KR20070049794A - System and business method for selling unsold goods within a given period of time and computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instruction for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service business method for the sale of goods for a predetermined period, and in particular, receiving and registering unsold product information on the product for a predetermined period from a plurality of travel agencies, for the unsold product Determining a price in consideration of the remaining period until the target date, and performing a payment process when a purchase request for the corresponding product comes.

Term products, sellers, tickets, travel products, destination dates, prices

Description

SYSTEM AND BUSINESS METHOD FOR SELLING UNSOLD GOODS WITHIN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTION FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD}

1 is a view showing a web page screen of an internet site selling general travel products.

2 illustrates a concept of a sales system for a ticket according to the prior art;

3 is a view showing a concept of an unsold merchandise sales agency system for a predetermined period of time according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a concept of an unsold ticket sales agency system for a ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a system for selling an unsold product for a period-determined product according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of an unsold agency server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a graph showing pricing by period in the pricing module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing data fields of an unsold commodity information database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 illustrates a data field of a price information database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram showing data fields of a travel agency member information database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 illustrates data fields of a sales information database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for selling an unsold product for a period-determined product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for purchasing an unsold product for a fixed period product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

200, 400: Airline 210, 410: Topas system

220, 420: travel agency 230, 430: shopping mall

240, 340, 440: Customer 300: Sales company

310: unsold agency system 320: portal site

500: Operator 510: Operator Service System

511: Web server 512: Unsold agency server

513: database server 514: mail server

515: messenger server 516: payment server

520: airline terminal 530: the Internet

540: travel agency terminal 550: shopping mall terminal

560: customer terminal 600: product register

610: Pricing module 620: Payment processing unit

630: Unsold product information database

640: Price Information Database 650: Travel Agent Member Information Database

660: Sales Information Database 700: Normal Price

710: lower limit

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce method through an internet site, and more particularly, to a computer readable recording medium containing a product sales service system, a business method, and a program for implementing the same, for a predetermined period of time. .

In today's information society, computers and the Internet have emerged as essential tools for new communication, and as a result, computers and internet users are not only self-protecting from the various harms and dysfunctions of informatization that are contrary to the convenience of informatization. It is required to adapt quickly and continuously to change due to rapid change of environment.

In addition, the Internet acts as a new media that enables real-time communication between companies and individuals, and between individuals, rather than the network of computers and computers. Accordingly, interest in various communities on the Internet is increasing.

As the Internet spreads rapidly, e-commerce targeting people all over the world is made possible through the same media as the Internet, and communication functions between users are gradually developed, so that various forms of communication are made through the Internet. have. In addition to e-mail and file transmission, which are the most basic forms of communication using the Internet, Internet telephones are used instead of wired telephones, and short messages can be transmitted to mobile telephones using the Internet. In addition, it is also possible to have a multi-party chat using the Internet, and in the case of a chat, not only texts but also voice chats or video chats are performed through the Internet.

Recently, with the development of wired / wireless internet and communication technology, numerous web shopping malls have emerged, and electronic commerce through these is being actively progressed.

In particular, as image data is accelerated and the IMT 2000 service is implemented, electronic commerce through wired and wireless Internet is expected to become more common. On the other hand, e-commerce sites such as shopping malls on the Internet not only provide information on product images, product specifications, prices and quality, and methods of commerce, but also have various help functions to provide more detailed information about them. It is for convenience.

Meanwhile, even in the case of air tickets or travel products, various prices and many kinds of travel products are pouring out through various travel-related sites. 1 is a view showing a web page screen of an internet site selling general travel products. Referring to FIG. 1, a specific travel site sells various kinds of travel products for various travel agencies, and presents discounted tickets or lowest-cost tickets for each city.

In particular, tickets are sold at different prices, even for the same aircraft with the same date and time. As such, the ticket has a severe price difference depending on whether the corresponding flight section is in high season or low season, and the price is heavily dependent on the demand of the ticket. Therefore, even if the ticket is more expensive than usual in a certain period of time, it is sold out quickly, and in another period, even though the ticket is cheaper than usual, it is not sold completely. As a result, airlines and travel agencies sell their prices appropriately for the best profit. In addition, even though the departure date is imminent, the ticket may be sold at a much lower price than the market price.

2 is a view showing the concept of a sales system for a ticket according to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 2, the conventional ticket sales system of the related art is linked to an air reservation system called a TOPAS system, which is a computer network of a plurality of airlines 200, and each travel agency 220 includes the topaz system 210. ), It is possible to collectively book a ticket issued by each airline (200).

