KR20020028717A - A global electronic commerce system and a control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Method and system is provided to control order and movement of product between countries which is known as global electronic commerce. CONSTITUTION: A user connects to the web server(S10). The user selects the product from the displayed screen and enters the purchase order information(S15, S20). The product trade server checks the purchase order information for the buyer and the receiver information(S25, S30). If the buyer and the receiver is same person and domestic, the product is to be sent to the receiver by the existing process(S35). In case of the buyer and the receiver is not the same person or in foreign country, the product trade server will check the receiver's address(S40) and check if the product exists in the foreign branch(S45). If there is no same product at the foreign branch, the product trade server will look for the similar product. After looking for the similar product, the product trade server will send the list to the buyer. If the buyer decides not to buy any product the process ends. However, if the buyer decides to buy a similar product, the buyer enters the information which the system asks for. The information which the buyer enters are sent to the nearest foreign branch to the receiver. The foreign branch delivers the product to the receiver.

Description

A global electronic commerce system and a control method

The present invention relates to a global e-commerce system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a global e-commerce system and a method for controlling the same, which enables a product to be ordered and sold in the whole world where the order region and the delivery region are different. will be.

The emergence of the World Wide Web has contributed greatly to the specification of Electronic Commerce on the Internet.

The Hypermedia function provided by the World Wide Web enables the display of products based on multimedia, which provides much more vivid product information than existing network-based shopping malls. (Hypertext) function enables easy and effective product search.

Electronic commerce is a type of transaction that introduces traditional commerce to the Internet, which is a combination of a computer and communication means used as a conventional operation, data processing, and calculation means. This is done between the company and between a company (seller) and a consumer.

In general, various types of shopping malls are operated on the Internet in connection with electronic commerce, and such Internet shopping malls are equipped with various items. Accordingly, when the customer accesses and logs in to the Internet shopping mall site, the Internet shopping mall site provides various goods information to the customer, and the customer views the presented goods information and makes a purchase decision for the desired item.

By the way, most of the electronic commerce on the Internet is done in the same country.

For example, if a person residing in the country "A" orders an item at any Internet shopping mall in the country and wishes to send the ordered product to a certain area of the country "B", the goods are transported by aircraft or ship. This has to be added, which adds extra transportation costs.

However, due to increasing exchanges with relatives abroad or overseas business trips and overseas immigration, there are many cases in which domestic residents want to send arbitrary products to overseas officials (including vice versa). do.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a global e-commerce system that facilitates product ordering and delivery between countries.

Another object of the present invention to provide a global e-commerce system to minimize the overall logistics costs.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a global e-commerce control method that facilitates product ordering and delivery between countries.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a global e-commerce control method for minimizing logistics costs.

1 is a block diagram of a global e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 and 3 is a flow chart illustrating a global e-commerce control method according to an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is an example of a product map applied to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

10, 12: user PC 14, 24: Internet network

16: Web server 18: Product trading server

20: product information database 22; Order Information Database

26: server of overseas branch 28: server of the courier company

In order to achieve the above object, in the global electronic commerce system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the electronic commerce system on the Internet,

As the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network, product information that can be ordered in the buyer's country is transmitted to the terminal of the buyer through the web server and the internet network, and the order history from the terminal of the buyer is transmitted. If the recipient is a foreign person, it is searched whether there is an identical product at a point in the country where the recipient resides, and if the same product is found, the buyer's order is sent to the branch through the Internet network. And a product transaction server for sending information on the similar product to the purchaser's terminal through the web server and the Internet.

The global e-commerce system according to another embodiment of the present invention, in the e-commerce system on the Internet,

As the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network, product information that can be ordered in the buyer's country is transmitted to the terminal of the buyer through the web server and the internet network, and the order history from the terminal of the buyer is transmitted. If the recipient is a foreign person, it searches whether there is the same product in a branch in the country where the recipient resides, and if the same product is found, sends the order for the same product to the branch through the Internet network. A product transaction server for transmitting information on similar products to the purchaser's terminal through the web server and the Internet; A database for storing order details from the terminal of the buyer input through the internet network and a web server; And a database for storing information on products available for order in the buyer's country and information on products available for sale at overseas branches.

The global electronic commerce control method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides product information that can be ordered in the country of the buyer through the web server and the internet network as the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network. A first process of transmitting to the terminal of the buyer; A second step of determining whether the recipient of the order history from the purchaser's terminal is a foreign person; A third step of searching whether the same product exists at a point in the country where the recipient resides as determined as the foreign person; And if there is the same product, sends the order history of the same product to the branch through the Internet network, and if the same product is not present, information about a similar product is sent to the purchaser's terminal through the web server and the Internet network. A fourth process of sending to close the transaction.

