WO2001045001A1 - Procede de vente d'articles utilisant un systeme de reseau - Google Patents

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WO2001045001A1
WO2001045001A1 PCT/KR2000/001452 KR0001452W WO0145001A1 WO 2001045001 A1 WO2001045001 A1 WO 2001045001A1 KR 0001452 W KR0001452 W KR 0001452W WO 0145001 A1 WO0145001 A1 WO 0145001A1
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Wan-Ho Song
Hyuk Oh
Eok-Man Kang
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  • the present invention relates to a method for selling articles online using a communication network, and more particularly, to an article selling method in which buyer's price for an article and seller's profit are determined considering the number of purchasing articles, and the method can be usefully applied to a joint auction.
  • Background Art In an auction, a seller registers a product to be auctioned, bidders bid on products, and the bidder whose bid is the highest among the bids of the other bidders may purchase the auctioned product. However, since the highest bid is determined as the accepted bid, bidders cannot obtain profits, whether a small quantity of articles are sold or a large quantity of articles are sold. Therefore, a method for appropriately dividing profits between sellers and bidders is required.
  • an article selling method using a communication network having the steps of: (a) providing information on an article to be sold to a user; (b) the user making an advance order for the article; (c) after closing the advance ordering, determining a first price according to the number of advance ordered articles, and determining a second price according to the number of purchase-decided articles which is the number of articles of which purchase is determined among the advance ordered articles; and (d) based on combination of the first price and the second price, determining money to be paid by the buyer or money to be paid to the seller of the articles.
  • the price width that can change according to the number of selling articles, information on the lowest selling price and the highest selling price according to the price width, and the number of articles to be auctioned is provided to buyers, and the first price and the second price are determined between the lowest selling price and the highest selling price.
  • the step (c) further has the sub-steps of: (d ) after determining predetermined deposit money for each article, confirming that the number of articles for which deposit money is paid is regarded as the number of advance ordered articles; (c2) after closing advance ordering, determining a first price according to the number of advance ordered articles; (c3) after receiving remainders obtained by subtracting deposit money from the first price from the persons who made advance orders, and confirming that the number of articles for which price is paid is the number of purchase-decided articles; and (c4) determining a second price according to the number of purchase-decided articles. It is preferable that in determining the second price, if the articles are returned or sent back from the persons who made advance orders, the second price is re-calculated considering the number of the returned articles.
  • the unit price for an article for which the persons who will pay price is determined by the first price or the second price, and the unit price for an article to paid to the seller is determined by the second price.
  • an article selling method using a communication network having the steps of: (a) starting an auction for an article by providing sales information including a planned price and planned amount for the article to be sold to a user; (b) the user making an advance order for the article; and (c) determin ng a predetermined subtraction width according to the planned price and p.anned amount, and determining a first price that is a unit price for the article, according to the subtraction width and the number of advance ordered articles.
  • the planned price for the article to be auctioned includes the lowest selling price and the highest selling price according to a price width that can change according to the number of sold articles; and in the step (c), in determining the subtraction width and the first price, the subtraction width is determined by the highest selling price, the lowest selling price, and the planned amount of the articles, and the first price is determined by the highest price, the subtraction width, and the number of advance ordered articles.
  • a second price that is unit price for the articles to be paid to the seller of the articles is determined according to the number of articles, for which buyers paid money according to the first price, the subtraction width, and the highest selling price.
  • a computer readable recording medium which stores a program for executing an article selling method using a communication network, in which the method having the steps of: (a) providing information on an article to be sold to a user; (b) the user making an advance order for the article; (c) after closing the advance ordering, determining a first price according to the number of advance ordered articles, and determining a second price according to the number of purchase-decided articles which is the number of articles of which purchase is decided among the advance ordered articles; and (d) based on combination of the first price and the second price, determining money to be paid by the buyer or money to be paid to the seller of the articles.
  • a computer readable recording medium which stores a program for executing an article selling method using a communication network, in which the method having the steps of: (a) starting an auction for an article by providing sales information including a planned price and planned amount for the article to be sold to a user; (b) the user making an advance order for the article; and (c) determining a predetermined subtraction width according to the planned price and planned amount, and determining a first price that is a unit price for the article, according to the subtraction width and the number of advance ordered articles.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the structure of a computer network system for performing the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for performing an article selling method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example for explaining the method of FIG. 2. Best mode for carrying out the Invention
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the structure of a computer network system for performing the present invention.
