KR20020000897A - System and method for exchanging information through the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An information dealing method using the Internet and an apparatus thereof are provided to buy and sell information and knowledge at a suitable price which each person has through an Internet electronic commerce method. CONSTITUTION: A special web server(7) includes a program for performing a purchase and sell of an information commodity among members accessed one another through an Internet. A mail server(4) performs unique information commodity purchase and sell among the members. A member credit rating database(5) stores credit rating analyzing results with respect to a purchaser of the information commodity and another member which dealt with the purchaser in a database form. A specialist registration information/credit rating database(8) stores a credit rating of each member read by the special web server(7) from the member credit rating database(5). An auction contents database(6) stores various purchase and sell information when the purchase and sell of an information commodity is performed.

Description

System and method for exchanging information through the internet}

The current Internet e-commerce deals mainly with products with physical entities. Abstract information products, such as information, expertise and know-how, are provided by some professional Internet consulting and content companies. However, the information that can be obtained in this way is limited to a few areas, so most Internet users find many search engines (www.yahoo.com; www.altavista.com; www.lycos.com (www.simmani.com, etc) to get information directly from the Internet. Internet search engines mainly list keywords that contain words requested by users through keyword-driven search. Websites that provide users with the information they want by accessing many of these websites one by one Will attempt to find. In general, in order to find the necessary information, users need to access many websites and collect and organize the information obtained from each website. Therefore, when Internet users search information using various search engines, it takes considerable time, effort and experience to find and process the information that users want, and as the total amount of information posted on the Internet increases rapidly. Increasingly, the amount of time you have to invest to find the information you want. The advantage of using a professional Internet content company is that it is easy to receive highly reliable information. However, A) most information products are concentrated in a specific field and cannot meet the various information needs of users. B) It is difficult for the average user to assess the adequacy of the price when purchasing an information product because there is no general and reasonable standard for the price of the information product.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for trading information using the Internet, and more particularly, to establish and implement a commerce system that allows an individual to buy and sell information and knowledge possessed at an appropriate price through an internet e-commerce method. The purpose is to provide a web site and database construction method. Another object of the present invention is to provide an internet community in which a user can easily purchase desired information from others through an electronic commerce method without directly searching the Internet.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method of information transactions using the Internet,

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the mutual relationship between the components of the apparatus for trading information according to the information trading method of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of I-auction, an information trading method based on price competition between information buyers.

4 is a flow chart of I-anti auction, an information trading method based on price competition between information sellers.

5 is a flowchart of a permanent successful bidding auction in which an information purchaser purchases an information product that has been successfully bid.

6 is a flow diagram of an I-counsel that allows an information buyer to order an information product from a particular expert.

The present invention for solving the above problems, (A) waiting for the connection of the member wishing to buy and sell information goods; (B) if the connected member is the original seller, receiving and posting the requirements of the original seller; (C) waiting for access of another member to proceed with the sale in accordance with the posted original seller's requirements; (D) when the other member is connected, receiving the condition for providing the object to be provided to the original member by the other member; (E) selecting a provision condition that satisfies the original seller's requirement among the input provision conditions; (F) transmitting the selected offer condition and data of another member who inputs the offer condition to the original buyer; (G) if the original seller accepts the selected offer condition, delivering the object provided by the other member to the original seller, and rewarding the other member according to the requirements presented by the original seller; And (h) if the original seller does not accept the selected offer condition, returning to step (c) and repeating the following steps. At this time, the auction of information goods (hereinafter referred to as i-auciton) and reverse auction (hereinafter referred to as i-anti auction) have different characteristics from the existing auction and reverse auction methods in that they trade easily copyable information. Have In other words, multiple bidding methods where everyone who shares the same price share information, and a permanent process that can be resold when other users ask for the products that have already been auctioned, apply the desired information at a reasonable price. Build an information market where you can buy

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

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the concept of information trading method through the Internet, each information seller and buyer using a variety of e-commerce forms (I-auction, I-anti auction, I-counsel) using cyber money Information can be bought and sold at reasonable prices. At this time, I-auction is similar to general auction, and the price of information is set by the bidders who bid competitively with cyber money on the information suggested by the seller. In the case of i-anti auction, in the same way as reverse auction, the applicant wishing to purchase the information is requested, information providers with similar information offer prices through free competition, and those who wish to purchase the information are suitable among them. Select providers to purchase information. In the case of I-counsel where professional information is bought and sold, the information purchaser is differentiated from experts in each field (the expert is an existing member who has high information sales performance and high credibility or externally invited experts). Order the desired information at a price, and the specialist will forward the information to the buyer of the information by e-mail or other means. At this time, the price of the information is determined according to the credit rating and performance of the expert.

