KR20190107321A - Method and apparatus for matching of buyer and seller - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and device for matching a consumer and a supplier depending on a matching value. The method for matching a consumer and a supplier according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the matching method of the matching device which is connected to a computer network to match a consumer and a supplier, comprises: a step of receiving, by the matching device, desired selling information including a selling quantity for a specific product and a selling price of one specific product from at least one supplier; a step of receiving, by the matching device, desired purchase information including a purchase quantity of the specific product and a purchase price of one specific product from at least one consumer; a step of generating candidate couples by the number of possible combinations in consideration of the number of suppliers and the number of consumers; a step of calculating a matching value for the candidate couple using the purchase quantity, the selling price, and the purchase price; and a step of determining a ranking of each candidate couple based on the calculated matching value, and determining a candidate couple as a matching couple depending on the ranking.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING OF BUYER AND SELLER}

The present invention relates to a matching method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a matching method and apparatus of a consumer and a supplier for matching the consumer and the supplier according to the matching value.

In recent years, with the advance of technology of computer and communication network, the exchange and collection of information is made easy and affects various fields of society, and the electronic based on the so-called internet world wide web In response to the trend of widespread use of commerce, various trading methods are actively being promoted.

With the development of e-commerce, many online shopping malls or shopping brokerage sites have appeared. The shopping mall or shopping brokerage site registers a specific product and serves as a platform through which the registered product is purchased.

In general, a shopping mall brokerage service refers to a service for brokering shopping malls entered into a predetermined brokerage website to a product buyer through a contract with a service operating company. The shopping malls are classified into categories and introduced or Various information such as comparing and presenting prices of each shopping mall for the same product is provided to the buyer of the product.

On the other hand, payment brokers, which are currently acting as an electronic payment process between buyers and sellers online, have merchants that sell a variety of products as customers, and it is difficult to generate additional revenue simply through payment brokerage services. There is a need to find a profit model. Related prior arts are Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0106360.

Recently, a technology for matching a consumer with a supplier in consideration of a supplier's desired supply condition and a consumer's desired condition without a final selling price is emerging.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for matching a consumer and a supplier that can calculate a matching value and automatically and quickly match the consumer and the supplier according to the calculated matching value.

According to one embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in a matching method of a matching device that is connected to a computer network to match the consumer and the supplier, the matching device is sold quantity of a specific product from at least one supplier And receiving desired sell information including a sell quotation of one specific product; Receiving, by the matching device, desired purchase information including a purchase quantity of the specific product and a purchase price of one of the specific products from at least one consumer; Generating candidate couples by the number of possible combinations in consideration of the number of suppliers and the number of consumers; Calculating a matching value for the candidate couple using the buy quantity, the sell quotation and the purchase quotation; And determining a ranking of each candidate couple based on the calculated matching value, and determining a candidate couple as a matching couple according to the ranking ranking.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in a matching device that is connected to the computer network to match the consumer and the supplier, the selling quantity for a specific product and the selling price of one specific product from at least one supplier Receiving unit for receiving the desired sell information including a, and receiving the desired purchase information including the purchase quantity of the specific product and the purchase price of one of the specific product from at least one consumer; A candidate couple generation unit generating as many candidate couples as possible in combination with the number of suppliers and the number of consumers; A matching value calculator configured to calculate a matching value for the candidate couple using the buy quantity, the sell quotation, and the purchase quotation; determining a ranking of each candidate couple based on the calculated matching value, and comparing the ranking with the ranking A matching determination unit which determines a candidate couple as a matching couple according to the match; And a controller configured to control the receiver, the candidate couple generator, the matching value calculator, and the match determination unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method and apparatus for matching a demander and a supplier of an item may automatically and quickly match the demander and a supplier based on the desired selling information and the desired buying information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of the consumer and the supplier is plural, the matching value may be calculated and the consumer and the supplier may be automatically matched according to the calculated matching value.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a method of matching a supplier and a consumer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a matching device for matching a consumer and a supplier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a matching method of a consumer and a supplier related to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a method of calculating a matching value of a consumer and a supplier related to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a matching state between a consumer and a supplier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for matching a consumer and a supplier related to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as “consisting of” or “comprising” should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or steps described in the specification, and some of the components or some steps It should be construed that it may not be included or may further include additional components or steps.

