TWI334104B - Synchronized clearing system and method for on-line group purchase - Google Patents

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1334104 IX. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the field of electronic commerce, and more particularly to a synchronous clearing system and method for implementing online group purchasing. [Prior Art]

Mass sales tend to drastically reduce the average cost per unit of merchandise sold in processing orders and production or purchases. Even if individual consumers do not have a particularly large demand for a commodity, merchants are willing to use this cost-based feature to provide group purchase discounts to encourage multiple consumers to increase the merchandise through the implementation of the merchandise purchase. Sales volume. To implement group procurement, merchants must be able to provide group purchase offers based on the flexibility of different group purchases to increase the attractiveness of group purchases and avoid losses due to wrong group purchase incentive decisions. Once the merchant determines the group purchase discount based on the total number of group purchases of the group purchase members' personal purchase quantity, any group purchase member does not perform the transaction, which will cause the actual group purchase sales of the merchant to be lower than expected, resulting in the merchant's loss. Therefore, in group procurement, group purchasing members are required to undertake certain guarantees for performing transactions, such as advance payment authorization, prepayment of deposits, or punishment for post-emotional membership degradation, to ensure that they perform the transaction or can properly compensate when they fail to perform the transaction. Business loss, for merchants

Client’s Docket No. TT's Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 6 1334104 〇疋 Necessary. However, the current online group procurement technology can not exempt the *group procurement members from the non-discriminatory nature of the group procurement implementation results, so that it is impossible to ask the group procurement members to undertake the above-mentioned guarantee of fulfilling the transaction, leaving some online group procurement technology to leave some urgent treatment. solved problem. An example is the online group and procurement service provided by Taiwan's United Boutique Group. The website is not flexible based on the actual number of group meetings, and the group purchase discount is set. Instead, the number of target group purchases and the corresponding single-group purchase price are determined separately, and then the buyer is allowed to make a reservation. Once the cumulative number of orders reaches the target group, the group will be officially effective. The website will also notify the group_members of payment fulfillment. Such prior art is extremely inelastic in providing group purchase offers. This makes it possible for buyers who expect different group purchase offers to abandon their participation in group talks, significantly reducing the chances of increasing group purchases. In addition, not all of them will pay for the transaction, but since the individual group members are still unable to determine whether the group's picks will take effect at the time of ordering, such prior art cannot be used by the requesting group. At the time of booking, the company fulfilled the guarantee of fulfilling the transaction to reduce the risk of the electronic merchant. Another example is that Yahoo Taiwan uses its “collective bargaining” system to implement online group purchases. The system allows buyers to register for the collective price of a certain item. As the number of registered people increases to different portals, the price of the goods will be lowered in turn to form a preferential price for group purchases. Buyers who participated in the registration can then use the group to offer a discounted price to the merchant. Due to the system

Client's Docket No. TTss Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 1334104 August t. Knife receives and settles orders from individual buyers, and cannot cancel all orders of participating buyers. In the case of confirming the actual number of purchases of the circle, the system can only settle the orders of individual buyers by the preferential price of the group based on the number of registered persons. However, not all participating-and registered buyers will place orders for purchases, and some may change after registration. Some of them may only be strategically registered for more favorable prices, resulting in prior art. Electronic merchants not only face the risk that the actual group picks up the locks, but they are far less than the number of purchases by the registration group, and are more likely to suffer from the age loss of the operation due to the wrong preferential price. Since the individual group purchasing members are not able to know the final group purchase preferential price at the time of registration, such prior art cannot reasonably require the group purchasing members to bear the guarantee of fulfilling the transaction when participating in the registration. A system for implementing group procurement using the Internet, invented by the US Patent Application No. 37257A1, chooses to directly pass the risks that the electronic merchant may face to the group purchasing members. The system allows individual members of the group to settle their individual purchases without a group purchase discount, and then the merchants calculate the appropriate group purchase discount based on the number of group purchases completed. Finally, the merchant implements the group purchase offer in the form of a refund to each group purchasing member. This type of prior art allows individual group procurement members involved in group procurement not only to face procurement risks that are uncertain about actual physical purchase preferences, but is more likely to suffer related losses due to speculation by e-commerce.

