KR20020000704A - An internet order-sale method and the shopping mall system for furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for selling customized furniture using the Internet are provided to buy the furniture while designing interior suitable to his house by selecting or designing furniture with desired price while distributing the furniture in his house. CONSTITUTION: First, a buyer accesses to a homepage constructed in a shopping mall server. Then, the buyer entertains the eye shopping of furniture uploaded in the homepage. Next, the buyer determines the furniture and then selects places for distributing the selected furniture. Then, the buyer drags or designs the determined furniture to distribute the selected place. Next, the buyer confirms the quotation for the furniture and requests the purchase of the furniture. Then, he pays the payment of the furniture using an online payment settlement unit. Next, the purchase is processed by confirming the purchase request and payment settlement. Finally, the furniture is delivered to the buyer.

Description

An internet order-sale method and the shopping mall system for furniture}

The present invention relates to a method of selling customized furniture and a shopping mall system using the Internet. The buyer can freely select or design furniture at a desired price, such as an interior and a general consumer, and visually arrange it on his computer screen. The present invention relates to a method of selling customized furniture and a shopping mall system using the Internet, which enables a buyer to purchase furniture in a virtual space.

In the case of a conventional shopping mall that sells furniture online, the image of the furniture is scanned and uploaded onto the homepage. When the user clicks on the image, a document about the furniture specifications, the manufacturer, the cost, etc. It was a way to make the link, and among these images, the user applied for a purchase by checking a check box of a product image that the user wanted to purchase.

However, such a conventional method is to present the user with product information on the specifications, manufacturing company, cost, etc. of each product through an image and to purchase the same. There was a problem that it is difficult to select the furniture, colors, images, etc. that are suitable for their home because there is no function.

The present invention was created in order to solve the above problems, and by buying the interior, the consumer, such as a general consumer by accessing the homepage freely select the furniture on their own computer or at the desired price by visually placing it The purpose of the present invention is to provide a customized furniture sales method and a shopping mall system using the Internet, which allows a buyer to purchase furniture and decorate himself or her own home in an internet virtual space.

1 is an overall block diagram of a system of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a shopping mall server of the present invention system;

3 is a flow chart of one embodiment of the method of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the method of the present invention.

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10: user client computer 20: shopping mall server

21: Member registration means 22: Place selection means

23: furniture selection and arrangement means 24: estimate means

25: purchase application means 26: online payment means

27: purchase processing means 28: acceptance confirmation means

30: database server

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail with respect to configuration and operation of the present invention.

1 is an overall block diagram of a system of the present invention, in which the system of the present invention is a user server computer 10, a shopping mall server 20, and a database, which are logically divided or physically configured on two computers on the same computer. Server 30.

The user client computer 10 communicates with the shopping mall server 20 via a communication interface.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shopping mall server 20 provides a visual screen to the user, receives data from the user, or transmits data (text, pictures, files, etc.) to the user. Member registration means 21 for registering a member therein and storing the subscription information in the database server 30, and the user selects or places a place of furniture to be purchased by himself or herself and displays it on the screen. Arrangement place selection means 22 to enable the user, and furniture selection and placement means 23 for providing a function that allows the user to visually arrange on the screen by selecting or directly designing the furniture he wants to purchase And, the estimation means (24) for calculating the detailed quotation and the total quotation content of the furniture selected by the user and display it on the user's screen, and the purchase application from the user The purchase request means 25 which receives the input and purchases the quoted contents into a database server 30 and stores them in a database, so that the user can apply for the purchase and pay the purchase price online. Acquisition of the online payment means 26, the purchase processing means 27 to check the purchase application and payment details, and to prepare a purchase processing statement thereof and store them in the database server 30, and the furniture to which the buyer is sent. Then, the acknowledgment means 28 for storing the received acknowledgment of the database in the database server 30 is provided.

On the other hand, the furniture selection and placement means 23 and the estimation means 24 additionally include a screen output function for outputting the screen contents displayed on the screen by these means to the printer.

The shopping mall server 20 has a shopping mall program means having the same function as the homepage, and detailed items such as a company guide, a bulletin board, a guestbook, a banner advertisement, an i-shopping, and a product purchase are configured in the homepage.

