KR20040001694A - Shopping method for price comparison and integrated settlement in shopping mall sites established in network and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a device for shopping collectively settling accounts by comparing price of the shopping mall sites on the communication network are provided to use the shopping mall sites connected with the communication network by a single login, to search goods displayed and sold from the shopping mall sites, and to simultaneously perform the price comparison and the purchase of the selected goods. CONSTITUTION: Customer computers(10,20) make a customer input/output various kinds of information needed for the shopping, and temporarily store the goods information selected by the customer. The shopping mall sites(30) make the customer use a shopping service of the site without logging in to other site if the customer logs in to one site. A collective settlement server(40) collects the goods information including the price and a code of the goods sold from the shopping mall sites. If the customer moves to other shopping mall site, the collective settlement server offers the information of the goods sold by the price cheaper than the previous site to the customer. The collective settlement server settles the accounts for the whole goods bought from the shopping mall sites without paying to each shopping mall site.

Description

Shopping method for price comparison and integrated settlement in shopping mall sites established in network and method

The present invention relates to shopping using a communication network, and more particularly, a plurality of shopping mall sites connected to a communication network can be used by a single login, and the products to be displayed and sold on the plurality of shopping mall sites are searched for. The present invention relates to a shopping method and apparatus for simultaneously comparing prices and making purchases for a product found in.

The conventional shopping method in a cyber shopping mall established in a communication network such as the Internet searches for products in the shopping mall site after logging in to the shopping mall, and puts necessary products in an account called shopping cart while searching. When this is done, the final purchase decision is made on the products that have been stored in the shopping cart, and the method of purchasing the necessary products is used.

In particular, when shopping in a plurality of shopping malls, the user logs in to each shopping mall site, makes a purchase decision after shopping, and makes a payment, and then logs in to another site to make a purchase / payment.

However, when a product that is temporarily stored in a shopping cart of a shopping mall site wants to compare prices in another shopping mall site, it is inconvenient to move to another site without maintaining information on the product stored in the shopping cart.

Also, when shopping at a plurality of shopping mall sites, if one pays at one site and then sells the same or similar product at a relatively lower price, the user may regret buying the previous site.

Of course, you can use the price comparison site for price comparison, but the price comparison site only compares the price of the limited items between the limited shopping mall sites, and if you purchase a product from the price comparison site, It's not so cheap, so it's inconvenient to shop by using multiple shopping sites.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a shopping method and apparatus for comparing and integrating payment at a plurality of shopping mall sites established in a communication network.

Another object is to provide a system for providing a shopping service using the above method and apparatus at a plurality of shopping mall sites established in a communication network.

Another object is to provide a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the above method on a computer.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method of shopping in a plurality of shopping malls according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a system for providing shopping services in a plurality of shopping mall sites according to the present invention.

Figure 3 illustrates a membership registration form according to the present invention.

4 is a view showing a login screen according to the present invention.

5 illustrates an application in which a shopping process is displayed through a browser according to the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating purchase decisions and various items of a list of selected products during shopping.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a screen for selecting between a product previously purchased and a product prepared at another site when moving to another site during shopping.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: consumer computer 20: communication network

30: shopping mall site 40: integrated payment server

41: database unit 42: information storage unit

43: price comparison unit 44: integrated payment unit

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is made as follows.

In the method of shopping using the product sales service of the shopping mall site,

A first step of collecting information, such as a price and a product code, of goods sold in the plurality of shopping mall sites for each shopping mall site;

A second step of selecting a product by a consumer logging in to one of the plurality of shopping mall sites;

A third step of storing information such as a shopping mall site, a price, and a product code of the selected product;

The same or similar product as the selected product is present in another site included in the plurality of shopping malls, and when the consumer accesses the site, the product which has better sales conditions is compared to the collected information and the product information. A fourth step of displaying to be selected by the user;

If the consumer determines to purchase the selected products, it characterized in that it comprises a fifth step for the consumer to calculate the total amount for the selected products.

Another configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is made as follows.