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For Luzhi, the improvement of online group purchasing technology can be started from the following three aspects. First, online group procurement technology should be able to break through the current online procurement technology - the only time to check the list - the limitations of the purchase order, in order to be able to synchronize the group to gamble into our orders. When the settlement is made, the electronic merchant can purchase the order of the individual groups in the settlement of the individual groups, and at the same time, according to the flexibility of the group purchase quantity according to the phase, the applicable group adopts the optimal oxygen. Such as ^ then electronic business not only _ provide a more flexible group to talk about the savvy program, but also eliminate the possibility of wrong groups to take the decision-making risk of the second decision 4 'So the second, the above technology in the group procurement At the same time, it should be able to further use the relevant conditions of the group to make the start of the simultaneous settlement, so as to avoid the uncertainty of the stomach-to-group purchase discount, and to ensure that the cleared group ^= can be expected to receive the expected group purchase discount. . In addition, if e-commerce merchants are enthusiasm for the group _ excellent, (4), they will still lose the willingness to accept the purchase discounts from different groups. Secondly, the above technology should be able to further enable the various groups to adopt Specify the above settlement conditions for their personal preferences. It is expected that the members of the regiment will perform this-additional action, which will be able to guarantee the flexibility of the group's procurement, so that they will be willing to accept the different groups, and the ^ & can be assured of the addition of the body (4). In this way, *but it can promote the increase in the number of group talks, and also make the group purchase members &

Client’s Docket No. TT*s Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 1334104 Enough to accept the guarantee that the transaction must be performed after the settlement. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the present invention is to provide an online group purchase synchronization clearing mechanism, which enables individual purchase orders of various online group purchasing members in a group online procurement to be settled simultaneously.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an online group purchase preferential protection mechanism to avoid the uncertainty of online group purchasing members' preference for group purchases and to ensure that the online group purchasing members who have settled can enjoy the expected group purchase discount. It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a group purchase settlement condition management mechanism that enables each online group purchasing member to specify a group purchase settlement condition of his or her personal preference to further contribute to an increase in the number of group purchases. The present invention provides an online group procurement synchronization settlement system implemented via a communication network, the system comprising a procurement management module, a clearing condition management group = group, and a synchronous clearing module. The mining management module is used to raise and execute the preferential scheme of the above-mentioned ^_, to receive and execute the digital procurement instruction of the 11-member purchasing staff, and to record the online procurement of the online group purchasing members and the total online group purchasing. Each online group of the project uses 3 (four) procurement measures. The clearing condition management module is used to store the available axes of each online group (4) 敎 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In the above-mentioned line case, the group purchase settlement conditions are provided for the line Huifang to accept and record the online group selection=selection and physical purchase settlement conditions. The synchronous clearing module purchases the clearing conditions by the two group groups, and initiates the online group picking. The effective settlement is in accordance with the procurement of the effective group meeting, soil, day, month, and synchronization. Various online groups related to monthly conditions

Two = for: = road:::- kind of line · = square two each line _ buy members == ^ c record each online group purchase into the line of the line of M, the online group purchasing members of the group purchase project The relevant two = 篁 ^ storage can be used by various online groups to select the multiple groups to choose the $,. ^ Ming conditions, the settlement conditions are related to the above-mentioned online group procurement optimization program, provide group purchase settlement conditions For the online group purchasing members to select and designate, receive and record at least one group purchase clearing conditions specified by each online group purchasing member, verify the effective group purchasing settlement conditions, and settle the online group purchasing, and the simultaneous settlement meets the requirements. The effective group mobilizes the purchasing of the purchasing members of each online group related to the settlement conditions. Scales [Embodiment] The objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

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System block diagram of an environmental embodiment. Online group purchasing members; = User network of communication network 102 1〇13 and 1〇lb or language connection 1 〇 5 is connected to device i 〇 3 to utilize the synchronous clearing system ^^ group purchase. Among them, the client computer HHa and 101b at least = processing device, - output / input device and connectable communication network ι〇2 2, line or wireless network track device, such as - data machine or - mobile phone can ^ make the client The computer U)la and the legs are connected to the Internet or the line = road. The voice communication device 1G5 includes at least a voice output/wheel device and a wired or wireless network communication device connectable to the communication network 102: the network 102 includes an internet, a regional network, a wireless network or a language. Establish a communication network, etc. . The server 103 includes at least one processing device m, a random access memory (RAM) 112, a read-only memory (R〇M) U3, a storage device 114, and a network connectable to the communication network 102. A communication device 115, an output/input device 116, and a bus bar (BUS) 117 for communicating information between the devices. The processing device in includes, for example, a central processing unit γρυ). The storage device 114 contains various carriers for recording electronic data.

