OA17624A

OA17624A - Commodity release method, server and system.

Info

Publication number: OA17624A
Application number: OA1201400081
Authority: OA
Inventors: Li Li
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2012-02-07
Filing date: 2012-12-14
Publication date: 2017-05-15

Abstract

A commodity release method comprises : a client submitting commodity information, and sending the commodity information to a server; the server querying a database for commodity order information corresponding to a commodity identity according to the commodity information in a preset period of time, and processing the commodity order information, to obtain a selling price and a price cut extent of a commodity; the server storing the commodity information, and the selling price and the price cut extent corresponding to the commodity identity; and the client obtaining and displaying the commodity information, and the selling price and the price cut extent corresponding to the commodity identity. The commodity order information objectively reflects the selling situation of the commodity, so an objective selling price can be obtained according to the commodity order information. When releasing a commodity, the seller does not need to fill the selling price and the price cut extent, but a system automatically obtains the selling price and the price cut extent according to the commodity order information. Therefore, by adopting the method, fraud of the seller can be effectively prevented, and a true and accurate price cut extent is provided. In addition, further provided are a commodity release server and a commodity release system.

Description

Technical Field

The présent disclosure relates to electronic commerce, and in particular to method, server and System for releasing a commodity.

Backqround

In practice of electronic commerce, activities of time-limited sales promotion are often launched. Before such activities, sellers should register commodities, and typically average price and price eut extent for the registered commodities should be obtained in advance. The purpose is, in one aspect, to rank the registered commodities based on the price eut extent, and in another aspect to display the average price and price eut extent for the registered commodities on a page of the seller to attract customers by the advantageous price eut extent. Traditionally the seller is required to fill the average price and price eut extent at the same time of registering the commodities.

However, in order to hâve a better rank or to better attract customers, a seller may practice fraud in filling to exaggerate the price eut extent, and thus affect the objectiveness and authenticity of data.

Summary

It is desired to provide a method for releasing a commodity that would allow obtaining the price eut extent for the commodity truly and accurately.

In an embodiment, a method for releasing a commodity is provided including the following steps: submitting commodity information by a client and transmitting the commodity information to a server; querying in a database, by the server, commodity order information corresponding to the commodity within a predetermined time period; processing the commodity order information by the server to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity; storing the commodity information and the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier by the server; and obtaining the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent by the client for présentation.

In another embodiment, a server for releasing a commodity is provided including: a receiving module for receiving commodity information submitted by a client; a querying module for querying based on the commodity information, in a database, commodity order information corresponding to a commodity identifier within a predetermined time period; a processing module for processing the commodity order information to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity; a storage module for storing the commodity information and the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier; and a feedback module for sending the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier to the client.

In a further embodiment, a System for releasing a commodity is provided including the server according to the aforementioned embodiment and a client for submitting commodity information and transmitting the commodity information to the server, wherein the client is further configured to obtain the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent from the server for présentation.

According to the above method, server and System for releasing a commodity, a seller client first submit commodity information to a server of a seller website. The server then queries commodity order information corresponding to the commodity within a predetermined time period, in a database according to the commodity information, and processes the commodity order information to obtain an average price and price eut extent for the commodity. Commodity orders objectively reflect selling of commodities, and thus an objective average price can be obtained from commodity order information. The seller is not required to fill the average price and price eut extent when releasing the commodity, and the system automatically obtains the average price and price eut extent from the commodity order information. Therefore with the above method, server and system, fraud of the seller can be effectively prevented, and a true and accurate price eut extent is provided.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Fig. 1 illustrâtes a flowchart of a method for releasing a commodity according to the disclosure;

Fig. 2 illustrâtes a flowchart of an embodiment in which a server processes commodity order information to obtain an average price and price eut extent for a commodity;

Fig. 3 shows a scene in which the method for releasing a commodity according to an embodiment is applied;

Fig. 4 illustrâtes a flowchart for processing a data request by a server according to an embodiment;

Fig. 5 illustrâtes a flowchart for processing a search request by a server according to an embodiment;

Fig. 6 illustrâtes a structure of a system for releasing a commodity according to the disclosure;

Fig. 7 illustrâtes a structure of a processing module in an embodiment;

Fig. 8 illustrâtes a structure of a system for releasing a commodity according to an embodiment; and Fig. 9 illustrâtes a structure of a system for releasing a commodity according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description of the Embodiments

As shown in Fig. 1, a method for releasing a commodity is provided. The method may comprise the following steps.

