KR20000049924A - The method not required CGI for making shopping mall on internet and constructing electronic commerce system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for constructing an Internet shopping mall without using a common gateway interface(CGI), and a method for electronic commerce by using thereof, are provided to implement a shopping basket and order sheet functions by utilizing a buyer computer as information storage needed in shopping. CONSTITUTION: A method for constructing the Internet shopping mall without using a common gateway interface(CGI), and a method for electronic commerce by using thereof, comprises the steps as follows. A procedure for constructing a shopping mall comprises the steps of: framing an Internet shopping mall; and storing the Internet shopping mall in a web server. A procedure for purchasing a commodity by a buyer comprises the steps of: connecting to the Internet shopping mall; selecting a commodity and putting the commodity into a shopping basket; confirming the shopping basket; correcting the shopping basket; making an order sheet; transmitting the order sheet; settling a commodity charge; replying to order confirmation requested by a seller; receiving and confirming a result of order processing; and receiving and confirming the commodity. And a procedure for selling a commodity comprises the steps of; collecting commodity information; adding the information to a commodity database; making the commodity information in a web page; storing the web page in a web server; receiving an order sheet from the buyer; adding contents of the order sheet to an order database; confirming commodity charge settlement by using a database; confirming a commodity order by using a database; requesting commodity delivery from a warehouse by using a database; requesting commodity delivery by using a database; transmitting a result of commodity order processing by using a database; and processing account settlement by using a database.

Description

The method not required CGI for making shopping mall on internet and constructing electronic commerce system}

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce via the Internet, to implement a full-featured Internet shopping mall without using CGI, and to directly transfer the order information from the buyer's computer to the seller's computer via email, stored in a database, The present invention relates to an electronic commerce method characterized by consistently processing an order using the same.

Launched from the ARPANET, which the US Department of Defense began to share military research-related information, the Internet is now a huge and efficient media and medium for delivering information to a number of computer networks around the world. The Internet is being used for various purposes such as e-mail, newsgroups, and file transfers. As the number of networks connected to the Internet and the number of Internet users increase, the commercial use of the Internet, or electronic commerce, is rapidly spreading.

Electronic commerce is a transaction in which all or part of a transaction of goods or services is processed by electronic methods such as electronic document exchange. And the most common form of electronic commerce at the present time is to run an internet shopping mall on a web server.

The general purchase process in an internet shopping mall is as follows. A buyer who accesses an internet shopping mall looks at the products and puts the desired products in the shopping cart. And check the shopping cart from time to time to correct the contents. When the product selection process is finished, the process proceeds to the order creation process and enters buyer information such as name and contact information. When the buyer presses the send button, the buyer information and the product information left in the shopping cart are transmitted to the seller.

To find out the functions that an internet shopping mall should have in order to make such a purchase process, first, a product display function that provides information related to a product to a buyer, and second, the product and quantity selected by the buyer are remembered and displayed again when the buyer wants. There is a shopping cart function, third, an order form function for inputting a buyer's name and contact information, and fourth, a transmission function for delivering product information and buyer information to the seller.

Among these functions, the product display function can be implemented on any homepage. However, to implement the rest of the functions such as shopping cart, order, transfer, etc., CGI function is required, and therefore, it is not implemented in most homepages where CGI function is not allowed. For this reason, conventionally made Internet shopping malls can perform necessary functions by operating their own web server or by renting a web server that allows CGI functions.

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a protocol designed to act as a link between external programs and a web server to supplement the functionality of HTML used to create a home page. For example, when you want to create a guestbook on your homepage, you can't use HTML alone and need an external program. At this time, the protocol between the external program and the web server is called CGI, and the external program is called a CGI program. CGI programs are usually installed in a separate directory (CGI directory) on the web server. 1 is a general operation of the CGI program. When the web client (web browser) makes a data request to the web server (HTTP server) (101), the web server sends the request to the CGI program (102), and the CGI program outputs the processing result of the request to the web server. (103). The web server then passes the output to the web client (104).

