JP5265506B2 - Commercial transaction processing apparatus, exhibition condition determination processing method, and exhibition condition determination processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commercial transaction processing apparatus, an auction condition determination processing method, and an auction condition determination processing program for automatically auctioning at an appropriate timing in accordance with a market trend. <P>SOLUTION: When at least one of the current number of articles to be listed, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests in an article group to which an article to be auctioned belongs, satisfies a predetermined auction condition, auction processing is executed to provide article information of the article to be auctioned to other terminal device through a network as article information of the auctioned article. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

    The present invention relates to a technical field such as a commercial transaction processing system capable of making an exhibition reservation for a commodity related to a commercial transaction at an auction site on the Internet.

  In recent years, auctions held at auction sites on the Internet have become widespread. A user who has gone through the procedure for using the auction site can access the auction site from his / her terminal device and perform an auction or bidding.

  In such an auction site, a technique in which an exhibitor makes an exhibition reservation for an item to be exhibited from his / her terminal device, and automatically sells the reserved item for sale when a preset exhibition deadline has passed. Are known. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a publication period of a property on a magazine or the web for the purpose of smoothly promoting both over-the-counter sales and auction sales of the property (excluding the possibility of double sale of the property). A technique is described in which, when the period has elapsed, the article that has been reserved for exhibition is automatically exhibited.

JP 2004-139390 A

  By the way, in the above-described auction site, the price (successful bid price) of the exhibited products varies depending on the market trends such as the number of the same or similar products exhibited and the needs of the products. I would like to exhibit at a relatively high and appropriate time.

  However, it is difficult for an exhibitor to determine an appropriate time for listing. With the technique described in Patent Document 1, although it is possible to exhibit automatically, it is difficult for an exhibitor to determine the exhibition time, so it is difficult to flexibly respond to market trends.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems and the like, and provides a commercial transaction processing apparatus, an exhibition condition determination processing method, and an exhibition condition determination processing program capable of automatically exhibiting at an appropriate time according to market trends. Providing is an example of the problem.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a commercial transaction processing apparatus in which a terminal device can be connected via a network, wherein the number of items exhibited in the commercial transaction, the number of bids, and the watch list registration Commerce information storage means for storing commerce information including at least one of the number and the number of user requests for each product group, and the product information of the product reserved for exhibition in the commercial transaction. Product information receiving means received from the terminal device of the reservation person, Product information storage means for storing the received product information as product information of the product reserved for sale, and the product group to which the product reserved for sale belongs At least one of the current number of listings, the number of current bids, the number of current watch list registrations, and the number of current user requests is a predetermined listing condition. And determining Sell condition determining means for determining whether meets, when it is determined that meets the exhibition conditions by the exhibition condition determining means, as the exhibition start time of the commodity above exhibited reserve this time And an exhibition processing means for registration .

  According to the present invention, even if the seller at the auction cannot determine the exhibition time, it can be automatically exhibited at an appropriate time according to the market trend.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the commercial transaction processing device according to claim 1, wherein the product group is divided into a plurality of stages from an upper hierarchy to a lower hierarchy, and the product information receiving means The product group hierarchy information indicating the hierarchy specified by the person or the product group corresponding to the hierarchy is received together with the product information, and the exhibition condition determination means corresponds to the hierarchy indicated in the received product group hierarchy information. Determining whether at least one of the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the number of current watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product group to be satisfied satisfies a predetermined exhibition condition. Features.

  According to the present invention, the exhibition reservation person can automatically make an exhibition at an appropriate time according to the number of exhibitions and needs within the range (size) of a desired product group.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commercial transaction processing device according to the first or second aspect, the commodity information receiving means displays the exhibition condition information indicating the exhibition conditions designated by the exhibition reservation person together with the commodity information. The exhibition condition determining means receives at least one of the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the number of current user requests in the product group to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs. One is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the exhibition condition indicated in the received exhibition condition information is satisfied.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically exhibit at an appropriate time reflecting the intention of the reservation reservation person.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the commercial transaction processing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the exhibition condition determining means is configured to display the current number of items in the product group to which the item reserved for exhibition belongs. Is less than a predetermined value, it is determined that the exhibition condition is satisfied.

