KR20030066090A - Electronic commerce method using virtual exhibition hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for an electronic commerce using a virtual pavilion is provided to enable a spectator to supply a present or a gratuity to an exhibitor, a sponsor, or a host organization through a virtual pavilion easily. CONSTITUTION: If the first client connects to the first server through the first client terminal and requests to construct a virtual pavilion(100), the first client terminal requests to construct the virtual pavilion to the first server(102). The first server constructs the virtual pavilion(104), and a homepage of the first client is linked with the virtual pavilion. If the first client requests to register a present(106), the first client terminal requests a guidance of commodities registered in the first server(108). If the first client selects a wanted commodity out of the registered commodities, the first client terminal supplies the selection information to the first server(110). The first server requests a payment according as the selected image is registered in the virtual pavilion(112). If the payment is completed(114), the first client terminal registers an image of the corresponding commodity in a present list from the first server(116). If the first client requests to register a wanted exhibit(118), the first client terminal reads an exhibit stored in a hard disk or a CD and registers the exhibit in the virtual pavilion constructed in the first server(122).

Description

Electronic commerce method using virtual exhibition hall {ELECTRONIC COMMERCE METHOD USING VIRTUAL EXHIBITION HALL}

The present invention relates to a service method using a network, and more particularly to an electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall.

With the development of technology, services using a network such as the Internet are becoming more diverse. In particular, the virtual exhibition hall service using the Internet displays texts, drawings, photographs, crafts, calligraphy, videos, and animations on a web page, so that visitors who access through the Internet can view the exhibits. Such a virtual exhibition hall is disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2001-0000045, filed as "Method for Providing Cyber Contests and Exhibition Halls through the Internet," and Korean Patent Application No. 10-1999-0058944, filed as "Method of Displaying Works on the Internet." It is disclosed in the patent application No. 10-2001-0046096, etc., "How to provide a cyber exhibition hall."

By the way, the conventional virtual exhibition hall service simply displays an exhibition or evaluates the exhibition, and the viewer can give a wreath, a gift or a gift to the exhibitor, the organizer or the host organization through the virtual exhibition hall. There was no.

For example, at the graduation exhibition or graduation performance, most of the visitors are those who are familiar with the exhibitors, and the visitors may give wreaths, gifts, or gifts to the exhibitors to commend their efforts. In addition, organizations such as student councils that host the graduation exhibition and graduation performances received funding from the visitors and used them as operating funds.

As such, during exhibitions and performances, visitors can present wreaths and gifts to exhibitors and provide sponsorships to host organizations. When such exhibitions or performances were transferred to virtual exhibition halls, the spectators could not easily provide wreaths, gifts, or gifts to the exhibitors or the organizers. There are also cases where small exhibitions such as stone feasts are replaced by virtual exhibition halls. Even in this case, viewers could not conveniently provide gifts or celebrations to the organizers.

If a spectator visits an exhibition, a performance or an event through a virtual exhibition hall and provides a wreath, a gift or a gift to an exhibitor, an organizer or a host organization, the spectator must shop separately. They had to find out their address, account number, and phone number, and either delivered a gift to the address, or deposited it into the account.

Particularly when presenting a wreath or a flower, such a wreath or flower has the property of being disposed of over time, resulting in garbage and unnecessary waste. Also, when presenting as a commodity, there was a difficulty in selecting a present vaguely because the spectator could not know what products the exhibitor, the organizer, or the host organization desperately needs.

As described above, there has been a demand for the development of a method of easily providing a wreath, a gift, or a gift to an exhibitor, an organizer, or an organizing organization after viewing an exhibition, a performance, an event, etc. through a virtual exhibition hall. In addition, it was required to develop a way for spectators to easily select the gifts that the exhibitor, organizer, or organizer would like to receive.

In addition, conventionally, while maintaining the effects of gifts such as wreaths and flowers, it was required to develop a method that can give practical help to exhibitors, organizers, and organizers.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall that allows a spectator to easily provide a gift or a gift to an exhibitor, an organizer, or an organization through a virtual exhibition hall.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall that can easily provide a gift or a gift without knowing information such as an exhibitor or an organizer, an address of an organization, an account number, a phone number, and the like.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to register a product that the exhibitor or organizer, the organizer wants to receive directly to purchase a product that the viewer wants to give out of the registered product to deliver the product to the exhibitor, organizer, organizer An electronic commerce method using an exhibition hall is provided.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to use the virtual exhibition hall that can be used to replace the gift with an image, such as a wreath or flowers while maintaining the effect of the gift as it is, exhibitors, organizers, organizers can return the cash corresponding to the electronic To provide a method of commerce.

1 is a block diagram of a system to which the present invention is applicable.

2 is a flow chart of a virtual pavilion installation method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a virtual exhibition hall viewing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a server providing a virtual exhibition hall service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 9 show examples of a virtual exhibition hall according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

E-commerce method using the virtual exhibition hall of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of installing the virtual exhibition hall of the customer at the request of the customer, and if the guidance of the product to be registered in the virtual exhibition hall, the registration in advance Guiding the merchandise that has been made, and if a part of the guided product is selected, registering the selected merchandise in the virtual exhibition hall, and providing electronic commerce for the merchandise registered in the virtual exhibition hall. Characterized in that.

