RU2177175C1 - Method for organizing commercial business through telecommunication network - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: using telecommunication networks including computer ones for commercial business. SUBSTANCE: method includes shaping of information field on kinds and trade name of commodities and/or services at central station or server incorporating information fields on kinds and trade names of commodities and/or services rendered by various electronic shops; the latter update only their own information fields on kinds and trade names of commodities and/or services; at user's terminal they convey request and read information on desired commodity or service out of data base including kinds and names of commodities and/or services or information concerning locations of electronic shops where desired commodities are available or direct addresses of electronic shops and then they apply to shop where desired commodity and/or service can be found. Application is made either by gaining access through computer or telephone network or directly to shop. EFFECT: provision for rendering additional services to terminal user and for facilitating user's access to computer network. 9 cl

Description

 The invention relates to methods for organizing trade in goods and / or services using telecommunication networks, such as, for example, computer networks.

 Known methods and devices for obtaining information on a subscriber terminal about various goods and services and their price (see EP 969398 A1, G 06 F 17/60, 08/19/99; WO 97/27557 A1, G 06 F 17/60, 07/31/97; EP 973110 A1, G 06 F 17/60, 06/30/99; RU 2111536 C1, G 06 F 17/60, 05/20/98; US 5953707 A, G 06 F 17/60, 09/14/99, etc. .d.).

 The closest in technical essence is the method of ordering goods and / or services over a telecommunications network, in particular over a computer network, according to which the terminal subscriber requests at the electronic store address a field for information on the properties and names of goods and / or services (price list), in which the availability of goods and / or services in this store and their price are indicated (see US 5960411 A, G 06 F 17/60, 09/28/99).

 The disadvantage of this technical solution is the need for the terminal subscriber to know the network addresses of all the stores he needs. In addition, there is no way to directly visually compare prices for the same product and / or service in different stores, and the seller may indicate incorrect prices in order to attract the buyer (if the buyer has arrived, he will buy at a higher price than indicated in the price list -list).

 The technical result of the invention is to provide additional services to the buyer-subscriber terminal and simplify its operation in the network.

 The indicated technical result is achieved by forming a database of names of goods and / or services on the central station or server, including information fields on properties and names of goods and / or services containing information about the manufacturer of the goods, price, color, size, quantity of available goods, the date of issue, its availability in specific geographical areas, the type of service or other data characterizing the product or service, various e-commerce stores, while e-commerce stores are updating only their information fields of properties and names of goods and / or services are transmitted, and at the subscriber terminal they transmit a request and read information about the required product and / or service from the database of goods and / or services and / or information about the location of electronic commerce stores having the required product and / or service, and / or direct e-commerce addresses, after which they turn to the e-commerce store where the required product and / or service is available, and the appeal to the specified store is carried out by computer or telephone network or directly to the store at a direct address, moreover, the INTERNET network can be used as a computer network, and a database is installed on the subscriber terminal that fully or partially matches the database of goods and / or services on a central station or server with the possibility Exchange between or without two databases.

 The technical result is also achieved by the fact that the subscriber terminal reports the address of its actual location to receive the delivered goods or the service provided, or the central station or server determines the address of the actual location of the subscriber terminal and uses it for the purpose of delivery or provision of the service. In addition, in addition to the base for the names of goods and / or services, a program is installed on the subscriber terminal that detects, in any text information contained on the subscriber terminal or received from the network, the names and / or data and / or words that match the names, placed in the base of the names of goods and / or services installed on the subscriber terminal, or the central station or server, and the indicated names found are highlighted in different colors or different shades of the same color when they are displayed the caller of the subscriber terminal, and also provide hypertext links to a place in a central database containing relevant information about a product and / or service with that name and / or link to an electronic store and / or other places on the network.

 A method of organizing trade in a telecommunications network, for example in a computer network, operates as follows.

 All information fields of the properties and names of goods and / or services (price list), each formed by its own store of electronic commerce, properties, enter the general database of properties of the names of goods and / or services located on the central station or server. The subscriber of the terminal should know only the address of the central station (if there is a database of properties of the names of goods and / or services), because he certainly knows the server address.

 If it is necessary to purchase a particular product and / or service of properties, the terminal subscriber sends a request to the database of property names of goods and / or services with the name of the necessary product and / or service and receives a list and direct addresses, as well as information about the location of e-commerce stores in which this product and / or service is available. At the same time, the terminal subscriber can enter additional features of the product (color, size, etc.), as well as the type of service, which will lead to a decrease in the total list of e-commerce stores. By “e-commerce store” is meant a store of goods operating (supplying product data) on a computer network.

 Further, the terminal subscriber, having information on the location of electronic commerce stores that have the required goods and / or services, can either from the database of properties, names of goods and / or services, or at the direct address of electronic commerce stores contact the specified store and get information about the required product and / or service, or about all the goods available in this store (their prices, information about the manufacturer, etc.) or the service, or purchase the specified product or order a specific service.

