KR19990037238A - Total Coordination System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a total coordination system in an electronic commerce system formed on the basis of a web, and manages product information and customer information necessary for selling a product as a database, and uses the information as a three-dimensional product image and body type. It is to provide a coordination service that directly synthesizes an image or to sell a product.

To this end, the present invention provides a product purchase module for providing a user interface that allows a customer to search for or purchase a desired product from the product database; A product management module providing an administrator interface such as registering or deleting information on new clothing products or information on sold-out products in a product database in association with a database of a clothing company; A member management module for constructing a customer database using customer information acquired with the customer's registration number, and managing information on all usage results of the customer with the customer database; Providing a one-to-one coordination consultation service with a professional coordinator to the customer, or a coordination counseling module for synthesizing a virtual three-dimensional body image and a product image using the body information and the product information of the customer; It comprises a supplementary service module that provides a variety of services through a user interface and a web administrator interface.

Description

Total Coordination System

The present invention relates to a coordination service technology in a web-based e-commerce system, and in particular, a clothing company stores image data and customer information of its apparel products in a database for a coordination service. The clothing image selected from the database can be applied to the virtual person set by the customer's physical information to check and provide a one-to-one coordination solution that can more accurately measure the appearance and appearance after wearing the clothing. The present invention relates to a total coordination system that can efficiently purchase a product.

In general, PC communication forums provide coordination services using bulletin boards implemented in specific languages under the UNIX and Windows NT operating systems. Most of the materials used here consist of text or simple two-dimensional images.

On the other hand, in the Internet field, e-commerce is rapidly being activated due to the popularization of the web. Most of them use various operating systems such as UNIX, Windows NT, and Linux, and CGI (common gateway). Rapid technology development is under way to provide a more convenient user interface through advanced techniques such as interface (JAVA), virtual reality markup language (VRML), and C / C ++. In addition, although many security sockets layer (SSL) protocols are used to secure the entire web as a security protocol, recently, problems of the security protocol of the SSL protocol have started to emerge, and they are gradually moving to the SET (secure electronic transaction) protocol base. There is a trend.

However, in the conventional electronic commerce system as described above, by simply showing the image of the clothes by using the clothing information, it could not provide enough services to the customers, but only a simple service that does not utilize sufficient web-based multimedia technology, In this case, it was not possible to induce the customer to buy enough.

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, the present invention is an electronic commerce system formed on the basis of the web (web), the product information and customer information necessary for the merchandise sales by database management and the data By using the base information to synthesize the image of the three-dimensional apparel products and to show it directly to the body image of the customer, by providing more realistic one-to-one coordination service and clothing product service to the Internet users, effective customer The purpose is to provide a total coordination system that can manage, consult and sell.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention establishes a product database using information on items to be commercialized through a web-based electronic commerce system, and establishes the product according to an appropriate search specification of the electronic commerce system. A product purchasing module providing a user interface for searching for or purchasing a desired product from a database; In conjunction with the database of apparel companies affiliated with the e-commerce system, product information management tasks such as registering information on new apparel products in the constructed product database and deleting information on products that are out of stock are performed. A product management module for managing a web manager interface for use by the product manager; After assigning a unique registration number to each customer whose personal information is registered through the e-commerce system, building a customer database using the customer information acquired with the registration number, and using it as data for all future customer services. A member management module for automatically updating and storing the customer database by using information on all usage records including the number of use of the customer; The customer searches for a customer requesting a coordination consultation through the electronic commerce system, provides a one-to-one coordination service with a professional coordinator to the customer, and reads physical information from the customer database for the customer to create a virtual three-dimensional body image. A coordination module for synthesizing and reading a product information from the product database for a product selected by a customer, and providing a coordination interface for synthesizing a virtual 3D product image of the product into the body image; The present invention provides a total coordination system including an additional service module that provides various additional services by maintaining a web bulletin board form of an electronic commerce system through a user interface and a web administrator interface.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a total coordination system according to an embodiment of the present invention

2A to 2C are diagrams showing examples of a customer schema, a product schema, and a customer bulletin board schema of a database, respectively.

