KR20010110840A - Electronic Commerce System and method for optimizing delivery - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and method optimized for a logistics delivery method for delivering a product at a delivery time desired by a buyer using a network.

The electronic commerce system according to the present invention for receiving the product purchase information of the buyer, and transmits the necessary data for delivery of the purchased product to the delivery time and delivery destination according to the product purchase information to the merchant server and the delivery management server Provides an e-commerce server with optimized logistics delivery method. In addition, the step of determining the delivery time of the goods based on the product purchase history data received from the purchase device, and transmitting the data requesting the supply and delivery of the ordered goods to the server and delivery management server according to the determined delivery time Logistics delivery method including the provides an optimized e-commerce method.

Description

Electronic commerce system and method for optimizing delivery

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and method for delivering goods at a delivery time desired by a buyer using a network. More particularly, the present invention relates to receiving a product purchase information of a buyer, The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and method optimized for a logistics delivery method for transmitting data necessary for delivery of a purchased product to a delivery destination to a merchant server and a delivery management server.

According to consumers' preferences for convenience of living, electronic commerce that can simply purchase desired products at home rather than eating out or shopping is becoming more common. In order to enable buyers to complete their purchases over the Internet, e-commerce service providers must have several systems in place: Firstly, establish a shopping mall for electronic commerce on the Internet, secondly, link a financial system to settle billing for purchased goods, and thirdly, partner with a supplier to supply goods. It is to have a logistics system to deliver.

Currently, delivery systems linked to electronic commerce have failed to fully satisfy the needs of consumers. This is mainly due to the following reasons.

First, the conventional e-commerce delivery system has a long and irregular period from the order of goods to delivery. It usually takes two to three or more days from the purchase of goods on the Internet to the actual delivery of the goods. For those Internet users who expect and are responsive to a prompt and immediate response, the delivery period needs to be shortened.

Second, the conventional e-commerce delivery system does not deliver at the time desired by the consumer. If the purchased goods are delivered at the time specified by the buyer, the buyer may not know the delivery time, thereby preventing various losses incurred.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention, the e-commerce system and method for quickly delivering the goods in the desired time zone by the buyer by changing the delivery service according to the characteristics of the goods purchased by the e-commerce user To provide.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic commerce system according to the present invention

2 is a flowchart of an electronic commerce method according to the present invention.

3 is an illustration of a product order history according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 4 is an example of order history according to the delivery time and delivery address according to an embodiment of the present invention

5 is an example of assigning a delivery vehicle for each product order according to an embodiment of the present invention

The present invention for realizing the above object in the electronic commerce system that allows the buyer to purchase and receive the goods of the merchant on the network through the purchase device, the data on the products available for purchase and delivery service data determined for each product type Stores that deliver information about registered members who can purchase products through e-commerce system and data about customer addresses to deliver goods, and merchants that supply purchased goods offline. The supplier's database, which stores data about the vehicle, and the buyer's product purchase information are inputted, and the necessary data is required to be delivered to the merchant server and the delivery management server according to the product purchase information. Includes an e-commerce server, logistics optimization method is that with a song.

The electronic commerce method optimized logistics distribution method of the present invention is to determine the delivery time of the goods based on the product purchase history data received from a purchase device, the server and the delivery management server of the merchant in accordance with the delivery time Transmitting data requesting supply and delivery.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings that can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic commerce system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an e-commerce server 300, a client computer 100 connected to the e-commerce server through a network 200, an affiliate server 400, and And a delivery management server 500.

The client computer 100 displays a web page, such as a web page, received from an e-commerce server in a predetermined form and forms a communication line with an external web browser 110, and a communication preprocessor for connecting and controlling the web browser and an external network. 120. The purchaser runs the client computer, in particular a web browser, to access the e-commerce server through the network. The purchaser transmits and receives the desired information by using the client computer, such as inputting and transmitting data such as a product and a delivery time to be purchased based on the data transmitted from the electronic commerce server.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the network may use general wired or wireless communication in addition to the Internet. Therefore, the article can be purchased by accessing the web page provided by the present invention through the wireless communication terminal, and it is also possible to place the order for purchasing the article over the telephone.

