KR20020043056A - System of purchasing goods using a internet and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A product purchasing method and system using the Internet are provided to classify information and offer the information to user by analyzing user's mail, and to execute purchasing as proxy. CONSTITUTION: The method consists of client systems(100), a server system(200), DBs(300), a mail server(400), a search engine(500), web sites for e-commerce(600), mobile communication service providers(700), mobile networks(800), and mobile terminals(900). The server system consists of order search part(201), matching part(202), classifying part(203), recommendation-providing part(204), catalog generation part(205), and data transmission part(206). Product names and explanations are stored in separate DB. The server system receives mails, which are from clients, periodically. The order search part retrieves specific words from the ordering sentence. The matching part matches the words and products using product name DB. Even if the user wrote with typos, the system gets closer products. The server makes a catalog with recommended products and sends it to the user. The user requests purchasing products to the service provider. The user also uses the mobile terminal instead of a PC. Using the mobile terminal, like a cellular phone, the user receives catalog.

Description

Method and system of purchasing product using internet {SYSTEM OF PURCHASING GOODS USING A INTERNET AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method and system for purchasing a product using the Internet, and to a method and system for purchasing a product using the Internet that can facilitate convenience by providing a product purchasing agent service to consumers who want to purchase a product online. .

At present, with the development of Internet technology, a great number of service providers are opening up shopping malls and carrying out marketing strategies to provide a huge amount of information to consumers. In this situation, in order to purchase a product, a consumer surfs a number of shopping malls or auction sites and selects a desired product.

However, because the number of shopping malls selling various products online or providing purchase information is increasing exponentially, consumers have to spend a lot of time searching for the products they really want. In addition, since many shopping malls provide similar information about products, it is difficult for consumers to have accurate criteria.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide information on the products desired by the consumer according to the specificity of the order mail written by the consumer, and provide the Internet to provide a purchasing agent service It is to provide a method and system for purchasing a product using.

The method according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

a) retrieving the order contents of each of a plurality of order mails transmitted from the mail server; b) extracting product nouns and attribute nouns included in the order content; c) extracting the extracted product nouns and attribute nouns. Searching in a pre-established product database; d) classifying products related to product nouns and attribute nouns extracted as a result of the search in step c) according to the specificity of the order contents and extracting recommended products; e) Generating a catalog based on the related products classified in step d) and the extracted recommended products and emailing the order mail to a user who has created the order mail; f) user's payment information input on the payment screen of the catalog Transmitting the selected product to a shopping mall that sells the selected product, and g) payment of the product selected by the user is made based on the payment information. And the product is delivered to the user.

According to the present invention, to order the product to be purchased in the product order input field provided on the Internet site that anyone can easily access, based on the information about the product in the form of a catalog and the purchase agent service of the product selected by the user By providing it, the user's convenience can be aimed at.

The system according to the invention,

A mail server for receiving and storing order contents entered in a product order input field provided to a plurality of Internet sites by mail, receiving a plurality of order mails stored in the mail server, and ordering contents contained in each of the plurality of mails. A server system for searching and linking with a pre-established product database, and generating a catalog including products related to a product desired by the user and a recommended product, and transmitting the order contents to the user's e-mail address. It characterized in that it comprises a search engine for collecting the product information contained in a plurality of shopping malls, a plurality of auction sites and a plurality of co-purchase sites in the period of the transmission to the product database.

According to the present invention, by constructing a simple product purchasing agent system can solve the inconvenience of the user surfing a myriad shopping malls or product information providing site, it is possible to quickly provide accurate information related to the product desired by the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a product purchase system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a product order description field provided in multiple sites according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of synonyms and idioms of a television according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a catalog according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a detailed screen of the recommended product provided in the catalog of FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing the product information for each brand provided in the catalog of FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing the product information for each price provided in the catalog of FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a payment information input screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flow chart showing a product purchase method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 illustrates an auction agency message and a joint purchase message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 illustrates an auction option screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart illustrating an auction proxy method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: customer system 200: server system

201: Order contents search unit 202: Matching unit

203: classification unit 204: recommendation product provider

205: catalog generation unit 206: data transmission unit

300: Product Database 400: Mail Server

500: search engine

600: multiple shopping malls, multiple auction sites and multiple co-purchase sites

700: mobile service provider 800: mobile communication network

900: mobile communication terminal

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a product purchase system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a user connects to a number of Internet sites through a customer system 100 with internet access. Between the plurality of internets, for example, a product order entry box as shown in FIG. 2 is provided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the product order entry field is provided on the Yahoo site will be described as an example.

