homepage URL, occupation, married / unmarried, number of children, annual income Data such as the category of interest and the availability of DM transmission are recorded and managed.

  The settlement information database unit 32 stores data relating to purchaser's payment processing caused by limit selling of products and auction sales. The stored data will be specifically described. Data indicating the payment processing status of the purchaser is stored, and the contents can be browsed by the product seller terminal 16 used by the product seller. Is used to confirm payment status. In addition, when the merchandise seller confirms the payment status, the merchandise merchant is authenticated using the ID and password given to each merchandise merchant in advance, and data not related to the certified merchandise merchant is It is configured not to be viewed.

  The donation status database unit 34 stores the amount of donation caused by the purchase of the product by the purchaser or the sale of the product by the product seller, the state of the actual donation, and the like. Yes. The data stored in the donation status database unit 34 is displayed on the screen of the purchaser terminal 12 while the purchaser is connected to the shopping mall server 14 or is displayed on an arbitrary confirmation screen. Provided to merchandise sellers.

The donation target group database unit 36 stores various data relating to groups to which donations are donated. As the stored data, in addition to text data, photo data, etc. explaining the activity contents of the organization, when the organization has an Internet homepage, the URL thereof is also stored.
Specifically, organization name, reading, NPOID, password, NPO classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, department name, person in charge name, person in charge email address, URL, NPO information, Thanks message Data such as inquiry e-mail address and acceptability of donations are recorded and managed.

  Similar to the purchaser terminal 12, the merchandise seller terminal 16 is connected to the shopping mall server 14 via the network 100 such as the Internet, and registers the product content data of the sales merchandise and the auction merchandise in the shopping mall server 14. , A function of confirming the order contents, confirming the payment status, and inputting the delivery status of the product. The merchandise seller terminal 16 has a function of transmitting / receiving e-mail based on an SMTP server and a POP3 protocol with an arbitrary mail server (not shown). As the merchandise seller terminal 16, a workstation or personal computer having a communication device connectable to the network 100 such as the Internet and having a WWW browser application and a mail client application installed is used.

The payment processing institution server 18 recognizes the payment processing in which payment has been made in accordance with the payment obligation generated by the product purchase in the shopping mall server 14 and indicates the payment processing status of the purchaser to the shopping mall server 14. It has a function of inputting data and updating the contents of the payment information database unit 32. As the payment processing institution server 18, an ATM terminal installed in a bank or a convenience store or a host computer that manages a register is used.
As the network 100, a LAN line network, a public telephone line network, an ISDN line network, a wireless packet communication network, and the like are used in addition to the Internet line described above.

  Next, the operation of the shopping system 10 to which the method for purchasing products using the network according to the present invention is applied will be described.

Figure 3 is a flowchart showing the operation performed when the method of the purchase using the network according to the present invention is an auction sale is carried out in a shopping system 10 applied. Hereinafter, the operation when the auction sale is performed will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the auction product is registered in the shopping mall server 14 by the product seller terminal 16 (step S1). As the contents to be registered, data indicating the ratio of the donation amount to the winning bid price is inputted in addition to the data indicating the contents of the product and the data of the starting price of the auction.

  Next, a page related to the auction product is displayed on the home page by the WWW server function unit 20, and the purchase terminal is used by the purchase applicant to input bid data (step S2).

  Then, for those that have passed the bidding period, the winning bidder unit 26 determines the winning bidder, and the e-mail sending / receiving unit 22 sends an e-mail notifying the contents of the winning bid to the winning bidder and the merchandise seller. In conjunction with the determination of the winning bidder, data related to the donating status of the winning bidder in the donating status database unit 34 is updated (step S3). The e-mails of successful bidders and merchandise sellers are appropriately retrieved and extracted from the member database unit 30.

  Based on the contents of the e-mail notifying the contents of the successful bid, the successful bidder performs payment processing for the winning bid at an arbitrary payment institution (step S4).

  The payment processing institution server 18 of the payment institution in which payment processing has been performed by the winning bidder inputs data indicating completion of payment by the winning bidder to the shopping mall server 14 and updates the contents of the settlement information database unit 32. (Step S5).

  After data indicating completion of payment by the successful bidder is input by the payment processing institution server 18, an e-mail for notifying the merchandise seller terminal 16 of confirmation of completion of payment is transmitted by the e-mail transmitting / receiving unit 22 (step S6). .

  The merchandise seller who has received the e-mail informing the payment completion confirms that the successful bid merchandise is shipped to the successful bidder based on the contents of the e-mail notifying the successful bid contents of the successful bid goods (step S7).

  As described above, in the shopping system 10 to which the product purchase method using the network according to the present invention is applied, various processes associated with the auction sale are quickly performed and the purchaser purchases the product. It is possible to quickly grasp and process information related to donations. It is possible for the purchaser to select an organization that donates donations immediately after completing the purchase of the product or at any other appropriate time, and to donate part or all of the donations.

Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the operation performed when the method of the purchase using the network according to the present invention is product sales by limit is performed in a shopping system 10 applied. Hereinafter, an operation in the case where merchandise sales are performed with limit prices will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the merchandise seller terminal 16 registers the sales merchandise with the limit price in the shopping mall server 14 (step S21). As the contents to be registered, data indicating the donation amount included in the sales price is input in addition to the data indicating the content of the product and the data of the sales price.

  Next, a page related to merchandise sales is displayed on the home page by the WWW server function unit 20, and purchase application data is input by the purchase terminal using the purchase terminal. Then, in conjunction with the input of purchase application data, data relating to the donation status of the purchaser in the donation status database unit 34 is updated (step S22).

  The purchaser performs a payment process at an arbitrary payment institution based on the input purchase application (step S23).

  The payment processing institution server 18 of the payment institution where the payment processing has been performed by the purchaser inputs data indicating completion of the purchaser's payment to the shopping mall server 14 and updates the contents of the payment information database unit 32 (step S24). .

  After the payment processing institution server 18 inputs data indicating that the purchaser has completed payment, the e-mail transmission / reception unit 22 transmits an e-mail informing the purchase application details and payment completion confirmation to the merchandise seller terminal 16 ( Step S25).

  The merchandise seller who has received the e-mail informing the purchase application content and payment completion confirms that the purchased merchandise is shipped to the purchaser based on the content of the e-mail (step S26).

  As described above, in the shopping system 10 to which the method of purchasing a product using the network according to the present invention is applied, various processes associated with limit sales are quickly performed and the purchaser purchases the product. It is possible to quickly grasp and process information related to donations. As with auction sales, buyers can select an organization that donates donations immediately after completing the purchase of the product or at any other appropriate time, and can donate part or all of the donations. It is.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the merchandise seller determines the donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary organization has been described once. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The amount may be changed or determined multiple times.

  In the above-described embodiment, the purchaser does not include the step of browsing the information on the organization to which the donation is donated, but includes the step of browsing the information on the organization to which the donation is donated. It may be configured. At that time, the data in the donation target organization database unit 36 is browsed or the homepage of each organization is browsed using the URL stored in the donation target organization database unit 36. Further, in that case, it may be configured to display the ranking of the organizations to which the donation is donated based on the magnitude of the donation record.

Next, a method for purchasing products using a shopping and auction network, which can support NPOs and the like through a charity according to an embodiment of the present invention, will be described.
FIG. 5 is an illustrative view showing a shopping system to which a method for purchasing products using a network according to the present invention is applied.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a flow from merchandise registration to settlement to which the merchandise purchase method using the network according to the present invention is applied.
The shopping system 110 includes a shopping mall server 120 under the shopping system operator, a merchandise seller terminal 500 under the merchandise seller, an NPO group terminal 600, and a purchase under the merchandise purchaser. A payment system 800 having a payment processing institution server 810 and a financial institution terminal 820, and a network 100.

The shopping mall server 120 exchanges various data with the purchaser terminal 700, the merchandise seller terminal 500, the NPO group terminal 600, and the payment system 800 to manage the sale of merchandise and the donation donated to an arbitrary group. Has the function to perform.
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing the shopping mall server 120, and FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the database server 140.
The shopping mall server 120 includes a database server 140, a WWW server 160, and an e-mail transmission / reception unit 180.
The database server 140 includes an operation management unit 141 for managing the shopping system 110, a mall management unit 142, a store information management unit 143, a member management unit 144, an NPO management unit 145, and order management by shopping. A unit 146, an auction order management unit 147, a mail management unit 148, a donation status management unit 149, a deposit management unit 150, and a purchase management unit 151.