Through these three methods (I-auction, I-anti auction, I-counsel), information buyers and sellers can purchase and sell information using a reasonable distribution system using cyber money.

2 is a schematic block diagram showing the mutual relationship between the components of the apparatus for trading information according to the information trading method of the present invention. An apparatus for implementing the information transaction method of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, a dedicated web server 7, a mail server 4, a member credit rating DB (5), auction contents DB (6) and And a professional property / credit DB (8).

First, the buyer (1) and the seller (2) of the information product exchanges (purchases or sells) the information product via the Internet network (3), which is a program mounted on a dedicated web server (7), In other words, it is performed by a program implementing the information trading method of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the web server 7 includes a control unit that performs various operations according to the program in addition to an application program for implementing the information transaction method of the present invention, and a firewall capable of preventing hacking from the outside. Is provided.

The web server analyzes the creditworthiness of the general buyer and seller at every transaction of the information product, and stores the analysis result in the member credit rating DB (5). In addition, by classifying information sellers who can provide professional and differentiated information according to the customer's order as a counselor, the registration information (personal information, trade lift, etc.) and the credit rating of the expert are separated from the expert registration information / credit level DB ( 8) to save. In addition, the general information such as the progress of the auction or reverse auction performed by the information trading method of the present invention, the trading product, the bidder and the successful bidder for each trading product is stored in the auction content DB 6.

The data of the member credit rating DB (5), the auction content DB (6), the professional registration information and the credit rating DB (8) are expected to exchange information products according to the transaction method of the present invention, and at least for e-commerce It is desirable to be designed to be freely searchable by members who are committed to complying with the code.

In addition, the information provided to the buyer according to the information trading method of the present invention is preferably designed to be delivered directly through the Internet without going through a web server so that the information is not exposed to the outside. To this end, it is also necessary to install a mail server that allows members to independently trade each other's information products and exchange product information.

3 is a flow chart of I-auction in which information buyers buy and sell information through free price competition in accordance with the present invention. The person who wants to sell the information accesses the web server (101), joins as a member, and exchanges cyber money (infoney) used for the sale of the information product (103). The cyber money used at this time can be exchanged into currency (won, dollar, etc.) at any exchange rate, and various methods (viewing advertisements, depositing currency into cyber money, obtaining cyber money in exchange for information, etc.) Can be obtained additionally. The member who wants to sell the information posts a general description of the product (information) or a part of the product (information) on the auction board (104). At this time, the members who wish to purchase the product (information) participate in the auction in a manner similar to a general auction, and present the price of the product (information) in consideration of the creditworthiness of the original buyer (information seller) as cyber money (105). At this time, the original creditor's credit rating is automatically updated based on the contents of the member credit DB (5), which is automatically updated with reference to the transaction satisfaction and transaction volume of the buyer who purchased other information products from the same original seller, and the expertise in a specific field. It is automatically posted to the purchaser. The web server 7 determines the highest bidder among the auction bidders as a successful bidder 106, and notifies the original buyer by e-mail using the mail server 4 (107). For example, due to the nature of the product (information) that can be reproduced, it is possible to make a permanent bidding for the simultaneous purchase of information by several members who offer the same price (the highest price only), and the final successful bidder pays the price by cyber money ( 108), the product (information) is received through e-mail or other methods (110). The buyer of the information checks and evaluates the information and notifies the web server 7 of the result (111), and the contents transmitted to the web server (7) are stored in the auction contents database (6) to evaluate the member's credit rating, It is used as reference data for pricing similar information (114, 115). If the information is bad information that is significantly different from the actual advertisement content, a refund process and a warning action for the original buyer are taken after a predetermined screening process at the request of the information buyer (115). It is saved and reflected in the creditor's credit rating at the next auction.

