JPH11232354A - Commodity transaction device, system therefor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain efficient commodity transaction even in the case of selling many commodities by various means including cash sales such as an auction by providing the commodity transaction system with a transaction processing means for processing a reserved relative transaction based on purchase information, a transaction processing means for processing a reserved relative transaction based on selling information, and so on. SOLUTION: Each trader side terminal equipment 400 has an information receiving/ distributing function 410, a user interface(I/F) function 420 based on a WWW browser or the like, a self-account management function 431 and a cooperative function 433 which are an application function, and a data storage function 440 necessary for various processing. There is a flow of transaction processing (A) based on order information, transaction processing (B) based on selling information and transaction processing (C) based on plural order information and plural selling information, and in the case of executing respective transaction processing or the like, each user accesses a server side by his own terminal equipment to display a top picture on the equipment. Then the user selectively specifies each item by a mouse or the like to execute the specified item.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a product having a short life cycle, such as a fresh product having a short life cycle such as flowers and fruits and vegetables, a service product such as a ticket having an expiration date, and an airline ticket having a limited use date. The present invention relates to a merchandise transaction apparatus and a merchandise transaction system used for a transaction of various commodities that lose or decrease in product value when it passes, and a computer-readable storage medium for storing processing steps for performing the transaction. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, transactions for buying and selling fresh flowers are carried out at wholesale markets. That is, the buyer goes to the site,
Observe the actual goods sold by the seller and understand what kind of fresh flowers are sold and how much. Then, if the desired fresh flower is sold, a transaction including the price and the like is performed with the seller. In this way, the buyer procure the desired fresh flowers.

[0003]

However, in the past, there has been no systematized transaction for buying and selling commodities such as fresh flowers as described above. Therefore, there were the following problems.

[0004] (1) The distribution of commodity sales transactions becomes complicated. Also, the buyer must actually go to the spot (wholesale market, wholesale company, etc.) in order to obtain the desired product. At this time, it is sufficient that the desired product is sold. If not, it will be useless. In particular, products such as fresh flowers and the like are susceptible to natural conditions such as weather and disasters, so that planned products are often not sold as planned. Therefore, it is often a random purchase for buyers,
Can't make procurement plans.

[0005] (2) The seller sells goods in the wholesale market, but cannot know in advance whether the goods will be available to buyers and how much can be cut off, and may make a sales plan. Can not. For products that could not be judged (unsold products, that is, actual products), for example, products that are the same as the unsold products but excluding cargo are sold further, and as a result of the sale, the remaining products are auctioned. However, it is extremely difficult to plan such a sale of unsold products in consideration of cargo pickup and auction, especially when the sales target is a certain period, such as fresh flowers as described above. If the product loses quality if it is lost, it will receive goods, prepare for auction,
Since the cargo is damaged by the load after bidding, the greater the damage, the lower the price needs to be. In particular, when a large number of products are sold, the damage received increases accordingly.

[0006] (3) Buyers often desire a large amount of a plurality of types of commodities, but if they do not actually go to the wholesale market, whether the desired commodities are sold, Can not know in advance if they are sold to Therefore, the planned purchase cannot be made. Also, if you try to buy a large amount of goods, the demand on the wholesale market will be tight and you will have to raise your own prices.

(4) Since the seller cannot make a sales plan, the producer cannot make a production plan.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has been made in accordance with the planned production and sale of products.
Commodity transaction device that enables efficient purchase and sale of products even when a large number of products are sold by various means including actual product sales such as auctions by enabling planned product procurement. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a commodity transaction system and processing steps for performing the transaction.

[0009]

For such a purpose,
According to a first aspect, at least one of the plurality of terminal devices in a system for determining a contract for sale of a product based on sales information and purchase information information for a sale transaction of a product output from the plurality of terminal devices. A terminal device, a first transaction processing means for processing a reservation relative transaction based on the purchase information; a second transaction processing means for processing a reservation relative transaction based on the sales information; A third transaction processing means for matching information and a plurality of the above-mentioned sales information to sequentially execute a transaction for determining a contract from a meeting of both conditions; and at least one of the first to third transaction processing means And a fourth transaction processing means for processing a transaction for the unsold product generated by the execution or a transaction for sale which is not performed by the first to third transaction processing means. To.

[0010] The second invention is the above-mentioned first invention, wherein:
The fourth transaction processing means includes means for performing an emergency transaction processing on the unsold product during or after the transaction processing by the first to third transaction processing means.

[0013] A third invention is the above-mentioned second invention, wherein:
The fourth transaction processing means is a means for designating or managing a bid target product to be specified before, during, or after the execution of the transaction processing or the emergency transaction processing by the first to third transaction processing means. It is characterized by including.

[0012] In a fourth aspect based on the first aspect,
The fourth transaction processing means processes a transaction for unsold products generated by the execution of the first and second transaction processing means or for unsold products generated by the execution of the third transaction processing means. It is characterized by performing.

According to a fifth aspect, in the first aspect,
The third transaction means includes a specification means for specifying, as a transaction condition, arbitrary information of information on a product included in the sales information.

According to a sixth aspect, in the first aspect,
There is provided a copying unit that uses sales information of unsold products generated by the second transaction unit as the sales information of the third transaction unit.

[0015] In a seventh aspect based on the first aspect,
A display unit having an icon function for executing each transaction process is provided.

According to an eighth aspect based on the first aspect,
The merchandise is characterized in that it loses its value or decreases after a period assumed for each merchandise.