At least one consumer computer that inputs and outputs various information necessary for shopping, and temporarily stores product information on products selected by the consumer;

A plurality of shopping mall sites connected to the consumer computer through a communication network so that a consumer can log in to only one site, and use the shopping service of the site without logging in to another site;

Collecting product information including price and product code for the products sold in the plurality of shopping mall sites, and if the consumer moves in the shopping mall site, and recognizes the product information about the product selected by the consumer before moving If the same or similar product is moved at a cheaper price, the consumer can present the information about the product from the collected product information so that the consumer selects it. Characterized in that it comprises an integrated payment server that allows the purchase of a single payment using the collected product information for all the products that have been purchased in the shopping mall sites.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method of shopping in a plurality of shopping malls according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a user logs in to only one shopping mall site among a plurality of shopping mall sites established on a communication network, a shopping method using a product selling service of the shopping mall site may be performed in another shopping mall site without a separate login process. Collecting information such as the price and product code for the products sold in the shopping mall sites for each shopping mall site (S10), if the consumer logged in to any one of the plurality of shopping mall sites to select the product (S20) Store information on a shopping mall site, a price, a product code, etc. of the selected product (S30), and the same or similar product as the selected product exists in another site included in the plurality of shopping malls, and the consumer If you access, you can compare the information collected above with the product information to obtain better sales conditions. The displays allow consumers to select (S40), and if the consumer is making a purchase for the chosen product, to calculate the total for the selected product to the consumer payment (S50).

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a system for providing shopping services in a plurality of shopping mall sites according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a system for providing a shopping service includes one or more computers 10 for inputting and outputting various types of information necessary for shopping by a consumer, a communication network 20 connected to the computer 10, and the communication network 20. And a plurality of shopping mall sites 30 for displaying and selling various products, and an integrated payment server 40 connected to the communication network 20 to allow a consumer to shop at a plurality of shopping mall sites.

The computer 10 may access the shopping mall site 30 and the integrated payment server 40 through the communication network 20 so that the consumer may use the product purchase service and the integrated payment service. The shopping program is installed.

In addition, by using the shopping service of the shopping mall site 30 temporarily stores the product information for the selected products so that the integrated payment server 40 makes a payment using the information.

The shopping program embedded in the computer 10 may be used by a consumer to download from a shopping mall site 30, and the shopping mall site 20 may use a shopping program for a shopping mall in an integrated payment server 40. A shopping program for a consumer and a consumer may be used, and the consumer may obtain a shopping program from the integrated payment server 40.

However, since the consumer using the shopping mall does not need to know that there is a separate site for the integrated payment, the consumer does not need to directly access the integrated payment server 40.

When the shopping mall site 30 logs in only one site, the shopping mall site 30 may use a shopping service of the site without a separate login.

As such, logging in to one site and having a consortium of some kind of consortium different from that site allows consumers to use the services of other sites just as they do without logging in separately.

In the case of providing such a service, the screen using the service of the site is usually associated with the site and displays information about other sites that can use the service of the site without a separate login.

If the shopping mall sites 30 also log in to only one shopping mall site, other shopping mall sites are provided with the same contents as the logged-in service even though the shopping mall service is not logged in separately.

The integrated payment server 40 collects product information including a price and a product code of products sold in the shopping mall site 30.

In addition, when a consumer selects a product on the shopping mall site 30, the consumer recognizes product information on the selected product, and the information on the selected product is temporarily stored in the consumer computer 10. When moving to the site, if the same shopping mall site has the same or similar goods as the product previously selected by the consumer, and the conditions for purchasing the product are better, the consumer provides information about the goods provided by the moved site. Present it to the consumer for selection.

In addition, the integrated payment can be made using the collected product information, thereby allowing the consumer to finish shopping through one payment without having to make a payment in each shopping mall.

Referring to the configuration of the integrated payment server 40 that provides a variety of services for consumers to shop in a plurality of shopping mall sites as described above in more detail as follows.

The integrated payment server 40 is composed of a database unit 41, an information storage unit 42, a price comparison unit 43 for each product, and an integrated payment unit 44.

The database 41 divides information including price and product codes of products sold in the shopping mall site 30 into database information by classifying each shopping mall site.

The information storage unit 42 stores information including a shopping mall site, a product price, and a product code for a product selected by the consumer logged into one of the shopping mall sites 30.

When the price comparison unit 43 for each product moves to a site other than the site where the consumer selects the product, the product information of the moved site and the information about the product already selected by the consumer are compared to the same or similar to the already selected product. If the product is on a moved site, it allows the consumer to replace the already selected product with the same or similar product.

The integrated payment unit 44 calculates the total amount using the product information database unit 41 for the products selected by the consumer in the shopping mall site 30 so that the consumer can make a payment.

With reference to the configuration of Figure 2 and the method of Figure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below the operation of the present invention.

