KR20010092559A - Mobile communication system and Method for cooperative buying service using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile communication system and a cooperative buying service method using the same are provided to enter into a cooperative buying at real time irrespective of current situation by providing the cooperative buying service to subscribers using the mobile communication system through wireless. CONSTITUTION: A cooperative buying server retrieves buying desire information registered in a buying desire server and inquires whether buyers buy corresponding goods(S302). The buyer who wants to buy the corresponding goods transmits the content which wishes for buying to the cooperative buying server using a mobile terminal(S303). Sellers for selling the goods bid a selling condition to the cooperative buying server using the mobile terminal(S304). The cooperative buying server receives the bidding condition transmitted from each seller, checks the number of buyers who wish for buying, and progresses a successful bid to the cooperative buying when the number of buyers satisfies the selling condition and transmits current bid situation to the corresponding buying goods to the sellers and buyers to inform the progress situation of the cooperative buying(S305).

Description

Mobile communication system and method for cooperative buying service using the same}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication service, and more particularly, to a mobile communication system for providing a co-purchase service to subscribers over the air and a method of using a co-purchase service using the same.

In general, as the demand for wireless telephones rapidly increases, the necessity of wireless communication that guarantees the mobility of a terminal without wires is increasing in data communications as in voice calls.

In addition to traditional file transfer, the wireless data service provides all the services provided by the existing public telecommunication network (PSTN) and public data network (PSDN) such as information retrieval through computer communication connection, Internet connection, corporate computer connection and fax transmission / reception. It is possible to create various application services such as sending news articles by on-site news agency, sending / receiving e-mails to reporters, and reporting work to mobile workers.

1 is a block diagram showing a mobile communication system for performing a conventional wireless data service.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless data service is configured to enable wireless data communication by adding an interworking function (IWF) 104 in a network infrastructure for an existing voice call. Includes Frame Relay and X.25 / PRI connectivity for access.

That is, a circuit data service and a packet data service may be provided in connection with another network through a public telecommunication network (PSTN) connection, an internet connection, and a public data network (PSDN) connection.

The wireless data service standard is applied to the EIA / TIA Recommendations IS-99, IS-707, IS-657, IS-658, etc., and separate operation and maintenance functions and statistics from the MSC. Function can be managed so that independent operation is possible.

In FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 101 can wirelessly connect to the network as a personal mobile phone, and the computer 100 means a portable PC capable of inputting data.

In addition, the base station 102 and the switching center 103 transmit / receive data from the mobile terminal 101 through a wireless channel and serve to control a call. Here, the switching center 103 and the network interlocking device 104 are connected to the L interface defined in IS-658.

On the other hand, in IS-658, in order to provide data communication between other networks (ie, PSTN or PSDN) in a CDMA communication network, a connection standard with the network interworking device 104 is divided into a circuit mode method and a packet mode method.

Therefore, the network interworking device 104 that provides data service in packet mode requires a protocol conversion device that changes to X.25 or X.75 form in order to connect to a public data network (PSDN), and provides data service in line mode. Providing network interlocking device 104 requires a separate modem for connecting to the modem of the public communication network (PSTN).

However, such a conventional mobile communication system does not provide a joint purchase service to subscribers.

Currently, an auction service is provided through which the seller registers a desired item and accordingly buys and sells the item between the buyer and the seller. There is no joint purchase service that can be jointly purchased according to the conditions.

Therefore, there is a demand for a joint purchase service that can buy and sell goods in real time even when a large number of buyers and sellers are moving.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a mobile communication system that can buy and sell goods between a plurality of buyers and sellers in real time using a mobile communication system and a joint using the same It is to provide a purchasing service.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mobile communication system, a mobile system, a communication system for wireless connection with the mobile terminal, a gateway for connecting the communication system and other communication networks, A management server that accesses the communication system through an arbitrary communication network using the gateway, and manages the sales item information of a seller registered using the mobile terminal, and registers through the communication network using the mobile terminal; When the number of purchasers that manage the purchase request information of the buyer and the number of buyers who want to purchase a particular item among the buyers registered in the purchase request server satisfy the sales condition transmitted from the seller's mobile terminal, It is composed of a joint purchase server that wins the buyers.

Preferably, the communication network is connected to the operating system for controlling the joint purchase server, the management server and the desired purchase server, the management server is connected to a database for storing information about the sale and information about the seller is connected. do.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the other object as described above, the joint purchase service method using a mobile communication system includes the steps of the buyer registers the purchase information of the desired item on the purchase request server using the mobile terminal, Searching for the sale items registered in the management server in the purchase server to inform the seller of the goods registered in the desired purchase server of the purchase desire information, and whether to purchase to the buyers who have registered the purchase desire information for similar items in the joint purchase server; Requesting, by the buyer of the similar goods to inform the co-purchase server whether or not to purchase, the seller bids the sale conditions for the goods to the co-purchase server, the co-purchase server the transmission The sales conditions of each seller and whether each buyer And a step of determining whether or not the joint purchase bid for the goods and, further informing the bid results to the buyer and the seller.

