KR20010095802A - An electronic trading system of network-based and an operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system electronic commerce based on network and an operating method of the same are provided to arouse customer' interest by discounting a commodity price through a chip obtained in playing game. CONSTITUTION: A user PC(personal computer)(20) accesses a site for buying a commodity through a communication network(10), obtains a chip for discounting a commodity price through the site, plays game by using the chip, and obtains the chip added or subtracted as the result of the game. An electronic commerce server(30) accesses the user PC(20) through the communication network(10), enables the user to obtain the chip for discounting the commodity price, enables the user to play game, adds or subtracts the chip as the result of the game, and discounts the commodity price by using the chip in case the user buys the commodity.

Description

An electronic trading system of network-based and an operating method

The present invention relates to a network-based electronic commerce system and its operation method.

More specifically, the network-based e-commerce system and its operation to deduct a part of the purchase price of the goods that can be purchased on the e-commerce using the chips that can be obtained by using various services provided by the e-commerce server. It is about a method.

In recent years, with the explosive spread of computers, the world is connected to a single network through the Internet, an area where users around the world can share time and space.

As a result, many companies on the Internet have established websites to promote or provide their own information to netizens around the world, as well as to find the information they want.

In other words, when a user runs a web browser installed on the computer to connect to the Internet and enters a specific URL (Universal Resource Locator), the web browser connects to the server where the website is located, and the user provides the website. It is possible to use a variety of information in the form of text or graphics.

As such, Internet users around the world can use the Internet anytime, anywhere, without any time and space constraints. As the number of websites increases, new websites are emerging that are different from the existing websites.

Among these websites, e-commerce websites, which allow users of various levels to purchase various goods such as clothing, books, and records on the Internet, are rapidly increasing according to the popularity of the Internet users.

In addition, portal websites that provide search services, free e-mail, homepage space, and cyber folders are also gaining popularity among Internet users. There is a trend to introduce the above-mentioned electronic commerce to overcome the limitation of income.

In this case, when a plurality of users use the above-mentioned e-commerce website, each user accesses a website established on the Internet and directly selects various items such as books and records, even if they do not visit the store directly, and then selects a credit card ( Payment will be made via credit card, IC card, digital cash, etc., and the item will be received by mail at the address you specify.

However, the conventional e-commerce sites as described above only provide detailed information about the items to be sold and the amount of sales, so that users simply feel like shopping on the cyber, and do not visit the e-commerce site if they do not purchase the goods. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a network that can deduct a part of the purchase price of the goods that can be purchased in the electronic commerce using a chip that can be obtained by using a variety of services provided by the e-commerce server to solve the above problems To provide a base electronic commerce system and its operation method.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a game site to a user in an e-commerce server, to enjoy a game using a chip obtained from the e-commerce server, and to purchase an item by acquiring a chip while enjoying the game. To provide a network-based electronic commerce system and its operation method.

1 is a view for explaining a network-based electronic commerce system according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of an e-commerce server applied to FIG. 1;

3 is an operation flowchart for explaining a method of operating a network-based electronic commerce system according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a subroutine applied to FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: network communication network 20: user PC

30: e-commerce server 40: member server

50: Shop PC

The system of the present invention for achieving this object is connected to a site for purchasing a predetermined item through a network communication network, obtains a chip for deducting the item price through the site, and performs a game using the obtained chip And perform a communication connection with the user PC acquiring the chip added or subtracted according to the game result, the user PC through a network communication network, and acquiring the chip for the item deduction with the user PC connected through the communication. By using a chip to play a game to add or subtract chips, and when a user buys an item includes an e-commerce server that deducts a part of the price of the goods using the acquired chip.

The method of the present invention for achieving the above object, (1) the user PC to perform a communication connection with the e-commerce server through a web browser, and (2) the user PC is provided in the e-commerce server with a communication connection Outputting the initial screen, inputting the user's ID and password on the initial screen, and clicking the login button; and (3) when the login button is clicked, the user accesses an e-commerce web page having the chip information that the user has. And a process of acquiring a chip using a service provided on an e-commerce web page, and (5) performing a routine using the acquired chip.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the network-based electronic commerce system of the present invention.

1 is a view for explaining a network-based electronic commerce system according to the present invention.

As shown, the network communication network 10 includes the Internet and the like, and a predetermined number of users connect to the e-commerce server 30 to be described later, while using a variety of services provided by the e-commerce server 30. The e-commerce server 30 and the unspecified number of user PCs 20 are connected to purchase goods.