1 to 2, when a consumer logs in to one shopping mall site 30 among a plurality of shopping mall sites 30, the user may receive a service at the site as if he or she is logged in without having to log in to another shopping mall site. It has been described above, and unless otherwise stated in the following description, the shopping mall sites 30 are sites that can receive a member's service from other sites by logging in to only one site.

Information including a price and a product code of the products sold in the shopping mall sites 30 are classified into shopping mall sites and databased as product information having a predetermined format (S10).

The above process is executed in the database unit 41 of the integrated payment server 40, the database product information is stored in a predetermined device, a commercial DB program can be used for the database.

Information about each product's product name, product code, and product price is collected for the shopping products provided by each shopping mall site, and for each product, the terms of sale provided by the site, such as mileage service points or bonus points, etc. Information about conditions, such as conditions or interest-free installment sales, can be collected.

Therefore, since the above-described collection of information is performed for each of the above sites, there may be a difference in price, sales conditions, etc. for the same item in different sites.

The database of commodity information generated in the S10 is stored in the integrated payment server 40.

Subsequently, the consumer logs in to one of the shopping mall sites 30 and selects a product (S20).

In this case, the shopping mall site 30 selling the selected product and information including a price and a product code of the product are stored in the information storage 42 of the integrated payment server 40 (S30).

For example, when a consumer logs in to the A shopping mall site and selects shoes, the shoe product code and the shoe price of the A shopping mall are stored, and the sales conditions for the shoes may be stored together.

Thereafter, the consumer accesses the shopping mall site 30 by using a web browser program installed on his computer 10 and a program for shopping, and receives a shopping service.

Storing the product code in the S30 may be managed in each shopping mall site, but a more efficient management method stores information about the selected product in a storage device built in the consumer computer 10, that is, a storage device such as a hard disk. It is preferable.

The information stored above may be stored in a form of a so-called cookie, and if necessary, the information may be used in a server connected through a communication network.

Not storing in the main memory of the computer 10 can not easily know the contents of the main memory of the consumer computer 10 from the external server, RAM is main memory is volatile, and only temporary storage unless backed up Because there is.

If the consumer stops access to the shopping mall sites without paying for the product selected by the consumer, and then the consumer logs in to one of the shopping mall sites again, the product stored in the storage means of the consumer computer 10 is stored. Information can be withdrawn.

Therefore, the consumer may decide to purchase the previously selected products again and make a payment, or may cancel all or part of the previously selected products and pay together with the newly selected products.

This can provide convenience that a consumer who stops shopping while shopping does not have to reselect previously selected products.

Of course, the computer 10 used by the consumer may use another computer instead of the one used in the previous shopping, and in this case, the data about the product information stored as a cookie may not be available again. This case does not relate to the gist of the present invention and thus no further explanation will be provided.

It is possible for a consumer to go from one of the above shopping mall sites to another to shop for different products, and that the consumer knows the URL (Uniform Resource Location) for the other sites associated with the current shopping mall site. Since it is difficult, it is preferable that a link icon for other shopping mall sites is displayed on the screen for shopping in the shopping mall sites as described above.

Selecting the link icon with a pointing means such as a mouse makes it easy to move to another site.

Thereafter, when the consumer moves to another site, the price comparison unit 43 of the product of the integrated payment server 40 compares the product information of the moved site with the information on the products already selected by the consumer and is identical to the product already selected. Alternatively, if a similar product is located on the moved site, the consumer can select the already selected product by replacing the same or similar product (S40).

For example, you select a product on site A and move to site B. Since the product information for the products sold at the shopping mall site B are all databased, the product information selected at the site A is compared with the product information database at the site B. You can see

In addition, prices and terms of sale can be compared for products that are sold together at site A and site B. Therefore, the price comparison unit 43 of the integrated payment server 40 can select a consumer to purchase a better condition product. Provide a menu.

In order to compare the price of the S40, it may be necessary to perform a price comparison only when the consumer has a choice because it may bring a delay to the overall shopping service due to the calculation time for the comparison.

For example, when a consumer moves to another site to shop and clicks the right button of a mouse on the shopping screen of the browser to compare the price of the product and the shopping price at the other site, the consumer computer 10 The shopping program acts and transmits it to the integrated payment server 40, and the integrated payment server 40 compares prices for each product.

Alternatively, a mouse icon can be placed on a selected product name while shopping, and a right click of the mouse can be used to search for the same product.

