KR20070046585A - Method and system for fast auctioning - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for quickly selecting a successful bidder to determine a successful bidder by using a method such as an average value method, time alignment method, order exclusion method, etc. By selecting the earliest winner among the bidders, the burden of inventory is reduced to the operator, and the user is characterized by enabling a quick purchase.

Description

Auction System and Auction Method for Selecting Successful Winners {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST AUCTIONING}

1 illustrates an auction system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 illustrates the progress of an auction procedure in accordance with the present invention.

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10: buyer terminal 20: interface unit

30: processing unit 40: database unit

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an electronic commerce system and a method for making a transaction between a buyer who wants to purchase an item and a seller who wants to sell the item through a network.

In recent years, with the rapid increase in the spread of the Internet, electronic commerce for the whole world is being made through the same medium as the Internet. E-Commerce generally includes not only commerce involving the flow of money using electronic media and electronic technologies and means under an integrated automated information system environment between companies and businesses, between companies and individuals, between individuals and individuals, or between governments and enterprises. Buyer marketing, advertising, procurement, service, production, transport, purchase, etc. includes a series of activities.

Electronic commerce allows transactions between buyers and sellers in a variety of ways. Specifically, the way in which a buyer pays an amount corresponding to a product price individually and purchases a product, not an individual buyer buying each product, but an unspecified number of buyers participate in the purchase process, and only a specific buyer purchases the product. In particular, the auction method in which a particular buyer with the highest price is selected as a successful bidder to purchase the product.In addition, although a large number of unspecified buyers participate in the purchase process, unlike the worship method, the buyer pays In a manner in which the product to be received is not determined to be specific, the buyer cannot select the desired product, and the transaction is generally performed between the buyer and the seller through various forms such as a lottery drawing in which a successful bidder is selected in a probabilistic manner.

In the case of auctioning in the conventional e-commerce, it is not easy for a buyer to purchase a product at a lower price since only a specific buyer who has offered the highest price is selected as a successful bidder. There is no problem. Therefore, participation in the auction is reduced, there is a problem that e-commerce through the auction is not activated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, and is intended to activate electronic commerce through auctions on a network by allowing a buyer to purchase a product at a lower price.

In addition, it aims to make an auction satisfying everyone by caring for those who are not successful bidders.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an auction system and auction method,

An auction system connected to a plurality of bidder terminals through a network,

A goods database storing goods information such as product characteristics, auction method, auction period, number of auction participants, coupon amount, auction quantity, seller information, and delivery information according to each goods;

A bidding database that stores bid information written by the user, information on the owner of the coupon that has written the bid, and bidding information such as a time when the bid is written down and bid order;

A register that sells the coupon to the coupon amount stored in the article database, writes a bid for the article to the buyer of the coupon, and stores information about the coupon in the bid database;

A successful bidder for determining bidders according to the successful bid quantity according to the auction method stored in the article database; It may be to include.

The auction system further comprises a payment processing unit connected to a financial institution through a network to purchase the coupon and the payment, and a delivery processing unit for receiving the information on the successful bid and the information on the successful bidder and deliver the goods to the successful bidder. It may be.

In addition, as an auction method connected to a plurality of buyer terminals through a network,

According to each article, the product information such as the characteristics of the article, the method of auction, the period during which the auction is in progress, the consumer of the article, the number of people who can participate in the auction, the amount of coupons at the auction, the number of successful bids, the seller information, and the delivery information are stored. Selling the coupon to the user at a value corresponding to the coupon amount at the auction participation from the goods database;

Storing information of a user who purchased the coupon as much as the number of participants, a bid that the user wrote down, and a bidding time in a bidding database;

Designating and storing one of a predetermined method of auction in the bidding database;

According to the auction method may include a successful bidding step of determining a successful bidder among the users participating in the bidding and notifying the successful bidder.

 Determining the successful bidder may be a step of determining the successful bidder in the order of the person with the highest bidding time when the average value of the bid is obtained by determining an average value of the bidder as the successful bidder.

The successful bidding method is a method of matching a bidding time of a user who bids in a predetermined predetermined order, and the bidding information of the bidding time of the bidder of a specific bidding person is the bidding time,

The successful bidding step may be to compare the bidding time with the bidding time of the user corresponding to the specific order to determine the bidder closest to the bidding time as the successful bidder.

The bidding method is a sequential filtering method wherein the bids are plural sequential numbers

In the bidding step, the bidder corresponding to the order number written in the bid may be determined as the successful bidder after excluding the bidder. If the successful bidder is less than the number of successful bidders, the bidder may set the bidder as the number of bidders.

If the same rate of successful bidders are generated, the fastest one of the bidding time may be set as a successful bidder.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is an overall conceptual diagram of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1 in order to use the auction provided by the present invention must be a member once.

