KR20010097339A - Dutch Auction System Through Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a top-down auction system through the Internet, comprising: a supplier (10) accessing a corresponding website and inputting and registering information about an item to be auctioned; A buyer 20 accessing the website and participating in the auction; Store information about suppliers and buyer members, store information about auction items registered by suppliers, give an auction number, and provide auctions to top-down auctions whose prices decrease gradually for the registered auction items. An operator system 30 for determining, storing, and notifying the auction result; It comprises an Internet network 40 for connecting the supplier, the buyer and the operator system, the buyer connected to the Internet network to access the corresponding website (S101); Outputting the initial screen of the website (S102); Determining whether the buyer is a member (S103); In the case of the buyer member, inputting the member's ID and password (S104); Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members (S105); In the case of an authenticated member, searching for and selecting an item to be purchased (S106); Determining whether a selected item exists (S107); Selecting whether to make an auction if the selected item exists (S108); In case of selecting the reservation auction, selecting the auction number, selecting a desired price and quantity, ending the system, and in case of not selecting the reservation auction, participating in the actual auction (S109); Starting the auction and decreasing a price at a set time interval for a set time (S110); Bidding at a desired price (S111); Stopping the price drop and storing the result of the bidding (S112); Determining, by the supplier, a result of the auction of the reservation auction and the real auction (S113); Storing the determination result and notifying the supplier and the purchaser (S114); The auction ends in step S115. According to the present invention, when a supplier who wants to sell provides information including an upper limit and a lower limit about an item to be put in the auction and puts it on the auction, the auction proceeds from the top down, and a buyer who wants to purchase the product reserves an auction. Or by participating in real auctions, suppliers and buyers can sell and buy what they want on the Internet at an affordable price.

Description

Dutch Auction System Through Internet}

The present invention relates to a top-down auction method through the Internet, and more specifically, if a supplier who wants to sell a product on a website on the Internet (Internet) enters and registers information including an upper limit and a lower limit about an article to be auctioned, According to the auction number, the auction proceeds with the price falling from the top down, while the buyer who wants to buy the item selects the item to purchase and applies for a reservation auction or participates in the current auction directly. It relates to a top-down auction method through the Internet where a transaction can be made when a buyer selects and bids at a desired price as the process proceeds.

Auctions generally recruit a lot of people who want to buy a particular item, get their price request and make a sale price with the person who gets the highest price. In other words, the auction is made by determining the auction priority after confirming the items put on the auction, setting the lower price by evaluating the price of the listed items, and conducting the auction.

There are also many ways of commerce on the Internet. Among these Internet commerce, auction commerce is also a method in which a lower price is set for a listed item in a manner similar to the auction method and provided to the auction, and the price is raised from the lower limit to the highest bidder and bid to the highest priced buyer. to be. In other words, if you set a lower price along with the items you want to put in the auction, the buyer wants to participate in the auction and presents the higher price above the lower limit and the auction proceeds and the buyer with the highest price wins the bid. .

Since the auction method is a way of increasing the price, it is likely to be a successful bid at a price that is not appropriate for the supplier and the buyer, and does not satisfy the various needs of the supplier and the buyer.

In addition, the reverse auction method of US Pat. No. 5,794,207 relates to a method of purchasing a product that a buyer wants to purchase through the Internet. The buyer information is transmitted from the client to the server, the confirmation process for the buyer is made, and the order button is clicked. The deal is established.

The reverse auction method is a method in which a buyer proposes a purchase condition in advance and a supplier responds thereto. The above method has a disadvantage in that a buyer has to burden a condition.

An object of the present invention is to provide a top-down auction system through the Internet to provide the convenience of life and the appropriateness of transactions through electronic commerce. According to the present invention, when a supplier inputs and registers information including an upper limit and a lower limit about an item to be put in the auction, the auction proceeds while the price gradually decreases from the upper limit to the lower limit for a set time, and the buyer can bid the bidding system. It is to provide. According to the present invention, it is possible to make a reservation auction by selecting a product to be purchased and set a price in advance. Also, when a part of the product that can be divided and sold is successful and a remaining amount is left, auction of remaining amount, additional auction, etc. It is possible to re-auction if a bid is made, and to provide a variety of auction methods to allow the re-auction to be ignored.

