KR20090022083A - Electronic commerce system and method using cooperative purchase and reverse auction - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic commercial transaction system and a method thereof for processing a reverse-auction method and cooperative purchase through a text message are provided to perform a product search and an interest product registration through the internet in a short time. If a cooperative purchase system registers a product as an interest product by inputting a product name after connecting a terminal of a user, registration purchaser information of each product registered as the interest product is stored. A reverse-auction system receives the commodity information and registration purchaser information of the product registered by buyers as the interest product from the cooperative buying system. The product information is provided to each seller connected through the seller terminal(41) on internet. An SMS(Short Message Service) server(25) is provided from the system of reverse-auction forwarded to the cellular phone(12) of each buyer registering the corresponding product as the interest product.

Description

Electronic commerce system and method using cooperative purchase and reverse auction}

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and method using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, and more particularly, a price of a product is determined by a pricing method in which a joint purchase and a reverse auction method are combined when a buyer purchases a product. An electronic commerce system and method using the Internet and a mobile phone.

With the rapid development of the electronics, telecommunications, computer, and internet industries, the range of services provided through the Internet is gradually expanding, and the number of users using the Internet is gradually increasing due to the improvement in the quality and quantity of these services. .

For example, when a user orders a desired item and pays for it using an online system such as a computer and the Internet, an electronic commerce such as an online shopping mall that receives the item is settled as a part of our life with the spread of the Internet.

In the above-mentioned e-commerce, an internet shopping mall commonly used and used by individual users creates a virtual store called a cyber mall on the Internet, and sells various kinds of products, and customers can visit them in the same way as a conventional market or department store. It is convenient because you can order the products you want through computer anytime and anywhere.

Recently, most internet shopping malls operate by brokering commerce between buyers and sellers who are registered as members.If the operator opens the site and the seller member registers the product, the buyer member directly searches and finds the desired product and decides to purchase it. It works by paying back.

The purchase of goods through e-commerce, especially Internet shopping malls, using the Internet has the advantage that users can easily purchase products by accessing the site without restriction of time and place, provided that the buyer can access the Internet. Increasingly, the market is gradually becoming a more popular way of buying goods.

In addition, it enhances the security of the payment system and provides various services such as purchase history, payment history, shipping information, etc. to buyers through the Internet, and transmits this information to mobile terminals such as personal mail or mobile phones. By doing so, the number of users is increasing rapidly.

However, in order to purchase a product through an existing Internet shopping mall, the buyer needs to find the desired product directly in the shopping mall, and in particular, the buyer tries to purchase the product at the lowest possible price even though the same product is the same. Find the seller who offered the lower price.

In addition, if the price of the shopping mall is not satisfactory, it is necessary to visit other shopping malls and search for lower priced products, which allows the buyer to spend a lot of time searching for the desired price information and to find a seller who satisfies the price. It brings a lot of inconvenience. First of all, any site has been offered a uniform low price bar, there is a problem that does not give a confidence in the purchase price.

In recent years, with the development of wireless Internet technology, mobile shopping using mobile terminals such as mobile phones has emerged, which means that mobile phones are familiar media that can be used 24 hours a day, can be used without a computer, and can be used without restrictions. It is an innovative shopping method in that it can be used.

Such mobile shopping is in need of a computer with internet access and there is no place restriction, so the purchase intention and interest of buyers with mobile phones are increasing, and there is a possibility that the mobile shopping company operates various shopping malls.

However, mobile shopping is more difficult for mobile phone users to access themselves compared to computer-based internet access, the burden of packet fees is high, the payment is unstable, and the fast price of the desired price according to the screen and time constraints. Search is almost impossible. It takes a lot of time and money to find the price information you want.

Therefore, the present invention is invented to solve the above problems, it is possible to perform a product search and interest product registration in a short time through the Internet, and receive the lowest price product information presented by the seller as a text message It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic commerce system and method that allows a buyer to easily and quickly access a product through a received text message and purchase and pay for the product.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

A terminal 11 of purchasers with internet access; When the buyers access the Internet through their terminal 11 and input a trade name to register the product as a product of interest, the product information and registered buyer information are stored and provided for each product registered as the product of interest. A joint purchase system of the transaction broker 20; A terminal 41 of sellers capable of internet access; Product information and registered buyer information for each product registered as a product of interest by the buyers are provided from the joint purchase system and provided to each seller who is member-accessed through his terminal 41 on the Internet, and the sellers terminal 41 A reverse auction system of the transaction broker 20 which provides the lowest price information of the successful seller by bidding the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product when receiving the price information available for sale from the product; An SMS server 25 of the transaction broker 20 which sends a text message including the lowest price information and the callback URL information provided by the reverse auction system to the mobile phones 12 of each buyer who registers the corresponding product as a product of interest; A mobile phone 12 of buyers for receiving a text message transmitted from the SMS server 25 and accessing a payment system through a callback URL of the text message to perform a product purchase and a payment request; E-commerce using co-purchase and reverse auction schemes, including; a payment system that performs payment of commodity prices according to payment requests of respective buyers connected through their mobile phones 12 using the callback URL of the text message. Provide a system.

