WO2002035402A1

WO2002035402A1 - Auction method for electronic trade

Info

Publication number: WO2002035402A1
Application number: PCT/CN2000/000366
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hsunsen Chen; Lihsin Ma
Original assignee: Ibp Technology Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2000-10-27
Filing date: 2000-10-27
Publication date: 2002-05-02
Also published as: WO2002035402A8; AU2001210170A1

Abstract

An auction method for electronic trade used in an electronic trade system to facilitate the buyers and suppliers to make transaction, the electronic trade system comprising buyers, suppliers, an auction center and a product database having competitive biding data, the method comprising biding input step in which the buyers and suppliers can input the competitive biding data, competitive biding step in which several suppliers are bidding against each other, and the competitive biding data being transmitted to the buyer who has made a bid for, the buyer decide the supplier with whom he will trade, and an auction step in which several buyers can auction, and the auction data being trasmitted to the supplier who put something up to auction, the supplier decide the buyer with whom he will trade, and a biding report step notifying the buyer and supplier to make transaction.

Description

Manual

Method of bidding for electronic transactions

The present invention relates to a bidding method for electronic transactions, and more particularly, to a bidding method for electronic transactions of plastic materials.

Background technique

In today's industrial materials, plastic materials have been applied to many uses. Even with the development of the plastic industry, plastic materials have gradually replaced traditional metal materials such as copper and iron. As a result, plastic materials have become more diverse. Different types of plastic materials and plastic raw materials are usually replaceable. Therefore, the industry must make the best decision among multiple materials and multiple suppliers to produce the highest quality plastic products at the lowest cost.

As mentioned earlier, different plastic materials and different suppliers are usually substitutable. In particular, the types of plastic materials commonly used today are quite diverse, and even technicians skilled in plastic materials cannot fully understand most of the plastic material. Therefore, for buyers or users, there is a need to provide a simple connection method, so that it can be connected to the database of plastic products through various different classification methods or common names in order to query the plastic material. Physical properties or transactions.

Furthermore, during the production and purchase of plastic materials, overproduction, inventory, or temporary needs may also occur. Therefore, in the process of trading plastic materials, there is also a need to provide a method of auction or bidding, so that over-produced materials and temporary purchase needs can be traded at the best price. In addition, the quotations of plastic materials change with time, so the database data must be updated at any time. For traditional transaction models, this process of updating data will be slow and time-consuming.

The Internet has developed into a very convenient e-commerce business medium, enabling consumers to purchase goods or services on the Internet. However, the currently commonly used electronic trading system does not provide a simple and convenient bidding method for buyers trading plastic materials, so that the buyers and suppliers can easily conduct bidding or auctions.

In view of this, for buyers and suppliers of plastic materials, there is a need to provide a More convenient trading methods, so that buyers and suppliers can get the best interaction.

Summary of invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic trading bidding method for trading commodities, wherein the supplier and the buyer can easily bid and auction.

A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a bidding method for electronic transactions, which is applied to an electronic transaction system and is connected to the Internet to enable buyers and suppliers to conveniently conduct transactions.

The electronic trading bidding method according to the present invention is applied to an electronic trading system to facilitate buyers and suppliers to conduct transactions, wherein the electronic trading system includes buyers, suppliers, and a bidding center, and the electronic trading system There is a product database, the product database includes the bidding data, and the bidding method of the electronic transaction includes:

A bidding target input step, in which the buyer and the supplier can separately enter bidding data of the bidding target;

In a bidding step, the multiple suppliers can bid on the bidding data of a bidding price, and the buyer can decide the supplier to trade:

In an auction step, the multiple buyers can perform auctions on the auction data of a bid target, and the auction data proposed by the multiple buyers can be transmitted to the supplier who provided the bid target, and the supplier can decide to conduct a transaction Buyers: and

A bidding notification system is used to notify buyers and suppliers to conduct transactions.