  Further, the shopping mall server 120 is a database for managing various information, for example, an operation management database unit 220, a product database unit 240, a successful bid database unit 260, an order database unit 280, a member database unit 300, a product seller database unit. 310, a payment information database unit 320, a donation status database unit 340, a donation target organization database unit 360, a deposit database unit 380, a mail data database unit 400, and a purchase database unit 420, which are recorded and managed by the database server 140. Yes.

As shown in FIG. 6, the operation management unit 141 serving as an operation management unit includes an ID, an authority type, and a password that are given to the shopping system operation manager in the shopping system operator that provides the shopping mall server 120 and the like. It has functions for registration, change, and deletion, and records and manages IDs in the operation management database unit 220.
The operation manager inputs the assigned administrator ID and password, and presses the login button to give the master, the store information management unit 143, and the NPO management unit 145 an administrator authority corresponding to the authority type. It is configured to be able to log in with.

The mall management unit 142, which is a mall management means, has a function of managing the classification of merchandise sellers (stores) and merchandise.
The mall management unit 142 has a function of registering, deleting, and changing the large classification and the small classification as shown in FIG. For example, as a major classification of merchandise sellers (stores) and merchandise, categorization such as “PC / mobile” and “game / software” and subcategories belonging to the major classification, for example, major classification “PC / mobile” On the other hand, it is classified into sub-categories such as “computer / computer”, “peripheral device parts”, “software”, “mobile / mobile phone”, “communication / service”, “office supply”, and the product database unit 240 and product seller database. It is recorded and managed in the unit 310.
Then, as shown in FIG. 10, in order to allocate the operating cost of the service provider that provides the service with the shopping mall server 120 or the like corresponding to the products belonging to each subcategory to each transaction, the net operating cost rate For example, the product database unit 240 functions to record and manage the value of the net operating cost rate such as an amount of 5% to 20% of the price of the registered product. Note that the net operating cost rate is fixed in increments of 1% for each small category product.
The mall management unit 142 has a search function for merchandise sellers (stores) and merchandise.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 20 to 25, the store information management unit 143 serving as store information management means has a function of managing information about stores and managing information on products to be sold.
As management of store information, for example, store name, store ID, password, store classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, responsible department name, responsible person name, responsible person e-mail address, URL, for search It has a function to manage by registering, changing, and deleting items such as keywords, introductory text introducing each store, inquiry e-mail address, business holiday setting, etc. Recorded and managed.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 26, the store information management unit 143 performs the exhibition classification as the management of the information on the products to be sold, the products to be sold as “S” as the shopping products, and “A” as the auction products. And a function of managing information on shopping products and auction products.
That is, in the case of a shopping product, the item category, product code, product name, reading, product classification, search keyword, product description, specification / content description, price, shipping, donation rate In addition to listing category, product code, product name, reading, product classification, search keyword, product description, specifications / contents description, price, shipping, donation rate, bid start price, bid rate, auction The period (start date and end date) is managed as product information.
And the store information management part 143 has a function which searches the data regarding a store and goods.

As shown in FIG. 12, the member management unit 144, which is a member management means, manages the information of the member who is a purchaser, for example, name, reading, nickname, member ID, password, gender, date of birth, telephone number, fax number. , Postal code, address, e-mail address, URL, occupation, married / unmarried, number of children, annual income, category of interest, and the ability to register, change, and delete items such as the availability of DM And recorded and managed in the member database unit 300. The data in the member database unit 300 is recorded by recording or changing data input from the screen (interface) for member registration information provided by the purchaser terminal 700 by the purchaser terminal 700 by the purchaser terminal 700. Is done.
The member management unit 144 has a function of searching for data related to members.

As shown in FIG. 13, the NPO management unit 145, which is a donation organization management means, newly registers an NPO (Nonprofit Organization, a non-profit organization), changes or deletes registered NPO information. Are recorded and managed in the donation target organization database section 360.
As NPO information, organization name, reading, NPOID, password, NPO classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, department name in charge, person in charge name, mail address in charge, URL, NPO indicating the contents of NPO Includes information such as guidance text, contact e-mail address, acceptability of donations, etc.
The NPO management unit 145 has a function of searching for data related to NPO.

The order management unit, which is an order management means, includes an order management unit 146 for shopping and an order management unit 147 for auction, and has a function of managing the order of products ordered by members as purchasers.
As shown in FIG. 15, the order management unit 146 for shopping, which is an order management means for shopping, manages information on products ordered by members, for example, order number, order date, exhibition category, store ID, purchaser. The ID, purchaser name, purchase price, etc. are registered, and the registered information is searched and displayed. The order database unit 280 records and manages the information. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, order information (order number, order date, store ID, store name, exhibition category, donation destination NPO), orderer (member ID, orderer name, Full name, postal code, address, email address, telephone number, fax number), order status (reception), delivery destination, order item (product ID, product name, number, unit price, donation amount, shipping fee, total amount, total donation) Information such as the amount of money and requests for products).
The shopping order management unit 146 has a function of searching for data related to shopping orders.

As shown in FIG. 16, the order management unit 147 by auction serving as an order management means by auction is similar to the above-described order management unit 146, the order information by auction, the orderer by auction, the order status by auction, the delivery destination, the auction In addition to managing the order of the ordered products and the like, and having a function of managing the successful bid of the auction, it is recorded and managed in the successful bid database unit 260.
As auction management, store name, auction end date, product ID, product name, number of bids for each product, bid rate, bid start price, successful bidder ID, successful bid price are managed, based on bid period and bid data And has the function of determining the winning bidder.
The auction order management unit 147 has a function of searching for data related to auction orders.

As shown in FIG. 17, the mail management unit 148 serving as mail management means determines, for example, the destination of the e-mail and the contents of the e-mail, searches for e-mail destination members, completes the e-mail sending operation, It has a function of managing mails for members, merchandise sellers, and NPO organizations, such as creating mail contents, and the mail data database unit 400 records and manages information related to mails.
The mail management unit 148 has a function of searching for data related to mail.
The search for the destination of the mail is input, for example, from the items of gender, date of birth, address, occupation, married / unmarried, number of children, annual income, total points, categories of interest, whether DM can be sent It is configured to be able to search by item.
Then, the e-mail for the member derived by the e-mail management unit 148 is transmitted to the member by the e-mail transmission / reception unit 180.

As shown in FIG. 14, the donation status management unit 149, which is a donation status management means, provides information related to payment processing of donations to NPOs, for example, for each NPO organization, the donation amount for this month, the total of unprocessed payments, and the total of payment processing Is recorded in the donation status database unit 340 and managed.
For the current month's donation, the amount pooled up to the current month is displayed. The total for the previous month and the current month's donation are displayed in the unpaid total column. When the payment processing amount to the NPO is entered in the payment processing column and the “execute” button is pressed, the payment unprocessed cumulative column is recalculated by the following formula.
Payment unprocessed accumulation = payment unprocessed accumulation-payment process This donation status management unit 149 has a function of searching for data related to donation.

The deposit management unit 150, which is a deposit management means, receives information of the successful bid database unit 260 and the order database unit 280 managed by the order management unit 146 by shopping and the order management unit 147 by auction, and deposits the donated money ( Donations to accept donations from merchandise buyers who are donators, and later process them as donations to the donation recipients such as NPO organizations that are third parties on behalf of the merchandise buyers) Information such as the target group name, ID, monthly donation amount, unprocessed cumulative amount, etc. is recorded and managed in the deposit database unit 380.
The deposit management unit 150 has a function of searching for data related to deposits.

The purchase management unit 151 as purchase management means receives the information of the successful bid database unit 260 and the order database unit 280 managed by the order management unit 146 by shopping and the order management unit 147 by auction, and receives the order number and order year of each member. Date of purchase, store name, total amount (including tax, shipping included), donation amount, donation destination NPO, order status, information about ordered products (product name, product ID, number, unit price (tax included), donation amount, shipping cost (Excluding tax), amount (including tax, shipping included), total donation amount) and points are recorded and managed in the purchase database unit 420 (see FIG. 43).
The points are for, for example, accumulating points for each member as 1 point for a donation amount of 1 yen, and giving a gift (product, etc.) to each member according to the accumulated points.
The purchase management unit 151 has a function of searching for data relating to the product purchase of each member.