Here, the joint purchase system, Buyer access server 21 for providing an Internet page for registering the goods of interest to each terminal 11 of the buyers connected to the Internet; Member information including the mobile phone number 12 of each buyer is stored, DB server for storing and providing product information and registered buyer information for each product registered as a product of interest entered into the buyer access server 21 through the Internet page (22); characterized in that comprises a.

In addition, the buyer access server 21 is provided to be connected to the external API server 31, which provides a brief information and the lowest price information on the Internet in real time for a variety of products via the Internet, the product on the Internet page for registering the product of interest Display the short information and the lowest information of the Internet to the buyers terminal 11 characterized in that it is provided.

In addition, the buyer access server 21, the Internet page for registering the product of interest provided to each terminal 11 of the buyer, the main page having a product name input window so that buyers can enter a product name keyword; A product selection page for displaying brief information of the keyword-related products and the internet lowest information, which are provided when a keyword for a product name is entered in the main page and a search for the lowest price is provided; It is provided to select the product in the product selection page, the buyer is requested to provide an application result page that displays the total number of registered buyers of the product selected by the buyer; characterized in that it is provided to provide.

In addition, the reverse auction system provides product information including the lowest Internet price for each product provided by the joint purchase system and registered buyer information including the number of registrants to the terminals 41 of respective sellers connected to the Internet, and the terminals of each seller. A seller access server 23 for receiving price information sellable for a product from 41; An auction checking server that checks the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product based on the price information of the sellers entered through the seller access server 23 and provides the SMS server 25 with the lowest price information of the successful seller ( 24); characterized in that comprises a.

In addition, the payment system is connected to the WAP server 26 and the WAP server 26 of the transaction brokerage 20 to which the buyer's mobile phone 12 is connected through the callback URL of the text message, the WAP server 26 PG performing payment processing according to the payment server 27 of the transaction broker 20 to request payment approval according to the payment request of the buyer connected to the mobile phone 12 through the payment server 27. It is characterized in that the mobile payment system including the company server 51 and the financial company server (52).

On the other hand, the present invention, the interest product registration step of the buyer registers the goods to be purchased by member access to the Internet page provided by the buyer access server of the transaction broker through their terminal; Sellers access the internet page provided by the seller's access server through their terminal, check the product information and the registered buyer information registered as products of interest by the buyers, and enter the price information that can be sold for the product. A seller bidding step; Checking the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product based on the price information of the sellers entered through the seller access server in the auction checking server of the transaction broker and providing the lowest price information of the successful seller to the SMS server; Sending, by the SMS server, a text message including the lowest price information and the callback URL information provided by the auction checking server to a mobile phone of each buyer who registers the corresponding product as a product of interest; Performing a purchase and payment request for a product by accessing a payment broker's payment system through a callback URL of a text message, each buyer receiving the text message sent from the SMS server; Performing a payment of a product price by the payment system according to a payment request of each purchaser connected by using a URL of a text message received through a mobile phone; And providing a delivery request to the terminal of the seller after confirming the purchaser payment completion in the seller access server. The method provides an electronic commerce method using a joint purchase and reverse auction method.

Herein, the registering of the interest product may include: performing an internet lowest price search after a buyer inputs a product name into a product name input window of a main page provided from a buyer's access server of a transaction broker in his terminal; Providing the short information of the keyword-related products and the lowest price information of the Internet by the buyer access server from an external API server and displaying the input information on a product selection page to the terminal of each buyer; Requesting the lowest price information after selecting a product to be purchased among the products displayed on the product selection page; And inputting and storing the product information and the registered buyer information of the product selected on the product selection page from the buyer access server to the DB server.

The method may further include displaying, by the buyer access server, the total number of registered buyers of the product selected by the buyer on the product selection page on the application result page, and providing the registered buyer to the terminal of the corresponding buyer.

In addition, in the seller bidding step, each seller inputs price information at a price lower than an internet lowest price of a corresponding product displayed on an internet page of a seller access server.

According to the electronic commerce system and method of the present invention having the above characteristics, there are advantages as follows.

1) Buyers do not have to search for complex prices such as price comparison by seller and price comparison by shopping mall to purchase products, and text message through the mobile phone of the lowest price of the seller determined by joint purchase and reverse auction. (SMS) can be checked and purchased, thereby saving the buyer's time and effort to search for goods. In addition, the purchaser accesses through the callback URL of the text message, and the purchase decision and payment are made, so that the product can be easily and quickly purchased.