The present invention also provides an electronic trading bidding method for an electronic trading system. The electronic trading system includes a buyer, a seller, and a bidding center. The bidding method of the electronic trading includes:

When a buyer enters the bidding target to be purchased in the bidding center, the bidding center generates a corresponding bidding serial number;

At least one seller proposes a bid price for the bid price of the bid serial number;

After the bid center receives the bid price of each seller, it transmits the bid price information of each seller to the buyer;

The buyer decides the transaction object based on the bidding information of each seller in the bidding center, and ends Competitive price; and

Enter a bidding notification system to notify buyers and sellers of transactions.

The present invention also provides an electronic trading bidding method for an electronic trading system. The electronic trading system includes a buyer, a seller, and a bidding center. The electronic trading bidding method includes:

When a seller enters the bidding target to be purchased in the bidding center, the bidding center generates a corresponding bidding serial number:

At least one buyer proposes a bid for the bid target of the bid serial number;

After receiving the bidding price of each buyer, the bidding center passes the bidding information of each buyer to the seller;

The seller determines the transaction object based on the bid information of each buyer in the bidding center, and ends the bid; and

According to another feature of the present invention, an electronic trading bidding method, wherein the electronic trading system is connected to the Internet, and the buyer can interact with the electronic trading system through the Internet.

According to the bidding method of the electronic transaction of the present invention, the supplier and the buyer can easily conduct bidding and auction in the electronic trading system, so that the supplier and the buyer can obtain a low-cost and high-efficiency procurement plan, from Participate in the bidding, login requirements or bidding inquiry to find the product management of the bidding, so that the supplier and the buyer can complete the high-quality services required by each buyer.

In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following describes the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with the accompanying drawings, as follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an electronic transaction bidding method according to the present invention.

FIG. La: A schematic flowchart of an electronic transaction bidding method according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an auction transaction process according to the present invention.

Figure 3-11: An example of a form or webpage format output by an electronic transaction method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure number description: Bidding methods for electronic transactions

Bid Center Home

Plastic network bidding rules

I want to sell

' I want to buy

* a I want to buy

Member Login Section

Commodity Management

Account inquiry

Display bidding products and decide whether to increase bidders

Modify existing bid

Query results whether to participate in the auction

Check if it is the current highest price

Sign-up bidding rules

Submit bid data

Query data

Whether to participate in the quotation

Enter quote data

Buyer decides whether to accept this offer

The system notifies the seller and the buyer of the transaction

Auction process

Electronic trading system confirms that the bidding data exceeds the bidding time or not

Whether the supplier decides to close the deal

Retained bid data

Confirm bid

Notify buyers and sellers of a transaction 192 Bids: Cancel Bidding Notice to Both Parties

Example detailed description

A bidding method 10 of an electronic transaction according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The bidding method 10 of the electronic transaction is applied to a product transaction. Hereinafter, a plastic material is used as an example to illustrate the present invention. The electronic transaction method of the present invention is not limited to this plastic material. Those skilled in the art will be able to easily understand the electronic trading systems, such as US Patent Nos. 5,970,475, 5,557,518, and 5,319,542. Different electronic trading systems have been disclosed, and electronic transactions can be performed through the Internet. The aforementioned patents are incorporated herein by reference.

The electronic trading bidding method 10 of the present invention is applied to an electronic trading system for trading plastic materials. The electronic trading system includes buyers, suppliers, and a bidding center, and communicates with each other through the Internet. It is connected, and the electronic trading system has a product database, which includes physical property data of plastic products and bidding data of bidding targets. Furthermore, the electronic transaction system is built in a computer system for electronic transactions, or it can only provide the user's query function.

Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a flowchart of a bidding method 10 of an electronic transaction according to the present invention. When a buyer or a supplier (seller) wants to purchase or sell plastic materials, respectively, the buyer or the supplier may Entering the first page 110 of the bidding center of the bidding method 10 of the electronic transaction of the present invention via the Internet is an initial step. In addition, before the buyer and supplier enter the bidding center homepage 110, a member login section 124 is additionally required. In step 124, the buyer and the supplier need to log in to the member so as to enter the homepage 110 of the bidding center. If the buyer or the supplier is not a member, the step 124 further includes a member joining step, so that the buyer or the supplier can join the member.

