KR20010072526A - Measurement System of Produce using network(internet) and database - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for measuring agricultural products using a network and a database is provided to rationally perform a level evaluation of agricultural product which a producer, a distributor and a consumer all can admit using a network and a database, by opening necessary information to the public, thereby providing a bid service including an additional service. CONSTITUTION: A server system(200) includes a web server engine(201) which provides a web page, various web pages(202), an XML(Extended Markup Language/EDI(Electronic Data Interchange) message server engine(203) which receives a request for information from a web client, an application tool(204), a WAP(Work Analysis Program) agency(205), a producer database(206) which includes producer information, a distributor database(207) which includes distributor information, a consumer database(208) which includes consumer information, a product database(211) which includes specific information on products which performs an EIP, a product registration database(212) which includes information for a bid and an information provision service and a product sale database(213) which includes information on products which the consumer needs.

Description

Agricultural product level evaluation system using network (internet) and database {Measurement System of Produce using network (internet) and database}

The present invention relates to agricultural products trading through agricultural product level evaluation, and more particularly, to a method and system for performing agricultural product level evaluation through a network and a database such as the Internet, and based on this.

Today, the Internet stands for 'Network of Networks' based on the TCP / IP protocol, which interconnects computer networks in more than 130 countries around the world. It is composed of aggregates. The term Internet generally refers to a network connecting computers around the world, but in academic terms, the Internet refers to a network system connecting regions, institutions and countries.

The web, which has grown rapidly in recent years, is the hypertext information system of the Internet. Through the web, users can use almost any resource provided by the Internet. Through the hypermedia of the web, users can use the internet in multimedia environment such as sound, video, and picture. One of the reasons the web is growing rapidly is because it manages information on the Internet more efficiently than ever before and provides an easy interface for users. Therefore, the web is also a great force for the popularization of the Internet.

XML / EDI, a step further from the existing EDI, differs from the traditional EDI in that it provides a framework for e-commerce by extending the scope of traditional EDI focused on data transmission. XML / EDI is an electronic exchange of data that supports "exchange of value through the delivery of goods", integrating a wide range of activities including production, sales, shipping, logistics and tax processing. The most fundamental feature of XML / EDI is that it can encode document information more precisely and more precisely than using any previous structure. By creating, modifying, and delivering data based on XML, it is possible to integrate the data-based (DB unit) business process and the document-based (file) business process. The advantage of EDI using XML is that it is cheaper and more flexible than batch electronic data exchange, and it is easy to integrate applications using the same exchange data, so that SMEs can extend the use of e-commerce. It is still in progress, the lack of interoperability due to multiple standards, and the amount of data increases much more than the existing EDI. XML / EDI is expected to be developed as an Internet EDI for transaction-oriented electronic commerce that exchanges electronic documents directly between trading parties by taking advantage of the Internet and XML in the long term, while being compatible with traditional EDI methods in the short term. .

A database is a collection of operational data that is integrated and stored so that multiple application systems can be shared by minimizing duplication of data. The definition of the database contains integrated data, stored data, operational data, and public data. Compared to the data processing method using the file processing system in the form of data processing using a computer (terminal), the data processing using the database can minimize data redundancy, eliminate inconsistencies, share data, standardize functions, and Benefits include constraints, maintenance of integrity and control of conflicting needs.

Take advantage of the existing wholesale market and overcome the disadvantages. In other words, in the absence of a standard and evaluation system that can replace the market price of agricultural products, the problem of traditional wholesale markets, while maintaining the wholesale market's pricing ability, Various additional costs (transportation costs, garbage sharing costs, packing equipment, etc.) and agricultural distribution charges in intermediate distribution stages that are difficult for producers and consumers to understand.

Assessing agricultural product levels using networks and databases requires a rigorous agricultural product rating and specification system that producers, distributors and consumers alike can trust and understand. After the producer has registered the information of agricultural products in the commodity database, the agricultural evaluation members who can evaluate them are selected, and if detailed information is available online, the agricultural product level evaluation is performed using the evaluation system given online. Agricultural evaluators extract a certain number of evaluators from the evaluator's database of expert by item in consideration of the appraisal possibility (online evaluation method).

Producers hand over the ownership of their produce to wholesale corporations (or auctioneers) for shipment of their produce. It is difficult for someone to take over the producer's willingness to sell without the producer participating in the auction. Producers, owners of commodities, can make themselves direct traders by pioneering the market through their own efforts. Producers (individuals, cooperatives) who have relatively weak market bargaining power and intelligence can always There is no choice but to ship, so it is difficult to receive the full price of agricultural products.

