KR20110123492A - Method and system for trading a used book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A second hand book method of dealing and system thereof are provided to easily sell the large amount of book to a seller. CONSTITUTION: A relay server(120) receives first book information from a seller terminal(110). A database server(140) searches for used book according to first book information. The database serer transmits second book information to the seller terminal. The relay server receives price information from the seller terminal.

Description

Method and system for trading a used book}

The present invention relates to a used book trading method and system, and more particularly, to a used book trading method and system that can register and purchase used books online.

In general, when an individual sells used books, it is difficult to sell many books because they have to take the books to the used bookstore and sell them. Used bookstores that buy old books have additional storage costs to store a large amount of books, so if an individual sells books to a used bookstore, he or she must pay the book at a low price. In addition, when selling old books online, it was difficult to sell a large amount of books because it was necessary to find and enter book information, title, author, list price, and so on.

In addition, a person who wants to buy a used book should visit a used bookstore or use a direct transaction between individuals.When visiting a used bookstore, it is difficult to know whether there is a desired book without going directly to the used bookstore. There is a lack of sites that offer a short distance to find a seller, to move a long distance to trade books or to take unnecessary shipping costs.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, the seller can easily register and sell a large number of books, and through the registration of the location of the direct seller sellers of people in close proximity to enter the specific book information to sell It is to provide a used book trading method and system that can find a good book among the books and can be purchased directly by direct sales.

In order to solve the above technical problem, used book trading method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of receiving one or more of the first book information and location information from the seller terminal to sell used books, the first book information Search for the used book according to, and calculate an appropriate price of the used book based on a search result of the used book and the first book information, and display the appropriate price and second book information based on the search result in the seller terminal. Transmitting to; Receiving sales price information from the seller terminal, registering the used book, receiving purchase information from a buyer terminal, searching for a registered book according to the purchase information, and transmitting a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal; And receiving the selection and payment information of the registered book from the buyer terminal, checking the payment information, and transmitting a transaction establishment message to the seller terminal and the buyer terminal, respectively.

The location information includes GPS information of a directly tradeable area input from the seller terminal, the purchase information includes GPS information of a directly tradeable area input from the buyer terminal,

The GPS information included in the purchase information input from the buyer terminal is compared with the GPS information of the registered book, and the search result of the registered book is transmitted to the buyer terminal based on the GPS information of the buyer terminal. .

The transaction establishment message includes a contact point of the seller terminal and a contact point of a buyer terminal, and confirms the transaction establishment between the seller and the buyer by receiving a feedback message corresponding to the transaction establishment message from the buyer terminal, and transmits to the seller terminal. And transmitting a transaction establishment confirmation message.

The first book information includes an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and status information of the used book,

The second book information may include at least one of an image, a title, an author, and a list price of the used book.

The first book information may be input by barcode scanning the ISBN at the seller terminal.

The used book transaction method may further include receiving shipping address information from the buyer terminal and transmitting a delivery request message including the shipping address information to the seller terminal.

The used book transaction method may further include allocating a unique number based on the first book information transmitted from the seller terminal.

In the used book transaction system including a seller terminal, a buyer terminal, and a relay server according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above another technical problem, the relay server includes:

Receiving at least one of first book information and location information from the seller terminal, searching for the used book according to the first book information, and searching for the used book according to a search result of the used book and the first book information. Calculate a proper price, transmit second book information according to the proper price and the search result to the seller terminal, receive sales price information from the seller terminal, register the used book,

Receiving purchase information from a buyer terminal, searching for a registered book according to the purchase information, transmitting a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal, receiving selection and payment information of a registered book from the buyer terminal, Check your payment information,

The transaction establishment message is transmitted to the seller terminal and the buyer terminal, respectively.

The location information includes GPS information of a directly tradeable area input from the seller terminal, the purchase information includes GPS information of a directly tradeable area input from the buyer terminal,

The relay server compares the GPS information included in the purchase information input from the buyer terminal with the GPS information of the registered book, and transmits a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal based on the GPS information of the buyer terminal. It is characterized by.

In the used book trading method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a seller can easily register and sell a large number of books, and among the books to be sold by people in a nearby region by inputting specific book information through the location registration of a direct seller. You can find a book and buy it directly through direct deals.

1 is a schematic diagram of a used book trading system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram of the relay server 120 shown in FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts may be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

In addition, terms and words used in the following description and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, but are to be construed in a manner consistent with the technical idea of the present invention As well as the concept.