1 is a system construction of a top-down auction over the Internet according to the present invention,

2 is a screen configuration of an embodiment of a top-down auction system via the Internet according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a top-down auction method through the Internet according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the auction proceedings in the case of a successful bid decision as an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 5 is a flow chart of the auction proceedings when determining an additional auction as an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a flow chart of the auction proceedings when re-auction determination as an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flow chart of the auction proceedings when neglected as an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart illustrating an auction progress when determining a bid as an embodiment of the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: supplier 20: buyer

30: Top down auction operator system 40: Internet network

32: Web server for the operator 34: Database

101: remaining time 102: current auction status

103: Upper limit 104: Lower limit

105: Auction No. 106: Status bar

107: current bar 108: price for current progress

109: sales unit 110: sales

111: unit sales 112: unit sales

113: Item 114: Grade

115: Supplier 116: Brief Description

117: dividing line / dot

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a provider (10) for accessing a website and inputting and registering information about items to be auctioned; A buyer 20 accessing the website and participating in the auction; Store information about suppliers and buyer members, store information about auction items registered by suppliers, give an auction number, and provide auctions to top-down auctions whose prices decrease gradually for the registered auction items. An operator system 30 for determining, storing, and notifying the auction result; It is characterized by consisting of an internet network 40 connecting the supplier, buyer and operator system.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a top-down auction system via the Internet according to the present invention.

The supplier 10 accesses a corresponding website and inputs and registers information about an item to be auctioned. The provider 10 accessing a corresponding website by connecting to an internet network; Outputting the initial screen of the website; Determining whether a member; If the member is a member's ID and password; Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members; Registering information about the item to be placed in the auction if the member is an authenticated member; And confirming the registration and receiving the auction number. The supplier 10 registers by providing information on the goods to be auctioned through the Internet, and if the buyer participates in the auction and bids by selecting the price or quantity, or bids, bidding, bidding, balance auction, addition As a person who judges auction results such as auctions or disregards, a personal computer for accessing the Internet network should be provided.

If the provider 10 is not registered as a member in the step of accessing the corresponding website, the member must be registered.In order to register as a member, the member 10 should be registered as a member when the initial screen is outputted. Judging whether it is; When registering as a member, inputting member information, giving an ID and a password; Inputting the supplier's information; Determining whether the input information satisfies the set criteria; Determining a rating for the supplier and authenticating the membership if the supplier meets the criteria; Storing the corresponding information and rating; Follow the steps to complete member registration. The step of inputting the information of the supplier includes information such as the name of the supplier, the address, and the goods to be handled. The rating for the supplier is determined by the operator according to established criteria such as reliability and reputation.

In the step where the supplier registers the information on the item to be placed in the auction, the upper and lower price, the unit of sale, the sales unit, the unit of sale, the unit of sale, the item, the grade, the supplier or the item of the item to be placed in the auction are briefly described. It is preferable to input and include the information to include.

The purchaser 20 connecting to a corresponding website by connecting to an internet network; Outputting the initial screen of the website; Determining whether a buyer is a member; If the buyer is a member, inputting an ID and password; Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members; Selecting items to be purchased in case of an authenticated member; If there is an item to be purchased, outputting an auction number and information on the item; Selecting whether to reserve the auction number or to participate in the auction in real time. If the purchaser is not registered as a member, in order to register as a member, accessing a corresponding Internet website and determining whether to register as a member when an initial screen is output; In the case of a member, inputting member information, giving an ID and a password; Inputting the buyer's information; Storing the information; Follow the steps to complete member registration.

The purchaser 20 is a person who is willing to bid at an auction to purchase a desired item through the Internet, and a personal computer for accessing the Internet network should be provided.

The operator system 30 creates a list of items that can be auctioned, stores and provides them to the corresponding site; Storing information on the auction item registered by the supplier and assigning an auction number; Notifying the auction number to the supplier of the auction article; Setting a predetermined time according to the auction number and providing information of the auction graph and the auction article so that the price falls downward according to the time set from the upper limit price to the lower limit price of the auction item during the time; If the buyer bids at the corresponding price while the price falls, the bidding result is stored in the server; Transmitting the bidding result to a supplier and a bidder; The supplier making a bidding, bidding, ignoring, re-auction, additional auction or remaining auction determination on the bidding result; Storing the determination result in a server and notifying a supplier and a purchaser; And ending the auction.

