KR20030052795A - System and method for selling photos using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for selling a photograph through the Internet is provided to receive image data by on-line, order the image data, execute a payment, and transmit the image data. CONSTITUTION: A database stores information of an image provider and a client, image data, and order data. A DB search unit(122) enables a client to search image data stored in the database. A data supply unit(124) supplies information related to the image data selected by a client out of the searched result data. A shopping basket supply unit(126) supplies information related to total image data of a shopping basket inserted by a client for an order. An order processing unit(128) receives an order with respect to image data stored in a shopping basket from a client and manages data for a payment. An exclusive folder managing unit(130) enables a client to manage and register wanted data in an exclusive folder which is a logical storage.

Description

System and method for selling photos using internet}

The present invention provides a photo selling system and a selling service providing method through the Internet. More specifically, image data is provided online, and a dedicated folder is provided to each client to register and manage image data of interest in the dedicated folder separately. The present invention relates to a system and a method for easily receiving online image data, ordering and payment, and providing the processed image data online and offline.

As the provision and use of Internet services are becoming more common, one of the most active services on the Internet is the field of electronic commerce. In other words, e-commerce has a merit that both service providers and users have a relatively low burden of time and money due to the fact that service provision and use are performed in a virtual space, and various items are incorporated into the transaction target. Among them, many services for image data trading such as photographs and pictures are also provided.

The conventional electronic commerce provides a variety of product information on the shopping mall side with the image, and the user orders and pays the product on the web page using the product information retrieved through the directory service or keyword search service provided by the shopping mall side In the form of

The electronic commerce according to the prior art described above is somewhat complicated to the user as it provides a wide range of directory services by handling various kinds of products in the shopping mall side, and the user is burdened in using the product information through the directory service or keyword search. There was a downside.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a system and method for receiving image data online, ordering and payment, and delivering the processed image data online or offline. It aims to do it.

Another object of the present invention is to allow a user to register and manage his / her interest-of-interest data in a separate dedicated folder to facilitate the use of services such as data retrieval and ordering.

1 is an overall block diagram of a system configuration according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a sales server configuration according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a web page configuration according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of the method configuration according to the present invention.

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100 client computers, 102 network,

104 ... sales server, 106 ... image provider computer,

108 ... CPU, 110 ... user interface,

112 communication interface, 114 memory,

116 ... operating system, 118 ... database,

120 ... web pages, 122 ... DB search,

124 ... data provider, 126 ... shopping cart,

128 ... order processing section, 130 ... dedicated folder management section.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a system for connecting a plurality of clients and a plurality of image providers through a communication network to enable ordering of image data online, and storing the image provider, the client, the image data and the order data. Database, an input window, an execution button and a directory, and a DB search unit that enables a client to search for image data stored in the database, and an image, an information list, and an execution button. It consists of a data provider that selects the image data from the client and provides the related information among the result data, and an order list and an execution button. A shopping cart providing unit for providing information related to the solution, an input window and an execution button, and an order processing unit for receiving an order for image data stored in the shopping cart from a client and receiving and processing data necessary for ordering and payment; , Input window, execution button, and image data list, and allows the client to separately manage the data of interest on the client side from the image data stored in the database in a dedicated folder, which is a logical storage space, And a sales server including a dedicated folder manager that provides a client with services such as search and ordering.

In the online ordering method, a first step of receiving a data retrieval and transmission request from a client computer connected to a sales server, searching a database and transmitting a search result to the requested client computer, and selecting specific data from the retrieved data The second step of receiving and transmitting the related information, the third step of putting the checked image data into the shopping cart or registering it in a dedicated folder, and the order and payment if the order request is received for the image data contained in the shopping cart. And a fifth step of receiving and processing related data and a fifth step of delivering the processed image data to the client side.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the Example by this invention is described in detail with reference to an accompanying drawing.

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of a system configuration according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of client computers 100 (1) to 100 (n) and a sales server 104 establish a communication network 102. In addition, a plurality of image provider computers 106 (1) to 106 (m) and a sales server 104 are connected through a communication network 102.

The communication network 102 generally represents a form of wired or wireless link between computers, and refers to a LAN, WAN, or a combination of networks and the like. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the communication network 102 may be a network such as the Internet.

The client computer 100 is a computing system and may be one of a desktop computer, a workstation, a laptop, a mainframe computer, and the like. One or more users (not shown), ie, clients, may be associated with their respective client computers 100.

2 is a schematic block diagram of the configuration of the sales server 104. As shown in FIG. 2, the sales server 104 includes a CPU 108, a user interface 110 including a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. ), A communication interface 112, and a memory 114. The sales server 104 is a computing system and may be one of a desktop computer, a workstation, a laptop, a mainframe computer, and the like. The communication interface 112 is used to communicate with the client computer 100 as well as other system resources (not shown).