  According to the present invention, since the listing can be automatically performed at a timing when the number of listings in the merchandise group to which the merchandise reserved for sale belongs is small, the listing reservation person can regard the merchandise reserved for listing as a merchandise belonging to a rare merchandise group. It becomes possible to exhibit at a timing with relatively high value.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the commercial transaction processing device according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the exhibition condition determining means is configured to determine the current number of bids in the commodity group to which the commodity reserved for exhibition belongs. When at least one of the current number of watch list registrations and the current number of user requests is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, it is determined that the exhibition condition is satisfied.

  According to this invention, it becomes possible for the exhibiting reservation person to exhibit the item reserved for listing as a product belonging to a popular product group with high needs at a relatively high value.

The invention described in claim 6 is a commercial transaction processing device comprising a commercial transaction information storage means, a product information receiving means, a product information storage means, an exhibition condition judging means, and an exhibition processing means, and a terminal device can be connected via a network. The commercial transaction information storage means includes at least one of the number of items exhibited, the number of bids, the number of registered watch lists, and the number of user requests submitted for commercial transactions. And a step of receiving the product information of the product for which the product information receiving means reserves the exhibition for the commercial transaction from the terminal device of the exhibition reservation person for the commercial transaction. When the steps the product information storage means for storing, the goods information which is received; as commodity information of the commodity exhibition reserved, Serial Sell condition determining means, said current exhibition number of exhibition reserved in product group the product belongs, the current number of bids, current watch list registration number, and at least one of the current number of users request a predetermined Determining whether or not the exhibition conditions are satisfied, and when the exhibition condition determining means determines that the exhibition conditions are satisfied , the exhibition processing means has made a reservation for the current date and time . And a step of registering as the exhibition start date and time of the product.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a computer to which a terminal device can be connected via a network is connected to at least one of the number of items exhibited in a commercial transaction, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests. Commerce information storage means for storing commerce information including two items so as to be discriminable for each product group, product information receiving means for receiving product information of a product for which an exhibition is reserved for a commercial transaction from a terminal device of a reservation reservation person for the commercial transaction, Product information storage means for storing the received product information as product information of a product reserved for exhibition, the current number of items exhibited in the product group to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs, the current number of bids, the current watch An exhibition condition for determining whether at least one of the list registration number and the current user request number satisfies a predetermined exhibition condition. Constant means, and, if it is determined that meets the exhibition conditions by the exhibition condition determining means, a function as an exhibition processing means for registering as an exhibition start time of the commodity above exhibited reserve this time Features.

According to the present invention, at least one of the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product group to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs is a predetermined listing. When the conditions are satisfied, the current date and time are configured to be registered as the listing start date and time of the reserved product, so even if the seller at the auction cannot determine the listing time, It can be sent automatically at an appropriate time according to market trends.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the auction processing system S which concerns on this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the auction process server SA which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content registered into various databases. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the connection of the merchandise category registered into the merchandise category information database. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the exhibition reservation reception process in the system control part 4 of auction process server SA. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for auction exhibition reservation. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the tree structure of the merchandise category which concerns on exhibition conditions. It is a flowchart which shows the exhibition condition determination process in the system control part 4 of auction process server SA.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to an auction processing system.

[1. Auction processing system configuration and function overview]
First, the configuration and outline function of an auction processing system S according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an auction processing system S according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the auction processing system S includes a plurality of user terminals (an example of a terminal device) Tn (n = 1, 2, 3,... K) and an auction processing server (an example of a commercial transaction processing device) SA. And. The user terminal Tn and the auction processing server SA are each connected to the network NW. The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, CATV (Community Antenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station), a gateway, and the like.

  The user terminal Tn is, for example, a personal computer (PC), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, or the like, and has a Web browser function. Each of the user terminals Tn is connected to the auction processing server SA by a Web browser, acquires a Web page, and displays the Web page on a display.