Client's Docket No. TT’s Docket No: A40763twf-doc/alicewu 12 1334104 Such as a hard disk drive, etc., which stores a server 1〇3 operation system (Operation System) software mb, network word service crying off

Server) and database health! (Database 36), etc., the software code n4c of the S-synchronization clearing system 104, wherein the same Niumei master has at least the recording management module 2〇1, the clearing condition tube and the synchronous clearing module 203. And can further include an online group mining = two: connection: device 115 includes an analog signal receiving device capable of connecting a voice command of a network it communication network of the data network, and the synchronous clearing system 1〇4 can further Including - the finger changing device 212 to change the voice finger received by the network communication device 115 into a digitizing command. The output/input device 116 includes, for example, a display, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Figure 2 is a block diagram of a system for an embodiment of an online group synchronizing system in accordance with the present invention. The synchronous clearing system ι〇4 includes at least a procurement management module 2 (1), a clearing condition management module moving, and a synchronous surname ^ module 203', and operates as a connection communication as shown in the foregoing figure. The server 103 of the second group receives the various commands transmitted from the group purchase via the communication network 1〇2 via the server 1〇3 and transmits the related information to the group purchasing member through the feeding device H)3. The interview management module 201 can provide an online group purchase discount program on the webpage of the server 103, so that the client computer 101a and the connection network 102 are connected to the group member of the feeding device 1〇3. Ability to receive and view the content of the offer on this page ^Procurement Management Module

Client's Docket No. IT's Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alice' 13 1334104 Similarly, the server 103 receives the purchase order transmitted by the group purchasing member using the client computers l〇la and 101b connected to the communication network 忉2. The Jingjing management module 201 can execute the received purchase instruction, and according to the online purchase content of the purchase member of the corpus, and the relevant purchase measurement of each group purchasing member of each group project, for example, the total purchase group of each corpus The quantity of purchases of the procurement item merchandise.

The procurement management module 201 can further couple an online group purchasing vehicle 211 to store the online purchasing content of the group purchasing members. The group purchase shopping cart 211 is also able to measure the relevant purchases of the purchasing members of each group of the group procurement items for the purchased content on the stored line. The group purchasing member is connected to the server 103 by using the client computer 1〇1& and the 1〇lb connection communication network 102 to view the purchase content of the individual stored in the group purchase shopping cart 211 and the total result of the above related purchase measurement, and can be modified. Or delete personal purchases. For example, a group purchasing member can withdraw from group purchasing by deleting the purchasing content of the individual stored in the group purchasing shopping cart 211, and can also modify the stored in the group purchasing shopping cart based on the further purchasing decision prepared by reviewing the total result of the relevant purchasing measurement. The purchase content of the individual 211, for example, the purchase quantity of the product M. The settlement condition management module 202 can store the group purchase settlement conditions selectable by the group purchase member, and use the webpage of the server 1〇3 to transmit the settlement condition content to the connection communication network 1〇2 used by the group procurement member. The client computers 101a and 101b enable the group purchasing member to receive and view the content of the settlement condition on the web page to select and specify personal preferences from the _

Client's Docket No. TT5s Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 14 1334104: 跄: The conditionality module 202 is also transmitted through the server 103. The member uses the client computer 1〇a and IGlb connected to the communication network 102. The specified clearing condition command transmitted is added and recorded. • The t-purchase mode module 35201 and the clearing condition management module, the group 202 can more easily switch the k-switching device 212' to the voice of the group purchasing member using the voice communication device 1〇5 via the communication network 1〇2. The instruction and voice designation Lu Yu #清condition command is converted into digital procurement instruction and digitalized specified knot/month condition. In this way, the consumer can also use the mobile phone or the fixed-line phone when using the mobile communication device such as a mobile phone or the information receiving device such as a television to receive the group purchase discount program provided by the electronic merchant and the group purchase settlement condition content. The voice communication device 105 transmits the voice production command and the S# tone specified settlement condition command. The synchronous clearing module 203 can purchase the total of the relevant purchasing measures of the purchasing members of each group of the group purchasing items according to the purchasing management module 2〇1, and the clearing condition management module 2〇2 purchase members for each group. The specified • personal preference for the group purchase settlement record to verify whether there is a valid group purchase settlement condition, and in the case of valid existence of a valid group purchase settlement condition, initiate the settlement and perform the synchronized settlement. Procurement of procurement of members of each group related to effective group purchase settlement conditions. In addition to automatically starting the settlement when it is verified that there is a valid group purchase settlement condition, the synchronization clearing module 203 can also accept the preset settlement time of the electronic merchant, and start when the preset settlement time is reached. Knot

