KR20020043480A - Method of auction for fixing bidding price by bidding order - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An auction method for deciding a bidding price by a bid order is provided to prevent other person from increasing a contract price intentionally and secure the minimum price to a seller by tendering a bid by a bidding price decided according to an order of a bid participation and making a successful bid to a bidder having a successful bid element based on a pre-opened beginning price, a contract price, a successful bidding order, and a bidding price increment. CONSTITUTION: A buyer environment(100) and a seller environment(200) have a communication unit for connecting to a server(300) through an on-line(network environment(400)), respectively for transmitting/receiving information interactively. The server(300) includes a member information database(310), an auction information database(320), the current bid state database(330), a web page(340), and a server engine(350). The seller registers auction information. A buyer participates in a bid. The bid is received. A bidding price is decided. A successful bid is checked. The successful bid is checked by comparing a contract price with a bidding price, comparing the number of entire bidding times with an order of a bid, comparing an order of a bid with an order of a successful bid, or comparing the number of entire bidding times with an order of a successful bid.

Description

Auction method for bidding by bidding order {Method of auction for fixing bidding price by bidding order}

The present invention relates to a bidding method auction method by the order of bidding online on the Internet. More specifically, bids are entered by bidders only by entering the bidding intent, not by bidders, and are bids based on bid order, pre-opened start price, and bid increase based on the order in which the bids are received. The bidding method relates to an auction method for determining whether a bid is successful based on a bid price, a bid price, a bid order number, a successful bid order number, and the like.

The conventional method is a method in which a bidder who bids the highest price among the bids specified by the unspecified majority by a predetermined time is bidder. In contrast to the conventional method, the present invention is set to a value calculated by the bid order without specifying a bid. It can be called a feature.

Such a conventional method has a possibility of raising a bid price intentionally by a person who wants to be successful at a high price or who is not willing to purchase, and these matters are raised as a problem of an auction.

In addition, if the final winning bid price is too low, the case of the seller refuses to sell is also a problem of the conventional auction method.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above problems, bid to bid based on the order to participate in the bid on the basis of the start price, successful bid price, successful bid number, bid increase amount, etc., bidders who match the bidding criteria By preventing the third party from deliberately raising the bid price, to ensure the minimum price to the seller to prevent the sale rejection, and to provide a way to actively promote the transaction.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system environment for implementing the method of the present invention.

1A is a structural diagram of a member information database which is a main part of a system environment.

1B is a structural diagram of an auction information database which is a main part of a system environment.

1C is a structural diagram of a bidding status database which is a main part of a system environment.

2 is an overall flow chart of each step for implementing the method of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a seller registers auction information in the method of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a buyer participates in a bid in the method of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for accepting a bid in the method of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of determining a bid in the method of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of determining whether a successful bid is compared by comparing a bid and a successful bid price in the method of the present invention.

7A is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of determining whether a successful bid is made by comparing a total bid count and a bid order in the method of the present invention.

7B is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for determining whether a successful bid is made by comparing a bid order number and a successful bid order number in the method of the present invention.

7C is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of determining whether a successful bid is made by comparing a total bid count and a successful bid order number in the method of the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the auction information database.

9 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the bidding status database.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings for the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system environment for implementing the method of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system environment configuration for implementing the method of the present invention includes a server environment 300 and a seller environment 200 having a communication means for connecting to the server 300 online. ), And the network environment 400 which is a means by which the buyer environment 100 and the seller environment 200 are connected to the server 300.

The buyer environment 100 and the seller environment 200 are configured to be connected to the server 300 online through the network environment 400 to exchange information with each other.

In the above configuration, the server 300 includes a member information database 310, an auction information database 320, a bidding status database 330, a web page 340, and a server engine 350.

The member information database 310 in the configuration of the server 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1A.

In the configuration of the server 300, the auction information database 320 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1B.

In the configuration of the server 300, the bid status database 330 will be described in detail with reference to Figure 1c.

In the configuration of the server 300, the web page 340 is used to provide auction information to the buyer.