In addition, although there is a price comparison unit 43 for each product in the integrated payment server 40, depending on the implementation, this function may be located at each shopping mall site 30.

At this time, the information about the product may be received by the integrated payment server 40 through a communication network to compare prices, or the product information database 41 of the integrated payment server 40, in which information about the product is stored, may also be used in each shopping mall site. It can be located at

And since it is inefficient to compare using information on all products, it is preferable to determine the integrated product code to match the product code for each product if the product code determined for the same product is different from each other in S10 Do.

Then searching for the same or similar product in S30 with the product selected in reference S20 can be efficiently compared using the integrated product code.

For example, basketball shoes may be classified as similar products with different manufacturers but the same shoe size, and the similar products may be determined by reflecting them in the product code.

In general, when different shopping mall sites use different product code schemes and match operations are not simple, the effort for matching product codes becomes too large as described above.

Therefore, for price comparison, the product code that is already set at each shopping mall site is left unchanged, and the consumer selects a product for price comparison among the products already selected, and designates some or all of the selected product names as search conditions. It is preferable to find the same or similar products from the information collected in S20.

For example, a consumer can search for a comparison of the products of company A Kimchidock 123-123 ?? .

When the consumer makes a decision for price comparison and clicks the right button of the mouse as described above, a menu screen on which the consumer can enter a search word is displayed on the consumer's browser screen, and the integrated payment server ( The price comparison unit 43 of the item 40 may be able to compare prices.

At this time, the company A's Kimchidock 234, Company B's Kimchi Dog, Company C or Company D's Kimchi refrigerator and freezer may be similar products, so the criteria for selecting similar products may be flexibly determined in some cases. .

Presenting the products of the searched result to the consumer preferably presents information to the consumer about the same or similar products in a menu-like manner and allows the consumer to select among the presented products.

The information presented to the consumer should be selected not only by the price of the goods but also by additional terms of sale (such as installment, interest in installment, interest, delivery condition, bonus point condition, etc.).

When the consumer makes a purchase decision through the above process, the integrated payment unit 44 of the integrated payment server 40 calculates the total amount of the product using the product information generated in S20 to allow the consumer to make a payment ( S50).

The consumer does not have to pay each shopping mall site individually, but completes the entire payment in one payment. The means of payment by the consumer includes depositing a specified bank account, payment using a credit card, or a predetermined electronic money. desirable.

Figure 3 illustrates a membership registration form according to the present invention. When a user enters a user ID, password, name, phone number, etc. in the member registration form displayed as shown in FIG. 3, any shopping mall site registers as a full member to the user, and the user logs in a plurality of shopping mall sites with a single login. Make it available.

4 is a view showing a login screen according to the present invention. The user accesses the shopping mall site by inputting his user ID and password on the login screen displayed as shown in FIG.

5 illustrates an application in which a shopping process is displayed through a browser according to the present invention. To date, the consumer has selected two items, and by selecting an item from the menu, the user can make a purchase decision or cancel a purchase for each product, and go to the selected page.

6 is a diagram illustrating purchase decisions and various items of a list of selected products during shopping. You can either increase or decrease the number of products for each product, make a purchase decision for each product, or make a purchase decision for all products selected so far without making a separate purchase decision for each product. have.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a screen for selecting between a product previously purchased and a product prepared at another site when moving to another site during shopping. In FIG. 6 or FIG. 5, when the mouse icon is placed on the item of 80,000 won for CD and 20 flowers, the user clicks the right button of the mouse to search for the same or similar product provided by the current site, and the searched result is displayed as shown in FIG. . The same product, but cheaper, is waiting for the consumer's choice.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. Examples included in the above description are introduced for the understanding of the present invention, and these examples do not limit the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, in the above description, although the Internet is taken as an example of a communication network, it is also possible to use a public telephone communication network such as a PSTN, and in addition to the above examples, various embodiments according to the present invention are possible. It will be obvious to those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which they belong. The scope of the present invention is shown not in the above description but in the claims, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention. In addition, it can be easily understood by those skilled in the art that each of the above steps according to the present invention can be variously implemented in software or hardware using a general programming technique.

