TW469389B - A system, method, and program for enabling an e-commerce database server to provide jurisdictional information to facilitate e-commerce sales by a web server - Google Patents

Abstract

A system, method, and program enables a database server, controlled by a reference authority, within an e-commerce network, to collect and store jurisdictional information from different jurisdictions (e.g., countries, states, and cities), and to transmit the jurisdictional information to web servers used by e-commerce retailers in transactions with clients for the sale of products over the Internet. The jurisdictional information includes tax types (local, national, value added, customs, sales, etc.) and tax rates and other jurisdiction-specific information. The jurisdictional database server facilitates e-commerce sales via the web servers by automatically providing the jurisdictional information of the buyer to the e-commerce web server.

Description

4 69 38 9 V. Description of the Invention u) Comparison of related applications MA SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING THE JURISDICTION OF A PRODUCT DELIVERY LOCATION WHILE SELLING ITEMS VIA ELECTRONIC COMMERCE OVER THE INTERNET " (Internal Case No.AT9-9 9- 5 74) The application was filed on the same date as the present invention and was transferred in accordance with the common law. The present application hereby refers to the application for reference. " A SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING THE JURISDICTION OF A PRODUCT DELIVERY LOCATION WHILE SELLING ITEMS VIA ELECTRONIC COMMERCE OVER THE INTERNET " (internal case number AT9-99-718) was filed in the same period as the present invention, and The transfer is in accordance with the common law, and the present application hereby cites this application for reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic commerce via the Internet, and more particularly to a system, method, and method for providing e-commerce retailers with the necessary types of jurisdiction information to sell geographically dispersed buyers, and Program. Relevant technical description A major issue for sellers / retailers in completing transactions over the Internet is determining the laws of the client's jurisdiction to use to manage the transaction. The recent sensation by Amazon.com in violation of German law highlighted the issue by selling M Mein Kampf " and other banned books to Germany. The entity who completes the transaction in person by the purchaser in person

Page 5 4 69 38 9 V. Description of the invention (2) This problem does not occur for the seller, because the store is physically located in the same geographical area as the customer. Because retailers and customers transact in the same jurisdiction, retailers know the applicable local laws. When you are online ^ It may not be possible to verify the true identity of the purchaser, or the buyer: where or where he lives. When relying solely on asking buyers about their applicable jurisdictions, reliable and trusted information may not be available. ° In today's e-commerce, there are many small Internet retailers (some of which are slightly larger) that need to be taxed with 13 counties, cities, states, and countries' Value Added Taxes (VAT for short) ), Sales restrictions, and other tax laws related to e-commerce sales. In some cases, information related to customs procedures and customs duties is even needed. A retailer must collect such information and find The relevance of this information is verbal. To process such information in each jurisdiction of each customer of the retailer's website in order to purchase the retailer's online products, do so on a smaller computer system (such as a computer system running ffind〇ws Ντ 〃) One of the "small" shops in the business is jealous. = The system server does not have the ability to handle this type of information or control the road. The leading distributor of electronic goods: Amazon.com :. If the applicable law is correctly applied to a customer in a different jurisdiction, other smaller e-commerce retailers will encounter greater difficulties in processing—selling. In addition, the Internet: business-oriented will complicate the issue. Mass retail — related applications (internal case number AT9 —99_5 visit electronic delete t