The e-commerce server includes a communication preprocessor 305, a purchase product database 310, an order processor 320, a product order and delivery processor 330, a product database 340, a delivery destination database 350, and a supply source database 360. ).

The communication preprocessor 305 is responsible for network connection setting, data transmission, transfer of processing results of each functional unit, and the like.

The merchandise database 340 stores data on purchaseable merchandise and data on a delivery service according to a merchandise group determined for each merchandise type.

The data on the purchaseable product includes a product name, a product code, a cost, a price, a customer code, a name of a customer, an amount of inventory and a received amount, a current amount, and the like, and further includes data on a product group of the product. The products available for purchase are classified into merchandise, videos, records, entertainment products such as game consoles, magazines, and the like, and specialty products and organic agricultural products, and are stored in a database.

The delivery service data according to the product group includes data about the most suitable delivery service according to the product group. For example, franchise products such as Poppies, McDonald's, and Dunkin 'Donuts can be delivered within a relatively short time, so they can be delivered about 30 minutes after the order is placed, and match the delivery service that sets the delivery timeline every 30 minutes.

Delivery service times may be further broken down according to delivery product groups. First, the delivery products can be divided into meals, products that can be delivered within one hour, and products to be packaged together after a week. First, a meal courier takes an order for a set time and delivers the meal according to the meal time. For example, orders are received from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and deliveries are delivered collectively between 1:00 and 2:00 pm. Items that can be delivered within 1 hour can be set at the order time and delivery time, and they can be ordered at any time within the set time and delivered within 1 hour at the desired time. In the case of collecting the order and delivering the goods, the order is delivered after a certain time after receiving the order for a fixed time. In this case, the delivery time zone can be divided into several time units. For example, after receiving a product order from 1:00 pm to 8:00 am the next day, the manufacturer of the product may be procured, and it may be procured from 2 to 6 and delivered between 6 and 10 pm. At this time, the delivery time between 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock may be given by the designated delivery time every hour.

The delivery destination database 350 stores information on registered members who can purchase a product through the electronic commerce system and data on an address to which the product is delivered.

The registered member information includes general registered information of a member of the e-commerce site, that is, a unique number (ID), a password, a name, an age, a contact information, and the like. In addition, the registered member's address is included, and the member's address information is used as a delivery address. The address of the address that can be delivered consists of data such as region, village name, town and lake. For example, a letter from A to Z may be assigned to each region, a two-digit number from 01 to 99 may be assigned to each village, and a four-digit number may be assigned to the east and the lake as identifiers. If the delivery area is Suseo / Member, Gwacheon / Pyeongchon, Jamsil, Mok-dong, A, B, C, and D are assigned as area codes, respectively. On the other hand, if the village names in Suseo / Wonwon area are Hansol, Blue, Spring, Evergreen, Garam, Magnolia, Magpie, Shin Dong-a, Dongik, Cheongsol, and Daemyeong, each village code is assigned a number from 1 to 11. In addition, identifiers will be assigned to the apartment buildings and lakes of the village. Similarly for other regions, village codes, east and lake codes are given. When the purchaser enters his or her address, a corresponding identifier is assigned by the address database and stored in the database.

The source database 360 stores data for merchants and data for delivery companies.

The data on the affiliated stores includes information on products that can be supplied for each affiliated store. The data on the delivery company includes information on the number of delivery vehicles, vehicle name, vehicle code, and the like. In addition, the e-commerce server is connected to the delivery management server held by the delivery company to transmit and receive the necessary data.

The purchase product database 310 stores a delivery service, a delivery time, a delivery address, a product supply merchant, and delivery management data for a purchase product. Specifically, the delivery vehicle name, the delivery vehicle code, the delivery address, that is, the delivery area, the village, and the lake lake data, for ordering delivery of the purchased goods, and the phone number, the product name and the product code, the selling price, the quantity, Data on sales amounts, order times and delivery times are stored. When the purchased product is a rental item such as a video, a cartoon, a game console, and the like, data including information on the date and time of the recovery request is stored.