The product order text box of FIG. 2A is a Korean text box 10, and FIG. 2B is an example of an English text box 20, and each product order text box includes a user's receiving email address fields 11 and 21. In addition, each product order entry field includes a completion button (12, 22).

For example, when a user enters "I want to buy 29-inch TV" and "12345@hanmail.net" into the product order input box provided to the customer system 100, and then presses the completion button 12, the user The order you enter will be sent to Yahoo's mail server in the form of an order mail.

The order mail sent to the mail server of Yahoo is transmitted to the mail server 400 shown in FIG. 1 and stored. The mail stored in the mail server 400 is transmitted to the server system 200 at predetermined intervals.

The server system 200 receives a plurality of order mails stored in the mail server 400, searches for the order sentences included in the mails in conjunction with a pre-established product database 300, and then the user Create a catalog containing products related to the desired product and recommended products and send it back to the user's email address.

Hereinafter, the functions of the server system 200 will be described in detail.

The sentence search unit 201 of the server system 200 searches for the order contents of the order mail transmitted from the mail server 400.

For example, the sentence search unit 201 extracts product nouns and attribute nouns by searching for order sentences included in each of a plurality of order mails transmitted from the mail server 400. The matching unit 202 of the server system 200 searches for the extracted product nouns and attribute nouns in the product database 300 and matches them with related products.

The product database 300 stores a plurality of product information.

Here, the product database 300 is composed of a product name database 301 and a product description database 302, the product name database 301 of the product nouns, analogous words and origins of each product noun And the product description database 302 is a collection of product attribute nouns describing the content of the product.

An example of similar words and idioms of each of the product nouns ("TV" in this embodiment) is shown in FIG. 3. Accordingly, even if the user inputs nouns or owls similar to the noun called TV, the user can be searched in the product database 300.

In addition, the product information stored in the product database 300, the product database 300 by collecting the product information contained in a plurality of shopping malls, a plurality of auction sites and a plurality of joint purchase site 600 at a predetermined cycle Is collected by a search engine 500 that transmits

Subsequently, the classification unit 203 of the server system 200 classifies the matched related products according to the degree of specificity of the order contents created by the user. For example, if the order is written as "I want to buy 29-inch TV" as shown in Figure 2a, the sorting unit 203 is shown in the catalog 30 of FIG. As shown, the types of TVs are classified by brand and price.

Similarly, when the order contents are written as "TV", the classification unit 203 classifies types of TVs by brand and price, including size.

The information of the products classified as described above is included in the catalog 30 as shown in FIG. 4 together with the 'recommended product information' by the catalog generation unit 205 of the server system 200. .

Here, the recommended product information is extracted by the recommended product providing unit 204 of the server system 200. For example, the recommendation product providing unit 204 extracts the most preferred product information from current consumers among products related to the order contents created by the user and provides the catalog information to the catalog generation unit 205.

The catalog generation unit 205 as shown in Figure 4 based on the information of the products classified by the classification unit 203 and the recommended product information provided by the recommended product providing unit 204, as shown in Figure 4, The catalog 30 including the display unit 32, the price display unit 33, and the recommended product display unit 31 are generated.

In addition, when a product related to the order contents created by the user is present in the auction site and the joint purchase site 600, the catalog generation unit 205 may press the auction agency request button 34 and the joint purchase agency request button 35. Create a catalog 30 to include.

The recommended product display unit 31 of the catalog 31 includes a detail button 311, and when the detail button 311 is selected, the server system 200 may recommend the product as shown in FIG. 5, for example. Provides a screen 40 containing a detailed description of. The screen 40 includes an order button to enable the order for the recommended product.

The server system 200 transmits the generated catalog 30 to the email address of the user who created the first order mail.

The catalog 30 transmitted as described above is received by the customer system 100 of the user who accesses the Internet, and the user views the catalog 30 to confirm the product information that he ordered.

When the detailed button 311 of the recommended product display unit 31 of the catalog 30 is selected by the user, the server system 200 displays the screen 40 containing the details of the recommended product as shown in FIG. 5. Will be provided.

When an order button of the detail screen 40 is selected by the user, the server system 200 displays, for example, the payment information input screen 50 into which the user payment information as shown in FIG. 8 can be input. To the system 100.

The payment information input screen 50 includes, for example, a user's name, social security number, telephone number, E-mail, receiving address, delivery desired date, separate order details, and input fields for inputting a payment account.