Page 6 meaning 469 389 V. Description of the invention (3) = Applicable jurisdiction law applies to the transaction ... the related application Ϊ :; an attempt to track the location of the purchaser in order to apply the jurisdiction law or provide a warning of the jurisdiction law Basic systems are not good at the Internet. At present, there is no system and method for the group < + 4εη tender for the sale of blood sold via the Internet. "Completion-transaction and automatic acquisition of the laws of the jurisdictions of many different countries " Delay of function θ ΛΑ /. Shao Yueyue's symbolic web servers appear on the Internet. These special-purpose network feeders are often referred to as " vertical portals " (" vertical portalsl ,), Compared to general purpose horizontal portals such as Y ^ hoo, LyC0S, and Excite, etc. (horizontal portals). A vertical portal is a type of e-commerce that specializes in serving a specific industry or a specific set of hobbies Websites. Some of these new electronic operating models are as simple as replacing printed catalogs with a searchable database, while others offer auctions and industry news. Vertical portals are a relatively new phenomenon, but such as Gartner The group is estimated to have grown to more than 300 vertical portals and is expected to have as many as 100,000 vertical portals by 2qi. At present, a vertical Groups of companies that have direct access to websites. For example, VertlcalNet.com provides 30 websites including paper, food services, biotechnology, and automation. Summary of the Invention In order to solve the problem of a lack of a specific buyer in an e-commerce transaction Regarding the issue of jurisdiction information in specific jurisdictions, the system, method, and program of the present invention use a special purpose network database server to provide the required jurisdiction information to the online retailer. A vertical entry Web server with

4 6 9 38 9 V. Description of Invention (4) The rest of the Internet is integrated in order to collect the laws of the jurisdiction and apply the laws of the jurisdiction to electronic transactions. A single inquiry management agency collects its tax rates and related local laws from the government and local authorities. In a preferred embodiment, a recognized national authority controls a database of jurisdictions, where each jurisdiction transmits its laws and legal changes to the national authority's web server. Alternatively, the database server of the national authority is connected to the appropriate regional authority (ie, the state, jurisdiction database server that holds the appropriate information for its specific area), and serves an information request. An e-commerce retailer in a particular jurisdiction who wants to sell to a customer contacts the inquiry manager to obtain the latest information. Therefore, the laws of the jurisdiction are automatically applied, thereby further assisting e-commerce transactions and reducing transaction costs. Now it will be explained that the present invention has a cost incurred by the client and the e-commerce company compared with the server. It can be seen that the library server was created by these new publications, and it is easy to obtain the power. The law or the jurisdiction, for example, the tax rate is changed to protect the latest business information database tfj, and every time there are regulations and time zone information, if the information changes, it may be issued as a retailer. Transactions in the jurisdiction may be implemented in a small electrical warehouse in a state of the art in all jurisdictions. Many district data for each destination are relevant to certain jurisdictions. Important sub-commerce retail Considering the jurisdictions around the world, the different libraries have extremely significant information. Any special server that is kept in the most restricted area of the jurisdiction can make the jurisdiction's capital necessary. The quotient of the present invention does not need to have many advantages and each has different advantages. New status. , Or some jurisdiction to keep each telecommunication in addition, this

469 38 9 V. Description of the invention (5) The cost of the 5 services is low, because many network servers in the jurisdiction server service industry, and their fixed immortals are recovered through the volume seller. The present invention and its advantages, please refer to the detailed description below with reference to the accompanying drawings. These drawings are as follows: Refer to FIG. 1 and interact with other web servers on the Internet—the jurisdiction database portal server. The website server of the Jurisdiction Data System has different managements for electronic transactions :: storage area; π Behr's Figure 2A-2B is stored in the jurisdiction database portal server. Inside the server, 'α structure; and β | Figure 3 is a flowchart of the control flow of the self-speaking buyer to the e-commerce server and then back to the database. 15 ... Detailed description of preferred embodiments In the following description, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and these drawings show several embodiments of the invention. We can use other embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention: structural and operational changes can be made. Figure 1 shows the entry into the jurisdiction database that is related to other web servers (m), (ιΐ2), and 013) on the Internet. The database server 0. 0) is an area for electronic transactions. 20) Dedicated information storage area. Jurisdictionary database server (100) " multi-jurisdictional per-jurisdiction collects information. For example, in France ⑴υ, Germany

