KR20020035710A - Xml based electronic catalog service method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of providing electronic catalog service based on XML is provided to offer large size electronic catalog service based on XML. CONSTITUTION: First the client PC is to connect to the web server by internet which is located in the electronic catalog center. Then the system searches through the internet shopping mall's database, manufacturing company's database, and merchandise handling company's database to request for the purchase item from the electronic catalog server. From the request, with the format converting program, the server sends the information of the purchase item to internet shopping mall, manufacturing company, and merchandise handling company. With the answer from the above companies in the XML format, the XML parsing program processes the information to let the client decide which item to buy.

Description

XM-based electronic catalog service method {XML BASED ELECTRONIC CATALOG SERVICE METHOD}

The present invention relates to a large electronic catalog service method provided in the form of an extensible markup language (XML).

More specifically, a large electronic catalog service center is formed in the middle of a server of a client, an internet shopping company, a product manufacturer, and a product selling company to optimize server load of the internet shopping mall, a product manufacturer, and a product selling company. Providing product information to users efficiently by providing information by linking, and user can store the received product information and more efficiently determine the products to purchase through sorting and filtering etc. It is about.

Recently, as the peripheral technology for the Internet communication, that is, the computer system, software, communication line, etc. has been developed rapidly, the Internet shopping that can purchase goods through the Internet at home is becoming common.

In response to the requests of the clients, Internet shopping mall companies, product manufacturers, and product sellers, which provide information on various products of manufacturers on the Internet and act on the order and sale thereof, are increasing.

However, since most Internet shopping mall companies, product sellers, and product suppliers provide services by applying HTML, service items are not only different from each other but also the same. Information about service items is not obvious either.

In addition, the client receives the page in the form of HTML and parses it so that the client can find out the desired information (item name, price, etc.). The client has to duplicate the above tasks in order to obtain accurate information, which causes a lot of time and trouble.

The present invention proposed to solve the above problems, to build an X-ML-based electronic catalog center supporting the XML (eXtensible Markup Language) form of information exchange standard to provide product information integrally There is this.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an X-ML based electronic catalog service of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional electronic catalog service.

3 is a flowchart of an X-ML based electronic catalog service of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: client PC (PC) 200: electronic catalog center

300: Internet shopping mall server 202: format program

203: XL Parsing Program 400: Servers Manufacturer

500: product vendor server 301,401,501: database

The electronic catalog service method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the electronic catalog center receives a request for a purchase item from the client, and the request of the XML format of the Internet shopping mall companies, product manufacturers and product vendors, respectively Converting the file into an XM L format and sending it to the company; receiving the response from the company in the X M L format by the electronic catalog center; and analyzing the received information by the electronic catalog center to process the predetermined form analysis information. And providing analysis information and XML data to the client, and analyzing the analysis information and XML data provided by the client.

Electronic catalog service providing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the Internet, a storage device for recording various application programs, a web server and a number of Internet shopping mall companies in response to the request received through the Internet A format conversion program for converting each of the product manufacturers and the product sellers into an XL format according to the requirements of the XL format, and the electronic catalog center receives a response from the plurality of vendors in the format of the XL to analyze the information. It consists of XML parsing programs that process information.

Thus, each e-commerce company can provide the client with information about products that they have not yet handled, and the client can visualize the information of all e-commerce products simply by searching for one e-commerce company. It is possible to search and analyze.

Hereinafter, the implementation principle of the electronic catalog service method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an X-ML based electronic catalog service of the present invention.

The client PC 100 uses the web server 201 in the electronic catalog center 200 through the Internet to access the database 301 of the Internet shopping mall company 300, the database 401 of the product manufacturer 400, and the product. After accessing and searching the database 501 of the sales company 500, the Internet shopping mall company 300 and the product manufacture are converted into the XL format through the format conversion program 202 in the electronic catalog center 200, respectively. It is sent to the company 400 and the product seller 500.

The electronic catalog server 200 receives a response from the Internet shopping mall company 300, the product manufacturer 400, and the product seller 500 in an XML format and transmits the information to the XML parsing program 203 in a predetermined form. Analytical processing is provided to the client PC 100 along with the XML data.

2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional electronic catalog service.

The client PC 100 connects to the web servers 302, 402, 502 of the Internet shopping mall company 300, the product manufacturer 400, and the product seller 500 via the Internet, and accesses the databases 303, 403, 503 in the servers of the companies. Accessing and searching, and providing the client PC 100 to the client PC 100 in the form of a respective offering for each of the companies of the search result, and the client PC 100 displays the result on each client PC 100 screen, and the client In order to compare and analyze the results, a separate application program is executed and linked or the client directly edits the results to perform the comparative analysis of the results.

Next, FIG. 3 is an overall flowchart of an XLM-based electronic catalog service of the present invention.

After the client PC 100 is connected 600 through the web server 201 in the electronic catalog center 200 through the Internet, the database 301 of the Internet shopping mall company 300 and the data of the product manufacturer 400 are provided. The connection 601 is searched through the base 401 and the database 501 of the product selling company 500, and a selection request 602 is made to the electronic catalog server 200 for a purchase item to be purchased.

The purchase request is converted into an XL format through the format conversion program 202 in the catalog center 200 in response to the XL format request of the Internet shopping mall company 300, the product manufacturer 400, and the product seller 500. The conversion 603 is sent to the Internet shopping mall company 300, the product manufacturer 400 and the product seller 500 (604).

The electronic catalog server 200 receives the response 605 from the Internet shopping mall company 300, the product manufacturer 400, and the product seller 500 in an XM format. The parsing program 203 analyzes and processes the information in a predetermined form (606) to perform the client analysis (sorting or filtering, etc.) with the XML data to determine (608) the item that the client wants to purchase. Doing.

As described above, according to the service method of the electronic catalog center according to the present invention, each Internet shopping mall company, a product manufacturer, and a product seller can provide the client with information about products that they do not handle. Consumers can search all e-commerce products at a glance simply by searching for one internet shopping company, a product manufacturer and a product vendor.

In addition, the client PC receives the information in the form of XML, and provides the same information in various ways (table form, graph form, etc.) by performing a more detailed analysis (sorting or filtering) without parsing it. This allows the client to decide which item he wants to purchase and once the information is downloaded from the electronic catalog center to the client PC, processing can be performed independently on the client PC without having to stay online for further data processing. .

And since the electronic catalog center provides only a small amount of data to the client PC, the load on the server can be reduced and run faster.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

Claims (1)

In the electronic catalog service, The electronic catalog center 200 receives the request for the purchase item from the client PC 100 and converts it to the XL format of the Internet shopping mall company, the product manufacturer, and the product seller, and sends it to the XL format, respectively. And receiving, by the electronic catalog center 200 in response to the electronic catalog center 200 from the company, and processing the received information by the electronic catalog center 200 and processing the received information into predetermined form analysis information. XM-based electronic catalog service comprising the step of providing information and XML data to the client PC 100 and the analysis information and XML data provided by the client PC 100 Way.