KR20040011056A - 3D virtual reality shopping mall management system and commodity display method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for managing a three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall and a method for arranging commodities are provided to enable a user to experience the same shopping as a real shopping by the user in a department store or a large-sized mart actually and purchase a displayed commodity by constructing the same store as a department store or a large-sized mart as a shopping mall of a three-dimensional virtual reality. CONSTITUTION: A member managing module(202) registers and manages a user who wants to use a three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall using a client server capable of connecting to the Internet. A commodity supply company managing module(212) registers a commodity supply company for selling a commodity in a shopping mall store and manages information as to the commodity supply company and commodities. A shopping mall managing module(204) includes a shopping mall managing unit(206) which manufactures a three-dimensional virtual reality as the same structure as an actual department store or large-sized mart and manages information of a store, a commodity managing unit(208) which manages information as to commodities being stocked or delivered, and a shopping managing unit which searches a commodity in the shopping mall and a price thereof. A payment managing module(214) receives a price of a commodity purchased by a shopping mall user and supplies the price to a commodity supply company. A statistics managing module(216) analyzes information as to a commodity sold in the shopping mall, analyzes sales according to stores, and analyzes a purchase tendency a client. A communication module(220) transmits information as to the shopping mall to the client server and supplies purchase information of a commodity purchased in the client server to the commodity supply company in real time. A control module(222) controls a data flow among the above modules.

Description

3D virtual reality shopping mall management system and commodity display method

According to the present invention, a 3D virtual reality shopping mall operating system and a product arrangement capable of purchasing goods displayed while experiencing the same experience as shopping a real department store or a large discount store by constructing the same store as a department store, a large discount store, etc. as a 3D virtual shopping mall It is about a method.

Today, as the use of the Internet is rapidly increased due to the development of information and communication technology, electronic commerce is actively increasing. Since e-commerce is easy to secure variety of products, transcends time and space, and is easy to automate, the e-commerce is expanding its scope as a store without cashiers, and its scope is not only business-to-consumer, Cyber shopping malls are most active, from business-to-business.

Representative of such electronic commerce can be referred to as an internet shopping mall, and internet shopping products are provided through technologies related to web production such as user interface design, HTML, CGI, and APS, and technologies such as network, database, encryption, authentication, and electronic payment. Is built.

A typical shopping mall is a cyber shopping mall that purchases a desired product, just like a real department store or a supermarket in the real world, and the products that are being handled in the shopping mall are confirmed through an internet browser, and a credit card, bank transfer, Payment is made using an electronic check or electronic cash payment system and the product can be delivered by courier or mail.

However, since the conventional conventional shopping malls present the products to be sold using only two-dimensional images and text characters, buyers who use the shopping malls may experience shopping such as purchasing goods offline, such as department stores or large discount stores. There was a disadvantage.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to build the same store as a department store, a large discount store, etc. as a shopping mall of a three-dimensional virtual reality, a product that is displayed while the user experiences the same experience as shopping a real department store or a large discount store To provide a three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall operating system and product placement method that can be purchased.

Another object of the present invention is to use a product classified by category, which is a method of selecting a product in a shopping mall, according to a list or even using a search key, a user can easily select a product by linking a shopping mall made of 3D virtual reality. To provide a 3D virtual reality shopping mall operating system and product placement method.

1 is a block diagram of a three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a configuration diagram of a shopping mall operating system.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of using a 3D virtual reality shopping mall according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 8 is a reference diagram of a three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: client server 200: shopping mall server

202: member management module 204: shopping mall management module

212: product provider management module 214: payment management module

216: statistics management module 218: delivery management module

220: communication module 222: control module

300: Internet 400: product provider

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a store of floors having the same form as an off-line department store or a large discount store is produced in 3D VR, and a virtual reality display unit which displays the screen to be moved with a mouse or a keyboard, and produced in 3D VR. A first screen including a layer display unit displaying information on the layer of the corresponding layer and a product guide unit displaying an image of a product sold in the layer; When the image of the product displayed on the product guide unit is clicked, a second screen is displayed in which a product information of a product, such as a selling price and a manufacturer, is displayed in a separate window.

Preferably, the virtual reality display unit of the first screen is configured to be the same as the stores configured in the department store or a large discount store on-line, and includes a store display unit for displaying the stores where the image of the product is displayed; The second screen may be characterized in that when the image of the product is clicked on the store display unit, product information such as a selling price and a manufacturer is displayed together with the image of the product.