1 is a schematic diagram of a used book trading system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the used book transaction system 100 includes a plurality of seller terminals 110, a relay server 120, a plurality of buyer terminals 130, a DB server 140, and a communication network 150. . Here, the communication network 150 includes a wired / wireless internet network, and the seller terminal 110 and the purchaser terminal 130 include a mobile phone, a PC, and the like. The seller uploads the book of the individual to the relay server 120 through the mobile terminal installed in the seller terminal 100, for example, the mobile communication terminal, and the buyer relays the book through the buyer terminal 130, for example, the mobile communication terminal. By accessing the server 120, the user can search for used books.

Here, the seller may include an individual seller or a used book company. The individual seller transmits the International Standard Book Number (hereinafter referred to as 'ISBN') to the relay server 120 through a mobile phone or a computer. (Not shown) to send the ISBN code to the server. For books without an ISBN code, the seller can enter the book information directly. In addition, the seller terminal 110 may transmit location information that can be directly traded with the buyer together with the ISBN. Here, in the case of direct trade areas, individual sellers may be homes, schools, workplaces, etc., and used bookstores may be locations of used bookstores, and one or more may be selected. Map information may be provided for inputting the seller's location information. Here, the map information may be provided by the relay server 120 or the DB server 140 or may be provided by an external API database. This allows sellers to enter GPS information for direct marketable areas.

The relay server 120 transmits the ISBN information to the DB server 140 to retrieve accurate and various information related to the book. Here, the book image, title, photo, author, list price, etc. corresponding to the ISBN information are included, and this information is registered in the web site of the relay server 120. The detailed configuration of the relay server 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The purchaser terminal 130 accesses the relay server 120 and searches for a book to purchase through title search, ISBN code scan, and the like. Here, the relay server 120 compares the location information included in the purchase information input from the purchaser terminal 130 with reference to the location information registered by the seller terminal 110, and the location information input by the purchaser terminal 130. The seller terminal 110 in the nearest position to provide a search result centered on used books. When a book is selected and settled by the purchaser terminal 130 and a transaction is established, the relay server 120 relays the goods and money to be exchanged between the seller and the buyer. Here, the relay server 120 may relay a direct transaction between the seller and the buyer, and also enables the transaction between the seller and the buyer through a site operated by the relay server 120. A detailed transaction flow will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

2 is a schematic diagram of the relay server 120 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the relay server 120 may include a control unit 200, a communication unit 210, a user connection unit 220, a book search unit 230, a book register unit 240, a price calculator 250, and a seller manager. 260, the purchaser manager 270, the payment manager 280, and the delivery manager 290.

The controller 200 manages the overall operation of the relay server 120.

The communication unit 210 is in charge of communicating with the seller terminal 110 and the purchaser terminal 130. Here, the communication unit 210 may be a wired communication module or a wireless communication module. The communication unit 210 communicates with the seller terminal 110 and the purchaser terminal 130 in a wired or wireless manner under the control of the controller 200.

The user connection unit 220 provides a connection interface with the seller terminal 110 and the purchaser terminal 130.

Under the control of the controller 200, the book search unit 230 accesses the database server 140 according to book information input from the seller terminal 110, for example, an ISBN code, and searches for the book information. In addition, based on purchase information input from the purchaser terminal 110, for example, an ISBN code, a book title, or an author name, the registered book registered in the book register 240 is searched.

The book register 240 registers used books provided from the seller terminal 110 as sales books.

The price calculator 250 calculates an appropriate price of a book that the seller intends to sell based on book information or book status information input from the seller terminal 110 and the list price of the book searched through the database server 140. do. For example, an appropriate selling price of a used book is calculated based on the publication year of the book, the list price of the book, and the book status. The price calculated under the control of the controller 200 is transmitted to the seller terminal 110.

The seller manager 260 stores and manages information of a seller who wants to sell used books. The seller manager 260 stores a book registered by the seller, a seller contact information, and a seller credit rating. In addition, the location information input from the seller terminal 110 stores and manages. Here, the location information includes regions where the seller can directly trade, for example, home, school, work, and the like, and may be plural. In addition, in order to input the location information of the seller, in conjunction with the map providing server may receive the location information from the seller terminal.