For example, when a user enters his information in input fields of the payment information input screen 50 and selects a confirmation button, the payment information of the user is transmitted to the server system 200 through the mail server 400. .

The payment information of the user transmitted as described above is transmitted to the shopping mall where the recommended product is sold by the data transmission unit 206 of the server system 200. Here, the data transmission unit 206 converts the orderer who ordered the recommended product into, for example, " Mailgent " which provides the product purchase service of the present invention, and the delivery destination of the product is transmitted as the address of the user.

In addition, when a user selects "Samsung" of the brand-specific product display unit 32 of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a screen of a Samsung 29-inch TV product as shown in FIG. 6A. 321 is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 321 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item, and includes an order button at the bottom.

Similarly, when "no" of the brand-specific product display unit 32 of the catalog 30 is selected by the user, the server system 200 displays a south-inch product of 29-inch TV as shown in FIG. 6B. The screen 322 is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 322 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "LG" of the brand-specific product display unit 32 of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a screen 323 displaying LG products of 29-inch TV as shown in FIG. 6C. ) Is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 323 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "treatment" of the brand-specific product display unit 32 of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a screen 324 of a 29-inch TV as shown in FIG. 6D. ) Is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 324 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item, and includes an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "Sony" of the brand-specific product display unit 32 of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a screen 325 displaying Sony products of 29-inch TV as shown in FIG. 6E. ) Is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 325 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item, and includes an order button at the bottom.

On the other hand, if the user selects "40-50" of the product display unit 33 by price of the catalog 30, the server system 200 of the 40 ~ 500,000 won 29 inches TV as shown in Figure 7a A screen 331 displaying a product is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 331 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "50 to 60" of the product display unit 33 by price of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a product of 50 to 600,000 won vs. 29 inch TV as shown in FIG. 7B. The screen 332 to be displayed is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 332 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "60 to 70" of the price display unit 33 of the catalog 30 by the user, the server system 200 displays a product of 60 to 70 million won 29 inch TV as shown in FIG. 7C. The display screen 333 is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 333 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When a user selects "70-80" of the price display unit 33 of the catalog 30 by the user, the server system 200 displays a product of 70-800,000 won 29 inch TV as shown in FIG. 7D. The screen 334 to be displayed is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 334 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

When a user selects " 80 to 90 " of the product display unit 33 by price of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a product of 80 to 90 million won 29 inches TV as shown in FIG. 7E. The display screen 335 is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 335 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item, and includes an order button at the bottom.

When the user selects "90-100" of the product display unit 33 by price of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a product of 90 to 100 million won 29 inches TV as shown in FIG. 7F. The screen 336 to be displayed is provided to the customer system 100.

The screen 336, for example, includes a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item, and includes an order button at the bottom.

When a user selects "more than 100" of the product display unit 33 by price of the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays a screen of a 29-inch TV or more of 1 million won as shown in FIG. 7G. 337 to the customer system 100.

The screen 337 includes, for example, a check box of "square" on the left side of each product item and an order button at the bottom.

Since the process after the specific product is selected by the user and the order button is selected among the products shown in FIGS. 6A to 6E and 7A to 7G is the same as the process after inputting the payment information of the recommended product, Omit.

Hereinafter, a product purchase method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

In step S11, the server system 200 receives order mails written by a plurality of users through a mail server 400 on a predetermined time basis. In step S12 and step S13, the order content search unit 201 of the server system 200 retrieves an order sentence of each of the received order mails to extract a product noun and a product attribute noun included in the order sentence. do.

In operation S14, the matching unit 202 of the server system 200 searches for the extracted product noun and the product attribute noun in the product database 300 and matches the related products.

In step S15, the classification unit 203 of the server system 200 classifies the matched related products according to the degree of specificity of the order contents created by the user. In addition, in step S15, among the recommended products extracted by the recommended product providing unit 204 of the server system 200, for example, products related to the product ordered by the user, product information most preferred by current consumers is extracted.

In step S16, the catalog generation unit 205 of the server system 200 generates a catalog 30 including the classified products and recommended product information. The catalog 30 shown in FIG. 4 shows an example thereof. In addition, the catalog 30, when the product ordered by the user on the auction site and co-purchase site 600, auction and co-purchase agency request buttons (34, 35) that can be requested to auction agency and co-purchase agency Include.

In addition, in step S16, the catalog 30 is transmitted to the e-mail address of the user who created the order mail, for example, 12345@hanmail.net through the mail server 400.

The catalog 30 transmitted as described above is confirmed through the customer system 100 of the user with internet access. When a specific product is selected by the user who checks the catalog 30, the server system 200 provides the payment information input screen 50 to the customer system 100.