  The auction processing server SA is a server (for example, a Web server, a database server, etc.) installed to operate an auction site.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the auction processing server SA according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the auction processing server SA includes a communication unit 1, a storage unit 2, an input / output interface unit 3, and a system control unit 4. The system control unit 4 and the input / output interface unit 3 are connected via a system bus 5.

  The communication unit 1 is connected to the network NW and controls the communication state with the user terminal Tn.

  The storage unit 2 is configured by, for example, a hard disk drive and stores various programs such as an operating system and an auction processing program (including the exhibition condition determination processing program of the present invention). For example, the auction processing program may be acquired from another server device or the like via the network NW, or may be recorded on a recording medium and read via a drive device.

  In addition, the storage unit 2 stores a structured document (for example, an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) document or an XHTML document) file that constitutes a Web page, image data, and the like.

  Further, the storage unit 2 includes a user information database (DB) 21, an authentication information database (DB) 22, a product category information database (DB) 23, an auction database (DB) 24 (an example of product information storage means), a watch list. A registration database (DB) 25, a user request database (DB) 26, and a product category auction status database (DB) 27 (an example of a commercial transaction information storage unit) are constructed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents registered in various databases.

  In the user information database 21 shown in FIG. 3A, the user ID, nickname, name, gender, and the like of a user who is registered as a member of an auction (a user who can be an auction seller, seller, bidder, etc.) User information such as an address, a telephone number, and an e-mail address is registered (stored) in association with each user. The user ID is identification information for identifying a user as a member.

  In the authentication information database 22 shown in FIG. 3B, a user ID, a login ID, and a password are registered in association with each user. The login ID and password are authentication information used for a login process (user authentication process) for participating in an auction (exhibition or bidding).

  In the product category information database 23 shown in FIG. 3C, a product category ID and a product category name are registered in association with each product category (also referred to as a product genre).

  Here, the product category (an example of a product group) is attribute information for classifying a product to be auctioned. The product categories are divided into a plurality of tree shapes stepwise from the upper hierarchy to the lower hierarchy. Information indicating the connection (link) between the product categories is also registered in the product category information database 23. The product category ID is identification information for identifying the product category.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the connection of product categories registered in the product category information database 23. For example, if the product category of the product subject to auction belongs to “Digital Camera”, this product is also included in “Camera / Optical Equipment” and “Home Appliance / AV / Camera” located in the upper hierarchy of “Digital Camera”. It belongs (it does not belong to "audio" etc.).

  In the auction database 24 shown in FIG. 3D, an auction ID, a product category ID, an exhibition reservation flag, an exhibition condition, exhibition reservation information (or exhibition information), bid information, and successful bid information are associated with each auction. be registered. However, the bid information of products that have not been bid yet and the bid information of products that have not been bid are not registered.

  Here, the auction ID is identification information for identifying an auction of a certain product. Further, the product category ID registered in the auction database 24 is the product category ID of the product category to which the exhibition reservation or the exhibited product belongs. As the product category ID, for example, only the product category ID of the lowest-order product category to which the product belongs may be registered, or the product category IDs of all product categories to which the product belongs may be registered.

  The exhibition reservation flag is information indicating whether the exhibition is being reserved (that is, waiting for exhibition) or is being exhibited. For example, “1” when the exhibition is being reserved, 0 "is set. Since the product information of the product under exhibition reservation is not provided from the auction site to the user terminal Tn of the user other than the exhibition reservation user (that is, not disclosed), it is not possible to bid on the auction for the product under exhibition reservation. It has become. In addition, when an item for which an item has been reserved for exhibition has been submitted by satisfying the exhibition conditions, the item for sale reservation flag corresponding to the item for sale is changed from “1” to “0”.