The database server 30 is a data table for the member information and the quotation for purchase and images of individual furniture (for example, kitchen furniture such as a sink and indoor furniture such as farm furniture), specifications, manufacturers, It also includes a database table for prices and the like.

Figure 3 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of the method of the present invention, with reference to the drawings looks at the method configuration of the method of the present invention.

A homepage access step (Step 1) in which the purchaser accesses a homepage constructed in the shopping mall server 20 by using a web browser of his or her client computer 10; Eye shopping step (Eye shopping) of the furniture products uploaded on the homepage (Step 2); A furniture purchasing decision step (Step 3) of determining furniture purchases if there is a favorite furniture; A place selection step for selecting or designing a place (kitchen, living room, porch, room, veranda, toilet, or a house drawing including all of them) for arranging the purchased furniture using the place selection means 22 (Step 4); A furniture arranging step (Step 5) for arranging furniture purchased at a place selected in the arranging place selection step (Step 4) by dragging or directly designating furniture purchased using the furniture selection and arranging means (23); A purchase application step (Step 6) of confirming the contents of the quotation through the estimation means 24 and purchasing the purchase through the purchase application means 25 after finishing the furniture arrangement; A purchase settlement step (Step 7) of paying the purchase price in an online manner by using the online payment means 26 after the purchase request; A purchase processing step (Step 8) of checking and purchasing the purchase application and payment contents using the purchase processing means 27; A furniture shipping step (S9) for sending furniture to the purchaser's address; After the purchaser receives the furniture sent by the purchaser acknowledgment unit 28, the purchaser receives a receipt confirmation document and stores it in the database server 30 so that the seller can refer to it.

4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the method of the present invention, wherein the member of the user is registered by the member registration means 21 between the furniture purchase decision step (Step 3) and the placement location selection step (Step 4) of the method shown in FIG. It is further included in the registration step (Step 31) of receiving the registration and storing this membership information in the database server 30 to form a database.

The operation relationship between the customized furniture sales method and the shopping mall system using the present invention having the above configuration will be described.

First, the shopping mall providing homepage is a member registration means 21, placement place selection means 22, furniture selection and placement means 23, estimation means 24, purchase application means 25, online payment It is assumed that the shopping mall server 30 is uploaded on the shopping mall server 30 in association with the shopping mall program means including the payment means 26, the purchase processing means 27, and the acceptance confirmation means 28.

The purchaser accesses the Internet through a communication means (not shown) including a communication interface of the user client computer 10 and moves to a shopping mall providing homepage configured on the shopping mall server 30 using a web browser.

If there is a furniture that the user wants to purchase while forwarding the furniture to the product purchase page in the homepage, the buyer selects or directly designs the furniture to purchase using the placement location selection means 22 Place it visually on the screen.

That is, the buyer makes a first selection on the screen of his user client computer 10 for the kitchen, living room, room, veranda, porch, toilet, or the whole house including all of them, and 2 make a selection, make a third choice or a direct drawing of the architectural drawing of the selected place, such as by building company, apartment building, or other favorite drawing; Once selected, a drawing of the place where the furniture will be placed is displayed on the screen.

A third choice or direct drawing of architectural drawings of selected places, such as by construction company, apartment building, or other favorite drawing, means selecting a graphic image that has been scanned or using a graphical tool to work directly with the image. I mean.

Therefore, the place where the furniture is to be placed can be automatically or manually selected according to the user's preference.

After selecting the place where the furniture is to be placed, the buyer uses the furniture selection and placement means 23 to drag the furniture on the screen linked to the database of the database server 30 with a mouse or by using a graphical tool. You can freely design yourself and place it in the proper location in the chosen place.

At this time, in the case of designing directly using a graphic tool, the drawing or image data may be loaded and used in advance from the data room linked to the database server 30.

As the furniture is selected and placed, the furniture is displayed on the drawing of the place where the furniture is to be placed, and at the same time, the quotation means 24 estimates the individual estimates of the selected furniture and the total estimates of the selected furniture. 10) is displayed on the screen.

In this case, when the image is directly designed, the contents of the quotation for the portion of the image are not automatically determined. Therefore, the quotation request can be sent to the shopping mall server 20 on the sales side, and the quotation can be received.

If the arrangement and estimate of the furniture is satisfactory, the purchase application is made through the purchase application means 25.