And some steps of the invention may also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, CD-RW, magnetic tape, floppy disks, HDDs, optical disks, magneto-optical storage devices, and carrier wave (eg, Internet It also includes the implementation in the form of). The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

As described above, the present invention provides a method of shopping by using a product selling service of a shopping mall site without logging in another shopping mall site when only one shopping mall site is opened in a communication network. Information including price and product code of products sold in shopping mall sites is collected for each shopping mall site, and when a consumer who logs in to one of the shopping mall sites selects a product, the shopping mall site of the selected product and the product Store information including price and product code for the product, and if the same or similar product is selected by the consumer on another site and the consumer accesses the site, the product information is collected and the stored product information is compared. Consumers can choose a better product When the user decides to purchase the selected products, the total amount of the products selected by the consumer is calculated by using the information on each product, and the consumer makes a payment, thereby facilitating the environment in which the consumer shopping through the communication network. Through this, commerce through a communication network such as the Internet is activated.

Claims (7)

In the method of shopping using the product sales service of the shopping mall site, A first step of collecting information, such as a price and a product code, of goods sold in the plurality of shopping mall sites for each shopping mall site; A second step of selecting a product by a consumer logging in to one of the plurality of shopping mall sites; A third step of storing information such as a shopping mall site, a price, and a product code of the selected product; The same or similar product as the selected product is present in another site included in the plurality of shopping malls, and when the consumer accesses the site, the product which has better sales conditions is compared to the collected information and the product information. A fourth step of displaying to be selected by the user; When the consumer decides to purchase the selected products, comparing the prices in a plurality of shopping mall sites established in the communication network comprising a fifth step of calculating the total amount of the selected products to the consumer to pay Shopping way to consolidate and pay. The method of claim 1, wherein the information stored in the third step is stored in a storage means of a connection device such as a computer used by the consumer to access the shopping malls, and the payment is not made for the product selected by the consumer. If the consumer stops accessing the shopping mall sites and subsequently logs in to any one of the shopping mall sites again, information about the product stored in the storage means of the consumer's computer is retrieved and the product selected by the consumer after logging in again. And a shopping method for comparing and integrating payments at a plurality of shopping mall sites established in a communication network, characterized in that it is possible to settle payments together with the products previously selected. The method of claim 1, wherein in the first step, if the product code determined for the same product in each site is different from each other, the integrated product code is determined, In the fourth step, finding a product identical or similar to the product selected in the second step uses the integrated product code. The shopping is performed by comparing prices in a plurality of shopping mall sites established in a communication network. Way. The method according to claim 1, wherein all or part of the brand name already selected in the fourth step is selected by the consumer, and the same or the same information is collected in the first step using a part of the brand name as a search word by the consumer's selection. A shopping method for integrating and paying a price in a plurality of shopping mall sites established in a communication network characterized by finding similar products. [5] The communication network according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the information on the same or similar products as the product already selected by the consumer is presented to the consumer in the fourth step, and the consumer can select among the presented products. A shopping method that compares prices and integrates payments at a plurality of shopping mall sites. One or more consumer computers 10 for inputting and outputting various information necessary for shopping, and temporarily storing product information on products selected by the consumer; A plurality of shopping mall sites 30 connected to the consumer computer 10 and the communication network 20 so that when a consumer logs in to only one site, the shopping site of the site can be used without logging in to another site; Collecting product information including price and product code for products sold in the plurality of shopping mall sites 30, and when the consumer moves within the shopping mall site 30, the product selected by the consumer before moving Recognizing product information and servicing at a lower price on a site where the same or similar product is moved, the customer presents the information about the product from the collected product information to the consumer for selection, and the consumer at each shopping mall site Established in the communication network, characterized in that the consumer consists of an integrated payment server 40 for purchasing a single payment using the collected product information for all the products that the consumer has made a purchase decision on the shopping mall sites A shopping device that compares and combines prices at a plurality of shopping mall sites. The database unit of claim 6, wherein the integrated payment server 40 divides information including price and product codes of products sold in the plurality of shopping mall sites into database by product information. (41); An information storage unit 42 for storing information including a shopping mall site, a product price, and a product code of a product selected by the consumer logged into one of the plurality of shopping mall sites 30; ; When the consumer moves to a site other than the site where the product is selected, the consumer compares the product information of the moved site with the information about the product already selected by the consumer, and if the product is located on the site where the same or similar product is already moved A commodity price comparison unit 43 for allowing a user to select a commodity that has already been selected by changing the commodity to the same or similar commodity; A communication network comprising an integrated payment unit 44 for calculating a total amount by using the product information database unit 41 for the products selected by the consumer to purchase in the shopping mall site 10 and allowing the consumer to make a payment A shopping device that compares and pays prices by comparing prices at a plurality of shopping mall sites.