  The exhibition condition is a condition for listing a commodity that has been reserved for exhibition. For example, (α) the current number of items in the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and (β) the current bid in the product category to which the product reserved for sale belongs. And at least one of the number, the current watch list registration number, and the current user request number is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The number of exhibitions, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests are information that fluctuates momentarily according to market trends such as auctions (hereinafter referred to as “variation information”). Used to determine whether the condition is met. Under such exhibition conditions, the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs (hereinafter referred to as “product category related to the exhibition condition”) and a predetermined value (hereinafter referred to as “predetermined value related to the exhibition condition”) The person can specify. Note that listing conditions are not registered for products that are listed without a booking reservation.

  For the exhibition reservation information (or exhibition information), the user ID of the exhibition reservation person (or seller), the nickname of the exhibition reservation person (or seller), the name of the product, the description of the product, the image data of the product, the start price The immediate drop price, the lowest successful bid price, the number of items exhibited, the exhibition period (or the exhibition end date and time), etc. are registered in association with each auction. Here, the name of the product, the description of the product, the image data of the product, the start price, the immediate drop price, the lowest successful bid price, the number of items exhibited, and the exhibition period (or the exhibition end date and time) are examples of the product information of the product. In addition, for items that are exhibited without an exhibition reservation, the exhibition start date and time designated by the exhibitor is included in the exhibition information.

  The bid information includes, for example, the user ID of the bidder, the nickname of the bidder, the bid price, the number of bids for the product, and the bid date and time.

  The successful bid information includes, for example, the user ID of the successful bidder, the nickname of the successful bidder, the successful bid price, the number of successful bids for the product, and the successful bid date and time.

  In the watch list registration database 25 shown in FIG. 3E, the user ID of the user registered in his / her watch list, the auction ID of the auction registered in the watch list, and the product category to which the product exhibited in the auction belongs. Product category IDs are registered in association with each user.

  Here, the watch list refers to a list that allows the user to easily browse the auction trend in which the user is interested. For example, when a user designates a desired auction on a my auction page displayed by a web browser and selects a watch list registration button (for example, clicks with a mouse), information indicating an auction ID or the like of the designated auction Is transmitted to the auction processing server SA, and the user ID of the user, the auction ID, and the product category ID associated with the auction ID are registered in the watch list registration database 25 (watch list registration). . Then, when the auction listing end date and time registered in the watch list by the user is approaching, or when a product that has been exhibited at the auction that has been closed once is relisted, the information to that effect is available on the My Auction page or e-mail, for example. The user is notified.

  In the user request database 26 shown in FIG. 3F, the user ID of the requesting user, the name of the product for which the user request was made, and the product category ID of the product category to which the product belongs are associated with each user and registered. Has been.

  Here, the user request means that the user requests a product that the user wishes to exhibit at the auction. For example, on the My Auction page displayed by the Web browser, the user specifies the name of the desired product and the product category to which the product belongs, and the user request button is selected (for example, clicked with the mouse). Information indicating the name of the product is transmitted to the auction processing server SA, and the user ID of the user, the name of the product, and the product category ID of the product category to which the product belongs are registered in the user request database 26. Become. When a product including the name of the product requested by the user is placed in an auction, information to that effect is notified to the user by, for example, a my auction page or e-mail. In addition, when the auction registered in the watch list is terminated without being successful, it may be configured to be registered in a user request in order to prompt the re-listing of the auction.

  In the auction status database 27 for each product category shown in FIG. 3G, the product category ID, the current (latest) number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests are the lowest. It is registered so that it can be distinguished for each product category in the hierarchy.

  The product category ID registered in the database 27 is the product category ID of the product category at the lowest level. That is, the number of exhibitions, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests are the numbers aggregated within the product category at the lowest level. If the number of exhibitions is registered for each product category in the lowest hierarchy, the number of exhibitions in the product category in the higher hierarchy can be calculated. Here, the update of the number of exhibitions is performed by the system control unit 4 when, for example, the auction processing server SA accepts the exhibition of products. The number of bids is updated by the system control unit 4 when the auction processing server SA accepts a bid for a product, for example. The number of watch list registrations is updated by the system control unit 4 when the watch list is registered, for example. The number of user requests is updated by the system control unit 4 when the auction processing server SA receives a user request, for example. It should be noted that the number of exhibitions, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests are updated by the system control unit 4 with reference to the auction database 24, the watch list registration database 25, and the user request database 26 every predetermined time. You may comprise so that it may be performed.