  The WWW server 160 has a function of generating various screens and distributing various data such as forms to the purchaser terminal 700, the merchandise seller terminal 500, and the NPO organization terminal 600 based on the HTTP protocol. In addition, as the specifically distributed data, a screen for inputting data on sales products recorded in the product database unit 240, which will be described in detail later, data on displaying content on auction products, and purchase application data. Browsing and input of data such as data to be displayed, data to display a screen for inputting bid data, data to be displayed for confirming data input by purchaser terminal 700, merchandise seller terminal 500 and NPO organization terminal 600 Various screens and their data used for this purpose are transmitted.

  The e-mail transmission / reception unit 180 as e-mail transmission / reception means has a function of transmitting / receiving e-mail based on the SMTP protocol and the POP3 protocol. In addition, as e-mails that are specifically transmitted or received, e-mails that inform contracts between merchandise sellers and donation target organizations and service providers, NPO information (Thanks mails, etc.) for members, etc. are transmitted. .

Next, a database that records information of the shopping system 110 will be described.
The product database unit 240 is donated to the organization to which the donation included in the sales price is donated in addition to the product content data of the product sold or auctioned in the shopping mall server 120 when the product is a shopping sale. Data on the amount of donation is stored, and when the product is sold by auction, data indicating the ratio of the amount of donation to the winning bid price donated to the organization to which the donation is donated is stored.
In the product database unit 240, product codes, product names, readings, product classifications, search keywords, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, shipping costs, donation rates, and net operating cost rates are recorded. . Further, in the case of an auction product, in addition to the data, a bid start price, a bid rate, and an auction period (start date and end date) are recorded.
In the product database unit 240, product data provided by the product seller through the WWW server 160 by the product seller terminal 500 is appropriately recorded and managed by the store information management unit 143.

The successful bid database 260 stores data such as the price at which the product was awarded in the auction sale, personal information such as the name and address of the successful bidder, and the payment method. The data is recorded and managed by the order management unit 147 by auction. ing. The successful bid database 260 also has a function of storing and managing bid data bid by bidders.
As successful bid information to be recorded, for example, order information (order number, order date, store ID, store name, exhibition category, donation destination NPO), orderer (member ID, orderer name, full name, postal code, address) , Email address, phone number, fax number), delivery address (name, reading, address, phone number, email address), order status (reception), order product information (product ID, product name, quantity, unit price, donation amount, In addition to the postage, amount of money, and total donation), there are auction-specific information (store name, end date, product ID, product name, number of bids, bid rate, bid start price, successful bidder ID, successful bid price).

The order database unit 280 stores information on products ordered in shopping sales, personal information such as the purchaser's name and address, and data such as payment methods. The order database unit 146 for shopping records and manages the data. ing. In this information, purchase application data input from a screen (interface) for inputting purchase application data provided by the WWW server 160 is stored.
The purchase application data stored in the order database unit 280 is browsed by the merchandise seller terminal 500 used by the merchandise seller and used by the merchandise seller to confirm the order details.
As order information, order information (order number, order date, store ID, store name, exhibition category, donation destination NPO), orderer (member ID, orderer name, full name, postal code, address, email address, telephone) Number, fax number), delivery address (name, reading, address, phone number, email address), order status (acceptance), order product information (product ID, product name, quantity, unit price, donation amount, shipping fee, amount, total) Donation amount).

The member database unit 300 stores, as data, information unique to each member, such as the name or name of the purchaser registered as a member in the shopping mall server 120, the address, the URL of the home page, and the e-mail address contact information. Are recorded and managed by the member management unit 144.
The data in the member database unit 300 is stored as data input from the screen for the member registration information provided by the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 by the purchaser, or input by the administrator of the shopping mall server 120. The
Member information includes name, reading, nickname, member ID, password, gender, date of birth, telephone number, fax number, address, member email address, personal homepage URL, occupation, married / unmarried, number of children, annual income , Categories of interest, and the availability of DM.

The merchandise seller database unit 310 has information unique to each merchandise seller, such as the name or name of the merchandise seller registered as a merchandise seller in the shopping mall server 120, the address, the URL of the home page, and the e-mail address contact information. Is stored as data, but is recorded and managed by the store information management unit 143.
The data of the merchandise seller database unit 310 is stored as data inputted from the screen for merchandise merchant registration information provided by the merchandise seller to the merchandise seller terminal 500 by the WWW server 160 or the shopping mall server 120. It is input by the administrator.
As merchandise seller information, store name, reading, store ID, password, store classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, responsible department name, responsible person name, responsible person email address, URL, search keyword There are introductory texts for introducing stores, contact e-mail addresses, and business closure settings.

The payment information database unit 320 stores data related to payment processing of purchasers generated by shopping sales and auction sales of products received from the payment system 800, for example, the payment processing institution server 810, but is recorded by the purchase management unit 151. Is managed.
Specifically explaining the stored data, data indicating the payment processing status of the purchaser (purchaser name, purchaser number, order number, purchase date and time, payment date, presence / absence of settlement, etc.) is stored, The content is browsed by the merchandise seller terminal 500 used by the merchandise seller, and is used by the merchandise seller to confirm the payment status. In addition, when the merchandise seller confirms the payment status, the merchandise merchant is authenticated using the ID and password given to each merchandise merchant in advance, and data not related to the certified merchandise merchant is It is configured not to be viewed.
The data indicating the payment processing status of the purchaser may be received from the payment system 800, for example, data from the payment processing institution server 810, and may be recorded and managed.

  The donation status database unit 340 stores the amount of donation resulting from the purchase of the product by the purchaser or the sale of the product by the product seller, the state of the actual donation, and the like. However, they are recorded and managed by the order management unit 146 by shopping, the order management unit 147 by auction, and the NPO management unit 145. The data stored in the donation status database unit 340 is displayed on the screen of the purchaser terminal 700 while the purchaser is connected to the shopping mall server 120, or is displayed on an arbitrary confirmation screen. Provided to merchandise sellers.

The donation target group database unit 360 stores various data related to the group to which the donation is donated, but is recorded and managed by the NPO management unit 145. As the stored data, in addition to text data, photo data, etc. explaining the activity contents of the organization, when the organization has an Internet homepage, the URL thereof is also stored.
Information on the organization to be donated includes NPO organization name, reading, NPOID, password, NPO classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, department name in charge, name of person in charge, email address of person in charge, URL, NPO information , Thanks message, contact e-mail address, and acceptability of donations.

  Deposit database section 380 deposits donations (accepting donations from product buyers as donors as reservations, and later accepting donations from third party NPO organizations on behalf of product buyers) In order to process it as a debt to deliver donations), information such as the name of the organization to be donated, ID, the amount of donations for each month, the total amount of unprocessed money, etc. are recorded and recorded and managed by the deposit management unit 150 Yes.

  The mail data database unit 400 is data related to the mail managed by the mail management unit 148, for example, determination of mail destination / mail content, mail destination member search, completion of mail sending work, mail content for members Although the creation is recorded, it is recorded and managed by the mail management unit 148.

  The purchase database unit 420 includes each member's order number, order date, purchase store name, total amount (including tax, shipping included), donation amount, donation destination NPO, order status, information about the ordered product (product name, Product ID, number, unit price (including tax), donation amount, shipping fee (excluding tax), amount (including tax, including shipping fee), total donation amount) and points are recorded (see FIG. 43) and managed by the purchase management unit 151. .

The merchandise seller terminal 500 has a function of performing transmission / reception of an electronic mail based on an SMTP server and a POP3 protocol with an arbitrary mail server (not shown). Note that the merchandise seller terminal 500 includes a communication device that can be connected to the network 100 such as the Internet, and a workstation or personal computer in which a WWW browser application and a mail client application are installed.
To perform merchandise seller (store) registration, as shown in FIG. 18, registration work is performed.
For example, if there is an inquiry for opening a store from the merchandise seller terminal 500 of the merchandise seller who wishes to sell the product by e-mail, the store application form is sent by e-mail from the shopping mall server 120 and the product sales request The merchant inputs the store opening application using the merchandise seller terminal 500 and transmits it to the shopping mall server 120. Then, the shopping system operator determines whether or not to open a store by performing a predetermined examination, transmits a store opening contract to a product sales applicant who desires to open a store, and concludes a store opening contract. Then, for the contracted merchandise seller, the ID / password for the payment processing institution server 810 of the settlement system 800 is acquired, the record management is performed in the shopping mall server 120, and the ID / password for the shopping mall server 120 is registered. Furthermore, the ID / password for the payment processing institution server 810 and the ID / password for the shopping mall server 120 are transmitted to the merchandise seller terminal 500 and recorded by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120. to manage.