Page 9 469 389 V. Description of the invention (6) —---- Each country in the country (112), the United States (113), and many other jurisdictions has an e-commerce web server; and, likewise, There is an e-commerce client in the French, German (123), and Wu Guo (122), and there are customers or potential customers in all other jurisdictions. Any (12 123) can be connected to any web server (11 丄 113) in any of several different ways (131-133), (14 143), (1 5 1-1 5 3); but Each client can connect to the jurisdiction database server (100) 'via any web server in order to receive the appropriate information. Figure 2 shows the internal structure of the jurisdiction database portal feeder. Also That is, the figure shows a representative sample of the information category stored by the jurisdiction database portal server. # 圊 示 'for each product with -exclusive product identification 2' thai jurisdiction database The server stores information related to various taxes to be levied locally and whether the product can be sold via e-commerce. The example shown in Figure 2 is for illustration purposes only. Other Examples of Jurisdictional Database Servers May include (but is not limited to) each item or item identification code (such as a unique product identification code) with the following information: D any legal restrictions on sales; u) national taxes, local taxes, value added, customs, and more Including the value or hundredth of the sales price Other ways of determining tax rates are: 1 1 1) Information related to the identity and location or department of the tax to be levied; iv) Shipping laws and packaging procedures for hazardous materials. 2) Available in specific jurisdictions. Return policy, concession policy, ί: certificate laws and regulations at the time of control; and vi) Templates for electronic sales cooperation in designated jurisdictions. In addition, it may not be in the way of each item, but with the jurisdiction itself.

Page 10 469 389 V. Description of the invention (7) The storage of some of the above-mentioned information in some relevant jurisdictions in a relevant way is related to the need for e-commerce transactions and can be applied to-specific jurisdictions, so no particular products are relevant 'and stored The form and structure of the information. Users ± 10 pairs of different implementation examples vary. The form of the & Dingbiao / Government & database server (100) is an executable structured query language (struct ed hay U =; for short) SQL) type of relational database for queries. Mingmai sees Figure 2 'more specifically, every 逄. ^ β / ΛΛ ^ The production button has a unique product identification code ⑵ ", (202). Because each jurisdiction can call the same product differently due to language differences, or because manufacturers or distributors in different regions may name the same product differently, there must be a unique product Identification code to establish consistency across all jurisdictions for each product. Therefore, each product in each jurisdiction is mapped to a unique product identification number that applies to one of all jurisdictions. In the example shown in Fig. 2, the book 11 Mein Kamph 1,203 is mapped to the product identification code H 1 0 2 4M. Mapping products to unique product identifiers that apply to all jurisdictions is a convention that can be established in any number of different ways. Generating the unique tiPC code of the product is just one example of one of these methods. The emergence of such routines is not unusual. For example, customs authorities around the world have customs blue papers listing various products and the taxes associated with each product. The structure of the Jurisdiction Database may include a Main Jurisdiction Block (205) and Sub Jurisdiction Levels (207), (209). Any number of sub-jurisdiction levels may be required. For example, 'to cover a major jurisdiction such as the United States, there may be two sub-jurisdiction levels. States (211), (214) and cities (213),

Page II 4 6 9 38 9 V. Description of the invention (8) 1 (215) has a different layer. For example, for the US jurisdiction (217), there may be a first sub-jurisdiction level such as the state of Texas (21 1) and a second sub-jurisdiction level such as the city of Dallas (213). Each jurisdiction and any corresponding sub-jurisdiction can have a corresponding value-added tax (2 2 丨), tariff (223), sales tax (225), or other related information such as whether the product is available for sale. For example, 'For the German (2 2 7) jurisdiction, VAT (221), customs duties (223), and sales tax (225) do not apply to the product identification code (104) (Mein Kamph), which is Because, as shown in row (204) of Figure 2, the particular product must not be sold in that jurisdiction. As another example, in the information associated with the US jurisdiction (21 7), the Texas sub-jurisdiction level 1 (211) and the Dallas sub-jurisdiction level 2 (213) indicate an 8.5% business. Tax and 〇 This is because a single book entering the United States is usually not subject to tariffs. The data contained in the database shown in Figure 2 is used for explanation, and its purpose is not to reflect real information. For a particular customer belonging to a particular jurisdiction, for example, if the internet customer is from Germany and the web server is based in the United States, the tariff will depend on the product, not the exporting country. Due to international agreements, tariffs are roughly the same regardless of the jurisdiction from which the product is imported. Therefore, the tariff (22 3) is based on the product identification code (201) and the jurisdiction of the import, regardless of the location of the web server where the seller supplies the product. For another example, the product code (3045) can be the unique identification code of American Champa i gn. If the purchaser is located in France (228), relevant data such as value added tax (221), customs duties (22 3), sales tax (22 5), or other related information will be shown as blank or not applicable data items Of