The first screen may further include a product search unit that allows a user to search for a product sold in a shopping mall using a search key, and a receipt processing unit for issuing a receipt according to a product purchase to a buyer of the product. do.

On the other hand, the three-dimensional shopping mall operating system for merchandise placement of the three-dimensional virtual reality shopping mall, provides information related to the shopping mall to the client server and the client that can be connected to the Internet by wire or wireless, and the information about the goods purchased from the client server It is linked to a shopping mall server and a shopping mall server provided to a product provider and includes a database storing various information.

The shopping mall server comprises: a member management module configured to register and manage a user who wants to use a 3D virtual reality shopping mall as a member by using a client server connected to the Internet; A product provider management module that registers a product provider who wants to sell products by entering a store in a shopping mall as a member and manages information about the product provider and information on the provided product; The shopping mall is put into the store, and the shopping mall management unit that manages the store's information, such as the type and location of the store in which three-dimensional virtual reality is three-dimensional, and stores the shopping mall in the same structure as the floors of stores of actual department stores or big blood discount stores. A shopping mall management module including a product management unit for managing information on the goods to be shipped, and a shopping management unit for searching for a product and a price in a shopping mall by searching for a product or a price in a shopping mall; A payment management module that receives payment for the product purchased by the shopping mall user and provides the payment amount to the product provider; A statistical management module for analyzing information on products sold in a shopping mall, analyzing sales of each store, customer purchase types, and the like; A communication module for transmitting information about a shopping mall to a client server connected through the Internet, and providing purchase information of goods purchased from the client server to a product provider in real time; It characterized in that it comprises a control module for controlling the data flow between each module.

Preferably, the statistical management module is characterized in that it comprises a receipt processing unit for processing information about the receipt so that the user can output the request for the receipt of the purchased goods.

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

1 is a configuration diagram of a 3D virtual reality shopping mall operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a shopping mall operating system, Figure 3 is a 3D virtual reality shopping mall according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 to 8 are reference diagrams of a 3D virtual reality shopping mall according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the three-dimensional shopping mall operating system is connected to the Internet 300 by wire or wireless to provide a plurality of client servers 100 for selecting a product to purchase and a product selected by the client server 100. The product provider 400 and the client server 100 and the product provider 400 are connected to the Internet to provide a shopping mall screen to the client server 100, and the information provider purchases the information from the client server 100. It consists of a shopping mall server 200 provided to (400).

At this time, the client server 100 has a general purpose or dedicated browser is installed to perform e-commerce via the Internet 300, the information about the three-dimensional shopping mall provided after being connected to the shopping mall server 200 to the browser It outputs and checks the information on the products sold in the shopping mall and requests the shopping mall server 200 to purchase the products.

The shopping mall server 200 registers a purchaser who wants to purchase a product and a product provider who wants to sell the product as a member, and includes the product information provided by the product provider in a client server held by the buyer. A shopping mall is provided so that shopping in three dimensions is possible.

On the other hand, the product provider 400 provides a variety of information about the product to move into the mall server 200 to sell the product, and receives the information about the product purchase from the shopping mall server 200 in real time corresponding product To the buyer.

Referring to Figure 2 in detail with respect to the shopping mall server, shopping mall server 200 is a member management module 202, shopping mall management module 204, product provider management module 212, payment management module 214, statistics management The module 216 includes a delivery management module 218, a communication module 220, and a control module 222, and is linked with various databases 224 to 232.

The member management module 202 of the shopping mall server registers a user who wants to use the 3D shopping mall as a member by using the client server 100 accessible to the Internet 300, and creates a member ID, password, name, Information such as phone number and address is stored and managed in the member information DB 224.

The product provider management module 212 receives a product provider 400 who wants to sell a product by entering a store of a 3D shopping mall as a member, and provides information about the product provider and information about the product provided. Store and manage company information DB (228). In addition, it provides a management program for product providers to directly manage the stores in the 3D shopping mall.

The shopping mall management module 204 stores and manages a three-dimensional shopping mall manufactured by a navigation method using 3D virtual reality in the shopping mall information DB 226, and the type of the store occupying the shopping mall. Shopping mall management unit 206 for managing the information of the store, such as location, and the product management unit 208 for managing information on the goods sold for each store, so as to facilitate the user's shopping The product search unit 210 manages to select a store and a product in the shopping mall, and a voice broadcasting management unit 211 that broadcasts a voice for guiding announcements in the shopping mall.