2) In the process of determining the selling price, a number of buyers access the trading agent through the Internet to register the products of interest for the products they want to purchase, and after a plurality of sellers confirm the number of registered products of the products of interest of the relevant products, bid the price For example, the selling price of the corresponding product may be determined by a combination method of joint purchase and reverse auction, and finally, the purchase of the lowest price product is possible.

3) The problems of the conventional mobile shopping, that is, the difficulty of accessing itself, the burden of packet fees, the difficulty of information retrieval, etc. can be solved. The present invention solves the problems of the conventional mobile shopping through access using the callback URL service, packet minimization, easy and quick search, secure payment guarantee, and the like.

4) Since the lowest price information is provided through SMS to each mobile phone to a group of buyers who want to purchase a specific product, the lowest price information can be protected without being disclosed between the seller and the seller, the seller and the manufacturer.

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

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system and method using the Internet and a mobile phone to determine the price of the product by the price method combined with the co-purchase and reverse auction method when the buyer purchases the product, the co-purchase and reverse auction method A new e-commerce system and method applied.

In the present invention, when a buyer accesses the main page of a trading agent through the Internet from his computer and enters a product name of interest as a keyword and registers a product to be purchased as a product of interest, the joint purchase and reverse auction methods are combined. The lowest price information of the seller determined by the established pricing method is sent to the SMS via his mobile phone, and then the purchase price is accessed by accessing the payment page of the transaction broker through the wireless Internet from the text message received on the mobile phone. The purchase of goods is made by way of payment.

In the present invention, when a buyer accesses the main page of a trading agent through the Internet and inputs only a brand name to purchase, the buyer can perform a search and register a product of interest within a short time. By receiving the lowest price information of the product from the transaction broker through a text message through their mobile phone easily, and if there is a purchase intention through the text message received through the transaction broker's payment page to quickly and easily purchase the price of the product You will be able to pay.

In short, in the present invention, in order to purchase a product, the buyer only needs to input a product of interest through the Internet, and when each buyer receives the price information of the seller who presented the lowest price through a mobile phone through a text message, All you have to do is access the payment page via the wireless Internet and pay for the product price.

In the present invention, the seller who presents the lowest price and the lowest price of the product is determined according to the pricing method in which the joint purchase and the reverse auction method are combined, and the lowest price information of the successful seller is sent to the mobile phone of each buyer using a text message. By sending the lowest price information of the winning seller to each buyer's mobile phone to protect the low price information of the seller (between sellers, between seller and manufacturer), and each buyer text message on his or her mobile phone. It can be said that there is a main feature in that it can be accessed through the product purchase and payment.

Hereinafter, the electronic commerce system and method of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic commerce system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic commerce method according to the present invention.

In the present invention, when a plurality of buyers access the joint purchase system of the transaction broker 20 to register a product of interest by inputting a product name to be purchased, a plurality of sellers access the reverse auction system to determine a product price and then bid The seller gives the sale right after the seller who presented the lowest price in the transaction broker 20, and the lowest price information of the successful seller is sent to the mobile phone 12 of each buyer from the SMS server 25 of the transaction broker 20. The message is sent as a buyer is connected to the payment system of the transaction broker 20 through the callback URL of the text message in his mobile phone 12 and the transaction is made by purchasing and paying for the goods.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic commerce system of the present invention includes a terminal 11 of each buyer capable of accessing the Internet, and a transaction broker 20 provided to allow the terminal 11 of each buyer to access the Internet. The buyer access server 21, the terminal 41 of each seller capable of internet access, and the seller access server 23 of the transaction broker 20 provided so that the terminal 41 of each seller can be connected via the Internet. And a DB server 22 configured to store the member information of the buyer and the seller inputted at the time of membership registration and collect and store data transmitted from the buyer access server 21 and the seller access server 23, and the DB. The auction check server that checks the seller who presented the lowest price in conjunction with the server 22 and transmits the result data including the lowest price information of the seller to the SMS server 25 based on the result report. (24) and the mobile phone 12 of each buyer registered at the time of membership registration, the SMS (SMS) including the lowest price information and callback URL information of the seller based on the result data transmitted from the auction check server 24 SMS server 25 for transmitting to the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) server to receive the text message transmitted from the SMS server 25 and through the callback URL of the text message to purchase goods and request for payment Each buyer's mobile phone 12, the WAP server 26 of the transaction broker 20 provided so that the buyer can access through the wireless Internet from their mobile phone 12, and the WAP connected to the WAP server 26 It is configured to include a payment server 27 for performing a price payment of the product in accordance with the payment request of the buyer connected through the server 26.

