KR20020011526A - Method and system for providing cooperation sales service via network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for a group selling service using a communication network is provided to promote consumers' reliance on products by selling the products through shopping malls involved in member companies capable of manufacturing and selling the products. CONSTITUTION: A web server provides an initial screen and checks whether a member company is connected for providing information on products or registering shopping malls(S110). The web server receives the information on the products from the member company's computer(S120). The web server transmits the information to a product management server. The product management server stores the information in a product information database(S130). The product management server transmits the information to member shopping mall servers(S140). The web server receives product allocation request messages of the shopping malls(S150). The web server transmits the messages to the product management server. The product management server responds the transmitted message(S160). In case that the member shopping mall servers receive purchasing orders of a consumer from the consumer's computer, the web server receives the consumer's ordering message(S170). The product management server updates a selling information database using information on the product ordered(S180). A payment server pays the price for the product to a member company which provides the product(S190).

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COOPERATION SALES SERVICE VIA NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a co-sale service using a communication network.

Recently, with the development of information and communication technology, electronic commerce that enables consumers to search for and purchase a desired item using a computer is activated without going directly to a store.

In this case, the prior art e-commerce shopping mall provides information on the products provided by the member companies to the consumers accessing the website, and receives the purchase orders for the predetermined products from the consumers and sells the products.

However, in the conventional method for selling products through the electronic commerce shopping mall as described above, since the shopping mall selling the product and the member company providing the products are separate, there is a problem that the reliability of the quality of the products sold in the shopping mall is deteriorated. .

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing a co-sale service using a communication network that can effectively solve the above-described problems of the prior art.

1 is a block diagram showing a system for providing a co-sale service using a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2C are diagrams showing data stored in the comprehensive information management database and its format in the main server shown in FIG.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing a co-sale service using the system of FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram showing an initial screen displayed on a screen of a member company computer connected to the system in FIG.

5A to 5D are diagrams illustrating a procedure of requesting a product allocation to a main server by an operator of a member shopping mall of the co-sales service of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a shopping mall belonging to a member company providing a product using the system of FIG. 1 registers as a member shopping mall of the co-sale service of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of selling a product of a member company through the co-sales service of the present invention using the system of FIG.

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1: communication network 10: member company computer

20: member mall server 30: consumer computer

40: main server 50: comprehensive information management database

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object relates to a co-sale service providing method using a communication network. The co-sales service providing method of the present invention comprises the steps of A) receiving an application for registration of a shopping mall from each member company providing a product; B) registering the shopping mall as a member shopping mall; Receiving a request for allocation of goods provided from the member company from the member shopping mall; Assigning the product to the member shopping mall in response to a request of the member shopping mall, thereby granting the member shopping mall the selling authority for the product; And E) when the member shopping mall receives a purchase order for a product allocated from a consumer, receiving the purchase order for the product from the member shopping mall and delivering the purchased order to the member company providing the product.

Another aspect of the present invention for achieving the other object relates to a co-sale service providing system using a communication network. The joint sales service providing system of the present invention includes data storage means including a product information database for storing information on products provided from a plurality of member companies; And receiving a registration of a shopping mall belonging to each member company from each member company, registering as a member shopping mall, and allocating a product stored in the product information database to the member shopping mall at the request of the member shopping mall, It includes a main server that receives the purchase order for the product and delivers to the member company that provided the product.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention described above will be more clearly understood through the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Next, a method and system for providing a co-sale service using a communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a method and a system for providing a co-sale service using a communication network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the joint sales service providing system according to the present invention is a member company computer 10, member shopping mall server 20, consumer computer 30, communication server 42, It includes a main server 40 connected to the communication network 1 through the communication server 42 and a comprehensive information management database 50 connected to the main server 40.