  The input / output interface unit 3 performs interface processing between the communication unit 1 and the storage unit 2 and the system control unit 4.

  The system control unit 4 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 4a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 4b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 4c, and the like. The system control unit 4 functions as product information receiving means, exhibition condition determining means, exhibition processing means, etc. of the present invention by the CPU 4a reading and executing the auction processing program stored in the storage unit 2, Processing to be described later is performed.

[2. Operation of the auction processing system]
Next, the operation of the auction processing system S according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the exhibition reservation receiving process in the system control unit 4 of the auction processing server SA. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an auction listing reservation screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the tree structure of the product category related to the exhibition condition. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the exhibition condition determination processing in the system control unit 4 of the auction processing server SA.

  The auction processing server SA performs the exhibition reservation acceptance process shown in FIG. 5 in response to a request instruction for the auction exhibition reservation screen from the user terminal T1 after the login process of the user of the user terminal T1 connected via the network NW. A web page having an auction listing reservation screen is transmitted to the user terminal T1 (step S1).

  When the user terminal T1 receives a web page having an auction listing reservation screen from the auction processing server SA, the web page is displayed on the display by the web browser. In the screen example for auction exhibition reservation shown in FIG. 6, for specifying (inputting) a product category, a product name (product name), a description of the product, a start price, an immediate drop price, the number of items to be exhibited, and an exhibition period. The designation field is provided. Here, when the exhibition reservation person operates the operation unit to select and operate the button 411 on the right side of the product category designation column 41, the display changes to a page displaying a list of product categories of selection candidates prepared in advance. On this page, the exhibition reservation person can specify the lowest category product category to which the product to be reserved for sale belongs.

  Furthermore, the auction listing reservation screen example shown in FIG. In this exhibition condition designating part 51, the exhibition reservation person can operate the operation part to select either the exhibition condition α or the exhibition condition β with the radio buttons 511, 512.

  For example, in order to designate the exhibition condition α, the exhibition reservation person selects the radio button 511, then designates the product category related to the exhibition condition α in the product category designation field 511a, and exhibits in the numerical value designation field 511c. It is necessary to specify (input) a predetermined value (for example, 100) related to the condition α. Here, when the exhibition reservation person selects and operates the button 511b on the right side of the product category designation field 511a using the operation unit, a list of product categories as selection candidates is displayed in a pull-down manner as shown in FIG. The selection candidate product categories displayed in this way are the product category specified in the product category specification column 41 (the product category of the lowest hierarchy to which the product to be reserved for exhibition belongs), and all of the products that are located in the upper hierarchy of the product category. Product category. The exhibition reservation person can designate the product category of any one of these selection candidate product categories as the product category related to the exhibition condition α by the operation unit. Instead of the selection candidate product category list, a selection candidate product category hierarchy list may be displayed in a pull-down manner so that any one of the hierarchies is designated. For example, the lowest hierarchy, the second hierarchy, the third hierarchy, and the highest hierarchy are displayed.

  Alternatively, when the button 511b on the right side of the product category designation field 511a is selected and operated, a tree structure of product categories may be displayed as shown in FIG. From the tree structure displayed in this way, the exhibition reservation person can designate any one of the product categories as the product category related to the exhibition condition α by the operation unit.

  The exhibition reservation person can also specify no product category in the product category specification field 511a. In this case, for example, the product category specified in the product category specification field 41 is the product category specified in the product category specification field 511a. It becomes.