According to a ninth aspect, there is provided a commodity transaction system for deciding a contract for purchase and sale of goods based on sales information for purchase and sale of goods and transaction information output from a plurality of terminal devices,
At least one of the plurality of terminal devices is the commodity transaction device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices and a host communicate with each other to make a sale and purchase of a product from the sales information and the purchase information for the sales transaction of the product output from the plurality of terminal devices. A commodity trading system for determining
The terminal device displays the transmitted information on a screen by a browser function, and outputs information according to a user operation performed based on the information on the screen.
A first transaction processing function for processing a reservation bilateral transaction based on the purchase information, a second transaction processing function for processing a reservation bidding transaction based on the sales information, a plurality of the purchase information and a plurality of the sales The information is matched, and a transaction is processed to determine a contract sequentially from a meeting of both conditions.
Transaction processing function and the processing of the transaction for the unsold product generated by execution of at least one of the first to third transaction processing functions, or the sales processing not performed by the first to third transaction processing functions. And a fourth transaction processing function for performing transaction processing for the transaction.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, a transaction processing step for deciding a sales contract for a product based on sales information and purchase information information for a sales transaction of a product output from a plurality of terminal devices is executed. A storage medium storing a program, wherein the transaction processing step is a first transaction processing step of performing a reservation relative transaction based on the purchase information, and a second transaction processing step of performing a reservation relative transaction based on the sales information. A third transaction processing step of matching a plurality of pieces of purchase information and a plurality of pieces of sales information, and sequentially performing a transaction for determining a contract from a combination of both conditions; Processing of transactions for unsold products generated in at least one of the third transaction processing steps, or sales not performed by the first to third transaction processing steps. Characterized in that it comprises a fourth transaction processing step for processing the transaction.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The commodity trading system according to the present invention is applied, for example, to a flower arrangement system 100 as shown in FIG.

In the fresh flower trading system 100, as shown in FIG. 1, a terminal device 101 on the server side for managing the market of fresh flowers, and terminal devices 111 to 114 on a plurality of sellers.
And 141, a plurality of terminal devices 121 to 12 on the buyer side
3 and 151, and the terminal device 131 on the wholesaler side,
The configuration is such that they are communicably connected to each other via a WAN 161.

Here, among the plurality of sellers, there are major sellers (major sellers) and retailers (retail sellers), and among the plurality of buyers, there are major sellers (major buyers). ) And retailers (retail buyers). Then, the terminal devices on the server side, the seller side, the buyer side, and the wholesaler side are, for example, central processing units (C
PU), a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a communication device, and a personal computer (personal computer) including a memory in which a processing program of the present system is stored in advance.
By reading and executing the processing program of the memory by the CPU, various processing described later is performed.

It should be noted that the server, the seller, the buyer,
Each of the terminal devices on the wholesaler side applies the merchandise transaction device according to the present invention. Also, here, WAN1
Although the connection configuration between the server side and each trader side via 61 has been described, the configuration is not limited thereto, and a connection configuration between a host computer and a terminal device or a connection configuration between the server side and the client side may be used. Further, a plurality of terminal devices 11 on the seller's side
1 to 114, and terminal devices 121 to 121 of a plurality of buyers
123 may be individually connected to the server via the WAN 161. Also, 171 to 171 in FIG.
Reference numeral 173 denotes a producer, which is not connected to the major seller 111 by communication, but is contacted by telephone or fax.

The flower arrangement system 100 as described above includes:
Transactions between vendors based on product information generated from buyers (transactions based on order information), Transactions between vendors based on product information generated from sellers (transactions based on sales information), And the sale and purchase of fresh flowers including transactions between a plurality of vendors based on order information generated from a plurality of buyers and sales information generated from a plurality of sellers (transactions based on a plurality of order information and a plurality of sales information). Trading, flower trading system 1
This is performed on a terminal device on the side of each contractor (participant) subscribing to 00.

The "product information" here is, for example,
Including quantity, unit price, information input time, and attribute data,
The “attribute data” includes a date, a term, a type, a color, and the like. Further, the "producer" here includes a sales agent, a sales wholesaler, a sales agent, an importer, and the like entrusted with sales from the actual producer.

Therefore, first, the internal configuration of the terminal device on the server side and the internal configuration of the terminal device on each trader side will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 300 on the server side has an information receiving / distributing function 310 for receiving and transmitting (distributing) various information, and a transaction process as an application function (APP function). And price formation function 3
21, price prediction function 322, system operation management function 32
3. An individual market analysis function 324, an individual data distribution management function 325, and a storage function (database memory: DB) for storing transaction data and master data as well as data necessary for various processes.
M) 330. The transaction processing and price formation function 321 is a function for performing various transaction processing such as a transaction based on order information, a transaction based on sales information, and a transaction based on a plurality of order information and a plurality of sales information. is there.
The price prediction function 322, which will be described in detail later, is a function for predicting a change in the price of a flower to be traded in a transaction between traders. System operation management function 32
Reference numeral 3 denotes a function for controlling and managing the flower arrangement system 100 by operating the terminal device on the server side. The individual market analysis function 324 is used to register a participant, and at the same time, the date and time when the participant actually trades, the transaction status after the transaction, and information on the flower arrangement (such as the type of flower arrangement and the transaction price). ), Etc., the information on the transaction performed by each participant is stored in the DBM, and based on the stored information, for example,
This function is used to analyze seasonal trend values of flowers to be traded, price fluctuations, future transaction trends (trading trends) of each participant, and the like. The individual data distribution management function 325 is a function for filtering the data distribution management for each participant. For example, the business type of each participant on the seller side or the buyer side (such as a wholesaler or a mass retailer), or the product A function of displaying or not displaying the whole or a part of the distribution data depending on the delivery conditions or the contents of the service provided to each participant, or displayed for each participant for the above-described reason. This function is to change the contents of the whole or part.