The member company computer 10 is a computer managed by an operator of a member company that produces and provides a product to be sold, and may be connected to the communication server 42 through the communication network 1. The member company uses the member company computer 10 to provide general information related to the company, for example, the name of the member company, the ID of the member company, the serial number of the product provided by the member company, the account number of the member company, and the like. It is a company provided in the, and certified as a member company from the main server (40). In this case, the member company provides the main server 40 with information on the product to be sold, for example, a brand name, a function of the product, a selling price, etc. using the member company computer 10. In addition, the member company applies for registration of the member company's shopping mall to the main server 40 using the member company computer 10. In this case, the shopping mall registration application message of the member includes information related to the shopping mall, for example, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the shopping mall.

The member shopping mall server 20 is a server for operating a member shopping mall registered as a member in the main server 40 by a member's registration application, and belongs to the member company. The member shopping mall requests the main server 40 to allocate goods (ie, sales rights) from a plurality of member companies to the main server 40 using the member shopping mall server 20, and when the member shopping mall approves the goods, It is assigned and sold to consumers. In this case, the member shopping mall may be assigned not only the products of the specific member company to which he belongs, but also the products of other member companies.

The consumer computer 30 may access the member shopping mall server 20 through the communication network 1. Accordingly, a consumer who wants to purchase a product accesses the member shopping mall server 20 using the consumer computer 30 and searches for product information provided by the member shopping mall. The consumer transmits a purchase order message for a desired product to the member shopping mall server 20 using the consumer computer 30.

The main server 40 may transmit and receive information and messages with the member company computer 10 and the member shopping mall server 20 connected through the communication server 42. In this case, the main server 40 receives a shopping mall registration request message of the member company from the member company computer 10 and registers the shopping mall belonging to the member company as the member shopping mall. At this time, the main server 40 presents the contract articles of incorporation including the provisions on sales fees to the member companies through the member company computer 10, and receives the contract of performance of the articles of incorporation from the member companies. The implementation pledge may be made through an electronic signature system (not shown), which is a known technology. In addition, the main server 40 transmits the information on the sales products of the member company provided from the member company computer 10 to the member shopping mall server 20 to disclose the information on the products. In addition, the main server 40 allocates the product requested for allocation in the member shopping mall to the member shopping mall. That is, the main server 40 assigns a product provided from the member company to the member shopping mall, thereby granting the member shopping mall the sales right for the product. In the present embodiment, the main server 40 has been described as allocating goods to all member shopping malls that request product allocation, but is not limited thereto. In another embodiment of the present invention, reliability, performance, etc. You can also select and assign a product selectively. The communication server 42 embeds a communication program so that the main server 40 can access the member company computer 10 and the member shopping mall server 20 through the communication network 1.

On the other hand, the main server 40 is distributed to a plurality of servers performing only a specific function can facilitate the processing of information and messages managed in the system of the present invention. In this case, the main server 40 is a web server 40a, an authentication server 40b connected to the web server 40a, a member company management server 40c connected to the authentication server 40b, and a web server 40a. It can be distributed to the product management server 40d and the payment server 40e connected to.

The web server 40a connects the member company computer 10 connected through the communication network 1 to the authentication server 40b or the product management server 40d. When the member shopping mall server 20 is connected, the member shopping mall is connected. The server 20 is connected to the product management server 40d. That is, when the web server 40a receives the shopping mall registration request message of the member company from the member company computer 10, the web server 40a transmits the shopping mall registration request message of the member company to the authentication server 40b. In this case, the authentication server 40b registers the member company's shopping mall as the member shopping mall and stores information related to the member shopping mall in the comprehensive information management database 50. In addition, when the information about the product is provided through the member company computer 10, the web server 40a transmits the product information to the product management server 40d. At this time, the product management server 40d stores the received product information in the comprehensive information management database 50. In addition, the product management server 40d periodically or irregularly provides product information to the member shopping mall server 20 through the web server 40a. When the product allocation request message is received from the member shopping mall server 20, the web server 40a transmits a product allocation request message of the member shopping mall to the product management server 40d, and the product management server 40d. ) Assigns the product to the member shopping mall. That is, the merchandise management server 40d grants the member shopping mall a sale right for the merchandise.