  On the other hand, for example, in order to designate the exhibition condition β, the exhibition reservation person designates the product category related to the exhibition condition β in the product category designation field 512a after selecting the radio button 512, and the numerical value designation field. In addition to designating a predetermined value related to the exhibition condition β in 512d, it is necessary to designate any one of the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests in the variation information designation field 512b. Here, when the exhibition reservation person selects and operates the button 512c on the right side of the variation information designation column 512b by the operation unit, a list of variation information of selection candidates is displayed in a pull-down manner as shown in FIG. These selection candidates include a combination (AND) of the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests. For example, a combination of the number of bids and the number of watch list registrations can be selected. The product category designation method in the product category designation field 512a is the same as that in the product category designation field 511a.

  As described above, the exhibition reservation person operates the operation unit of the user terminal T1, and designates the product information and the exhibition condition of the product to be reserved for exhibition in each designation column provided on the auction exhibition reservation screen. After confirming on the confirmation screen, if an exhibition reservation instruction operation is performed (for example, clicking an exhibition reservation button with a mouse), the auction exhibition reservation request information is transmitted from the user terminal T1 to the auction processing server SA. The auction listing reservation request information includes, for example, the listing reservation user ID, the listing reservation nickname, the listing information indicating the item information and listing conditions specified on the auction listing reservation screen, and the like. Is included. In addition, the exhibition condition information includes product category hierarchy information (an example of product group hierarchy information) indicating a hierarchy designated by the exhibition reservation person or a product category corresponding to the hierarchy.

  When the auction processing server SA receives the exhibition request information for the auction from the user terminal T1 (step S2), the system control unit 4 includes the product information and the exhibition condition information included in the received exhibition reservation request information. Is extracted (step S3).

  Next, the system control unit 4 displays the exhibition reservation information including the product information extracted in step S3, the extracted exhibition condition information, and the product category included in the exhibition reservation information (the product at the lowest hierarchy to which the product to be reserved for exhibition belongs). Category) merchandise category ID, the exhibition reservation flag “1”, and the newly-numbered auction ID are associated with each other and registered in the auction database 24 (step S4). The auction ID is numbered so as not to overlap with other auction IDs already registered in the auction database 23.

  In this way, the exhibition reservation for the auction from the exhibition reservation person is completed.

  Next, in the exhibition condition determination process shown in FIG. 8, for example, any of the number of exhibitions, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests registered in the auction status database 27 for each product category has been updated. To be started. When the exhibition condition determination process shown in FIG. 8 is started, the system control unit 4 first refers to the auction database 24 and displays the auction ID of the auction whose exhibition reservation flag is “1” and the exhibition associated therewith. The conditions are acquired from the auction database 24 (step S11).

  Next, the system control unit 4 selects any one auction ID from the auction IDs acquired in step S11 (for example, in order of registration in the auction database 24) (step S12).

  Next, the system control unit 4 displays at least one of change information (the number of exhibitions, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests) indicated in the exhibition conditions associated with the auction ID selected in step S12. And the variation information associated with the product category ID corresponding to the product category related to the exhibition condition (this is indicated in the product category hierarchy information) is acquired from the auction status database 27 for each product category (step) S13).

  Here, when the product category related to the exhibition condition is the lowest-level product category, the “product category ID corresponding to the product category related to the exhibition condition” is the product category ID of the product category. On the other hand, when the product category related to the exhibition condition is not the product category of the lowest hierarchy, the “product category ID corresponding to the product category related to the exhibition condition” means all of the product categories located in the lowest hierarchy of the product category. Product category ID. For example, when the variation information indicated in the exhibition condition is the number of exhibitions, the variation information acquired in step S13 is the total number of exhibitions associated with each product category ID.

  Next, the system control unit 4 obtains the fluctuation information acquired in step S13 (that is, the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current user in the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs). It is determined whether at least one of the number of requests satisfies the exhibition condition associated with the auction ID selected in step S12 (step S14). For example, when the current number of items acquired in step S13 is equal to or less than a predetermined value related to the item condition associated with the auction ID selected in step S12, it is determined that the item condition is satisfied. In addition, for example, at least one of the current number of bids acquired in step S13, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests is an exhibition associated with the auction ID selected in step S12. When it is equal to or greater than a predetermined value related to the condition, it is determined that the exhibition condition is satisfied.