On the other hand, the terminal device 400 on each trader side has an information reception / distribution function 410 for receiving and distributing various information.
And a user interface (I / F) function 420 such as a WWW browser, a self-account management function 431 and a coordination function 432 as application functions, and store transaction data and master data and data necessary for various processes. Storage function 44 for
0. The own account management function 431 is a function for managing own accounts processed on the participant side, such as management of payment generated by the preceding transaction. Cooperation function 43
2 means that information on the previous transaction is notified in cooperation with the system of the retail store to which it belongs or the in-house sales system.
This is a function to enable cooperation with the side belonging to the participant.

Here, the self-account management function 431, the coordination function 432, and the storage function 440 are provided in the terminal device 400 on the trader side, but these functions are not necessarily provided in the terminal device 400 on the trader side. It is not necessary to provide them, and instead of providing them on the terminal device 400 on the trader side, they may be provided on the terminal device 300 on the server side.

Next, the flow of various processes by the flower arrangement system 100, in particular, (A) transaction process based on order information, (B) transaction process based on sales information, and (C) multiple order information and multiple A description will be given of the flow of the transaction processing based on this sales information. (A), (B) and (C)
In the following description of each transaction process, for example, a transaction between a buyer and a seller is assumed.

Here, the terminal device of each trader is, for example,
With WWW browser as interface function,
It is assumed that various data transmitted via the server side are displayed on the screen. Then, it is assumed that the processing is advanced by the user of the terminal device operating on the screen. Then, a certain trader uses the flower arrangement system 100,
When performing each of the transaction processes (A), (B), and (C), first, the terminal device accesses the server side, so that the device has, for example, the configuration shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. The top screen is displayed. FIG. 3 is a top screen displayed when a customer becomes a buyer, and includes “order”, “reservation”, “general I”, “general II”, “contract / arrival”, “collection statistics”,
Various items such as “notification” and “end” are displayed. On the other hand, FIG. 4 is a top screen displayed when the user is a seller, and includes “order”, “reservation”, “copy”, “general”,
"Contract / arrival", "Collection Statistics", "Notice", "End"
Etc. are displayed. Note that these displays are configured such that when the character portion is clicked, a process corresponding to the character portion is executed, similarly to the icon function. Here, the characters are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Then, the user of the terminal device selectively specifies (clicks) each item using a mouse or the like. Thereby, processing corresponding to the item specified at this time is executed. For example, when performing the transaction of (A), the item of "order", when performing the transaction of (B), the item of "reservation", and when performing the transaction of (C), "general I" or " Select and specify the item "General II" or "General".

(A) Transaction Processing Based on Order Information (First Transaction: Reserved Relative Transaction Based on Order Information) This transaction processing is executed, for example, according to the flow shown in FIG.

The buyer selects and designates the item of "order" on the top screen (FIG. 3) of the terminal device. Thereby, the device is in a state where order information can be input. And
According to the procurement (purchase) plan, the buyer enters the order information, which is the desired purchase date, such as the desired purchase date, the item of the fresh flower, the variety, the color, the class, the place of production, the total number, and the price by keyboard. This information is sent to the server side. As a result,
For example, an order information list as shown in FIG. 6 is created on the server side, and is displayed on the screen on the terminal device on the buyer side. Then, on this screen (order information list screen), information such as “total number”, “unselected total number”, and “total amount” are displayed in addition to the order information input by the buyer. This “Total number”, “Unselected total number”, and “Total amount”
Are obtained by calculation on the server side, transmitted to the terminal device, and displayed. In this way, the buyer trader orders fresh flowers in accordance with the procurement (purchase) plan on his own terminal device.

The seller refers to the order information issued by the buyer on the screen on the terminal device, and determines whether or not the buyer can ship the desired flower according to the sales (production) plan. Is determined, and if it can be shipped, it is input as keyboard information as application information. This application information is sent to the server. In this way, the seller applies for the order information issued by the buyer on its own terminal device. It should be noted that the seller can apply for all of the total number desired by the buyer, or can apply for a part thereof. Alternatively, it is possible to apply for more than the total number desired by the buyer.

The buyer trader refers to the order information list shown in FIG. 6 again on the screen on his own terminal device. The order information list at this time reflects the application information issued by the seller by the server side. Specifically, for example, in the “application” column of the order information list, the number of orders of sellers who have applied for the order information is displayed. By designating the adjacent "O" icon portion with a mouse, it is possible to refer to the detailed information of the seller who has applied for the order information. By referring to such an order information list screen by the buyer, the buyer selects the desired seller from among the sellers who have applied for the order information, makes a reservation, and inputs the reservation as keyboard information as order information. I do. This order information is sent to the server side and registered.

When the server makes a contract between the buyer and the seller, a notification of the contract is sent from the server to the seller, and the seller receives the notice, and the transaction with the buyer is received. Recognize the confirmation. Incidentally, the seller may recognize that the transaction of the buyer has been confirmed by referring to, for example, a list of the contract information on the screen of the terminal device without sending the notice of the contract.