The order processing unit 320 transmits a web page that provides information on a purchaseable product to a buyer, receives data about a product to be purchased from the buyer, a time and address to be delivered, and purchases the product from the data. Identify the delivery service for and determine the delivery timeframe. It also assigns delivery vehicles based on delivery address and delivery time.

The product order and delivery processor 330 transmits data requesting delivery of a purchased product to a delivery management server based on the delivery time and address of the purchased product. If the product is to be manufactured separately before the delivery time due to the characteristics of the product, it transmits the data requesting the product order to the merchant server in advance.

The e-commerce server 300 is connected to the merchant server 400 and the delivery management server 500 through a network 200 such as the Internet to transmit and receive delivery request data, product order data, and the like.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A client computer user accessing an electronic commerce site according to the present invention through a network must first register a member in order to purchase a desired product. Accordingly, information necessary for receiving and delivering a product order is stored in a delivery database.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2, the e-commerce server transmits a web page that presents a product that can be purchased through the e-commerce site to the client computer. The presented products are classified into franchise products, attractions-prestiges, specialties, organic agricultural products, entertainment products, and the like, and under each category, web pages providing mid-classes and individual products according to the above categories are linked.

The buyer selects a desired product from the above products and inputs the order. (S110) The order of the goods includes data about the address and time to be delivered with the desired product type and quantity. The order processing unit 320 stores the received order history data in the purchase product database 310 and first searches a product group of the order product based on the received order details. (S120) Since the unique number of the product, the classification of the product, and the data regarding the product group and the delivery service are stored in the product database 340, the delivery service of the ordered product may be determined based on this data. (S130)

If the ordered product is not a product that can be supplied immediately after the supply request, the product manufacturing order request should be made with sufficient time before delivery. Accordingly, the product order and delivery processing unit 330 of the e-commerce server 300 searches for a supply source database 360 and orders the manufacture of the product requested by the server 400 of the merchant that can supply the product. Send it. (S140)

The following describes an e-commerce method in which a product is delivered at a time desired by a buyer, for example, when an order is input for a product having a delivery time unit of 30 minutes and the delivery time is determined accordingly.

As the delivery service type of the goods is determined in the above step, the delivery time unit and the time required per delivery are determined. Accordingly, the order processing unit 320 converts the delivery request time input by the purchaser into the delivery time zone. (S150) The order input data as shown in FIG. 3 is converted into a sorting schedule according to the delivery request time as shown in FIG. The goods order data given the delivery time slot is sorted according to the delivery address by the same delivery time slot. (S160) If the delivery address is an apartment, sort by apartment, town, lake. The data necessary for this are given codes for each region, village, apartment, town, and lake and are stored in the delivery destination database 350.

The order processing unit 320 allocates delivery vehicles to goods orders sorted by delivery time slot and delivery address, and arranges them as shown in FIG. 5. (S170) To this end, the time required for the delivery of goods is set, and if the time required per case is 3 minutes, 10 goods can be delivered in 30 minutes, which is a delivery time unit, so that one delivery vehicle is allocated to 10 goods orders. .

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to configure various delivery services according to delivery time units, delivery time slots, time required per delivery, and the like.

The product order and delivery processing unit 330 transmits the result to the delivery management server, and the delivery company delivers the purchased goods according to the received data. (S180, S190)

Payment of the goods may be made using the payment gateway of the Internet, etc. In addition to prepayment or credit card payment, payment of the goods may be directly paid.

The embodiment of the present invention described above is an embodiment, and various modifications may exist. Therefore, the scope of claims in the present invention shall not be set within the scope of the detailed description but rather the claims set forth below.

An electronic commerce system and method with optimized logistics delivery method according to the present invention have the following effects.

First, since the time required for online delivery after the order is shortened, consumers can purchase and use a desired product more quickly, and thus, electronic commerce can be further activated.

Second, the purchase goods are delivered at the time desired by the buyer, so that the consumer does not have to spend time waiting for the delivery of the goods. In addition, even as a delivery company, there is no one to deliver the goods to the delivery address, thereby reducing the delivery cost, thereby reducing the delivery cost and increasing the work efficiency.