In the electronic commerce system of the present invention configured as described above, as a system provided in the transaction broker 20, the buyer connection server 21 and the DB server 22 constitute a joint purchase system, the seller access server 23 And the auction check server 24 constitutes a reverse auction system, the WAP server 26 and the payment server 27 constitute a mobile payment system, as described below, the payment server 27 is an external system PG. (Payment-Gateway) company 51 and the financial company (bank company and card company) server 52 is provided to interlock with the security payment system including the PG company server 51 and financial company server 52 can be configured have.

First, in the above configuration, the terminal 11 of the purchaser is a computer (PC) or a wireless Internet network that can access the buyer connection server 21 (WEB server) of the transaction broker 20 through the Internet (WEB). WAP) may be connected to the buyer access server 21 of the transaction broker 20 (in this case, the buyer access server may be a WAP server, or may be an additional WAP server provided with the WEB server as a buyer access server). It may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone (12).

In addition, the buyer access server 21 is provided in the transaction broker 20 so that the buyer can access from his terminal 11 through the Internet network, the member so that the buyer can register as a member through the terminal 11 It provides an internet page for subscription, and also provides an internet page (main page) for entering a product name, displaying a registration result, etc. so that a buyer can enter a registered product of interest and register while logged in as a member.

In the electronic commerce system of the present invention, the buyer access server 21 transmits to the DB server 22 various member information such as a mobile phone number inputted by an internet accessor for the purpose of product purchase when a member (buyer member) joins. Will be saved.

In a preferred embodiment, the buyer access server 21 is an API server (or an internet shopping mall) of a portal site (or an internet shopping mall) that provides a real time summary information such as a picture and a product name, various information on a variety of products, and the lowest price information of the corresponding product. 31), enter a product name that each buyer wants to purchase in order to register a product of interest in an internet page provided by the buyer access server 21 (main page of FIG. 3), and then perform an internet lowest price search. It may be provided to display and provide in real time in the form of a product list, the short information and the Internet lowest price information of the keyword-related products provided from the API server 31 through a result page.

Currently, some portal sites such as Naver and Amazon and internet shopping malls offer the lowest price and detailed information on various products registered through the API. A typical example is the NAVER open API service (http://openapi.naver.com /index.nhn).

The NAVER open API service enables a specific homepage operator to use the knowledge iN search, shopping search, and map APIs in conjunction with the NAVER homepage. For example, if the map API is used, a map is displayed on the website of the homepage operator. When using the shopping search, the data of the products (lowest price information and detailed information of the products) registered in Naver Knowledge Shopping, such as the lowest price of the Internet, can be searched and displayed on the website of the homepage operator in real time.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the buyer connects to the buyer access server 21 on the Internet through his terminal 11, and the product name input window of the main page provided by the buyer access server 21 (reference numeral 101 in FIG. 3). After inputting the product name to be purchased in the keyword input method and performing the lowest price search on the Internet, the buyer access server 21 uses the API (Naver API) to the API server 31 (Naver API server) for the corresponding product. A request for a search is made, and the API server 31 collects data and provides the data to the buyer access server 21. The buyer access server 21 provides various products searched for keyword by product name through a result page (see FIG. 4). It displays and provides the shortest information such as photos and product names and the lowest price information in the form of a commodity list, and finally, the transaction broker 20 The results page will provide you with an easy way to check.

Here, the result page displays a list of all products containing the keyword, even if a single product by model and other keywords related to the list is displayed, the buyer wants to register as a product of interest for purchase The product selection page will be selected.

In the product selection page, the products related to the keyword are classified by model and other related products, and the Internet lowest price is displayed together with the picture to clearly show.

In addition, in the selection page, when the buyer is logged in as a member, he can click on one of the products with the lowest internet price (click 'view cheaper price') and select the text message containing the lowest price information. By selecting a specific product, such as a desired model, it is possible to request the lowest price information (hereinafter referred to as SMS lowest price information) through text messages for the product.

When the SMS lowest price information request by the buyer is completed as described above, the buyer access server 21 provides the number of buyers who have requested the SMS lowest price information for the same product through the application result page (see FIG. 5). It allows the buyer to know how many buyers, including himself, the SMS lowest price request was made by the buyer.

In addition, the product information selected by each buyer and the buyer information on the corresponding product are transmitted from the buyer access server 21 to the DB server 22 to be DB.

As described above, in the present invention, multiple buyers can request to provide SMS lowest price information for the same product and indicate a purchase intention, which is a concept of joint purchase.

That is, when a number of buyer members enter a product name of a product they want to purchase, check the internet lowest price for the corresponding product, and in addition, when a purchase intention is applied to request the SMS lowest price information, the number of buyer members This can be seen as a case of applying for a joint purchase for the same product, and the seller can present the lowest price based on the number of buyers who requested the SMS lowest price information.