At this time, this contract is reflected in the "unselected" column in the order information list shown in FIG. 6 on the buyer side. For example, if the desired total number of certain desired flowers is 100, and all 100 flowers are confirmed in this contract, the unselected number, which is the number of unconfirmed flowers, is 0. If 40 of the 100 are determined, the unselected number is 60. Further, when the number of applicants applied by the seller is larger than the desired total number, the unselected number is allowed to be negatively displayed, and the unselected number becomes a minus number (eg, -60).

Here, after each seller has applied for the order information of the buyer, the buyer selects the desired seller by referring to the applied information (see FIG. 5 above). See, for example, the buyer trader may additionally register new order information again without making a selection at this time. Alternatively, the previous order information may be deleted and new order information may be registered. In this case, the seller's application as described above is repeatedly applied to the updated order information. Further, when the buyer selects the above application information, all or a part of the application information may be selectable or rejectable.

(B) Transaction Processing Based on Sales Information (Second Transaction: Reserved Relative Transaction Based on Sales Information) This transaction processing is executed, for example, according to the flow shown in FIG. 7B.

The seller selects and designates the item of "reservation" on the top screen of the terminal device (FIG. 4). As a result, the device enters a state in which sales information can be input. Then, the seller enters the sales information (shipping information), which is the desired sales information, such as the item, variety, color, arrival date, class, production area, producer name, number of boxes, and price of the desired fresh flower by keyboard. .
As a result, for example, a shipping information list as shown in FIG. 8 is created and displayed on the screen. Then, such sales information is sent to the server side. In this way, the seller sells fresh flowers on his own terminal device.

The buyer trader searches his / her own terminal device for the desired product on the screen, referring to the sales information issued by the seller trader as shown in FIG. On the keyboard as purchase registration information. At this time,
Part of the desired number of boxes can also be registered. For example, the number of remaining boxes in the shipping information is 50, and the number of boxes originally desired by the buyer is 20, but only 10 of them can be registered. Then, such purchase registration information is sent to the server side. In this way, the buyer registers the purchase information on the own terminal device with respect to the shipping information issued by the seller (type 1).

The seller uses his / her own terminal device to determine the registration status of the buyer on the screen and makes a decision, and makes a contract with the buyer.

When the purchaser performs the above-mentioned purchase registration (type 1), the purchase price can be designated and used as purchase registration information (type 2). In this case, for example, a terminal device on the seller side automatically determines an appropriate buyer, for example, a buyer with the highest purchase price, based on each purchase price specified by a plurality of buyers. The algorithm may be executed. Further, with respect to the remaining 10 boxes in the sales information, the buyer trader can register, for example, 6 boxes as purchase registration information, and information indicating that the user purchases even 6 boxes or less. As a result, Koto 2
Even if the name of the buyer is registered to purchase 6 boxes each, if it is information that even if the purchase is less than 6 boxes, it is 6 boxes for you and 4 for the former.
It is possible to conclude a box.

(C) Transaction processing based on a plurality of purchase information and a plurality of sales information (Third transaction: a transaction in which a plurality of purchase information and a plurality of sales information are simultaneously determined and contracted sequentially from the one that meets both conditions) This transaction processing is executed, for example, according to the flow shown in FIG.

Here, the transaction processing is divided into two transaction processings (transaction processing of C1 and transaction processing of C2), and the top screen when these two transaction processings are buyers (see the above figure). This corresponds to “general I” and “general II” in 3). The details of the transaction processing of C1 and the transaction processing of C2 are, for example, described later when the buyer registers the purchase as described above, but the method of purchase registration performed on the sales information issued by the seller is described below. different.

Therefore, if the seller cannot determine all the quantities issued as the sales information as a result of the transaction processing of (B) described above, specifically, 100 sellers of a certain fresh flower may be requested. Regardless, if only 60 boxes of them can be closed with the buyer, 40 boxes will remain. If there is such a missing flower (uncontracted fresh flower), the seller searches for the uncontracted fresh flower on his own terminal device, obtains the information, and obtains the top screen (FIG. 4 above). By selecting and designating the item "copy", the process shifts to the present transaction processing for the fresh flowers which are not sold, that is, the fresh flowers which are not sold among the fresh flowers in the transaction processing (B). Then, the seller enters the sales information by keyboard in the same manner as in the transaction processing of (B), for the fresh flowers that have not been sold. In addition, at this time, if there is a fresh flower to be newly sold, sales information about the flower is also input. At this time, the minimum price information (the minimum sales price value) is also input. Then, such sales information is sent to the server side. Similarly, each of the other sellers also inputs the sales information of the fresh flower desired to be sold at its own terminal device. Then, the sales information of each seller is also sent to the server side. Therefore, sales information of a plurality of sellers exists on the server side. The details of the process of “copying” the top screen (FIG. 4) will be described later.