The member company management server 40c stores the company information related to the member company inputted from the member company computer 10 and the information on the member shopping malls belonging to each member company in the comprehensive information management database 50, and is changed among the information. Update the information.

When the member shopping mall server 20 receives a purchase order from the consumer computer 30, the member shopping mall server 20 transmits the purchase order of the consumer to the payment server 40e through the web server 40a. At this time, the payment server 40e requests the member company computer 10 to deliver the ordered goods. In this case, the member shopping mall receives the product price from the consumer and transfers the remaining amount excluding the fee according to the contract terms to the payment server 40e, and the payment server 40e deposits the product price in the account of the member company.

The comprehensive information management database 50 includes a member company information database 50a for storing information related to a member company, a product information database 50b for storing information related to a product provided by a member company, and a product sold through a member shopping mall. The information may be distributed and managed in a sales information database 50c for storing information about. In this case, information and messages provided or requested from the respective servers 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d, and 40e can be processed quickly.

2A to 2C are diagrams showing data stored in the comprehensive information management database and its format in the main server shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the member company information database 50a includes a company name, an ID of a member company, a serial number of a product provided by each member company, a URL of a member shopping mall belonging to a member company, account information for deposit and withdrawal of a member company, and the like. Stored, the account information includes a member's bank name, account number, details of deposit and withdrawal through the account.

Referring to FIG. 2B, the product information database 50b includes a serial number of a product provided from each member company, an ID of a member company that provided the product, a product name, a product price, a selling fee, an image of a product, a product function, and the like. Stored.

Referring to FIG. 2C, the sales information database 50c stores a serial number of a sold product, a URL of a member shopping mall that sold the product, and the like.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing a co-sale service using the system of FIG.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, when a member company, i.e., an operator of the member company, accesses the web server 40a using the member company computer 10, the web server 40a is initialized as shown in Fig. 4. By providing a screen, it is checked whether the member company is connected to provide information on the product or to apply for shopping mall registration (S110). Referring to FIG. 4, the initial screen includes a "product information input" button clicked when a member connected to the web server 40a wants to input product information, and a "registered" clicked when a member company applies for shopping mall registration. "" Button.

In the checking step (S110), if it is confirmed that the member company connected to input the product information, the web server 40a receives the information about the product from the member company computer (10) (S120). Subsequently, the web server 40a transmits the received commodity information to the commodity management server 40d, and the commodity management server 40d stores the commodity information that has been transmitted in the commodity information database 50b. The database 50b is updated (S130).

Thereafter, the product management server 40d transmits the product information stored in the product information database 50b to the plurality of member shopping mall servers 20, and discloses the product information to the member shopping mall (S140). Encourage product to be allocated. In this case, the member shopping mall server 20 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 5A. FIG. 5A is a screen provided by an operator of a member shopping mall to select products, and in this embodiment, information such as products classified into household appliances, clothing, sports, sundries, and the like and recent sales trends of each of the products are shown. Is displayed. Subsequently, when the operator of the member shopping mall clicks on the provisional current among the products, the screen as shown in FIG. 5B is displayed on the member shopping mall server 20. FIG. 5B is a screen provided to allow an operator to select one of a Goods Group belonging to a selected product category. In the present embodiment, information on a product group classified as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine, and the like and information on each of the product groups is shown Is displayed. In this state, when the operator of the member shopping mall clicks on a predetermined product group, a screen as shown in FIG. 5C is displayed on the member shopping mall server 20. FIG. 5C is a screen in which an operator selects and assigns at least one of a product belonging to a predetermined product group. In this embodiment, an ID field of a member, an image of various products belonging to the selected product group, and each of the items are provided. Information (eg, manufacturer, function, brand name, etc.) about the product is displayed. Here, when the operator of the member shopping mall enters a member company ID and selects and clicks one product image, the member shopping mall server 20 transmits an allocation request message for the clicked product, and the web server 40a. Receives a product allocation request message from the member shopping mall server 20 (S150). At this time, the web server 40a displays a screen for confirming an assignment request message of the member shopping mall on the member shopping mall server 20 as shown in FIG. 5D. Here, when the operator of the member shopping mall clicks the "OK" button on the screen shown in FIG. 5D, the web server 40a transmits an allocation request message of the member shopping mall to the product management server 40d, and manages the product. The server 40d allocates a product to the member shopping mall in response to the received product allocation request message (S160). That is, the merchandise management server 40d grants the member shopping mall a sale right for the merchandise.