However, the above-described prior art uses CGI, and thus has the following problems. First, the cost of internet shopping malls is high. In other words, to operate a shopping mall, a web server with a CGI function must be used, which requires considerable investment. This is the biggest reason why many people want to make an internet shopping mall but don't have it easily. The free homepage provided by many Internet service providers does not allow CGI functionality. If you allow this, it can put a heavy load on the web server and increase the possibility of information leakage. In other words, if you want to make an internet shopping mall, you need to invest a lot, unlike a regular homepage. Second, personal information leaks are likely. In the conventional method using CGI, it is common to store order information in a web server. Therefore, there is a high possibility of information leakage by hackers due to the nature of the web server always connected to the Internet. Third, installation and management are difficult. That is, in the conventional method, most of the user processing as well as the purchaser ordering process is performed in the web server. This also complicates the content of programs that need to be installed on the web server. And you have to be connected to the Internet to process your order. In addition, most web servers use operating systems that are unfamiliar to the general public, such as Unix, so they often need professional help during the installation and operation process. This is another cost driver. In addition, since information is stored in the web server, the process for automation is complicated because an additional process that needs to move data is required for accounting. Fourth, there is a high risk of connection speed degradation and failure. In other words, when accessing an Internet shopping mall, it is often a phenomenon that the connection speed decreases at the moment the CGI function is activated, and the frequency of failures in the process is high. In addition, if the performance of the leased line connected to the web server is not good, the connection speed decreases rapidly and the failure occurs frequently as the number of users increases.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce method having the following characteristics. First, it is possible to create an internet shopping mall at no cost. In other words, by implementing essential functions of an internet shopping mall such as a shopping cart and an order form without using a CGI, it is not necessary to prepare a web server or to rent a paid web server, and thus it is possible to create a shopping mall without burden of investment. In other words, it is possible to open a shopping mall on a general free-provided homepage, which is a huge cost reduction at the national level. Second, security is strengthened. That is, since the order information is directly transmitted from the buyer's computer to the seller's computer through e-mail, the time for exposing personal information to the Internet is short, and the risk of information leakage by hackers is small. Third, it is easy to install and manage. In other words, order information delivered through e-mail is automatically added to the database to facilitate the automation of the order processing process, and because you do not need to use other operating systems such as Unix, if you have enough ability to create a regular homepage, you can freely You can install and manage it. Fourth, there is little concern about a drop in connection speed or a failure. In other words, since there is no process of storing information directly in the web server, there is little concern about speed degradation or failure. In addition, the web server provided for the free homepage is large in capacity for many users, and most of them are stable in terms of connection speed. Since the Internet shopping mall by the method of the present invention uses such a web server, stable performance can be expected.

As a technical idea for achieving the object of the present invention, the present invention has the following basic concept. First, it implements shopping cart function and order form function by using buyer's computer as information storage means for shopping process, and second, delivers order information directly from buyer's computer to seller's computer through email and stores it in database. Later, using the database created in this way, the subsequent order processing process can be performed consistently. Third, through the above process, the Internet shopping mall can be implemented regardless of the CGI function of the web server, and the e-commerce that solves the security problem. Build the system.

1 is a general operation of the CGI program.

2 is a process of operation of the Internet shopping mall.

3 is a block diagram of an e-commerce method.

4 is a product purchase procedure.

5 is a merchandise sales procedure.

6 is an order processing configuration diagram of a seller computer.

7 is a field of an order database.

8 is a field of a merchandise database.

9 is a field of a delivery database.

10 is an example of a product display screen by the method of the present invention.

11 is an example shopping cart screen according to the method of the present invention.

12 is an example order screen by the method of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention can be broadly divided into an internet shopping mall construction procedure, a product purchase procedure, and a product sale procedure.

Then, I will explain in detail the procedure of building an internet shopping mall. If you look at the difference between an internet shopping mall and a regular homepage, the general homepage only needs to show information to the visitor. In this case, the transmission of information is one-sided, and the distinction between the information presenter and the user seeer is clear. However, in the case of an internet shopping mall, a shopping cart function must be provided to enable a shopper to revisit or modify a list of items selected in the meantime. This requires the ability to internally remember information about the product selected by the buyer. In other words, there should be a function to record information from the buyer's point of view. In addition, in order to implement the order function, the contents of the shopping cart, which are stored in the memory, are received, and new information such as the buyer's name and contact information are received. shall. In other words, the order form requires continuous memory. In order to provide such a memory function, CGI has conventionally been used. That is, CGI stores the information that needs to be stored in the CGI directory of the web server to enable the above functions. However, in general, web server for homepage is not allowed to use CGI. In this case, in order to implement the shopping cart and order form functions, which are the core functions of the Internet shopping mall, it is necessary to find a way to replace CGI that allows free storage and deletion of information on the web server. In the present invention, in order to solve this problem, the shopping cart function utilizes the storage function of the buyer's computer, and the order form function utilizes the email so that the purchase information is transmitted directly from the buyer's computer to the seller's computer.