The shopping mall manager 206 three-dimensionally configures a shopping mall provided to a user as 3D VR online in the same structure as a floor-based store of a department store or a large discount store. The user of such a shopping mall can move the shopping mall by using a keyboard or a mouse, and can check the stores by floor from a distance, and the closer the store is, the more the store is expanded and when the user reaches the store, the products displayed in the store can be clearly identified. It consists of a form. On the other hand, stores entering the shopping mall are classified by category, major classification, middle classification and small classification of the products to be sold. For example, a store of a shopping mall is classified into categories such as home appliances, office supplies, life, fashion, and the like, and the categories classified as home appliances are further classified into video, office, audio, and communication devices. The devices are classified into the middle class such as TV, VTR, DVD, etc., and the TV is classified into the small class such as 14 inch and 20 inch.

The merchandise management unit 208 displays the information on the goods received or released in the store, including the information on the products provided to the stores classified by category and the products sold to the user, and the product provider information DB 228. ) To store and manage. That is, it checks the price, quantity, etc. of the goods that are received at the store and can be sold from the product provider, and when the product is sold to the user, it is determined whether the goods are out of stock by excluding the sold quantity from the quantity of the goods received. Notify the supplier 400 of the stock of the goods.

The product search unit 210 manages a user to effectively select a product by searching for a name, a price, etc. of a product moved into a shopping mall. First, a method of searching for and selecting an item or a product name of a product, and a product. A method of searching and selecting items and prices of a product, a method of selecting and searching a price after selecting an item of a product, and a method of searching and selecting a provider and a price of a product are used.

The voice broadcasting management unit 211 manages broadcasting of announcements of the shopping mall or information on a store that discounts a product to a user used in the shopping mall by voice. Such voice broadcasting is preferably provided in a random manner.

The payment management module 214 provides the product provider 400 with a sale price of a product excluding a fee among payment details and a payment amount for the purchased product when the user purchases the product at a store in the shopping mall. Provides and stores the details about this in the payment information DB 230 and manages. At this time, the payment method for the user's product is carried out in parallel with the cyber money (Cyber Money) method, electronic payment method, credit card payment method. In addition, the payment management module 214 is provided to the user in real time when the user requests a receipt for the goods purchased, the receipt processing unit 215 for storing the receipt output details of the user in the payment information DB (230) It includes. At this time, since the receipt provided to the user through the receipt processing unit 215 is basically provided only once, if the output of the receipt is recorded in the payment information DB 230, the receipt cannot be output online. .

The statistical management module 216 is a member information DB 224 and a product provider information DB 228 on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to implement Customer Relationship Management (CRM) of the product provider 400. Based on the purchase and sales information stored in the store, it analyzes and manages sales by store and customer purchase types. Through the statistical management module 216, the product provider can grasp the purchasing trend of the users who purchase the product in the online shopping mall and establish a marketing strategy therefor.

The delivery management module 218 manages information provided to the buyer of the goods purchased in the store of the shopping mall, and stores the time at which the purchased goods are sent to the user, the time when the delivery is completed, etc. in the delivery information DB 232. And manage. In this case, the delivery of the goods provided to the buyer may be provided by person using a delivery company 500 such as a courier service or by mail, and the process from shipment to reception may be systematically managed to register the facts provided to the buyer. Can be.

The communication module 220 transmits information about a three-dimensional shopping mall to users of the client server 100 connected through the Internet 300, and manages the search and purchase information input from the client server 100. It provides to the module, and provides the product purchase information of the user in real time to the product provider 400 located offline.

Finally, the control module 222 controls the data flow between each module (202 ~ 220).

Referring to Figure 3 looks at the process of the member using the 3D virtual reality shopping mall.

A user who wants to purchase a product in a 3D virtual reality shopping mall uses the client server 100 connected to the Internet to access the shopping mall server 200 (step S304), and then displays a login screen provided by the shopping mall server 200. It outputs to the server 100 and inputs a member ID and password to apply for login (step S304).

When the client server 100 is requested to log in, the shopping mall server 200 searches the member information DB 224 to check whether the user who logs in is a registered user, and registers as a member. Member registration is encouraged with the message that it can be provided (steps S306, S308).