In this case, the operator of the member shopping mall discloses information on the goods allocated to the member shopping mall server 20 in order to receive a purchase order from the consumer.

Then, when the member shopping mall server 20 receives the purchase order of the consumer from the consumer computer 30, the web server 40a receives the purchase order message of the consumer from the member shopping mall server 20. At this time, the web server 40a transmits the purchase order message of the consumer to the product management server 40d and the payment server 40e. Then, the product management server 40d updates the sales information database 50c by using the information on the goods ordered from the consumer (S180). In addition, the payment server 40e pays the price of the product to the member company that provided the ordered product at the request of the system operator, and requests delivery of the product (S190). In this case, the product price is a member shopping mall that receives a purchase order from the consumer receives the payment for the ordered product from the consumer, and provides the remaining amount of the price excluding the sales fee according to the shopping mall contract provisions to the system operator of the present invention It is.

On the other hand, in the confirmation step (S110), when the member company is confirmed to access to apply for the shopping mall registration, the web server 40a receives a shopping mall registration request message from the member company computer (10) (S112). The shopping mall registration request message includes information about a shopping mall such as a URL of a registered shopping mall. Subsequently, when the web server 40a transmits the shopping mall registration request message to the authentication server 40b, the authentication server 40b authenticates the shopping mall as a member shopping mall (S114). Then, the authentication server 40b transmits the information of the authenticated member shopping mall to the member company management server 40b, and the member company management server 40b updates the member company information database 50a by using the transmitted information. (S116). At this time, the authentication server 40b notifies the member shopping mall registration fact to the web server 40a, and the web server 40a publishes the product information on the member shopping mall in the product management server 40d (S140). Ask to do it.

Accordingly, the member company registered as a member in the co-sales service according to the present invention sells the product by operating the shopping mall while providing the product, thereby improving the reliability of the consumer's product.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a procedure in which a shopping mall belonging to a member company providing a product using the system of FIG. 1 registers as a member shopping mall of the co-sale service of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, when a member company applies for a shopping mall registration to a web server 40a using the member company computer 10, the web server 40a transmits a shopping mall registration request message to the authentication server 40b. . At this time, the authentication server 40b authenticates the shopping mall applied for registration from the member company as the member shopping mall, and stores information on the member shopping mall in the member company information database 50a.

7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of selling goods of a member company through a member shopping mall registered by the above-described procedure.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the web server 40a receives information on a product provided by the member company from the member company computer 10, the web server 40a receives the received product information on the product management server 40d. To send. At this time, the product management server 40d stores the product information transmitted from the web server 40a in the product information database 50b, and updates the member company information database 50a. In addition, the product management server 40d provides the product information to the member shopping mall server 20 and allocates the product to the member shopping mall when the member shopping mall server 20 requests product allocation. Then, when the web server 40a receives the purchase order message of the consumer from the member shopping mall server 20, the web server 40a sends the purchase order of the consumer to the product management server 40d and the payment server 40e. Send a message. At this time, the product management server 40d stores the information on the ordered product in the sales information database 50c. Then, the payment server 40e pays the goods price to the member company computer 10 and requests delivery of the ordered goods.

In the above-described embodiment, the operator of the member shopping mall has been described as depositing the price of the ordered goods from the consumer and depositing the goods to the system operator of the present invention. In another embodiment of the present invention, the operator of the system pays the product price from the consumer. It may be configured to pay a predetermined sales fee to the operator of the member shopping mall that received the product through the payment server 40e, and to pay the product price to the member company that provided the product.

