KR20220102914A - Apparatus and method for trading goods - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a goods transaction device and a method thereof, which sell goods by lowering prices thereof according to an increase in the interest of buyers. According to one embodiment, the goods transaction device comprises: a communication unit which communicates with a seller terminal and one or more buyer terminals; and a control unit which transmits and receives predetermined information to and from the buyer terminal and the one or more buyer terminals through the communication unit. The control unit receives desired selling price information including at least one of a desired highest selling price and a desired lowest selling price for a predetermined product from the seller terminal and transmits information on a product price determined based on the desired selling price information to the one or more buyer terminals, wherein the product price may be determined further based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one buyer terminal among the one or more buyer terminals.

Description

Apparatus and method for trading goods

As a technology for product trading, in particular, it relates to a product trading apparatus and method for performing product sales while decreasing a price according to an increase in buyer interest.

Recently, online transactions for second-hand goods have been actively conducted. However, in the case of used goods, it was difficult for both the seller and the buyer to determine an appropriate price. Accordingly, in the conventional used transaction, the seller registers the sale of the product at a predetermined price and adjusts the price through individual negotiations with the buyer, or if the sale is not made for a predetermined time, the seller induces sales by lowering the price. Taken. However, this method has a problem in that time and money of both the seller and the buyer are wasted.

The present invention proposes a product transaction apparatus and method for solving these problems.

An object of the present invention is to provide a product trading apparatus and method for selling products while lowering prices according to an increase in the interest of buyers.

According to one aspect, the goods transaction apparatus includes a communication unit for performing communication with the seller terminal and one or more buyer terminals; and a controller for transmitting and receiving predetermined information to and from the seller terminal and one or more buyer terminals through the communication unit, wherein the controller includes at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from the seller terminal. , and transmits information on the product price determined based on the desired sale price information to one or more purchaser terminals, wherein the product price is further based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals can be determined by

The controller may determine the initial price of the product price based on the highest desired selling price.

The controller may decrease the product price from the initial price based on the number of interest registration information.

The controller may decrease the product price from a point in time when the number of interest registration information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.

The control unit may decrease the product price based on a predetermined decline at every predetermined time interval, and at least one of the predetermined time interval and the predetermined decrease may be determined based on the number of interest registration information.

The controller may reduce the time interval at which the product price is lowered in proportion to the number of interest registration information.

The controller may decrease the product price in proportion to the number of interest registration information.

When the lowered product price is less than the desired minimum price, the control unit may stop selling the predetermined product, transmit the sale failure information to the seller terminal, and transmit the sale completion information to one or more buyer terminals.

When receiving purchase request information for a predetermined product from any one of one or more purchaser terminals, the controller may sell the predetermined product based on the product price at the time when the purchase request information is received.

According to an aspect, a product transaction method includes: receiving desired sale price information including at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from a seller terminal; and transmitting information on the product price determined based on the desired sale price information to one or more purchaser terminals, wherein the product price is more than the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals. can be determined based on

According to an embodiment, by lowering the product price according to the increase in the buyer's interest, the buyer is expected that the price may fall further and the tension that other buyers can purchase first may be induced, thereby making active product transactions.

Through this, the seller and the buyer can save time and money for transacting the goods.

1 is an exemplary diagram for explaining an environment in which an apparatus for trading goods according to an embodiment operates.
2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for trading goods according to an embodiment.
3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the goods transaction apparatus according to an embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a product transaction method according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related well-known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the goods transaction apparatus and method will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is an exemplary diagram for explaining an environment in which an apparatus for trading goods according to an embodiment operates.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the goods transaction apparatus 100 may be connected to the seller terminal 10 and one or more purchaser terminals 20-1, 20-2, ..., 20-n through a predetermined communication network.

According to an example, the seller may request the sale of the product by using the seller terminal 10 to transmit information on the desired product and the price of the product to the goods transaction apparatus 100 .