  • a server computer 11 belongs to an auctioneer company which conducts an online auction. Those who are willing to buy products in the online auction can participate in the online auction using bidders computers 16. Also, a seller who provides a product for the auction can register products online with the server computer 11 after connecting the seller's computer (not shown) to the server computer 11 through a communication network 15.
  • the server computer 11 has auction information databases.
  • the database can include detailed bid information and article information.
  • the server computer 11 stores a program for conducting an ordinary auction and a program for conducting an article selling method of the present invention.
  • the server computer 11 performs processes for automatically determining a person whose bid is accepted and an accepted bid according to information on detailed bids of bidders, and detailed explanation will be explained referring to FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the server computer 11 communicates with bidders computers 16 through the communication network 15.
  • the bidder computers 16 connected to the communication network 15 have Internet browser (for example, Netscape, and Internet Explorer) which can display web contents encoded in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).
  • the web browser makes each computer access and display the content of an online auction HTML templet in the server computer 11.
  • the HTML templet of the server computer 11 has a main web page to be displayed for online auction users such as the bidder computers 16.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for performing an article selling method according to the present invention.
  • a seller accesses the main home page of the server computer 11 through the browser of the seller's computer and registers an article to be auctioned in step 21.
  • the seller can select an auction method between an ordinary highest bid method and an article selling method of the present invention.
  • the article selling method of the present invention will be referred to as a synergy auction method.
  • the seller selects the synergy auction method for an auction method of his articles, the seller must input information on at least a bidding closing time, the highest price, the lowest price, and the number of articles to be auctioned. Also, as general auction information, the seller selectively inputs the kind (category) of an article, the article name, the article specification, areas where the article can be sold, the auction period, an auction start price, a reference address, etc., and the server computer 11 registers such information in a database.
  • the highest price means the possible highest accepted bid for an article to be auctioned and the lowest price means the possible lowest accepted bid for an article to be auctioned.
  • the final accepted bid will be determined according to the number of bidders for an article to be auctioned (or the number of articles to be auctioned), between the highest price and the lowest price. That is, the more the number of bidden articles is, the closer the accepted bid approaches to the lowest price, while the less the number of bidden articles is, the closer the accepted bid approaches t the highest price. Therefore, a buyer does not need to specify a bid for an article to be auctioned and he can decided only whether or not to buy the article, checking the predetermined highest price and lowest price.
  • the accepted bid is automatically determined. If the server computer 11 starts an auction by providing information on an article to be auctioned to buyers, the bidder computers 16 visit an auction site offered by the server computer 11 and make bids for desired articles. Using the browser of the bidder computer 16, a bidder searches for article information provided from the server computer 11 , and decides the kind of article to buy and the amount of the article. If the buyer wants to buy an article, the bidder registers an advance order for purchasing the article in the server computer 11 and must pay a predetermined amount of money (for example, 10% of the highest price) as a deposit money. Only when the deposit money is paid, the advance order is regarded effective in step 22. The server computer 11 stores advance order information for the article to be auctioned in a database.
  • the server computer 11 compares the number of advance ordered articles with the number of articles to be auctioned in step 23. If the number of advance ordered articles is equal the number of articles to be auctioned, the bidding period is ended in step 25, and if the number of advance ordered articles is less than the number of articles to be auctioned, whether or not it is the bidding closing time is checked in step 24, with the auction continuously being conducted. Before the bidding closing time, advance orders are continuously received, and if it is the bidding closing time, the bidding period is closed. Counting the numbers or comparison of the numbers can be performed by a counter or comparer in the server computer 11 , or can be easily implemented by software. Also, checking the closing time can be performed by checking a clock in the server computer 11.
  • the current accepted bid is calculated considering the number of bidders who made advance orders in step 26.
  • the subtract width is determined by the relation of the number of articles to be auctioned and a planned price of an article.
  • the current accepted bid is determined considering a discount which is determined by the subtraction width and the number of bidders who made advance orders. That is, the more the price difference of the highest price and the lowest price is, the wider the subtraction width is, while the more the number of articles to be auctioned is, the narrower the subtraction width is. Also, the more the number of bidders who made advance orders is, the lower the current accepted bid is.
  • the bidders who made advance orders pay closing payments (remainders), each of which is obtained by subtracting deposit money from an amount determined as the current accepted bid in step 27. All bidders who made advance orders may pay the remainder, while some of them may give up purchase and do not pay the remainder (in this case, the deposit money is not returned to the bidders who made advance orders).
