WO2020256671A1

WO2020256671A1 - Customized product price collection system

Info

Publication number: WO2020256671A1
Application number: PCT/TR2020/050278
Authority: WO
Inventors: Metin Serhat ATAYETER
Original assignee: Andme Yazilim Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
Priority date: 2019-06-17
Filing date: 2020-04-06
Publication date: 2020-12-24
Also published as: TR201908932A2

Abstract

The present invention is customized product price collection system (100) for collecting product prices, which are not open to public, from pluralities of e-trade vendors. Accordingly, the subject matter customized product price collection system (100) comprises a memory unit (112) which stores at least one first account information and at least one second account information, and a processor unit (111) configured to access to said memory unit (112); the processor unit (111) is configured to receive a search request, related to a product, from a client device (300), to request at least one first product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one first e-trade server (210) which accommodates a first hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said first user account information, to request at least one second product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one second e-trade server (220) which accommodates a second hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said second user account information and to send the received hidden price information to the client device (300).

Description

CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT PRICE COLLECTION SYSTEM

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a customized product price collection system for collecting product prices, which are not open to public, from pluralities of e-trade vendors.

PRIOR ART

Purchasing products by means of internet is a frequently realized process. E-trade web pages present the stock information and prices, determined by vendors, to the purchasers so as to be mediator between purchasers and vendors. Purchasers are registered to e-trade page by means of authentication information and form user accounts. Within the account; there may be payment information, scores gained by means of purchasing or other ways, discount rights, discount or money coupons. Thus, the final price of a product in e-trade pages can be customized and these prices can only be accessed by means of entering to the user account.

When a user desires to purchase a product, he/she enters to various e-trade pages by means of user name and password one by one and he/she makes search in all of these pages one by one and compares the results manually and searches the most suitable price. This leads to time loss and cognitive load for the purchaser. Moreover, since some payment means can present special installment options for some e-trade pages, the user must take into account of them while the user is making price search for the product. Because of these reasons, product search and exchange durations substantially extend.

As a result, because of all of the abovementioned problems, an improvement is required in the related technical field.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a product price collection system, for eliminating the above mentioned disadvantages and for bringing new advantages to the related technical field. An object of the present invention is to provide a system which eliminates the need of making search by the user by entering one by one to e-trade pages which have hidden price for finding a price of a product which is suitable for the user and the need of manually comparing the search results.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system which provides acceleration of the purchasing process realized by the users by means of taking price from pluralities of e- trade pages.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system which eliminates the need of users for realizing authentication processes, having different formats, one by one for various e-trade web pages in each price searching process.

In order to realize the abovementioned objects and the objects which are to be deducted from the detailed description below, the present invention is a customized product price collection system for collecting product prices, which are not open to public, from pluralities of e-trade vendors. Accordingly, the subject matter customized product price collection system comprises a memory unit which stores at least one first account information and at least one second account information, and a processor unit configured to access to said memory unit; the processor unit is configured to:

- receive a search request, related to a product, from a client device,

- request at least one first product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one first e-trade server which accommodates a first hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said first user account information,

- request at least one second product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one second e-trade server which accommodates a second hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said second user account information and

- send the received hidden price information to the client device. Thus, in each price search process or in each shopping of the user, the need for manual price search and comparison by making entry to each e-trade site by means of identity information is eliminated.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit further comprises payment information of more than one payment operator, and the processor unit is configured to request installment for the first product price and for the second product price from the payment operator and to send the received results to the client unit. Thus, the advantages, which can be obtained by the user by means of the payment methods used by the user, are presented automatically to the user.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the processor unit is configured to send the predetermined number of price information, which is lower than the price of the others, to the client.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the processor unit is configured to send a discount request to at least one e-trade server, which has price higher than the others, together with the discount amount which must be made for lowering the price thereof under the prices of the other e-trade vendors and to provide sending of the reduced form of the hidden price information to the client device in case the discount request is approved.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit comprises payment information of more than one payment operator, and the processor unit is configured to detect the payment operator providing additional price discount according to the shopping past of the user and to send this to the client unit. Thus, the user can receive the information of additional discounts according to the payment method.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1 is a representative view of the product price collection system.

Figure 2 is a representative view of the server.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In this detailed description, the subject matter is explained with references to examples without forming any restrictive effect only in order to make the subject more understandable.