469389 V. Description of the invention (9) Directly or indirectly indicates that the buyer of the specific product must not be purchased. Even within the U.S., some states such as alcoholic beverages may also govern another example of snatching, such as the first sub-level governing item G (222), (224), (2 2 6 ), Add other information as an applicable line, such as age requirements when purchasing other products such as "G "," pG j 3, etc., which may have a certain rating mark. For the structure of the database (100) of a more specific jurisdiction shown in FIG. 1 and with reference to FIG. 2, it can be copied to each web server shown in FIG. 1 (] Standard copying techniques of the database can be used ' Or (111), (112), (113) can use a structured language such as a knot to query jurisdictional capital α. Figure 3 is from an e-commerce customer (that is, a server (that is, a seller)) to a Regarding the control flow of the e-commerce customer, the same example is used,   the machine's 'in step (301)' 1 of the jurisdiction-the e-commerce customer requests a server such as Something under a quantity-price jham㈣I 卯 price. This exclusive product is exhausted. Although the complexity of bran ° ° is minimized ^ ° Λ tongue, function is. Because each-special J is an important feature. The sale of online products to France is potentially not allowed to sell regions across the state. In this example (or in the capital of Florida (220), you can purchase additional alcoholic beverages or purchase ", Or" R "audio and video product embodiments and other ways to explain the structure of the structure 1), (112) (113) .- each web servers _ Query Language (SQL) server such as U 0 0). Person) to a database server and e-commerce wait to go back. Now using a specific product in a different jurisdiction from a specific country, such as Germany, etc., as shown in FIG. 2, the product is mapped to a redundant server in a certain server, but the system burden is manageable. Specific web server

469 389 V. Description of the invention (10) Associated with or using this network servo product. For example, a specific net to 500 products. Some information about the requested product mapping server (for example, in the United States) is being sent to the jurisdictional server request information, and examples include: including jurisdictions such as cities, buyers (purchasers) Information such as the requested price. Please refer to the step (303) in Figure 3, and send the information back to an e-commerce customer in Germany. Send the price to the server in the jurisdiction. Use the appropriate tax rate to send it back to the US e-commerce. The server sends back the correct tax rate. In addition, the jurisdiction's funds were sent to the US e-commerce server customer. Such information may not be a necessary part of the transaction to confirm that the accountability server associated with the transaction may include communications with the customer. In addition, there is a certain number of entities in the data register of the battalion area. The server may only sell after the product code is reached in the required web step (3 0 2). Area database server, but also sign the information about the state, country, postal code, etc. of the transfer area, the required ordering, and the required products and distribution. US e-merchants in the jurisdiction. If the warehouse server counts VAT, the server is replacing, and the U.S. warehouse server is 'required for the retailer' but it has the responsibility and obligation. When picking up the goods, the payable server can record the data and serve the American Electric, then the e-commerce company will pass any step to the server and calculate it in the sub-commercial jurisdiction. The service will send the other to the responsibility. The types of information that help the jurisdiction to bear. For example, the amount of customs duties includes the amount of information related to a specific query of its server data.