The buyer refers to the sales information issued by the plurality of sellers on the screen on its own terminal device, and, in the same manner as the transaction processing of (B), applies the sales information matching the desired condition to the sales information. At this time, the purchase registration is performed in the transaction processing of C1 or the transaction processing of C2 described above. That is, in the case of purchase registration in the transaction processing of C1, the buyer trader
“General I” is selected and designated on the top screen (FIG. 3) of the terminal device itself. This allows the device, as described above,
It becomes possible to refer to sales information issued by a plurality of sellers, and to enter purchase registration. The purchase registration here can specify, for example, only the condition of “item” and “color” of a desired fresh flower. On the other hand, in the case of purchase registration in the transaction processing of C2, the buyer trader selects and designates “general II” on the top screen of the own terminal device (FIG. 3).
As a result, similarly to the transaction processing of C1, the device is in a state where it is possible to refer to the sales information issued by a plurality of sellers and is in a state where purchase registration is possible.
In addition to the "item" and "color" of the desired fresh flower, other detailed conditions such as "variety" and "grade" can be specified. Further, the buyer is able to specify such detailed conditions for a plurality of sales information. Then, such purchase registration information is sent to the server side. Similarly, each of the other buyers registers in their own terminal device by referring to sales information issued by a plurality of sellers in the transaction processing of C1 or C2. Therefore, on the server side, there are sales information issued by a plurality of sellers and purchase registration information issued by a plurality of buyers.

On the server side, by executing a contract decision process by a predetermined contract decision algorithm, the sales information issued by a plurality of sellers and the purchase registration information issued by a plurality of buyers satisfy both conditions. The contracts (prices) are determined sequentially from. The contract determination algorithm here determines the contract in accordance with, for example, the order of the lower purchase price, the higher purchase price, the earlier input time of the purchase information, and the like. Information about this decision is sent to the seller and the buyer. As a result, the seller and the buyer recognize each other in their own terminal devices about the closing decision.

In the above-described contract decision algorithm,
The contract is determined in the order of the desired purchase price or in the early stage of the information input.However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be determined.
Alternatively, a request to purchase a part of the desired purchase quantity if there is a remaining sales quantity may be permitted, and the request may be reflected in the determination of the priority order to determine the contract. So, for example,
In the case where the contract is determined in the order of the desired purchase price, if there is purchase information of the same price, there is a lack of the desired purchase quantity as described above, in the order of larger quantity, earlier information input, or An algorithm of a part or a combination of those having a wide allowable range of purchase conditions on the buyer side such as purchase permission in the case may be used. Also, the condition tolerance of the target product is high (the condition is loose)
In such a case, an algorithm may be added that shifts to the transaction processing of (C) and does not shift to the transaction processing of (C) if the tolerance is low (the conditions are severe).

In addition, although the lower price information (lower price limit) is included in the sales information issued by the seller, the lower price information may be set to "0" (zero) and a complete sales consignment method may be adopted. Alternatively, another parameter may be used instead of the lower limit price information. For example, information on the minimum number of units sold may be used.

In the transaction processing of C1 and C2, the condition input (detailed condition input in C2, condition input in which the conditions are relaxed in C1) is determined and executed by the buyer. Within each item in advance ("breed",
"Item", "color", etc.) and their contents (for example, if the item is "item", contents of "chrysanthemum", "rose", etc.) are set, and the item desired by the buyer The contents (conditions) may be specified. Specifically, for example, when the commodity to be traded is a vegetable, the conditions of only "varieties" and "standards" and the conditions of the production area and producer name in the "variety" and "standards" are stored in a table or the like in advance. Have it ready. In the case of an air ticket, a plurality of conditions, such as a flight date and a section only, and an airline name or a specific flight number (a plurality of flights) are prepared in advance. This allows
The buyer can set various conditions.

The flow of each of the transaction processes (A), (B), and (C) by the fresh flower transaction system 100 has been described above.

Next, the “price prediction function” of the terminal device on the server side will be specifically described.

This price prediction function is a function for predicting a change in the price of a flower to be traded in each of the above-mentioned transactions (A), (B) and (C). With this function, the market operator (manager) can easily predict the price on his / her own terminal device (terminal device on the server side).

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, in the terminal device on the server side, various data are stored in the storage function (DBM) by the individual market analysis function, and various data generated during the transaction are stored. Is done. Various data stored in the DBM is analyzed by a multivariate analysis process or the like, and a model is generated from the analysis result. Then, the generated model is used to predict a price change or the like with respect to the market situation at that time. Such price prediction can be performed in accordance with prediction conditions such as each fresh flower item or season.

Next, the above-described top screen (FIG. 4)
The processing by “copy” will be specifically described.

As described above, the process of "copying" (copying process) is a process which is performed when there is a sales omission on the seller side as a result of the transaction process (B). By doing, the transaction processing of (B) becomes (C)
Will be shifted to transaction processing.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11, as a result of the transaction processing of (B), the contracted fresh flower (contract shipment product)
Uncontracted fresh flowers (uncontracted shipment products) are generated.
At this time, the product price (sale price) is “x”, and the lower limit price (lowest desired price) is “y”. These pieces of information on the contracted and unsold products are sent to the terminal device on the server side and stored in the DBM.

The seller uses its own device and the DB on the server side.
For example, by referring to a screen of a list of unsuccessful shipments as shown in FIG. 12 generated from the storage information of M, it is determined whether or not to execute the copying process. Select and specify "Copy". Then, the seller side individually selects commodities to be copied and designates a product to be copied. still,
At this time, all the unsold products may be designated collectively. Further, the seller considers the selling price x to be the selling price x '(x ≠ x') and the lower limit price y to the lower limit price y '(y ≠
y ') can also be specified. As a result, the information on the unsuccessful shipping product stored in the DBM on the server side is used as the product information in the transaction process (C), including the price change. At this time, the seller side newly registers the product (new registration), sets the selling price x ₁ ′, and sets the lower limit price to y.
If you go as ₁ ', including this information,
This is the product information in the transaction process (C).