With reference to Figure 1 , the customized product price collection system comprises a server (1 10) which can communicate with pluralities of e-trade servers (200). Flere, the mentioned e-trade servers (200) describe the servers (1 10) which provide sales of the product through the web page and which keep the stock records of the products and which describe the product prices and thus which function as mediator between the vendors and purchasers. E-trade servers (1 10) preferably present a web page and this web page can be accessed by means of customized account information of the user. Customized account information can be user name, e-mail address and password, etc. When access is provided by means of customized account information, the hidden price information related to the product can be accessed. In the accounts which are entered by means of the account information, customized scores, card information, promotions, discount coupons, etc. can be defined. Thus, hidden price information is not open to public and it is hidden information which changes according to the characteristics of the account of the user. A user, who has the account information, can enter to this web page and can learn the product prices in a specific manner to his/her own account. In more details, the user can make search in the database of the e-trade server and can display the hidden price information of the searched product.

Here, the mentioned hidden price information is the price information formed by taking into account the special prices arranged according to the payment method of the user, customized discounts according to a shopping pattern formed according to the prior shopping to the user, shipping fee determined according to the address of the user, discount scores, discount coupons and the customized price of the product.

With reference to Figure 2, the server (1 10) of the customized product price collection system (100) comprises a processor unit (1 1 1 ) and price collection software formed by the commands executed by said processor unit (1 1 1 ) and a memory unit (1 12) which stores the information used by the processor unit (1 1 1 ). The processor unit (1 1 1 ) may comprise one or more than one processor. The memory unit (1 12) may comprise memories which provide storage of data in a permanent and temporary manner.

The memory unit (1 12) stores multiple account information of the user, where each of the account information provides access to one each e-trade server, in an account information database (1 13). In more details, the memory unit (1 12) comprises first account information which provides access of a user to the first e-trade server (210) and second account information which provides access to the second e-trade server (220). The memory unit (1 12) moreover accommodates the payment information related to various payment operators of a user. Here, the mentioned payment operators (400) can be bank payment information and bank account information.

The server (1 1 1 ) is moreover associated with the client devices (300) of the users. The client devices (300) are devices where the users send information, related to the product of which the price is desired to be taken, to the server (1 10), and the client devices (300) provide displaying of the information of the hidden price of the product taken from various e-trade servers (200). The client (300) devices can communicate with the server (1 10) by means of an accommodated application and the interface of this application or can communicate with the server (1 10) by entering to the web page provided by the server (1 10) by means of an internet browser. The client device (300) is connected to the server (1 10) by means of a communication network (not illustrated in the figures) like internet. The client device (300) can be a general-purpose computer, smart phone, etc. The server (1 10) is connected to the e-trade servers (200) and to the payment operators (400) by means of said communication network.

The server may comprise a communication unit (1 14) for providing communication with the client devices (300), e-trade servers (200) and operators. The server (1 10) can also comprise a processor unit (1 1 1 ), a memory unit (1 12), a communication unit (1 14) and a data path (1 15) which provides interconnection of electronic components which are known in the art and which are not given here.

The processor unit (1 1 1 ) records the account information, received from the client device (300), to the memory unit (1 12). The user can provide sending of this information to the server (1 10) by means of the client device (300). The processor unit (1 1 1 ) records the entered account information by associating these information with one each authentication information for each user. In a possible embodiment, the processor unit (1 1 1 ) makes recording by means of hashing and/or encrypting and provides transfer of this information in an encrypted and/or hashed manner.

In the innovation side of the present invention, the processor unit (1 1 1 ) receives a product search request of the user and connects to the e-trade servers (200) by means of the user identity information by imitating the manual entry of the user which is realized to these e- trade pages under normal conditions, and presents the hidden price information to the user.

In more details, a user is connected to the server (1 10) by means of the client device (300) and realizes identity confirmation. The user sends the search request, related to a product, to the server (1 10). The processor unit (1 1 1 ) of the server (1 10) receives the account information, related to the user, from the memory unit (1 12). By connecting to predetermined or user-preselected e-trade servers (200), authentication is realized by means of account information related to each e-trade server. After authentication, search is realized related to the product searched by the user in the e-trade server and records the hidden price information taken from the connected e-trade servers (200) and sends it to the client. In a possible embodiment, before sending the received hidden price information, it is connected to the payment operator (400) and identifies the user and requests installment through the prices received from the e-trade servers (200) for this user or giving additional score. Afterwards, according to the received answer, it presents the hidden price information to the user together with the payment options provided by the payment operator (400). In a possible embodiment, predetermined number of hidden prices, where the amount of cash money to be paid by the user is at the minimum, is presented to the user.