Through the above process, each buyer member can search for a product of interest and request SMS lowest price information to register the transaction broker 20 as having a joint purchase intention of the corresponding product. You can complete the process of registering a product of interest (S1) by entering a product name, checking the internet lowest price, selecting a product, requesting SMS lowest price information, etc. in a short time with a few clicks. Will be.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a main page provided by a buyer access server according to the present invention. A window 101 for inputting a brand name to be purchased by a buyer and an internet lowest price search click icon ('SEARCH') 102 ), A window 103 showing the number of registered product keywords and interest product registrants in real time, a real-time popularity ranking display window 104 according to the number of registrants, an icon 105 for moving to a member registration and login page, a user guide and a payment guide An icon 106 for moving to a page, an icon 107 for moving to a page for freely registering comments on trading brokers / products, an icon for moving to a detailed page showing real-time rankings and past rankings (previous rankings) 108).

In addition, Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of a product selection page showing the Internet lowest price with a product-specific pictures in the present invention, the product name input to the product name input window of the main page of Figure 3 results of performing the Internet lowest search Is showing.

Products related to the keyword entered by the buyer are displayed in a list, and each product displays a brief information such as a product name along with a picture, and the lowest price on the Internet. When clicking on a photo or a product name in the product list, an external portal site (or an internet shopping mall) is displayed. ) Will be linked to the product detail page provided by the API server, so that the buyer can check the detailed information. If the user clicks 'view cheaper price', he will be able to request the SMS lowest price information as described above.

5 is a view showing an example of a detailed page showing the product registration ranking information, for example, real-time ranking and the last ranking in the login state, which is shown after applying the SMS lowest price information on the product selection page of FIG. The application results page is displayed.

In the real-time ranking checks the ranking according to the number of registrants for the goods registered by the buyers on the same day in conjunction with the buyer access server 21 and DB server 22 shows the product name and the number of registrants according to the ranking in real time, The products registered by the buyer himself / herself in the ranking list are distinguished by color so that the buyer can easily know the total number of registrants (co-purchasers) of the product selected by the buyer.

The last ranking shows the ranking according to the number of registrants for the products registered by the buyers the day before, and shows the product name and the number of registrants in each ranking.

The product name and the number of registrants displayed in the last ranking are the same data as the data of the number of registered products and the number of registrants the day before the seller refers to the price bid.

6 is a view showing an example of SMS lowest price information transmitted to a mobile phone 12 of a buyer who registers a product of interest in the present invention, and a buyer who registers a product of interest the day before as shown for the corresponding product. You will receive a text message containing the lowest price information.

Referring to FIG. 6, as the SMS lowest price information, a product name, an internet lowest price, and a lowest price (today special price) presented by the seller are displayed. When the number button '1' is pressed, the callback URL is accessed to proceed with the purchase and payment process. If you press the number button '2', you can access the callback URL and check detailed information about the product.

Meanwhile, the seller accesses the seller access server 23 through the internet network from his computer terminal 41 as a member, and the product information (internet lowest price, etc.) registered by the buyers (interest product registrants) the day before as a product of interest, and the registrant for each product. The data of the number (the number of purchaser members who registered the product of interest by applying the SMS lowest price information on the product) can be read.

At this time, the seller access server 23 receives the product information registered as a product of interest by the plurality of buyer members of the previous day from the DB server 22 and the information such as the number of registrants for each product, the terminal of each seller connected to the Internet network ( 41), and each seller can read the registered data such as product information registered on the previous day and the number of registrants of the corresponding product in his terminal 41 for each product.

In the electronic commerce system of the present invention, the seller access server 23 transmits and stores various member information inputted at the time of joining a member (seller member) by the Internet users for the purpose of merchandise sales to the DB server 22.

Each seller browses and confirms the registered products and the number of registrants, the lowest price of the corresponding product on the previous day while accessing the seller access server 23 through the Internet network, selects a product that can be sold from the reading result, and freely bids the bidding price. ), And the bid for the product based on the number of registrants (S2).

In this case, a plurality of sellers may bid for each of the same products by accessing the seller access server 23. Each seller may select a product to be bid on the basis of product information (internet low price) on the product selection page of FIG. After checking the internet lowest price (eg, Naver lowest price) as provided through the internet page provided by the seller access server 23, bidding is possible only at a lower price.

When the bidding is completed as described above, the seller access server 23 collects the bidding result data by multiple sellers, transmits and stores the result to the DB server 22, and the auction check server 24, the bid result from the DB server 22 Collecting the data, based on this, the seller who offered the lowest price for each product is the successful bid (S2).

In addition, the auction check server 24 transmits the successful bid result data such as the result report to the DB server 22 and the SMS server 25, respectively, the SMS server 25 the lowest price information and callback URL information presented by the successful seller The text message containing the will be sent to the mobile phone 12 of each buyer registered as the product of interest (S3).