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clear. This avoids premature start-up, giving more consumers the opportunity to join group purchases. The synchronous clearing module 203 can further transmit an instruction input interface to the representative of the purchasing group, so that the purchasing group representative can initiate the clearing by the instruction input interface before reaching the preset clearing time. In this way, representatives of the procurement group can more flexibly control the conduct of group purchases. Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of an online group purchase offer offered by an electronic merchant for online group purchase in accordance with the present invention. The sample diagram shows that the online group purchasing department uses the commodity Μ as the procurement item, and the preferential scheme is when the group purchasing members accumulate the total purchase quantity of the goods 30 to 30, 40 and 50 units respectively, the group purchasing members can separately Enjoy the group purchase discount of 10%, 20% and 30% off the unit price of the product. In addition, the preferential scheme for online group purchase shown in Figure 3 may also include, for example, "the number of group purchases of goods is 30 units and the number of individual purchases is 10 units, which can enjoy a discount of 15% off the unit price of the goods." Class offers, to further encourage individual group purchasing members to purchase more quantities in group purchases. In addition, the preferential scheme for online group purchase of more than one item may be, for example, when the total number of group purchases of goods and goods is 30 units, the product can be enjoyed at the same time, 10% off the unit price and 20% off the unit price. Offer." In addition to price discounts, online group purchase offers can also take advantage of other measurable and aggregated discount tools such as gifts, points of purchase, upgrades or coupons. For example, when the group purchase amount of the product is 30 units, the product offers a promotional discount for each unit.

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For example, when the group purchase amount of the product is 30 units, the consumer spending point is 20 points or the first level is equal to the next level of consumption discount. Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of a record of online procurement content of a group purchasing member of an online group purchase in accordance with the present invention. The sample diagram shows that a total of four group purchase members numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 were purchased in the order of group purchases, and 10, 5, 20 and 10 units of merchandise were purchased separately. Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of a group purchase settlement condition provided by an electronic merchant for group purchases in accordance with the present invention. The e-commerce merchants limit the synchronous clearing system to be valid only after the specified settlement conditions are validated by allowing the group purchasing member to specify the settlement conditions of the individual preferences from the group purchase settlement conditions as shown in FIG. In this case, it is possible to settle their individual purchases in a timely manner, so as to avoid the uncertainty of group purchase members' preference for group purchases, and to ensure that the group purchase members who have settled can enjoy the expected group purchase discount. Taking the settlement condition X of Figure 5 as an example, the content "the number of group purchases of goods is at least 30 units" indicates that all the group purchase members who have specified the settlement condition X must have a total purchase quantity of at least 30. The unit can only verify that the settlement condition X is valid, and it can also clear the purchase of these group purchasing members who have specified the settlement condition X. For example, if the group purchasing members of No. 1, 2, and 3 in the above-mentioned Figure 4 specify the settlement condition X, since they have 10, 5, and 20 units of individual purchases for the goods, they are on the goods. The total number of purchases,

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The number of group purchases of 疋 Μ 艮 艮 艮 艮 有 有 有 有 有 有 有 β β β β 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 能够 必然 必然It is still possible to accept the simultaneous settlement and complete the purchase without being able to enjoy the group purchase offer. In addition, the preferential party for the above-mentioned online group purchase of more than one product = the content of the group purchase settlement condition may be, for example, "the total number of group purchases of the product M and the commodity N is up to 3 units" The settlement conditions for the combined calculation of the number of group purchases of a plurality of commodities. Group purchase settlement conditions can even include group purchase discounts that are measurable and aggregated, so that the implementation of online group inclusions that contain not only items can be more flexible. For example, a group purchase settlement condition may also be "the total number of L gifts is 3 units," or the total number of upgrades for programs such as r q is 20 units. Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of a record of online group purchase settlement conditions designated by each group purchasing member of an online group purchase in accordance with the present invention. The example diagram illustrates the four-party group purchasing members numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Figure 4 above, respectively, from the three sets of χ, γ, and Z as shown in Figure 5 above.

Client's Docket No. TT,s Docket No:A40763twf.doc/alicewu 18 1334104 In the condition of 'self-selection and designation (X, Y, Z), (z), (γ, ζ) and (γ, ζ) are - Group purchases for their personal preferences are cleared. By allowing each group of purchasing members to specify their own preferred group purchase settlement conditions, consumers who are willing to accept different group purchase offers are also willing to join group purchases to further increase the number of group purchases. Among them, the group purchase member with the number 1 also specifies the settlement conditions X, Υ and Ζ as an example. A common system operation mode may be that the e-commerce house provides the settlement conditions X on the webpage provided in the above-mentioned FIG. The three options of γ, γ and ' enable group purchase members of number 1 to specify the settlement conditions X, Υ and Ζ by simultaneously checking a total of three check boxes for the settlement conditions X, γ and ζ. Since the relationship between the settlement conditions X, 丫 and ζ is effective when ζ is verified, γ and X will also be validated, and when Υ is validated, X will also be validated. The system operation mode may also be that when the group purchasing member of the number 1 only selects and specifies the settlement condition X, the group purchasing member that automatically sets the settlement condition γ and the number 1 is given. φ Figure 7 shows a group of online group purchases implemented in accordance with the present invention. • A flow chart of purchasing members joining online group purchases. After the online group purchase is started, the electronic merchant will use the purchase management module 201 to provide the online group purchase discount program as shown in FIG. 3 on the webpage of the server 103 for the consumer to view and attract. It joins group purchases. After the consumer connected to the feeding device 103 via the communication network 102 receives and views the content of the preferential scheme in the above webpage, using the client computer l〇la,