In a possible embodiment, the processor unit (1 1 1 ) also requests grading information of a vendor which gives hidden price of the e-trade server together with hidden price information. The processor unit (1 1 1 ) sends the received grading information to the client device (300). In a possible embodiment, the server (1 10) permits filtering of the hidden prices, which are to be displayed to the user, through the interface which provides communication of the client device (300) and the server (1 10) and displayed to the user in the client device (300). Here, the mentioned filtering can provide filtering options like the most suitable price without using score, the most suitable price by means of a predetermined payment method, the highest grading score, etc. The filtering options mentioned here are only for exemplifying purposes and must not be accepted as delimited with these.

The processor unit (1 1 1 ) realizes the process of taking hidden price information from the e- trade servers (200) by emulating the processes realized by the user under normal conditions for connecting to such type of e-trade servers (200). Thus, the need for making search by the user by connecting to each e-trade server, collecting prices manually, making comparison, calculating discounts, making calculation by taking into account the discount coupons is eliminated.

In a possible embodiment of the invention, the processor unit (1 1 1 ) arranges the hidden price information from low to high, and the processor unit (1 1 1 ) sends additional discount request to the e-trade servers (200) with higher prices by mentioning that said e-trade servers (200) will be cheaper when compared with other e-trade pages in case said e-trade servers (200) make additional discount, and in case additional discount is accepted, information related to additional discount is sent to the client device (300).

In a possible embodiment of the invention, the server (1 10) permits the user to select one of the hidden price information displayed in the interface displayed in the client device (300) and the server (1 10) is configured to provide opening of the web page or the application of the e-trade server which is the source of the selected hidden price information for the completion of the shopping and to provide entering to the sales page of the selected product.

In a possible embodiment of the invention, the server (1 10) is configured to communicate with the payment operators (400) and to detect the usage past of the payment method related to payment operators (400), and in case it detects a payment operator (400) which provides additional discount according to the usage past, to send this to the client device (300). For instance, when the shopping is completed by means of the payment method of bank A, it is detected that discount of X or score of Y will be gained and this information is sent to the client device (300).

In another possible embodiment of the invention, the user enters to the e-trade servers (200) and the e-trade servers (200) send the account information of the user to the server. Thus, when the user accesses the server by making authentication, there remains no need for entering authentication information again for the e-trade servers (200) again.

The protection scope of the present invention is set forth in the annexed claims and cannot be restricted to the illustrative disclosures given above, under the detailed description. It is because a person skilled in the relevant art can obviously produce similar embodiments under the light of the foregoing disclosures, without departing from the main principles of the present invention.

REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 Customized product price collection system 1 10 Server

1 1 1 Processor unit

1 12 Memory unit

1 13 Account information database

1 14 Communication unit

1 15 Data path

200 E-trade server

210 First e-trade server

220 Second e-trade server

300 Client device

400 Payment operator

Claims

1. A customized product price collection system (100) for collecting product prices, which are not open to public, from pluralities of e-trade vendors, wherein the subject matter customized product price collection system (100) comprises a memory unit (1 12) which stores at least one first account information and at least one second account information, and a processor unit (1 1 1 ) configured to access to said memory unit (1 12); the processor unit (1 1 1 ) is configured to:

- receive a search request, related to a product, from a client device (300),

- request at least one first product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one first e-trade server (210) which accommodates a first hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said first user account information,

- request at least one second product price information, related to the product in the search request, from at least one second e-trade server (220) which accommodates a second hidden price information which can be accessed by means of said second user account information and

- send the received hidden price information to the client device (300).

2. The customized product price collection system (100) according to claim 1 , wherein the memory unit (1 12) further comprises payment information of more than one payment operator (400), and the processor unit (1 1 1 ) is configured to request installment for the first product price and for the second product price from the payment operator (400) and to send the received results to the client unit.

3. The customized product price collection system (100) according to claim 1 , wherein the processor unit (1 1 1 ) is configured to send the predetermined number of price information, which is lower than the price of the others, to the client.

4. The customized product price collection system (100) according to claim 1 , wherein the processor unit (1 1 1 ) is configured to send a discount request to at least one e- trade server (200), which has price higher than the others, together with the discount amount which must be made for lowering the price thereof under the prices of the other e-trade vendors and to provide sending of the reduced form of the hidden price information to the client device (300) in case the discount request is approved.

5. The customized product price collection system (100) according to claim 1 , wherein the memory unit (1 12) comprises payment information of more than one payment operator (400), and the processor unit (1 1 1 ) is configured to detect the payment operator (400) providing additional price discount according to the shopping past of the user and to send this to the client unit.