In addition, each seller participating in the bid by presenting the price for the corresponding product may access the seller access server 23 to check whether the seller selects the successful bidder.

At this time, each seller can never know the selling price suggested by the other seller.

This bidding method checks the number of buyers (the number of co-buyers) who have a plurality of sellers connected to the server of the transaction broker 20 to register a product of interest for a specific product, and then presents their lowest price available for sale. This is a method of bidding, and the transaction broker 20 gives the seller the right to sell the product to the seller who presented the lowest price among sellers who bid on the same product, which is a concept of reverse auction.

As described above, in the present invention, in response to the plurality of buyers registering a specific product as a product of interest through the transaction broker 20 and indicating the purchase intention in the form of a joint purchase, the number of product registrants indicating the purchase intention of the plurality of sellers is confirmed. The reverse auction process proceeds by bidding by offering the lowest selling price.

On the other hand, each purchaser registers a product of interest requesting the SMS lowest price information and the text message including the lowest price information and the callback URL information of the seller who has been successful from the SMS server 25 of the trading agent 20 the next day After receiving the text message, each interested product registrant who receives the text message checks the lowest price of the text message and then accesses the WAP server 26 of the transaction broker 20 through the wireless Internet using the callback URL service. do.

The mobile phone number to which the problem message is sent from the SMS server 25 of the transaction broker 20 may be set to a mobile phone number entered at the time of membership registration or a mobile phone number entered at the time of interest registration.

Here, the callback URL service transmits a text message to a specific mobile phone 12 to leave an Internet URL, and when the user of the mobile phone 12 receiving the text message presses a call button (or other connection button), the wireless Internet site of the corresponding address. A service that is automatically connected to.

As such, in the present invention, the interested product registrant who receives the text message on the mobile phone 12 can easily access the WAP server 26 of the transaction broker 20 using the callback URL service of the text message.

In order to purchase the product registered by the buyer as the lowest price of the text message, the purchaser accesses the WAP server 26 directly from his mobile phone 12 using the callback URL of the text message and the price information of the corresponding product through the wireless Internet network. After confirming the final and detailed information, it is determined whether to purchase, enter the information related to shipping and payment and make a payment (S4).

To this end, the electronic commerce system of the present invention includes an electronic payment system using a mobile phone 12, and the payment method is a credit card payment or a bankbook payment using a mobile phone 12 (a virtual account is used in the case of a bankbook payment method using a mobile phone). Various methods such as mobile phone micropayment can be used.

As the electronic payment system using the mobile phone 12 in the present invention, the payment server 27 and the financial company (bank company or card company) server, PG (Payment-) of the transaction broker 20 so that payment can be made safely and promptly. A mobile security payment system in which a Gateway company server is connected may be applied.

The configuration and function of the mobile security payment system, payment processing process, etc. are well-known technologies, and thus will not be described in detail.

In the mobile secure payment system of the present invention, when a purchaser accesses the WAP server 26 of the transaction broker 20 with a mobile phone 12 and inputs information related to delivery and payment, the payment server 27 makes a payment. The payment request is made to the PG company server 51 based on the information related to the delivery and payment of the buyer input through the WAP server 26, and the PG company server 51 approves the payment to the financial company server 52. You will be asked.

Thereafter, payment approval is made from the financial company server 52 to the payment server 27 of the PG company server 51 and the PG company server 51 to the transaction broker 20, and the financial broker to the PG company and the PG company ( 20) Payment will be made.

When the payment process (S4) is completed, the purchase completion text message (SMS) is sent to the mobile phone 12 of the buyer via the WAP server 26 and the SMS server 25, the seller access server of the transaction broker 20 In 23, after confirming the purchaser's payment, the seller sends the payment and delivery related information (buyer name, contact information, shipping address) and requests for delivery.

Accordingly, the seller confirms the delivery request by accessing the seller access server 23 through his terminal 41 and 11 and sends the corresponding product to each buyer's delivery address based on the delivery related information of each buyer (S5). .

Accordingly, each buyer can receive the goods sent by the seller, and the buyer decides to make a final purchase by accessing the internet through the broker 20 through a PC or mobile phone 12 within a predetermined period (for example, 7 days) after receiving the goods. (S6), if the decision is not made within the predetermined period, the next day (eg, the eighth day) is automatically determined.

In addition, after the purchase decision or automatic decision processing of the buyer, the transaction broker 20 will settle the remaining sales price to the seller within the set period (eg, 7 days) except for the contracted use fee (S7). At this time, the transaction broker 20 will take the use fee according to the commission rate previously agreed with the seller as a profit.

As described above, the configuration of the electronic commerce system of the present invention has been described, and e-commerce methods such as a process of purchasing a product are described in detail. According to the above-described electronic commerce system and method of the present invention, It has the same advantages.