The memory 114 of the sales server 104 may be a RAM or a combination of RAM and a nonvolatile memory such as a magnetic disk system. The memory 114 may include an operating system 116, a database 118 containing customer, image provider, images, and order data, and a web page 120.

The image data is data obtained by digitizing photographs and the like, and are divided into sales and rentals according to whether the copyright is transferred after the data is provided. In addition, when the image data is stored in a storage medium such as a CD, it is classified into a photo CD. That is, after a purchase is made for the image for sale, the copyright of the image is transferred to the buyer, whereas after the rental is made for the image for rental, the copyright of the image is transferred to the buyer. It is not transferred. In this embodiment, the merchandise is named royalty-free, and the rental is named a traditional image.

3 is a schematic block diagram of the configuration of the web page 120. As shown in FIG. 3, the web page 120 includes a DB search unit 122, a data provider 124, and a shopping cart provider 126. ), An order processing unit 128 and a dedicated folder management unit 130.

The DB retrieval unit 122 is a means for enabling a client to retrieve image data stored in the database 118, and includes an input window, an execution button, and a directory. The input window may be in various forms such as a text field, a radio button, a check box, and a drop down list box, and the directory may be in a hypertext category. The input window is a means for receiving a search condition, and the search condition indicates items such as range, title, color, type, period, direction, source, and the like. The range, color, direction, and source may provide a predetermined number of values to each item in advance so that the client cannot input any value due to the characteristics of the item so that the client selects one of the values when the value is input. can do. For example, the value of the range item can be provided as a full, traditional, royalty-free and photo CD.

The data providing unit 124 is a means for selecting image data from a client from among the searched result data and providing related information. The data providing unit 124 includes an image, an information list, and an execution button. The information list is a section for providing information related to the corresponding image data, and includes items such as division, title, type, color, direction, production date, directory name and description, and the execute button is added to a shopping cart and a print request. It can consist of a number of buttons: save to a dedicated folder, a simple view, a detailed view. When the print request button is selected, the shopping cart is also included in the shopping cart. However, the print information of the image data is automatically added and provided to the shopping cart.

The shopping cart providing unit 126 is a means for providing information related to the entire image data contained in the shopping cart for the client to order from among the information provided, and comprises an order list and an execution button. The order list may include an image, selection, title, division, quantity, price, delivery method, and other items, and the execution button may include a plurality of buttons such as deleting and placing an order. The quantity and delivery method items may be configured in the form of an input window to modify values, and in particular, the delivery method items may be modified by selecting from a plurality of values. For example, when the division value of the corresponding image data is' royalty free ', the input value of the delivery method is selected from' download 'or' CD ', and the division value of the image data is' Photo CD' or the delivery method is' In the case of CD ', the quantity value can be adjusted.

The order processor 128 is a means for receiving an order for image data stored in a shopping cart from a client and receiving and processing data necessary for ordering and payment. The order processor 128 includes a plurality of input windows and execution buttons. That is, when requesting an order for the image data contained in the shopping cart, the data required for ordering and payment through the input window, that is, the recipient name, the recipient's telephone number, the shipping address and the payment method, etc. are input and the payment is completed. Means.

The dedicated folder management unit 130 allows the client to register data of interest on the client side among the image data stored in the database 118 in a dedicated folder which is a logical storage space provided by the sales server 104 and separately. As a means for managing, it may be composed of an input window, an action button, and a list of image data in the form of a hyperlink.

The input window is a means for receiving a search condition, and the search condition includes a folder name and a title. The client can search for data to be provided in a folder by inputting a search condition in the input window, select specific data from the searched data, and of course, image data to be provided directly from the image data list without going through the above process. It is also possible to click to select. The specific image data selected by any method is provided in a similar form as described in the data providing unit 124, that is, except that a delete button is provided instead of a save button in a dedicated folder, and the order processing unit The order may be processed in the same operation as described at 128.

The dedicated folder is provided at the same time that the client is registered as a regular member, and the number of folders to be held may be different according to the characteristics of the member. That is, one can be provided as a full member and an individual member, and up to five members can be provided as a group member.

4 is a flow chart of the method configuration according to the present invention, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 4 an embodiment of the method according to the present invention in detail.

First, the client computer 100 is connected to the sales server 104 by the client's connection request (S200), the sales server 104 is requested to retrieve and transmit image data from the client computer 100 (S202), In order to check whether there is data corresponding to the requested condition, the database 118 is searched and the result is transmitted to the requesting client computer 100 (S204).

The search request may be selectively made by inputting a search word or searching a directory. The search term refers to a search condition, and narrowly refers to a title, and broadly includes a range, color, type, period, direction, source, and the like. Values such as the range, color, direction, and source may be input in a form in which one value is selected from a client among predetermined values. After the retrieval, simple information may be transmitted along with the image data if the corresponding data exists, and a message may be sent that no data exists if it does not exist.

