KR20020084729A - A system for offering an estimate on internet and method thereof and computer readable medium stored computer program for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for supplying a written estimate using the Internet, a method using the same, and a recording medium including a computer program capable of performing the method are provided to supply a written estimate with respect to a specific article through an on-line using the Internet. CONSTITUTION: An estimate-supplying server recognizes a connection of a constructor and requests an input of a member ID and password of the constructor(S300). The estimate-supplying server receives an inputted member ID and password and checks whether the constructor is a member(S302). If the constructor is a member(S304), the estimate-supplying server displays a main menu screen for using an estimate supplying service(S306). In the case that the constructor selects an estimate mode menu on the main menu screen, the estimate-supplying server is set as an estimate mode(S308). In addition, a construction raw material article list for an estimate service is displayed(S310). The estimate-supplying server recognizes an estimate-requested article selected by the constructor(S312). It is checked whether an on-line estimate preparing request of the selected article exists from the constructor(S314). If an on-line estimate preparing request of the selected article is inputted from the constructor, selling companies, which deal the article, are searched(S316). The estimate-supplying server transmits the estimate-preparing request to the selling companies through E-mails(S318). If an estimate mode process with respect to other article is requested continuously(S320), the stage is returned to the (S310) stage.

Description

A recording medium containing a system for providing a quotation using the Internet, a method using the same, and a computer program capable of performing the same.

The present invention relates to a system for providing a quote using the Internet. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for providing a quote, and a method for providing a quote using the same.

In general, in the construction of a building, the construction contractor visits the elementary producers or distributors required for the building in person and consults with them. It is common to select.

However, in the above case, a lot of time and effort are wasted in selecting and selling various vendors and inquiring of each company's quotation, and an inexperienced company or individual can determine which raw material company's price is appropriate. It is difficult to select a raw material supplier due to the lack of ability to do so, which leads to an increase in construction costs due to wrong choice of raw material companies.

On the other hand, the Internet, which has begun to spread widely in recent years, has been rapidly spreading as computer communication technology and computer spread have been increased, and broadband network has been widely used. In response to this, various online commercializations are being activated through the Internet, which is not restricted by the real-world space.

Among these online businesses, B to B, e-commerce between companies and corporations, visits various companies that deal with the goods on-line by one company that wants to purchase the goods, and prevents a considerable amount of time waste. The advantage of comparing data is facilitating the activation of business-to-business transactions.

Therefore, if the construction contractor provides an online service that allows the construction contractor to receive and purchase the quotations for the raw materials required online from various raw material companies for the construction, the convenience will be greatly increased. It is expected to be.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the problem of selecting a purchasing company on a conventional offline, and to provide an automatic quotation providing system using a wired / wireless communication network including the Internet for achieving the technical problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a recording medium containing a method and a computer program capable of performing the method. As a result, information users who want to purchase an item of a specific item can easily receive a competitive quotation of the item for the desired item through a quotation providing system implemented on the Internet without having to search for a company offline. You can get a quote from more companies and become an automatic competitive quotation system with the best price, so you can make more objective and accurate purchases by comparing quotes from many companies.

1 is a configuration diagram of a quotation providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a detailed block diagram of a quote providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an operation control flowchart for providing a quotation using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a concept of operation on the Internet according to the operation control flow of FIG. 3.

System for providing a quotation using the Internet and a method using the same according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the system can be connected to the system via the Internet, requesting and responding to the quotation information for the item to be purchased with the system A first terminal device for receiving quotation information on a corresponding item for each company; When receiving a request for a quote from the first terminal device, a quote for requesting a quote for the item requested by registered sellers is provided, and a quote for providing the quote from the sellers is provided to the corresponding information user terminal device. server; And a second terminal device for calculating a quotation for the corresponding item required for the quotation and sending it to the quotation providing server when a quotation is made from the quotation providing server. Receiving an online quotation request request for a specific item through the Internet from an information user registered as a member in the system; (b) searching for sellers handling the quoted item among sellers registered in the system; (c) requesting the searched vendors to prepare a quotation for the item requested by the information user; And (d) receiving the quotations prepared from the vendors in response to the quotation creation request and transmitting the quotations to the corresponding information users.

In addition, the object of the present invention can be achieved by a computer-readable recording medium containing a program that can perform a quote providing service business using the wired / wireless communication network including the Internet.