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The passkey keystroke may be a "join group purchase" button included in the above webpage to send a request to the server 103 to join the group purchase. The server that receives the request from the subscribing organization 1 〇 3 will respond to the send-out page requesting login. After accepting a consumer login to become an online group purchasing member in step S702, the server transmits a webpage containing the product description of the product and other details of the group procurement implementation to the user of the group purchasing member. , for its review to determine its purchase quantity of goods or other related purchasing decisions. The group purchasing member can then use the "Send Purchase Order" button on the above description page to send an individual purchase order. In the case where the procurement management module 201 is more coupled with the online shopping cart 211, the group purchasing member may also use the "join group purchasing shopping cart" button on the above description page to send an individual purchasing instruction. In step S703, the procurement management module 2〇1 receives and executes the purchase instruction of the enclosure purchase. After the execution, the procurement management model training in the steps with the record as shown in Figure 4 above ^ 2 r buy police model - ^ storage:: group = brother: car: on _ 202 ==:: merchants will use the knot The condition management module 202 will settle the conditions for the purchase of the body of the case.

Client’s Docket No. TTJs Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 1〇3 web page, and transmitted to the group ^ 20 1334104 through the web page of the server (10). After the group purchasing member receives the webpage = check the clearing condition of at least one personal preference in the second clearing = refer to the [clearing condition] and press the (4) specified delivery condition command. The settlement condition management module 2〇2 receives the settlement conditions known to the group member and records it as shown in Fig. 6 above.

In the process of introducing the group-purchasing into the M-addition online group procurement process =' W continuation of the inspection of the present invention implementation of the online group procurement synchronization system ^ system operation flow. On the step side, the picking management module 2〇 will collect the relevant purchasing measures of the constituents of each online group purchasing project according to the online purchasing content of the households, for the purpose of simultaneous settlement. The module 2〇3 approves the valid group purchase settlement condition in step S802. In this example t, the approved content is as shown in the above-mentioned FIG. 5, and the group procurement clearing certificate is valid. The purchasing management module 2〇1 will record according to the S-selling content as shown in FIG. 4 above and as described above. The record of the t-clearing conditions of the purchasing members of each group shown in Figure 6 is used to total the number of purchases of the members of each group 2 of the group purchasing items. For example, when the group purchase order of the record number 3 is completed, the picking condition of the S is missing, and the picking condition 2, 3, and the The number of purchases of goods by the latter. Among them, only the group purchasing members with the number 1 are the group purchasing members, and the individual purchasing quantity of the goods is 10 units, which is the total group purchasing quantity. Next, the group purchasing members who specify the settlement conditions γ, , and the number 1 and 3, the number of gambling items for the two items are 1G units and 2G units, respectively, and the total number of group purchases is 3〇.

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unit. Finally, group purchase members numbered 1, 2, and 3 have specified settlement conditions Z. The three purchases for the goods are 10 units, 5 units, and 20 units, respectively, and the total group purchase amount is 35 units. When the settlement condition specified by the group purchasing member of record number 4 is completed, the group purchasing member who still has the number 1 in the settlement condition X, and the number of units purchased by the individual for the item 仍然 is still the total group purchase quantity. . Next, the group purchasing members with numbers 1, 3, and 4 are designated for the settlement condition, and the total number of purchases for the three items is 40 units. Finally, the group purchasing members numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 all specify the closing conditions, and the total number of purchases for the four items is 45 units. Next, in step S802, the synchronization clearing module 203 verifies whether there is a valid group purchase settlement condition based on the total result of the above step S801. When the group purchasing members that have joined are three, numbered 1, 2, and 3, the group purchasing settlement conditions X, Υ, and Ζ shown in Figure 5 above cannot be verified as valid. Since the number of purchases of the group purchasing member of the number 1 that specifies the clearing condition X is 10 units, 30 units that are valid for the approved settlement condition X are not reached. Secondly, the total number of purchases of group purchase members numbered 1 and 3 that specify the settlement conditions is 30 units, and 40 units that are not valid after the approved settlement conditions are met. Similarly, the total number of purchases of group purchase members numbered 1, 2, and 3 that specify the settlement conditions is 35 units, and 50 units that are valid after the approval of the settlement conditions are not met. Therefore, since there is no valid group purchase settlement condition, the group purchase proceeds to step S702, and the procurement management module 201 continues to receive the group number 4