As a result of the check, when the user of the client server 100 is a registered member, the shopping mall server 200 includes an announcement 404 such as a discount event or an event on the screen of the client server 100, as shown in FIG. 4. Alternatively, the foreground screen 402 of the 3D virtual shopping mall giving a three-dimensional effect such as a large discount store is displayed (step S310). In this case, the notice refers to major news such as a discount event or an event related to the use of a shopping mall.

When the user clicks on the foreground screen 402, as shown in FIG. 5, the entrance screen of the corresponding floor, which is manufactured in 3D VR, is displayed on the virtual reality display unit 406 entering the floor, and the layer display unit 408 is displayed. Information about the store layer of the floor is displayed, and individual images of the products sold in the floor are listed in the product guide 409, and the category display unit 410 is classified according to the type to which the product belongs. The name is displayed, and a first screen is displayed in which the product search unit 412 for searching the product by the name or price of the product is displayed (step S312). At this time, when the store layer located in the layer display unit 406 is clicked, the store is displayed on the virtual reality display unit 406. In addition, the category display unit 410 may be classified into names such as home appliances, office supplies, fashion, sports, food, and the like, and if the product image listed in the product guide unit 409 is clicked, information about the product may be directly checked. On the other hand, when the user clicks on the foreground screen 402, the voice broadcasting management unit 211 of the shopping mall server provides a voice announcement broadcast, the voice announcement broadcast for a store that sells various event events, products provided by the shopping mall Information is provided in a random manner until the end of the shopping mall.

The user using the floor-by-layer screen of the virtual reality display unit 406 moves the screen using a mouse or a keyboard, finds a store at a location such as a department store or a large discount store, and checks and selects the products displayed in the store (step). S314, S316, S326). As shown in FIG. 6A, the products displayed in the store are displayed to have almost the same three-dimensional effect as those displayed in the real offline, and when a member clicks on the store, a screen inside the store in which the products sold in the store are displayed is displayed. The product information such as the selling price, the manufacturer, etc. together with the image of the product sold in the store is displayed on a separate second screen 414, and when the member clicks the image, detailed information of the product is provided as shown in FIG. The third screen 416 is output in a separate window.

In addition, a member who wants to purchase a product using the category display unit 410 can check the information on the product by selecting a name classified by category. The second screen 415 as shown in FIG. 6B displays an image, a manufacturing price, and the like of the products classified into the subclasses through the classification screens of the stars and subclasses, and the user checks the list by moving a direction key or a mouse of the keyboard. Purchase (step S318, S320). At this time, when the user clicks the image of the second screen, an image of the product as shown in FIG. 6A, a selling price, and the like are displayed. Meanwhile, when the user selects the name of the category display unit 410, the virtual reality display unit 406 moves to a store that sells a product corresponding to the category.

In addition, a user who wants to purchase a product using the product search unit 412 selects a product by searching for the name, price, and the like of the product sold in the shopping mall (steps S322 and S324). In other words, the user can search for the item of the product or the name of the product using the search box provided in the shopping mall, or search for the item and price of the product together, or after selecting the item of the product to search the price, or You can search for providers and prices. As described above, when the product is searched through the search, the selling price, the manufacturer, and the like together with the image of the product are displayed in a separate window.

When the user selects the product through the method as described above, the shopping mall server 200 displays a purchase quantity, a payment method, a transfer address, and the like, of the selected product on the client server 100 of the member as shown in FIG. 8. 418, and the user inputs various types of information according to the provided information (steps S328, S330). If the user is a non-member, enter the purchase information such as social security number, telephone number and address in detail.

Then, when the payment is made according to the payment method, the information about the address of the delivery together with the purchase history of the user is delivered to the offline product provider 400 in real time, and the product provider sends the corresponding product. It is sent to the corresponding address via the delivery company 500 such as courier or mail (steps S332 and S334). At this time, the payment method of the member is carried out in parallel with the Cyber Money method, electronic payment method, credit card payment method.

At this time, when a member requests a receipt for a purchased product, the shopping mall server 200 checks the details stored in the payment information DB 230 and provides the user with a receipt in real time. Such a receipt is basically provided only once, the output of the receipt is stored in the payment information DB (230).

Although the present invention has been described in detail by using a preferred embodiment, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the use of members only, it is natural that non-members can purchase goods in the same way as members, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs. Persons having ordinary skill in the art may realize the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention in various ways, and such modifications may fall within the claims of the present invention.