The user PC 20 is connected to the e-commerce server 30 for purchasing a predetermined article through the network communication network 10 described above, and the chip for deducting the goods price through the e-commerce server 30 described above. Acquires, performs a game using the acquired chip, and acquires a chip added or subtracted according to the above-described game result.

The e-commerce server 30 may perform a communication connection with the above-described user PC 20 through the above-described network communication network 10, and may obtain a chip for deducting goods through the above-described user PC 20 that is connected through communication. The game may be performed by using the above-described obtained chip, and the chip may be added or subtracted. When a user purchases an item, the user may deduct a portion of the item price by using the obtained chip.

Member site 40 provides a chip that can be deducted a portion of the price of goods provided through the above-described e-commerce server 30 when a user joins as a new member through the above-mentioned e-commerce server 30.

The store PC 50 receives predetermined chip issuing information from the electronic commerce server 30 described above and provides chip issuing information on the purchased item when the user purchases the predetermined item.

The above-mentioned e-commerce server 30 provides the information of the goods so that the user can purchase the goods, and the area for providing a predetermined chip when the goods are purchased, and the user clicks on the predetermined product advertisement to provide the advertisement information. Web page having an area for providing a predetermined chip when receiving, an event area for receiving a predetermined chip when the user participates, and an area for receiving a predetermined chip by inputting chip issuing information. Is sent to the user.

In addition, the above-mentioned e-commerce server 30 has a configuration as follows schematically.

First, as a database group 31 having various data for implementing the present invention, the database group 31 stores personal information of each user and chip information held by each user so far. The personal information and chip information database 31a, the item information database 31b which stores the information of the goods that can be purchased by the user and the chip information provided to the user when purchasing the goods, and the user When the user clicks on the advertisement information and the advertisement information, and the advertisement information is provided, the article advertisement information database 31c storing the chip information provided to the user and the chip issuing provided to the above-described store PC 50. It consists of the chip issuing information database 31d which stores the information.

The information input unit 32 outputs to the main control unit 34 to update the information stored in the above-described database group 31 by using the product information and the chip issuing information periodically input by the system administrator.

The communication control unit 33 receives one of login information, item purchase information, game progress information, member site link information, advertisement information click information, and event participation information transmitted from the user PC 20, and receives the main control unit 34. While transmitting the electronic commerce web page having the game web page input from the main control unit 34 to the user PC 20 described above, and providing the chip information input from the main control unit 34 to the user described above. do.

The information that can be provided with the chip output from the communication control unit 33 is at least one of product purchase information, member site registration information, product advertisement click information, event participation information, and game progress information, and inputs this information. The received main controller 34 provides a user with a preset chip in response to the above information.

The main controller 34 updates the database group 31 using the article information and chip issuing information input from the information input unit 32 described above, and the login information is input from the communication control unit 33 described above. Check whether the user is a member using the above-described database group 31, read the chip information stored in correspondence with the user information, output it to the above-described communication control unit 33, and receive the chip from the above-described communication control unit 33. When the information is inputted, the above-described database group 31 is updated by using a predetermined chip provided corresponding to the above-described information, and the information is provided to the user.

Next, the operation of the network-based electronic commerce system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

First, the system administrator of the e-commerce server 30 needs to establish a database 31b corresponding to the item information that can be purchased by the user, and this database 31b uses the information input unit 32 of FIG. It is periodically updated with product information input by the system administrator.

In addition, the system administrator constructs the above-described item information into a database, and when the user purchases the item, information about the amount of chips provided to the user and when the chip is used to pay the price of the item, The discount rate is specified in advance and stored with the product information to be provided to the user.

In addition, the system administrator is building a separate database 31c of the product advertisement information that the user can receive the chip by clicking on the advertisement.

As described above, the database is all constructed, the area for providing the information of the item so that the user can purchase the item, and the area for providing the predetermined chip when the item is purchased, and the user clicks the predetermined product advertisement to advertise. It is provided with an area for providing a predetermined chip when receiving information, an event area for receiving a predetermined chip when a user participates, and an area for receiving a predetermined chip by inputting chip issuing information. When the user makes a communication connection with the e-commerce server 30 through a web browser installed on the user PC 20 in a state in which a web page is produced and provided to the user (S100), the user PC 20 described above. An initial screen for inputting login information to receive a web page is received and output from the e-commerce server 30.