Similarly to the purchaser terminal 700, the merchandise seller terminal 500 is connected to the shopping mall server 120 via the network 100 such as the Internet, and registers the data of the merchandise contents of the shopping merchandise and the auction merchandise in the shopping mall server 120. , Has the function of confirming the order contents, confirming the payment status, and inputting the delivery status of the product.
Note that the computer software and / or the input screen is also transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the merchandise seller terminal 500, whereby the authentication means 501, the store information management means 502, the merchandise information management means 503, and the auction-based merchandise. Information management means 504, shopping order management means 505, and auction successful bid management means 506 are provided. In particular, the product information management unit 503 and the auction order management unit 505 are functions provided by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120.

  In this embodiment, the merchandise seller terminal 500 is connected to the shopping mall server 120 and is authenticated by the authentication screen by inputting corresponding to the screen sent by the WWW server 160 of the shopping mall server 120. As means 501, an auction merchandise information management screen as store information management means 502 by means of a store information management screen (shown in FIG. 19) and as merchandise information management means 503 by means of a shopping merchandise information management screen (shown in FIGS. 20, 21, and 22). The product information management means 504 by auction (shown in FIG. 23), the shopping order management screen 505 (shown in FIG. 24) as the shopping order management means 505, and the auction successful bid management screen (shown in FIG. 27) as the auction successful bid management means 506. The It is configured to perform each function.

  The store manager corresponds to the manager authentication screen (not shown) sent from the shopping mall server 120 to the merchandise seller terminal 500 by the WWW server 160, inputs the manager ID and password, and presses the login button. And login with store administrator authority based on the authority type.

When newly registering store information, the store information management screen (shown in FIG. 19) sent and displayed by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 displays the store name, reading, store ID, and password. , Store classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, responsible department name, responsible person name, responsible person email address, URL, keyword for search, introduction text introducing the store, contact email address, business closure setting (By setting “Closed” to “Business”, stores and products will be disclosed to members). In addition, the registered information can be changed.
These pieces of information are recorded and managed in the merchandise seller database unit 310.

The merchandise information management is performed on the merchandise information management screen (shown in FIG. 20) sent from the WWW server 160 by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120. Whether the “shopping merchandise registration” or the “auction merchandise registration” is determined. It is comprised so that it can select, and it is comprised so that merchandise information management can be performed corresponding to each.
And when changing or deleting an already registered product, the product information management screen (shown in FIG. 20) can be searched by inputting items of product code, major category, exhibition category, and product name. It is configured.

When newly registering a shopping product, “shopping product registration” is selected on the product information management screen (shown in FIG. 20) sent from the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 by the WWW server 160.
Then, as shown in FIG. 21, a major classification (“PC / mobile”, “game / software”, etc.) of registered products is selected, and then a minor classification product belonging to the major classification, for example, a major classification “PC For “Mobile”, “PC / Computer”, “Peripheral Device Parts”, “Software”, “Mobile / Mobile Phone”, “Communication / Service”, “Office / Supply” are selected, and then the product information registration screen (FIG. 22). Proceed to the figure.
The product information is registered by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 on the product information registration screen (shown in FIG. 22) sent by the WWW server 160. The product code, product name, reading, A classification, a keyword for search, a description of a product, a specification / content description, a price, a shipping fee, a thumbnail image, a product image, and a donation rate are input and managed. These pieces of information are recorded in the product database unit 240 of the shopping mall server 120 and managed by the store information management unit 143.

When a new auction product is registered, the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 selects the “auction product registration” on the product information management screen (shown in FIG. 20) sent by the WWW server 160. Move to the new product registration screen.
The new registration of the auction product is performed by selecting the product category, registering and registering the product information on the new registration screen (shown in FIG. 23) of the auction product sent by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 by the WWW server 160. The confirmation is the same as the new registration for shopping product registration, but on the new registration screen for an auction product (shown in FIG. 23), the product code, product name, product classification, search keyword, and product description The text, usage / content description, thumbnail image, product image, bid start price, bid rate, shipping fee, auction period (start date and end date), and donation rate are input.
These pieces of information are recorded in the product database unit 240 of the shopping mall server 120 and managed by the store information management unit 143.

  The product registered for the shopping product and the auction product is confirmed by a shopping product information confirmation screen (shown in FIG. 24) or an auction product confirmation screen transmitted by the WWW server 160 by the shopping order management unit 146 of the shopping mall server 120. (See FIG. 25).

Further, when searching for information on the ordered product, the order management screen 146 for searching for information on the ordered product transmitted and displayed by the WWW server 160 by the shopping order management unit 146 of the shopping mall server 120. In FIG. 26), by inputting the order number and order date, the order number, order date, exhibition category, store ID, store name, purchaser ID, purchaser name, and total amount are shown. You can get a list of
As detailed information of each ordered product, as shown in FIG. 15, order information (order number, order date, store ID, store name, exhibition category, donation destination NPO), orderer (member ID, orderer name, name) Reading, postal code, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number), delivery address (name, reading, address, telephone number, e-mail address), order status (reception), order product information (product ID, product name, quantity) , Unit price, donation amount, shipping cost, amount, total donation amount). “Shopping” is displayed as the exhibition category.
Information on these ordered products is recorded in the order database unit 280 of the shopping mall server 120 and is managed by the shopping order management unit 146.

As the auction order management information, as shown in FIG. 16, the above-described order information, orderer, delivery destination, order status, ordered product information are displayed, and “auction” is displayed as an exhibition category.
In the search for the successful bid status of the auction, the successful bid list of the auction (shown in FIG. 27) can be obtained by inputting the end date of the auction. As successful bid information, a store name, an end date, a product ID, a product name, the number of bids, a bid rate, a bid start price, a successful bidder ID, and a successful bid price are displayed.
These successful bid information is recorded in the successful bid database unit 260 of the shopping mall server 120 and managed by the order management unit 147 by auction.

The NPO group terminal 600 has a function of performing transmission / reception of electronic mail with an arbitrary mail server (not shown) based on the SMTP protocol and the POP3 protocol. The NPO group terminal 600 includes a communication device that can be connected to the network 100 such as the Internet, and a workstation or personal computer in which a WWW browser application and a mail client application are installed.
Registration in the NPO organization which is a donation target organization is performed as shown in FIG.
For example, if there is a registration inquiry from an NPO organization, the shopping system operator sends a registration application form to the NPO organization terminal 600 from the shopping mall server 120, and the NPO organization sends a predetermined item to the received registration application form. The data is input and transmitted to the shopping mall server 120. Then, the shopping system operator examines whether to join or accept donations, and if possible, sends a contract to the NPO organization and concludes a contract with the NPO organization. Then, the ID / password for the contracted NPO organization is registered in the shopping mall server 120, and the ID / password is transmitted to the NPO organization terminal 600. Record and manage.

Similarly to the purchaser terminal 700, the NPO organization terminal 600, which is a donation target terminal, is connected to the shopping mall server 120 via the network 100 such as the Internet. Classification, NPO guidance, donation acceptance, etc.), registration changes, and received donation management.
In the NPO information, for example, whether or not to accept a donation may be registered, changed, or deleted only by the NPO management unit 145 of the shopping mall server 120.

The NPO group terminal 600 is connected to the shopping mall server 120 via the network 100 such as the Internet, and the shopping mall server 120 transmits computer software and / or an authentication screen, an information management screen (shown in FIG. 29), and a received donation management screen. As a result, an NPO administrator authentication function means 601, an NPO organization information management means 602, and a received donation management means 603 are provided. In this embodiment, when the NPO group terminal 600 inputs corresponding to the screen sent by the WWW server 160 of the shopping mall server 120, the authentication screen 601 serves as the authentication means 601 by the authentication screen and the NPO uses the information management screen. The group information management unit 602 is configured to perform each function as a receipt and donation management unit 603 through a receipt and donation management screen.
NPO management is managed in the NPO management unit 145 of the shopping mall server 120. When the NPO administrator ID and password are input and the login button is pressed, the user can log in with NPO administrator authority.
In the case of new registration at the NPO organization terminal 600 for NPO information management, as shown in FIG. 29, the organization name, reading, NPOID, password, NPO classification, telephone number, fax number, location, representative name, charge Management is performed by inputting the department name, the name of the person in charge, the mail address of the person in charge, the URL, the NPO guidance text, the Thanks message, the mail address for inquiries, and the acceptability of donations. Moreover, the change can be managed.
In the NPO information, for example, whether or not to accept a donation may be registered, changed, or deleted only by the NPO management unit 145 of the shopping mall server 120.
The NPO information is recorded in the donation target organization database unit 360 of the shopping mall server 120 and is managed in the NPO management unit 145.