It is apparent that the method for providing a quotation service using a communication network provided by the present invention described above can be implemented as a program that can be executed by a computer. It will be another feature of the present invention to provide a variety of recording media recorded. That is, the method for providing a quotation service using a communication network according to the present invention as described above may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, and preferably a record that may be performed by a server computer in a server / client computer system. It's a medium. Such recording media includes all types of recording media on which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. Examples include ROM (Read Only Memory), Random Access Memory (RAM), Compact Disk (CD) -Rom, Digital Video Disk (DVD) -Rom, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc. Included are those implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). In addition, these recording media can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. Therefore, it should be noted that the recording medium containing the program capable of implementing the present invention directly or indirectly is to be protected and is separately claimed in the following claims.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, and detailed description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings to help understand the present invention. However, embodiments according to the present invention can be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

1 is a block diagram of an estimation system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the information user terminal devices 112 and 114 request a quotation of an item to be purchased from goods distributors connected to the system through the Internet 100 and registered in the system, and respond to the request. As a terminal device of the information user 110 to transmit / receive quotation information on the corresponding item for each seller, information users who want to obtain a quotation for a desired item through the quotation providing system are the terminal device 112; 114) After registering as a member in the system, it is possible to receive an online quotation for a desired item from vendors registered in the system.

In this case, the seller registered in the quotation providing system may be, for example, a company that produces or sells various raw materials required for building a building, and the information user uses a building construction that requires various raw materials required for the building. You can become a trader. In other words, the quotation service provided by the quotation providing system of the present invention is not for a product that has already been priced, such as necessities and home appliances handled in general electronic commerce, but for the article such as the above-mentioned raw materials that can calculate various quotations for each company. In an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later, an example of a quotation providing service for a building element will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Seller terminal device (118, 120) is a terminal device of the seller 116 is connected to the system via the Internet 100 to enable the transmission and reception of the system and information, the quote providing server 102 Provides a list of items to be handled by him, and when receiving a request for making a quotation for a specific item, calculates a quotation for the corresponding item and provides it to the information user 110. The quotation providing server 102 registers a plurality of vendors dealing with various items and stores a list of items handled by the company, and the member registered information user accessing the system is connected to a specific item through the Internet 100. In case of requesting an online quotation for the item, the sellers dealing with the item are searched for, and a quotation is prepared for the item, and a quotation written for each company is provided to the information user. In particular, in the embodiment of the present invention, the quotation providing server 102 transmits the quotation making request and the information user's email address for each company by e-mail with reference to the email addresses of the information users and vendors, and corresponding companies. In order to calculate the quotation for the item, they send the quotation detail information to the information user's email address. However, the use of the e-mail for providing the quotation is according to an embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the quotation providing server 102 may receive the quotation written for each vendor and directly provide the information users accessing the system.

The database storage unit 104 is referred to by the quotation providing server 102, and registered as a member in the vendor information DB (Data Base) 106 that stores information on the sellers and a list of items. And a variety of DBs necessary for the operation of the system, such as a member information DB 108 which stores personal information of the used information users.

2 is a detailed block diagram of the quote providing server 102 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the server control unit 204 provides a general control and quotation providing server according to communication with information user terminal devices 112 and 114 or vendor terminal devices 118 and 120 on the Internet 100. Control the overall operation of 102. It also operates a mail server 202 for sending a request for making a quotation by e-mail. The ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 stores various operating programs necessary for the operation of the server controller 204 and stores various basic data necessary for driving the operating program. A random access memory (RAM) 208 temporarily stores a program operated by the control of the server controller 204 or temporarily stores data generated when the operating program is executed. The network interface unit 200 interfaces data transmitted / received through the Internet 100 between the information user terminal devices 112 and 114 and the seller terminal devices 118 and 120 and the quotation providing server 102. do.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control flow for an online quotation providing service in the quotation providing system using the Internet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, for convenience of description, the vendor registered in the system is exemplified as a company that produces or sells the raw materials required for the construction and construction, and the information user also uses the raw materials from the raw material handling company. An example was described as a construction contractor who constructs a purchased and received building. However, this is only an example of a company and an information user required to create a quotation, and the present invention is not limited to the quotation providing service between the construction contractor and the raw material seller as described above.

First, a construction contractor who is an information user who has subscribed as a member of the quotation providing system wants to receive a company-specific quotation for raw materials required for construction construction received using the system. Access to the system is via devices 112 and 114. Then, the quotation providing server 102 of the system recognizes the connection of the building contractor in step S300 of FIG. 3 and requests the input of a member ID and password for accessing the system. Accordingly, the building contractor enters his or her member ID and password for accessing the system. Then, the quotation providing server 102 receives an ID for accessing the system from the building contractor at step S302. A password is input and the building contractor is referred to the member information DB 108 to check whether the building contractor is a registered member subscriber.