Hereinafter, a global e-commerce system and a control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a global e-commerce system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which includes a user (purchaser) PC 10 and 12 capable of accessing a web server 16 through an internet network 14; Product information that can be ordered in the user's (buyer's) country is transmitted to the user's (buyer's) PC (10 or 12) via the web server (16) and the Internet network 14, and the user's PC (10 or 12). If the recipient for the order details inputted from) is a foreign person, it is searched whether there is an identical product at a point in the country where the recipient resides, and if the same product is found, the order of the user is received through the Internet network 24. To a branch in the country where the user resides, and if there is no such product, a product transaction server for sending information about a similar product to the user PC 10 or 12 through the web server 16 and the Internet network 14. (18); A product information database 20 for storing information on products available for order in the user's (buyer's) country and information on products available for sale at overseas branches associated with the product transaction server 18; An order information database 22 for storing order details from the user PC 10 or 12 input through the internet network 14 and the web server 16; A server 26 of an overseas branch associated with the product transaction server 18 through an internet network 24; And a server 28 of the parcel delivery company linked with the server 26 of the overseas branch office.

The user PCs 10 and 12 may include data input means such as a keyboard, an electronic pen, a mouse or a conventional speech recognition software package; Display means such as a video monitor; Audio output means such as a speaker; And a processing means such as a CPU, and incorporates a web-browser.

In FIG. 1, only one server 26 of the overseas branch office is illustrated. For the sake of simplicity of the drawing, in the case where the number of overseas branch offices is large, a linked server corresponding to the number of overseas branch offices is shown.

In addition, only one server 28 of the parcel delivery company is also shown, which is also for the sake of simplicity of the drawing and is substantially shown by the number of parcel delivery companies linked to each overseas branch.

The product transaction server 18 periodically receives information about products available for sale at an overseas branch from the server 26 of the overseas branch through the internet network 24 to update the information of the product information database 20. Let's do it.

The product transaction server 18 periodically distributes the profit for each point based on the order transaction details.

2 and 3 are flowcharts illustrating a global e-commerce control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user (buyer) connects to the web server 16 via the Internet network 14 using his PC (step S10).

The web server 16 retrieves the purchase list screen data from the product transaction server 18 and transmits the purchased list screen data to the user PC 10 or 12 through the Internet network 12. Accordingly, a purchase list screen is provided on the monitor of the user's PC 10 or 12 including an input window for inputting a purchaseable product image, a product description, and purchase order information.

The user selects a product he / she wants to purchase by looking at the purchase list screen displayed on his monitor and inputs purchase order information thereof (steps S15 and S20). The purchase order information includes a buyer's address, a buyer's name, a desired product, a recipient's address and name, a delivery method, and the like.

The product transaction server 16 selects information on who the recipient is from the input purchase order information (step S25) and determines whether the buyer and the recipient are the same (step S30).

If the buyer and the recipient are the same (when the buyer and the recipient exist in the same country), the product transaction server 16 causes the ordered product to be delivered to the recipient according to the existing process (step S35).

However, if the buyer and the recipient are not the same (that is, the buyer and the recipient are not the same and reside in different countries), the product transaction server 16 may receive the recipient's receipt information (address and delivery) from the purchase order information. Method) (step S40) to identify the recipient's address, and then retrieve the product information in the point of the recipient's address that is stored in the product information database 20 in advance (step S45). Points of the addressee's address are set in order nearest to the addressee's address.

If the search result does not have the same product as the product ordered by the buyer at the point of the recipient address (No in step S50), the product transaction server 18 stores the product map stored in the product information database 20. Similar products are searched through (step S55). The product map defines a relationship between products that can be interchanged between products produced in the ordered area and the delivery area in order to speed up the delivery and reduce the logistics cost of the customer when the ordered area and the delivery area are different. As a table, it supports the ordering customer to select a delivery product by substituting the product of the delivery region that has the same value as the product of the ordering region. 4 is an example of the product map, the matching between the products is composed of products having similarities based on criteria such as country (or region) price, product specifications.

The product transaction server 18 prepares a list of products similar to the products ordered by the purchaser based on the product map, makes a data file, and then the corresponding user through the web server 16 and the Internet network 14. (Buyer) Transfer to PC 10 or 12 (step S60).

The buyer reports the similar product list displayed on the monitor of his PC and releases the transaction (ends) when there is no product that satisfies it (No in step S65) (step S70).

However, when a product that the buyer satisfies is selected from the list of similar products displayed on the monitor of the buyer's PC and selects the corresponding product (“Yes” in step S65), the product transaction server 18 performs the web server 16. And transmits the payment screen data to the buyer's PC through the Internet network 14, and the buyer views the payment screen displayed on his PC monitor, and pays for the corresponding product in electronic money, online or direct debit. Payment is made by the method as described above (step S75).