The auction operator is a provider who operates a website for top-down auctioning over the Internet. The auction operator manages the website and manages the members. In addition, the auction operator must have a system for operating a website via the Internet, and the operator system includes a web server 32 and a database 34 for the operator.

The operator web server 32 allows the auction operator to store, output, and control data input and output through the Internet for operation. It is a large computer that can process, manage, and operate a database.

The database 34 stores information on suppliers and buyer members, information on auction items registered by suppliers, auction numbers assigned to suppliers, etc., and auction results and auction results selected by the buyer as the auction proceeds. Is stored. In addition, the auction number, price and quantity selected in the reservation auction are stored and provided according to the auction progress.

The Internet network 40 is connected to the supplier 10, the buyer 20 and the operator system 30 to provide the goods to be auctioned on the Internet, reservation, auction progress, auction result transmission, etc. It is equipped with a system that can perform these functions.

Figure 2 shows an auction progress screen according to an embodiment showing the progress of a top-down auction over the Internet according to the present invention.

When the auction starts according to the auction number, the current auction progress state appears on the screen of the supplier and the buyer as shown in FIG.

The auction runs only for the set time and the remaining time 101 is displayed. If there is no bid for the set time, the auction is auctioned and the supplier can choose whether to re-auction or end the auction. The screen also displays the status 102 of the current auction. The display of the current auction status is not in progress at the current auction, the item is ready to begin auction "in preparation", the current auction is in progress "in auction", the current auction number is closed "Finish", "successful" which is displayed when the auction is sold for the current auction number, "failure" which is expressed when the bid is not made for the current auction number, and "suction" which is displayed when the bid is made for the current auction number. "Remaining Auction", which is displayed when auctioning only for the remaining items except for the quantity that has been won, and the items listed on the current auction number are a large quantity of goods. "Additional auction" displayed when the buyer is notified of intention to purchase at the same price, "re-auction" displayed when re-auctioning the current auction number The "ignore" when you try to express that jaegyeongmae have data for every bid number is displayed.

In addition, the upper limit 103 and the lower limit 104 set and registered by the supplier are displayed, and the progress bar 106 progresses from the upper limit 103 to the lower limit 104. The display of the downward price indicates that the progress bar 106 lights up to the upper limit 103 and then moves to the lower limit 104 so that the current progress bar 107 moves one by one. At the same time, the price of the price 108 for the current progress bar is lowered in line with the current progress bar 107. The price 108 for the current progress bar is a price for one attribute or a bundle for a sale unit when the sales unit or the attribute is in a large quantity. The sales unit 109 and the sales speed 110 are shown when there are many kinds in one bundle. For example, if there are 12 pencils in one dozen pencils, one pencil may be sold one by one, or one pencil may be sold. The sales unit amount 111 and the sales unit bundle 112 have 24 items in two dozen pencils, for example, a unit used when selling one by one. Sell six pencils. However, when there is only one total auction item or when the whole is sold in bundles, the sales unit 109, sales speed 110, sales unit amount 111 and sales unit gen 112 are the same. do. Auction items corresponding to the current auction number is displayed in the item 113 column, and the grade 114 column is displayed when indicating a new product, used goods, or a grade of agricultural and aquatic products. The supplier 115 column represents the name of the person who put the auction item and the supplier grade. In the short description (116), a brief description of the current auction item is displayed, and the dividing line / dot (117) is provided in 10 progress bars for every 10 bars to help the buyer more easily determine the current progress. It is a good idea to draw dividers / dots.

3 illustrates a flow of an auction method in which a buyer participates in an auction according to the present invention. The purchaser participates in the auction and purchases a product, in which the buyer connects to an internet network and accesses a corresponding website (S101); Outputting the initial screen of the website (S102); Determining whether the buyer is a member (S103); In the case of the buyer member, inputting the member's ID and password (S104); Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members (S105); In the case of an authenticated member, searching for and selecting an item to be purchased (S106); Determining whether a selected item exists (S107); Selecting whether to make an auction if the selected item exists (S108); In case of selecting the reservation auction, selecting the auction number, selecting a desired price and quantity, ending the system, and in case of not selecting the reservation auction, participating in the actual auction (S109); Starting the auction and decreasing a price at a set time interval for a set time (S110); Bidding at a desired price (S111); Stopping the price drop and storing the result of the bidding (S112); Determining, by the supplier, a result of the auction of the reservation auction and the real auction (S113); Storing the determination result and notifying the supplier and the purchaser (S114); The auction ends with a step including the step (S115).