Particular image data is selected from the client from the transmitted image data (S206), and information consisting of the contents related thereto is transmitted to the client computer 100 (S208). At this time, the data providing unit 124 consisting of an image and a plurality of buttons is transmitted, wherein the plurality of buttons are for generating an event such as adding to a shopping cart, printing request, saving to a dedicated folder, and viewing a detail. When the client clicks the detail button, the detail button is simply replaced with the view button in the above-described component, and information such as division, title, type, color, direction, production date, directory name, and description May be further provided. In addition, even when the client directly clicks an image, the sales server 104 may provide detailed information of the corresponding image data.

It is determined whether there is a purchase request by checking whether the add to cart or print request button is clicked (S210-1), and when there is a purchase request, the corresponding image data is added to the shopping cart (S212). At this time, the shopping cart providing unit 126 composed of an order list and an execution button having an input window is provided. The order list includes an image, title, division, quantity, price, delivery method, and the like, and the execution button is composed of a plurality of buttons for deleting and purchasing. The quantity is configured in the form of an input window, so that the quantity can be determined when the division of the corresponding image data is a photo CD or the delivery method is a CD, and the delivery method is configured in the form of an input window. If you're royalty-free, you'll be given the choice of CD or download. In addition, even when the print request button is clicked, it is operated in the same form as the add to shopping cart button is clicked, and additional information related to printing is further provided.

On the other hand, if there is no purchase request in step (S210-1) to determine whether there is a registration request in the dedicated folder by checking whether the save button in the dedicated folder (S210-21), if there is a request to save in the dedicated folder Register in a dedicated folder (S210-22).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the order button is clicked to determine whether there is an order request (S214-1), and if there is an order request, the order and payment related data are input and payment is processed for the order (S216). The order and payment related data includes a receiver, a recipient's telephone number, a shipping address and a payment method.

On the other hand, if there is no order request, it is determined whether other image data in the searched result is selected (S214-2), and if another image data is selected, step S208 is performed, and if no other image data is selected, the search is performed. If there is a request (S214-3), if there is a search request, step S204 is performed. If there is no search request, exit.

Subsequently, the payment-processed image data is delivered according to the requested delivery type (S218). In other words, when the client requests a download form, the client can download it on a web page. When the client requests a print form or a CD form, the client delivers the form offline. In the download form, it is also possible to transmit the image data in the form of a file attached to the e-mail.

Finally, the connection with the sales server 104 is released to terminate.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments as described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be implemented by various changes. That is, the present invention is not limited to implementing a passive operation of only the client purchasing the image data provided by the sales server 104 side, but the image data to be purchased on the sales server 104 side. It also includes implementing active operations that request to be provided for.

According to the present invention, in the photo selling system and the selling service providing method through the Internet, it is possible to provide image data online, to order and settle, and to transfer the processed image data online or offline. .

Further, according to the present invention, by storing the photographs as digital data in a database and providing them through the Internet, a plurality of photo makers and suppliers and a large number of potential consumers can be easily connected. The likelihood of selling in the market is greatly increased, and consumers can obtain and use high quality photographs at a convenient, prompt and relatively low price.

Claims (6)

In a system for connecting a plurality of clients and a plurality of image providers through a communication network to provide image data and ordering online, A database that stores image providers, clients, image data, and order data; A DB search unit comprising an input window, an execution button, and a directory, which enables a client to search for image data stored in the database; A data providing unit comprising an image, an information list, and an execution button, and selecting image data from a client from among the searched result data and providing information related thereto; A shopping cart providing unit comprising an order list and an execution button, and providing information related to the entire image data contained in the shopping cart for the client to order from among the information provided data; An order processing unit comprising an input window and an execution button, receiving an order for image data stored in a shopping cart from a client, and receiving and processing data necessary for ordering and payment; And It consists of input window, execution button and image data list, and allows client to separately manage the data of interest on client side from image data stored in database in dedicated folder which is logical storage space. Dedicated folder manager that provides services such as search and ordering Photo selling system via the Internet comprising a sales server comprising a. The method of claim 1, The dedicated folder is a photo sales system via the Internet, characterized in that the client is automatically generated by the sales server at the same time as the subscription as a regular member. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The search is a picture sales system via the Internet, characterized in that the search by the search conditions such as range, title, color, type, period, direction and source. Receiving a data search and transmission request from a client computer connected to the sales server, searching a database, and transmitting a search result to the requested client computer; A second step of selecting specific data from the retrieved data and transmitting related information; A third step of adding the checked image data to a shopping cart or registering in a dedicated folder; A fourth step of receiving and processing order and payment related data when receiving an order request for image data included in a shopping cart; And Step 5 of delivering the processed image data to the client side Method of providing a photo selling service through the Internet, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein In the first step, And the search is for all image data stored in a database or for image data registered in a dedicated folder. The method according to claim 4 or 5, In the fifth step, Method of providing a picture selling service over the Internet, characterized in that the delivery form of the image data is in the form of a file, print or CD.