At this time, if the ID and password of the building contractor is determined as the ID and password of the registered member, the quotation providing server 102 proceeds from step (S304) to step (S306) to the main menu screen for using the quotation providing service Is displayed. The menu screen may include various other mode menus for performing an online quote calculation and a function related to a quote service and a quote service. Accordingly, the registered construction contractor selects a mode menu that he / she wants to receive from the main menu screen. In this case, if the quote mode is not selected, the quote providing server 102 proceeds to step S322 to perform an operation corresponding to the menu selected on the main menu screen.

In contrast, when the building contractor selects the quotation mode menu on the main menu screen, the quotation providing server 102 is set to the quotation mode in step S308, and the quotation service is possible by proceeding to step S310. Display a list of building components. Accordingly, the building contractor selects the raw material item for which a quotation is to be provided from the displayed raw material list.

Then, the quotation providing server 102 recognizes the item requested for the quotation selected by the building contractor in step S312, and proceeds to step S314 to create an online quotation from the building contractor for the selected raw material item. Check whether there is a request. At this time, if the online quotation creation request from the building contractor is input, the quotation providing server 102 proceeds to step (S316) in response to the step (S314) in step (S316) and the seller information in the database storage unit 104 Retrieves vendors from the DB 106 that handle the item requested for the quote. Subsequently, the quotation providing server 102 uses the mail server 202 in step S318 to request a quotation for the item requested by the building contractor to the e-mail address of the searched sellers of the building contractor. It will be sent with your email address. Accordingly, the raw material distributors handling the items requested for the quotation receive a request for making a quotation from the quote providing server 102 through an e-mail, and prepares a quotation for the corresponding item, which is the email address of the building contractor. As a result, the construction contractor is provided with a quotation for each raw material seller for the required raw materials, and compares them and selects a raw material seller for them.

Subsequently, the quotation providing server 102 proceeds to step S320 to check whether there is a request for ending the use of the quotation mode from the building contractor connected to the system. In this case, if it is still required to perform the quotation mode for the other items from the building contractor, the quotation providing server 102 performs the steps (S310) to (S320) again while the corresponding seller for the item for which the quotation is required to be written. In this case, if the use of the quotation mode is ended by the construction contractor, the process returns to step S306 to display the main menu screen for the quotation providing service to select a menu from the construction contractor. Wait

On the other hand, in the step (S310) to (S312), the quotation providing server 102 in response to the request for creating a quotation from the building contractor transmits a request for a building contractor's quotation to the e-mail address of the raw material distributor, For example, we received an example that the supplier of the raw materials received sent the quotation directly to the construction contractor by e-mail. However, as described in the quotation providing server 102 operation of FIG. 1, the quotation providing server 102 receives a quotation for each company transmitted from the raw material vendors in response to the request for quotation request, and constructs a corresponding construction. You can also send it to the vendor. In such a case, the quotation providing server 102 selects a certain number of raw material sellers based on the quotation price among raw material sellers that transmit the quotation, and then obtains the quotation information provided from the raw material sellers according to the corresponding construction contractor. Provides communication or mail to the terminal device. This is to avoid unnecessary waste of time for the building contractor to review each seller's quotation mail in case there are too many raw material distributors handling items requested for quotation by the building contractor.

4 is a diagram illustrating a concept of operation on the Internet according to the operation control flow of FIG. 3. Hereinafter, an operation of providing an online quote using the Internet will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4.

First, the construction contractor 110 who wants to obtain various raw material quotations for the construction work received from the contractor accesses the quotation providing server 102 on the Internet through the Internet 100, and then prepares a quotation for the required raw material items. It is required (S1). Accordingly, the server 102 of the quotation providing system implemented on the Internet according to the embodiment of the present invention handles the corresponding item from the vendor information DB 106 according to the quotation request from the building contractor connected to the system. The raw material seller is searched (S2), and the raw material sellers are sent an e-mail request to prepare a quotation for the item (S3). Accordingly, the raw material sellers 116 receiving the quotation request request mail prepare a quotation for the corresponding item according to its sales price standard and transmit it to the corresponding construction contractor 110 by e-mail (S4). ).