2 is an operation process of the Internet shopping mall. In order to achieve this operation process, the Internet shopping mall consists of the following four documents. That is, an HTML document (A) for expressing a product display screen, an HTML document (B) for expressing a shopping cart screen, an HTML document (C) for expressing an order book screen, and JAVASCRIPT for each screen to exhibit a unique function. The document is that. Four documents work organically to implement the functions of a shopping mall. Each document is written in languages such as HTML and JAVASCRIPT. Any technology that can operate without CGI such as JAVA and COOKIE can be used. First, I will explain how to create an HTML document to represent a product display screen. The organization of this document shows the "Product Display" area that introduces product information to the buyer, the "Add to Cart" button (a) to add the selected product to the shopping cart, and the "Check Cart" button to navigate to the shopping cart screen. b) is there. In the "Product display" area, the product name, photograph, price, tax, description, etc. should be expressed so that the buyer can obtain accurate knowledge of the product. Therefore, a document should be prepared so that the above contents can be appropriately expressed in consideration of design while mainly using HTML. The "Add to Cart" button provides a function for adding a "Shopping Cart" to a "Shopping Cart" when a buyer finds a product to purchase in the "Product Display" area. In order to accomplish this, the purchaser clicks on the "Add to Cart" button and creates a document using JAVASCRIPT so that information about the product can be entered into the purchaser's computer. The "Check Cart" button connects to the "Shopping Cart" and allows the buyer to click on the "Shopping Cart". Next, I'll show you how to create an HTML document to represent the "shopping cart". The organization of this document shows that the "Selected Products" area lists information about the product selected by the Buyer on the "Product Display Screen", and the "Data" area showing the results of the calculation and the "Product Display Screen" for returning. It consists of a "Continue shopping" button c and a "Order" button d for moving to the "Order screen". In order to display the "Selected goods" area and the "Data" area, the "shopping cart screen" appears and the processing information (total amount etc.) is made from the information (type, quantity, etc.) about the goods stored in the buyer's computer. There must be a process to be able to produce and the results can be listed properly. Write the document using HTML and JAVASCRIPT to enable this functionality. The "Continue Shopping" button is connected to the "Product Display Screen" and the "Order" button is connected to the "Order Screen" to allow the user to move to the corresponding screen. Next, I'll explain how to create an HTML document to represent the order form. In the structure of this document, there is a "buyer information creation" area in which buyer information such as a buyer's name and contact information can be entered, and a "send order document" button (e) for sending the created information via e-mail. The "Create Buyer Information" area contains documents using HTML and JAVASCRIPT to provide the seller with the information they need to confirm the order or deliver the order, such as name, phone number, fax number, email, address, etc. Write. When the "Send Order" button is clicked, the buyer information input in the "Create Buyer Information" area and the product information stored in the buyer's computer are transmitted to the seller via e-mail. The following is a description of how to create a JAVASCRIPT document that allows the above screens to perform their own functions. For each document to function properly, the appropriate JAVASCRIPT must be inserted into the document. However, in such a case, the contents of the document become longer and the access time is delayed, and there may be duplicate contents. To solve this problem, this document only collects JAVASCRIPT part separately. This document is written using JAVASCRIPT as the main language, COOKIE, and other technologies, and enables the following functions. That is, when the buyer's computer is used as a means of storing the information when it is necessary to store the information while shopping is in progress, when the buyer clicks the "add to cart" button on the "product display screen", the information of the product ( Type, quantity, etc.) on the buyer's computer, and when the buyer accesses the "shopping cart", additional information such as totals is calculated and displayed along with information on the selected product stored on the buyer's computer. When you want to delete the items in the shopping cart or modify the quantity, the calculated result is recalculated and displayed when the buyer accesses the "Order Screen". And send the order form to an e-mail and send it directly to the seller's computer.