In the present specification, the supply condition is a condition for supplying an item, and the supply may include a supply for direct sale of the item, a supply for consignment of the item, a supply for lease of the item, and the like.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a method of matching a supplier and a consumer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, the plurality of consumer terminals 100, the plurality of supplier terminals 300, and the matching device 200 may be connected through a network. The network network refers to a network that communicates through a medium, and may include at least one of a wired communication network, a computer network, and a wireless communication network.

As used herein, the term "consumer" means a subject who transmits demand information or payment information for the specific item to the supply condition determining apparatus 200 to purchase or use the specific item (or product). In addition, in the present specification, the supplier means a subject that supplies a specific item (or product).

The consumer terminal 100 is a terminal capable of communicating with the matching device 200 to transmit the desired number of pieces of information about a specific item to the matching device 200. A PC, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a notebook, a PDA, Navigation and the like. The desired purchase information may include a purchase bid price (ie, a desired purchase price) for one specific item and a purchase quantity. The purchase quotation and the purchase quantity may be represented by numbers.

The provider terminal 300 communicates with the matching device 200 and transmits a selling quotation (ie, a desired selling price) and a selling quantity for one item supplied by the matching device 200. Phone, tablet PC, notebook, PDA, navigation, POS terminal and the like.

In addition, the consumer and the supplier may be a subscription member of a specific website provided by the matching device 200. The member may be assigned an ID and password. The consumer terminal 100 and the provider terminal 300 may access the matching device 200 through input of an ID and password.

In addition, the matching device 200 may manage the member by storing information on the subscribed member.

2 is a block diagram of a matching device for matching a consumer and a supplier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated, the matching device 200 includes a receiver 210, a candidate couple generator 220, a filter 230, a match value calculator 240, a match determiner 250, and a display 260. ), A transmitter 270, and a controller 280.

The receiver 210 may receive the desired number of pieces of information about a specific item (including a product satisfying a specific condition) from a plurality of consumers. The desired purchase information may include a purchase quotation and a purchase quantity for one specific item. The purchase quotation and the purchase quantity may be represented by numbers. In this specification, the purchase bid price is a desired purchase price of one item to be bought by the consumer. Purchase quantity refers to the quantity of items that the consumer wants to use or purchase.

The receiver 210 may receive desired sell information for a specific item from a plurality of suppliers. The desired selling information may include a selling quotation and a selling quantity for one specific item. The selling quotation and selling quantity may be represented by numbers. In this specification, the selling quotation is the desired selling price of one item to be sold by the supplier. Sell quantity is the quantity of the item that the supplier wants to supply.

The candidate couple generator 220 may combine the number of consumers who transmit the desired purchase information about a specific item to the matching device 200 and the supplier who transmits the desired selling information about the specific item in consideration of the number. As many candidate couples as can be generated. For example, if the number of suppliers for a particular item is 3 and the number of consumers is 4, 3 × 4 = 12 candidate couples may be generated.

The filtering unit 230 may exclude a couple that does not satisfy the generated candidate couple matching condition from the matching successful couple or delete from the candidate couple.

The matching value calculator 240 may calculate a matching value for each of the generated candidate couples using the purchase quantity, the selling quotation, and the buying quotation. For example, the matching value may be determined as a buy quantity * (buy bid-sell bid).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when some candidate couples are deleted by the candidate couple generation unit 230 because they do not satisfy the matching condition, the matching value calculator 240 may determine the deleted candidate couples. It may not yield a matching value.

The matching determination unit 250 may determine the ranking of each candidate couple according to the calculated matching value, and determine the candidate couple as a matching couple according to the determined ranking. In this case, the determined matching couple may mean a matching successful couple. In addition, the determined matching couple may be classified into a matching success couple and a matching waiting couple.

The display unit 260 may display a matching state for each candidate couple in real time.

The transmitter 270 may transmit a current matching state or a matching result after the matching is completed to each consumer and each provider terminal.

