KR20020015813A - Delivery service method for made-to-order flowers through internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for delivering customized flowers through the Internet is provided to satisfy a consumer by enabling the user who connects to a flower delivery ordering site of a flower delivery service company to select the number of flowers regardless of sorts and numbers, by enabling the consumer to directly make images of the flowers desired, thereby enabling the flower delivery service company to deliver real flowers identical to the images. CONSTITUTION: A consumer connects to a service site(S01). The consumer selects a flower deliver service ordered(S10). After that, the consumer selects a basket of flowers or a bunch of flowers for delivery(S20). The consumer decorates the basket or the bunch of flowers and makes images of the basket or the bunch(S30). A flower delivery service company makes and delivers a real basket or a bunch of flowers identical to the images made by the consumer(S50).

Description

Delivery service method for made-to-order flowers through internet}

The present invention relates to a personalized flower delivery service method through the Internet. More specifically, in providing flower order and delivery service online through the Internet, the consumer directly selects a flower basket or a bouquet of his or her desired flower basket. Choose the flowers you want for each Nina bouquet and decorate the bouquet or basket. Also, you can add accessories for cakes and wines as you like, and then make them identical to the finished basket or bouquet. The present invention relates to a method of personalized flower delivery service through the Internet that enables the delivery of actual flower baskets or bouquets to the ordered address, as well as the use of e-mail e-mails decorated with the image of the flower baskets or bouquets.

Recently, as the e-commerce system using the Internet is rapidly developed and spread, various kinds of services are provided through the Internet. Among these e-commerce systems, the flower delivery service sector is the most successful entry into the e-commerce market.

The flower delivery system does not differ in the quantity and quality of the flower, which can be called a product, depending on the service provider. The flower basket or bouquet, which is the product the orderer wants to order, can be accurately identified on the Internet through the image. In addition to ensuring the reliability of the product, because the size of the product is not large, the delivery is also very convenient due to the advantage of any other kind of electronic commerce.

In such a conventional flower delivery service, in most cases, e-commerce is performed in the form as shown in FIG. 1.

That is, the flower delivery service provider provides a flower delivery service site 101 that can be accessed through various search sites or banner advertisements on the Internet by consumers who want to receive the flower delivery service on the Internet. Therefore, a consumer who accesses the above-described site 101 in order to order a flower delivery service searches for various flower baskets or bouquet images 103 provided by the site 101, and then selects a flower basket or a basket according to the type of flower or basket desired. The bouquet image 103 is selected. In this way, when a predetermined basket or bouquet image 103 is selected, an order form containing detailed information such as a price or a manufacturer of the selected basket or bouquet is provided through a lower page 105 linked to each image 103. do. Through this page 105, the consumer can obtain more detailed information about the selected flower basket, etc., and can immediately execute the order for the product as soon as the order intention is confirmed according to this information. At this time, most of the flower delivery service site is using the shopping cart 107 function to help the orderer convenience, that is, if you want to purchase the flower basket products simply click on the shopping cart 107 icon is confirmed. In this way, the consumer who puts various flower products in the shopping cart 107 finally inputs simple personal information and information related to the delivery destination, and completes the flower delivery service by making a payment through electronic payment.

However, such a conventional flower delivery service has a narrow range of choices that consumers can take because only a limited number of flower baskets or bouquets provided by a service company can be selected. In addition, if you want to purchase a variety of flowers through a single basket or bouquet, such as the mixed basket image (109) of Figure 1, because the manufacturer can only choose a flower basket decorated with a mixture of several flowers, especially desired There was a problem that you can not buy a variety of different kinds of flowers.

The present invention is therefore devised to solve the problems of the conventional flower delivery service method as described above, regardless of the type and quantity of flowers that consumers connected to the flower delivery order site of a flower delivery service company operating on the Internet. Instead, select the desired number of kinds of flowers as desired, and then drag and drop the selected flower images onto the flower baskets or bouquets of your choice, and decorate them so that you can make a flower basket or bouquet yourself. The purpose is to improve the satisfaction or quality of flower delivery service by greatly expanding the range of consumer choices for flower delivery orders by delivering the actual flower baskets or bouquets that are identical to the flower bouquets to predetermined delivery destinations according to existing methods. have.