Management of the donation amount corresponding to the product purchased from the purchaser terminal 700 is performed by the received donation management means 603.
The NPO receipt donation management can confirm the donation amount of this month and the unprocessed accumulated amount on the mall management side based on the donated amount of this month and the unprocessed accumulated amount.
These pieces of information are recorded in the donation status database unit 340, the donation target organization database unit 360, and the deposit database unit 380 of the shopping mall server 120, and are managed by the donation status management unit 149.

  The purchaser terminal 700 is for a person who desires shopping and auction, connects to the shopping mall server 120 via the network 100 such as the Internet, and browses the contents of the products registered in the shopping mall server 120. It has a function of inputting purchase application data such as a purchaser's name, address and payment method to be input at the time of purchase application, and bid information to be input at the time of auction bidding. The purchaser terminal 700 has a configuration similar to that of the purchaser terminal 12.

The membership registration as a member of the shopping system, that is, the consumer, is entered and registered in the purchaser terminal 700 through the member registration screen transmitted from the WWW server 160 by the member management unit 144 of the shopping mall server 12.
On the member registration screen, enter your name, reading, nickname, member ID, password, gender, date of birth, phone number, fax number, address, and member email address as required input items. Enter the homepage URL, occupation, married / unmarried, number of children, annual income, categories of interest, and whether to send DM.
Prior to registering as a member, the applicant who wants to register as a member reads the terms of service as a shopping member, selects whether or not to register after agreeing to the terms of service, and presses the “Register with consent” button. Registration is complete.
The information input by these is recorded in the member database unit 300 of the shopping mall server 120 and managed by the member management unit 144.

Next, the operation of the shopping system to which the product purchase method using the network according to the present invention is applied will be described.
FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing the shopping flow (part 1). FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a shopping flow (No. 2). FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the flow of an auction.

First, after the merchandise registration is performed on the screen transmitted to the merchandise seller terminal 500 by the WWW server 160 by the mall management unit 142 and the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 from the company that operates each store. That is, after the product registration for shopping or the product registration for auction is performed, the product is purchased.
Then, the top page (shown in FIG. 33) is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 by the member management unit 144 of the shopping mall server 120, and the “shopping” button or the “auction” button is checked on the top page. By doing so, it is selected whether shopping or auction is conducted (step S101).
With regard to member registration, the member management unit 144 of the shopping mall server 120 performs member registration by checking the “To member registration” button on this top page. In any case, it is a condition that the member registration is made in order to purchase the product by shopping or auction.
Also, if you want to see a list of organizations that can make donations when purchasing products using the method of purchasing products using this network, check the “Charity Organization List” button and check the NPO of the shopping mall server 120. The NPO organization can be viewed through the condition search screen for the previously registered NPO organization transmitted by the management unit 145 by the WWW server 160.

Next, the case where a product is purchased by shopping will be described.
First, when a “shopping” button is clicked on the top page (shown in FIG. 33) transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700, a shopping product search screen is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 (step S102). It is shown that there are four search entrances. That is, product keyword search (AND search is performed with multiple searches from keywords and donation rate, large classification), store keyword search (AND search is performed with multiple searches from keywords and store classification), product category search (large classification of products) Narrowing down to small category) and store category search (narrowing down from store category to store).
Product categories include, for example, “PC / Mobile”, “Flower / Garden”, “Drink / Alcohol”, “Beauty / Health / Welfare”, “Fashion”, “Car / Sport / Outdoor”, “Travel Ticket”, “Book / Music / There are "video""food""life / interior""hobbyculture""service".
The store category is similar to the product category.

When shopping by a product keyword search, it is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 transmits a search item input screen to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160.
Then, the search item is input on the screen transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700. As a search item input, input is made in a keyword input form, a donation rate and a product classification are designated from a pull-down menu, and a “product search” button is pressed (step S103). The search can be made with multiple searches (AND search) of keywords, donation rates, and product categories. In addition, any of keyword, donation rate, and product classification can be searched independently.
The search result searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160.
As the search result, for example, a product name, a price, a standard donation rate, and a store name are displayed on the search product list screen (step S104). In particular, products that fall under the search item are displayed in order of donation rate in the default sort.

When shopping by product category search, that is, refinement search from product classification, the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 transmits a search item input screen to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160.
Then, the search item is input on the screen transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700. First, the hyperlink text of the major classification name of the product to be searched is clicked.
As for the search result searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120, a search result output screen is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160.
In the search results, if you search for a small category belonging to the selected category, for example, “PC / Mobile” as the major category name, the corresponding minor category is “PC / Computer”, “Mobile / Mobile Phone”, “Software” "Peripheral equipment parts""Communicationservice""Officesupply" are displayed. Furthermore, when a small category name is clicked, products belonging to that category are narrowed down and displayed.
As the searched products, the product name, price, standard donation rate, and store name are displayed on the search product list screen.

Further, when shopping is performed by store keyword search, it is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 transmits a search item input screen to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160. When the store classification of the pull-down menu is designated in the purchaser terminal 700, an AND search between the keyword and the store classification can be performed (step S201).
The search results searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 are displayed on the search store list screen by the WWW server 160 in the order of store names in the order of store names.
For store category search, that is, refinement search from store classification, click the hyperlink text of the category name of the store to be searched on the search item input screen transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 of the shopping mall server 120 Thus, as a result of the search by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120, a list of stores belonging to the selected category is displayed on the search store list screen (step S202).
A search result output screen of the search result searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 of the shopping mall server 120.
Search results are displayed in order of store name in Japanese alphabetical order by default sort.
When the store name is input on the search store list screen (step S203), the store product list screen is displayed by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 (step S204).

When a product name is clicked on the search product list screen displayed by product keyword search and product category search (step S105), the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34) is displayed by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 by the WWW. It is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 via the server 160 (step S106).
On the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34), the store name, product name, product ID, price, shipping fee, donation amount, and donation rate are displayed. Then, a picture of the product and a description of the specification / content of the product are displayed.
When a product name is clicked on the store product list screen displayed by the store keyword search and the store category search (step S205), the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34) is displayed on the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120. Is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 via the WWW server 160 (step S106).
On the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34), the store name, product name, product ID, price, shipping fee, donation amount, and donation rate are displayed (step S106). Then, a picture of the product and a description of the specification / content of the product are displayed.

When the purchaser who has read the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34) checks the “Add to shopping cart” button on the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34), the ID / password authentication dialog box is displayed on the purchaser terminal 700. (Step S110).
The purchaser inputs the ID / password authentication dialog box opened by pressing the “Add to shopping cart” button (step S111), and presses the “Authentication” button. A person who has not registered as a member presses a “new member registration” button to register as a member.

At this time, in the shopping mall server 120, the content of the member database unit 300 is inquired by the member management unit 144, and if the member is authenticated, the contents of the shopping cart can be viewed (step S112).
When the “view shopping cart” button is clicked on the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34) (step S113), if it has been authenticated, the contents screen of the shopping cart (shown in FIG. 35) is displayed in the shopping mall. The order management unit 146 for shopping of the server 120 transmits the purchase to the purchaser terminal 700 via the WWW server 160 (step S114).
On the contents screen of the shopping cart, the store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, shipping fee, total amount, and total donation amount are displayed.
The amount of money (including postage, including tax) is calculated and displayed as {(unit price−donation amount) × number + postage} × 105% + total donation amount.

Among the products displayed on the shopping cart contents screen (shown in FIG. 35), if there is a product that is not to be purchased, check the delete checkbox and confirm that the checked product is to be deleted. "Button is pressed (step S115).
Further, when emptying the shopping cart, the “Empty shopping cart” button is clicked (step S116).
After pressing the “deletion confirmation” button, the products whose check boxes are checked are deleted, and items other than the deleted products are displayed again.
After pressing the “Empty shopping cart” button, the contents screen of the shopping basket is closed and the screen returns to the product information display screen (shown in FIG. 34) (step S117).