In the configuration of the server 300, the server engine 350 is a computer central management apparatus that processes each step and procedure for implementing the method of the present invention.

In the above configuration, the network environment 400 may be a dedicated Internet line, a portable terminal device, satellite communication, or a public telephone network.

1A is a diagram showing the data structure of the member information database 310.

The member information database 310 includes items such as a member ID 311, a password 312, a member name 313, a social security number 314, an address 315, a phone number 316, an e-mail address 317, and the like. It maintains and manages the information about the members using, and this information is obtained when the buyer first registers as a member.

1B is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the auction information database 320.

The auction information database 320 is auction number 321, brand name 322, starting price 323, bid increase amount 324, successful bid order number 325, successful bid price 326, the total number of bids (327), whether the end (328), etc. are used to maintain and manage information about the auction item, which is obtained when the seller registers the auction information and when the buyer participates in the bidding.

1C is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a bidding status database 330 managed by auction number.

The bidding status database 330 maintains and manages information on the bidding status by auction number using items such as bid order 331, bidder ID 332, bid 333, and bidding time 334. This information is obtained when the buyer enters the bid.

2 is a general flow diagram of each step for implementing the method of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the present invention includes a step in which a seller registers auction information (S100), a step in which a buyer participates in a bid (S200), a step of accepting a bid (S300), and a step of determining a bid (S400). And determining whether or not a successful bid is obtained (S500).

Determining whether or not the successful bid of the S400 is a method of determining by comparing the total bid number and the bid order in addition to the method of comparing the bid price and the bid, the method of determining by comparing the bid number and the bid number, and the total number of bids Methods of comparing and determining the winning bid order may be used, and these methods will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure S100 of registering auction information in the method of the present invention.

In the seller logon step of S110, the seller accesses the server 300 through the seller environment 200 and the network environment 400,

In the auction information input step of S120, the seller enters auction information about the product to be sold, such as a product name 322, starting price 323, bid increase amount 324, winning bid number 325,

In a successful bid price setting step of S130, the server engine 350 calculates the successful bid price 326 of the currently registered product based on the starting price 323, the bid increase amount 324, and the successful bid order number 325 inputted by the seller (start price + Calculated as the winning bid X bid increase,

In the auction information storage step of S140, the server engine 350 stores the information input by the seller and the determined successful bid price 326 in the auction information database 320.

When the items are first stored in the auction information database 320 in step S140, the server engine 350 stores the total number of bids 327 as 0, and whether the auction ends 328 is stored as "No". And, the auction number 321 for distinguishing the registered product is stored.

In the web page transmission step of S150, the server engine 350 provides the buyer with the auction information stored in the auction information database 320 through the web page 340.

An example of a method of determining a successful bid price in step S130 is as follows.

For example, if your starting price is $ 1,000, your bid increase is $ 100, and your winning bid number is 100,

-Winning price = (starting price + (bid increase x winning bid)

= ($ 1,000 + ($ 100 x $ 100)

= 11,000 won

An example of auction information provided to the buyer through the web page 340 in the step S150 is as follows.

-Auction Number: 101

-Product Name: OOO

-Starting price: ₩ 1,000 won

-Increase bid: $ 100

-Successful bid number: 100th bidder

-Total bids: 89

-Successful bid price: ₩ 11,000

-Whether to end auction: NO

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure S200 in which a buyer participates in a bid in the method of the present invention.

In the purchaser logon step of S210, the buyer accesses the server 300 through the purchaser environment 100 and the network environment 400,

In the auction information inquiry step of the S220, the buyer searches for a product in progress through the web page 340,

In the bidding participation step of S230, the buyer does not enter a bid, but participates in the bidding by entering only the bid participation intention such as a bid participation button click.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure S300 of accepting a bid in the method of the present invention.