In addition, even if you do not place an actual flower basket or bouquet delivery order, you can send e-mail in the form of an e-card using a flower basket or bouquet image that you decorate in the same way as above. There is another purpose.

1 is a view showing a part of the homepage of a conventional flower delivery service site.

FIG. 2 shows a web page linked to the flower image of FIG. 1. FIG.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the components of the flower delivery service method according to the present invention.

4 is a flow chart schematically showing a flower delivery service step according to the present invention.

5 is a flow chart showing the detailed steps of the flower delivery service method according to the present invention.

6 is a flow chart subsequent to FIG. 5;

7 is a view showing an initial screen of a flower delivery service method according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 illustrates a flower selection screen linked to the flower basket image shown in FIG. 7; FIG.

9 is a view showing an additional product selection screen linked to the additional product selection button shown in FIG.

10 is a view showing a screen for finally confirming a confirmed basket order set.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

S10: selection step of personalized flower delivery S20: selection step of empty basket

S30: Flower decoration step S40: Additional product selection step

S50: ordered flower basket production shipping step S60: e-card e-mailing step

S70: Steps to Recreate the Flower Basket

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a service method for allowing a customer to place a flower delivery order through a homepage provided by a service provider on the Internet, and selecting a personalized flower delivery service from a homepage on an internet site operated by the service provider. Step of selecting, empty basket or bunch to be used for flower delivery, dragging and dropping the displayed decorative flower to the empty basket or bunch selected in the above step, and confirming the flower delivery order and according to the order contents It provides a personalized flower delivery service method through the Internet, which consists of producing and delivering actual flower baskets or bouquets.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a personalized flower delivery service method through the Internet according to the present invention according to the accompanying drawings in more detail as follows.

As shown in FIG. 3, the Internet site to which the personalized flower delivery service method according to the present invention is applied includes a consumer (1) who wants a flower delivery service, a service provider (7), and a provider (7) providing such a service on the Internet. The Internet homepage 3 operated using the Internet server 5 and the DB 9 managed by the server 5 have a basic configuration.

Therefore, the Internet site to which the service method of the present invention is applied also provides a general flower delivery service like a general Internet flower delivery service, that is, a consumer who accesses the service site homepage, that is, a user can shop for flowers, overseas flower delivery, You can be provided with various linked services using hypertext such as cyber flower delivery, flower viewing, guestbook, notice, and site introduction.

In the flower shopping service, you can choose from a list of different varieties of baskets or bouquets that are already decorated and order them for your actual basket or bouquet.

Overseas flower delivery service can be ordered to deliver flower baskets and bouquets that are already decorated. However, it provides additional information on the likeability and flower language of various flowers from all over the world. To prevent possible problems in advance, and to understand the meanings given to flowers in each country, thereby strengthening the meaning of flower delivery.

Cyber flower delivery service allows you to select the flower image you want from a variety of flower images, email the e-card created using the selected flower image to the recipient of the desired location, at this time, including the flower image through the preview function Make sure to check your e-cards before e-mailing.

In addition, the user can use the service without logging in by skipping the separate membership registration process, while storing the personal information of the consumer, which is filled in to receive the service, in the DB (9). Enable follow-up management.

In addition, the anniversary registration service can be provided together with the consumer who wishes to register the anniversary. In addition to the normal personal information, the individual's various anniversary can be written in detail. Make your site more efficient by offering services such as delivering souvenirs or reminding your anniversary.

Not to mention the conventional flower delivery service mentioned above, according to the flower delivery service to which the service method of the present invention is applied, it is possible to provide a customized flower delivery service as shown in FIG. Choose a personalized flower delivery service on the site (S10), choose a flower delivery basket or bunch (S20), pick and decorate the individual flowers in the selected basket (S30), and finally the flower basket image and the finished flower basket It consists of making and delivering the same actual flower basket.

This custom flower delivery service will be described in more detail step by step according to FIGS. 5 to 7 as follows.

First, the consumer 1 connected to the homepage 3 selects a personalized flower delivery service from various services provided by the homepage 3 as described above (S10).

Accordingly, the screen of FIG. 7 linked to the personalized flower delivery service icon opens to the next page, where the consumer can select a basket or bundle of the desired form among the empty basket 21 or the empty bundles (not shown) as shown. It may be selected (S20).