In step S110, a client submits commodity information and transmits the commodity information to a server.

In an embodiment, the commodity information may comprise a current price and a commodity identifier of the commodity. Moreover, the commodity information may comprise a description of the commodity, and a sold amount of the commodity. The current price may be a price filled by a seller when registering the commodity. The seller may select a commodity identifier for the commodity when submitting the commodity for release; altematively, the server may automatically select the commodity identifier based upon information of the commodity. On a single electronic commercial platform, same commodity may be assigned with same commodity identifier.

In step S120, the server queries, based on the commodity information and in a database, commodity order information corresponding to the commodity identifier within a predetermined time period.

The server will store commodity order information in the database when a commodity order is processed. Upon receiving the commodity information, the server may retrieve the commodity order information corresponding to the commodity from the database based on the commodity identifier.

When commodity order information is to be obtained, the server may retrieve commodity order information within a predetermined time period. If a too long time period is selected, the retrieved data may include information out of date. On the other hand, if a too short time period is selected, the retrieved data may be not représentative but stray. Preferably, the time period may be set based on practical requirements, and may be set to one week or one month for example.

In step S130, the server may process the commodity order information to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity.

As shown in Fig. 2, in an embodiment, step S130 may comprise the following steps.

In step S131, the server may read a commodity sale price in the commodity order information, and calculate an average price within the predetermined time period for the commodity based on the commodity sale price. The average price may be an average value of the read commodity sale price.

In step S133, the server may obtain a current price of the commodity, and obtain a price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price. The price eut extent may be a différence between the current price and the average price for the commodity. For example, if the server has obtained the commodity order information within recent 10 days, based on which the average price was calculated to be 80 dollars, and the current price of the commodity is 60 dollars, then the price eut extent for the commodity is calculated as 20 dollars.

In an embodiment, the method may further comprise, prior to step S131, determining whether the database stores therein an average price of the commodity. If so, step S133 is carried out to obtain the current price of the commodity by the server and obtain the price eut extent by comparing the current price against the average price. Otherwise step S131 is to be carried out, whereby the server will read the prices in the commodity order information and obtain the average price of the commodity within the prédéterminé time period based on the prices.

A commodity may be involved in a recent time period and thus the server may hâve stored the average price of the commodity in the database. If there is the average price, then it may be obtained directly for the calculation of the price eut extent, without the need of obtaining the commodity order information again and calculating the average price. This will reduce the operation burden on the server and improve the operation efficiency.

In step S140, the server may store the commodity information, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier.

In particular, the server stores commodity information submitted from clients, and the stored commodity information may be invoked upon a data request being received from a client. In the embodiment, the server may store the average price, price eut extent and commodity identifier in a corresponding manner. The server may further return the average price and price eut extent to the client when returning the commodity information published by the seller in response to the data request from the client.

In step S150, the client obtains the commodity information and the average price and price eut extent for présentation.

In particular, the client may obtain the commodity information, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier from the client. Further, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier may be displayed on a seller page or another application page (e.g. a search page). In this way, the buyer may directly see the average price and price eut extent for the commodity, both of which are true and accurate.

With reference to Fig. 3, the method for releasing a commodity will be described in connection with an exemplary scene where it is applied. In the embodiment, a seller registers a commodity and submits commodity information. The server obtains a commodity identifier in the commodity information, retrieves order records for the commodity from an order information storage unit in a database and queries prices for the commodity within a past predetermined time period from the order records. The server then automatically calculâtes an average price and price eut extent for the commodity in accordance with step S130 described above, and stores the average price and price eut extent into an average price and price eut extent storage unit of the database.

Further, the data in the average price and price eut extent storage unit are invoked for display depending on different data requests in different application contexts. For instance, when a user views a seller webpage, the average price and price eut extent are displayed in the seller webpage. In another embodiment, when a commodity is searched, the average price and price eut extent may be displayed in a search page.