  When the system control unit 4 determines that the exhibition condition is satisfied (step S14: YES), the system control unit 4 proceeds to step S15, and when it is determined that the exhibition condition is not satisfied (step S14: NO). The process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S15, the system control unit 4 uses the product information of the product reserved for exhibition corresponding to the auction ID selected in step S12 as the product information of the exhibited product as another user terminal Tn via the network NW. Execute the exhibition process to provide to. In this exhibition process, the system control unit 4 changes the exhibition reservation flag associated with the auction ID selected in step S12 from “1” to “0” and registers it in the auction database 24, and the current date and time. Is registered in the auction database 24 in association with the auction ID as an exhibition start date and time. As a result, the product information of the product associated with the auction ID can be searched on the auction bidding screen provided to the other user terminal Tn accessing the auction site, and the auction for the product can be bid. It becomes possible.

  On the other hand, in step S16, the system control unit 4 determines whether there is an auction ID that has not yet been selected among the auction IDs acquired in step S11. If the system control unit 4 determines that there is an auction ID that has not been selected (step S16: YES), the system control unit 4 returns to step S12, selects an auction ID that has not yet been selected, and is similar to the above. Perform the process. On the other hand, if the system control unit 4 determines that there is no auction ID that has not yet been selected (step S16: NO), the exhibition condition determination process ends.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the auction processing server SA has the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of items in the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs. When it is determined that at least one of the user requests satisfies the exhibition conditions corresponding to the product, the product information of the product reserved for sale is used as the product information of the exhibited product as a network NW. Since it is configured to execute an exhibition process for providing to other user terminals Tn via the network, even if the seller at the auction cannot determine the exhibition time, an appropriate time depends on the market trend. Can be automatically listed. In addition, since a part of various elements of the exhibition conditions can be designated by the exhibition reservation person, it is possible to automatically make an exhibition at an appropriate time reflecting the intention of the exhibition reservation person. Furthermore, since the hierarchy of the “product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs” can be arbitrarily designated by the exhibition reservation person, the exhibition reservation person can display the number of items in the range (size) of the desired product category. It can be automatically displayed at an appropriate time according to the needs and the like.

  Further, according to the configuration in which it is determined that the exhibition condition is satisfied when the current number of exhibitions in the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the product category in which the product reserved for exhibition belongs is determined. Because it is possible to automatically sell at the timing when the number of listings is small, it is possible for the listing reservation person to place the listing reserved product as a product belonging to a rare product category at a relatively high value timing. .

  In addition, when at least one of the current number of bids, the current number of watchlist registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product category to which the item reserved for exhibition belongs is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the exhibition condition is satisfied. According to the configuration in which it is determined that the product has been reserved, it is automatically displayed at the timing when at least one of the number of bids in the product category to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests is large. Therefore, the exhibition reservation person can exhibit the commodity reserved for exhibition as a commodity belonging to a popular commodity category having high needs at a relatively high value. In addition, since the combination of the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests can be used as the listing conditions, the listing is automatically performed at an appropriate time that captures the needs of the product. be able to.

  In the above embodiment, as an example of the product group, the exhibition condition can be determined more effectively by applying the product category. However, the product condition may be applied to products classified by other methods. good.

  In the above embodiment, the exhibition reservation person can specify the exhibition conditions. However, as another example, the exhibition conditions may be specified uniformly by the system administrator.

  In the above embodiment, an auction is described as an example of a commercial transaction. However, in addition to an auction, for example, the present invention can be applied to a case in which a product is reserved for sale in a shopping site. It is.