The service provider providing the service according to the present invention installs the virtual exhibition hall of the customer in the server according to the customer's request. The virtual exhibition hall provides an exhibition service, a presenting service, a writing service, a reply writing service, and the like.

The virtual exhibition hall registers selected products selected from among the products registered in the server of the service provider, which varies according to the customer's selection.

Here, the customer may enable the viewer to present only the products he / she wants by purchasing only the products he / she wants to receive among the products registered in the server of the service provider.

In addition, since a plurality of customers register a product registered in the server in the virtual exhibition hall of the customer, if the product seller only register once in the server, you can expect the effect that can sell their products in multiple virtual shopping malls.

Referring to FIG. 1, which shows a block diagram of a system to which the present invention is applicable, the first server S1 is used for electronic commerce using a virtual exhibition hall according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to customers connected through a network such as the Internet. Provide service. The customers may access the first and second servers S1 and S2 through the first to Nth customer terminals U1 to UN. Herein, it is assumed that the terminal of the first customer who operates the virtual exhibition hall is a first customer terminal U1 and the terminal of the second customer who views the virtual exhibition hall is a second customer terminal U2 to help understand the present invention. . According to the request of the first customer, a virtual exhibition hall is installed in the first server S1, and the virtual exhibition hall is linked to the homepage of the first customer.

A virtual pavilion installation method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention applicable to such a system will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2. When the first customer accesses the first server S1 through the first customer terminal U1 and requests to install his or her virtual exhibition hall (step 100), the first customer terminal U1 displays the customer information of the first customer. Send to the first server (S1). The customer information is homepage information of the first customer, an address, a telephone number, an account number, etc. of the first customer. Thereafter, the first customer terminal U1 requests the installation of the virtual exhibition hall to the first server S1 (step 102). In response to the request, the first server S1 installs the virtual exhibition hall of the corresponding customer (step 104), and adds information for linking to the virtual exhibition hall on the homepage of the first customer.

Here, the first server S1 links the virtual exhibition hall to the homepage of the first customer at the request of the first customer, so that the first visitor visits the homepage even if the first customer does not separately inform the address of the virtual exhibition hall. Easily visit the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer.

Referring to FIG. 5, which shows a display example of the virtual exhibition hall installed as described above, a banner advertisement added by the first server S1 is located at the top of the screen, and an exhibition registered by the first customer is displayed on the left side of the screen. On the right side of the screen, a picture and a greeting of the first customer are displayed. In the lower portion of the screen, a method, a concept, and the like, to send a gift to the first customer are described. In the center part, there are buttons for requesting writing to the artist, buttons for sending garland images, buttons for sending actual gifts, and a list of products selected by the first customer in advance.

After installing the virtual exhibition hall, when the first customer requests gift registration (step 106), the first customer terminal U1 requests a product guide registered in the first server S1 (step 108). The product is composed of a wreath image or a real product. The garland image is refunded in cash upon purchase and provided to the first customer, which is intended to prevent unnecessary consumption by replacing the garland discarded after the event with an image.

When the first customer selects a desired product among the products registered in the first server S1, the first customer terminal U1 provides the selection information to the first server S1 (step 110). The first server S1 requests a payment for registering an image of the selected product in the virtual exhibition hall (step 112). The payment can be made by credit card or mobile phone micropayment, and this payment method is already widely used, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. When the requested payment is completed (step 114), the first customer terminal (U1) registers the image of the product from the first server (S1) in the gift list of the virtual exhibition hall (step 116).

In addition, when the first customer terminal (U1) requests the registration of the exhibits, etc. desired by the first customer (step 118), the first customer terminal U1 reads the exhibits stored in the floppy disk, the hard disk, the CD, etc. and is installed in the first server S1. Register in the virtual exhibition hall (step 122). Here, the exhibit may be image, video data, AV data, or the like. In addition, a plurality of the exhibits may be registered, and when a plurality of exhibits are registered, the first server S1 allows the viewer to select and view one of a plurality of exhibits through the list of exhibits shown in FIG. 6.

Now, the viewing method of the virtual exhibition hall will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3. The second customer who is the spectator may directly visit the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer through the second customer terminal U2 or visit the virtual exhibition hall through the homepage of the first customer (step 200). The first server (S1) provides a viewing service for the exhibits displayed in the virtual exhibition hall in accordance with the request of the second customer connected through the second customer terminal (U2) (step 204).

When the second customer inputs a writing button installed in the virtual exhibition hall (step 206), the first server S1 provides a writing service to the second customer connected through the second customer terminal U2. do. Since the exhibition hall viewing service and the writing service are already widely used, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, when the second customer who is viewing the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer, which is built in the first server S1, selects a gift, the first server S1 is displayed as shown in FIG. 7. The list of previously registered products is guided (step 212). When the second customer selects one of the guided product list, the second server S2 guides the viewer information and the congratulation message to be written (step 216). When the second customer completes the preparation of the spectator information and the congratulatory message, the first server S1 requests the second customer to pay for the product as shown in FIG. 8 (steps 220 and 222). Here, the payment request screen may be configured as shown in FIG.