There was no choice but to tolerate the irregularities of distributors, and it is difficult to avoid price. In addition, when the goods are shipped to the existing wholesale market, it is difficult to obtain fresh vegetables with excellent merchandise due to the fixed auction time and logistics cost of the market. In particular, distributors (superstores) who benefit from selling directly to consumers can easily check the quality of agricultural products (country of origin, producer's real name system, quality certification system, etc.) and the prevalence of various distribution irregularities. I am under disbelief.

Consumers do not have any devices (list price, quality certification, country of origin label, producer's real name, etc.) that give them faith in the products they consume, or they are incredible. .

Figures 1a-1b shows the product level evaluation flow in accordance with the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the invention.

3 is a flow chart of a routine for performing a produce level assessment for a producer.

4 is a flow chart of a routine for creating a product database and a product registration database that allow a client to evaluate a produce level.

5 is a flow chart of the routine when the distributor uses the produce level assessment.

6 is a flowchart of a routine when a consumer uses a produce level assessment.

7 is a flowchart of a routine for creating a commodity sales database that enables a consumer to evaluate a produce level.

8A-8C illustrate hierarchical data entry structures of agricultural product evaluation means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 1a-1b shows the flow of the production system (Measurement System of Produce (MSP)) according to the present invention. 1A shows an MSP preparation routine. The MSP process of the present embodiment is based on the transmission from the server system to the client system when the client makes an Eval Evaluation Indices of Produce (EIP) request. The routine of this embodiment is made up of an EIP evaluation item selection 101, an EIP evaluation record enumeration 102, and an EIP evaluation member selection 103. The EIP Evaluation Item Selection 101 is used to enumerate the EIP Evaluation Record 102 for the evaluation of the information under evaluation of the EIP for review and reference of relevant information previously created by the client (primarily the producer and distributor) for the selected item. need. The EIP evaluator selection (103) extracts a certain number of evaluators in consideration of evaluability (online evaluation method) from the evaluator database composed of item-specific experts. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that there are various methods in the process of creating a web page and sending it to the client system to proceed with the above flow in the server system. The EIP evaluator selection 103 has a procedure of confirming whether the EIP evaluator is selected (103a), the EIP evaluator record inquiry (103b), and the EIP evaluator selection sub 103c. The confirmation of the selection of the EIP evaluator (103a) can be done by the client only when the client is directly responsible for the EIP evaluation and has been verified the ability to directly perform the EIP evaluation (assessment ability for farm products and MSP use ability). It is necessary to make sure. This allows the distinction between objective evaluations received through the EIP evaluator and evaluation based on one's conscience, so that distributors and consumers can maintain their belief in MSP. When the EIP evaluator is selected, the EIP evaluator records inquiry 103b is randomly performed based on the item, region, record, etc. in the EIP evaluator database. 1B shows the MSP usage routine. The MSP usage routine of this embodiment consists of an EIP evaluation process 104, distributor information disclosure 105, and consumer information disclosure 106. The EIP evaluation process 104 is performed using the EIP evaluation data and the EIP evaluation member for the target item prepared for the EIP evaluation in FIG. 1A, and conducting the EIP evaluation 104a for performing the evaluation, and the EIP evaluation result is stored in the EIP evaluation database. Storing the stored EIP evaluation information 104b, and storing the stored EIP evaluation results of the client and the EIP evaluator database 104c. Detailed methodology for this will be understood by those skilled in the art with reference to FIGS. 2-4. The distributor information disclosure 105 means a routine in which the distributor uses the MSP. In other words, the process by which a distributor receives services suitable for profit activities by using MSP. It consists of an auction service 105a for auctioning agricultural products using MSP and an additional service 105b for providing other information services. The auction service 105a refers to a service that induces a transaction by narrowing the range of agricultural products to each other by exposing information on items of interest to each other to clients and distributors in determining the value of agricultural products that have been evaluated through EIP. do. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is important to share information to narrow the scope of coordination with each other so that auctions can be made, rather than this agricultural auction method. The additional service 105b refers to a 1: 1 information providing service that is perfectly suited to a client by creating a new value added for each database of the server system using a data warehouse and various tools. This, along with the sharing of MSP data by producers, EIP evaluators and distributors, can generate value-added information and provide it as part of a profitable business. Detailed methodologies thereof will be well understood by those skilled in the art with reference to FIG. 5. The consumer information disclosure 106 not only prevents a consumer who directly consumes agricultural products as of now, from having a significantly smaller amount of information than the information of producers and distributors, as well as through the identifier (code) of the agricultural products he purchased. Enable services that provide data and personalized purchase information. Detailed methodologies for this can be well understood by those skilled in the art with reference to FIGS. 6-7.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment supports MSP over the Internet using the Web (WWW). Server system 200 includes web server engine 201, various web pages 202, XML / EDI messaging server engine 203, application tools 204, WAP agency 205, producer database 206, distributor Database 207, consumer database 208, EIP database 209 and EIP evaluator database 210, product database 211, product registration database 212, and product sales database 213. The web server engine 201 receives an HTTP request for accessing a web page identified by a URL and provides a web page to various client systems. Such an HTTP request may indicate that the producer requested the MSP. The XML / EDI messaging server engine 203 receives a request for information from a web client and uses the application tool 204 for automatic conversion between the data in the database and XML, and uses the WAP agency 205 to provide information to the client system. To provide. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that a system for providing information to client systems can be implemented with a variety of techniques, as well as XML / EDI messaging servers. E.g. It can also be implemented with technologies that are common with application web applications such as WAP technology. The producer database 206 contains information of the producer (including the producer or distributor who directly produces the produce). The producer information includes the producer's name, the main agricultural product information and the specific information required for the MSP associated with the producer, such as trading volume, reliability, the main producer. The distributor database 207 includes information of a distributor (including a distributor or a distributor performing sales revenue for a consumer). The distributor information includes auction service using the MSP and specific information necessary for the information service, such as a distributor's name, transaction history, transaction volume, delivery information, reliability, and main product. The merchant database 208 contains information of consumers (who consume agricultural products). The consumer information includes the consumer's name, main consumption items and specific information such as consumption amount, MSP usage, and the like. The EIP database 209 contains information of the measurement tools needed for the MSP. The data entry structure represented by the EIP information will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in FIGS. 8A-8C. The EIP evaluator database 210 includes information of the person performing the EIP (hereinafter EIP evaluator). The information of the EIP evaluator includes information on the name, the main evaluation items, the evaluation record, the main activity area, the reliability, and the duration of the activity. The commodity database 211 includes specific information on agricultural products that have performed EIP. The information includes specific information tailored to the data entry of the EIP. The product registration database 212 includes information for auctioning and providing information service for the same agricultural product when the producer wants to sell the agricultural product that has performed the EIP to the distributor. The product registration information includes a product name, a trading volume, a selling method, a country of origin, an expected shipping date, a minimum lower limit price, and an appropriate upper limit price. The merchandise sales database 213 includes product information required by the consumer regarding the same agricultural product when the consumer purchases the agricultural product that has performed the EIP. The merchandise sales information includes information on a brand name, a shipper, and a distributor (trader). The client system 220 refers to a personal information terminal including a browser capable of both HTML and XML of clients, including producers, distributors (merchants), consumers, and EIP evaluators. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the client system can be implemented with a variety of information terminals rather than PCs. E.g. It can also be implemented with personal digital assistants such as PDAs and mobile phones. The server and client system exchange information with each other via communication link 230, which includes transmission over the Internet. Those skilled in the art will understand that not only the Internet but also various communication channels such as LAN, WAN, point-to-point dial communication and the like can be used. In addition, the server system may include any combination of hardware and software to assess the level of produce. The client system can include any hardware or software combination that communicates with the server system. Such systems include television based systems or various consumer products that can be ordered.