4 is a flowchart of I-anti auction for selling information goods through free price competition of information sellers according to the present invention. The person who wants to buy the information connects to the web server 7 (201), registers as a member and exchanges the cyber money used for the sale of the information product (203). At this time, the cyber money used can be exchanged into currency (won, dollar, etc.) according to any activity rate, and various methods (view advertisements, exchange money into cyber money by depositing real money, and obtain cyber money in exchange for information provision). , Etc.). A member wishing to purchase an information product posts a general description and conditions of the desired product (information) on the auction board (204). At this time, the successful bidders wishing to sell the information product participate in the auction in a manner similar to reverse auction, and present the outline information and the price of the product (information) they want to provide (205). At this time, the web server 7 selects all auction bidders including the lowest bidder as the first successful bidder and automatically notifies the buyer through the mail server 4 (206), and the original buyer (information buyer) is presented by the first successful bidders. The second successful bidder is selected in consideration of the summary of information, the price and the creditworthiness of the first successful bidders, and the money is paid by the cyber money (208). Therefore, it is possible for the high-priced bidding method in which the original seller bids for the expensive product rather than the lowest price by referring to the credit ratings of the information sellers. The final winning member (209) delivers the information product to the original seller (information buyer) by e-mail or other method after confirmation of payment (210). The buyer of the information checks and evaluates the information and delivers it to the web server 7 side (211), and the evaluation information of the information buyer sent to the web server 7 is stored in the auction contents database 6 to evaluate the creditworthiness of the member. It is used as reference data for pricing similar information (214, 216).

On the other hand, if the information is bad content that is significantly different from the actual advertisement contents, i.e., the requirements of the original buyer, after the screening process determined according to the information buyer's request, a refund and warning to the information provider are taken (215). Measures are also stored in the auction content DB (6) to become a criterion for evaluating the credibility of the information provider at the next auction. If the product (information) provided to the original buyer (information buyer) is defective, the second bidder selection step 208 may be repeated to obtain desired information from the new information provider.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a permanent bidding auction in which a buyer can purchase a product (information) from a seller using an auction record of a product (information) previously traded. Using the auction details database (6), members can search for previous auction details (301) and request direct sales by e-mail to holders of information similar to what they want without having to apply for a new auction. 304. The information holders present a reasonable price based on the contents of the previous auction, and the buyer requests information from the information holder who presents the lower price among them and deposits cyber money (306). The information buyer is provided with the information by e-mail and other methods, and the evaluation of the product (information) is performed in a manner similar to I-auction and I-anti auction (309). In the case of such a permanent auction method, the advantage is that the user can quickly obtain the information without going through the auction or reverse auction form, so the member who does not have enough time for information purchase first wants the product (information). Search for transaction records in the database (6), and if there is an auction record prior to (302), use the permanent bidding method, and if there is no auction record of an information product similar to the desired product (information), I-auction Or I-anti auction information trading process (303).

6 is a flow chart of an I-counsel that allows an information buyer to order an information product from a particular expert in accordance with the present invention. The purchaser wishes to access the web server 7 to retrieve the expert in the required field from the expert registration information / credit level DB 8 (404). At this time, the experts registered in the expert registration information / credit level database 8 are selected by inviting members who have good credit and trade performances by referring to the previous auction history or by inviting persons who are professionally active in a specific field. . The purchaser selects a specialist who has an appropriate price and reliability from each specialist and orders the desired product by e-mail (406), and each specialist e-mails the corresponding product (information) to the purchaser within a predetermined time. Provided by mail or other means (408). The quality of the information and the credibility of the expert are evaluated in a similar manner as in I-auction or anti auction, and the result of the evaluation is re-registered in the expert registration information / credibility DB 8. In this way, the credibility of the information provider (expert) who is re-registered in the DB 8 is reflected in determining the price level that the expert can offer at the next auction (412, 413).