If the price bid in the reservation auction and the price bid in the real auction are the same, the bidder who bid in the reservation auction is given priority.

In the step (S113) in which the supplier makes a decision on the bidding result, the supplier may make a successful bid, bid, disregard, re-auction, additional auction or remaining auction. When the supplier makes a successful bid decision, the supplier receives the successful bid result. And notifying the successful bidder while notifying the failed bidder. If all the auction items have been successful, the auction will be terminated when the successful bid is notified.

If only a portion of the auction item is successful, the supplier decides whether to make a balance auction or an additional auction for the remaining balance. When the supplier makes a residual auction determination on the bidding result, the supplier provides the determination result to the supplier and the successful bidder while re-auctioning the remaining balance that is not successful by the buyer. On the other hand, when the supplier makes an additional auction decision on the bidding result, providing the bidding result to the supplier and the successful bidder, and notifying the purchaser whether the buyer is willing to purchase at the same price for the remaining unsuccessful bidding. ; Preserve current bid data and receive additional bids.

If there is no bid for the set time, the bid is made after the set time has elapsed, the bidding result is provided to the supplier and the buyer, and the supplier can select whether to re-auction or end the auction.

If the supplier makes a re-auction decision on the result of the bidding, the auction proceeds again with respect to the current auction number. Re-auction If there is no successful bid candidate, the current bid data is preserved and re-auction is conducted.

When the supplier makes a disregard of the result of the bid, the current bid data is deleted and the auction is performed again with respect to the current auction number. If there is a successful bidder, the auction proceeds by restoring the saved bid data. In this case, the existing bidder may also be successful. This is because if the buyer who bid in the re-auction bids lower than the buyer who bid in the previous disregard, the bidder is excluded from the successful bid.

As described above, the present invention relates to a top-down auction method through the Internet. When a supplier registers an item to be auctioned by accessing a website, the auction proceeds through a top-down auction method and a buyer who wants to purchase can participate in a reservation or direct auction. In consideration of the above, one should be able to sufficiently change, convert, substitute, and substitute the above, and is not limited to the above.

As described above, in the top-down auction method through the Internet of the present invention, when a supplier registers information about an item to be auctioned, an auction number is assigned thereto and the auction proceeds according to the auction number. When a buyer participates in a reservation or auction and bids, an auction takes place, and the product can be purchased at a more desirable price to the buyer, and the supplier can sell the product over the Internet, so that the price is appropriate for both the supplier and the buyer. It has the effect of being able to buy or sell things. In addition, by auctioning through the Internet, it is more convenient to participate in the auction to sell and purchase goods at an appropriate price, to reduce the cost paid to the auctioneer, it is possible to reduce the transportation cost and time. In addition, through auctions, residual auctions, additional auctions, disregard, etc., various auction methods are provided to suppliers and buyers to achieve a reasonable and effective auction culture.

Claims (15)