When the user inputs his ID and password on the web page (S200) and clicks the login button (S300), the main controller 34 logs in using the above-described ID and password. Information is received through the communication control unit 33.

The main controller 34 compares the above-described login information with the user information stored in the database 31a and determines whether the user who clicked the login button is a registered member.

In the case of a registered member, the chip information stored in correspondence with the user information is read in the database 31a described above, and the user PC 20 reads the above-described web page having the chip information through the communication control unit 33. Transfer to (S400).

In operation S500, a chip may be acquired by using the service provided on the electronic commerce webpage.

That is, there are many ways for a user to acquire a chip. First, when a user purchases a predetermined item from the above-described e-commerce web page, the main controller 34 recognizes the chip and corresponds to a chip purchased by the user. To the user. At this time, a certain ratio of chips is provided according to the purchase amount.

Second, when the user accesses the member site linked from the above-described e-commerce web page and joins the connected member site as a member, the main controller 34 recognizes this through the communication control unit 33 and a predetermined chip corresponding thereto. To provide.

Third, when the advertisement information of the article provided by the e-commerce web page is clicked and the advertisement is viewed, the main controller 34 provides the user with a chip set corresponding to the article advertisement information.

Fourth, when a click signal for participating in an event provided by an e-commerce web page is input, the main controller 34 recognizes this through the communication controller 33 and provides a corresponding chip.

Fifth, when the user purchases a predetermined item in a general store, receives the chip issuing information provided by the purchased store PC 50 and inputs it on the above-described web page, the main controller 34 enters the communication control unit 33. Recognizing the chip issuing information input through the corresponding, and provides the chip to the user in correspondence with the chip issuing information stored in the database (31d).

Using the chip obtained through the above-described process, the user performs a game provided by the above-described web page, or performs a routine using the obtained chip, such as purchasing a predetermined item (S600).

In this case, the routine S600 using the obtained chip will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4. First, it is determined whether click information for starting a game is input by the user (S610).

As a result of the above-described determination in step S610, when the user clicks the game start button to start the game, the main controller 34 checks the chip information of the user of the database 31a to determine whether the game can be performed. (S611).

As a result of the above-described determination in step S611, when the user has a chip to play the game, the user performs a game routine by performing a game routine (S612), and when the user does not have any chip, the main controller 34 transmits a chip member message, such as "Chip cannot be played because no chip," to the user PC 20 through the communication control unit 33, and the user performs the chip acquisition process (S500) described above. To obtain.

On the other hand, as a result of performing the game in the above-described step S612, it is determined whether the user has won from the result of the game (S614).

As a result of the above-described determination of step S614, if the game is won, the main controller 34 provides the user with as many chips as the user bets (S615), and adds and stores the predetermined number of chips owned by the user (S617).

As a result of the determination of the above-described step S614, when the game is lost, the amount of chips bet by the user is subtracted from the existing amount of chips and stored (S616).

When the user clicks on a predetermined product to purchase an item, the chip information of the user is checked, and the user's chip is removed as much as the chip set according to the item purchase. (S618) (S619), the discounted chip quantity is added to the predetermined chip quantity that the user has and stored (S620).

At this time, in the case of discounting the goods price of the goods using the chip, the limit of the discount is limited to the number of chips of a certain ratio set by the goods.

On the other hand, the main control unit 34, when the user purchases the goods through the e-commerce web page, the goods are returned within the legal return period, the return information is input to the main control unit 34 through the communication control unit 33, the main The controller 34 controls the chips that are given to the user when the goods are sold to be stored in correspondence with the user information while deducting from the current chip quantity of the user and corresponding to the user information, and prevents participation in the game.

The item return information of the user described above is used to measure the degree of credit of the user.

In addition, when the user purchases the goods through the above-mentioned e-commerce webpage and receives the goods, there is a defect and the exchange is performed. The main controller 34 is configured by the administrator who exchanged the defect information or the goods input by the user. The defect information to be input is received through the communication controller 33, and the main controller 34 which receives the defect information provides the bonus chip to the corresponding user.

As described above, according to the network-based e-commerce system of the present invention, by constructing a game site together with the e-commerce site, the user can not only increase the number of site accesses by causing the user's interest, but also enjoy the user by playing the game. In addition, there is an effect that the user's desire to purchase can be induced by discounting the price of the item using the chip obtained while playing the game.

Herein, while the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will variously modify the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. And can be changed.