When the “Purchase” button is clicked on the shopping cart contents screen (shown in FIG. 35) (step S118), the purchase application screen (shown in FIG. 36) is displayed on the WWW by the shopping order management unit 146 of the shopping mall server 120. The data is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 via the server 160 (step S119).
On the purchase application screen (shown in FIG. 36), order information (name, reading, mail address, postal code, address, telephone number, total amount (including tax), total amount of donation) is displayed (step S120).
When the purchaser and the payee are different, it is configured to input necessary items of the delivery destination. That is, if delivery is desired to a place different from the address at the time of member registration, necessary items are entered.
In addition, if you can specify the delivery address and confirm the product name, product ID, quantity, unit price, donation amount, shipping fee, total amount, total donation amount, check the order details, Next "" button is clicked (step S121).

When selecting a donation destination NPO when specifying a donation destination, or when it is desired to select from NPO activity contents, a purchase application screen (shown in FIG. 36) transmitted by the WWW server 160 by the shopping order management unit 146 of the shopping mall server 120. ), The NPO selection screen (shown in FIG. 37) is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700.
In the NPO selection screen (shown in FIG. 37), the activity category is displayed. Activity categories include, for example, disaster relief, social education, gender-equal society, industrial development, healthy child development, insurance medical welfare, community development, regional security, international cooperation, human rights protection / peace promotion, environment, NGO, etc. There is.
When you select an activity category, the organization name and activity category are displayed. If there is an organization that you want to select as a donation destination, if you click the “Register Donation” button, it will be selected as a donation destination for your purchase application. It will be.

  Next, on the purchase confirmation screen (shown in FIG. 38) transmitted via the WWW server 160 by the shopping order management unit 146 of the shopping mall server 120, the order contents and the delivery destination are confirmed. After confirming the contents, the “Purchase” button is pressed to proceed with the settlement system 800 (step S122).

Next, the case of purchasing a product by auction will be described mainly based on FIG. 32 showing the flow of an auction.
First, when the “Auction” button is clicked on the top page (shown in FIG. 33) transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 (step S301), The store information management unit 143 of the mall server 120 transmits and displays an auction product search screen (shown in FIG. 39) via the WWW server 160 (step S302).
On the auction product search screen (shown in FIG. 39) transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700, search items are input (step S302). Search methods include “product category search” and “keyword search”.
In “keyword search”, when a keyword is input on a search item input screen (shown in FIG. 39) and a classification is designated from a pull-down menu, an AND search using the keyword and a large classification can be performed. The item is determined by the “product search” button (step S303).
The search result searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 is transmitted by the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 (step S304).
The search results searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 are, in the default sort, the products are displayed in the order of close end date / order of donation rate / product name in alphabetical order, as shown in FIG. ) (Step S306). Specifically, the product name, current price, donation rate, store name, and auction end date are displayed.
Further, in the “product category search”, the search can be narrowed down from the product classification by inputting the product category on the search item input screen (shown in FIG. 39). If you click the hyperlink text of the category name of the product you want to search for as a search item input, the category belonging to the selected category is displayed as the search result, and you can narrow down the category from there. The item is determined by a “product search” button.
The search result searched by the store information management unit 143 of the shopping mall server 120 is transmitted by the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 by the WWW server 160 (step S305).
The search results are displayed on the search product list screen (shown in FIG. 40) in the order of close end date / order of donation rate / product name in alphabetical order by default sort (step S306). Specifically, the product name, current price, donation rate, store name, and auction end date are displayed.

Then, when it is desired to participate in the auction, the product name is clicked (step S307). Next, a product information display screen (shown in FIG. 41) is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 and displayed.
On the merchandise information display screen (shown in FIG. 41), the store name, merchandise name, merchandise ID, donation amount, merchandise specification / content explanation are displayed, and further information related to the auction is displayed.
As information about the auction, an auction start date, an auction end date, a minimum bid price, a highest bidder nickname, a current number of bids, a current bid price, and a minimum unit of a bid are displayed. Then, a bid price is input in a “bid box” that prompts input of a bid price presented by a person who intends to participate in the auction, and a “bid” button is clicked (step S308).
Whether the bid is valid or invalid with respect to the bid price is determined by the order management unit 147 by the auction of the shopping mall server 120, and as shown in FIG. If the bid is lower than other bidders, a dialog box prompting you to re-bid will be displayed. If the price entered in the bid is higher than the other bidders, it will indicate that the highest bid has been reached. Display is made and the bid is valid (step S309).

Subsequently, an auction successful bid purchase application screen similar to the shopping purchase application screen (shown in FIG. 36) is transmitted and displayed on the purchaser terminal 700 via the WWW server 160 by the auction order management unit 147 of the shopping mall server 120. .
If the person who made a successful bid at the auction wants to make a purchase, select the donation destination on this screen, and then order information (name, reading, e-mail address, postal code, address, telephone number, fax number, total price) (Tax included, shipping included), total donation amount), confirm the items that you want to confirm, specify the desired delivery destination with a radio button, and if you want to deliver to a location other than the location displayed in the order information, Enter the desired delivery address in the input form.

Furthermore, the product information of the auction successful bid purchase is confirmed. The product information displayed on this auction successful bid purchase application screen (similar to that shown in FIG. 36) includes store name, product name, product ID, amount, donation amount, shipping fee, total amount (including tax and shipping fee), total donation amount. It is.
When selecting a donation destination, if you want to select from NPOs according to their activities, press the “Browse” button on the auction successful bid purchase application screen, and the NPO selection screen will be displayed from the shopping mall server 120. It is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 700 and displayed.
When a category that is desired to be donated is selected from the NPO activity categories, the names of organizations belonging to the category are displayed.
Then, when a “donation destination registration” button is pressed, it is selected as a donation destination on the auction successful bid purchase application screen.
After completing these inputs and confirming the order details, the auction bid purchaser clicks the “Next” button after confirming the order details.

  Subsequently, an auction successful bid purchase confirmation screen similar to the shopping product purchase confirmation screen (shown in FIG. 38) is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the purchaser terminal 700 and displayed. The successful bid purchaser confirms the contents on the auction successful bid purchase confirmation screen including the product information and the delivery destination, and presses the “Purchase” button when wishing to purchase. When the “Purchase” button is pressed, the procedure screen of the payment system 800 is linked.

The purchaser of the product by shopping / successful bid pays the purchase price of the product at an arbitrary payment institution based on the content of the product order / donation destination. In the case of payment by cash, the purchase is performed as follows.
After data indicating payment completion of the purchaser is input to the shopping mall server 120 that has confirmed payment by cash by the payment system 800, the payment completion is confirmed to the merchandise seller terminal 500 by the e-mail transmission / reception unit 180. A notification e-mail is sent.
The merchandise seller who has received the e-mail informing that the payment has been completed performs the shopping / successful bidder shipment to the purchaser based on the contents of the e-mail notifying the shopping / successful bid contents of the purchased merchandise.
For cash payments, there are cash machines and cash on delivery at convenience stores, but cash payments using these can be made directly via a payment agency that handles them, or via the payment system 800. The shopping mall server 120 receives an e-mail or the like for notifying confirmation of payment completion.

In the case of credit payment, the payment procedure / order data is transmitted from the shopping mall server 120 to the payment processing institution server 810 of the payment system 800.
Upon receiving the settlement procedure / order data, the payment processing institution server 810 makes a credit inquiry to the financial institution and each credit company.
The payment processing institution server 810 that has received the credit result from the financial institution terminal 820 returns the credit result to the shopping mall server 120. At this time, if the credit is OK, the order is established.
When the order is established, the payment processing institution server 810 distributes an order acceptance confirmation e-mail from the payment processing institution server 810 to the purchaser terminal 700 and the merchandise seller terminal 500.
In order to refer to the order information, the merchandise seller, that is, the shopping merchandise seller and the auction exhibitor, obtains more detailed information from the shopping mall server 120 such as the content of the product for which the order has been confirmed and delivery destination information, Check the contents.

The merchandise seller and the auction exhibitor deliver the merchandise according to the order contents.
At the same time, shipment check information is transmitted from the merchandise seller terminal 500 to the payment processing organization server 810, and the payment processing organization server 810 confirms the shipment, thereby confirming the order.
Further, in accordance with an instruction from the payment processing institution server 810, a shipping confirmation mail is distributed from the payment processing institution to the purchaser terminal 700.

As described above, after payment of the purchase price (cash / credit payment) is made, the financial institution terminal 820 notifies the shopping mall server 120 that the amount after the deduction of the fee of the financial institution is deposited. At the same time, the money is transferred.
In the shopping mall server 120, after confirming the payment after the deduction of the fee, the payment processing institution server 810 is notified that the fee of the payment processing institution is to be paid, and the fee is paid.