3 is a flow chart of a routine for performing a produce level assessment for a producer. To perform the MSP, the server system needs to have agricultural product specific information and relevant EIP evaluator selection information. The server system can obtain this information in various ways. First, the server system allows producers to select agricultural products for MSP. Second, the server system may inquire whether to select an EIP evaluator for the agricultural products selected by the producer. If so, the server system can be selected from the EIP evaluator database for evaluation by the EIP evaluator. Third, the server system may store the collected product related information in a database when the MSP is performed in a conventional manner. In step 301, the server system requests a login to distinguish that the client requesting communication is a producer. In step 302, the producer selects an EIP target agricultural product, and the server system provides the client with the corresponding EIP. In step 303, if the producer requests an EIP evaluation review, the server system selects an EIP evaluator for the item based on the origin from the EIP evaluator database, and stores the EIP data modified and reviewed by the EIP evaluator in the product database. do.

4 is a flow chart of a routine for creating a product database and a product registration database that allow a client to evaluate a produce level. When a client creates an EIP for several agricultural items, there is no need to manually enter all the duplicate information. In one embodiment, the server system adds client information to a portion of the EIP data about the selected item. This information may include the client's name and credibility. The partial information of such a client should be enough information to let the server system know who the client has properly performed EIP evaluation. In step 401, a web page including existing information about the MSP target item selected by the client is generated. In step 402, if the completion of the EIP creation sent from the client system is sent to the server system, the server system continues to step 403, otherwise, generates a web page including a message asking whether the EIP is completed. In step 403, the server system adds to the web page to reconfirm the transmitted EIP information. In step 404, it is stored in the producer database. In step 405, the EIP data is stored in the commodity registration database if the client will place the finished EIP at the MSP auction, otherwise stored in the commodity database.