In the auction end determination step of S310, by using the auction number 321 to query whether or not the end of the auction product 328, the buyer participated in the auction from the auction information database 320,

If the inquiry result is end ("YES"), the step of S320 notifies that the auction has ended,

If the inquiry result is in progress (“NO”), the bidder ID 332 is inquired from the bid reception time 334 and the member information database 310 in the bidder information inquiry step of S330,

In the bidder information storage step of S340, the bidder ID 332 and the bid reception time 334 are stored in the bidding status database 330 of the auction product.

In the step S330, the bid acceptance time is based on the time the server computer processes in the order that the server computer is received in the processing queue (Queue).

Typically, computers do not handle multiple cases at the same time. When a number of processing requests are received, the computer stacks them in the processing queue in the order in which they are received, and processes the first received one by one in turn. Therefore, in the method of the present invention, when a plurality of people participate at the same time, a separate algorithm for determining the reception order is not necessary.

6 is a flowchart of a procedure S400 of determining a bid in the method of the present invention.

In the auction information search step of S410 by using the auction number 321 of the product in which the buyer participates in the auction from the auction information database 320, the start price 323, the bid increase amount 324 and the total number of bids (327) to date Look up,

In the step of determining the bid order of S420, the value obtained by adding 1 to the total number of bids inquired is determined as the bidding number 331 of the current participant,

In the bid determination step of S430, based on the bid order number 331, the start price 323, and the bid increase amount 324, the calculated result amount of (start price + (bid increase amount x bid order number)) is determined as the bidder 333 of the current bidder. do.

In the bidding information storage step of S440 stores the bid order number 331, the bid 333 in the bid status database 330 of the product, the total number of bids (327) of the corresponding product in the auction information database 320 by 1 Let's do it.

An example of determining the bid order and the bid in the step of S400 is as follows.

If another buyer entered the auction with 30 bids so far, a bid increase of $ 100, and a starting price of $ 1,000.

-Bidding number of current participant = 30 + 1 = 31

-Current bidder's bid = $ 1.00 + (31 x $ 100) = $ 4.00

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of comparing and comparing a bid and a successful bid price in the step (S500) of determining a successful bid in the method of the present invention.

In the bid price inquiry step of S511 and the bid price (326) of the product from the auction information database 320,

In the bid inquiry step of S512, the current bidder's bid (333) is retrieved from the bidding status database (330),

In the comparison of the successful bid price of S513 compares the successful bid price 326 and the bid 333,

As a result of the comparison, if it does not match, the process returns to the bid participation step (S200) in the process of step S514,

As a result of comparison, in the case of auction termination processing of S515, the auction information database 320 is updated to "YES" to stop bidding and then announce a successful bid.

7A is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of comparing and comparing a bid order number and a total number of bids in a step (S500) of determining whether a successful bid is performed in the method of the present invention.

In the total bid count inquiry step of S521, the total bid count 327 is inquired from the auction information database 320,

In the bid order inquiry step of S522, the bid order number 331 of the current bidder is searched from the bidding status database 330,

In the bid order comparison step of S523 determines whether the total number of bids 327 and the bid order number 331 match,

As a result of the comparison, if it does not match, the process returns to the bid participation step (S200) in the progress processing step of S524,

As a result of the comparison, in the case of auction completion processing in S525, the auction information database 320 is updated to "YES" to stop bidding and then announce a successful bid.

7B is a flowchart of a procedure of comparing and comparing a bid order number and a successful bid order number in the step of determining whether a successful bid is made in the method of the present invention.

In the bidding order inquiry step of S531, the bidding order number 325 is inquired from the auction information database 320,

In the bid order inquiry step of S532, the bid order number 331 of the current bidder is searched from the bidding status database 330,

In the step of comparing the successful bid number of S533, compares whether the bidding number 331 and the successful bid number 325 match.

As a result of the comparison, if it does not match, return to the bid participation step (S200) in the progress processing step of S534,

As a result of the comparison, in the case of auction termination processing at S535, the auction information database 320 is updated to " YES " to stop bidding and then announce a successful bid.

FIG. 7C is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for comparing and determining the number of successful bids and the total number of bids in the step (S500) of determining whether the successful bid is performed.