1) In the present invention, the buyer accesses the transaction broker 20 over the Internet in order to purchase a product, registers a product of interest, that is, inputs a desired product name and confirms simple product information and model information such as a photo resulting from the input SMS. If you request the lowest price information, the next day you can receive the SMS lowest price information of the seller to his mobile phone (12). In addition, the purchaser can check the SMS lowest price information transmitted to the mobile phone 12 to easily purchase the corresponding product directly to the mobile phone 12 without restriction of time and place. As such, the buyer does not need to perform complicated price search such as price comparison by seller or price comparison by shopping mall on the Internet. Buyers can simply access the trade broker 20 on the Internet and enter only the trade name of interest to check the internet's lowest price (eg, Naver's lowest price) of the product in real time. Within 20, the seller's lowest price determined by the joint purchase and reverse auction method can be confirmed and purchased by SMS through his mobile phone 12. Such a purchase method can reduce the product search time and effort of the buyer, and in particular, the purchaser can access the product via the callback URL of the text message, and the purchase decision and payment are made so that the product can be easily and quickly purchased.

2) In the process of determining the selling price, a plurality of buyers access the trading broker 20 through the Internet to register a desired product for the product they want to purchase, and after confirming the number of interested product registrants of the corresponding product, a plurality of buyers check the lowest price available for sale. By presenting and bidding, the selling price of the product can be determined by a pricing method in which joint purchase and reverse auction are combined, and finally, the purchase of the lowest price product is possible.

3) Each purchaser is required to make a purchase and payment by accessing the wireless internet directly to the transaction broker 20 through SMS, which is easily received and received a text message (SMS) from his mobile phone 12. The mobile phone 12 only needs to confirm, purchase, and pay the final price and detailed information of the corresponding product. Therefore, the problems of the conventional mobile shopping, that is, the difficulty of accessing themselves, the burden of packet fees, the difficulty of information retrieval, etc. can be solved. In addition, the mobile security payment system at the time of payment can be used to solve the anxiety about the buyer's payment. The present invention solves the problems of the conventional mobile shopping through access using the callback URL service, packet minimization, easy and quick search, secure payment guarantee, and the like.

4) Since the lowest price information is provided to the group of buyers who wish to purchase a specific product through their mobile phones 12 via SMS, the lowest price information between the seller and the seller, the seller and the manufacturer can be protected without being disclosed.

The advantages of the present invention can be summarized from the perspective of buyers and sellers as follows.

buyer

-Only the products of interest can be registered easily and quickly on the web.

-Receive the lowest price information through SMS easily and conveniently

-Anytime, anywhere, anytime, anywhere without the cheapest shopping / long search time, PC, without the overflow of information, you can pay the lowest price of interest products directly on your phone

-Trading brokers provide a place for joint purchase and reverse auction pricing between multiple buyers and multiple sellers, enabling them to purchase products at a lower price than the real-time internet prices.

-Meet questions and curiosity about daily commodity prices / daily access / enjoyable shopping

seller

-Price information is private / price information is provided only to buyers who have registered the products of interest to prevent bleeding competition with other sellers in advance by protecting sensitive information / price privacy between the manufacturer and other sellers

-Direct connection of joint purchasers and exclusive sales right grant / Exclusive sale at the lowest price to buyer group who want to purchase

-Price can be decided flexibly according to the number of interested product registrants / Price can be presented flexibly based on the lowest daily internet

-Seller can decide the products to sell / utilize stock products and promote new products and manage products efficiently

1 is a block diagram of an electronic commerce system according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart illustrating an e-commerce method according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing an example of a main page provided by a buyer access server in the present invention;

Figure 4 is a view showing an example of a product selection page showing the lowest price in the Internet with a picture for each product in the present invention,

5 is a view showing an example of a detailed page (application result page) showing the real-time ranking and the last ranking in the present invention,

6 is a view showing an example of SMS lowest price information transmitted to a mobile phone of a buyer who registered a product of interest in the present invention.

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

11: buyer terminal 12: buyer mobile phone

20: trading broker 21: buyer access server

22: DB server 23: Merchant Access Server

24: Auction check server 25: SMS server

27: Payment Server 31: API Server

41: seller terminal 51: PG company server

52: financial company server

Claims (10)

