KR20190143203A - Domestic appliance brokerage server using reverse auction - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, disclosed is a home appliances mediation server using reverse auction. According to the present invention, the home appliances mediation server includes: a server communication unit which receives information of purchasing home appliances to be purchased and purchaser information from a purchaser terminal and receives information of selling home appliances to be sold and seller information from a plurality of seller terminals; and a server control unit which performs service use registration by using the purchaser information and the seller information, detects a plurality of seller terminals selling selling home appliances related to purchasing home appliances upon the service use registration is done, supports the detected plurality of seller terminals to transmit selling price information for selling the corresponding selling home appliances to the purchaser terminal to perform reverse auction, and connects a seller terminal and a purchaser terminal to make a direct transaction between the two terminals when the information of the seller terminal selected from the purchaser terminal is received. According to the present invention, without a separate payment system, it is possible to simplify a system structure by encouraging sellers and purchasers to make a direct transaction.

Description

Home appliance brokerage server using reverse auctions {Domestic appliance brokerage server using reverse auction}

The present invention relates to an intermediary service of an electronic commerce, and more particularly, to a home appliance intermediation server using reverse auction that satisfies both the buyer and the seller by providing an intermediary service through the reverse auction between the buyer and the seller.

In general, the sale is the transfer of ownership by selling a product, usually in an offline store such as a department store or a general store.

Recently, due to the development of the Internet, an online store that sells products in an online space has appeared, and this enables buyers to purchase products without visiting the offline store, thereby improving convenience.

However, since the conventional e-commerce through the online store provides only the purchase year or price comparison information of the product to be sold, the buyer directly compares the products with the corresponding products in order to compare other purchase conditions such as expiration date, installment condition, and refund condition. There is a problem that takes time and effort to collect relevant information.

Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1729414 (2017.04.21.)

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to support the purchase of the consumer electronics to purchase the desired condition of the consumer, the home appliance brokerage server using reverse auction to support the service to satisfy the buyer and seller by matching the buyer to the seller The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the home appliance brokerage server using the reverse auction according to the present invention receives information and purchaser information of the purchased home appliances to be purchased from the buyer terminal, the information of the sales appliances to be sold from a plurality of seller terminals And a server communication unit which receives seller information and a plurality of seller terminals which perform service use registration using the purchaser information and the seller information, and sell sale home appliances related to the purchased home appliances when the service use registration is completed. The searched plurality of seller terminals transmit the selling price information for selling the corresponding home appliance to the purchaser terminal to support reverse auctioning, and when the information of the seller terminal selected from the purchaser terminal is received, the seller terminal Connect the buyer terminal And a server controller for direct transaction so that the support made from each other.

The server controller may be configured to complete the service use registration when the seller terminal joins a monthly subscription.

In addition, the server control unit, the purchase price information for the model name, the manufacturing date and the production region, the purchase price allowance limit, inventory products, exhibit products and ripper products included in the information of the purchased home appliances, It is characterized in that for searching the seller terminal matching the discount product purchase information for the buyer and the delivery request information on the delivery date, delivery location and installation cost desired by the buyer.

In addition, the server control unit, in addition to the selling price information, the event information related to the corresponding product, affiliate discount information and similar product information associated with the product is characterized in that the control to be further transmitted to the buyer terminal.

In addition, the server controller, characterized in that for transmitting the latest sales trends and big data related to popular household appliances built on the basis of the information collected through the previous brokerage service to at least one of the buyer terminal and the seller terminal.

The home appliance brokerage server using the reverse auction according to the present invention may provide a brokerage service through the reverse auction between the buyer and the seller to purchase the purchased household appliances corresponding to a criterion desired by the buyer among the sold home appliances sold by the plurality of sellers.

In addition, the seller can introduce the buyer to the seller without performing a separate business.

In addition, it does not include a separate payment system, the buyer and seller to induce direct transactions, it is possible to simplify the system structure.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a home appliance intermediary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a home appliance intermediary server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 5 are views for explaining the user interface provided by the buyer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for mediating home appliances according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it is noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible, even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function is apparent to those skilled in the art or may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a home appliance intermediary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the home appliance brokerage system 400 provides a brokerage service through the reverse auction between the buyer and the seller. The home appliance brokerage system 400 supports the purchaser of the home appliance to be purchased by the buyer under desired conditions, and matches the buyer to the seller to support a service that satisfies both the buyer and the seller. The home appliance brokerage system 400 includes a home appliance brokerage server 100, a purchaser terminal 200, and a plurality of seller terminals 300.