1 illustrates a structure of an electronic commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an intermediary system, a plurality of buyer terminals, a payment system, and a delivery system connected through a network (including all networks such as a telephone network and a wireless network). It includes a system.

The purchaser terminal is a communication device that can make transactions by accessing an auction system through a network, and various communication devices such as a wired telephone, a mobile communication terminal, and a computer may be used. Therefore, the purchaser can access the auction system using PC communication, the Internet, the wireless Internet, and the telephone network.

The auction system connected to the purchaser terminal and the network to allow the buyer to purchase a seller's goods by bidding on a specific item, the interface unit 20 for connecting and exchanging information through the network, various information transmitted through the interface unit It includes a processing unit 30 to allow the transaction of goods through the auction based on the database unit 40 that stores a plurality of information.

The interface unit 20 is connected to the purchaser terminal 10 through a network, passes information input from the purchaser terminal to the processing unit 30, and provides information on bidding and a successful bid to the purchaser terminal 10.

In addition, since it is connected to a payment system such as a bank, the user can access the payment system through the server and directly deposit the auction participation fee. In addition, since it is connected to the delivery system 60 through a network, it is possible to immediately deliver the goods to the successful bidder.

The processing unit 30 is composed of an authentication unit 31, a payment unit 32, a bidding unit 33, a successful bidding unit 34, and the like, and the database DB of the article DB, bidding DB, successful bidding DB, buyer DB, payment DB, etc. In connection with the auction to actually proceed.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an auction method according to the present invention. Users who want to participate in the auction must provide basic personal information to identify themselves and register as a member. Users who want to use this purchase method should be a member first of all, provide their basic information and pay a certain amount of subscription fee. After signing up, you can participate in the auction by checking the auction items provided in the goods database. The user can participate in the auction by searching for goods on the goods DB and purchasing a coupon if there is a desired item. The price of the coupon is determined by dividing the market price of the goods by the number of participants in the auction. Only one coupon can be purchased per member. At the same time as the purchase of the coupon, the user writes down the bid, which is not used to purchase the actual item but is used only to determine the successful bidder. Bidding information, such as the information written on each bid and the owner of the coupon that recorded the bid (resident number or ID), the bidding time, and the bidding order number are stored separately in the bidding DB.

At this time, in the item database, the basic information of the auction item, for example, a digital camera, as well as basic information such as the size of the camera, the number of pixels, the storage capacity, as well as the method of auction, the period during which the auction proceeds, the consumer of the item, Auction information such as the available number of people and the amount of coupon at the auction participation is also stored. In addition, product information such as winning bid amount, seller information, and delivery information is stored. These items may be classified and stored in categories.

The seller database stores information on sellers who want to supply goods to buyers through this auction system, and includes both corporations and individuals. The seller name, contact information, and address may be stored.

The information on the owner of the coupon can identify the individual members stored in the member database, which includes the number of times the member participates in the bidding, the list of bidding items, the bidding time, payment information, contact information, successful bids, unsuccessful bids, The total amount of coupons purchased and the like may be stored. In particular, it is possible to analyze the purchase tendency of the buyer by storing the successful bid, unsuccessful bid, and the total amount of coupons purchased.

The successful bidding database stores the successful bidding information on the successful bidder among the plurality of bidders who bid on each item. For example, information such as a buyer, a successful bid price, a delivery location, a delivery date, etc., which are sold for each item may be stored.

The information of the database is used by the processing unit. The user authentication unit authenticates the user by using an ID and password and processes a new member registration.

The Register shall provide the Buyer with information on the bidding, including bidding information, the number of bidders, etc., including the information of the Goods so that Buyers may participate in the Bidding through the network, and the Bidding Information (Bidding, Bid Sequence, Bid Time, etc.) It is stored in the bid DB.

The successful bidder selects a successful bidder based on the information of the bidding DB, and details on selection of the successful bidder will be described later.

The method of auction is presented by the organizer of the auction, and the bidder is changed according to the auction method.

There are many ways to determine the actual bidder. The auction method provides various bidding methods from the supplier who provides the goods to enter the auction to the users who participate in the auction and have their own strategies for the auction. It was possible to come.

The first method is to determine bidders close to the average bidder by averaging all bidders. For example, if five bidders wrote 1,000 won, 1500 won, 2000 won, 3000 won, and 1800 won for a 5000 won item, the average value would be 1860 won. do. If two people wrote down 1800 won, they searched the time that recorded the bids stored in the bidding DB, and selected the winner as the winner. The faster you write down your winning bids, the more profitable you'll be able to make your auctions faster, relieving you of the burden of saving money and logistics. The price of the coupon is 5000/5 = 1000 won. Information on the price of the coupon, the number of participants in the auction, and the market value of the goods are stored in the goods information DB.