Preferably, the buyer registers price, quantity, and status information about the purchased item that he wants to purchase in the purchase request server, and the joint purchase server purchases the short message service (SMS) to the buyer and the seller. Send a message asking whether or not you want to buy.

In addition, the joint purchase server compares whether the number of desired buyers for the item meets the terms of sale sent by the sellers, and determines whether the bid is successful. There is an additional real time relay step.

After the successful bidding step, a step of connecting a currency between the successful bidder and the seller is further performed.

1 is a block diagram showing a conventional mobile communication system.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system for providing a joint purchase service according to the present invention.

3 is a flow diagram illustrating a joint purchase service in accordance with the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

200, 201: mobile terminal 202: communication system

203: Gateway 204: Operating System

205: Purchase Hope Server 206: Joint Purchase Server

207: management server 208: database

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention proposes a mobile communication system capable of providing a real-time joint purchase service to subscribers using a mobile communication system and a joint purchase service method using the same.

To this end, the present invention configures a joint purchase server for providing a joint purchase service, configures a management server connected to the joint purchase server and manages the seller's sales information, and also provides purchase request information for the goods desired by the buyer. Configure the desired purchase server to manage.

The joint purchase server, management server and the desired purchase server connect to the mobile communication system through the Internet network so that the joint purchase service can be provided to the subscribers wirelessly.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system for providing a joint purchase service according to the present invention.

2, a mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 200 and 201, a communication system 202 wirelessly connected to the mobile terminals 200 and 201, a communication system 202 and other communication systems. A gateway 203 for connection with a communication network and a connection using the gateway 203 to the communication system 202 through an arbitrary communication network, and registered using the mobile terminals 200 and 201. A management server 207 for managing sales information of a seller, a purchase hope server 205 for managing purchase request information of a buyer registered through the communication network using the mobile terminals 200 and 201, and the purchase When the number of buyers who want to purchase a particular item among the buyers registered in the desired server 205 satisfies the sales condition transmitted from the seller's mobile terminal, the joint purchase server 20 that bids the product to a plurality of buyers 20 6) consists of.

Here, the management server 207 is connected to a database 208 for storing information about the merchandise and information about the seller.

The communication system 202 may include a base station (not shown) for wireless connection with the mobile terminals 200 and 201, a base station controller (not shown) for controlling the base station, and data connected to the base station controller with the base station controller. It consists of an exchange station (not shown) that controls the call.

The communication network is an Internet network, which controls the joint purchase server 206, the management server 207, and the purchase hope server 205 to perform joint purchase services according to various conditions desired by buyers and sellers. Operating system 204 is connected.

In addition, the mobile terminals 200 and 201 collectively refer to all terminals that can be connected to the communication system 202 wirelessly by either a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a PDA. In addition, in the present invention, the mobile terminals 200 and 201 become buyers or sellers.

An operation procedure of the joint purchase service in the mobile communication system configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, it is assumed that the database 208 of the management server 207 has already stored information on the seller and information on the merchandise.

Then, the buyers want to access the desired purchase server 205 through the Internet via the wired network or to the desired purchase server 205 via the wireless using the communication system 202 to purchase their information and purchases. The information on the purchased goods is registered (S300).

Here, the information on the purchased goods refers to the price of the purchased goods, the status of the purchased goods, the quantity of the purchased goods, and the like.

Then, the joint purchase server 206 retrieves the sales items registered in the management server 207, and accordingly detects the sellers who handle the purchased items registered in the purchase hope server 205 and then sends them to the sellers. Inform the purchase hope (S301).

In addition, the joint purchase server 206 searches the purchase desire information registered in the purchase hope server 205 and asks buyers who want to purchase a similar product whether to purchase the corresponding product (S302).

At this time, the joint purchase server 206 uses the communication system 202 to ask the buyers whether the item is to be purchased, and likewise notifies the seller of the desired purchase. The communication system 202 provides the information to buyers and sellers via a Short Message Service (SMS).

On the other hand, the joint purchase server 206 may wirelessly transmit newly registered purchase wish information to the corresponding sellers and buyers through the communication system 202 when new purchase wish information is registered in the purchase wish server 205. .

Thereafter, the buyer who wants to buy the goods among the buyers transmits the information that they want to purchase to the joint purchase server 206 using the mobile terminals 200 and 201 (S303).

When this process is in progress, the seller who wants to sell the item among the sellers bids the sale conditions to the joint purchase server 206 using the mobile terminals 200 and 201 (S304). Here, the selling condition is the bid price and the number of co-purchasers desired by each seller, and the bid price can be increased to a predetermined unit amount starting with the minimum bid amount.