 At the same time, the subscriber of the terminal cannot change (enter new data) into the information fields of the properties and names of goods and / or services. An e-commerce store can make changes only in its field of information about the properties and names of goods and / or services, because All information fields of the properties and names of goods and / or services are password protected.

 If a terminal subscriber, upon arriving at the store, finds a discrepancy between the price, quality, color, size and other indicators of the goods available, with what he has learned from the database of properties, names of goods and / or services, then upon the terminal’s subscription ( customer) to the appropriate service of the central station or server, this store can be excluded from the database of properties, names of goods and / or services.

 INTERNET can be used as a computer network, but in this case it makes sense to divide the territory into regions (geographical areas), each of which forms its own database of properties, names of goods and / or services, since the buyer is not interested in going to the other end of the globe, although a reverse situation is also possible, or the availability of goods in specific regions is indicated in the central base.

 In addition, the subscriber of the terminal can buy the database in whole or in part, which coincides with the database of properties, names of goods and / or services on the central station or server on any known information medium (CD-ROM, floppy disks, etc.) and install it on yourself on the terminal as a program. In this case, there is no need to enter the database of properties, names of goods and / or services at the central station or server. In essence, this will be a set of price lists of all stores as of the date the database was recorded. If there is an exchange system between the databases on the subscriber terminal and the central station or server, then data on changes in the property information fields and the names of goods and / or services can be transmitted from the database of properties, names of goods and / or services to the database of the subscriber terminal, those. price lists will be updated.

 In addition, the subscriber terminal can itself provide the address of its actual location to receive the delivered goods or the service provided, or the central station or server can determine the address of the actual location of the subscriber terminal and use it for delivery or service.

 At the subscriber terminal, in addition to the database of properties, names of goods and / or services, you can install a program that detects in any text information contained in the subscriber terminal names or words that match the names placed in the database of properties, names of goods and / or services installed on the subscriber terminal, or central station or server, and the indicated names found are highlighted in different colors or different shades of the same color when they are displayed to the user terminal, and also provide hypertext links to a place in the central database containing relevant information about a product and / or service with that name and / or to an electronic store and / or to another place on the network. This greatly expands the services provided.

 A hyperlink means either the ability to display a card from the base of the name of the goods and / or services installed on the subscriber terminal and containing a description of the goods or services, or the transition to the database of properties, names of goods and / or services of the central station or server of the electronic store when you click "to the indicated highlighted name with the mouse or its selection by another method.

 It should be noted that the interface of the database of names of goods and / or services can be built according to the interface type WO 97/37315 A1, G 06 F 17/60, 09.10.97.

 The claimed method allows to optimize the process of searching and purchasing goods and / or services by a terminal subscriber (buyer).

Claims (9)

 1. A method of organizing trade in a telecommunication network, which consists in generating information fields for the properties and names of goods and / or services by each e-commerce store and reading this information on a subscriber terminal, characterized in that they form databases of properties, names of goods and / or services on a central station or server, including information fields for the properties and names of goods and / or services of various e-commerce stores, while e-commerce stores update their fields and formation of properties and names of goods and / or services in the specified database, and at the subscriber terminal transmit a request and read information about the required product and / or service from the database of properties, names of goods and / or services of the specified central station, and / or information about the location of e-commerce stores that have the required product and / or service, and / or direct addresses of e-commerce stores for contacting the e-commerce store where the required product and / or service is available.  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the appeal to the electronic commerce store is carried out via a telecommunication network, or a telephone network, or at the direct address of the electronic commerce store.  3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the information fields of the properties and names of goods and / or services contain information about the manufacturer of the goods, price, color, size, quantity of available goods, date of issue, its availability in specific geographical areas, type of service or other data characterizing the given product or service.  4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Internet is used as a telecommunication network.  5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a database is installed at the subscriber terminal that fully or partially matches the database of properties, names of goods and / or services at a central station or server.  6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that said database, which fully or partially coincides with the database of properties, names of goods and / or services at a central station or server, is installed with the possibility of exchange between the two specified databases.  7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the subscriber terminal reports the address of its actual location to receive the delivered goods or services.  8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the central station or server determines the address of the actual location of the subscriber terminal and uses it for the whole delivery of goods or the provision of services.  9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that on the subscriber terminal, in addition to the database of properties, names of goods and / or services, a program is installed that detects, in any text information contained in the subscriber terminal or received from the specified network, the name, and / or data and / or words that coincide with the names placed in the database of properties, names of goods and / or services installed on the subscriber terminal, or at the central station or server, and the found names are highlighted in different colors or different shades of the same color when they are displayed to the user of the subscriber terminal, and also provide hypertext links to go to the database of properties, items of goods and / or services at the central station with the relevant information about the product and / or service with that name and / or to the e-commerce store.