In this case, each of the travel agencies 220 configures a package travel product with a ticket purchased from each of the airlines 200 and sells their products at various Internet shopping malls 230. Accordingly, each customer 240 who wishes to travel by air purchases a travel product or a ticket sold by a specific travel agency through each of the Internet shopping malls 230.

On the other hand, as described above, air tickets or travel products are fixed-term goods. Therefore, when the period elapses, the ticket becomes useless. That is, although each travel agency 220 purchased a ticket from each airline 200 in advance in order to configure a travel product, if the entire period is not sold, the travel agency 220 must bear all the damages The problem occurred.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method that can reasonably and effectively sell unsold quantities of products having a predetermined time period.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to collect a batch of unsold goods for each vendor for a predetermined period of time and to set an appropriate price, and to service the unsold goods for sale, a service system, a business method, and the like. The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium containing a program that can be implemented.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to set the price according to the period for the unsold goods for the period-determined products, and if there is an applicant for the price, the agency selling the unsold goods for the period-defined goods to notify the applicant The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium containing a service system, a business method, and a program for implementing the same.

A system for achieving the above object is; A service system for selling a product for a predetermined period, the service system comprising: a product registration unit for receiving and registering unsold product information on the product for a predetermined period from a plurality of vendors, and storing the product in a non-sold product information database; A price determination module for determining a price in consideration of the remaining period until the target date for the unsold goods; And a payment processing unit that performs a payment processing when a purchase request for the corresponding product comes.

The price determining module may adjust a price in real time in consideration of at least one selected from the quantity of each registered product, a purchase prediction value for each price range, and a remaining period until a target date. Accordingly, the closer the target date for the corresponding product, the lower the price is determined.

The product for which the period is determined is characterized in that the ticket or travel product.

The system, in response to the price adjustment of the pricing module, when there is a customer who has already registered a purchase desire at the adjusted price, characterized in that notifying the customer in real time whether the price adjustment.

The method for achieving the above object; A service business method for selling a product for a predetermined period, the service business method comprising: receiving and registering unsold product information on a product having a predetermined period from a plurality of vendors; Determining a price in consideration of the remaining period until the target date for the unsold goods; And performing a payment process when a purchase request for the corresponding product comes.

Finally, the unsold merchandise sales agent service system and business method for the fixed period of time may be stored in a recording medium readable by a server computer. Such recording media includes all types of recording media on which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. Examples include Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), Compact Disk (CD), Digital Video Disk (DVD) -ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like. It also includes implementations in the form of (eg, transmission over the Internet). In addition, these recording media can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, and detailed description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to help understanding of the present invention. However, embodiments according to the present invention may be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

The present invention proposes a method that can effectively sell the unsold goods, although the object date is imminent among the fixed goods such as air tickets or travel goods. That is, in the case of such a product, the deadline is imminent, but each seller is unsold and is likely to lose money. However, for the unsold commodities, which are imminent, as described above, each seller is not easy to connect with consumers, and there is considerable difficulty in proper pricing.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a method of collectively collecting unsold goods for each seller for a product having a predetermined period as described above, setting an appropriate price, and substituting collective sales for the unsold goods. At this time, each sales company may set a lower price limit and request a sales agent to the operator system according to the present invention. In this case, if the price determined by the operator system according to the present invention is lower than the price lower limit in accordance with the price adjustment, the sale is stopped.

On the other hand, the appropriate price to be set in the operator system according to the present invention is determined in consideration of the supply volume of the seller for the product, the expected number of buyers by price for the product and the remaining period until the target date for the product do.

In this way, the amount of unsold is all caused by the seller, but the risk is reduced because the buyer finds and sells the consumer even at a low price, and the buyer can purchase the product at a relatively low price if the right information is provided at the right time. As a result, satisfaction can be obtained.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment of the present invention the buyer can register the price he wants for a particular term product in the system according to the present invention, the product falls to the desired price before the expiration of the period, or the desired price When a product occurs, the buyer can be notified in real time. Therefore, in the case of a fixed-term product requiring a fast connection between the consumer and the supplier, it is possible to effectively sell unsold quantities according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing the concept of an unsold merchandise sales agency system for a predetermined period of time according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, each of the sellers 300 has an unsold amount for which the target date is imminent among the term products (eg, 5 to 10 days before departure in the case of a ticket) in the unsold agency system 310 according to the present invention. We commission consignment sale about. In this case, an online computer network is connected between the sales company 300 and the unsold agency system 310, and the request process is performed when the sales company 300 requests the unsold agency system 310 through a terminal. The product is automatically registered with the unsold agency system 310 by the network.