A provider 10 which accesses the website and inputs and registers information about goods to be placed in the auction; A buyer 20 accessing the website and participating in the auction; Store information about suppliers and buyer members, store information about auction items registered by suppliers, give an auction number, and provide auctions to top-down auctions whose prices decrease gradually for the registered auction items. An operator system 30 for determining, storing, and notifying the auction result; Top down auction system via the Internet, characterized in that it comprises an Internet network (40) connecting the supplier, buyer and operator system. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplier 10 Connecting to a corresponding website by connecting to an internet network; Outputting the initial screen of the website; Determining whether a member; If the member is a member's ID and password; Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members; Registering information about the item to be placed in the auction if the member is an authenticated member; A top-down auction system via the Internet comprising the step of confirming the registration and receiving the auction number. The method of claim 2, wherein the registration of the supplier member is Determining whether to register as a supplier member when the initial screen is output by accessing a corresponding Internet website; In the case of a supplier member, inputting member information, giving an ID and a password; Inputting information about a supplier; Determining whether the input information satisfies the set criteria; Determining a rating for the supplier and authenticating the membership if the supplier meets the criteria; Storing the corresponding information and rating; Top-down auction system through the Internet, characterized in that further performing the step of completing the supplier membership registration. The method of claim 2, wherein the registering of the information about the item to be placed in the auction Upper limit 103 and lower limit 104, sales unit 109, sales 110, sales unit 111, sales unit 112, items 113, grades 114 of the items to be auctioned Top-down auction system, characterized in that the registration by entering the supplier (115) or a brief description (116) of the item. The method of claim 1, wherein the buyer 20 Connecting to a corresponding website by connecting to an internet network; Outputting the initial screen of the website; Determining whether a buyer is a member; Inputting a member ID and password if the member is a buyer; Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members; Selecting items to be purchased in case of an authenticated member; If there is an item to be purchased, outputting an auction number and information on the item; A top-down auction system via the Internet comprising the step of selecting whether to reserve the auction number or to participate in the auction in real time. The method of claim 2, wherein the registration of the buyer member Determining whether to register as a member when the initial screen is output by accessing a corresponding Internet website; In case of a buyer member, inputting member information and giving ID and password; Inputting information about the buyer; Storing the information; Top-down auction system through the Internet, characterized in that further performing the step of completing the purchaser registration. 2. The operator system of claim 1, wherein the operator system 30 Creating, storing, and providing a list of auctionable items to the corresponding site; Storing information on the auction item registered by the supplier and assigning an auction number; Notifying the auction number to the supplier of the auction article; Setting a predetermined time according to the auction number and providing information of the auction graph and the auction article so that the price falls downward according to the time set from the upper limit price to the lower limit price of the auction item during the time; If the buyer bids at the corresponding price while the price falls, the bidding result is stored in the server; Providing the bidding results to suppliers and bidders; The supplier making a bidding, bidding, ignoring, re-auction, additional auction or remaining auction determination on the bidding result; Storing the decision on a server and notifying suppliers and buyers; Top-down auction system over the Internet, characterized in that it comprises the step of ending the auction. A purchaser accessing a corresponding website by connecting to an internet network (S101); Outputting the initial screen of the website (S102); Determining whether the buyer is a member (S103); In the case of the buyer member, inputting the member's ID and password (S104); Determining whether the input ID and password are authenticated members (S105); In the case of an authenticated member, searching for and selecting an item to be purchased (S106); Determining whether a selected item exists (S107); Selecting whether to make an auction if the selected item exists (S108); In case of selecting the reservation auction, selecting the auction number, selecting a desired price and quantity, ending the system, and in case of not selecting the reservation auction, participating in the actual auction (S109); Starting the auction and decreasing a price at a set time interval for a set time (S110); Bidding at a desired price (S111); Stopping the price drop and storing the result of the bidding (S112); Determining, by the supplier, a result of the auction of the reservation auction and the real auction (S113); Storing the determination result and notifying the supplier and the purchaser (S114); The auction method is a top-down auction over the Internet, characterized in that it comprises the step (S115). The method of claim 8, wherein the supplier makes a successful bid determination in the step (S113) of the bidding result; And providing the winning result to the supplier and the successful bidder, while providing the failed bidder to the failed bidder. The method of claim 9, wherein the partial bid Top down auction method over the Internet, characterized in that it further comprises the step of transmitting the continued auction for the bidding. The method of claim 8, wherein when the supplier makes a residual auction determination in the step (S113) of judging the result of the bidding, And providing the determination result to the supplier and the successful bidder, and re-auctioning the remaining balance of the unsuccessful bidding. The method of claim 8, wherein when the supplier makes an additional auction determination in the step (S113) of determining the bidding result, Providing the winning result to the supplier and the successful bidder, while notifying the purchaser of the remaining remaining unsuccessful purchase price at the same price; Top-down auction method through the Internet further comprising the step of preserving the current bid data, receiving additional bids and adding new bid data. The method of claim 8, wherein when the supplier makes a re-auction determination in the step (S113) of determining the bid result, Top-down auction method over the Internet, characterized in that the current bidding data preservation, and further comprising the auction proceeds for the current auction number. The method of claim 8, wherein if the supplier makes a disregard determination in the step (S113) of judging the result of the bid, Deleting the current responded data; Top-down auction method over the Internet, characterized in that it comprises the step of the auction proceeds again for the current auction number. The method of claim 8, wherein when the supplier makes a bid determination in the step S113 of determining the bidding result, Transmitting the determination result to the supplier and the purchaser; Determining whether the supplier will re-auction; The auction method through the Internet characterized in that the auction is terminated or the auction proceeds again.