KR20010102612A - System and method of electronic commerce on internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a business-to-business Internet commerce model, in particular the step of registering the product information of the supplier in the product database by accessing the e-commerce web server through the Internet, the buyer accesses the server via the Internet to search for purchased goods An electronic commerce system and method comprising the steps of requesting an online quote, a seller making a quote online for a buyer's request for a quote, and confirming a product order.

As a result, multiple product suppliers can significantly reduce logistics costs by supplying products only to a single sales intermediary, while also allowing flexible pricing based on fluctuations in product prices (costs) and purchasers' purchases. In addition, since the sale is made by a sales intermediary, the cost of operating costs can be reduced compared to the case of own sales activities, and mass sales can be made at a lower price.

In addition, buyers can purchase a large number of required products at the same time through a single sales intermediary to significantly reduce the labor and logistics costs required when purchasing from multiple product suppliers.

Description

Electronic commerce method and system over the Internet {SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ON INTERNET}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electronic commerce methods and systems, and more particularly, to an inter-company electronic commerce (B2B) technology including providing information on a product for commerce progress, requesting and sending a quotation, and negotiating a purchase. .

In general, electronic commerce refers to network-based cyber commerce that advertises or sells goods or services through the Internet. The electronic commerce system according to the present invention provides a cyber space and a system in which a seller and a buyer can trade a product or a service to be traded on the Internet.

The inter-enterprise electronic commerce method implemented on the Internet according to the prior art is based on the commerce technology through individual suppliers. That is, in the prior art, when a buyer wants to purchase a necessary product, the buyer must directly go to the supplier site for each product to purchase, and purchase them individually, which causes a lot of waste of manpower and goods for purchase. Due to the lack of expertise in individual products, it is difficult to find the optimal purchasing conditions.

In addition, in the case of the goods supplier has to sell their own products while looking directly to the consumer, there has been a technical problem that the cost burden for the sales and product advertising and logistics costs as much as offline commerce. Moreover, in the case of the conventional commerce model in which the product price of the memory product, such as gold, silver, etc., fluctuates frequently with time, it is difficult to provide online on the basis of time-varying product prices.

As a result, there has been a limitation in providing a comprehensive e-commerce model for collectively processing e-commerce between companies by making a request for quotation for time-varying product price inquiry using e-mail or other communication means. Even in the case of a site that provides time-varying product prices online according to the prior art, it has been difficult to provide the buyers by reflecting this in real time when the data volume of the frequently changing items is large.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a new type of electronic commerce method and system as a business model for inter-company electronic commerce on the Internet.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a new type of electronic commerce method and system in which, in addition to the first object, electronic commerce can be made online according to a price elastically provided according to a change in product price and a quantity of commerce. have.

It is a third object of the present invention to provide a new type of electronic commerce method and system in which electronic commerce between companies can be made online while reducing operating and logistics costs in addition to the first object.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an electronic commerce system according to the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a step of registering a product for sale as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a preferred embodiment of an electronic commerce method according to the present invention, in which a buyer requests a quotation of a product online.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a seller's quotation issuance step as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a purchaser step of a buyer as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention.

Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment of an electronic document for registering a seller's product data, in accordance with the electronic commerce method of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an input screen for a buyer to search a product database according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention.

8 is a view showing an embodiment of a search result provided by a product database when a buyer requests a product search according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention.

9 is a view showing the contents of a quotation request list created according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention.

10 is a view showing an embodiment of a product order created according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for performing an electronic commerce through an e-commerce intermediary web server that brokers a number of supplier products to a buyer, the method of accessing the e-commerce intermediary web server, Inputting product information of the supplier product to construct a product database; The buyer connecting to the electronic commerce intermediary web server for browsing, selecting a desired product and requesting a quotation; The electronic commerce intermediary web server receiving the request for quotation of the buyer, storing the buyer information and the request quotation in a quotation database, and notifying the seller of the request for quotation; A seller notified of the request for quotation from the e-commerce intermediary web server, accessing the e-commerce intermediary web server, reading the quotation request data created by the buyer, and filling in a desired sales price to create a quotation; The purchaser who has been notified of the quotation from the electronic commerce mediation web server, accesses the electronic commerce mediation web server, reads the quotation, and enters information including purchase quantity, shipping information, payment method of goods, and delivery date. Providing an electronic commerce method comprising the step of signing a purchase contract by creating an order form.

Hereinafter, an electronic commerce method and system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an electronic commerce system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic commerce intermediary web server 100 according to the present invention includes a member information database 110, a product database 120, a quotation database 130, and an order information database 140.

In addition, the e-commerce intermediary web server 100 according to the present invention receives the product information of the supplier, the product database management process 101 for creating and managing the product database 120 and the order for storing the order information created by the buyer The electronic commerce document management process 103 that manages the information database 140 and the quotation database 130 that stores the quotations created by the seller can be driven.

In addition, the electronic commerce intermediary web server 100 according to the present invention may include an e-mail management process 104 of notifying the seller of the request for the quotation of the buyer, and notifying the requesting buyer of the quotation of the seller. In addition, the electronic commerce intermediary web server 100 according to the present invention may further include a member management process 102 for creating, authenticating and managing the member information database 110.