In the unsold agency system 310, the unsold goods are registered from the respective sales companies 300, and as described above, the quantity of each registered product, the purchase prediction value for each price range, and the remaining period until the target date are listed. The price will be adjusted in real time. That is, as the period passes for the product, the closer to the target date, the price gradually decreases, and the price decreases as the quantity of entrusted articles of the seller 300 increases. Meanwhile, as the price decreases, the demand for the corresponding product increases gradually, so that a price is formed at an appropriate line, and the sale is made at a point where the sales company 300 and the customer 340 are satisfied.

At this time, the sales company 300 is a product that abandoned the sale anyway, even if it was sold at a low price, an additional profit would be generated, and the customer 340 would have a risk of urgently buying it, but would be able to buy much cheaper than the market price. As you can, we are satisfied.

If the non-sale agency system 310 according to the present invention sells directly from each sales company 300, the appropriate price is not formed as described above. Supply is unpredictable, preventing effective sales. In other words, if there is no demand, the price can not be reduced absurdly, and if the price is not properly adjusted, the buyer will not appear.

Meanwhile, the unsold agency system 310 may directly open a site and sell it to the customer 340, or may sell in association with various portal sites 320 or a shopping mall 330. At this time, the product and price information of the unsold agency system 310 is preferably updated in each portal site 320 and the shopping mall 330 in real time.

In addition, as described above, each of the customers 340 registers a product and a price required by the customer in advance in the unsold agency system 310, and a corresponding product having a desired price is newly introduced or a price according to a period of time. When the product is formed at the desired price by adjustment, the customer 340 can be notified in real time.

In addition, as described above, each of the selling companies 300 may set the lower selling price when consigning a product, so that the selling company 300 does not sell the selling price when the price is formed below the set lower limit.

4 is a conceptual diagram when the above-described concept of FIG. 3 is applied to a ticket sale. Referring to FIG. 4, each of the airlines 400 is connected to a topaz system 410 that integrates and sells most tickets, as described above, and each of the travel agencies 420 is connected to the topaz system 410. You will buy various tickets.

At this time, if there is an unsold ticket or a travel product in each travel agency 420, the sales agency 420 is commissioned to sell to the unsold agency system 310 according to the present invention. The unsold agency system 310 according to the present invention receives the ticket or travel product information about the impending period from each of the travel agencies 420, sets the appropriate price in real time, and sells it directly, or the shopping mall 310 or the portal. Sell to customer 440 via site 320 or the like.

The unsold agency system 310 receives an unsold ticket or a travel product from each of the travel agencies 420, and as described above, the quantity of each registered product, a purchase prediction value for each price range, and a departure date. The price will be adjusted in real time considering the remaining period. That is, as the period passes for the product, the closer to the departure date, the price gradually decreases, and the price decreases as the quantity of the checked goods of the travel agency 420 increases. Meanwhile, as the price decreases, the demand for the product increases gradually, so that a price is formed at an appropriate line, and the sale is made at a point where the travel agency 420 and the customer 440 are satisfied.

Hereinafter, a system and method for implementing the above-described present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the system implementing the present invention and the detailed structure of the system will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

5 is a diagram illustrating a system for selling unsold goods for a product having a predetermined period according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the system according to an embodiment of the present invention is an unsold agency system 510, an airline terminal 520, an internet 530, and a travel agency terminal that a service provider establishes to provide a service according to the present invention. 540, a shopping mall terminal 550, a customer terminal 560, and the like.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, each travel agency terminal 540 checks the ticket information from each of the airline terminals 520 through a topas system (not shown), and purchases a ticket. In this case, each of the travel agency terminals 540 may sell information by providing information on a ticket or a travel product to a portal site or each shopping mall terminal 550. In this case, the customer terminal 560 identifies and purchases the ticket or travel product sold through the shopping mall terminal 550 through the Internet 530.

On the other hand, if the ticket or travel product to be sold by the travel agency is not sold despite the departure date is imminent, the sale by sending the information of the unselled goods to the unsale agency system 510 of the operator 500 You will be asked.

The unsold agency system 510 of the operator 500 that receives each product information from the plurality of travel agency terminals 540 sets an appropriate price for each of the collected unsold products and transmits the information to the shopping mall terminal 550. By doing this, the collective sales are performed.