Claims (9)

Access a site for purchasing a certain item through a network communication network, obtain a chip for deducting the item price through the site, perform a game using the obtained chip, and add or subtract chips according to the game result A user PC for acquiring the information; And A communication connection with the user PC is performed through the network communication network, the chip for deducting goods can be obtained from the user PC connected to the communication connection, and a chip can be added or subtracted by playing a game using the obtained chip. And an e-commerce server which deducts a part of the price of the goods by using the obtained chip when the user purchases the goods. The electronic commerce system of claim 1, wherein Member site that provides a chip that can be deducted a portion of the price of the goods provided through the electronic commerce server when the user subscribes as a new member through the electronic commerce server; And The network-based e-commerce system further comprises a shop PC that receives the chip issuing information from the e-commerce server and provides chip issuing information on the purchased goods when the user purchases the predetermined goods. . The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the e-commerce server, An area for providing information of the goods so that a user can purchase the goods, and providing a predetermined chip when the goods are purchased; An area providing a predetermined chip when a user clicks on a predetermined product advertisement to receive advertisement information; An event area for receiving a predetermined chip when the user participates; And And inputting the chip issuing information to transmit a web page having an area for receiving a predetermined chip to a user. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the e-commerce server, Database groups; An information input unit which outputs information to update information stored in the database group by using product information and chip issuing information periodically input by a system manager; Receives one of the login information, item purchase information, game progress information, member site link information, advertisement information click information, event participation information transmitted from the user PC and outputs to the outside, while the game web page is input from the outside A communication control unit which transmits an electronic commerce web page having the information to the user PC, and provides chip information input from the outside to the user PC; And The database group is updated using the item information and the chip issuing information input from the information input unit, and whether the user is a member using the database group to which login information is input from the communication control unit is checked, and stored in correspondence with user information. Reads chip information and outputs it to the communication controller, and when information for receiving a chip from the communication controller is input, updates the database group by using a predetermined chip provided corresponding to the information, It consists of the main control unit to provide, The database group, The personal information and chip information database that stores each user's personal information and the chip information held by each user, and the chip provided to the user when purchasing the goods and the information of the goods that can be purchased by the user. A goods information database storing information, a goods advertisement information database storing advertisement information provided to the user and chip information provided to the user when the user clicks on the advertisement information and the advertisement information is provided; Network-based electronic commerce system, characterized in that consisting of a chip issuing information database that stores the chip issuing information provided to the store PC. According to claim 4, Information that can be provided with the chip output from the communication control unit, A network-based electronic commerce system, characterized in that at least one of the item purchase information, membership registration information, product advertisement click information, event participation information and game progress information. (1) a user PC performing a communication connection with an e-commerce server through a web browser; (2) the user PC outputting an initial screen provided by the e-commerce server to which the communication connection is made, inputting a user ID and password on the initial screen, and then clicking a login button; (3) providing the user with an e-commerce web page having chip information owned by the user when the login button is clicked; (4) obtaining a chip using a service provided on the e-commerce web page; And (5) A method of operating a network-based electronic commerce system, characterized in that the process consists of performing a routine using the obtained chip. The method of claim 6, wherein the routine using the obtained chip comprises: (5-1) determining whether the user has clicked the game button for starting the game; (5-2) when the click information for starting the game is input, determining whether the game can be performed by checking the chip information of the user; (5-3) If the user has a chip to play the game, the user can play the game by executing a game routine.If the result of the game is won, the game is provided to the user as much as the bet chip. Storing the sum of the number of chips the user has; (5-4) subtracting and storing the amount of chips existing by the user as much as the number of chips bet if the game loses as a result of the game; And (5-5) In the process (5-1), when the user clicks on a predetermined item to purchase the item, the chip information of the user is checked and the user's chip is removed as much as the preset chip according to the item purchase. And discounting the product price, and subtracting the discounted chip quantity from the chip quantity possessed by the existing user and storing the discounted chip quantity. The method of claim 6, wherein the e-commerce web page in the process (3), An area for providing information of the goods so that a user can purchase the goods and providing a predetermined chip when the goods are purchased; An area providing a predetermined chip when a user clicks on a predetermined product advertisement to receive advertisement information; An event area for receiving a predetermined chip when the user participates; And Operating the network-based electronic commerce system, comprising: inputting the chip issuing information and transmitting a web page having a region for receiving a predetermined chip to a user. The chip set according to claim 6, wherein at least one of item purchase information, member registration information of a member site, item advertisement click information, event participation information, and game progress information is input from the user in step (4). A method of operating a network-based e-commerce system, characterized by providing a user.