In response to the request, the first server S1 performs payment for the corresponding product, and when the payment is completed, registers the audience information and the congratulatory message (steps 222 and 224). Here, when the product is a garland image or the like, the payment amount of the second customer is accumulated in cash, and the accumulated cash is provided to the first customer without a certain fee at the end of the virtual exhibition hall service. Goods purchased through the above procedure may be posted on a web page as shown in FIG.

Now, a flowchart of a virtual exhibition hall installation and payment method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The first server S1 performs a virtual pavilion service function A and a payment function B for a product. In addition, the first server (S1) is provided with information about the products provided by the product provider, customer information for the customers who operate the virtual exhibition hall, information about the product list selected by each customer.

The first server (S1), if the first customer requests the installation of the virtual exhibition hall through the first customer terminal (U1) (step 300), after receiving and storing the customer information of the first customer virtual exhibition hall of the first customer Install (step 304). Thereafter, when the first customer requests the guidance of the goods registered in the first server through the first customer terminal U1, the first server S1 guides the goods, the garland image, etc. provided by the goods suppliers (steps 306 and 308). . When the selection information on some of the products guided by the first customer terminal U1 is provided (step 310), the first server S1 registers an image of the product in the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer. The first customer is requested to pay a fee for the service (step 312). When the payment according to the payment request is completed (step 314), the first server (S1) registers the image of the selected product in the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer (step 316).

The first server S1 requests the purchase of a gift while the second customer views the virtual exhibition hall of the first customer through the second customer terminal U2, and the second server S2 connects to the virtual exhibition hall. In operation 318, the linked first server S1 may request a purchase of a corresponding product. In this case, the first server S1 requests a payment for the corresponding product from the second customer through the second server S2 (step 320). When the payment is completed, the first server S1 searches whether the corresponding product is an actual product or an image (step 324). If the product is an actual product, the first server S1 sends the product to the first customer who is the operator of the virtual exhibition hall (step 326). In this case, the first server S1 performs delivery based on an address and a phone number included in the customer information provided from the first customer when the virtual exhibition hall is installed. After the delivery, the first server S1 provides the selling price to the product supplier with a limited fee (step 328).

When the product is not an actual product but an image, the first server S1 accumulates a fee for the first customer who is an operator of the virtual exhibition hall by accumulating a fee. In this case, the first server S1 may transfer the accumulated payment amount from the first customer through an account number included in the customer information provided when the virtual exhibition hall is installed.

As described above, the present invention enables a spectator to easily provide a gift or a gift to an exhibitor, an organizer, or an organization through a virtual exhibition hall. In addition, the present invention can easily provide a gift or a gift without knowing the information such as the exhibitor or organizer, the host organization's address, account number, telephone number, etc., the exhibitor or organizer, the host organization easily There is an advantage to making choices.

In addition, the present invention can minimize the economic losses by earning a refund of cash, wreaths, bouquets, etc. discarded after exhibition.

In addition, the present invention, if the product supplier registers the product in one server, it is possible to sell through many small virtual exhibition halls at the request of customers using the server, there is an advantage that can significantly increase the product sales company .

In addition, the present invention has an advantage that the visitor looking for his home page can easily see his virtual exhibition hall by linking the virtual exhibition hall to the existing home page according to the request of the customer.

Claims (5)

In the electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall, Installing a virtual exhibition hall of the customer at the request of the customer, When a guide for a product to be registered in the virtual exhibition hall is requested, guiding the pre-registered products; If a part of the guided products is selected, registering the selected products in the virtual exhibition hall; And providing an electronic commerce for the goods registered in the virtual exhibition hall. In the electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall, At the request of the customer, the virtual exhibition hall of the customer is installed, and the delivery information of the customer is provided; When a guide for a product to be registered in the virtual exhibition hall is requested, guiding the pre-registered products; If a part of the guided products is selected, registering the selected products in the virtual exhibition hall; Performing a payment when a purchase request is generated for at least one of the products registered in the virtual exhibition hall; When the payment is completed, the electronic commerce method using a virtual pavilion characterized in that it comprises the step of delivering the at least one purchase request product according to the delivery information of the customer who requested the installation of the virtual exhibition hall. In the electronic commerce method using a virtual exhibition hall on a web page that can install a virtual exhibition hall, In accordance with the request of the customer to install the virtual exhibition hall of the customer and receive the transfer information of the customer, When the guidance of the image to be registered in the virtual exhibition hall is requested, guiding the images registered in advance, If a part of the guided image is selected, registering the selected images in the virtual exhibition hall; Performing a payment when a purchase request is generated for at least one of the images registered in the virtual exhibition hall; And when the payment is completed, transferring the price of the at least one purchase request product to the transfer information of the customer who requested the installation of the virtual exhibition hall. The method according to claim 2 or 3, And linking the virtual exhibition hall to the home page of the customer according to the request of the customer. The method according to claim 2 or 3, And posting the product or image purchase information on the web page.