In step S17, the data transmission unit 206 of the server system 200 transmits the user payment information input on the payment information input screen 40 to the corresponding shopping mall selling the product selected by the user. At this time, the name of the product orderer is, for example, " Mailgent " which performs the product purchase agent service of the present invention, and the product delivery address is transmitted as the address of the user who created the order mail.

In step S18, after the payment is made to the shopping mall, the corresponding product is delivered to the address of the user.

Hereinafter, a case in which a product desired by a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is located at an auction site or a joint purchase site will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12.

First, when a product desired by a user is found in the auction site (eg, an auction site) or a co-purchase site through a search process of an order mail created by the user, the catalog generator 205 of the server system 200 performs a catalog ( Create a catalog 30 that includes, for example, an auction agency message or a joint purchase agency message as shown in FIG.

First, the server system 200 transmits the catalog 30 including the auction agency message to the email address of the user who created the order mail (step S21). When the user who checks the e-mail selects the auction agency request button 34 included in the catalog 30, the server system 200 displays the auction option screen as shown in FIG. 11, for example, in the customer system 100. 60 is provided (step S22).

The auction option screen 60 includes an upper limit input box, a payment information input box (card number input box), and a completion button. When the user inputs the desired auction upper limit price and payment information (referred to as auction option information) in the upper limit price input box and the payment information input box of the auction option screen 60, respectively, and selects the complete button, the server system 200 Stores the auction option information (step S23).

Thereafter, after accessing the auction site, the server system 200 makes a bid by transmitting less than or equal price data to the auction site based on the auction upper limit input by the user (step S24). Here, the bidder's name is referred to as "Mailgent", and the address of the delivery address at the time of a successful bidding is used as the address of the user who requested the auction agency.

While continuing the bidding, the server system 200 determines whether the successful bid price of the auction is at a price equal to or lower than the auction upper limit price (step S25). As a result of the determination in step S25, when the successful bid price of the auction is formed at the bid indicated by "Mailgent", that is, the price below the auction upper limit price, the successful bid is made (step S27).

If a successful bid is made in step S27, payment is made in step S28.

The payment of step S28 goes through a dual process, which will be described below. First, the payment for the auction site is made by "Mailgent", and the payment for the "Mailgent" which has settled the winning amount is made by the user who requested the auction agency.

When the payment is completed as described above, the product that has been successful at the address of the user is delivered (step S29).

On the other hand, if the successful bid price is formed at a price larger than the auction upper limit suggested by the user during the bidding process of step S24, the bid is automatically abandoned (step S26).

As described above, the user may request an auction agency, but of course, the user may directly participate in the auction and bid. In this case, the server system 200 may transmit the address of the auction site to the user's e-mail address or provide the auction option screen 60.

Hereinafter, when the product desired by the user is in the joint purchase site, it is almost identical to the auction agency flow described above.

That is, first, the server system 200 transmits the catalog 30 including the joint purchase agency message to the email address of the user who created the order mail. When the user who checks the e-mail selects the joint purchase agency request button 34 included in the catalog 30, the server system 200 provides a joint purchase option screen (not shown) to the customer system 100. .

The joint purchase option screen includes information necessary for joint purchase. The server system 200 accesses the joint purchase site based on the joint purchase information, and then participates in the purchase by transmitting the joint purchase price data to the joint purchase site. In this case, the name of the purchase participant purchaser is referred to as "Mailgent", and the address of the delivery address at the time of purchase is made to the address of the user who requested the joint purchase agency.

Since the process after the joint purchase is completed is the same as the auction process, description thereof is omitted.

Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

This embodiment describes a case where an order mail is created through a mobile communication network, unlike the above-described embodiment, namely, an order mail is created through the Internet.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example thereof. For example, a user of a mobile communication terminal 900 subscribing to a predetermined mobile communication service transmits a voice message or a text message for ordering a predetermined product to the mobile communication provider 700 through the mobile communication network 800.

Upon receiving the order message, the mobile communication service provider 700 mails the order message of the user of the mobile communication terminal 900 to the mail server 400 providing the product purchase agency service of the present invention.

As such, order messages mailed to the mail server 400 are received by the server system 200 of the present invention at predetermined intervals and processed through the same process as the above-described embodiment. Of course, in this embodiment, the catalog 30 is transmitted to the e-mail address of the user of the mobile communication terminal 900.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can easily create an order mail using a customer system or a mobile communication terminal with Internet access, and provide information of related products according to the contents of the created order mail in a server system. By acting as a purchase, it is possible to provide a good quality agent service to the user.