Page 14 4 69 389 V. Description of the invention αι) —-required warranty clauses or waiver clauses. Please refer to step (304) of FIG. 3, the US e-commerce server = includes the correct amount of applicable tax amount, and will be responsible for other factors that the customer may be responsible for the transaction (such as paying tariffs to the appropriate government b Related to the customer, and complete the transaction with the German e-commerce customer. J ^ The implementation of the example is a method, system, or product, and such hardware and / or Engineering technology to produce software, or any combination of the above three: c or any combination of the above ... In the usage of the invention, computer fartlcle of ffianuiacture ") (or alternative terminology, including code, and / or one or more computer programs One or more storage media, |, floppy disk ", CD-ROM, slot server for program access via memory unit, radiographic media read by stomach radiography, etc. A computer can be grouped! To make a departure from the scope of the present invention τ, it can be said that: The text of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is limited to the disclosure—not after exhausting the possibility of the present invention or after the present, Available stereotypes. See earlier disclosure The matter explains the present invention's comparative elimination cream # ^ Although, reference has been made to the Internet environment, this should be compared to the example 'You can also use other Internet industry networks u :: 路 环境 include (but (Not limited to) wide area networks, enterprises, and networks that use any basic data transfer mechanism:

Page 15 469 389 V. Description of the invention (12) Dial-up connection system of the protocol. The scope of the invention will not be limited to this detailed description, but will be limited by the scope of the final patent application. The foregoing descriptions, examples, and materials provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the systems, methods, and products (ie, computer program products) of the present invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention belongs to the scope of the final patent application. So far, the present invention has been explained. The part that we think is novel and hopes to be protected by a patent certificate is described in the following patent application scope.

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Claims (1)