The purchaser manager 270 stores and manages information of a buyer who wants to purchase a used book. Here, the purchaser information stores and manages the book information, the purchaser contact information, and the location information input from the purchaser terminal.

The payment manager 280 manages payment information input from the purchaser terminal 130, for example, payment information such as a card number for credit card payment and a mobile phone number for mobile phone payment.

The delivery manager 290 manages information such as a delivery address, a delivery requirement, and the like input from the purchaser terminal 130.

Although the relay server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described by dividing the aforementioned functional blocks, the present invention is not limited thereto, and functional blocks performing similar functions may be integrated into one.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3 describes the registration process of used books that the seller intends to sell.

A seller who intends to sell used books accesses the relay server 120 using the seller terminal 110 and inputs first book information and location information. Here, the seller terminal 110 may include a mobile phone or a computer, and may be connected to the relay server 120 through a wired or wireless communication network. The first book information includes the ISBN of the book, the status information of the used book, and other book information, and the location information refers to GPS information, such as the seller's home, work, school, etc., where the seller can deal directly with the buyer. In addition, in order to input location information, the relay server 120 may provide a map service to a seller terminal in cooperation with an external map providing server. The state information of the used book is inputted by the state information of the book by describing criteria, for example, the state grade of the book, the number of graffiti pages, the number of torn pages, and the like.

Sellers scan barcodes through their mobile phones and cameras on their computers, enter their ISBN directly, or enter book information directly for books that don't have an ISBN code.

The relay server 120 assigns a unique number (ID) to each book input from the seller terminal 110 and stores ISBN, book status, information about the seller, and location information. Then, the DB server 140 requests a book search based on the first book information input from the seller terminal 110, for example, ISBN information. The DB server 140 searches for general information about a book based on the ISBN information, for example, a title, an image, an author, a list price, and transmits the search result to the relay server 120.

The relay server 120 calculates an appropriate price of the used book based on the book status information input from the seller terminal 110 and the list price of the book provided from the DB server 140. The book information is transmitted to the seller terminal 110 in the calculated appropriate price and the search result. The seller checks whether the book information matches, inputs a desired selling price, and the selling price is transmitted from the seller terminal 120 to the relay server 110. The relay server 120 registers the book together with the selling price, and posts the book on a web site operated by the relay server 110.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

A transaction method between a seller and a buyer for a registered book registered in the relay server 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

The purchaser terminal 130 accesses the relay server 120 and inputs purchase information to search for a desired book. Here, the purchase information is made by searching for the title, author, ISBN, etc. of the book desired by the buyer. In addition, the purchase information is inputted together with the region where the buyer wants a direct deal or his current location information.

The relay server 120 searches for books that are registered based on the purchase information input from the purchaser terminal 130. Here, the relay server 120 compares the location information of the seller inputted from the seller terminal 110 and the location information input from the buyer terminal 130 for the direct transaction between the seller and the buyer, and the buyer location information. The search results are transmitted to the buyer terminal 130 in the order closest to the. That is, the seller directly compares the GPS information of the direct marketable area registered by the seller, for example, home, school, work, and the like, to the buyer terminal 130 by searching and sorting the seller of the nearest location. Based on the GPS information registered by the seller, the book is searched for the books registered around the buyer's direct marketable area. Optionally, buyers can enter only their own directly tradeable local information without book information, see what books are available for sale by people who can easily trade directly, and search for information about the books they are interested in on the Internet, and then make payments. It may be.

The purchaser terminal 130 receives a search result, selects a specific book, proceeds with payment, and transmits payment information to the relay server 120. The relay server 120 checks the payment information and manages the amount paid by the buyer. In addition, a transaction text message is transmitted to each of the seller terminal 110 and the buyer terminal 130. The transaction text message contains the contact information of the seller and the buyer. Subsequently, the book direct transaction is delivered through a transaction agreement between the seller and the buyer, and the buyer transmits the book receipt message to the relay server 120 as feedback on the transaction text message. The relay server 120 transfers a direct transaction confirmation text message to the seller terminal 110 immediately after receiving the book receipt message from the buyer terminal 130 to replace the cash transaction between the users. Subsequently, the relay server 120 confirms the corresponding purchase, and deposits a fee into a predetermined account in the seller terminal 110.