In the bid order number inquiry step of S541, the bid order number 325 is inquired from the auction information database 320,

In the total bid count inquiry step of S542 inquires the total bid count (325) from the auction information database 320,

In the step of comparing the successful bid number of S543, it is determined whether the successful bid number 325 and the total bid number 327 match.

As a result of the comparison, if it does not match, the process returns to the bid participation step (S200) in the process of step S444,

As a result of the comparison, in the case of auction termination processing at S545, the auction information database 320 is updated to "YES" to stop accepting bids and then announce a successful bid.

Referring to Figures 8 and 9 will be described the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

8 shows an example of the data structure of the auction information database 320.

The auction number 101 indicates the state in which the product is registered for the first time.

The auction number 102 indicates the state of the product in which the auction is in progress.

The auction number 103 indicates the state of the commodity in which the auction has ended.

9 shows an example of the data structure of the bidding status database 330 for the auction number 102 product.

Referring to FIG. 8, when a seller registers auction information of a product to be sold, such as a product name, a starting price, a bid increase amount, and a successful bid order number, a successful bid price is a result value of (start price + (bid increase x successful bid number), and the total number of bids is 0. As a result, the auction end is initialized to "NO" is stored in the auction information database.

Such auction information is provided to buyers through a web page,

A buyer who retrieves auction information through a web page participates in a bid for a product that is being auctioned.

9, the bid order is determined in order based on the time the server computer processes the bid acceptance,

The current participant's bid is set as a calculated value of (Start Price + (Bid Increase x Bid Order)) and is stored in the bidding status database for each auction product, and the total number of bids (327) of the corresponding item in the auction information database is increased by one.

By determining the successful bid in the manner shown in Figs. 7, 7A, 7B and 7C,

If the bid is not successful, return to the bid participation step (S200) and continue to receive bids,

In the case of a successful bid, the auction end of the auction information database 328 is updated to "YES" to stop bidding and announce the successful bid.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is obvious that the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and rights to various embodiments included in the technical idea of the present invention are included.

As described above, according to the method of the present invention, an auction transaction can be rapidly performed by using a method of automatically setting a bid according to the bidding order and a method of determining whether the bid is successful.

In addition, by presenting a method for automatically bidding according to the bidding order, there is an effect of preventing the problem of raising only the successful bidder without intention to purchase.

In addition, it is possible to easily determine whether to participate in the bid by providing the buyer with the bid price and the bid increase before the bid.

In addition, by allowing the seller to designate the successful bid price, there is an effect of preventing a situation in which the sale is rejected when the bid is successful.

In addition, there is a variety of effects, such as saving the time required for the purchase by telling whether the successful bid at the time of bidding through the method of determining whether the successful bid.

Claims (9)

In a method of bidding auctions using a computer in order of bidding order, Registering auction information; Participating in a bid; Accepting a bid; Determining a bid; To determine whether or not Bidding method auction method according to the bid order comprising a The step of registering the auction information in claim 1 Auction method for bidding method based on bid order, characterized in that the successful bid price is set as a calculated result of (starting price + (successful bid number x bid increase amount) The method of claim 1 wherein the buyer participates in the auction Auction method of bidding method according to the bidding order, characterized in that the buyer participates in the bidding by specifying only the bidding intention without specifying a bid The method of claim 1 wherein determining the bid Auction method of bidding method according to the bidding sequence, characterized in that the bidding order is determined by adding 1 to the total number of bids so far The method of claim 1 wherein determining the bid Auction method for bidding method according to the bidding order, characterized in that the bidding value is determined by the calculated value of (starting price + (bidding number x bid increase amount)) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the successful bid Bidding method auction method according to the bidding order characterized in that the bid and the successful bid to compare and determine whether the same The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the successful bid Bidding method auction method according to the bidding order characterized in that the total number of bids and the bidding order is determined by comparing with each other The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the successful bid Bidding method auction method according to the bidding order characterized in that by comparing the bidding order and the successful bid order number The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the successful bid Bidding method auction method according to the bidding order, characterized in that by comparing the total number of bids and the successful bid number is determined by comparing