469389 VI. Scope of Patent Application 1. A method in a computer network spanning multiple jurisdictions, including the following steps: A query management organization database server is connected to a plurality of local authority server computers from the network Each local authority server computer system of the system automatically collects current local information in different jurisdictions of each local authority server, where each local authority server as a source of collected information is located in a different jurisdiction within the computer network Within the region; and copying a database of one of the current local information collected by the database server to each of the plurality of e-commerce servers that conduct transactions with the e-commerce retailer. 2. — A method within a computer network that spans multiple jurisdictions, including the following steps: A query management organization database server is self-connected to each network of multiple local authority server computer systems The agency server computer system automatically collects current local information in different jurisdictions of each computer system, where each local agency server that is the source of the collected information is located locally in a different jurisdiction within the computer network; and When an e-commerce server that makes a transaction with an e-commerce retailer issues a request, it transmits current local information of a specified jurisdiction of a customer specified by the e-commerce retailer in the request. 3. The method as claimed in item 2 of the patent application, wherein the automatic collection step keeps the current local information up to date at any particular time required by the request. 4. The method according to item 2 of the patent application, wherein the automatic collection step Page 18 469 389_ VI. Scope of patent application It further includes the following steps to receive local information and the transmission of changes in local information from the server of each local authority. 5. —A method of supporting e-commerce within a computer network spanning multiple jurisdictions, the method comprising the steps of: selling a product to a customer in a specific jurisdiction of the plurality of jurisdictions During a transaction, a request is received from a server within the network for information related to the sale of the product in that particular jurisdiction; and information with information related to transactions in multiple jurisdictions Query specific information in that particular jurisdiction and serve that request; and send that specific information to the server for use in processing the sale. 6. —A method of selling a product in a seller server within a computer network spanning a plurality of jurisdictions, the method comprising the following steps: The customer receives a request for the product, maps the product to a product code; transmits the product code and the specific jurisdiction to a database server; and from the database via the seller's server The server receives jurisdiction information of the customer in the specific jurisdiction required by the seller in order to comply with the seller's obligations when selling the product. 7. The method according to item 6 of the patent application, wherein the receiving step includes Page 19 4 6 9 38 9 Six 'patent application scope The following steps: receiving additional information for the customer; and transmitting the additional information to the customer. 8. The method as claimed in item 7 of the scope of patent application *, where the additional information includes at least one set of restrictions or obligations of the customer in connection with the purchase of the product. 9. A method of supporting e-commerce within a computer network spanning multiple jurisdictions, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a product from a customer in a specific jurisdiction t within the network; A database with information related to transactions in multiple jurisdictions. Query specific information in that specific jurisdiction and serve the request; and use that specific information to process a transaction to purchase the product "1 0. -A database server within a computer network spanning multiple jurisdictions, including: a collecting device for each local authority server computer system from a plurality of local authority server computer systems connected to the network Collect current local information in different jurisdictions of each local authority server, where each local authority server as a source of collected information is located locally in a different jurisdiction within the computer network; and a copying device for Copy a database of one of the current local information collected to multiple e-commerce servers doing transactions with e-commerce retailers Each e-commerce server. 1 1. A database server in a computer network spanning multiple jurisdictions, comprising: a collecting device for self-connecting a plurality of server computer systems connected to the network Page 20 469 389 6. Each server computer system under the scope of patent application collects the current local information of different jurisdictions of each computer system, where each server as the source of collected information is located in the computer network. A locality in a different jurisdiction; and a transmitting device for transmitting a request from a customer specified by the e-commerce retailer in the request when an e-commerce server transacting with the e-commerce retailer requests Current local information for the specified jurisdiction. 12. The database server according to item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein the database server is controlled by a query management agency. 13. If the database server of item 11 of the scope of patent application, the collection device collects information from each of the plurality of server systems, and each of them is controlled by a local authority Server system. 14. The database server according to item 11 of the patent application scope, wherein the collecting device includes a receiving device for receiving one of the current local information transmissions from each server. 15. The database server according to item 11 of the patent application scope, wherein the collecting device includes a query device for receiving a request for one of the current local information of a specific jurisdiction from a specific e-commerce server , Query the current local information on a specific server in that specific jurisdiction. 16. If the database server of item 11 of the scope of patent application, the local information is a set of tax rates, guarantee information, tariff information, and whether it can be sold or distributed in the jurisdiction associated with the local information At least one of a plurality of items of a specific product, etc. 1 7 · —A network system including: a database server; Page 21 4 69 38 9 VI. The scope of patent applications is scattered in a plurality of e-commerce servers in a plurality of jurisdictions; among the plurality of e-commerce customers in a plurality of jurisdictions, among these plurality of e-commerce customers Any one of the e-commerce customers can connect to any one of the plurality of e-commerce servers; wherein the database server has Information about a tax to be collected in a jurisdiction; and an extraction device for retrieving information from the database server in the jurisdiction of the specific client during a transaction with a specific client from the database server Tax-related information. 18. The network system according to item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the retrieval device includes a device for querying a database of the database server. 1 9. A server in a computer network, the server is communicatively connected to a plurality of customers across multiple jurisdictions, and the server is communicatively connected to a database server, the The server includes: using the computer network to receive a request from a customer in a specific jurisdiction to sell a product from the server to the customer; mapping the requested product to a product code A device; a device that transmits the product code and the specific jurisdiction to the database server; and receives from the database server via a seller's server the seller in order to comply with the seller's sales of the product Necessary jurisdiction information for that customer in that particular jurisdiction. 2 0. If the server of the scope of application for item 19 of the patent, wherein a plurality of these Page 22 469 389 VI. Patent Application Scope A specific product in any one of the jurisdictions t has the same product code. 2 1. The server of item 19 in the scope of patent application, wherein the product code is established across each jurisdiction for the same product. 2 2. — A storage medium used in a computer system, including: a jurisdiction field; and a tax field associated with each jurisdiction field. 2 3. If the storage medium of the scope of application for the patent No. 22, further includes a relative stomach device, so that a specific product and instructions to identify the field in the jurisdiction are yes. Is it possible to sell the specific product in the jurisdiction Related. 24. If the storage medium in the scope of patent application No. 23, further contains one of any restrictions related to the sale of the particular product in the jurisdiction Second instruction 0 25. — A computer on a computer-readable medium A program for controlling a database server in a network environment, the computer program comprising: a maintenance device for maintaining a database using current local transaction regulations in each of a plurality of jurisdictions; and A transmitting device for transmitting to the server the current local transaction regulations of a designated jurisdiction in a request issued by a server in the network " Page 23