3 is a block diagram of an electronic commerce method. The seller produces a web page for product display in the manner described above and stores it on a web server (posting it on an Internet shopping mall) (1). The buyer connects to an internet shopping mall and starts shopping (2). After the selection of the product, the buyer completes the order form and sends it to the seller's computer (3). And the payment is made to the financial institution by the method prescribed by the buyer in the order form (4). The seller receives the order sent by the buyer in (3), adds it to the order database, and checks whether the payment is completed in the manner specified in the content (5). If no payment is made, the buyer is contacted to validate the order (6). After the payment is confirmed, the seller starts the procedure for shipping the goods. After obtaining a list of products that need to be released from the database, the product supply department or the company is contacted to determine whether they are in stock and if there is stock, a request for release is made (7). After the release request is completed, the seller searches for the goods delivery company and makes a delivery request (8). Next, the buyer is notified of the result of the processing of the order, so that the buyer is informed of the progress (9). On the other hand, the product supply department or the company receiving the release request from the seller releases the corresponding product (10). The product delivery department or the company that receives the request for delivery from the seller receives the goods from the product supply department or the company and delivers the goods to the buyer (11), then receives the confirmation of the buyer and passes the confirmation to the seller to go through the subsequent payment process. The seller inputs the above result into the accounting program for accounting processing (12).

4 is a product purchase procedure. The buyer accesses an internet shopping mall (421). In operation 422, the user selects a desired product and quantity to purchase. Information about the selected product is stored on the buyer's computer. After the product selection is completed (423), when accessing the web page of the shopping cart function, information about the selected products stored in the buyer's computer is displayed on the screen together with the calculation results such as the total amount and tax (424). The buyer views the contents of the shopping cart and goes through a process of modifying the quantity and type of goods (425). Finally, the type, quantity, and total amount of goods remaining in the shopping cart are checked and the purchase is confirmed (426). Then access the web page of the order form function. As soon as you log in, information about the last item in your cart is attached to your order. The buyer enters information necessary for the seller to confirm the order and deliver the goods, such as a name, phone number, address, and payment method, in the order page (431). The order form is created according to a predefined format so that the seller's computer can add the order information to the database as a record upon receipt. When the buyer clicks the send button, an email containing the order contents is sent to the seller (432). The purchaser pays the purchase price of the product in the manner specified in the order (441). If the payment is not made, the seller goes through a step of checking the validity of the order contents (461). At this time, the buyer can revise or cancel the order to the seller (462-4). The product ordering procedure is completed (433), and the following is the confirmation process. After the seller completes the delivery of the goods, the buyer is notified of the result (491). The buyer verifies that the order is being processed correctly (492). If the ordered goods are delivered 411 on a fixed date, the goods purchase process is ended by making a confirmation sign 412.

5 is a merchandise sales procedure. The seller collects product information through various channels in order to secure the products to be sold in the Internet shopping mall (511), and secures the goods by making a contract with the product supplier. The obtained product information is stored as a record in the product database and used in the subsequent process (512). Then, a web page for each product is produced (513). The produced web page is stored in a web server (posted in an internet shopping mall) (514). Receive an order from the buyer (531). The order information contained in the received order is immediately added as a record to the order database (532). The date of receipt of the order is recorded (533). In order to confirm the payment of the product price, the list is output from the order database by the scheduled payment date (551). If the scheduled payment date has passed (552), the list is output by the payment method from the order database (553). And check whether the payment by payment method (554), if the payment has been entered, enter the payment confirmation date and time (555). If the payment is not made even after the scheduled payment date, the list is output from the order database (561), the buyer is contacted and the order contents are corrected or canceled (562-3). Only if payment is confirmed, will proceed to the next step. In order to release the ordered goods, a list for each ordered goods is output from the order database (571). The product database is output for each product in order to search for a product supplier supplying the output product (572). The product supplier is contacted to check whether the inventory is held (573), and if there is stock (574) to issue the release request (575) and record the release request date and time (576). After the above process, a list for each delivery method is output from the order database in order to deliver the product to the buyer (581). In order to search for a product delivery company providing the output delivery method, the delivery database is output for each delivery method (582). Contact the product delivery company to confirm availability (583) and if possible (584) to make a delivery request (585). The delivery request date and time are recorded (586). After this, the order-specific list is output from the order database (591), the processing result is transmitted (592), and the processing result transmission date and time are recorded (593). When the above process is completed, the processing result transmission list is output from the order database (521), the contents are input into the accounting program for accounting processing (522), and the accounting processing date and time are recorded in the order database (523).