The home appliance brokerage server 100 serves to broker the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300. In the home appliance mediation server 100, the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300 support an intermediary service through reverse auction. At this time, the home appliance brokerage server 100 transmits not only product information and price information of the home appliance, but also various information such as product discount, delivery, and related products to the purchaser terminal 200. In addition, the home appliance brokerage server 100 builds big data related to the latest sales trends and popular home appliances based on information collected through previous electronic commerce. The home appliance mediation server 100 may deliver the constructed big data to at least one of the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300. Through this, the home appliance brokerage server 100 connects the direct purchase of home appliances corresponding to the criteria desired by the buyer among the sale home appliances sold by the plurality of sellers. The home appliance intermediary server 100 may include a desktop, a laptop, a server computer, a cluster computer, and the like.

The purchaser terminal 200 is a terminal used by the buyer, and receives the purchaser's information and the buyer's information to be purchased by the buyer, and transmits it to the home appliance brokerage server 100. The purchaser terminal 200 performs reverse auction by selecting any one of information on a plurality of seller terminals 300 selling sales home appliances related to the purchased home appliances received from the home appliance brokerage server 100. The purchaser terminal 200 may display the input information, the selected information, and the received information through a user interface. The purchaser terminal 200 may include a smartphone, a handheld computer, a tablet PC, a desktop, a laptop, and the like.

The plurality of seller terminals 300 are terminals used by each seller, and include a first seller terminal 310, a second seller terminal 320, and an n-th seller terminal 330 (n is a natural number greater than 2). do. The plurality of seller terminals 300 receives the information and seller information of the sale home appliances to be sold by the seller, and transmits the information to the home appliance brokerage server 100. In this case, the plurality of seller terminals 300 may transmit the information of the selling home appliances updated in real time to the home appliance brokerage server 100. The plurality of seller terminals 300 may display the input information, the selected information, and the received information through a user interface.

Meanwhile, the home appliance brokerage system 400 establishes a communication network 450 between the home appliance brokerage server 100, the purchaser terminal 200, and the seller terminal 300 so that communication with each other is performed. The communication network 450 may be composed of a backbone network and a subscriber network. The backbone network may consist of one or more integrated networks of an X.25 network, a Frame Relay network, an ATM network, a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, and a Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) network. Subscriber networks include Fiber To The Home (FTTH), Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Cable Network, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n) ), Wireless Hart (ISO / IEC62591-1), ISA100.11a (ISO / IEC 62734), Constrained Application Protocol (COAP), Multi-Client Publish / Subscribe Messaging (MQTT), Wireless Broadband (WIBro), Wimax, 3G, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), 4G, and 5G, the next generation network. In some embodiments, communication network 450 may be an internet network, or may be a mobile communication network.

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a home appliance mediation server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the home appliance intermediation server 100 includes a server communication unit 10 and a server control unit 30, and further includes a server storage unit 50.

The server communication unit 10 performs communication with the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300. The server communication unit 10 receives information about purchaser home appliances and buyer information to purchase from the purchaser terminal 200.

Here, the information of the purchased home appliances includes purchase product information, purchase price information, discount product purchase information, and delivery request information. Purchase product information is information on model name, manufacturing date and production area, purchase price information is information on purchase price allowance, discount product purchase information is information on purchase intention of stock products, exhibition products and ripper products, The delivery request information is information about a delivery date, a delivery place, and an installation cost that a buyer desires. Buyer information includes information about the buyer's name, gender, age, occupation, address, telephone number, interests, types of household appliances they currently own, and the like.

The server communication unit 10 receives information and seller information of sales appliances to be sold from the plurality of seller terminals 300. The server communication unit 10 may receive the information of the sales home appliance and the seller information from each seller terminal (310, 320, 330).

Here, the information of the sale home appliances includes sale product information, sale price information, discount product holding information, and deliverable information. Sale product information is information on model name, manufacturing date and production area, sale price information is information on sale price, discount product holding information is information on current holding status among stock products, exhibition products and ripper products, Available information is information about the date of delivery, the place of delivery, and the installation cost. Seller information includes information about the seller's name, gender, age, occupation, address, telephone number, existing online sales, and major sales segments.

The server controller 30 registers service usage for the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300 using the purchaser information and the seller information. The server controller 30 is a terminal in which the buyer information and the nominal information of the buyer terminal 200 are inconsistent, or the seller information and the nominal information of the seller terminal 300 are inconsistent in order to block an overload phenomenon caused by indiscriminate membership. The service usage registration may not be authenticated for.