Optionally, the relay server 120 may ask the buyer whether to confirm the purchase before confirming the purchase, and the buyer may check the quality of the book during the return period and confirm the purchase. In addition, the purchaser may access the site of the relay server 120 to evaluate the purchase satisfaction. In addition, the relay server 120 may confirm whether the purchase is confirmed or the return period has passed, and may transfer the payment amount to the seller.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a used book trading method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

A transaction method between a seller and a buyer for a registered book registered in the relay server 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

The buyer enters the purchase information by accessing the relay server 120 through the purchaser terminal 130. Here, the purchase information may be the title, author name or ISBN of the book to be purchased, but is not limited to such a book search command. The relay server 120 searches for registered books corresponding to the purchase information and transmits a search result to the purchaser terminal 130. The buyer selects a specific book, enters payment and delivery information, and transmits the same to the relay server 120.

The relay server 120 checks the payment information input from the purchaser terminal 130 and transmits a delivery request text message to the seller terminal 110 according to the delivery information. The delivery request text message may include book information and delivery information entered by the buyer. Seller sends according to the delivery information, and transmits the shipment confirmation message as feedback to the delivery request text message to the relay server 120. The relay server 120 transmits the receipt confirmation request text message to the purchaser terminal 130, and the buyer who receives the book sent by the seller transmits the receipt confirmation message to the relay server 120 as feedback in the receipt confirmation request text message. do. In this case, the shipment confirmation message or the receipt confirmation message may be sent to the site of the relay server 120 to send a confirmation message, or may be made through an e-mail or a text message.

After receiving the receipt confirmation message, the relay server 120 confirms the purchase and then deposits a fee to the seller.

Optionally, the relay server 120 may be used as the seller's credit management information by allowing feedback on the book quality satisfaction, and also before the purchase confirmation described above, or during a certain return period, for example, sending the book of the seller The payment amount is managed for 12 days. After that, if the purchase is confirmed or the return period expires, the payment is sent to the seller.

Regarding the return, if the buyer wishes to return, explain to the seller the reason for the return and request the return. The seller agrees to bear the cost of return shipping according to whether it is a simple remorse or a defective product, and guides the return shipping address. The buyer returns the goods to the seller's address. Return shipping is to the seller's address.

The buyer notifies the return fact to the relay server 120 through the buyer terminal 130, and transmits the reason for return, for example, remorse or defective quality. The relay server 120 may check whether the return period has passed and adjust the reliability of the seller and the buyer according to the reason for the return. The service user is given a sales reliability and a purchase reliability, respectively. Basic reliability is given at the time of first sign up, and if the volume of transactions is increased without any complaints, the reliability is increased. Here, the sales reliability is entered by the buyer in the feedback process for the text receipt confirmation request text message, the relay server 120 adjusts the sales reliability based on this information. For buyers, if the return ratio of the total purchase amount exceeds a certain level, the credit rating is lowered. The relay server 120 adjusts the purchase reliability based on this information. Sellers may modify their credit ratings by paying a certain amount to avoid leaving the market due to a drop in reliability due to inadequate initial operations.

The buyer may consider the seller's sales reliability at the time of purchase and consider whether to select the product. Sellers and buyers whose confidence falls below a certain level can suspend the transaction, and the credibility of the different sectors does not affect the way they trade on the other side. For example, if sales confidence is maintained even if a purchase is stopped due to a decline in purchasing confidence, sales can be made.

And the reason for the return to the seller terminal 110, the goods receipt confirmation text message is transmitted. The seller transmits to the relay server 120 whether or not the receipt is confirmed as feedback on the returned goods receipt confirmation text message. The relay server 120 confirms that the return is established, and refunds the payment amount excluding the shipping fee to the buyer.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the book searched by the buyer does not exist in the registered book, the book may be reserved. Reserved books may be placed on the relay server's site as a list of desired books to encourage registration of sellers. If the book is registered, the booked buyer may be first disclosed and notified before being disclosed to other buyers. If the reservation buyer does not make a purchase within a certain period, the reservation becomes invalid and the sales information may be disclosed to the general buyer. In the above-described embodiment, the feedback between the buyer, seller and the relay server may be made through e-mail, web site, ARS, etc. as well as text messages.

In the above-described embodiments, only the used book has been described as a trading target, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be equally applicable to a trading method such as used CD, DVD, and the like.

An apparatus according to the present invention may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a user interface such as a touch panel, a key, Devices, and the like. Methods implemented by software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer readable recording medium as computer readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, a hard disk, ), And a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over networked computer systems so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium is readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executable on a processor.

