KR20010111658A - Method for ordering and settling goods using an e-mail advertisement via a communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

By simply reading and selecting the product information included in the e-mail received from the e-commerce company, many users complete the order and payment of the product they want to purchase, thereby minimizing the loss of time and money required for internet shopping. A method for ordering and paying for a product using an email advertisement over a computer communication network is disclosed. The server sends emails containing product information to a plurality of users. The user reads the product information included in the e-mail received through the user computer system, and completes the purchase information in response to the order form provided in the e-mail according to the presence or absence of the product to be purchased from the product information to the server. send. In addition, the server receives the purchase information, based on the purchase information to determine the validity of the purchase information to process the purchase order, and notifies the user of the processing result by e-mail. Therefore, the user does not need to search the Internet shopping mall for a long time to obtain information about the product, and also, by performing a few key inputs and a single mouse click to input the purchase information, By completing orders and payments, you can minimize the loss of time and money spent on Internet shopping.

Description

METHOD FOR ORDERING AND SETTLING GOODS USING AN E-MAIL ADVERTISEMENT VIA A COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a product order and payment through a computer communication network, and more specifically, a plurality of users of the product to be purchased only by viewing and selecting the product information contained in the e-mail received from the e-commerce company, etc. The present invention relates to a method for ordering and paying for a product using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network which can minimize the loss of time and expenses required for the internet shopping after the order and payment are completed.

Recently, as the peripheral technology for the Internet communication, that is, the computer system, software, communication line, etc. has been developed rapidly, the Internet shopping that can purchase goods through the Internet at home is becoming common.

In response to such requests from consumers, information related to various products of manufacturers is provided on the Internet, and the number of Internet shopping malls that perform orders and sales is increasing. In addition, as competition among shopping malls becomes fierce, each shopping mall company does not distinguish between members and non-members, but also implements a marketing strategy of providing information on products handled by the company through e-mail.

However, most of the service methods currently provided by Internet shopping mall companies are performed by a user accessing an internet shopping mall company through a computer communication network, searching for a product to be purchased, and then applying for the purchase of the corresponding product.

According to this method, the user must continuously search on the web site of the shopping mall company until the product to be purchased is found. Therefore, the user not only needs to perform many operations using a keyboard or a mouse for searching, but also takes a lot of time according to the searching.

The present invention proposed to solve the above-described problems, the loss of time and expense required for the Internet shopping by completing the order and payment of the goods to be purchased by the user only by viewing and selecting the product information contained in the e-mail The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for ordering and paying for a product using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network that can be minimized.

1 is a view showing the configuration of an apparatus for ordering and payment of goods using an email advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 to 4 are flowcharts illustrating a method for ordering and paying goods using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention performed using the apparatus shown in Fig. 1;

5 is a view showing an input window for inputting purchase information when a user purchases a product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10, 12, 14: user computer system

16: internet network

18: server

20: storage device

A method for ordering and paying for goods using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: transmitting, at a server, an e-mail containing product information to a plurality of users; Reading, at the computer, the product information included in the received e-mail, and completing the purchase information in response to the order form provided in the e-mail according to the presence or absence of the product to be purchased from the product information, and transmitting the purchased information to the server; And receiving the purchase information from the server, determining whether the purchase information is valid based on the purchase information, processing the purchase order, and notifying the user of the processing result by e-mail.

At this time, the step of transmitting to the server, the user to view the product information contained in the e-mail if there is no product to be purchased, and if there is a product to be purchased, the input window provided with the e-mail And inputting purchase information through the e-mail, and transmitting the purchase information to the server by clicking the order button provided together on the e-mail including the product information.

In addition, the purchase information includes at least customer information, product information and payment information, the customer information includes at least the name, resident registration number and address of the user, the product information at least indicates a product to be purchased by the user A product code, and the payment information includes at least the card number of the user and the expiration date of the card. In addition, if additional information is required for legal or other reasons other than customer information, product information, and payment information, it may be included.

In addition, the purchase information transmitted from the user computer to the server is transmitted in a data stream manner, and the product information included in the e-mail is provided in at least one of a text, a still picture and a video.