The controller 280 may include the receiver 210, the candidate couple generator 220, the filter 230, the matching value calculator 240, the match determination unit 250, and the display unit 260. ) And the transmission unit 270 as a whole.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a matching method of a consumer and a supplier related to an embodiment of the present invention.

The receiving unit 210 may receive the desired selling information for a specific item from the provider terminal 300 (S310). The desired sell information may include a sell quotation and a sell quantity. In addition, the receiving unit 210 may receive the desired number of pieces of information about a specific item from the consumer terminal 100 (S320). The desired purchase information may include a purchase quotation and a purchase quantity.

Meanwhile, for convenience of description, the order of the desired sell information receiving step S310 and the desired buying information receiving step S320 is described, but the present invention provides the desired selling information receiving step S310 and the desired buying information receiving step ( It is not limited to S320). Therefore, the desired selling information receiving step S310 and the desired buying information receiving step S320 may be reversed.

The candidate couple generator 220 may generate a consumer-supplier candidate couple in consideration of the number of suppliers and consumers (S330). The candidate couple generator 220 may generate as many candidate couples as the number of possible combinations of the consumer and the supplier. For example, if the number of suppliers for a particular item is 3 and the number of consumers is 4, 3 × 4 = 12 candidate couples may be generated.

The filtering unit 230 may filter the candidate couple in such a manner that a couple that does not satisfy the matching condition among the generated candidate couples is deleted from the candidate couple or finally excluded from the matching success couple (S340).

The matching condition may include at least one of a matching price condition and a matching quantity condition.

The filtering unit 230 may classify a couple whose bid price is lower than the bid price among the generated candidate couples as a couple that does not satisfy a matching condition.

In addition, the filtering unit 230 may classify a couple whose selling quantity is less than the buying quantity among the generated candidate couples as a couple that does not satisfy a matching condition.

The matching value calculator 240 may calculate a matching value for each candidate couple except for the deleted couple because all of the generated candidate couples or the matching conditions are not satisfied.

The matching value may be generated for each candidate couple, the buy quantity, the sell quotation and the purchase quotation. For example, the matching value may be determined as a buy quantity * (buy bid-sell bid).

When the matching value is calculated, the matching determination unit 250 may determine the ranking of the candidate couple according to the calculated matching value, and may sequentially determine the candidate couple as the matching couple according to the ranking (S360). For example, the matching couple may be first determined as the number of candidate couples having a high ranking.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the couple that does not satisfy the matching condition may be deleted from the candidate couple so that the matching value calculation may not be performed. In this case, the deleted candidate couple does not perform a matching decision.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the couple that does not satisfy the matching condition is calculated but the matching value may be excluded from the matching success couple. In this case, a matching decision operation is performed on a couple that does not satisfy the matching condition. However, a couple that does not satisfy the matching condition may be classified as a matching waiting couple rather than a matching successful couple.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the matching couple determined first according to the ranking may be adjusted by subtracting the selling quantity and the buying quantity by the matched quantity, and filtering the candidate couple by the adjusted quantity. For example, if the selling quantity of supplier A was initially 30, but the matching was confirmed by the selling quantity 15 due to the high ranking of the couple with the consumer a, the selling quantity of the supplier A is adjusted to 15.

4 is a view for explaining a method of calculating a matching value of a consumer and a supplier related to an embodiment of the present invention.

The figure is for explaining a process of matching a ticket with a consumer as an example of a specific item. The airline can be the supplier and the travel agent can be the consumer. The matching value can be calculated by the number of possible combinations of the consumer and the supplier. In this embodiment, the matching value is determined as the purchase quantity * (buy quotation-sale quotation). The couple 410 whose calculated matching value is not negative may be classified as a matching successful couple, and the couple 420 whose calculated matching value is negative may be classified as a matching waiting couple.

When the matching determination operation is completed, the display unit 260 may provide matching state information (S370).

5 is a diagram illustrating a matching state between a consumer and a supplier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the matching state information may include a matching value ranking, couple information, a bid price and a bid price, a matching value, and the like. In this case, the couple that satisfies the matching condition may be classified as a matching successful couple 510, and the couple that is not may be classified as a matching waiting couple 520.