Meanwhile, the joint purchase server 206 relays the sales conditions transmitted from each seller to other sellers in real time so that the sellers can modify the sales conditions according to the situation.

Thereafter, the joint purchase server 206 checks the number of buyers who wish to purchase after receiving the bidding conditions sent by the respective sellers, and when the number of buyers satisfies the terms of sale, bids for the joint purchase of the goods. At the same time, the current bidding status of the purchased goods is transmitted to the sellers and the corresponding buyers, thereby informing the progress of the joint purchase so that they can continuously participate in the joint purchase (S305).

Here, if the number of buyers does not meet a certain number, that is, the conditions for sale, the bid is not made and is sold.

Meanwhile, the joint purchase server 206 may select a seller who satisfies the purchase condition of the buyer already set in the management server 207 and perform a successful bid.

In this case, the purchase conditions may be arbitrarily determined by the buyers and the operating system 205, but preferably, the seller bids the lowest price or the time is set so that the seller bids the lowest price for the set time. do.

After that, the result of the successful bid is notified to the buyer and the seller (S306).

In this process, the seller may change the terms of sale according to the bidding status as described above. In particular, the joint purchase server 206 asks the seller if the number of buyers is less than a predetermined number, to modify the terms of sale. Similarly, the buyer may transmit the desired purchase condition to the joint purchase server 206.

As such, messages sent by buyers and sellers are wirelessly transmitted to buyers and sellers via communication system 202 in real time.

On the other hand, when the sales conditions of each seller does not meet the set purchase conditions, the above steps (S302 to S305) are repeated.

In addition, when the seller wants to give up his bid when the joint purchase is in progress, the bidder may notify the joint purchase server 206 again through the communication system 202.

According to the joint purchase service method according to the present invention described above, buyers can modify the desired purchase conditions for the desired items through the wireless, and also can query the joint purchase status and successful bid information for the desired items to purchase or query the seller. Can be. The same applies to the seller.

The sellers can participate in a joint purchase in real time using a one-key function provided in the mobile terminal, and can cancel according to the joint purchase situation.

In this way, the joint purchase service may allow buyers and sellers to connect to the joint purchase server through a wire to participate in the joint purchase, and the subsequent joint purchase process may be confirmed over the air using a mobile terminal.

In addition, the joint purchase server 206 automatically connects the call between the successful buyer and the seller after the successful bid of the purchased item, or transmits the telephone numbers of the seller and the buyer to the counterpart so that the user can make a call at a desired time.

As described above, the mobile communication system and the joint purchase service method using the same according to the present invention provide the subscribers with the joint purchase service over the air using the mobile communication system so that the subscribers can purchase the joint purchase in real time regardless of the current situation. It is possible to participate, and also saves time and money in using the joint purchase service.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (9)

With a mobile terminal, A communication system wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal; A gateway for connecting the communication system with another communication network, A management server that accesses the communication system through an arbitrary communication network using the gateway, and manages sales item information of a seller registered using the mobile terminal; A purchase desired server managing purchase purchase information of a purchaser registered through the communication network using the mobile terminal; When the number of buyers who want to purchase a specific item among the buyers registered in the purchase request server satisfies the sales condition transmitted from the mobile terminal of the seller, the joint purchase server that bids the product to a plurality of buyers Mobile communication system. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication network, And an operating system for controlling the joint purchase server, the management server, and the desired purchase server. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server, And a database for storing the information about the merchandise and the information about the seller. The purchaser registers purchase information of a desired item in a desired purchase server using a mobile terminal, Searching for the merchandise registered in the management server in the joint purchase server and notifying the seller of the merchandise registered in the desired purchase server to purchase information; Asking the purchasers who registered the purchase information of the similar items in the co-purchase server whether to make a purchase, Notifying buyers of the similar goods to the joint purchase server; The sellers bid the sale terms for the goods to the co-purchase server; Determining whether the joint purchase of the corresponding item is successful by comparing the selling condition of each seller and whether each buyer wants to purchase at the joint purchase server; Co-purchase service method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that the step of informing the buyer and seller of the successful bid result. The method according to claim 4, wherein in the registration step, The purchaser registers the price, quantity and status information about the purchased item to be purchased in the purchase request server. The method of claim 4, wherein the co-purchase server, Co-purchase service method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that by using a short message service (SMS) to inform the purchaser and the purchase request to the buyer and seller. The method of claim 4, wherein in the determining of the successful bidding, The joint purchase server is a joint purchase service method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that to determine whether the successful bid by comparing the number of desired buyers for the goods to meet the sales conditions transmitted by the seller. The method of claim 4, wherein in the determining of the successful bidding, A method of joint purchase service using a mobile communication system, further comprising the step of relaying each sale condition transmitted from a seller to other sellers or buyers in real time. The method of claim 4, wherein after the successful bidding step, The joint purchase service method using a mobile communication system, characterized in that further comprising the step of connecting the call between the successful buyer and the seller.