  In order to make the donation a deposit account for the accounting of the shopping system operator, the shopping mall server 120 donates the donation of the purchase price to the deposit database unit 380 for each NPO organization. Record and store the planned donation amount as a deposit.

Next, payment management work for the merchandise seller will be described.
First, the shopping mall server 120 uses the order management unit 146 for shopping and the order management unit 147 for auction to extract the order data and the cancellation / return data from the successful bid database unit 260 and the order database unit 280. Data, donation contribution data by NPO, and sales summary data by product are extracted.
Then, the shopping mall server 120 transmits, to the merchandise seller terminal 500, payment management data for each store, donation contribution data for each NPO, and sales total data for each product.
After confirming the payment of the purchase price from the purchaser, the details of the payment of the sales amount to each merchandise seller are issued.
The shopping system operator issues a sales amount remittance instruction to the financial institution terminal 820 in accordance with the instruction.

Next, the basic management flow for NPO organizations will be described.
The shopping mall server 120 uses the order management unit 146 for shopping and the order management unit 147 for auction to extract the order data and the cancellation / return data from the successful bid database unit 260 and the order database unit 280. Extract donation contribution data. Then, the unprocessed cumulative amount data of NPO payment is extracted, and among the donation amounts recorded and stored in the deposit database unit 380, the unprocessed donation is sent to the NPO organization terminal 600 for payment management data by NPO. To process the payment of donations. Further, the donation contribution amount data for each store is also transmitted to the NPO organization terminal 600.

It is an illustration figure which shows the shopping system to which the method of the goods purchase using the network concerning this invention was applied . It is a functional block diagram which shows a shopping mall server. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement in case auction sale is performed in the shopping system 10 to which the method of purchasing goods using the network concerning this invention was applied . It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement in case the goods sale by a limit price is performed in the shopping system 10 to which the method of the goods purchase using the network concerning this invention was applied . It is an illustration figure which shows the shopping system to which the method of purchasing goods using the network concerning this invention was applied. It is a schematic diagram of the flow from the goods registration to the payment to which the method of buying goods using the network concerning this invention was applied. It is a functional block diagram of a shopping mall server. It is a functional block diagram of the database server of a shopping mall server. It is a screen illustration which shows the classification management function of a mall management part. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the management function of the classification | category in a mall management part, and an internet operating cost ratio. It is a screen solution figure which shows the store information management of a store information management part, and a search function. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the member information management function of a member management part. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the NPO information management function of an NPO management part. It is a screen solution figure which shows the NPO payment management function of an NPO management part. It is a screen solution figure which shows the shopping order information management function of the order management part by shopping. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the auction order information management function of the order management part by an auction. It is a screen illustration which shows the mail management for members of a mail management part, and a search function. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the store registration business. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the function of store information management. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the function of shopping merchandise information management. It is a screen illustration which shows registration and classification of the registration goods in shopping. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the function of the merchandise information management in shopping. It is a screen illustration which shows the new registration method of auction goods. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the method of shopping sale merchandise information management. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the method of auction sale merchandise information management. It is a screen illustration figure of the search result which shows the order management method. It is an auction successful bid list screen illustration figure by the search which shows the auction successful bid management method. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the registration business in an NPO organization. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the information management of a NPO organization. It is the flowchart which showed the flow (the 1) of shopping. It is the flowchart which showed the flow (the 2) of shopping. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the auction. It is a screen illustration figure which shows the top page for buyers. It is a goods information display screen illustration figure which shows the goods information output information in shopping. It is the contents screen illustration figure of the shopping basket which shows the contents of the shopping basket in shopping. It is a purchase application screen illustration figure which shows the purchase application method in shopping. It is a NPO selection screen illustration figure which shows the NPO selection method in shopping. It is a purchase confirmation screen illustration figure which shows the purchase application method in shopping. It is a search item input screen illustration figure which shows an auction goods search method. It is a search result output screen illustration figure which shows an auction goods search method. It is a merchandise information display screen illustration figure which shows the merchandise information display method in an auction. It is an auction bidding validity / invalidity determination screen illustration showing a purchase method in an auction. It is a purchase history screen illustration figure which shows purchase history management of a member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Shopping system 12 Purchaser terminal 14 Shopping mall server 16 Merchandise seller terminal 18 Payment processing organization server 100 Network 110 Shopping system 120 Shopping mall server 140 Database server 141 Operation management part 142 Mall management part 143 Store information management part 144 Member management part 145 NPO management unit 146 Order management unit by shopping 147 Order management unit by auction 148 Mail management unit 149 Donation status management unit 150 Deposit management unit 151 Purchase management unit 160 WWW server 180 Email transmission / reception unit 220 Operation management database unit 240 Product database Part 260 Successful bid database part 280 Order database part 300 Member database part 310 Product seller database part 20 Payment Information Database Unit 340 Donation Status Database Unit 360 Donation Target Database Unit 380 Deposit Database Unit 400 Mail Data Database Unit 420 Purchase Database Unit 500 Merchandise Seller Terminal 501 Authentication Unit 502 Store Information Management Unit 503 Product Information Management Unit 504 Auction Product information management means by 505 Shopping order management means 506 Successful bid management means by auction 600 NPO group terminal 601 Authentication means 602 NPO group information management means 603 Received donation management means 700 Purchaser terminal 800 Payment system 810 Payment processing institution server 820 Financial institution terminal

Claims (17)