Client's Docket No. TT’s Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 1334104 Purchase order for purchasing members. == After the purchase of the member, according to the step _ ::: ί 达; However, the number of gambling gambling for group purchasing members who specify settlements 3 and 4 is 4. The unit 'has reached the approved clearance condition γ is valid = directly refers to the number of the settlement conditions Ζ, 2、 2, 3 and 4, the total purchase quantity of the purchase member is 45 units, still has not reached the approved settlement conditions 2 5 units required for effective use. Therefore, in step Li, the synchronous clearing module 2〇3 is approved

An effective group purchase clearing condition γ. Once the synchronous settlement module 203 has verified that there is a valid group purchase settlement condition, the group purchase can proceed to step s8〇3 to determine whether to initiate the settlement. For example, when the electronic merchant has set and usually announces the preset clearing time, the synchronized clearing module 2〇3 will initiate the clearing directly upon reaching the preset cleaning time. In addition, the synchronization clearing module 203 can also transmit a webpage containing the input interface to the representative of the purchasing group, so that the input interface can be activated by the input interface before the pre-set time is set. . The command input interface can also include options such as "clear" or "clear after 2 hours", so that the purchasing group representative can have a more flexible control group purchase. After the synchronization clearing module 203 starts the settlement, the group purchase proceeds to step S804. The synchronous clearing module 203 will simultaneously clear all the group purchasing members that have specified the group purchasing settlement condition Y that is valid and valid, n

Client’s Docket No· TT's Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 23 Group 203 can talk about individual purchases of members. Synchronous settlement model purchase users = sub-mail, to groups numbered 3 and 4 are synchronized in this settlement μ 77 Do not inform them that personal procurement will be able to use the network and 4 groups to purchase members' Accept the synchronously cleared message interface, send back the confirmation and send the information to the relevant personal payment and the goods to the numbered W and 4. The synchronous clearing module 203 is transferred back to the accepted message H + 秘 秘 确 确 确 确 确 确 确 确 确 确 团体 团体 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s The group purchases of No. 1, 3 and 4, etc., are the contents of the individual, the relevant personal payment and the contents of the goods sent back, etc.: 8) Group purchase discounts that should be subject to the group purchase settlement conditions = ; 3 group number W and 4 group members of the online member = Χ will be informed of the order in the order database, the completion of the month, also complete online group procurement. In summary, in the === talk, the group purchase members with the number W and 4 are all 10, 2^1^, ^, and the price of the group purchase is 20% off, and the products of the Changtian or the 5th unit are purchased separately. M. Contrary to the 'number 2 group purchases, any fixed settlement conditions are verified as valid, so the same as 'U Mo group 203 will not be settled in time for their personal bet, that is, the group purchase member of number 2 failed this time. The completion of the online group procurement. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one skilled in the art may

Client's Docket No. TT5s Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 24 1334104 The scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an electronic merchant server and network environment embodiment in accordance with the present invention;

2 is a system block diagram of an online group procurement synchronization clearing system according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an online group purchasing preferential scheme provided by online group purchasing according to the present invention; An example diagram of online purchasing content of an online group purchasing member recorded by online group purchasing; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a group purchasing clearing condition for online group purchasing according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is an online group according to the present invention. An example of a group purchase settlement condition specified by an online group purchasing member recorded in the procurement; FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a group purchasing member joining online group purchasing in accordance with the present invention; FIG. 8 is a flowchart according to the present invention. One of the online group purchases

Client’s Docket No_ TT5s Docket No: A40763twf.doc/alicewu 1334104 The purchaser completes the operation process of the simultaneous clearing system after joining the online group purchase. [Main component symbol description] Communication network ~102; client computer ~ l〇la and 101b; voice communication device ~ 105; server ~ 103; synchronous clearing system ~ 104; processing device ~ 111; random access memory ( RAM) ~ 112; read only memory (ROM) ~ 113; storage device ~ 114; network communication device ~ 115; output / input skirt ~ 116; bus (BUS) ~ 117; software ~ ma, mb, 1Mc ; ^Management Management Module ~ Gang; Settlement Condition Management Module ~ (10); Synchronous Clearance «Group ~ 203; Online Group Purchasing Structure Car ~ 2 ιι; Instruction Conversion Device ~

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Claims (1)