In addition, the above-described embodiments of the present invention may be written as a program that can be executed in a computer. And, using a medium used in a computer, it can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer for operating the program. The medium may be a magnetic recording medium (for example, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a DVD, etc.) and a carrier wave (for example, Recording media such as, for example, transmission via the Internet.

An embodiment of the recording medium records a method of jointly selling goods provided from a plurality of member companies using a communication network, A) module for receiving registration of the shopping mall from each member company providing the product; A module B) for registering the shopping mall as a member shopping mall; C) module for requesting the allocation of goods provided from the member company from the member shopping mall; A module for assigning the product to the member shopping mall in response to a request of the member shopping mall, thereby granting the member shopping mall the selling authority for the product; And a program code including an E) module that receives a purchase order for the product from the member shopping mall and delivers the purchase order to the member company that provided the product when the member shopping mall receives a purchase order for a product allocated from a consumer. do.

Functional modules for implementing the present invention as described above can be easily implemented by programmers with average knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. . Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims technical spirit.

According to the method and system for providing a joint sales service using a communication network according to the present invention as described above, the product is sold through a shopping mall belonging to a member company that produces and sells the product, thereby improving the reliability of the consumer's product.

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In the method of jointly selling goods provided from a plurality of member companies using a communication network, A) step of applying for the shopping mall registration from each member company providing the product; B) registering the shopping mall as a member shopping mall; Receiving a request for allocation of goods provided from the member company from the member shopping mall; Assigning the product to the member shopping mall in response to a request of the member shopping mall, thereby granting the member shopping mall the selling authority for the product; And E) when the member shopping mall receives a purchase order for a product allocated from a consumer, receives the purchase order for the product from the member shopping mall and delivers the purchased order to the member company that provided the product. Co-sales service providing method using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step C) Step C1) receiving information on the product from each member company and storing it in a database; And Step C2) to disclose information about the goods stored in the database to the member shopping mall. Co-sales service providing method using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein step E) Method of providing a co-sale service using a communication network comprising the step of checking whether the payment for the product has been made from the member shopping mall receiving the purchase order. In the system for jointly selling goods provided from a plurality of member companies using a communication network, Data storage means including a product information database for storing information on products provided by the plurality of member companies; And Receives the registration of the shopping mall belonging to each member company from each member company and registers as a member shopping mall, allocates the product stored in the product information database to the member shopping mall at the request of the member shopping mall, the product from the member shopping mall The main server receives the purchase order for and delivers to the member company that provided the product Joint sales service providing system using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the main server Communication means connected to a computer of a member company and a member shopping mall server through the communication network; Authentication means connected to the communication means, when each member company applies for registration of the shopping mall through the communication network, registers the shopping mall as a member shopping mall, and stores information related to the member shopping mall in the data storage means. ; Connected to the communication means, storing information about products provided by respective member companies in the product information database, providing information on products stored in the product information database to the server of the member shopping mall, and Product management means for allocating the selling authority of the predetermined product to the member shopping mall when an allocation request message for the predetermined product is received; And Web service providing means for selectively transmitting information and messages provided from the member company's computer and the member shopping mall connected to the communication means to the authentication means or the product management means. Co-sales service providing system using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein the main server And a payment means connected to the communication means and paying a predetermined sales price to the member company that provided the product when the goods allocated in the member shopping mall are sold. system. In a recording medium recording a method of jointly selling goods provided from a number of member companies using a communication network, A) module receiving application for shopping mall registration from each member company providing the product; A module B) for registering the shopping mall as a member shopping mall; C) module for requesting the allocation of goods provided from the member company from the member shopping mall; A module for assigning the product to the member shopping mall in response to a request of the member shopping mall, thereby granting the member shopping mall the selling authority for the product; And E) module for receiving the purchase order for the goods from the member shopping mall when the member shopping mall receives a purchase order from the consumer to the member company that provided the product Recording medium recording a program for providing a co-sale service using a communication network as a program code executable on a computer.