Claims (13)

In an e-commerce system that allows a buyer to purchase and deliver a merchant's goods on a network through a client computer, A goods delivery database storing data on purchaseable goods and data on a delivery service determined for each kind of goods; A delivery destination database storing information on registered members who can purchase goods through the electronic commerce system and data on customer addresses to deliver the goods; A supply source database storing data on affiliated stores and delivery vehicles for supplying the purchased goods offline; And An e-commerce server optimized for a logistics delivery method that receives the purchaser's product purchase information and transmits necessary data for delivery of the purchased product to a delivery time and a delivery destination according to the product purchase information to a merchant server and a delivery management server. E-commerce system comprising a. In claim 1, And a purchased goods database storing data on goods requested for purchase, a delivery service, a delivery time, a delivery address, a goods supply merchant, and delivery management data for the goods. The e-commerce server, Provide the buyer with information on the products that are available for purchase, receive data from the buyer about the products he / she wants to purchase, when he / she wants to deliver, and the address; E-commerce system with optimized logistics delivery method including an order processing unit for allocating delivery vehicles based on delivery address and delivery time. In claim 1, The goods delivery database, Deliverables data is divided into meals, products that can be delivered within one hour, and products that are packaged together after ordering.In the case of the meals, the delivery time is determined by the meal time. The delivery time is set and the delivery time is set within 1 hour from the order time, and the data for setting the time for receiving the order and the time for procuring the ordered goods and delivering the procured goods for the products delivered by the package after the order is collected. Containing E-commerce system with optimized logistics delivery methods. In claim 1, The e-commerce server, Transmitting data requesting supply of the purchased goods to a merchant server, E-commerce system optimized logistics distribution method further comprising a product order and delivery processing unit for transmitting the data requesting the delivery of the purchased goods on the basis of the delivery time and address of the purchased goods to the delivery management server. In claim 1, If the purchased product is a rental product such as a video, cartoon, game machine, Receiving the date and time data of the recovery request from the buyer receives the data and stores in the purchase product database, E-commerce system optimized logistics distribution method for transmitting data requesting the collection of the rental goods to the delivery management server at the time of the collection request. In an e-commerce method that allows a buyer to purchase and receive a merchant's product on a network through a client computer, Determining a delivery time slot of the product based on the product purchase history data received from the client computer; A second step of transmitting data requesting supply and delivery of the goods to a server and a delivery management server of the affiliated store according to the delivery time; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method comprising a. In claim 6, The first step, A third step of determining a product group of the product requested to be purchased by searching a product database; A fourth step of classifying a delivery service of the goods from the goods group of the goods; A fifth step of determining a delivery time zone of the purchased goods based on the delivery service type of the purchased goods and the delivery request time data of the purchased goods; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method comprising a. In claim 6, The second step, A sixth step of allocating a delivery vehicle to the purchased goods according to the delivery time for each product; A seventh step of transmitting data requesting delivery of the goods to a delivery management server according to the delivery time of the goods; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method comprising a. In claim 8, The sixth step, An eighth step of sorting purchased goods data according to a delivery address of the purchased goods; A ninth step of allocating a delivery vehicle for each product by determining the amount of goods that can be delivered by one delivery vehicle by determining a delivery time for each product with respect to the product purchase requests arranged by the delivery address data; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method further comprising a. In claim 7, The third step, If the commodity group of the commodity is a commodity group that needs to be manufactured and supplied separately, A tenth step of transmitting data for ordering production and supply of the purchased product to a corresponding affiliate server; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method further comprising a. In claim 6, The first step, If the purchased product is a rental product such as a video, cartoon, game machine, An eleventh step of receiving a request date and time data of the recovery of the goods from a buyer and storing the received data in a purchase goods database; A twelfth step of transmitting data requesting the collection of the rental item to the delivery management server at the collection request time; E-commerce method optimized logistics shipping method further comprising a. In a commerce method that allows a buyer to purchase and deliver a merchant's product, Determining a delivery time zone of the goods when there is a purchase order of goods through wired or wireless communication from a buyer; A fourteenth step of transmitting data requesting supply and delivery of the goods to a server and a delivery management server of the affiliated store according to the delivery time; Logistics shipping method including the optimized commerce method. In claim 12, The fourteenth step, And a fifteenth step of receiving payment of the goods directly from the buyer when the goods are delivered.