As described above, according to the present invention, a product order entry field is provided to an Internet site that a user can access frequently, and information about products related to a product desired by the user based on the order contents created and transmitted through the product order entry field is provided. In addition to providing a fast, and by providing a product purchasing agent service it can facilitate the user's convenience.

Although the present invention has been described in detail by the above embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

For example, although the above-described embodiment has described a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting text and voice messages, the present invention is not limited thereto, and an Internet phone with a web browser, a mobile communication terminal with a Bluetooth chip, and the like can be used. If you can understand enough.

Claims (14)

a) retrieving the order contents of each of the plurality of order mails sent from the mail server; b) extracting product nouns and attribute nouns included in the order; c) searching the extracted product nouns and attribute nouns in a previously constructed product database; d) classifying products related to the product noun and the attribute noun extracted as a result of the search in step c) according to the degree of specificity of the order contents and extracting a recommended product; e) generating a catalog based on the related products classified in step d) and the extracted recommended products and emailing the order mail to the user who created the order mail; f) transmitting the user's payment information input on the payment screen of the catalog to a shopping mall that sells the product selected by the user; And g) payment of the product selected by the user based on the payment information and the product is delivered to the user comprising the step of purchasing a product using the Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the product database of step c), A product name database and a product description database, wherein the product name database is a collection of product nouns, analogues, and idioms of each product noun, the product description database of product attribute nouns describing the content of the product. The product purchase method using the Internet, characterized in that the set. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalog generated in step e) includes a recommendation product display unit, a product display unit by brand, a product display unit by price, and a product display unit by size. The method of claim 3, wherein the recommendation product display unit comprises a preference display unit and a detailed screen providing menu. The method of claim 3, wherein the catalog further comprises an auction agency request button and a joint purchase agency request button. The method of claim 1, wherein when the product selected by the user is at an auction site, A) sending an auction agency message; B) providing an auction option screen in response to selection of an auction agency request button by a user agreeing to the auction agency message; C) storing an upper limit price and a card number of the user, which are input by the user respectively inputted in the upper limit price input box and the payment information input box of the auction option screen; D) bidding on the auction site at a price less than or equal to the upper limit suggested by the user; E) determining whether a successful bid price of the auction is formed at a price lower than an upper limit suggested by a user; And F) if the successful bid price is formed at a price lower than the upper limit suggested by the user as a result of the determination in step e), the method further comprises the step of performing a successful bid and delivery of the product. The method of claim 1, wherein when the product selected by the user is at the joint purchase site, the product selected by the user is purchased by the joint purchase. A mail server for receiving and storing order contents input in a product order input field provided to a plurality of Internet sites by mail; Receive a plurality of order mails stored in the mail server, retrieve the order contents contained in each of the plurality of mails in conjunction with a pre-built product database, and then the products and recommendations related to the product desired by the user A server system for generating a catalog including a product and transmitting the order contents to an e-mail address of a user who inputs the order; And And a search engine which collects product information included in a plurality of shopping malls, a plurality of auction sites, and a plurality of co-purchase sites at predetermined intervals and transmits the information to the product database. The method of claim 8, wherein the product database, A product name database and a product description database, wherein the product name database is a collection of product nouns, analogues, and idioms of each product noun, the product description database of product attribute nouns describing the content of the product. Product purchase system using the Internet, characterized in that the set. The method of claim 8, wherein the server system, An order contents search unit that searches for order contents included in each of a plurality of order mails received from the mail server and extracts product nouns and attribute nouns; A matching unit searching the extracted product nouns and attribute nouns in the product database and matching the related products; A classification unit classifying the matched related products according to a degree of concreteness of the order contents; A catalog generator for generating a catalog including the classified products and previously recommended product information; And And a data transmission unit configured to transmit information input on a user payment information input screen included in the catalog to the plurality of shopping malls, a plurality of auction sites, and a plurality of joint purchase sites. The system of claim 10, wherein the catalog comprises a recommendation product display unit, a product display unit for each brand, a product display unit for each price, and a product display unit for each size. The system of claim 11, wherein the recommendation product display unit comprises a preference display unit and a detailed screen providing menu. The system of claim 11, wherein the catalog further comprises an auction agency request button and a joint purchase agency request button. The system of claim 8, further comprising a mobile communication service provider that receives the order contents and the user information transmitted from the user terminal through a mobile communication network and transmits the information to the mail server.