Quotation content applied for purchase is stored in the database server 30 so that the shopping mall provider that is the seller can confirm this.

The buyer pays the purchase price online using the online payment means 26 after the purchase application.

The seller refers to the database server 30 by using the purchase processing means 27, confirms the quotation contents and the payment requested for purchase, processes the purchase, and delivers the applied furniture.

After the buyer takes over the delivered furniture, the purchaser sends a product receipt confirmation letter to the shopping mall server 20 using the acknowledgment means 28 to confirm the product acquisition.

As described above, the present invention allows the buyer to access the homepage and freely select furniture on his computer at a desired price and visually arrange it. Will be able to buy.

The effect obtained by the present invention having the above-described configuration and operation relationship is that the buyer can access the furniture shopping mall homepage and freely select the furniture on his or her computer at the desired price or visually arrange it by designing the internet virtually. In the space, there is a very useful effect that the buyer can buy furniture and interior to fit the atmosphere of their home.

Claims (5)

A homepage access step (Step 1) in which the purchaser accesses a homepage constructed in the shopping mall server 20 by using a web browser of his or her client computer 10; Eye shopping step (Eye shopping) of the furniture products uploaded on the homepage (Step 2); In the case of purchasing furniture in the step 3 of purchasing furniture (step 3), a place (kitchen, living room, porch, room, veranda, restroom, or the like) for arranging furniture determined for purchase using the placement location selection means 22 A place selection step (Step 4) for selecting a house drawing including the whole; A furniture arranging step (Step 5) of arranging furniture purchased by using a furniture selection and arranging means (23) by dragging or directing the furniture to a place selected in the arranging place selection step (Step 4); A purchase application step (Step 6) of confirming the contents of the quotation through the estimation means 24 and purchasing the purchase through the purchase application means 25 after finishing the furniture arrangement; A purchase settlement step (Step 7) of paying the purchase price in an online manner by using the online payment means 26 after the purchase request; A purchase processing step (Step 8) of checking and purchasing the purchase application and payment contents using the purchase processing means 27; After the purchaser receives the furniture sent to the buyer's address by the furniture delivery step (Step 9), the purchaser stores the receipt acknowledgment sent using the receipt confirmation means 28 in the database server 30 for the seller to refer to. Customized furniture sales method using the Internet, characterized in that the acquisition step (Step 10). The method of claim 1, Receiving the user's member registration by the member registration means 21 between the furniture purchase decision step (Step 3) and the placement place selection step (Step 4) to store this member registration information in the database server 30 to make a database. Custom furniture sales method using the Internet, characterized in that the membership further comprises the step (Step 31). A user client computer for bi-directional communication with the shopping mall server through a communication interface, a shopping mall server providing a visual screen to the user, receiving data from or transmitting data to the user, and the shopping mall In the shopping mall system consisting of a database server for storing and transmitting various data in association with the server, The shopping mall server 20 includes an arrangement place selecting means 22 for allowing a user to select or directly design a place for arranging furniture to be purchased by the user and display it on the screen; Furniture selection and arranging means (23) for providing a function of allowing a user to visually arrange on the screen by selecting or directly designing furniture he wants to purchase; Estimating means (24) for calculating the detailed quotation and the total quotation of the furniture selected by the user and displaying it on the user's screen; A purchase application means (25) which receives a purchase request from a user and stores the database of the quoted contents of the purchase request in a database server (30); An online payment means 26 for allowing a user to make a purchase and then pay the purchase price online; A purchase processing means 27 for checking the purchase application and the payment contents and creating a purchase processing document thereof and storing the purchase processing in the database server 30; A purchase furniture system using the Internet, characterized in that it comprises a receipt confirmation means 28 for storing the receipt confirmation sent by the buyer after receiving the furniture sent to the database server (30). The method of claim 3, wherein Personalized furniture shopping mall system using the Internet, characterized in that configured to further include a member registration means for receiving a member to the shopping mall server 20 and stores the subscription information in the database server (30). The method of claim 3, wherein The database server 30 includes a data table for a quote for purchase and a database table including images, specifications, a manufacturer, and prices of individual furniture (such as kitchen furniture such as sinks and indoor furniture such as farms). Customized furniture shopping mall system using the Internet, characterized in that provided.