6 is an order processing configuration diagram of a seller computer. The email sent from the buyer computer is received by the email client program of the seller computer (1a). The order information of the received email is recorded in the database as one record (2a). In the figure, Am to Fm shows the function of the program to process each order processing step manually, and Aa to Fa shows the function of the program to automatically process each order processing step, and D denotes the terminal. It is shown. (3a) is a process of extracting a list required for each step from the database. (4a) is a process of recording the processing result in a database. (5a) is a process of expressing the extracted list to the terminal for manual processing. (6a) is a process of inputting the result of manual processing. (7a) is a process of automatically processing the extracted list.

7 is a field of an order database, FIG. 8 is a field of a merchandise database, FIG. 9 is a field of a shipping database, FIG. 10 is an example of a merchandise display screen by the method of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is an example of a shopping cart screen by the method of the present invention. 12 is an example order screen by the method of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the description of the configuration for the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail the operation of the present invention. In the present invention, in order to make an Internet shopping mall having the same function as using CGI without using CGI as described above, technologies such as JAVASCRIPT and COOKIE were used. Also, by allowing the buyer's order information to be directly transmitted to the seller's computer via e-mail, the possibility of personal information leakage is minimized compared to the conventional method, and the seller's management of the Internet shopping mall is simplified. The web server simply plays the role of delivering the product information to the buyer, thereby reducing the burden on the web server compared to the case where the conventional web server is dedicated to various functions, thereby reducing the cost of investing in the web server, Reduced obstacles such as slow connection speed. In addition, we presented a way to easily automate the process from receipt of order to delivery and accounting by allowing received order information to be added directly to the order database.

According to the present invention, since it is possible to reduce the excessive cost required to build a conventional Internet shopping mall, anyone can feel free to make an Internet shopping mall and make e-commerce. In addition, the order information is transferred directly from the buyer's computer to the seller's computer via email, thereby reducing the risk of personal information leakage. In addition, the contents of the email are automatically stored in the database, and the database is used consistently for subsequent order processing, making it easy to operate. That is, the present invention provides an electronic commerce method that is more advanced in terms of cost, security, and operation than the conventional method.

Claims (4)

In the electronic commerce through the Internet, an Internet shopping mall building procedure (A) comprising the steps of creating an Internet shopping mall, storing the Internet shopping mall in a web server, a step of a buyer accessing an internet shopping mall, and a buyer selecting a product Adding to cart, buyer checking cart, buyer modifying cart, buyer filling out order form, buyer sending order, buyer paying for goods A commodity purchasing procedure (B) comprising a step of responding to an order confirmation request, a buyer receiving and confirming an order processing result, a buyer receiving and confirming a product, collecting product information, and commodity information. Adding the product to the web page, creating the product information as a web page, and Storing the order, receiving the order from the buyer, adding the contents of the order to the order database, checking the payment of the goods using the database, checking the order of the goods using the database, requesting the goods release using the database, A product sales request (C) comprising a product delivery request step of using the product, a product order processing result sending step using a database, and an accounting processing step using a database, and the Internet shopping mall building procedure (A) does not use CGI. And an Internet shopping mall having functions such as product display, shopping cart, and order form. The merchandise purchase process (B) of claim 1 is a product display screen, a shopping cart screen, and the like, by using a computer used by a buyer to access an internet shopping mall as a means for storing product information and buyer information during a shopping process. The electronic commerce method characterized in that the function of the order screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the merchandise sales process (C) automates the process of extracting the necessary content from the received email, creating a record, and storing it in a database. The method according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise sales procedure (C) executes each step of processing the order, referring to a specific field of the database, determining the execution method, and storing the execution result in a specific field of the database. E-commerce method characterized in that.