In this case, the server controller 30 registers a plurality of seller terminals 300 using the service performed by the purchaser terminal 100 in a one-step process of checking whether the purchaser information 100 matches the name information of the purchaser terminal 200. Unlike this, the service use registration is performed in two steps. In detail, the server controller 30 checks whether the seller information matches the seller information of the seller terminal 300 and the name information of the seller terminal 300, and the plurality of seller terminals 300 in which step 1 is completed. The service use registration is completed only for the terminal that has performed the second step of subscribing to the monthly membership system. That is, the server control unit 30 operates on a paid membership system only for the plurality of seller terminals 300, thereby increasing the entry barrier of the seller to prevent indiscriminate false sales and at the same time, the seller pays the introduction fee of the buyer to the server administrator. Server management and content provision.

On the other hand, the server control unit 30 is at least one of the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminal 300 is registered to use the service and the latest sales trends and popular household appliances built on the basis of the information collected through the previous brokerage service and Send the relevant big data. Preferably, the server controller 30 may transmit big data only to the purchaser terminal 200 and the plurality of seller terminals 300 that want to receive the big data. Here, big data may be a reference for informing buyers and sellers of the latest product trends.

When the service use registration is registered, the server controller 30 searches for a plurality of seller terminals 300 selling sales home appliances related to the purchased home appliances. The server controller 30 searches for a plurality of seller terminals 300 matching the information of the purchased home appliance including the purchase product information, the purchase price information, the discount product purchase information, and the delivery request information. That is, the server controller 30 may provide the sale product information corresponding to the purchased product information, the sale price information corresponding to the purchase price information, the discount product possession information corresponding to the discount product purchase information, and the deliverable information corresponding to the delivery request information. Compare and search for a plurality of seller terminal 300 that satisfies purchases and sales.

The server control unit 30 supports the reverse auction by transmitting the sale price information for selling the corresponding selling home appliance to the purchaser terminal 200. That is, the server controller 30 controls to transmit the selling price information to the purchaser terminal 200 through the server communication unit 10. In this way, the purchaser may check a plurality of selling price information of the purchased home appliance to be purchased through the purchaser terminal 200 and perform reverse auction based on the confirmed selling price information.

In addition, the server controller 30 controls to transmit the event information related to the product, the affiliate discount information, and the similar product information associated with the product, in addition to the selling price information, to the purchaser terminal 200, thereby allowing the buyer to use more information. To help reverse auctions. Here, the event information is information about quarterly events, anniversary events, and the like, the affiliate discount information is information on card discounts, point discounts, membership discounts, etc., and similar product information is about products having a similar specification to the corresponding product. Information.

When the server controller 30 receives the information of the seller terminal selected from the buyer terminal 200 through the server communication unit 10, the server controller 30 connects the seller terminal and the buyer terminal 200 to support direct transactions with each other. The server controller 30 controls to transmit the buyer information of the buyer terminal 200 and the information of the purchased home appliance to the corresponding seller terminal. The server controller 30 may further control the seller information of the seller terminal to be transmitted to the purchaser terminal 200. Therefore, the buyer and the seller can directly reduce the cost between each other by eliminating the middle margin generated in the commerce process.

3 to 5 are views for explaining a user interface provided by the purchaser terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, 3 to 5, the buyer terminal 200 provides a user interface (User Interface) to support the buyer to smoothly use the intermediary service.

The purchaser terminal 200 performs membership management through login. In this case, the purchaser may input the purchaser information and the information of the purchased home appliance to the purchaser terminal 200 using the user interface.

The purchaser terminal 200 collects information on the seller terminal 300 participating in the reverse auction based on the input information. The buyer selects the seller terminal 300 that best fits the desired conditions based on the collected information. Preferably, the purchaser terminal 200 may further provide event information, affiliate discount information, and similar product information associated with the corresponding product, as well as selling price information.

The purchaser terminal 200 may provide a late writing menu when the brokerage service is completed, so that the purchaser terminal 200 may write contents related to the advantages, disadvantages, and security points of the service. Here, by providing a point that can be used in the brokerage service to the buyer who has completed the late writing, it may be possible to receive a discount from the brokerage service that is going on later.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for mediating home appliances according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the home appliance brokerage method may provide a brokerage service through a reverse auction between a buyer and a seller to purchase a purchase household appliance corresponding to a criterion desired by a buyer from among a sale of home appliances sold by a plurality of sellers. The home appliance brokerage method may introduce the buyer to the seller without the seller having to do a separate business. In addition, the home appliance brokerage method does not include a separate payment system, and the buyer and the seller induce direct transactions, thereby simplifying the structure of the system can reduce the maintenance cost.

In step S11, the purchaser terminal 200 transmits the information and purchaser information of the purchased home appliances to the home appliance brokerage server 100. In this case, the information of the purchased home appliances includes the purchase product information, purchase price information, discount product purchase information and delivery request information, and the buyer information includes the buyer name, gender, age, occupation, address, telephone number, interests, and current holdings. Information about the type of home appliances being used, and the like.