A terminal 11 of purchasers with internet access; When the buyers access the Internet through their terminal 11 and input a trade name to register the product as a product of interest, the product information and registered buyer information are stored and provided for each product registered as the product of interest. A joint purchase system of the transaction broker 20; A terminal 41 of sellers capable of internet access; Product information and registered buyer information for each product registered as a product of interest by the buyers are provided from the joint purchase system and provided to each seller who is member-accessed through his terminal 41 on the Internet, and the sellers terminal 41 A reverse auction system of the transaction broker 20 which provides the lowest price information of the successful seller by bidding the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product when receiving the price information available for sale from the product; An SMS server 25 of the transaction broker 20 which sends a text message including the lowest price information and the callback URL information provided by the reverse auction system to the mobile phones 12 of each buyer who registers the corresponding product as a product of interest; A mobile phone 12 of buyers for receiving a text message transmitted from the SMS server 25 and accessing a payment system through a callback URL of the text message to perform a product purchase and a payment request; A payment system for performing a payment of a product price according to a payment request of each buyer connected through his mobile phone 12 using the callback URL of the text message; Electronic commerce system using a joint purchase and reverse auction method comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The joint purchase system, A buyer access server 21 which provides an internet page for registering goods of interest to each terminal 11 of buyers connected to the Internet through the Internet; Member information including the mobile phone number 12 of each buyer is stored, DB server for storing and providing product information and registered buyer information for each product registered as a product of interest entered into the buyer access server 21 through the Internet page (22); Electronic commerce system using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, characterized in that comprises a. The method according to claim 2, The purchaser access server 21 is provided to be connected to an external API server 31 that provides brief information and the lowest price of the Internet in real time with respect to a variety of products through an internet network. The electronic commerce system using the joint purchase and reverse auction method characterized in that to display the short information and the lowest information on the Internet provided to the buyer terminal 11. The method according to claim 3, The buyer access server 21 is an internet page for registering the goods of interest provided to each terminal 11 of buyers. A main page provided with a product name input window so that a buyer can input a product name keyword; A product selection page for displaying brief information of the keyword-related products and the internet lowest information, which are provided when a keyword for a product name is entered in the main page and a search for the lowest price is provided; An application result page that displays the total number of registered buyers of the product selected by the purchaser, which is provided when the product is selected on the product selection page; E-commerce system using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, characterized in that provided to provide. The method according to claim 2, The reverse auction system, Providing the product information including the lowest internet price for each product and the registered buyer information including the number of registrants provided by the joint purchase system to the terminals 41 of respective sellers connected to the Internet, and from the terminal 41 of each seller to the product A seller access server 23 for receiving price information available for sale; An auction checking server that checks the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product based on the price information of the sellers entered through the seller access server 23 and provides the SMS server 25 with the lowest price information of the successful seller ( 24); Electronic commerce system using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, characterized in that comprises a. The method according to claim 1, The payment system is connected to the WAP server 26 of the transaction broker 20 to which the buyer's mobile phone 12 is connected through the callback URL of the text message, and is connected to the WAP server 26 through the WAP server 26. The payment server 27 of the transaction broker 20 requesting the payment approval according to the payment request of the buyer connected to the mobile phone 12, and the PG company performing the payment processing according to the payment approval request of the payment server 27. E-commerce system using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, characterized in that the mobile payment system comprising a server 51 and the financial company server (52). A purchaser registration step in which buyers access a webpage provided by a purchaser access server of a trading broker through their terminal to register a product to be purchased as a product of interest; Sellers access the internet page provided by the seller's access server through their terminal, check the product information and the registered buyer information registered as products of interest by the buyers, and enter the price information that can be sold for the product. A seller bidding step; Checking the seller who bids the lowest price for the same product based on the price information of the sellers entered through the seller access server in the auction checking server of the transaction broker and providing the lowest price information of the successful seller to the SMS server; Sending, by the SMS server, a text message including the lowest price information and the callback URL information provided by the auction checking server to a mobile phone of each buyer who registers the corresponding product as a product of interest; Performing a purchase and payment request for a product by accessing a payment broker's payment system through a callback URL of a text message, each buyer receiving the text message sent from the SMS server; Performing a payment of a product price by the payment system according to a payment request of each purchaser connected by using a URL of a text message received through a mobile phone; Making a request for delivery to a terminal of a seller after confirming the purchaser payment completion in the seller access server; E-commerce method using a joint purchase and reverse auction method comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The interested product registration step, The buyers entering a keyword in the product name input window of the main page provided from the buyer access server of the transaction broker in their terminal and performing an internet lowest price search; Providing the short information of the keyword-related products and the lowest price information of the Internet by the buyer access server from an external API server and displaying the input information on a product selection page to the terminal of each buyer; Requesting the lowest price information after selecting a product to be purchased among the products displayed on the product selection page; Storing product information and registered buyer information of a product selected on the product selection page from the buyer access server to a DB server; E-commerce method using a joint purchase and reverse auction method, characterized in that comprises a. The method according to claim 8, The buyer access server displays the total number of registered buyers of the product selected by the buyer in the product selection page on the application result page and provides the same to the terminal of the corresponding buyer. E-commerce method. The method according to claim 7, In the seller bidding step, each seller inputs the price information at a price lower than the internet lowest price of the corresponding product displayed on the Internet page of the seller access server.

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