Then, the seller uses his / her own terminal device to display, for example, a sales information list screen as shown in FIG.
(C) Products that have shifted to transaction processing, newly registered products,
And the date on which the information was registered (information registration date).

In the sales information issued by the seller,
If other parameters (such as the minimum number of units sold) as described above are used instead of the lower limit price, those parameters will be changed.

Next, as another processing which can be performed by the fresh flower trading system 100, a collection statistical processing will be described.

This collection statistics processing is executed when the item of "collection statistics" on the top screen shown in FIG. 4 is selected and designated in the terminal device on the seller side. That is, the seller selects and designates the item of “collective statistics” on the top screen by using the terminal device of the seller. Thereby, for example, a collection statistics information display list screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the apparatus. This collection statistics information display list screen displays information on transactions that will occur in the future (transactions that have already been determined), specifically, the date of delivery (delivery), the average price of fresh flowers, the highest price, the lowest price Includes information such as price and total number. By specifying conditions such as date, item, and product type on the screen, such information can be displayed for each specified condition. With such a screen, the seller can grasp the future schedule. Similarly, the buyer specifies his / her own terminal device by specifying the “collective statistics” item on the top screen (FIG. 3) and various conditions, thereby grasping the future schedule of the buyer. be able to.

Next, other functions of the fresh flower trading system 100 will be described.

Here, as the transaction processing to be performed on the fresh flowers (unsold products) that have been left after the transaction processing of (A), (B) and (C), that is, the actual item,
There is an urgent transaction process (emergency transaction process) such as prefetching or receiving. Thus, for example, the unloading process refers to a process in which unsold products are to be auctioned, but at this time, only a specific amount is removed from the unsold products. This is in order to secure a case in which a fresh flower is urgently needed (funeral service etc.).
Therefore, as a result of unloading from unsold goods, the remaining goods will be auctioned. Thus, the fresh flower trading system 100 is capable of performing the unloading process and the auction process (sale process) on a screen. For this reason, in addition to the functions as the application functions shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a unloading function 326 for executing a unloading process;
It has an actual product sales function 327 for selling the remaining products generated by the loading process or the like.

Specifically, first, FIG. 16 shows a bidding process specified before, during, or after execution of the above-described transaction processing (A), transaction processing (B), and transaction processing (C). It shows a flow of a screen when a process of designating or managing a target product is performed. Here, the process of designating or managing the target product is a process performed by the pickup function 326 or the actual product sales function 327, etc., before and after the execution of so-called urgent transaction processing such as a pre-fetch processing or a pickup processing. Alternatively, the processing can be performed during execution.

In FIG. 16, the delivery management screen includes:
The remaining quantity of the fresh flower of “spray chrysanthemum / 2L / yellow” as the product attribute is 20 boxes, and the determined quantity is 5 boxes in the transaction processing of (A) and 10 boxes in the transaction processing of (B).
It is shown to be a box.

Therefore, for example, when a wholesaler or the like intends to assign 5 boxes out of the remaining 20 boxes on the delivery management screen to the delivery, first, the square next to the quantity "0" is used. Click the part. As a result, the screen shifts to the input screen for the unloading process. At this time, since the uppermost spray chrysanthemum is to be unloaded on the delivery management screen, the product attribute is copied as it is. Then, on this input screen, the company A, which is the purchaser of the other party to be sold by unloading, is entered, and the unit price and quantity are entered as, for example, a sales unit price of 100 yen and a box number of 5. When an execution command is input on this input screen, a pickup process is executed, whereby the delivery quantity is reduced to 5 boxes on the delivery management screen, and the remaining quantity is reduced from 20 boxes to 15 boxes. . Note that the prefetching process is also performed in the same manner as the above-described unloading process.

Further, for example, 5 boxes out of the remaining 15 boxes as a result of the above-mentioned unloading processing are automatically set to appropriate conditions specified by the seller in the above-mentioned transaction processing (B). Transaction processing to determine the buyer (type 2 transaction processing,
In this case, the user clicks the square next to the number of the remaining quantity on the delivery management screen. As a result, the screen shifts to the transaction processing input screen (B2). At this time, since the uppermost spray chrysanthemum is to be unloaded on the delivery management screen, the product attribute is copied as it is. Then, on this input screen, the unit price and the quantity, for example, 9
Input as 0 yen and 5 boxes. When an execution command is input on this input screen, the transaction process (B2) is executed for five of the remaining 15 boxes.

Similarly, when a part of the remaining 15 boxes is to be used for the transaction processing of (C) described above, only the unit price and the quantity are displayed on the input screen of the transaction processing of (C). However, the lower limit is also input as, for example, 85 yen.
When an execution command is input on this input screen, the number of boxes input at this time is registered as a specified lower limit value, and the transaction processing (C) is executed.

Therefore, on the delivery management screen as described above, it is possible to specify or manage the commodities to be bid.

A transaction processing column of electric commerce (EC) is provided on the right side of the delivery management screen, and a transaction processing column of (B2) and a transaction process of (C) are provided below the column. A column is provided. And these (B
By clicking on the character part of the transaction processing of 2) and the transaction processing of (C), the screen shifts to the input screen of each transaction processing,
For example, the transaction processing can be started. Therefore, this screen can also be called a screen for managing various transactions as a whole.

The flow of processing performed on the above-described distribution management screen and the like will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18.