1334104 Case No. 095112354 July 1999 y曰 Amendment V X. Application for patent scope: 1. A synchronous clearing system for implementing online personalized group procurement using a communication network. The system mainly includes: a procurement management module for managing procurement items and preferential schemes for online personalized group procurement. Homework, individual group purchasing members' operations for purchasing content information, and group purchasing measurement data operations; a settlement condition management module for managing a plurality of settlement conditions for online personalized group procurement, the settlement conditions A preferential scheme related to online personalization group procurement; and a synchronous settlement module for verifying the effective online personalization group purchase settlement conditions, and simultaneously clearing the valid online personalized personalization gambling The conditions of the clear conditions are gambling. 2. For the synchronous clearing system for online personalization group procurement in the scope of patent application, the operations performed by the above procurement management module include: issuing a plurality of procurement items and preferential schemes for online personalized group procurement; Purchasing content and preferential programs specified by the purchasing members of the carcass; and conversion of the above-mentioned specified purchasing content and preferential programs into relevant individual purchasing measurement and preferential data. 3. The synchronous clearing system for online personalization group procurement according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the above procurement management module further comprises an online personalized group purchasing shopping cart coupled thereto for: storing individual group purchasing member designation Purchasing content and preferential programs, : 0948-A40763TWF3 27 1334104 and related individual procurement measurement and preferential data; Provide individual group purchasing members to view, change, and re-save specified procurement contents and preferential programs; Individual procurement measurement and preferential data become the relevant physical purchase measurement and preferential data of the online personalized group procurement; relevant group procurement measurement and preferential data of the online personalized group procurement; and online personalization group purchasing members to view the total result Relevant group procurement measurement and preferential data. 4. For the synchronous clearing system of the online personalization group procurement in the first application of the patent scope, the above-mentioned operations of the clearing condition management module further include: issuing a plurality of settlement conditions for online personalized group procurement, wherein the above The settlement conditions each include a preset value for a group purchase measurement or offer data; and receiving and storing at least one settlement condition specified by the individual group purchase member. 5. For the simultaneous settlement of online personalization group purchases in the first paragraph of the patent application scope, the above-mentioned simultaneous settlement and replacement group execution of the approved online personalization group purchase settlement conditions includes: Request online personalization The group purchases the shopping cart, and revise the respective settlement conditions of the online individualized group purchases according to the online ones, and revise the total group purchase measurement and preferential data of the online individualized group purchasing members who specify the settlement conditions: 0948-A40763TWF3 28 1334104 Review, the difference between the total result of the above-mentioned revised group purchase measurement and the preferential data and the preset value under the respective conditions of the online personalized group purchase; and the settlement condition that the above-mentioned review result is positive is valid. Online personalization group purchase settlement conditions. 6. The synchronous clearing system for online personalization group procurement according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the above-mentioned synchronous clearing module performs synchronous settlement operations for effective online personalized group purchasing settlement conditions, and further includes: Synchronization start timing; send synchronous clear message to individual online group purchasing members who specify valid group purchase clearing conditions; confirm that online online individual group purchasing members accept synchronous clearing messages; and request procurement management The online transaction order of the individualized group purchasing members of each online online production, storage, and delivery. 7. For the synchronous clearing system for online personalization group purchases in the scope of patent application No. 6, the start-up timing of the above-mentioned synchronous settlement is determined by the synchronous clearing module, and there is a valid group purchase settlement condition. Confirm directly at the preset settlement time. 8. For the simultaneous settlement system of online personalized carcass procurement in the scope of patent application No. 6, the above-mentioned simultaneous settlement under the condition of effective group purchase settlement can be initiated by the online personalized carcass procurement. Group generation: 0948-A40763TWF3 29 1334104 The watch person, before reaching the preset settlement time, confirms that the synchronous clearing module should be confirmed earlier to confirm the synchronization clearing start timing. 9. The online personalization group procurement synchronization settlement system of claim 1 of the patent scope further includes: a bus, wherein the procurement management module, the settlement condition management module, and the synchronization settlement module, The exchange information is transmitted through the bus; and at least one storage device is configured to store operating system, various software, and related data purchased by various online personalized groups, the related data includes pre-stored preferential program data, and individual customer input. Data and data obtained through the above-mentioned procurement management module, online personalization group purchase shopping cart, settlement condition management module, and synchronous settlement module operation. 10. The online personalization group procurement synchronization clearing system of claim 1 of the patent scope further includes a command conversion device coupled with the procurement management module and the clearing condition management module, to be communicated via the communication network The voice purchase instruction and the voice-specific personalized group purchase settlement condition instruction transmitted by the road are respectively converted into a digital purchase instruction and a digitized designated individualized group purchase settlement condition instruction. 