In the bidding center homepage 110, the homepage form displayed by the electronic trading system is shown in FIG. In this step 110, the supplier can click on the product type to be traded in the "I want to buy" area to enter the bidding process in step 120 ', and the buyer can click on the "I want to buy" area to The types of products to be traded are used to enter the auction process in step 120, or the supplier and the buyer can click "account inquiry" to enter step 132, or click "bid area commodity management" to enter step 130. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the product category includes plastic materials, processing equipment, and additives. Or the buyer or the supplier can click "Plastic Network Competition" "Rule" to enter step 116 for querying the bidding rules of the electronic trading system.

In step 132, the buyer or the supplier can query their bidding records in the bidding center. This step 130 is used for commodity management in the auction area of the electronic trading system, and then it proceeds to step 134.

In this step 134, the electronic trading system will output FIG. 4, as shown in the figure, the buyer or the seller can respectively click on the types of bid targets in the areas of "I want to buy" and "I want to sell". "Add Product" to enter step 136, or click "Product Change" to proceed to step 138.

In step 136, the electronic trading system outputs an input form of the bidding data of the bid price, as shown in FIG. 5, and then returns to step 110. The input form includes the trading conditions of the bidding target, such as material type, product name, specifications, color, manufacturer, required quantity / unit, packaging method, shipping time, shipping method, shipping location, payment method, and competitive price Start time, auction end time, base price, etc. After the buyer or seller completes the data entry, the electronic trading system assigns the bidding data to a specific number and sends it to the product database for bidding and / or auction. In step 138, the buyer or the supplier may enter the number of the bid price to be modified in order to modify the bid target, and then return to step 110. In addition, the bid price provided by the supplier is used for auction, and the bid price provided by the buyer is used for bidding.

After the buyer enters the step 120, the electronic trading system will output the data of the auction part of the current auction target in the product database where the auction time has not ended, and the output form is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, it is roughly divided into two parts, including an input form in the upper part and an output form in the middle part. In the upper input form, the buyer can input query conditions, such as the type of plastic, shipping location, shipping time, and query keywords, where the symbol "T" indicates that the bid center provides a drop-down The function table is convenient for the buyer to input the query data (the symbol "T" in the following also has the same function, which will not be repeated in this manual). After the buyer enters the search conditions, he can click the "GO" button, and the bidding center will output its results in the table in the middle part. The table in the middle section will display the bidding data in the product database that matches the entered query conditions, and display the product's general category, manufacturer, product name / specification, quantity, and related transaction conditions such as reserve price and Bid data. The buyer can further click on a specific bidding target, that is, a specific bid in the middle part of the table In order to make a quotation for the specific bidding target, and then enter step 140.

In step 140, the electronic trading system will output the specific bidding target in Figure, so that the buyer can query the bidding data of the specific bidding target, and can participate in the "plastic material" in Figure 7 Enter the bid price in the "Bid" area and decide whether to determine the offer. The bid data generally includes material type, manufacturer, product name / specification, color, total quantity, packaging, shipping time, shipping method, shipping location. , Payment method, current highest unit price, company profile, and auction end time, etc. The buyer can refer to the bidding data to decide whether to make an offer or cancel the offer. If the buyer decides to participate in the bidding, click the "OK" button to enter step 142, and if the bid is cancelled, return to step 110.

In step 142, the electronic trading system will confirm whether the bid price entered by the buyer is the current highest price, and if the bid price is not the current highest price, notify the buyer that the bid failed and return to step 110. Otherwise, the electronic trading system will display the bidding data of the bidding target and the bidding price entered by the buyer, as shown in FIG. 8. At the same time, the buyer can confirm whether to submit the bid price again. If the buyer wants to submit the bid price, click the "Confirm Submit" button to enter step 146, otherwise return to step 110.

In step 146, the electronic trading system will further ask whether the buyer accepts the bidding rules provided by the electronic trading system. If it accepts, it proceeds to step 148, otherwise returns to step 110.