The electronic commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention may further include a mail server 150. The inter-enterprise electronic commerce according to the present invention proceeds in the order of the registration of the sale product, the buyer product search step, the quotation request step, the sales relay quotation issuance step, and the buyer order step.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing a step of registering a product for sale as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention. 2, the sales intermediary accesses the e-commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention through a terminal connected to the Internet (step S10), name, brand name, supply company name, specifications, Enter product information such as packing unit.

That is, the supplier supply chain registration is applied (step S11), and it is determined whether or not the overlap with the previously registered supply chain (step S12). As a result, registration is rejected in the case of overlapping with the existing registration supply chain (step S14), otherwise registration is permitted (step S13). When the supply chain registration (step S15) of the product supplier is completed, product detailed information such as product name of the product can be input (step S16) to construct a product database (step S17).

3 is a flow diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of an electronic commerce method in accordance with the present invention in which a buyer requests a quote for a product online. Referring to Figure 3, the buyer accesses the e-commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention through a terminal connected to the Internet (step S20). Subsequently, the buyer selects the manufacturer of the desired product (step S21) and inputs a product name (step S22).

On the other hand, the e-commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention receiving the purchase product information of the buyer searches the product information database stored in the storage device to find out whether the input product exists (step S23). At this time, if the product entered by the buyer is a registered product, the server displays detailed information about the found product (step S24).

On the other hand, the purchaser selects a product to be purchased if it is displayed (step S25), and if there are additional selected products (step S26), the buyer repeats the above-described product search and selection process (steps S21 to S26). Finally, the buyer selects all the desired products, and completes a quantity request for purchase for each product, thereby performing a request for quotation (step S27).

On the other hand, the e-commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention receiving the request for quotation is stored in the quote database with information such as the ID (ID), password, etc. of the buyer for each time (step S30), to the seller At the time of request for quotation, the fact of receipt can be notified in real time by electronic document (step S29).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a seller's quotation issuance step as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, first, a seller who is notified of a request for a purchaser's request from an e-commerce mediation web server according to the present invention accesses an e-commerce mediation web server through a terminal connected to the Internet (step S40).

Subsequently, the administrator authentication step (step S41) may retrieve and display data in which the purchaser's ID and quotation request time are displayed (step S42). On the other hand, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the seller can display the detailed information of the quotation request history (step S43), if the price data is entered in the price field left blank (step S44) and stored in the quotation database (step S43) S46) At the same time, the electronic commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention can notify the buyer in real time as an electronic document of the quotation issuer of the seller (step S45).

Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a purchaser step of a buyer as a preferred embodiment of the electronic commerce method according to the present invention. Referring to Fig. 5, the purchaser who has been informed of the seller's quotation issuance from the e-commerce mediation web server according to the present invention (step S45), accesses the e-commerce mediation web server through a terminal connected to the Internet (step S50).

Subsequently, the buyer displays the quotation confirmation list prepared by the seller through the user login step (step S51) (step S52). Meanwhile, after confirming the quotation issued by the seller, the buyer may re-enter the quantity to purchase (step S55), or modify the item to be deleted (step S54) and change the order history.

Subsequently, the purchaser may enter a purchase contract by issuing an electronic order form (step S59) by inputting a quantity to be purchased, delivery information, a payment method for goods, a delivery date, and the like. If the buyer does not place an order, the quotation can be deleted from the quotation database.

The purchase order issued by the purchaser is stored in the purchase order database (step S61), and the electronic commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention can notify the seller in real time of an electronic document of the purchaser's order issuance (step S60). In the electronic commerce method according to the present invention, the payment for the purchase price of the product may adopt an electronic money, a credit card, or a bank transfer method according to the prior art.

6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an electronic document that registers a seller's product data according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the product data registration electronic document provided by the electronic commerce intermediation web server according to the present invention includes a manufacturing company name 200, a supply company name 201, a management code 202, and a manufacturing company item name 203. , Packaging unit 204, unit price 205, inventory quantity 206, product picture 207, or product description 208 table.

7 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an input screen for a purchaser to search a product database according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the electronic commerce intermediary web server according to the present invention may allow a buyer to select 220 a manufacturing company and input a desired product name 221.

On the other hand, if the buyer wants to view the reference of the product (that is, the search word for each component type of the manufacturer) can be referred to the line card. In addition, if the buyer knows the item name, you can send a request for quotation if you want to request a quote directly.

8 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a search result provided by a product database when a buyer requests a product search according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, when a buyer requests a search for a product of Murata, for example, the e-commerce mediation web server according to the present invention may include a product name 230, a packaging unit 232, a price unit 233, and a product description of Murata. 234) A menu button may be provided.

9 is a view showing the contents of the quotation request list created according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention. 9, a product company name 300, a manufacturing company 301, a packaging unit 302, a price 303, an order quantity 304, an amount 305, and the like are shown.