All documents including publications, patent applications, patents, etc. cited in the present invention can be incorporated into the present invention in the same manner as each cited document individually and concretely, .

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference will be made to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, and specific terminology is used to describe the embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific terminology, Lt; / RTI > may include all elements commonly conceivable by those skilled in the art.

The invention can be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. Such functional blocks may be implemented in various numbers of hardware or / and software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, the present invention relates to integrated circuit configurations such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., which may execute various functions by the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. It can be adopted. Similar to the components of the present invention that may be implemented with software programming or software components, the present invention may be implemented as a combination of C, C ++, and C ++, including various algorithms implemented with data structures, processes, routines, , Java (Java), assembler, and the like. The functional aspects may be implemented with an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the present invention may employ the prior art for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and / or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "means" and "configuration" can be used widely and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in conjunction with a processor or the like.

The specific acts described in the present invention are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of the systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless explicitly mentioned, such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

In the specification (particularly in the claims) of the present invention, the use of the term “above” and similar indicating terms may correspond to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when the range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the range are applied (if not stated to the contrary), and each individual value constituting the range is described in the detailed description of the invention. Same as Finally, if there is no explicit order or contrary to the steps constituting the method according to the invention, the steps may be performed in a suitable order. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the description order of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) in the present invention is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and the scope of the present invention is limited by the examples or exemplary terms unless defined by the claims. It doesn't happen. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications, combinations and changes can be made depending on design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

100: used book trading system
110: seller terminal
120: relay server
130: buyer terminal
140: DB server
150: network

Claims (9)

Receiving at least one of first book information and location information from a seller terminal to sell used books;
Search for the used book according to the first book information, calculate an appropriate price of the used book according to a search result of the used book and the first book information, and calculate the appropriate price and a second book according to the search result Transmitting information to the seller terminal;
Receiving sales price information from the seller terminal and registering the used book;
Receiving purchase information from a buyer terminal, searching for a registered book according to the purchase information, and transmitting a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal; And
Receiving the selection and payment information of the registered book from the buyer terminal, checking the payment information, and transmitting a transaction establishment message to the seller terminal and the buyer terminal, respectively. The method of claim 1,
The location information,
Includes GPS information of the directly tradeable area input from the seller terminal,
The purchase information,
Includes GPS information of the directly tradeable area input from the buyer terminal,
Comparing the GPS information included in the purchase information input from the buyer terminal and the GPS information of the registered book, and transmits a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal based on the GPS information of the buyer terminal. How to trade used books. The method of claim 2,
The transaction establishment message,
The contact information of the seller terminal and the contact information of the buyer terminal,
Receiving the feedback message corresponding to the transaction establishment message from the buyer terminal, confirming the transaction establishment between the seller and the buyer, and transmitting the transaction establishment confirmation message to the seller terminal. The method of claim 1,
The first book information,
An International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and status information of the used book,
The second book information,
Used book trading method comprising at least one of the image, title, author, list price of the used book. The method of claim 4, wherein
Input of the first book information,
The used book transaction method of the seller terminal characterized in that the input by scanning the bar code. The method of claim 1,
Receiving delivery address information from the purchaser terminal; And
And using the shipping request message including the shipping address information to the seller terminal. The method of claim 1,
And assigning a unique number based on the first book information transmitted from the seller terminal. In the used book trading system including a seller terminal, a buyer terminal, and a relay server,
The relay server,
Receiving at least one of first book information and location information from the seller terminal, searching for the used book according to the first book information, and searching for the used book according to a search result of the used book and the first book information. Calculate a proper price, transmit second book information according to the proper price and the search result to the seller terminal, receive sales price information from the seller terminal, register the used book,
Receiving purchase information from a buyer terminal, searching for a registered book according to the purchase information, transmitting a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal, receiving selection and payment information of a registered book from the buyer terminal, Check your payment information,
And used transaction system for transmitting the transaction establishment message to the seller terminal and the buyer terminal, respectively. The method of claim 8,
The location information includes GPS information of the directly tradeable area input from the seller terminal,
The purchase information includes GPS information of the direct tradeable area input from the buyer terminal,
The relay server,
Comparing the GPS information included in the purchase information input from the buyer terminal and the GPS information of the registered book, and transmits a search result of the registered book to the buyer terminal based on the GPS information of the buyer terminal. Used book trading system.

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