According to an example, the product transaction apparatus 100 includes information on products sold to one or more purchaser terminals 20-1, 20-2, ..., 20-n based on the information received from the seller terminal 10 and Information on product prices, etc. can be transmitted.

According to an example, the purchaser may register interest in a predetermined product through the purchaser terminals 20-1, 20-2, ..., 20-n. For example, when a buyer likes a product to be sold, interest registration for the product may be performed. In this case, the purchaser terminal may transmit interest registration information to the product transaction apparatus 100 . For example, the purchaser may register interest once or more than once for one product.

According to an example, the goods transaction apparatus 100 may receive interest registration information from one or more purchaser terminals among one or more purchaser terminals 20-1, 20-2, ..., 20-n, and the received interest The registration information can be used to determine the price of the product. For example, the product transaction apparatus 100 may determine a product price based on the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals.

According to an example, the product transaction apparatus 100 may decide to sell the corresponding product to one buyer who first makes a purchase request. For example, the goods transaction apparatus 100 may receive purchase request information from one or more purchaser terminals among one or more purchaser terminals 20-1, 20-2, ..., 20-n, among which the first The purchaser of the purchaser terminal that has transmitted the purchase request information may be determined as the purchaser.

2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for trading goods according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the goods transaction apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110 that communicates with a seller terminal and one or more purchaser terminals, and a controller 120 that transmits and receives predetermined information to and from the seller terminal and one or more purchaser terminals through the communication unit. may include.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may receive desired selling price information including at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from the seller terminal.

For example, the seller may determine the price range of the desired product to be sold. For example, the seller may determine at least one of a maximum price and a minimum price of the desired product to be sold, and may transmit information on the determined price to the product transaction apparatus 100 .

According to an example, the controller 120 may determine a price for a predetermined product to be sold based on at least one of a maximum price and a minimum price of the received desired product to be sold.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may determine the initial price of the product price based on the highest desired selling price. For example, the controller 120 may decrease the price based on the degree of registration of interest of the buyers, and in this case, determine the highest desired selling price as the initial starting price and start the sale. In this case, the lower limit of the product price may be determined based on the received minimum price.

According to an example, the controller 120 may receive predetermined price information and information on the maximum discount rate from the seller, and may determine a price for a predetermined product to be sold based on the received predetermined price information. For example, the controller 120 may decrease the price based on the degree of registration of interest of the buyers, and in this case, determine the received predetermined price as the initial starting price and start selling. In this case, the lower limit of the product price may be determined based on the received maximum discount rate.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may transmit information on product prices determined based on the desired selling price information to one or more purchaser terminals.

For example, the controller 120 may transmit the initial price information to one or more purchaser terminals at the time of starting the sale of a predetermined product. For another example, when a product price fluctuates, the controller 120 may transmit the changed price information to one or more purchaser terminals. As another example, the controller 120 may transmit price information to one or more purchaser terminals at predetermined time intervals.

For example, the control unit 120 may transmit information about a time when a price change is expected to one or more purchaser terminals. For example, when the product price decreases by 3% after 5 minutes, the controller 120 may transmit the corresponding information to one or more purchaser terminals. For example, the control unit 120 may transmit time information that a price change is expected at a predetermined time interval to one or more purchaser terminals.

According to an embodiment, the product price may be further determined based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may decrease the product price from the initial price based on the number of interest registration information.

For example, the controller 120 may decrease the price of the product in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals. As another example, the controller 120 may determine a time interval in which a decrease in product price occurs in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals. As another example, the controller 120 may determine a decrease in product price in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals.

3 is an exemplary diagram for explaining the operation of the goods transaction apparatus according to an embodiment.

According to an example, the purchaser may determine whether to purchase the predetermined product through information on the predetermined product received from the goods transaction apparatus 100 . In this case, the buyer may register the product as a product of interest before immediate purchase. For example, interest registration may indicate that a buyer expresses interest in a predetermined product through a predetermined action that may be expressed as adding to a shopping cart, wishing, or liking.