  • the server computer 11 calculates the final accepted bid according to the number of final bidders who paid the remainders (or the final amount of articles to be auctioned), as follows.
  • the final accepted bid is determined by the number of final bidders, that is, persons who paid the remainder, (or by the final amount of articles to be auctioned). The more the number of final bidders is, the lower the final accepted bid is.
  • Final accepted bid the highest price - subtraction width x (the number of bidders who paid remainders - 1 )
  • an article price to be paid to an article supplier is calculated in step 28.
  • the article price can be determined according to the final accepted bid and the number of bidder who paid remainders.
  • the article supplier delivers the articles to the bidder who paid the remainders, and the server computer 11 sends money for articles to the article supplier in step 29, using the money paid by the bidders.
  • the money for articles is sent to the article supplier, and if a delivered article is returned, the buyer can contact the supplier to receive money corresponding to the returned article.
  • the money for the returned article can be the amount the buyer paid corresponding to the current accepted bid.
  • the money for the articles can be sent at the time when delivery and reception of articles are completed, instead of the time when the final accepted bid is determined. In this case, if a delivered article is returned or sent back, a method, in which the final accepted bid is re-calculated based on the number of bidders who paid remainders (or the final number of articles to be auctioned) after modifying the number according to the returned articles, can be applied.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example for explaining the method of FIG. 2. It is assumed that the highest price for the article to be auctioned is W60.000, the lowest price is W58.000, the number of articles to be auctioned is 100, and a bidder orders in advance one article.
  • Subtraction width 32 (the highest price - the lowest price) / (the number of articles to be auctioned -1 )
  • Total payment 35 total deposit money + total closing payment
  • Final accepted bid 36 the highest price - subtraction width x (the number of bidders who paid remainders -1 )
  • the final amount of money for sold article is determined by the final accepted bid which is determined by the number of final bidders. That is, the money the supplier receives is calculated based on the final accepted bid, and since the final accepted bid is determined by the finally sold amount of articles, from the viewpoint of the supplier, the supplier can be guaranteed an appropriate sales profits because unit sales price changes depending on the amount of sold articles.
  • the embodiment of the present invention described above explained the online auction using the Internet as an example. However, an auction using other communication networks, for example, a public switched telephone network, can also be implemented.
  • a method in which information from a server is provided to a buyer or seller and vice versa can be implemented in hardware or software in various ways using an ordinary programming skill, which is easily understood by a person in the field of this technology.
  • the present invention may be embodied in a code, which can be read by a computer, on a computer readable recording medium.
  • the computer readable recording medium may be any kind on which computer readable data are stored.
  • the computer readable recording media may be storage media such as magnetic storage media (e.g., ROM's, floppy disks, hard disks, etc.), opticall / readable media (e.g., CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc.), or carrier waves (e.g., transmissions over the Internet).
  • the computer readable recording media can be scattered on computer systems connected through a network and can store and execute a computer readable code in a distributed mode.
  • the article selling method of the present invention buyers sends money for articles (the current accepted bid) according to the current accepted bid determined by the number of advance ordered articles, while the seller receives money for the articles after the final accepted bid is calculated based on the bidders who paid remainders.
  • the price for a specific article can be flexibly determined according to the number of sold articles, and both the buyers and seller can realize appropriate distribution of profits according to the number of articles to be sold.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de vente d'articles en ligne utilisant un réseau de communication. Elle concerne plus particulièrement un procédé de vente d'articles dans lequel l'offre finale acceptée est déterminée en fonction du nombre d'articles achetés. Le procédé de vente d'articles par un réseau de communication consiste à: a) fournir à un usager des informations sur un article à vendre; b) obtenir de l'usager qu'il place une commande anticipée pour cet article; c) après conclusion de la commande anticipée, déterminer un premier prix en fonction du nombre d'articles commandés par anticipation, puis déterminer un second prix en fonction du nombre d'articles ayant fait l'objet d'une décision d'achat, ledit nombre correspondant à celui des articles commandés par anticipation dont l'achat est décidé; et d) déterminer le montant à payer par l'acheteur ou le montant à payer au vendeur des articles par combinaison du premier prix et du second prix. Selon le procédé de l'invention, le prix pour un article spécifique peut être déterminé de manière souple en fonction du nombre d'articles vendus, et tant les acheteurs que les vendeurs peuvent profiter d'une répartition appropriée des bénéfices fondée sur le nombre d'articles vendus.
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