10 is a view showing an embodiment of a product order created according to the electronic commerce method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 10, a product payment method 330, a name 331, an address 333, delivery information 341, 342, 343, and the like are described in a product order form.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention to better understand the claims of the invention which will be described later. Additional features and advantages that make up the claims of the present invention will be described below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiments of the invention disclosed may be readily used as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out similar purposes to the invention.

In addition, the inventive concepts and embodiments disclosed herein may be used by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. In addition, such modifications or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art may be variously changed, substituted, and changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention described in the claims.

As described above, in the electronic commerce system and method according to the present invention, by selling a plurality of supplier products by a single sales intermediary, the supplier does not have to have a separate sales network for the sale of the product, thereby minimizing operating costs, It is possible to significantly reduce the logistics costs incurred in supplying individual products.

Product suppliers can flexibly change and apply prices that change in real time. From the point of view of buyers, goods such as human resources and logistics costs incurred in individual purchases can be greatly reduced. In addition, users can access the online system through a user authentication process on a server equipped with a security device through the Internet, issue a quote, issue a check, and place an order, thereby reducing the risk of information leakage and requesting a quote compared to exchanging information by e-mail or fax. By automatically notifying the other side of the process of issuing quotations, issuing orders and issuing orders, it is possible to respond immediately to each process.

Claims (11)

In the method of conducting e-commerce through an e-commerce intermediary web server that brokers and sells a plurality of supplier products to the buyer, Accessing the electronic commerce intermediary web server to input product information of the plurality of supplier products to construct a product database; The buyer connecting to the electronic commerce intermediary web server for browsing, selecting a desired product and requesting a quotation; The electronic commerce intermediary web server receiving the request for quotation of the buyer, storing the buyer information and the request quotation in a quotation database, and notifying the seller of the quotation request in real time; A seller notified of the request for quotation from the e-commerce intermediary web server, accessing the e-commerce intermediary web server, reading the quotation request data written by the buyer, and filling in a desired price for sale to create a quotation; Receiving, by the electronic commerce intermediary web server, the quotation of the seller in real time to notify the buyer of the quotation; The purchaser who has been notified of the quotation from the electronic commerce mediation web server, accesses the electronic commerce mediation web server, reads the quotation, and enters information including purchase quantity, shipping information, payment method of goods, and delivery date. Step to conclude a purchase contract by filling out an order form E-commerce method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of constructing the product database Accessing the e-commerce intermediary web server and applying for supplier registration with a supply chain operated by the e-commerce intermediary web server; Checking, by the electronic commerce intermediary web server, whether the provider is a duplicate of a supplier already registered in the supply chain; Constructing the merchandise database by receiving merchandise information including any one or a combination of product names, supplier names, specifications, and packing units of the suppliers; E-commerce method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting for the quotation by the buyer Accessing the electronic commerce mediation web server and inputting a manufacturer and a brand name of a desired product; Executing a search whether the manufacturer and a product name input by the buyer exist in the product database of the e-commerce mediation web server and displaying the result on the monitor of the buyer; And The buyer selects a desired item among a plurality of displayed products to request a quotation E-commerce method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchaser concludes the purchase contract by filling out the electronic order form, further comprising the step of paying for the goods using any one or a combination of electronic money, credit card, bank transfer. E-commerce method. The electronic commerce method of claim 1, wherein the electronic commerce method further comprises a member authentication step. The method of claim 1, wherein the seller prepares the quotation Receiving a notification of notifying a buyer request for quotation from a mail server controlled by the electronic commerce intermediary web server; The seller accesses the electronic commerce intermediary web server and authenticates the administrator; The seller views the quotation request list sent to the seller; Displaying a request detail information from the quotation request list and inputting a quotation; And The input quotation is stored in a quotation database managed by the e-commerce web server, and notifying the buyer of the quotation issuance. E-commerce method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchaser concludes a purchase contract. The electronic commerce intermediary web server notifying the buyer of the quotation of the seller; The purchaser accessing the electronic commerce intermediary web server to authenticate a user login; The buyer displaying a quotation confirmation list and issuing a purchase order by executing deletion, quantity change, or order change as necessary; And The electronic commerce intermediary web server storing the purchase order in an order database and informing the seller of the issuance of the purchase order; E-commerce method comprising a. An e-commerce intermediary web server that brokers multiple supplier products to buyers on the Internet. A product database management process for receiving product information of the product and creating and managing a product database; An e-commerce document management process for managing an order information database for storing order information created by the buyer and a quote database for storing a quote created by the seller; And An e-mail management process for notifying the seller of the request for a quote from the buyer and for notifying the buyer for the quote of the seller E-commerce system comprising a. 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the e-commerce intermediary web server further comprises a member management process for creating and managing a member information database. 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the e-commerce intermediary web server further comprises a mail server. According to claim 8, wherein the commodity table constituting the commodity database managed by the database management process is any one of the manufacturer of the product, the supply company, the management code, the manufacturer's product name, the unit of packaging, the unit price, inventory quantity, product photos, product description Or a combination thereof.