The price offered to the consumer is always based on the consumer price, not on the wholesale price. The operator must base the price on the consumer price because it generates a profit between the wholesale price and the consumer price. Even at the consumer price, the person who purchases the product can win a bid at a price much lower than the wholesale price.

Coupons will be destroyed by participating in the auction and the auction will begin when the required number of participants for the item is full.

 Another way is to determine the winner. Among the information stored in the bidding DB, not only the bid but also the time to write down the bid is kept together, not to write down the bid price, but to write down the specific auction participation time among the persons who participate in the auction. For example, if 100 people purchase a 100 won coupon for a 100 won item and then enter the bidding time for a particular turn (in this case, the 50th), the person who recorded the closest time Decided to be a successful bidder. Even in this case, when two or more people write down the same time, the bidder is first selected as the bidder.

 As an alternative, the bidder will write down a plurality of numbers instead of bids, the largest of which is equal to the total number of bidders. Will fall out. If 100 people pay 100 won coupons for each item with a market price of 10000 won and participate in writing down each of the three members, the order that was applied at least once will be excluded from the bid and the last remaining order will be the bidder. If more than one bidder is left, the first bidder is the winner.

In all of the above methods, a plurality of successful bidders may be determined when there are a plurality of successful bidders. If the average method is the order closest to the average value, the bidding time method is the order closest to the bidding time. You can be a successful bidder. Information about this type of winning bid is stored in the bidding DB. This auction method can be determined by the user according to the characteristics of the goods.

More bidders are bidding but dropping than winning bids, but the smaller the percentage of bidders, the less interest in auctions is. Therefore, even if the bid is not awarded, a certain portion of the purchase price of the coupon is earned as a point, if a certain amount is more than a certain amount of money to be used in the future coupon purchases so that more people can participate in the bidding.

In addition to the above-mentioned method, in addition to the successful bidder, a second-ranked person may be additionally selected and rewarded with points. In the first method, the second-ranked person is the second and third person who wrote down the average value, and determines the next-ranked person by considering the bidding time. Similarly, in the second method, the second and third closest writers, in the third method, the number of the person whose number is written less, the time ranking, etc. are determined in a comprehensive manner.

According to the present invention, the bidder was decided in various ways to overcome the simplicity of the auction, and the buyer was able to establish his own strategy. Even auctions were made quickly so that the auction could proceed quickly.

Claims (7)

An auction system connected to a plurality of bidder terminals through a network, A goods database for storing goods information such as product characteristics, auction method, auction period, auction participation number, coupon amount, auction quantity, seller information, and delivery information according to each goods; A bidding database that stores bid information written by the user, information on the owner of the coupon that has written the bid, and bidding information such as a time when the bid is written down and bid order; A bid registration unit that sells coupons to coupon amounts stored in the article database, writes bids for the articles to buyers of the coupons, and stores information on the bids in the bid database; A successful bidder for determining bidders according to the successful bid quantity according to the auction method stored in the article database; Including auction system. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a payment processing unit connected to a financial institution through a network to the auction system to purchase and pay the coupon; And a delivery processing unit for receiving the information on the successful bid and the information on the successful bidder and delivering the goods to the successful bidder. An auction method connected to a plurality of buyer terminals through a network, According to each article, the product information such as the characteristics of the article, the method of the auction, the period during which the auction is in progress, the consumer of the article, the number of people who can participate in the auction, the amount of coupons at the auction, the number of winning bids, the seller information, and the shipping information are stored. Selling the coupon to the user at an amount corresponding to the coupon amount at the time of participation in the auction from the goods database; Storing information of a user who purchased the coupon as much as the number of participants, a bid that the user wrote down, and a bidding time in a bidding database; Designating and storing one of a predetermined method of auction in the bidding database; A successful bidding step of determining a successful bidder among the users who participated in the bidding according to the auction method; Notifying the successful bidder of the successful bidder, How to Auction. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of the successful bidders comprises determining a successful bidder by obtaining an average value of the bids by using an average method, and determining the successful bidders in the order of the person who has the bidding time in advance in case of a tie rate. By, auction method. The method of claim 3, wherein the successful bidding method is a method of matching a bidding time of a user who bids in a predetermined order. The bidding information is the bidding time of the bidder of the bidder in a specific order and the information written in the bidding time is the bidding time, The auction method, the auction method, characterized in that the bidder closest to the bidding time by comparing the bidding time of the user corresponding to the specific order to determine a successful bidder. The method of claim 3, wherein the successful bidding method is performed by sequentially The bids are in plural numbers In the bidding step, the bidder corresponding to the bid number specified by the bidder is excluded from the bidder, and the last remaining bidder is set as a successful bidder, and when the bidder is less than the number of successful bidders, the number of the written bidders is smaller. , Auction method. The auction method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein when the same number of successful bidders are generated, the fastest one of the bidding times is set as a successful bidder.

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