Meanwhile, the unsold agency system 510 built by the operator 500 may include a web server 511, an unsold agency server 512, a database server 513, a mail server 514, a messenger server 515, and the like. Payment server 516 or the like.

The web server 511 performs a function of providing a web page to access the server of the operator 500 through the travel agency terminal 540, the shopping mall terminal 550, or the customer terminal 560. The unsold agency server 512 serves to collect, price and manage sales of unsold goods according to the present invention.

The database server 513 manages various databases necessary for the implementation of the present invention, and stores various kinds of information. The mail server 514 and the messenger server 515 perform a function of real-time notification to the corresponding buyer by mail or messenger when a buyer wishes to purchase at a specific price with respect to the unsold goods and a product having a corresponding price occurs. do. When the payment server 516 provides a payment method when the customer purchases the unsold goods, the payment may be implemented by an external payment institution or a module.

Hereinafter, detailed configurations of the unsold agency server 512 and the database server 513 will be described with reference to FIG. 6. Referring to FIG. 6, the unsold agency server 512 may be configured with a product register 600, a price determination module 610, a payment processor 620, and the database server 513 is unsold. The product information database 630, the price information database 640, the travel agency member information database 650, and the sales information database 660 may be configured.

The product registration unit 600 serves to receive and register unsold product information from each of the travel agencies, and the registered unsold product information is stored in the unsold product information database 630. In addition, the price determining module 610 is a module for determining an appropriate price for the unsold product, taking into account the quantity of each registered product, a purchase prediction value for each price range, and the remaining period until the target date as described above. To adjust the price in real time.

That is, the price determining module 610, when the additional registration product occurs through the product registration unit 600, when the quantity of the registered product is reduced due to the purchase of goods by the buyer, the target date is further increased as time passes When close, it automatically adjusts the real-time price. The price information determined by the price determining module 610 is stored in the price information database 640, and the determined price information is transmitted to a server (eg, a shopping mall server) for sale in real time to update the selling price. .

The payment processing unit 620 performs payment processing when a purchase request for a corresponding product is received from a specific shopping mall or portal site that sells the product. Information about the sold product is stored in the sales information database 660. In addition, since a change occurs in the quantity of the merchandise, the price determination module 610 readjusts the price in consideration of the sale. Meanwhile, the travel agency member information database 650 stores information of each travel agency that registers the unsold goods.

7 is a graph illustrating price determination by period in the pricing module 610 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the price of the unsold goods is formed according to the demand and supply law, and it can be seen that the price is set lower as the target date approaches. In addition, the price for the unsold goods is preferably lower than the normal selling price (700). That is, the price 720 of the three days before the target date is formed highest, the price (730) two weeks before the target date, the price (740) one week before the target date, the price (750) ) In order. At this time, the price 750 on the target day can be seen that the price is drastically reduced because the demand is sharply reduced and the possibility of unsold is very high.

On the other hand, the price determination module 610 by setting the price lower limit 710 by the operator or seller so that the price determined by the pricing module 610 does not fall below a certain price.

Hereinafter, data fields constituting each database described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 through 11.

8 is a diagram showing a data field of the unsold product information database 630 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, the unsold information database 630 includes information such as a brand name 810, a sales company 820, a recommended price 830, a lower limit price 840, a quantity 850, a sale closing date 860, and the like. Can be stored as data fields. As described above, the information includes information on unsold goods registered by each sales company in accordance with the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a data field of a price information database 640 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, the price information database 640 may include price information such as a brand name 910, a day price 920, a lower limit price 930, a recommendation price 940, and an expected selling price 950. have. The information stored in the price information database 640 is updated in real time for each product as data referred to by the above-described pricing module 610.

10 is a diagram showing a data field of the travel agency member information database 650 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 10, the travel agency member information database 650 stores information related to a sales travel agency such as a travel agency ID 1010, travel agency authentication information 1020, registered product information 103, and payment information 1040. do.

11 illustrates a data field of a sales information database 660 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, the sales information database 660 may include sales-related data fields of a brand name 1110, a sales date 1120, price information 1130, and buyer information 1140.

12 and 13 will be described in the procedure for selling unsold goods for goods with a fixed period according to the embodiment of the present invention described above. Referring to FIG. 12, first, each sales company registers an unsold product (step S1201) and sets a lower selling price (step S1202). In the sales agent system for the unsold goods according to the present invention, the pricing module determines the price. The price is determined (step S1203).