Figure 3 is a transaction configuration diagram of the total coordination system of the present invention provided in the Internet environment

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: Total Coordination System 10: User Interface

20: operating system 21: product purchase module

22: product management module 23: member management module

24: Coordination consultation module 25: Additional service module

30: Database

Hereinafter, a configuration of a total coordination system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a total coordination system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the Unix operating system 20 having the Internet / intranet networking function and stability and expandability; A plurality of languages (eg, dynamic hyper text markup language (DHTML), virtual reality markup language (VRML), FLASH, CGI (common gateway) may be used to connect the operating system to a user through a secure electronic transaction (SET). interface), C / C ++ language, etc.); For example, the operating system includes a database 30 that supports resources through a structured query language (SQL).

The operating system 20 builds a commodity database using information about items to be commodified through a web-based e-commerce system, and stores the commodity database from the commodity database according to an appropriate search specification of the e-commerce system. A product purchase module 21 for managing a user interface for searching or purchasing a product desired by a customer; In conjunction with the database of apparel companies affiliated with the e-commerce system, product information management tasks such as registering information on new apparel products in the constructed product database and deleting information on products that are out of stock are performed. A product management module 22 for managing a web manager interface for use by the product manager; After assigning a unique registration number to each customer whose personal information is registered through the e-commerce system, building a customer database using the customer information acquired with the registration number, and using it as data for all future customer services. A member management module 23 for automatically updating and storing the customer database by using information on all usage records including the number of use of the customer; The customer searches for a customer requesting a coordination consultation through the electronic commerce system, provides a one-to-one coordination service with a professional coordinator to the customer, and reads physical information from the customer database for the customer to create a virtual three-dimensional body image. A coordination counseling module 24 for providing a coordination interface for synthesizing and reading a corresponding item information from the product database for a product selected by a customer, and synthesizing a virtual three-dimensional product image of the corresponding item into the body image; ; It comprises an additional service module 25 for providing a variety of additional services by maintaining a web bulletin board form of the electronic commerce system through a user interface and a web administrator interface.

As the implementation language, the user interface 10 may use a dynamic hyper text markup language (DHTML), a virtual reality markup language (VRML), a flash (FLASH), a common gateway interface (CGI), a C / C ++ language, and the like. In particular, VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language), Java (JAVA), Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language (DHTML) for image processing on the web, FLASH, JAVA for image loading and processing. It is desirable to configure to provide a user-oriented interface.

The FLML language, which has the VRML language and the next-generation image compression technology of the vector method, is a standard language that enables three-dimensional space to be expressed on the Internet. You can wear clothes that suit your tastes while viewing them through the browser, or you can enjoy the left, right, up and down views.

The JAVA language is small in size and platform independent, and supports the mixed operation of various databases in the current version (1.2). In the present invention, image synthesis, processing technology, and web-based interactive interaction are provided. The Java language also acts as a connector for image compositing, allowing users to provide more interactive services.

Since the C / C ++ language is highly portable, flexible, and has object-oriented technology and productivity, the present invention implements an administrator interface service using a simple and fast C / C ++ language, and in particular, a product that a product manager will use. The management module implements a management interface in a client / server environment in conjunction with a product database, thereby maximizing development productivity and providing a simple and convenient environment for the administrator.

The SQL language is a passage for accessing a database. For example, a coordination service uses a user to search for clothes suitable for a user or to connect to a database when a product manager determines the quantity and inventory of a product.

The CGI language is used as a channel for client / server interaction, and is used to support a member registration service when a customer uses an individual customer bulletin board.