In step 148, the electronic trading system records the bidding data entered by the buyer, and the buyer completes the bidding process. At the same time, in this step, the electronic trading system will notify the supplier of the bidding data, such as e-mail, so that the supplier can understand the bidding situation of the bidding target, and can also immediately decide to trade. And terminate the auction of the bidding object.

The foregoing description is used to describe a buyer entering step 120 to conduct the auction process. For a supplier (seller), the process may proceed to step 120 '(I want to buy) to perform the bidding process. The competition process in step 120 'is substantially the same as the auction process in step 120, except that the buyer enters step 140 to participate in the bidding, and in step 142, the electronic trading system is Confirm whether the quote provided by the seller is the current lowest price. As mentioned above, a person skilled in the art will understand that during the auction, the buyer needs to provide a higher price, so that In order to conduct a competitive bidding, during the bidding process, the supplier is required to provide a lower quotation so that the competitive bidding can be performed.

Please refer to FIG. 2, the electronic trading system will start the auction transaction process 80 within a predetermined time period or by using the auction time of the auction data. When the electronic transaction system starts the auction transaction process 80, it first enters step 180, where the electronic transaction system will sequentially confirm the auction data to enter step 182. In step 182, the electronic trading system will determine whether the individual bidding data exceeds the bidding time, and if it exceeds, enter step 188, otherwise proceed to step 184. In step 184, the electronic trading system will confirm whether the supplier / the buyer decides to close the deal, that is, the supplier / the buyer who provided the bidding target may bid with the bidder before reaching the bidding time. The buyer / supplier submitting bidding data conducts a transaction in order to accelerate the process of the bidding transaction. If the supplier / buyer decides to conduct a transaction, proceed to step 190; otherwise, proceed to step 186 to retain the bidding data so that other buyers / suppliers can enter the bid center homepage 110 to conduct a bid. In step 190, it is an auction notification system, in which the electronic trading system will notify buyers and sellers to conduct transactions.

In step 188, the electronic trading system will confirm whether a buyer / supplier participates in the bidding. If a buyer / supplier participates in the bidding, the bidder with the highest bid / low bid will win the bid and proceed to step 190 , Otherwise proceed to step 192. In step 192, it means that there is no bidding involved in the bidding and the bidding target is bidding. The electronic trading system will cancel the bidding and notify the supplier / buyer who provided the bidding target.

Referring again to FIG. 1a, a buy-to-buy process 120'a according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown. When a supplier enters the I want to buy step 120'a, the electronic trading system will output bidding target data, as shown in FIG. 9, which is generally similar to FIG. 6, but the output data is for the buyer. The provided bid price target, that is, the data shown in FIG. 9 is provided to the supplier, and the supplier can use the data to determine the bid price of the bid price target. As mentioned earlier, the form shown in Figure 9 also has a search function, so that suppliers can easily find the required bidding data. And similar to the foregoing process, after the supplier clicks on a specific bidding target, it proceeds to step 210.

In step 210, the electronic trading system outputs the data of the bid target as shown in FIG. 10, and proceeds to step 212. In this step 212, the supplier can decide whether to submit a quote, if it decides to submit a quote, click the "quote" button to enter step 214, otherwise cancel the quote Go to step 110. In step 214, the electronic trading system displays an input form of the quotation data, as shown in FIG. 11. Please note that, as shown in Figure 11, the supplier can change trading conditions such as shipping method, delivery location, payment method, bidding price, etc., in order to further meet the buyer's needs. After the supplier enters the quotation data, click the "OK" button to enter step 216. In step 216, the electronic trading system will send the quotation data provided by the supplier to the buyer, such as e-mail. The buyer can decide whether to accept the quotation data, and if it is accepted, proceed to step 218, otherwise proceed to step 220. In step 220, the electronic trading system will notify the seller that the buyer does not accept the quote data, and that the quote data is invalid. In this step 218, the electronic trading system will notify the buyer and the seller of the transaction.

Although the present invention has been described with the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the definition of the appended claims.