In this case, when the determined price becomes lower than the predetermined selling lower limit (step S1204), the price for the product is set as the selling lower limit price (step S1205). On the other hand, when the determined price is higher than the predetermined selling limit, the corresponding product is finally sold at the determined price.

On the other hand, if a sale request (step S1206) is received for the unsold goods for which the price is determined, the sale process (step S1207) is performed at the determined price. However, if the sale is not made and the target day is reached (step S1208), the product is finally left unsold. On the other hand, if the target date is not reached before the sale is completed and the time elapses, the price of the corresponding product is readjusted. At this time, since the price is lowered, it is possible to increase the demand of the buyer.

13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for purchasing an unsold product for a product having a predetermined period according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 13, the purchaser searches for an unsold registered product in a portal site or a shopping mall site where a web page of a entrepreneur or a non-sold product provided by the entrepreneur can be purchased (S1301).

At this time, if you want to purchase the product at the given amount (step S1302), the purchase is made at the current price (step S1303). On the other hand, if the current price is not the price you want to purchase or there is no product, the customer registers the desired purchase price for the desired product (step S1304).

If the price of the item is adjusted (step S1305) due to a schedule or an increase in supply, and the product of the desired purchase price registered by the customer is generated (step S1306), the corresponding customer is notified in real time by mail or text. (Step S1307).

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, of course, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the appended claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, by selling the unsold goods for a fixed period by the operator system according to the present invention, a proper price is set and sold in a batch, so that the unsold amount is caused by the total loss from the seller's point of view. Therefore, the risk is reduced, and even if the buyer provides the right information at the right time, there is an advantage that the satisfaction can be obtained because the product can be purchased at a relatively low price.

In addition, according to the present invention, the buyer can register the price he / she wants for a particular term product in the system according to the present invention, and the product falls to the desired price or the product of the desired price occurs before the period expires. In this case, the buyer can be notified in real time. Therefore, in the case of a fixed-term product that requires a fast connection between the consumer and the supplier has an advantage that can effectively sell the unsold amount according to the present invention.

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In the service system for the sale of goods for a fixed period, A product registration unit that receives and registers unsold product information on a product having a predetermined period from a plurality of vendors, and stores the unsold product information in a unsold product information database; A price determination module for determining a price in consideration of the remaining period until the target date for the unsold goods; And And a payment processing unit that performs a payment processing when a purchase request for the corresponding product is received. The method of claim 1, wherein the pricing module, Agency for selling unsold goods for a fixed period of time product, wherein the price is adjusted in real time in consideration of at least one selected from the quantity of each registered product, the purchase prediction value for each price range, and the remaining period until the target date. Service system. The method of claim 1, wherein the pricing module, The agency service system for selling unsold goods for a predetermined period of time, characterized in that the price is determined as the target date for the corresponding product gets closer as time passes. The agent service system for selling unsold goods for a fixed time item according to claim 1, wherein the fixed time item is a ticket or a travel product. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is According to the price adjustment of the pricing module, if there is a customer who has already registered for purchase at the adjusted price, the customer is notified of the unsold goods for the predetermined period of time, wherein the corresponding customer is notified of the price adjustment in real time. Agency service system. In the service business method which acts for the sale of the fixed term product, Receiving and registering unsold product information on the product having a predetermined period from a plurality of vendors; Determining a price in consideration of the remaining period until the target date for the unsold goods; And And performing a payment process when a purchase request for the corresponding product is received. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the price comprises: Agency for selling unsold goods for a fixed period of time product, wherein the price is adjusted in real time in consideration of at least one selected from the quantity of each registered product, the purchase prediction value for each price range, and the remaining period until the target date. Service business method. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the price comprises: The method of selling unsold goods sales service for a predetermined time period product, characterized in that the price is lowered as the target date for the corresponding product gets closer as time passes. The method of claim 6, wherein the product for which the period is set is a ticket or a travel product. The method of claim 6, wherein the method is Searching for a registered product for an unsold product provided by a business customer; If the current price for the searched product is not the price to be purchased or there is no corresponding product, the corresponding customer registers a desired purchase price for the desired product on a server of an operator; And When the product of the desired purchase price registered by the customer occurs, real-time notification to the corresponding customer; Unsold goods sales agency service business method for a predetermined period of time, characterized in that it further comprises. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing an unsold merchandise sales agent service business method for a product for which a period of time for implementing the method according to claim 6 is implemented.

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