A method of selling products using a communication network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a merchant terminal, and a purchaser terminal.
Obtaining sales product information in the shopping mall server so that the purchaser terminal can view the product information such as the content of the sales product and / or the sales price via a communication network such as the Internet by a WWW browser;
The shop information management means of the shopping mall server, product code, product name, product classification, keyword for search, description of goods, specification / description, price, thumbnail image, product image, recording the donation rate, Managing steps,
It said included in the shopping mall product information that has been acquired in the server, and keywords, and the commodity classification and / or store classified, and the selling price, and the donation amount of money donations corresponding to the sale price will be donated to organizations that will be donated , and the step of presenting the donation rate, to the purchaser terminal from the store information management means of the shopping mall server,
Searching by store information management means of a shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal ;
For shopping mall search results retrieved by the server, and the step product name, price, donation, donation rate, along with the store name is shown, products that apply to the search item is shown in the donation rate order, before Symbol purchaser terminal,
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal , the step of collating with the contents of the member database unit by the member management means of the shopping mall server and authenticating,
Store name, product name, the step of displaying merchandise ID, number, unit price, donation amount, the total amount, the information of buying products basket of the contents, including the total donation amount, to the purchaser end the end of the order management means of the shopping mall server When,
Information that identifies the purchaser, and the total amount, the step of accepting a total of donations, the purchase application information of the products, including the donation destination registration, to the shopping mall server than the purchaser terminal,
Checking whether the payment process by the purchaser has been completed;
Creating or updating donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means, recording and managing it in the donation status database unit, and searching for data relating to donation ;
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
Recording and managing the donation pooled by the donation status management means as a deposit in the deposit database unit, and notifying the donation group terminal of payment management information for the donation group; and
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
Re-calculating an amount obtained by subtracting the payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment unprocessed total as a new payment unprocessed total, and a method for selling products using a communication network. A method of selling products using a communication network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a merchant terminal, a buyer terminal, and a donation group terminal,
The sales product information is stored in such a manner that the store information management means of the shopping mall server can browse the product information such as the content of the sales product and / or the sales price by the purchaser terminal via a communication network such as the Internet using a WWW browser. Acquiring from the merchant terminal;
Store information management means of the shopping mall server records and manages product codes, product names, product classifications, keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, and donation rates. And steps to
A donation target group management means of the shopping mall server obtains donation group information from the donation group terminal so that the purchaser can view the donation group information;
The store information management means of the shopping mall server donates to a group to which the keyword included in the acquired sales product information , product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donation corresponding to the sales price are donated Presenting a donation amount to be made and a donation rate to the buyer terminal;
The donation target group management means of the shopping mall server presenting the acquired donation group information to the purchaser terminal;
The store information management means of the shopping mall server supports search items from the buyer terminal.
Search step,
The store information management means of the shopping mall server
A name, a price, a donation amount, a donation rate, a store name, and a product that matches the search items in order of donation rate, shown on the purchaser terminal,
The membership management means of the shopping mall server will update the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal.
Verifying and verifying with the contents of the member database based on,
The shopping order management means of the shopping mall server displays the contents of the shopping basket including the store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, and total donation amount on the purchaser terminal. Steps,
The order management means by shopping of the shopping mall server accepting purchase application information of the product including information specifying the purchaser , total amount, total donation amount, and donation destination registration from the purchaser terminal;
The order management means by shopping of the shopping mall server accepting from the purchaser terminal purchase application information of the sales product including information identifying the purchaser and donation information selected by the purchaser;
The payment information management means of the shopping mall server obtains information as to whether or not payment processing by the purchaser has been completed; and
A donation status management means of a shopping mall server creates or updates donation information corresponding to the purchase application information , records and manages the donation information, and retrieves data related to donation ;
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
Recording and managing the donation pooled by the donation status management means as a deposit in the deposit database unit, and notifying the donation group terminal of payment management information for the donation group; and
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
Re-calculating an amount obtained by subtracting the payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment unprocessed total as a new payment unprocessed total, and a method for selling products using a communication network. The method for selling goods using the communication network according to claim 1, further comprising a step of presenting information related to a group to which a donation is donated by the donation target group management unit of the shopping mall server. A method for selling products using a network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a merchant terminal, a buyer terminal, and a donation group terminal,
  The merchandise information is sold through the shopping network so that the WWW browser can browse the merchandise information such as the donation amount, the contents of the merchandise and the sales price donated to an arbitrary organization determined by the merchant via a communication network such as the Internet. Acquiring in the mall server;
Product code, product name, product classification by store information management means of shopping mall server ,
Recording and managing keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, donation rate,
The product contents, keywords, product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donations included in the sales price included in the sales merchandise information acquired by the shopping mall server are donated to the donated organization. Presenting the donation amount to the purchaser terminal from the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Store information manager of the shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal
Searching by stage,
About search results searched by shopping mall server, product name, price, donation amount ,
A step of displaying the donation rate, the store name, and the products that match the search items in the donation rate order on the purchaser terminal;
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal, the shopping mall server association
Collating with the contents of the member database by means of member management and authenticating,
Shopping including store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, total donation amount
Displaying the contents of the basket on the purchaser terminal by the order management means of the shopping mall server; and
Inputting information for identifying the purchaser into the shopping mall server from the purchaser terminal, with the purchase amount information of the product including the total amount, the total donation amount, and the donation destination registration information identifying the purchaser;
Confirming whether the purchase process corresponding to the purchase application has been completed by the purchaser;
  Creating or updating a donation status database section for managing donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means;
Notifying the purchaser terminal of information prompting payment processing corresponding to the purchase application information by e-mail transmission / reception means for notifying via a communication network such as the Internet;
  The e-mail transmitting / receiving means notifying the purchaser terminal of the purchase application information of the purchaser, information indicating that the payment process has been completed, and information for delivering the sale product to the purchaser; ,
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
  Recording and managing donations pooled by the donation status management means, and notifying the donation organization terminal of payment management information for the donation organization;
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
  Recalculating an amount obtained by subtracting a payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment outstanding balance as a new payment outstanding amount,
In the purchaser terminal,
Information related to the organization to which the sales product information presented by the store information management means of the shopping mall server is displayed and the sales product information presented by the donation target organization management means of the shopping mall server and the donation is donated With the step of displaying
Registering merchandise seller information from the merchandise seller terminal in the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
A method of selling products using a communication network, comprising: registering information on the donation group from the donation group terminal in the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server. The said donation status management means of a shopping mall server includes the step which acquires the information of the organization | group to which the donation determined by the purchaser is contributed from the said purchaser terminal. To sell products using our communication network. The step of storing a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller in the store information management means of the shopping mall server can be executed a plurality of times corresponding to the arbitrary donation amount. 4. A method for selling products using the communication network described in 4. The step in which the donation target managing means of the shopping mall server presents information on the organization to which the donation is donated to the purchaser terminal includes ranking and displaying based on the magnitude of the donation performance. Item 5. A method for selling products using the communication network according to Item 4. A method of purchasing a product using a network such as the Internet including a shopping mall server, a product seller terminal, a buyer terminal, and a donation group terminal,
  Acquiring the sales product information in the shopping mall server so that the purchaser terminal can browse the product information such as the content of the sales product and the sales price via a communication network such as the Internet by a WWW browser;
Product code, product name, product classification by store information management means of shopping mall server ,
Recording and managing keywords for search, product descriptions, specifications / contents descriptions, prices, thumbnail images, product images, donation rate,
The product contents, keywords, product classification and / or store classification, sales price, and donations included in the sales price included in the sales merchandise information acquired by the shopping mall server are donated to the donated organization. Presenting the donation amount to the purchaser terminal from the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Store information manager of the shopping mall server corresponding to the search item from the purchaser terminal
Searching by stage,
About search results searched by shopping mall server, product name, price, donation amount ,
A step of displaying the donation rate, the store name, and the products that match the search items in the donation rate order on the purchaser terminal;
Based on the information about the purchaser from the purchaser terminal, the shopping mall server association
Collating with the contents of the member database by means of member management and authenticating,
Shopping including store name, product name, product ID, number, unit price, donation amount, total amount, total donation amount
Displaying the contents of the basket on the purchaser terminal by the order management means of the shopping mall server; and
Inputting information for identifying the purchaser into the shopping mall server from the purchaser terminal, with the purchase amount information of the product including the total amount, the total donation amount, and the donation destination registration information identifying the purchaser;
Confirming whether the purchase process corresponding to the purchase application has been completed by the purchaser;
  Creating or updating a donation status database section for managing donation information corresponding to the content of the purchase application information of the purchaser by means of donation status management means;
Notifying the purchaser terminal of information prompting payment processing corresponding to the purchase application information by e-mail transmission / reception means for notifying via a communication network such as the Internet;
  The e-mail transmitting / receiving means notifying the purchaser terminal of the purchase application information of the purchaser, information indicating that the payment process has been completed, and information for delivering the sale product to the purchaser; ,
Deposit management means of shopping mall server
  Recording and managing donations pooled by the donation status management means, and notifying the donation organization terminal of payment management information for the donation organization;
The donation status management means of the shopping mall server is
Pooling donation information for the donation group obtained from the donation information as a payment outstanding total;
  Recalculating an amount obtained by subtracting a payment processing amount input from the purchaser terminal from the payment outstanding balance as a new payment outstanding amount,
In the purchaser terminal,
Displaying the sales merchandise information presented by the store information management means of the shopping mall server;
Displaying the sales product information presented by the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server,
With the merchandise seller terminal,
Registering merchandise seller information in the store information management means of the shopping mall server,
With the donation organization terminal,
A method of purchasing a product using a communication network, comprising: registering information on the donation organization in a donation target organization management means of the shopping mall server. The step of acquiring the sales product information includes a step of acquiring a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller in the store information management means of a shopping mall server. A method of purchasing products using a communication network. The step of storing a donation amount to be donated to an arbitrary group determined by the seller in the store information management means of the shopping mall server can be executed a plurality of times corresponding to the arbitrary donation amount. A method for purchasing goods using the communication network according to claim 8 or 9. The communication network according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the donation target group management means of the shopping mall server includes a step of presenting information on a group to which a donation is donated to the purchaser terminal. How to purchase goods. The step in which the donation target managing means of the shopping mall server presents information on the organization to which the donation is donated to the purchaser terminal includes ranking and displaying based on the magnitude of the donation performance. Item 12. A method of purchasing a product using the communication network according to Item 11. The said donation status management means of a shopping mall server includes the step which acquires the information of the group to which the donation determined by the purchaser is donated from the said purchaser terminal. To purchase products using other communication networks. 13. The information according to any one of claims 8 to 12, comprising the step of inputting into the shopping mall server information that the purchaser has selected an organization that will donate donations and information in which the amount of donation for the organization has been determined. A method of purchasing products using the communication network described in the above. The step in which the information on the selection of the organization that donates the donation by the purchaser and the information on the amount of the donation for the organization are input to the shopping mall server is performed at an appropriate time by the purchaser or the successful bidder. The method of purchasing a product using the communication network according to claim 14, wherein The merchandise sales using the communication network according to claim 1, further comprising a step in which merchandise that corresponds to the search item in the search result searched by the shopping mall server is displayed in a purchase order in a donation rate order in a default sort. the method of. The communication network according to any one of claims 8 to 15, further comprising a step in which products corresponding to the search item in the search result searched by the shopping mall server are displayed on the purchaser terminal in order of donation rate in a default sort. How to purchase a product.

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