Claims

Profit requirements

1. An electronic trading bidding method, which is applied to an electronic trading system to facilitate buyers to conduct transactions with suppliers, wherein the electronic trading system includes buyers, suppliers, and a bidding center, and the electronic trading The system has a product database, which includes the bidding data of the bidding target. The bidding method of the electronic transaction includes:

An inputting step of the bidding target, the buyer and the supplier may enter the bidding data of the bidding target separately in this step;

In a bidding step, the multiple suppliers may bid on the bidding data of a bidder, and the buyer may decide which supplier to trade:

In an auction step, the plurality of buyers can perform auctions on the auction data of an auction target, and the auction data proposed by the plurality of buyers can be transmitted to the supplier providing the auction target, and the supplier can decide Buyers who trade; and

An auction notification system is used to notify buyers and suppliers to conduct transactions.

2. The bidding method for electronic transactions as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic trading system is connected to the Internet, and the buyer and the supplier can interact with the electronic trading system through the Internet.

3. The bidding method for electronic trading as claimed in claim 1, wherein the products traded by the electronic trading system are plastic materials.

4. If the bidding method of electronic transaction as requested by 1 includes the steps of a member login and an application for membership, which are used to confirm the supplier and the buyer.

5. If the bidding method of electronic transaction as claimed in claim 1, in the auction step, the electronic trading system selects the buyer who proposes the highest transaction price, and trades with the supplier who provided the target of the auction.

5. If the bidding method for electronic trading as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the bidding step, the electronic trading system selects a supplier that proposes the lowest transaction price and conducts a transaction with the buyer who provided the bidding target.

6. The bidding method for an electronic transaction such as that required by claim 1, wherein the bidding step and the auction step In this step, the multiple suppliers / buyers may change different transaction conditions so that the buyer / supplier decides the supplier / buyer to conduct the transaction.

7. The bidding method for electronic transactions such as the one in claim 6, wherein the transaction conditions are selected from the group consisting of shipping method, delivery location, payment method, and bid price.

8. An electronic trading bidding method, used in an electronic trading system, the electronic trading system includes a buyer, a seller, and a bidding center. The electronic trading bidding method includes:

At least one seller proposes a bid for the bid of the bid serial number;

The buyer determines the transaction object based on the bid information of each seller in the auction center, and ends the price-free; and

9. If the bidding method of the electronic transaction according to claim 8 includes an auction inquiry step, the buyer and seller can check the bidding status.

10. For example, if the bidding method of electronic trading is required, the buyer can inquire the lowest bidding price from the bidding inquiry step, decide the transaction object, and end the bidding.

11. For example, if the bidding method of electronic transaction is required, the information about the price of each seller is passed to the buyer by email.

12. If the bidding method for electronic trading is required according to claim 8, the buyer of the at least one can change different trading conditions so that the buyer can decide the trading object.

13. The bidding method for electronic transactions such as the one in claim 12, wherein the transaction conditions are selected from the group consisting of shipping method, delivery location, payment method, and bid price.

14. An electronic trading bidding method for an electronic trading system. The electronic trading system includes a buyer, a seller, and a bidding center. The electronic trading bidding method includes:

If a seller enters the bidding target to be purchased in the bidding center, the bidding center generates a corresponding bidding serial number:

At least one buyer proposes a bid for the bid of the bid serial number; After the bid center receives the bid price of each buyer, it passes the bid price information of each buyer to the seller;

15. If the bidding method for electronic trading according to claim 14 further includes a bidding inquiry step, the buyer and seller can check the status of the bidding price.

16. For example, if the auction requires a bidding method for electronic trading of 16, the seller can inquire the highest bidding price from the bidding inquiry step, decide the transaction object, and end the bidding.

17. For example, if the bidding method for electronic transactions is required, the bid information of each buyer is passed to the seller via email.

18. If the bidding method of electronic trading is required according to claim 14, the buyer of the at least one can change different trading conditions so that the seller can decide the trading object.

19. The bidding method of the electronic transaction as described in claim 18, wherein the transaction conditions are selected from the group consisting of shipping method, delivery location, payment method, and bid price.