First, as of two days before the auction (12/1), the total amount of fresh flowers to be actually shipped (arrival amount) is unknown. This is because fresh flowers are susceptible to natural conditions such as weather and disasters. At this time, by the transaction processing of (A) and (B-Type 1) described above, the wholesale market side (dealer: local market, economic federation, agricultural cooperative, trading company, agricultural corporation, importer, wholesaler, etc.) and the buyer side. A transaction is performed (x ₁ = 200 transactions completed). Thus, the seller makes a production plan, and the producer performs production adjustment based on the production plan.

Next, on the day before the auction (12/2), the total amount of fresh flowers that can be shipped by the producer is determined, and this information (determination information) is communicated to the seller. When the seller receives the confirmation information from the producer, the shipment amount is decided (1000
Final shipment confirmed). This information (determined shipment amount information) is communicated from the seller to the wholesale market. The wholesale market unloads 800 remaining bottles excluding x ₁ = 200 bottles that have been traded out of the 1,000 bottles whose shipping has been confirmed (x ₂ = 100
Book). Assuming that it is necessary to further load the remaining 700 pieces (x ₂ ′ = 50 pieces), the remaining amount is 650 pieces. Therefore, the wholesale market side
With respect to the remaining amount of 650, a transaction is made with the buyer 1 by the above-described transaction processing (B-type 1 or 2) and (C) (transaction of x ₃ = 500). Therefore, the remaining amount after this transaction is 150 pieces, and these 150 pieces are to be auctioned. Then, the target products for these auctions are identified,
The management of the remaining goods and the like is performed by an operation on the delivery management screen as shown in FIG.

In this case, the remaining products (actual products) as a result of the transaction processing of (A), (B) and (C) are further traded. However, the present invention is not limited to this. (B)
As a result of the above transaction processing, the remaining commodities may be further transacted (forward transaction).

The cargo pickup function 3 for executing the above-described processing.
26 and the physical product sales function 327, for example, a business partner who has traditionally traded with a wholesaler (a local market, an economic federation, an agricultural cooperative,
Farmers such as agricultural corporations, trading companies, importers, wholesalers, etc., who have traditionally been producers and traded conventionally by telephone etc.) also participated in the flower arrangement system 100,
It is possible to efficiently perform a forward transaction, an actual item transaction, and the like in consideration of the unloading, the auction, and the like, while grasping the entire receiving amount on the own terminal device.

In the above-described embodiment, the target product has been described as an example of a fresh product such as a fresh flower, but the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be applied to products with fixed expiration dates, such as air tickets, other transportation tickets, and concert tickets. For example, in the case of an air ticket, the producer mentioned above corresponds to the airline, the major seller corresponds to the sales department such as a branch of the airline, or the sales agent such as a major travel agency, and the small seller corresponds to each. It corresponds to dealers such as travel agencies and convenience stores that handle air tickets. Also, if you want to purchase two seats on the XXX flight on December 30 or 29, or buy two seats on the XXX or YYY flight from Airport A to Airport B on December 29, (A) corresponds to the transaction processing. The transaction based on the information that the XXX flight from December 29 to January 5 is α yen and the YYY flight is β yen and has 100 seats each corresponds to (B) transaction processing, and these conditions The transaction for determining the price and the quantity by matching the purchase information and the sales information having various spreads to the (C) transaction process. Therefore, as described above, the present invention is also applicable to a product with a term such as an air ticket or a product with a due date.

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing program codes of software for realizing the functions of the server and the terminal of the above-described embodiment to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer (a computer) of the system or the apparatus. It is needless to say that the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing a program code stored in a storage medium by a CPU or an MPU. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

The storage medium for supplying the program code includes ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, C
DR, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

By executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also an OS or the like running on the computer based on the instructions of the program code. Performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in an extended function board inserted in the computer or a function extension unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, The CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

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As described above, according to the present invention, so-called forward transactions can be performed on a network, and unprecedented sales and procurement opportunities can be given to sellers and buyers. . For this reason, it is possible to conduct a more efficient commodity transaction than ever before. Specifically, a system for trading transactions of goods is systematized, and reservation bilateral transaction processing is performed based on order information (items, types, prices, etc., of goods desired to be procured) issued by the buyer, and sales information issued by sellers (products to be sold) On the screen of the terminal device, the reservation relative transaction processing based on the item, the type, the price, etc.) and the transaction processing for sequentially determining a plurality of order information and a plurality of sales information simultaneously from those where both conditions are met. I made it. Further, the buyer side can specify any information among the information included in the sales information issued by a plurality of sellers as a transaction condition. For example, it has been made possible to specify an item or a type together with the item. Further, transactions of unsold products generated by execution of the above-described transaction processes, or transactions (emergency transactions) generated based on urgent needs such as pre-emption and unloading, can also be performed on the screen of the terminal device. . With such a configuration, at least the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The buyer does not need to go to a wholesale market or the like, and can easily grasp whether or not the desired product is sold at his / her own terminal device, and easily purchase the desired product. be able to. Also, this can be done in advance. Thereby, a procurement plan can be made.

(2) The seller side can use the own terminal device to know in advance whether a product to be sold has a buyer, how much the product can be sold, and the like. As a result, a sales plan can be made, and the occurrence of useless commodities can also be suppressed. In particular, fresh flowers that have no value after a certain period of time can be kept fresh. In addition, it is possible to sell a large number of products by various means, and it is possible to centrally manage the flow of the products to be sold, dramatically increasing the business efficiency of those who need to sell a large amount of products efficiently. Can be improved.
For example, it is also possible to perform unloading on unsold products generated after each transaction processing and predict in advance the products to be auctioned out of the products excluding the unloading amount. This makes it possible to efficiently perform a forward transaction, an actual item transaction, and the like in consideration of the unloading, the auction, and the like, while grasping the entire amount of arrival.