11. A synchronous settlement system for online personalization group purchases in claim 1 of the patent scope, wherein the set of options relating to the settlement conditions of the online personalized car purchase preferential scheme is based on at least one of the following elements, The number of group purchases, the group purchase amount of goods, the number of group purchases of goods, the number of group purchase promotion gifts, the number of group purchase discount points, and the total number of group purchase discounts. 12. A kind of online personalization purchase using the communication network: 0948-A40763TWF3 30 1334104 Step settlement method, the steps of the method mainly include: management online personalization group procurement procurement items and preferential programs, individual group procurement Member's information on the procurement content, as well as group purchasing measurement data; 'Manage multiple settlement conditions for online personalized group procurement, the settlement conditions are related to online personalization group procurement preferential programs; and approved effective online personalization The group purchases the settlement conditions and simultaneously settles the group purchases that meet the valid online personalization group purchase settlement conditions. 13. The method for synchronous settlement of online personalization group purchases according to item 12 of the patent application scope, wherein the above-mentioned management online personalization group adopts the lecture items and preferential schemes, and the information of the individual members purchasing the content of the lectures. The steps further include: releasing a plurality of procurement items and preferential schemes for online personalized group procurement; receiving procurement contents and preferential plans specified by individual group purchasing members; A ^ ', > converting the specified procurement contents and preferential programs becomes relevant Individual purchase measurement and preference data. 14' The method for the simultaneous settlement of online personalization group purchases in the scope of patent application No. 12, the above-mentioned steps for managing the procurement content of individual members of the individual group and the steps of group procurement measurement data include: · storing individual groups Procurement content and preferential schemes specified by the purchasing member, purchasing measurement and preferential data in the online personalization group procurement 31 1334104 shopping cart; providing individual group purchasing members to view, change, and store the specified purchasing content stored in the group purchasing shopping cart And the preferential scheme; the relevant individual procurement measurement and preferential data of the online personalized group purchasing members become the relevant group purchasing measurement and preferential data of the online personalized group purchasing; the relevant group purchasing measurement and preferential data of the online personalized group purchasing The group purchases a shopping cart; and provides an online personalized group purchasing member to view relevant group purchase measurement and preferential data stored in the group purchasing the shopping cart. 15. For the simultaneous settlement method of online personalized carcass procurement in the scope of patent application No. 12, the steps of the above-mentioned management online personalization group purchase multiple settlement conditions further include: publishing a plurality of online personalized group purchases The settlement conditions, wherein the settlement conditions each comprise a preset value of a group purchase measurement or preferential data; and receiving and storing at least one settlement condition specified by the individual group purchase member. 16. For the method of simultaneous settlement of online personalization group purchases in the scope of patent application No. 12, the steps of the above-mentioned approved effective online personalization group purchase settlement conditions include: requesting online personalized groups to purchase shopping carts, one by one The conditions for the settlement of online personalized group purchases, and the revision of the relevant group purchase measurement and preferential data of each online personalization group purchasing member that specifies the settlement conditions: 0948-A40763TWF3 32 1334104 Results, review, online personalized group Under the conditions of each purchase, the difference between the total result of the above-mentioned revised body purchase measurement and preferential data and the preset value; and the settlement condition that the above-mentioned review result is positive is a valid online personalization group. Say the conditions. 17. The method for synchronous settlement of online personalization group purchases according to claim 12, wherein the above-mentioned steps for performing effective settlement of the online personalization group purchase settlement conditions further include: confirming the start of the synchronization settlement Timing; Sending a synchronized clear message to the online personalization group purchasing members of the designated online group to purchase clearing conditions; confirming that each online personalized car purchasing member accepts the message of simultaneous clearing; and requesting the procurement management module to make, An online order for the purchase of members of each online personal group that is stored and delivered in parallel with the delivery. 18. The method for synchronous settlement of online personalization group purchases in claim 17 of the patent scope, wherein the start-up timing of the above-mentioned synchronous settlement is performed by the synchronous clearing module, and there is a valid physical purchase settlement condition. Confirm directly when the preset settlement time is reached. 19. For the simultaneous settlement method of online personalization group procurement in the application for patent scope item 17, the above-mentioned simultaneous settlement under the condition of effective group purchase settlement, and the group that can be purchased by the online personalized group On behalf of the person, before the preset settlement time is reached, the module should be cleared synchronously; 0948-A40763TWF3 33 1334104 Request confirmation of the confirmation of the synchronization settlement start timing earlier. 20. The method for synchronous settlement of online personalization group purchases according to claim 12, wherein the set of options relating to the settlement conditions of the online personalized group purchase preferential scheme is based on at least one of the following elements: The number of group purchases, the group purchase amount of goods, the number of group purchases of goods, the number of group purchase promotion gifts, the number of group purchase discount points, and the total number of group purchase discounts. :0948-A40763TWF3 34