1 Communication Unit 2 Storage Unit 3 Input / Output Interface Unit 4 System Control Unit 5 System Bus Tn User Terminal SA Auction Processing Server NW Network

Claims (7)

The terminal device is a commercial transaction processing device connectable via a network,
Commerce information storage means for storing commerce information including at least any one of the number of items exhibited in commerce, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests in a distinguishable manner for each product group;
Product information receiving means for receiving product information of a product for which an exhibition is reserved for a commercial transaction from the terminal device of the seller for the commercial transaction;
Product information storage means for storing the received product information as product information of a product reserved for exhibition;
Whether at least one of the current number of listings, the current number of bids, the current number of watchlist registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product group to which the listing-reserved product belongs belongs to a predetermined listing condition Exhibition condition judging means for judging whether or not,
Exhibition processing means for registering the current date and time as the exhibition start date and time of the item reserved for exhibition when it is determined by the exhibition condition determining means that the exhibition condition is satisfied;
A commercial transaction processing apparatus comprising: In the commercial transaction processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The product group is divided into a plurality of stages from the upper hierarchy to the lower hierarchy,
The product information receiving means receives product group hierarchy information indicating a hierarchy designated by the exhibition reservation person or a product group corresponding to the hierarchy together with the product information,
The exhibition condition determining means includes a current number of exhibitions, a current number of bids, a current number of watch list registrations, and a current number of user requests in the product group corresponding to the hierarchy indicated in the received product group hierarchy information. A commercial transaction processing apparatus characterized by determining whether at least one of them satisfies a predetermined exhibition condition. In the commercial transaction processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The product information receiving means receives exhibition condition information indicating the exhibition conditions designated by the exhibition reservation person together with the product information,
The exhibition condition determining means includes at least one of the current number of exhibitions, the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product group to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs, A commercial transaction processing apparatus for determining whether or not the exhibition conditions indicated in the received exhibition condition information are satisfied. In the commerce processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The exhibition condition determining means determines that the exhibition condition is satisfied when the current number of items in the product group to which the product reserved for exhibition belongs is equal to or less than a predetermined value. . In the commerce processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
In the case where at least one of the current number of bids, the current number of watch list registrations, and the current number of user requests in the commodity group to which the commodity reserved for exhibition belongs is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. And determining that the exhibition condition is satisfied. Exhibit condition determination processing in a commercial transaction processing apparatus comprising a commercial transaction information storage means, merchandise information receiving means, merchandise information storage means, exhibition condition determination means, and exhibition processing means, the terminal device being connectable via a network A method,
The commercial transaction information storage means stores commercial transaction information including at least one of the number of items exhibited in the commercial transaction, the number of bids, the number of watch list registrations, and the number of user requests so as to be discriminable for each product group. And steps to
Receiving the product information of the product for which the product information receiving means reserves the exhibition for the commercial transaction from the terminal device of the seller for the commercial transaction;
The product information storage means stores the received product information as product information of a product reserved for exhibition;
The exhibition condition determining means is configured to determine whether at least one of a current number of exhibitions, a current number of bids, a current number of watch list registrations, and a current number of user requests in a product group to which the commodity reserved for exhibition belongs is predetermined. Determining whether or not the listing requirements are satisfied;
When the exhibition condition determining means determines that the exhibition condition is satisfied , the exhibition processing means registers the current date and time as the exhibition start date and time of the item reserved for exhibition;
The exhibition condition determination processing method characterized by including. A computer to which a terminal device can be connected via a network
A commercial transaction information storage means for storing commercial transaction information including at least any one of the number of items exhibited in commercial transactions, the number of bids, the number of registered watch lists, and the number of user requests;
Commodity information receiving means for receiving commodity information of a commodity reserved for exhibition in a commercial transaction from a terminal device of a person who reserves the commercial transaction;
Product information storage means for storing the received product information as product information of a product reserved for exhibition;
Whether at least one of the current number of listings, the current number of bids, the current number of watchlist registrations, and the current number of user requests in the product group to which the listing-reserved product belongs belongs to a predetermined listing condition Exhibition condition judging means for judging whether or not, and
When the exhibition condition determining unit determines that the exhibition condition is satisfied, the exhibition condition is made to function as an exhibition processing unit that registers the current date and time as the exhibition start date and time of the commodity reserved for exhibition. Judgment processing program.

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