As shown in Fig. 4, in an embodiment, the method for releasing a commodity may further comprise the following steps.

In step S160, the server receives a data request from a client, extracts average price and price eut extent corresponding to a commodity based on a commodity identifier in the data request, and returns the average price and price eut extent to the client.

For example, when a user is browsing, with his/her client, a webpage of a seller and viewing a commodity released by the seller on the webpage, he/she may want to obtain an average price and price eut extent for the commodity. The client may send a data request to the server for obtaining the average price and price eut extent and the data request may include a commodity identifier for the commodity, then the server may extract the stored average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier from the database based on the commodity identifier.

In step S170, the client may receive and display an average price and price eut extent for the commodity.

In particular, after receiving the average price and price eut extent for the commodity, the client may display at corresponding positions according to user's need.

As shown in Fig. 5, in another embodiment, a method for releasing a commodity may further comprise the following steps.

In step S260, a server receives a search request from a client, and searches for a commodity search resuit that matches a keyword in the search request based on the keyword.

For example, a user may be interested in commodities of a certain type. He/she may send a search request to the server with a keyword for the commodity of interest, and the server will search in commodity information in a database based on the search request and the keyword to obtain a commodity search resuit that matches the keyword.

In step $270, a corresponding average price and price eut extent may be extracted based on a commodity identifier in the commodity search resuit, and returned to the client.

The server may obtain a commodity identifier from commodity information in the commodity search resuit. Since average prices and price eut extents are stored corresponding to commodity identifiers, the average price and price eut extent for each of the searched commodities can be obtained based on its commodity identifier, and then the average price and price eut extent are fed to the client.

In step S280, the commodity search resuit is displayed on the client along with the corresponding average price and price eut extent.

After obtaining the commodity search resuit as well as the average price and price eut extent, the client displays the commodity search resuit along with the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the search resuit. Moreover, the commodity search resuit may be sorted in order of price eut extent on the client to facilitate the user's view.

As shown in Fig. 6, a system for releasing a commodity is further provided. The system comprises a server 100 and a plurality of clients 200. The server 100 may comprise a querying module 110, a processing module 120, a storage module 130, a receiving module 170 and a feedback module 180.

The client 200 is opérable to submit commodity information to the server 100.

In an embodiment, the commodity information comprises a current price and a commodity identifier for the commodity. Additionally or altematively, the commodity information may comprise description of the commodity, sold amount of the commodity, etc. The current price is the price filled by the seller upon registering the commodity. When submitting on the client 200 the commodity to be released, the seller may select a commodity identifier for the commodity, or the server may automatically select a commodity identifier based on the commodity information. On a single electronic commercial platform, same commodity may be assigned with same commodity identifier.

The receiving module 170 is opérable to receive the commodity information submitted from the client 200.

The querying module 110 is opérable to query commodity order information corresponding to the commodity identifier within a predetermined time period in the database based on the commodity information.

Order information for sold commodities is stored in the database of the system. When the commodity information is obtained, the querying module 110 may obtain the commodity order information for the corresponding commodity from the database based on the commodity identifier.

When commodity order information is to be obtained, the querying module 110 may retrieve commodity order information within a predetermined time period. If a too long time period is selected, the retrieved data may include information out of date. On the other hand, if a too short time period is selected, the retrieved data may be not représentative but stray. Preferably, the time period may be set based on practical requirements, and may be set to one week or one month for example.

The processing module 120 is opérable to process the commodity order information to obtain the average price and price eut extent for the commodity.

As shown in Fig. 7, in an embodiment, the processing module 120 may comprise an average price obtaining module 121 and a price eut extent obtaining module 123.

The average price obtaining module 121 is opérable to read a commodity sale price in the commodity order information, and calculate an average price within the predetermined time period for the commodity based on the commodity sale price. The average price may be an average value of the read commodity sale price.

The price eut extent obtaining module 123 is opérable to obtain a current price of the commodity, and obtain the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price.

In particular, the price eut extent may be a différence between the current price and the average price for the commodity. For example, if the server has obtained the commodity order information within recent 10 days, based on which the average price was calculated to be 80 dollars, and the current price of the commodity is 60 dollars, then the price eut extent for the commodity is calculated as 20 dollars.