In order to smoothly implement I-counsel, it is necessary to have a large number of specialists who can satisfy the various needs of the purchaser, and to select the experts who offer the appropriate reliability and price by guaranteeing the freedom of information buyers. To help.

As described above, according to the information transaction method and apparatus using the Internet of the present invention is provided a system that can buy and sell a variety of information and knowledge owned by individuals at a reasonable price through the Internet e-commerce method, through which the individual An environment in which quality information can be obtained more easily is established.

Claims (8)

(A) waiting for access of a member who wishes to sell information goods; (B) if the connected member is the original seller, receiving and posting the requirements of the original seller; (C) waiting for access of another member to proceed with the sale in accordance with the posted original seller's requirements; (D) when the other member is connected, receiving the condition for providing the object to be provided to the original member by the other member; (E) selecting a provision condition that satisfies the original seller's requirement among the input provision conditions; (F) transmitting the selected offer condition and data of another member who inputs the offer condition to the original buyer; (G) if the original seller accepts the selected offer condition, delivering the object provided by the other member to the original seller, and rewarding the other member according to the requirements presented by the original seller; And (H) if the original buyer does not accept the selected offer condition, returning to step (c) and repeating the following steps. The method of claim 1, When the original seller accepts the provision conditions of the other member, and the sale of the information product is made between the original buyer and the other member, the requirements of the original buyer, the provision conditions of the other member, and the commutation of the information product are databased. Information trading method using the Internet, characterized in that further comprising the step of storing. The method of claim 1, The member who provided the information product by receiving the evaluation result of the original seller for the sold information product when the original seller accepts the offer condition of the other member and the information product is sold between the original buyer and the other member. Determining a credit rating of the; And And storing the determined credit rating and personal information of the member as a database, and regulating the terms of provision of the member according to the credit rating in the next transaction of the member. . The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the original buyer wants to sell the information product. Receiving and posting schematic information of the information product as a requirement of the original seller, waiting for the access of the other member who wants to purchase the posted product, the object to be provided to the original seller by the other member when the other member is connected Receiving a price of the information product as a condition for providing the information, and transmitting the highest price among the input prices and data of another member who inputs the highest price to the original seller, and when the original buyer accepts the highest price, An information transaction using the Internet, characterized in that for delivering the cyber money to the original buyer, and the information product to the other member. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the original buyer wishes to purchase an information product, Receives and posts the personal information of the information product as a requirement of the original seller, and waits for the connection of another member to provide the information product in accordance with the posted requirements, the other member is the original seller when the other member is connected Receiving the outline information including the price of the object as the provision condition of the object to be provided to the subject, the outline information satisfying the requirements of the original buyer among the input outline information, and data of another member who inputs the outline information; The Internet, characterized in that delivered to the original buyer, and if the original seller accepts the data, the information product provided by the other member to the original buyer, and the cyber money corresponding to the price to the other member Information trading method used. The method of claim 2, When the original buyer wants to purchase the information product, if the transaction record for the information product of the desired type is searched by searching the database, the same information product can be ordered from the member who provided the information product. Information trading method using the Internet. The method of claim 5, Databases are stored and stored in the relevant fields of the members, and the members who have a high number of times of providing the information product and the members of the field in which the buyer wants to purchase the information product search the database. Information trading method using the Internet, characterized in that the order to be able to order the desired information products. A dedicated web server equipped with a program for performing the sale of information products between members connected through an internet network and a controller for performing various operations according to the program; A mail server for selling unique information products between the members; A member credit rating database in which a credit analysis result of the web server for the original buyer of the information product and the other members who have made a transaction with the original seller is stored as a database; Expert registration information in which the web server selects members who have the ability to provide professional information products and divides them by related fields, and the credit rating of each member read by the web server from the member credit DB is stored as a database. Credit rating DB; And When the sale of the information product is made, the result of the systemization of the general information related to the sale by the web server, including the requirements of the original buyer, the conditions of providing the object of another member who made a transaction with the original seller, and the type of the information product Information trading device using the Internet, characterized in that configured to include the auction content DB stored in the base form.