Thus, a construction contractor can use the Internet to obtain raw material quotations for the items from various raw material vendors without having to go to the raw material producers or sellers offline.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, the embodiment of the present invention has been described as an example of the quotation service for the raw materials for building construction in the quotation providing service using the Internet, but this can be equally applicable to various other items that need to create a quotation as described above Do. In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention has been given an example in which the quotation information between the information user and the sales company who wants to use the quotation service is transmitted via e-mail, but this may be equally applicable to other various communication means. In other words, the quotation providing server receives the quotation information from the sellers and selects the sellers to provide a quote that meets a certain price criteria, the same can be applied to send the information to the user via communication or email.

Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of the claims and claims.

The present invention configured as described above implements a quotation providing system for providing a quotation for an article on the Internet, and when the information user connected to the system inputs only the item information that the user wants to provide a quotation for, it is calculated for each relevant company. By providing a quote, it is easy for information users to get a competitive quote for the item they want without having to go to the offline company, and get a quote from more companies over the Internet. And as it becomes the automatic competitive quotation system of the optimal price, there is an advantage that can be more objective, accurate purchase by comparing the quotes of multiple companies.

Claims (17)

In the quotation providing system using the Internet, A plurality of first terminal devices that can access the system via the Internet and receive quotation information on the corresponding item for each company in response to the request for quotation information on the item to be purchased by the system; When receiving a request for a quote from the first terminal device, a quote for requesting a quote for the item requested by the registered sellers is provided to registered sellers, and a quote for providing the quotes calculated from the sellers to the corresponding information user terminal device is provided. server; And If there is a request to create a quote from the quote providing server, a plurality of second terminal device for calculating a quote for the corresponding item requested by the quote and sending it to the quote providing server; Quotes using the Internet Provide system. The method of claim 1, When the quotation providing server receives the quotations generated from the plurality of second terminal apparatuses, the quotations corresponding to a predetermined schedule among the quotations are selected and transmitted to the first terminal apparatus. Quotation Provision System. The method of claim 1, The quotation providing server, the quotation providing system using the Internet, characterized in that it comprises a vendor information DB for storing a plurality of vendor information for providing a company-specific quotation for the items provided in the system. The method of claim 3, The quote providing server, if there is a request for a quote, search for companies that handle the items requested for a quote from the vendor DB and send the request for calculating the quote of the item to the corresponding companies by using the Internet. Quotation Provision System. The method of claim 1, The quotation providing server further comprises a member information DB for storing and managing member information for system login of an information user accessing the system using the first terminal device. The method of claim 1, And said first terminal device is a terminal device of a building contractor. The method of claim 6, The item to be quoted from the first terminal device, the quotation providing system using the Internet, characterized in that the raw material for building construction. The method of claim 1, The second terminal device, the quotation sheet providing system using the Internet, characterized in that for calculating the quotation for the item requested for quotation from the quote providing server by email to the first terminal device. The method of claim 8, The second terminal device is a quotation providing system using the Internet, characterized in that the terminal device of the raw material production or sales company that handles self-contained items for building construction. In the online quotation providing method in the quotation providing system using the Internet, (a) receiving an online quotation request request for a specific item through the Internet from an information user registered as a member in the system; (b) searching for sellers handling the quoted item among sellers registered in the system; (c) requesting the searched vendors to prepare a quotation for the item requested by the information user; And (d) receiving the quotations prepared by the sellers in response to the request for creating the quotation and transmitting the quotations to the corresponding information users; providing a quotation using the Internet. The method of claim 10, Step (d) may include: (d1) comparing prices of quotes received from the vendors; And (d2) selecting a predetermined number of vendors in order of the sellers who have provided the lower quotation price among the sellers and providing information on the quotations of the sellers to the information user; How to provide a quote. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein Request for a quotation for the specific item, the method for providing a quotation using the Internet, characterized in that the transmission to the corresponding vendors via email. The method of claim 10, After the step (c), (f) the step of estimating the quotation according to the request for creating the quote is calculated by the seller and sent to the information user by e-mail; further comprising the proceeding using the Internet How to provide a quote. The method of claim 10, A method for providing a quotation using the Internet, wherein the item requested for quotation from the information user is an element item for building a building. The method of claim 14, And the information user is a building contractor. The method of claim 10, The sales company registered in the system is a raw material sales company that deals with raw materials for building construction. A recording medium on which a program capable of performing a method for providing a quotation using the Internet according to any one of the claims 10 to 16 is readable by a computer.