(3) Even if the buyer wants a large number of products on his / her own terminal device, the buyer can easily assort the products.

(4) Since the seller can make a sales plan, the producer can make a production plan according to it.

(5) The merchandise can be traded between the seller and the buyer before the merchandise is shipped.

Therefore, according to the present invention, planned production and sale of products can be performed, and planned procurement of products can also be performed. Even in the case of selling by various means including selling, it is possible to perform an efficient sale transaction of commodities.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a flower arrangement system to which a commodity transaction system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a terminal device of each trader side and a server side of the flower arrangement system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a top screen on the buyer side.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a top screen on the seller side.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a reservation relative transaction process based on order information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an order information list screen in the transaction processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a reservation relative transaction process based on sales information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a sales (shipment) information list screen in the transaction processing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a screen of sales information issued by a seller in the transaction processing.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a selling price prediction function.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a copying process.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an unsuccessful shipment list screen in the copying process.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a sales information list screen in the copying process.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a collection statistics information display list screen in the collection statistics processing.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a pickup function and a physical product sales function of the terminal device on the server side.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining a designation or management process of a cargo or the like;

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a loading process executed by the above-mentioned loading function and the actual product selling function.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the flow of goods in the unloading process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 300 Terminal device on the server side of the flower arrangement system 310 Information reception and distribution function 321 Transaction processing and price formation function 322 Price prediction function 323 System operation management function 324 Individual market analysis function 325 Individual data distribution management function 325 326 Unloading function 327 In-kind sales function 330 Storage function (database memory) 400 Terminal device on the side of the flower arrangement system 410 Information reception / distribution function 420 Interface (I / F) function 431 Own account management function 432 Cooperation function 440 Storage function (database memory)

Claims (11)

[Claims] At least one terminal of the plurality of terminal devices in a system for deciding a sale of goods based on sales information and purchase information for sales transactions of goods output from the plurality of terminal devices. An apparatus, comprising: first transaction processing means for processing a reservation relative transaction based on the purchase information; second transaction processing means for processing a reservation relative transaction based on the sales information; And a plurality of pieces of the sales information, and a transaction processing unit for sequentially executing a transaction for determining a contract from a combination of both conditions, and execution of at least one of the first to third transaction processing units. Processing of transactions for unsold products generated in or
A commodity transaction device comprising: a fourth transaction processing means for performing a transaction for sale not depending on the first to third transaction processing means. 2. The fourth transaction processing means according to claim 1, wherein
During or after the transaction processing by the third transaction processing means,
2. The merchandise transaction device according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing an emergency transaction process on the unsold product. 3. The fourth transaction processing means according to claim 1, wherein:
3. The product according to claim 2, further comprising means for designating or managing the target product of the auction to be specified before, during, after or during execution of the transaction process by the third transaction processing unit or the emergency transaction process. Trading equipment. 4. The unsold product generated by the execution of the first and second transaction processing means or the unsold product generated by the execution of the third transaction processing means. 2. The processing of a transaction with respect to a transaction is performed.
Product transaction device as described. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third transaction means includes a specification means for specifying, as a transaction condition, arbitrary information of information on a product included in the sales information.
Product transaction device as described. 6. The merchandise according to claim 1, further comprising copying means for using sales information of unsold products generated by said second trading means as said sales information in said third trading means. Trading equipment. 7. A system according to claim 1, further comprising display means having an icon function for executing each transaction processing.
Product transaction device as described. 8. The merchandise transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise has no value or decreases in value after a period assumed for each merchandise. 9. A merchandise transaction system for deciding a sale of goods based on sales information for purchase and sale of goods and purchase information output from a plurality of terminal devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of terminal devices is provided. A commodity transaction system, wherein the terminal device is the commodity transaction device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. A commodity transaction for determining a sales contract of a commodity from the sales information and the purchase information for the transaction of the commodity outputted from the plurality of terminal apparatuses by mutually communicating between the plurality of terminal apparatuses and the host. The system, wherein the terminal device displays the transmitted information on a screen by a browser function, and outputs the information according to a user operation performed based on the information on the screen. A first transaction processing function for processing a reservation bilateral transaction based on information, a second transaction processing function for processing a reservation bidding transaction based on the sales information, and a plurality of purchase information and a plurality of sales information. Match
A third transaction processing function for sequentially processing a transaction for determining a contract from a combination of both conditions, and a transaction processing for unsold products generated by execution of at least one of the first to third transaction processing functions Alternatively, a commodity transaction system having a fourth transaction processing function for processing transactions for sale that does not depend on the first to third transaction processing functions. 11. Based on sales information and purchase information information for a sales transaction of a product output from a plurality of terminal devices,
A storage medium storing a program for executing a transaction processing step for determining a sale of a product, the transaction processing step comprising: a first transaction processing step of performing a reservation bilateral transaction based on the purchase information. A second transaction processing step of performing a reservation relative transaction based on the sales information; and a transaction in which a plurality of the purchase information and a plurality of the sales information are matched and a contract is determined in order from the one that meets both conditions. A third transaction processing step for performing processing, a transaction processing for unsold products generated by execution of at least one of the first to third transaction processing steps, or a first to third transaction processing step And a fourth transaction processing step of processing a transaction for sale independent of the above.