According to an example, when the purchaser registers interest in a predetermined product through the purchaser terminal, the purchaser terminal may generate interest registration information and transmit it to the goods transaction apparatus.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may decrease the product price from the initial price based on the number of interest registration information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may decrease the product price from a point in time when the number of interest registration information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.

As shown in the example shown in FIG. 3 , the controller 120 may not change the product price when the number of received interest registration information is less than three, and from a point in time when the number of received interest registration information becomes three or more, the product can lower the price.

According to an example, when the price of the product is maintained without falling for more than a predetermined time, the controller 120 may stop selling the corresponding product.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may decrease the price of the product based on a predetermined decrease at every predetermined time interval. For example, the controller may decrease the price of the product by m% every n time intervals.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 120 may determine a predetermined time interval or a predetermined decline width based on the number of interest registration information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may reduce the time interval at which the product price is lowered in proportion to the number of interest registration information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3 , the controller 120 controls every day when the number of received interest registration information is 3 or more, every 6 hours when 5 or more, every 2 hours when 10 or more, and 20 or more The predetermined time interval may be reduced in proportion to the number of interest registration information, such as every hour in the case of 30 or more, every 20 minutes in the case of 30 or more, and every 10 minutes in the case of 50 or more.

As another example, the controller 120 may increase the predetermined time interval in proportion to the number of interest registration information.

As an example, the controller 120 may reduce the decrease in proportion to the number of interest registration information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3 , the controller 120 controls the number of interest registration information, such as 5% when the number of received registration information is 3 or more, 4% when there are 5 or more, and 2% when the number of registration information is 30 or more. can reduce the drop in proportion to .

As another example, the controller 120 may increase the drop width in proportion to the number of interest registration information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may receive interest registration cancellation information from a purchaser terminal that has transmitted interest registration information. In this case, the control unit 120 may maintain a decrease key for the number of received interest registration information, but a predetermined time interval or a decrease width during execution. For example, when the number of received interest registrations is reduced from 5 to 4, the controller 120 may maintain a time interval of 6 hours or a decrease of 4% based on 5 people.

For example, when the number of received interest registrations decreases from 5 to 4, the control unit 120 maintains the condition performed based on 5 when the time interval of 6 hours is completed based on 5 people and can work. For another example, when the number of received interest registrations is reduced from 5 to 4, the controller 120 operates based on the reduced number of 4 when the time interval of 6 hours is completed based on 5 people. can do.

For example, when the number of received interest registrations decreases from 5 to 4, the controller 120 sequentially increases the number of interest registration information from 4 people when additionally receiving interest registration information from another purchaser terminal and can work.

According to an embodiment, when the condition of the next step is satisfied during operation based on the predetermined time interval or the falling width, the controller 120 may operate by maintaining the running predetermined time interval or the falling width. For example, when the number of received interest registrations increases from 5 to 15, the controller 120 may maintain a time interval of 6 hours or a decrease of 4% based on 5 people. Thereafter, the control unit 120 may operate based on 15 people after a time interval of 6 hours that is being performed based on 5 people has elapsed.

For another example, when the number of received interest registrations increases from 5 to 25, the controller 120 may maintain a time interval of 6 hours or a decrease of 4% based on 5 people. Thereafter, the controller 120 may operate on a basis corresponding to 20 or more people, rather than an operation based on 10 to 20 people, after a time interval of 6 hours that is being performed based on 5 people has elapsed.

According to an embodiment, when the condition of the next step is satisfied during operation based on a predetermined time interval or a decrease width, the controller 120 applies a time interval or a decrease width corresponding to the next condition rather than the predetermined time interval or decrease width being executed. so it can work. For example, when the number of received interest registrations increases from 5 to 10, the controller 120 may operate on the basis of 10 people before the time interval of 6 hours, which is being performed based on 5 people, has elapsed.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may decrease the product price in proportion to the number of interest registration information.

For example, the controller 120 may decrease the product price by m% whenever the number of interest registration information is a multiple of n. For example, the controller 120 may decrease the product price by m% whenever the number of interest registration information reaches a predetermined number such as 3, 5, 10, or 30. In this case, the drop width m may increase or decrease according to the number of interest registration information.