5 is a flow chart of the routine when the distributor uses the produce level assessment. The distributor's client system notifies the server system of the intention to purchase the agricultural product. The server system then retrieves the items associated with the desired agricultural product from the product registration database, and the distributor can obtain valuable information of the desired item through the detailed search identifier and participate in the auction. In one embodiment, the distributor who wants to purchase cabbage, through the MSP, the information of the cabbage he wants to know and want to check (from the name, address, career, and reliability of the cabbage producer, varieties, sowing time, pesticides and fertilizer types, shipping date and The minimum and minimum prices, the delivery and payment methods, etc. of the EIP data that can be disclosed. Based on this information, the distributor will participate in the auction with confidence in the proven cabbage. If satisfactory cabbage is not available, the cabbage producers registered in the producer database can be contacted to close the deal. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that transactions can be made in a variety of ways based on factors such as the size of the purchase amount and the shipping date. In step 501, the server system requests a login to distinguish that the client requesting communication is a distributor. In step 502, when the distributor selects the agricultural product that has performed the desired MSP, the server system extracts and provides the agricultural product information from the product registration database. In step 503, if the distributor requests more agricultural product information, the server system searches the product registration database according to the search condition equation. If there is a satisfactory product, the process proceeds to step 505. Otherwise, in step 504 Producers with cultivation experience can be extracted from the producer database to transmit the required information of the distributor's desired trading product to the producer client system. The responding client then performs an EIP to provide feedback to update the information in the product registration database. In step 505, the distributor makes an auction bid for the producer's verified product. In step 506, the traded agricultural product information is stored in the merchandise sales database along with the transaction contents of the distributor.

6 is a flowchart of a routine when a consumer uses a produce level assessment. The client system of the consumer notifies the server system of the agricultural product purchase information which has performed the MSP. Those skilled in the art can see that the agricultural products' unique identifiable devices (bar codes, etc.) are currently commercialized due to the standardization of logistics. Then, the server system searches the merchandise sales database according to the agricultural product identifiable device (commodity unique code registered in the merchandise sales database) transmitted from the client system, constructs a web page using the detailed data of the found merchandise, and the client system To provide. In one embodiment, a consumer who purchases apples obtains information about apples from the apple origin (reliability of apple origin and producer), varieties, sowing dates, pesticides and fertilizer types, and EIP data available to the consumer. . Based on this information, the consumer can buy a proven apple with confidence. Those skilled in the art will be able to improve the consumption satisfaction of the product by opening the information of the agricultural products to the consumers, so that the distributor can build a client system at the purchase site to provide a more satisfactory product information service to the consumers in the field. In step 601, the server system requests a login to distinguish that the client requesting communication is a consumer. In step 602, when the consumer inputs an identifier of MSP agricultural product to be purchased or purchased from the client system, the server system extracts and provides agricultural product information from the merchandise sales database accordingly. In step 603, the MSP agricultural product purchase information purchased by the consumer is stored in the consumer database so that the information providing service to the consumer can be provided later.

7 is a flowchart of a routine for creating a commodity sales database that enables a consumer to evaluate a produce level. When a distributor purchases agricultural products through the MSP auction, EIP information of the purchased agricultural products is stored in a merchandise sales database. When a distributor sells a product to a consumer that is not through an MSP auction, the distributor will need an EIP assessment at the consumer's request. The distributor stores the relevant data in the commodity sales database through the EIP evaluation. The stored merchandise sales database is provided upon request of the consumer's information. In step 701, the client generates a web page including a list and summary information of goods purchased through the MSP auction. In step 702, if the product purchased through the MSP auction through the distributor identifier (ID) sent from the client system is in the distributor system of the server system, the server system continues to step 703, otherwise, whether to create an EIP or not. Creates an EIP web page for the product and sends it to the client system. In step 703, the server system adds the EIP evaluation information to the web page to reconfirm the product registration database and the MSP target agricultural product information input by the client stored in the product database. In step 704, the server system stores the EIP evaluation information in the product sales database.