Simultaneously with the selection of the empty basket 21, a custom flower making screen linked to the basket is opened, and the basket 21 selected in the previous step S20 is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S31). Therefore, the consumer clicks the desired flower 31 among the many flowers displayed on the right side of the basket 21 with the mouse cursor, and then drags and moves the basket 21 onto the basket 21 to drop the flowers (S34). At this time, the information on the selected items such as the price of the basket and the flower and the number of flowers is displayed through the table 33 at the bottom of the screen (S32, S35), so that the decoration of the basket or the bouquet is terminated (S30).

When you want to deliver a gift such as dolls, chocolate, wine or ribbon with a flower basket or a bouquet, click on the additional product selection button located at the bottom of the screen of FIG. 8 to check whether the additional product is purchased (S41). At the same time, among the additional products 41 displayed on the page of FIG. 9 (S42), a desired product such as wine 41 may be selected and added in the same manner as in step S30 by drag and drop (S43). . At this time as well, the type and price of goods added to the table 33 at the bottom of the screen are specified (S44), and thus the selection of additional goods is also finished (S40).

The flower basket gift set produced through the above procedure is displayed in a completed state as shown in FIG. 10 so that consumers can confirm the final order contents before the delivery of the flower order confirmation step (S52) (S51). The table 51 shows the cost of the final product. When the customer who finally confirmed the order contents clicks the order button 53 in the flower delivery order confirmation step (S52), the actual flower basket or bouquet and additional products as confirmed in the step (S51) through payment (S53). Produce the completed delivery goods yourself (S54) or procure. Then, in order to further increase the consumer's confidence in the finished delivery product, the basket or bouquet and additional products actually produced or procured are photographed with a digital camera, and the photographed images are delivered to the consumer by e-mail. Undergo a final confirmation procedure (S55). Following the final confirmation procedure of the consumer to deliver the delivery product (S56) to complete a series of customized flower delivery service (S50).

At this time, if the consumer wants the e-card sending service with the actual bouquet delivery (S60), by clicking the e-card sending button 61 shown in FIG. 10 at the same time as the flower delivery order (S52) (S63) The service can be provided (S64), so that the e-card containing the same image as the image shown in FIG. 10 can be emailed to a desired address, and in the step of confirming the order (S52), the consumer can receive flowers. The electronic card sending service (S60) may be requested without a delivery order. For this purpose, the electronic card e-mail service S62 may be provided by clicking the electronic card sending button 61 (S61) as described above (S60).

However, when the consumer does not require the service according to step S60, the user may click the rebuild button 71 shown in FIG. 9 to completely recreate the flower delivery set produced or selected so far (S70).

As described above, according to the personalized flower delivery service method through the Internet of the present invention, it is possible to provide various services provided by the general Internet flower delivery site to the consumer, as well as the type of basket or bundle desired by the consumer It is possible to greatly increase the satisfaction of the flower delivery service because the flowers can be selected by cluster within a very wide selection range regardless of the quantity and type of additional products. In addition, by providing an e-mail service that allows customers to send an e-mail to a desired address by using an e-card decorated with a flower basket or bouquet image produced by the consumer, the consumers who want to produce images used for the e-card by themselves In response to the request, the use of the service providing site can be actively induced.

Claims (3)

A service method for allowing a customer (1) to place a flower delivery order through a homepage (3) provided by a service provider (7) on the Internet, wherein the homepage (3) on an Internet site operated by the service provider (7) Selecting a custom flower delivery service in step (S10), selecting an empty basket or bunch to be used for flower delivery (S20), the empty basket or bunch selected in the step (S20) by dragging and dropping the displayed decorative flowers Decorating step (S30), and confirming the flower delivery order, and producing a flower basket or bouquet according to the order contents and delivery step (S50) characterized in that it consists of custom flower delivery service through the Internet Way. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step (S40) of selecting the additional product in the flower basket or bouquet image produced in the step (S30) according to the additional product order by drag and drop method. Personalized flower delivery service through. The method of claim 1, wherein after confirming the flower delivery order in step (S50), characterized in that to provide an electronic card e-mail service (S60) using the flower basket or bouquet image produced in the step (S30). Personalized flower delivery service via the Internet.