As an example, the decline may be any one of a rate (eg, 5%) or a price (eg, 100 won).

According to an embodiment, when the decreased product price is less than the desired minimum price, the controller 120 may stop selling the predetermined product.

For example, if the seller designates the highest price as 10,000 won and the lowest price as 5,000 won, the controller 120 may set 10,000 won as the highest price and decrease the price based on the number of interest registration information. . Thereafter, when the lowered price is less than the lowest price of 5,000 won, the controller 120 may consider that the sale of the product has failed and stop the sale of the predetermined product.

According to an example, when the sale is stopped, the controller 120 may transmit the sale failure information to the seller terminal. For example, the controller 120 may transmit information on at least one of sales failure status information, interest registration information number information, and a sales period degree to the seller terminal. Through this, the seller may request the sale again by adjusting the desired sale price.

According to an example, when the sale is stopped, the controller 120 may transmit the sale completion information to one or more buyer terminals. For example, the controller 120 may transmit related information indicating that the sale has been completed to the buyer, unlike transmitting the sale failure information to the seller. Through this, the buyer may recognize that the product has been sold, and may induce a faster purchase decision in the subsequent purchase process.

According to an embodiment, when receiving purchase request information for a predetermined product from any one of one or more purchaser terminals, the controller 120 sells the predetermined product based on the product price at the time the purchase request information is received. can do.

For example, when interest registration information is received from one or more purchaser terminals, the price of the product is continuously decreased, and the purchaser can confirm the purchase when the desired price is reached. In this case, the sale of the product may be made to the purchaser who first requested the purchase. In other words, the sale of the product may be made on a first-come-first-served basis to the buyer who first requested the purchase.

For example, as the price of a product continues to fall and the number of interested buyers increases, buyers may have a competitive spirit that other buyers can make a purchase first, along with the expectation of a further drop in price. In this case, the specific purchaser decides to purchase at a specific time, and may perform a purchase request through the purchaser terminal. In this case, the control unit 120 may sell the corresponding product to the purchaser of the purchaser terminal that first transmitted the purchase request information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may perform an operation for sale only at a predetermined time. For example, the controller 120 may perform an operation for sale from 10:00 to 24:00, and may not perform an operation from 24:00 to 10:00. Here, the operation for sale may be any one or more of an operation of lowering a price, an operation of receiving interest registration information, and an operation of receiving purchase request information.

According to an embodiment, the controller 120 may transmit information on at least one of the number of buyers who have registered interest in one or more buyer terminals, the time remaining until the next price drop, and the next price drop.

For example, the control unit 120 may transmit the number of registered interest buyers to one or more purchaser terminals in a predetermined period or when the number of interested purchasers changes.

For example, the control unit 120 may transmit information on the time remaining until the next price drop to one or more purchaser terminals during a predetermined period or a price change.

For example, the controller 120 may transmit information on the next price drop to one or more purchaser terminals during a predetermined period or price change.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a product transaction method according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the goods transaction apparatus may receive desired sale price information including at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from the seller terminal ( 410 ).

For example, the seller may determine the price range of the desired product to be sold. For example, the seller may determine at least one of a maximum price and a minimum price of the desired product to be sold, and transmit information on the determined price to the goods transaction apparatus.

According to an example, the article trading apparatus may determine a price for a predetermined product to be sold based on at least one of a maximum price and a minimum price of the received desired product to be sold.

According to an embodiment, the article trading apparatus may determine the initial price of the product price based on the highest desired sale price. For example, the goods trading apparatus may decrease the price based on the degree of registration of interest of the buyers, and in this case, the highest desired selling price may be determined as the initial starting price and the sale may be started. In this case, the lower limit of the product price may be determined based on the received minimum price.