The transmitter 270 may transmit the matching result to each consumer terminal 100 and each provider terminal 300.

On the other hand, the transmitter 270 may transmit the guide information for the successful matching to the consumer or supplier that did not match successfully.

As described above, the method and apparatus for matching a consumer and a supplier of an item according to an embodiment of the present invention may automatically and quickly match the consumer and the supplier automatically based on the desired selling information and the desired buying information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of the consumer and the supplier is plural, the matching value may be calculated and the consumer and the supplier may be automatically matched according to the calculated matching value.

The above-described matching method of the consumer and the supplier of the item may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. In this case, the computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. On the other hand, program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or may be known to those skilled in computer software.

Computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magneto-Optical Media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as memory storage devices such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and solid state drives (SSD).

The recording medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like.

In addition, program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The above-described method and apparatus for matching a consumer and a supplier may not be limitedly applied to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be modified in whole or in part by way of various modifications. It may alternatively be configured in combination.

100: consumer terminal
200: matching device
210: receiver
220: candidate couple generator
230: filtering unit
240: matching value calculation unit
250: matching decision part
260: display unit
270: transmission unit
280: control unit
300: supplier terminal

Claims (12)

In the matching method of the matching device that is connected to the computer network to match the consumer and supplier,
Receiving, by the matching device, desired selling information including a selling quantity for a specific product and a selling price of one specific product from at least one supplier;
Receiving, by the matching device, desired purchase information including a purchase quantity of the specific product and a purchase price of one of the specific products from at least one consumer;
Generating candidate couples by the number of possible combinations in consideration of the number of suppliers and the number of consumers;
Calculating a matching value for the candidate couple using the buy quantity, the sell quotation and the purchase quotation; And
Determining a ranking of each candidate couple based on the calculated matching value, and determining a candidate couple as a matching couple according to the ranking. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching value calculating step
And calculating the matching value by using the difference between the bid price and the bid price. The method of claim 2, wherein the matching value calculating step
And calculating, as the matching value, a value obtained by multiplying the difference between the purchase quotation and the selling quotation by the purchase quantity. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching method
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of excluding the number of the bid price of the candidate couple is lower than the selling bid price from the matching successful couple. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching method
The method of claim 1, further comprising: deleting from the candidate couple a couple whose selling quantity is less than the buying quantity among the candidate couples. The method of claim 5, wherein the matching method
And matching the determined matching couple by subtracting the selling quantity and the buying quantity by the matched quantity, and filtering the candidate couple by the adjusted quantity. A matching device connected to a computer network to match a consumer and a supplier,
Receive a desired sell information including a sell quantity of a specific product and a sell quotation of one specific product from at least one supplier, and include a buy quantity of the specific product and the buy quotation of one specific product from at least one consumer A receiving unit for receiving desired number of pieces of information;
A candidate couple generation unit generating as many candidate couples as possible in combination with the number of suppliers and the number of consumers;
A matching value calculator configured to calculate a matching value for the candidate couple using the buy quantity, the sell quotation, and the purchase quotation;
A matching determination unit that determines a ranking of each candidate couple based on the calculated matching value, and determines a candidate couple as a matching couple according to the ranking; And
And a controller configured to control the receiver, the candidate couple generator, the matching value calculator, and the match determination unit. The method of claim 7, wherein the matching value calculator
And the matching value is calculated by using the difference between the bid price and the bid price. The method of claim 8, wherein the matching value calculator
And the matching value is calculated by multiplying the difference between the purchase quotation and the selling quotation by the purchase quantity. The method of claim 7, wherein
The matching device further includes a candidate couple filtering unit,
And the candidate couple filtering unit excludes a couple whose bid price is lower than the sell bid price among the generated candidate couples from matching successful couples. The method of claim 7, wherein
The matching device further includes a candidate couple filtering unit,
And the candidate couple filtering unit deletes a couple whose selling quantity is less than the buying quantity of the generated candidate couples from the candidate couple. The method of claim 11, wherein the candidate couple filtering unit
And matching the selling quantity and the buying quantity by the matched quantity with respect to the determined matching couple, and filtering the candidate couple by the adjusted quantity.

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