8A-8C illustrate hierarchical data entry structures of agricultural product evaluation means according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a client writes basic EIP evaluation information for an MSP or requires a display, a web page typically consists of a series of long data entry fields that cannot be displayed on one screen at the same time. The client has to scroll through the web pages to enter the information, making it difficult to understand the overall structure of the data entered. Thus, the hierarchical data entry structure solves these problems. 8A shows the EIP form format that the client fills in and uses. The EIP form includes, for example, various types of fields separated by A, B, C, D, and E. When the client clicks the Start EIP Evaluation button, entry field A is expanded to indicate a producer-related data entry field of the EIP-targeted agricultural product. 8B shows the expanded state of write column A. FIG. Since only entry field A is opened, the user can simultaneously view the summary information of the other entry fields together with the data entry field of entry column A. The user then writes data into the various data entry fields displayed. When the entry is complete, the client clicks Next or This button. When the next button is selected, the entry field A is folded and the entry field B is opened so that information related to the place of production of the agricultural products for the EIP can be entered. 8C is an expanded state of write column B. FIG. If the previous button is selected, write column A is collapsed and displayed as shown in FIG. 8A. This folding and unfolding is repeated for each entry column. During data writing, if an error is detected, an error message is displayed closest to the data entry field containing the error and a web page is generated. This web page is then displayed by the client system to inform the client of the error.

The problems of the offline agricultural product distribution system using the public and private wholesale market, which account for a large part of the agricultural product distribution volume, are as follows. Fares and up-and-down costs of transporting agricultural products from a mountain to a wholesale market for auctioning a wholesale market near a large city such as Seoul's Garak Market, Labor costs incurred in getting off will occur regardless of auction auction. This is because in order to conduct agricultural auctions in the existing wholesale market, the auction is possible only if the agricultural products are moved from the mountain to the wholesale market. When a producer receives an auction bid through such a farming process, the producer pays auction fee, garbage disposal charges, freight charges, and freight charges, and receives a small portion of the auction bid completion difference. This is a structural problem that accompanies the auction of the wholesale market. Those who have won the auction at the auction are those who store, process, sanitize and package the produce in order to maintain and increase their merchandise. In the process, the price will rise by more than 40-50% of the auction bid price. In particular, many agricultural products that are not processed and packaged in the mountainous area go through the above steps in the process of being distributed to distributors (who sell profits to the final consumer) after winning bids. The price will be greatly different. Of course, agricultural market prices and trading volume information determined by auctions in the wholesale market can be used as a basis for direct trade (transaction with reduced intermediate distribution stage) or preemptive trade (transactions between distributors and producers, not through auctions). Gives. However, when a producer ships agricultural products through an auction of a wholesale market, they do not participate in the auction directly, so they have only limited information on pricing. It is difficult for distributors to participate in auctions directly and win bids, and the product value (freshness) of agricultural products that are won through a multi-stage auction process is reduced. Distributors in auctions and wholesale markets need a lot of land to deal with garbage from agricultural products and for auctioning agricultural products with large daily auctions. Consumers have no choice but to buy produce that differs greatly from the unit price that producers actually receive through auctions in the wholesale market, and there is no way to get detailed information about the foods they eat and have limited information.

The present invention utilizes a network (such as the Internet) and a database to solve the problems of the wholesale market auction, which is currently disadvantageous to producers and distributors, distributors and merchants in the wholesale market, and agricultural product pricing. By conducting a reasonable assessment of the level of agricultural products that can be recognized by each person involved in the production, distribution, and consumption of agricultural products (producers, producers, distributors, wholesalers, and consumers), the necessary information will be disclosed to provide additional services, including auction services. To provide.

Claims (4)

As a way to provide clients and distributors with the information they need on the network in order to set a reasonable price base for both producers and distributors. Transmitting Evaluation Indices of Produce (EIP) data that can collect specific data entries for the produce from the client system to the server system via a network; And then During data processing of server system, Storing the EIP data in a product registration database of a server system when an auction request from a client is requested; And When the client requests an EIP evaluation, designating an EIP evaluator through the EIP evaluator database of the server system to assist the client in performing the EIP; Including, The EIP data may be used by a client to request information (e.g., minimum and minimum prices, etc.) to help auction between producers and distributors, and information (e.g., credibility of producers, distribution stages) to help consumers purchase. A Measurement System of Produce (MSP), which is transmitted to the client system at the time. 2. The MSP of claim 1, wherein when the client requests only an EIP evaluation, the completed EIP data is stored in a product database of a server system to enable the information service displayed on the client system. The method of claim 2, wherein when the server system provides an information service, Displaying information on the client system to assist producers in producing and distributing agricultural commodities for performing EIP evaluation; Displaying information on a client system to help the distributor to purchase the item purchased through the MSP auction; And Displaying information of agricultural products registered in the MSP to the client system to the consumer; MSP comprising a. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying comprises browsing, at a client system, an HTML / XML document transmitted via the Internet by a server system.