As described in detail above, the 3D virtual reality shopping mall of the present invention has the advantage of being able to purchase a product while building the same store as a department store, a large discount store, and the like while shopping a real department store or a large discount store.

In addition, even if the user selects a list of products classified by category or clicks on a product searched by a search key, a shopping mall made of 3D virtual reality moves in conjunction with the user to easily select and shop. have.

In addition, the user who purchased the product can receive a receipt for the purchased product through the shopping mall has the advantage that can maintain a trust relationship between the user and the shopping mall.

In addition, since the shopping mall user can shop while listening to a guide broadcast provided by the shopping mall, there is an advantage in that information about a discounted product can be easily checked.

Claims (9)

A client server that can access the Internet via wired / wireless, a shopping mall server that provides information related to a shopping mall to the client, and a shopping mall server that provides information on goods purchased from the client server to a product provider and the shopping mall server. In the shopping mall operating system including a stored database, The shopping mall server A member management module for registering and managing a user who wants to use the 3D virtual shopping mall as a member by using a client server accessible to the Internet; A product provider management module that registers a product provider that wants to sell the product as a member of the shopping mall as a member and manages information about the product provider and information on the product provided; A shopping mall management unit for producing three-dimensional virtual reality in three dimensions and managing information on stores such as the type and location of a store in the shopping mall, the same structure as a floor-based store of an actual department store or a large blood discount store; Shopping mall management module including a product management unit for managing information on goods received or released, and a shopping management unit for managing to search for stores and products in the store by searching the goods or prices entered in the shopping mall with keywords ; A payment management module that receives payment for the product purchased by the shopping mall user and provides the payment amount to a product provider; A statistical management module for analyzing the information on the products sold in the shopping mall, analyzing sales of each store, customer purchase types, etc .; A communication module for transmitting information about the shopping mall to the client server connected through the Internet, and providing purchase information of goods purchased from the client server to the product provider in real time; 3D virtual reality shopping mall operating system comprising a control module for controlling the data flow between each module. The system of claim 1, wherein the statistics management module includes a receipt processor configured to process information related to a receipt so that a user outputs and uses a receipt for a purchased product. The 3D virtual reality shopping mall operating system of claim 1, further comprising a delivery management module configured to receive and manage, in real time, a time at which a product purchased in the shopping mall is sent to a buyer, a time at which the delivery is completed, and the like. . The 3D virtual reality of claim 1, wherein the shopping mall management module further comprises a voice broadcasting management unit for broadcasting a notice of a shopping mall or information on a store discounting a product to a user used in the shopping mall. Shopping mall operating system. In the method of arranging goods in a shopping mall selling goods through the Internet, A virtual reality display unit that displays floor-based stores of the same type as a department store or a large discount store on an offline screen and is moved with a mouse or a keyboard, and a layer of the corresponding layer produced in 3D VR. A first screen including a layer display unit on which information is displayed and a product guide unit on which an image of goods sold in the corresponding layer is displayed; Clicking on the image of the product displayed in the product guide portion of the 3D virtual reality shopping mall, characterized in that consisting of a second screen that displays the product information, such as selling price, manufacturer, etc. in a separate window with the image of the product Product placement method. According to claim 5, wherein the screen of the floor made of 3D VR of the first screen includes a store display unit that displays the display of the image of the merchandise in the same way as the department stores on the offline, or stores configured in a large discount store; , Clicking on the unsupported item of the merchandise in the store exhibition unit arranges the product of the 3D virtual reality shopping mall, characterized in that the second screen displays product information such as a selling price, a manufacturer, and the like in a separate window. Way. The method of claim 5, wherein the second screen comprises a third screen in which an image and detailed information of the product are displayed together with an enlarged image of the product when the image of the product is clicked. Product placement method in 2D virtual reality shopping mall. The method of claim 5, wherein the first screen includes a user searching for an item of the product or a name of the product sold in a shopping mall, searching for an item and a price of the product together, or selecting an item of the product. The product placement method of the 3D virtual reality shopping mall, characterized in that it further comprises a product search unit to search for a product by using any one selected from the following, or searching the price and the provider of the product. . The method of claim 5, wherein the first screen further comprises a receipt processing unit for issuing a receipt according to a product purchase to a user who purchased the product.