In an embodiment, the processing module 120 may further comprise a determining module (not shown) for determining whether the average price exists in the database. If so, it informs the price eut extent obtaining module 123 to obtain the current price of the commodity and to obtain the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price; otherwise it informs the average price obtaining module 121 to read the commodity sale price in the commodity order information, based on which the average price for the commodity within the predetermined time period is calculated.

A commodity may be involved in a recent time period and thus the server may hâve stored the average price of the commodity in the database. If there is the average price, then the price eut extent obtaining module 123 may obtain the current price and the average price directly for the calculation of the price eut extent, without the need of obtaining the commodity order information by the average price obtaining module 121 and calculating the average price again. This will reduce the operation burden on the server and improve the operation efficiency.

The storage module 130 is opérable to store the commodity information, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier.

In particular, the storage module 130 stores commodity information submitted from clients, and the stored commodity information may be invoked upon a data request being received from a client. In the embodiment, the storage module 130 may store the average price, price eut extent and commodity identifier in a corresponding manner. The storage module 130 may further return the average price and price eut extent to the client 200 when returning the commodity information published by the seller in response to the data request from the client.

The feedback module is opérable to feed the commodity information, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier to the client. Further, the client may be opérable to obtain, from the server 100, and présent the commodity information, the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier.

As shown in Fig. 8, in an embodiment, the server 100 of the system for releasing a commodity further comprises data request processing module 140, and the client 200 further comprises a display module 210.

The data request processing module 140 is opérable to receive a data request from the client 200, extract the average price and price eut extent for a corresponding commodity based on the commodity identifier in the data request, and invoke the feedback module 180 to return the corresponding average price and price eut extent to the client 200.

For example, as a user browses a seller webpage on the client 200 and views on the webpage a commodity released by the seller, he/she may want to obtain an average price and price eut extent for the commodity. The client 200 thus sends to the data request processing module 140 a data request for the average price and price eut extent for the commodity, and the request comprises the commodity identifier for the commodity. The data request processing module 140 can extract, from the database, the average price and price eut extent that are stored corresponding to the commodity identifier.

The display module 210 is opérable to receive and display the average price and price eut extent for the corresponding commodity.

In particular, after the client 200 receives the average price and price eut extent for the corresponding commodity, the display module 210 may display on a corresponding position depending on the user's need.

As shown in Fig. 9, in another embodiment, the server 100 may further comprise a search module 150 and an extracting module 160. The client 200 may comprise a display module 210.

The search module 150 is opérable to receive a search request from the client 200, and search for a commodity search resuit that matches a keyword in the search request based on the keyword.

For example, a user may be interest in a certain type of commodity and send a search request to the server via the client, along with a keyword for the commodity of interest. The server may search in the commodity information in the database based on the search request and the keyword to obtain a commodity search resuit that matches the keyword.

The extracting module 160 is opérable to extract an average price and a price eut extent based on a commodity identifier in the commodity search resuit, and invoke the feedback module 180 to send the average price and the price eut extent back to the client.

The extracting module 160 may first obtain the commodity identifier from the commodity information in the commodity search resuit. Since the average price and price eut extent are stored corresponding to the commodity identifier, the extracting module 160 can obtain the average price and price eut extent for each commodity in the commodity search resuit based on the commodity identifier and feedback the average price and price eut extent to the client.

The display module 210 is opérable to display the commodity search resuit and display the average price and the price eut extent for the commodity.

After the client 200 receives the commodity search resuit, the average price and the price eut extent, the display module 210 may display the commodity search resuit, and display the average price and the price eut extent for the commodity. In addition, the commodity search resuit may be sorted on the client 200 in order of price eut extent on the client to facilitate the user's view.

According to the above method and system for releasing a commodity, commodity information is first submitted by a client to send the commodity information to the server. The server may query commodity order information corresponding to the commodity identifier within a predetermined time period in the database according to the commodity information, and process the commodity order information to obtain the average price and price eut extent for the commodity. The commodity order information objectively reflects the sales of the commodity, and thus an objective average price can be obtained from the commodity order information. The seller does not need to fill the average price and price eut extent when releasing the commodity; rather, the system automatically obtains the average price and price eut extent from the commodity order information. Therefore, Therefore with the above method and system, fraud of the seller can be effectively prevented, and a true and accurate price eut extent is provided.