The database 30 may include a customer database 31, a product database 32, and a customer bulletin board database 33, each of which is as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C. Each schema can be configured.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the customer schema may include basic information of the customer (for example, registration number (ID), password, name, gender, social security number, address, phone number, occupation, card type, card number, etc.) and physical information (for example, For example, a body size, a skin color, a confident body part, a body part that you want to hide, a favorite clothing style, a picture), or a virtual body image that is three-dimensionalized through the body information and the picture may be stored.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the product schema may store information such as a product code, a product name, a product image, a dimension, a color, a price, a manufacturer, and a quantity. You can provide materials to help you coordinate in style and fashion.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the customer bulletin board schema may store data such as ID, date, coordination request information, coordination counseling content, coordinator name, coordinated product code, and image thereof. Coordinate consultation contents can be read and deleted.

Figure 3 is a transaction configuration diagram of the total coordination system 100 of the present invention provided in the Internet environment, the user is connected to the total coordination system received a desired service, such as coordination consultation or clothing purchase, SET-based security protocol Ask your bank to pay by credit card or online. The total coordination system then authenticates the user's credit through a credit card or a certification authority (VAN) and finally receives the payment from the bank. If the user has purchased the product, the total coordinating system delivers the product purchase confirmation to the user. A product allows customers to receive goods directly at home through affiliated apparel and logistics companies.

The operation of the present invention as described above is as follows.

First, the present invention is the basis of the database of clothing data and customer data, web and database interworking and web-based image synthesis technology, and web-based image data transmission technology, the web-based clothing products All user interfaces for coordinator coordination as well as registration, modification and deletion are provided, minimizing the need for database maintainers to learn SQL statements or developers to implement additional applications.

In particular, the VRML technique provides a virtual three-dimensional stereoscopic image to enable virtual coordination consultation at 360 ° left, right, up, and down according to the user's mouse click. By simply clicking on the losing items with the mouse, it is possible to search for goods, exchange information, and order goods.

Next, in the present invention, a web-based image database management method is used to manage a database by configuring a more complex image code considering image characteristics so that a large amount of clothes and customer image data can be retrieved and processed. The technology uses a customer body size to create a virtual body image and uses standardization techniques to ensure that it matches the image of the clothing database.

Therefore, in the present invention, after accessing the user database through the web-based image database management and image standardization technology to standardize the user's image, search for various clothing images according to the user's taste, The garment image is adjusted and synthesized in three dimensions to fit the image. Through this, the user may feel as if he is actually wearing a product that he wants to purchase by visiting the store.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to more realistically identify the apparel products to be purchased (surface potential goods purchase desires of apparel consumers) by using the web and database linkage, image synthesis technology to expand the base of the customer In addition, it can be an effective and active marketing strategy for the apparel industry. In addition, by providing a user interface and an e-commerce system using image technology for costume coordination, not only can we provide individualized service for each customer, but also greatly reduce the existing distribution stage, and separate rent as a store in the cyber market. Since it can maximize profits of companies because it is not necessary, it can reduce the operating cost of the company and provide low-cost goods and services, thereby benefiting both the company and the customer.

Claims (1)

Establish a product database using information about items to be commercialized through a web-based e-commerce system, and search for a product desired by a customer from the product database according to an appropriate search specification of the e-commerce system. A product purchase module for providing a user interface for making a purchase; In conjunction with the database of apparel companies affiliated with the e-commerce system, product information management tasks such as registering information on new apparel products in the constructed product database and deleting information on products that are out of stock are performed. A product management module for managing a web manager interface for use by the product manager; After assigning a unique registration number to each customer whose personal information is registered through the e-commerce system, building a customer database using the customer information acquired with the registration number, and using it as data for all future customer services. A member management module for automatically updating and storing the customer database by using information on all usage records including the number of use of the customer; The customer searches for a customer requesting a coordination consultation through the electronic commerce system, provides a one-to-one coordination service with a professional coordinator to the customer, and reads physical information from the customer database for the customer to create a virtual three-dimensional body image. A coordination module for synthesizing and reading a product information from the product database for a product selected by a customer, and providing a coordination interface for synthesizing and expressing a virtual 3D product image of the product into the body image; Total coordination system comprising a supplementary service module for providing a variety of supplementary services by maintaining the web bulletin board form of the e-commerce system through a user interface and a web administrator interface.