In step S13, the seller terminal 300 transmits the information and seller information of the home appliances to the home appliance brokerage server 100. Here, the information of the sale home appliances includes information on sale products, sales price information, discount product possession information and deliverable information, seller information, seller name, gender, age, occupation, address, telephone number, existing online sales records, Includes information on major sales areas.

In step S15, the home appliance brokerage server 100 performs service user registration of the purchaser terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300. In the case of the purchaser terminal 200, the home appliance brokerage server 100 completes the service user registration when the purchaser information and the name information of the purchaser terminal 200 match. In the case of the seller terminal 300, the home appliance brokerage server 100 completes the first step registration procedure when the seller information and the nominal information of the seller terminal 300 match, and the plurality of seller terminals 300 in which the first step registration procedure is completed. ), The terminal that has subscribed to the monthly membership system has completed the two-step registration process, and finally the service use registration is completed.

 In step S17, the home appliance brokerage server 100 searches for a plurality of seller terminals 300 selling the sale home appliances related to the purchased home appliances when the service use registration of the purchaser terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 is registered. . The home appliance brokerage server 100 searches for a plurality of seller terminals 300 matching the information of the purchased home appliance including the purchase product information, the purchase price information, the discount product purchase information, and the delivery request information.

In step S19, the home appliance brokerage server 100 transmits the selling price information of the plurality of searched seller terminals 300 to the purchaser terminal 200. Through this, the buyer may perform reverse auction on the buyer's home appliances. In addition, the home appliance brokerage server 100 may further transmit event information, affiliate discount information, and similar product information associated with the corresponding product to the purchaser terminal 200 in addition to the selling price information.

In operation S21, the purchaser terminal 200 selects a seller terminal corresponding to a sale home appliance having a purchase intention among the plurality of seller terminals 300 by a user input. Here, the user input is information about the seller terminal selected by the buyer through reverse auction.

In step S23, the purchaser terminal 200 transmits the information of the selected seller terminal to the home appliance brokerage server 100.

In step S25, the home appliance brokerage server 100 transmits the information of the buyer terminal to the seller terminal selected by the buyer terminal 200. At this time, the home appliance brokerage server 100 may also transmit the buyer information to the seller terminal. In addition, the home appliance brokerage server 100 may transmit the seller information of the seller terminal to the purchaser terminal 200.

In operation S27, the purchaser terminal 200 and the seller terminal 300 perform a direct transaction on the home appliance using the information received from the home appliance brokerage server 100. This allows buyers and sellers to save money by eliminating intermediate margins in the commerce process.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific preferred embodiments described above, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

10: server communication unit
30: server control
50: server storage
100: home appliance brokerage server
200: buyer terminal
300: seller terminal
310: first seller terminal
320: second seller terminal
330: n-th seller terminal
400: home appliance brokerage system
450: network

Claims (5)

A server communication unit configured to receive information of a purchased home appliance and buyer information from a buyer terminal, and receive information and seller information of a sales appliance to be sold from a plurality of seller terminals; And
The service use registration is performed using the purchaser information and the seller information, and when the service use registration is completed, a plurality of seller terminals selling sales home appliances related to the purchased home appliances are searched, and the searched plurality of seller terminals The sales price information for selling the corresponding home appliance is transmitted to the buyer terminal to support reverse auctioning, and when information on the selected seller terminal is received from the buyer terminal, the seller terminal and the buyer terminal are connected to each other to directly deal with each other. Server control unit to support the made;
Home appliance brokerage server using a reverse auction comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The server control unit,
Home appliance brokerage server using a reverse auction, characterized in that the seller terminal completes the service use registration when the subscription to the monthly subscription system. The method of claim 1,
The server control unit,
The product name for the model name, the date of manufacture and the production region, the purchase price information on the purchase price allowable limit, the discount product purchase information on the purchase intention of the stock product, the exhibition product and the ripper product, The home appliance intermediation server using a reverse auction, characterized in that for searching the seller terminal matching the delivery request information on the delivery date, delivery location and installation cost desired by the buyer. The method of claim 1,
The server control unit,
In addition to the selling price information, the home appliance brokerage server using reverse auction, characterized in that the control to further transmit the event information, affiliate discount information and similar product information associated with the product to the buyer terminal. The method of claim 1,
The server control unit,
Home appliance brokerage server using a reverse auction, characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the buyer terminal and the seller terminal big data related to the latest sales trends and popular household appliances built on the information collected through the previous brokerage service.

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