Accordingly, the payment completion signal is transmitted to the product transaction server 18 through the Internet network 14 and the web server 16. The product transaction server 18 stores the purchase order details of the purchaser in the order information database 22, and stores the order details in a data file, and then branches the server 26 at the address of the recipient through the Internet network 24. (Step S80). Here, the country in which the buyer resides is the "A" country, and the country in which the recipient resides is the "B" country.

The branch server 26 at the address of the recipient instructs the server 28 of the courier company to deliver the ordered product on the basis of the received order, and the courier company delivers the ordered product to the recipient according to the selected delivery method. It delivers (step S85).

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, even if the country where the buyer resides is different from the country where the recipient resides, the buyer's ordered products are quickly delivered to the recipient through the recipient's address point. Maximize.

In addition, since there is no transportation cost in accordance with the conventional cargo transfer between the country can minimize the overall logistics costs.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, the technical idea to which such modifications and variations are also applied to the claims Must see

Claims (15)

In the electronic commerce system on the Internet, As the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network, product information which can be ordered in the country of the buyer is transmitted to the terminal of the buyer through the web server and the internet network, If the recipient of the order history from the buyer's terminal is a foreign person, it is searched whether there is an identical product in a branch in the country where the recipient resides, If there is the same product, the buyer's order is sent to the branch through the internet network, and if the same product is missing, the product transaction is sent to the buyer's terminal through the web server and the internet network. A global e-commerce system comprising a server. The method of claim 1, If there is no identical product, the product transaction server sends a list of products similar to the product ordered by the buyer to the buyer's terminal through the web server and the internet network, and as a similar product selection command is input from the buyer's terminal. Global e-commerce system, characterized in that for the product ordered by the buyer to replace the similar product. The method of claim 2, The list of similar products is a global e-commerce system, characterized in that the information of the products having similarities by the standards of product specifications and product prices by country. The method of claim 1, The product transaction server is a global e-commerce system, characterized in that for sending the order history for the product after the payment for the ordered product is completed. The method of claim 1, The product transaction server is a global electronic commerce system, characterized in that for searching the presence of the same product in the order of the nearest point from the address of the recipient. In the electronic commerce system on the Internet, As the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network, product information that can be ordered in the buyer's country is transmitted to the terminal of the buyer through the web server and the internet network, and the order history from the terminal of the buyer is transmitted. If the recipient is a foreign person, it searches whether there is the same product in a branch in the country where the recipient resides, and if the same product is found, sends the order for the same product to the branch through the Internet network. A product transaction server for transmitting information on similar products to the purchaser's terminal through the web server and the Internet; A database for storing order details from the terminal of the buyer input through the internet network and a web server; And And a database storing information on products available for order in the buyer's country and information on products available for sale at overseas branches. The method of claim 6, If there is no identical product, the product transaction server sends a list of products similar to the product ordered by the buyer to the buyer's terminal through the web server and the internet network, and as a similar product selection command is input from the buyer's terminal. Global e-commerce system, characterized in that for the product ordered by the buyer to replace the similar product. The method of claim 7, wherein The list of similar products is a global e-commerce system, characterized in that the information of the products having similarities by the standards of product specifications and product prices by country. The method of claim 6, The product transaction server is a global e-commerce system, characterized in that for sending the order history for the product after the payment for the ordered product is completed. The method of claim 6, The product transaction server is a global electronic commerce system, characterized in that for searching the presence of the same product in the order of the nearest point from the address of the recipient. A first step of transmitting the product information, which can be ordered in the buyer's country, to the buyer's terminal through the web server and the internet network as the terminal of the buyer accesses the web server through the internet network; A second step of determining whether the recipient of the order history from the purchaser's terminal is a foreign person; A third step of searching whether the same product exists at a point in the country where the recipient resides as determined as the foreign person; And If there is the same product, the order for the same product is sent to the branch through the Internet network, and if the same product is missing, information about a similar product is sent to the buyer's terminal through the web server and the Internet network. And a fourth process of closing a transaction. The method of claim 11, The fourth process is A first step of transmitting the purchase order of the buyer to the branch of the country where the recipient is located through the Internet network if the same product exists; A second step of transmitting a similar product list created based on a product map to the purchaser's terminal through the web server and the internet network if the same product does not exist; And And a third step of sending the purchaser's order based on the similar product to a point in the country of the recipient by the similar product purchase signal from the buyer's terminal. The method of claim 12, The similar product list is a global electronic commerce control method, characterized in that the information of products having similarities by the basis of the product specifications and product prices by country. The method of claim 11 or 12, The order history for the product is characterized in that the global e-commerce control method is sent to the point after the payment is completed. The method of claim 11, The third process is a global electronic commerce control method characterized in that the search for the presence of the same product in the order of the nearest point from the address of the recipient.