The inventive disclosure has been described above in terms of spécifie embodiments which, however, are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit and concept of the invention which is solely defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for releasing a commodity, comprising the following steps:

submitting commodity information by a client and transmitting the commodity information to a server;

querying by the server, based on the commodity information and in a database, commodity order information corresponding to the commodity within a predetermined time period;

processing the commodity order information by the server to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity;

storing the commodity information and the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier by the server; and obtaining the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent by the client for présentation.

2. The method for releasing a commodity according to claim 1, wherein said processing the commodity order information by the server to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity comprises:

reading a commodity sale price in the commodity order information by the server, and calculating an average price within the predetermined time period for the commodity based on the commodity sale price; and obtaining a current price of the commodity and obtaining the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price.

3. The method for releasing a commodity according to claim 2, further comprising, prior to the step of reading the commodity sale price in the commodity order information by the server:

determining whether the average price exists in the database, and, if so, proceeding to the step of obtaining the current price of the commodity and obtaining the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price, and if not, proceeding to the step of reading the commodity sale price in the commodity order information by the server.

4. The method for releasing a commodity according to any of claims 1-3, further comprising:

receiving a data request from the client by the server, extracting a sale price and a price eut extent of a corresponding commodity according to the commodity identifier in the data request and returning the sale price and the price eut extent to the client; and receiving the average price and the price eut extent by the client for display.

5. The method for releasing a commodity according to any of claims 1-3, further comprising:

receiving a search request from the client by the server, and searching for a commodity search resuit that matches a keyword in the search request based on the keyword;

extracting a corresponding sale price and price eut extent according to a commodity identifier in the commodity search resuit to retum the sale price and the price eut extent to the client; and displaying the commodity search resuit, and correspondingly displaying the average price and the price eut extent for the commodity by the client.

6. A server for releasing a commodity, comprising:

a receiving module for receiving commodity information submitted by a client;

a querying module for querying based on the commodity information, in a database, commodity order information corresponding to a commodity identifier within a predetermined time period;

a processing module for processing the commodity order information to obtain an average price and a price eut extent for the commodity;

a storage module for storing the commodity information and the average price and price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier; and a feedback module for sending the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent corresponding to the commodity identifier to the client.

7. The server according to claim 6, wherein the processing module comprises:

an average price obtaining module for reading a commodity sale price in the commodity order information, and calculating an average price within the predetermined time period for the commodity based on the commodity sale price; and a price eut extent obtaining module for obtaining a current price of the commodity, and obtaining the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price.

8. The server according to claim 7, wherein the processing module further comprises:

a determining module for determining whether the average price exists in the database, and, if so, informing the price eut extent obtaining module to obtain the current price of the commodity and to obtain the price eut extent for the commodity by comparing the current price with the average price, and if not, informing the average price obtaining module to read the commodity sale price in the commodity order information.

9. A system for releasing a commodity, comprising:

the server according to any of claims 6-8; and a client for submitting commodity information and transmitting the commodity information to the server, wherein the client is further confîgured to obtain the commodity information, the average price and the price eut extent from the server for présentation.

10. The system for releasing a commodity according to claim 9, wherein the server further comprises a data request processing module for receiving a data request from the client, extracting the average price and price eut extent for the commodity corresponding to a commodity identifier in the data request based on the commodity identifier, and invoking the feedback module to send the average price and the price eut extent back to the client, and the client further comprises a display module for receiving and displaying the average price and the price eut extent for the commodity.

11. The system for releasing a commodity according to claim 9, wherein the server further comprises:

a search module for receiving a search request from the client, and searching for a commodity search resuit that matches a keyword in the search request based on the keyword; and an extracting module for extracting an average price and a price eut extent based on a commodity identifier in the commodity search resuit, and invoking the feedback module to send the 5 average price and the price eut extent back to the client, and the client further comprises a display module for displaying the commodity search resuit and displaying the average price and the price eut extent for the commodity.