According to an example, the goods transaction apparatus may receive predetermined price information and information on the maximum discount rate from the seller, and may determine a price for a predetermined product to be sold based on the received predetermined price information. As an example, the goods transaction apparatus may decrease the price based on the degree of registration of interest of buyers. In this case, the received predetermined price may be determined as the initial starting price and the sale may be started. In this case, the lower limit of the product price may be determined based on the received maximum discount rate.

According to an embodiment, the product transaction apparatus may transmit information on the product price determined based on the desired sale price information to one or more purchaser terminals ( 420 ).

For example, the article trading apparatus may transmit initial price information to one or more purchaser terminals at a time point of starting sales of a predetermined product. For another example, when a product price fluctuates, the product transaction apparatus may transmit the changed price information to one or more purchaser terminals. As another example, the goods transaction apparatus may transmit price information to one or more purchaser terminals at predetermined time intervals.

For example, the goods transaction apparatus may transmit information about a time when a price change is expected to one or more purchaser terminals. For example, if the product price decreases by 3% after 5 minutes, the goods trading apparatus may transmit the corresponding information to one or more purchaser terminals. For example, the goods transaction apparatus may transmit time information of an expected price change at predetermined time intervals to one or more purchaser terminals.

According to an embodiment, the product price may be further determined based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals.

According to an embodiment, the product transaction apparatus may lower the product price from the initial price based on the number of interest registration information.

For example, the goods transaction apparatus may decrease the price of the product in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals. For another example, the goods transaction apparatus may determine a time interval during which a decrease in product price occurs in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals. As another example, the product transaction apparatus may determine a decrease in product price in proportion to the number of interest registration information received from one or more purchaser terminals.

An aspect of the present invention may be implemented as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. Codes and code segments implementing the above program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. The computer-readable recording medium may include any type of recording device in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium may include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical disk, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in network-connected computer systems, and may be written and executed as computer-readable codes in a distributed manner.

So far, the present invention has been looked at with respect to preferred embodiments thereof. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and should be construed to include various embodiments within the scope equivalent to the content described in the claims.

10: Merchant terminal
20-1 ~ 20-n: Buyer terminal
100: commodity trading device
110: communication department
120: control unit

Claims (10)

a communication unit for communicating with the seller terminal and one or more buyer terminals; and
a control unit for transmitting and receiving predetermined information to and from the seller terminal and the one or more purchaser terminals through the communication unit;
the control unit
Receive desired sale price information including at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from the seller terminal,
Transmitting information on the product price determined based on the desired sale price information to the one or more purchaser terminals,
The product price is determined further based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals. The method of claim 1,
the control unit
and determining an initial price of the product price based on the desired highest selling price. 3. The method of claim 2,
the control unit
and lowering a product price from an initial price based on the number of interest registration information. 4. The method of claim 3,
the control unit
and decreasing the product price from a point in time when the number of the interest registration information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. 4. The method of claim 3,
the control unit
Decrease the product price based on a predetermined drop at every predetermined time interval,
At least one of the predetermined time interval and the predetermined drop rate is determined based on the number of the interest registration information. 7. The method of claim 6,
the control unit
and reducing a time interval at which a product price is lowered in proportion to the number of the interest registration information. 4. The method of claim 3,
the control unit
An article trading apparatus for decreasing a product price in proportion to the number of the interest registration information. 4. The method of claim 3,
the control unit
When the lowered product price is less than the desired minimum price, the sale of the predetermined product is stopped;
Transmitting sales failure information to the seller terminal,
To transmit the sale completion information to the one or more buyer terminals. Goods trading device. The method of claim 1,
the control unit
When the purchase request information for the predetermined product is received from any one of the one or more purchaser terminals, the product transaction apparatus performs the sale of the predetermined product based on the product price at the time the purchase request information is received. receiving desired sale price information including at least one of a desired maximum sale price and a desired minimum sale price for a predetermined product from a seller terminal; and
Transmitting information on the product price determined based on the desired sale price information to one or more purchaser terminals,
The product price is
The product transaction method is further determined based on the number of interest registration information received from at least one purchaser terminal among the one or more purchaser terminals.

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