According to this method, when a user inputs purchase information through the purchase information input window provided with the product information and clicks the order button, the product information, customer information, and payment information that the user wants to purchase are stored in a data stream method. To the e-commerce company. The server of the e-commerce company verifies the purchase order from the user and determines whether the order of the product is valid from the user, and performs an order processing based on the result. Is provided to the user.

Therefore, the user does not need to search the Internet shopping mall for a long time to obtain information about the product, and also, by performing a few key inputs and a single mouse click to input the purchase information, By completing orders and payments, you can minimize the loss of time and money spent on Internet shopping.

Hereinafter, a method for ordering and paying for a product using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

1 is a view showing the configuration of an apparatus for ordering and payment of goods using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of user computer systems 10, 12, 14 are connected to perform data communication with the server 18 via a computer communication network, that is, the Internet network 16. The server 18 uses a storage device 20 for recording and storing various data such as user information, product information, purchase information, and the like as a database.

An email is transmitted and received between the plurality of user computer systems 10, 12, 14 and the server 18 via the Internet network 16, and a technical method such as a transmission protocol for transmitting and receiving the email is well known. As known.

From now on, it is assumed that the server 18 is an e-commerce company operating an Internet shopping mall, and orders and pays for goods using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The method for doing this is demonstrated concretely. Here, the plurality of users using the user computer systems 10, 12, and 14 may be members who are registered as members of the e-commerce company or non-members.

2 to 4 are flowcharts illustrating a method for ordering and paying a product using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is performed by using the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a view showing an input window for inputting purchase information when a user purchases a product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the server 18 of the e-commerce company e-mails the product information containing various information about products handled by the company, for example, product specifications, prices, companies, etc., through the Internet network 16. And transmit to the user computer system 10, 12, 14 (step S100).

At this time, the product information transmitted to the user computer system 10, 12, 14 as an e-mail is provided in at least one form of text, still picture and moving picture.

Next, the user selects the e-mail received by his computer system through the Internet network 16 to browse the product information provided from the server 18 of the e-commerce company, respectively (step S210).

The user reads the product information to determine whether there is a product to purchase (step S220), and if there is no product to purchase, the process ends.

If there is a product to be purchased, the user inputs purchase information through the purchase information input window 22 as shown in FIG. 5 provided in the email (step S230).

Here, the purchase information input window 22 is a function provided in the e-mail from the server 18, similar to the product information, the user to enter the purchase information of the product of the e-commerce company It is not necessary to perform data communication with the server 18.

As shown in Figure 5, the purchase information is largely customer information indicating the user's personal information, product information indicating the product to be purchased by the user, and a method for payment of the product price while the user purchases the product It consists of payment information indicating.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the customer information includes at least the name, ID, social security number and address of the user, the product information includes at least a product code indicating the product to be purchased by the user, The payment information is configured to include at least the card number of the user and the expiration date of the card.

In addition, the contents of the purchase information input window 22 may be variably set according to the marketing method of the e-commerce company. As a simple example, assuming that an e-mail including the product information is provided only to a registered member of the e-commerce company, it is sufficient for the user to input only an ID (IDENFICATION) representing himself among the customer information. Similarly, the payment method may be used, such as bank account direct debit.

Subsequently, when the user inputs the purchase information as described above through the purchase information input window 22, an error message is generated depending on whether or not the corresponding information is completely entered in each information input field (step S240, 250). This may be determined according to whether the respective information input fields are blank.

Next, when the purchase information of the purchase information input window 22 is completely input by the user, the user clicks the order button 22 provided on the e-mail together with the product information. When the order button 24 is clicked by the user, the purchase information input by the user is transmitted to the server 18 of the e-commerce company via the Internet network 16.

At this time, the purchase information transmitted from the user computer system 10, 12, 14 to the server 18 of the e-commerce company is not provided in the form of e-mail, but is transmitted in a data stream (DATA STREAM) method ( Step S260). Therefore, the e-commerce company does not need to have a separate system necessary for receiving the purchase information in the form of an e-mail.

4, the server 18 receives the purchase information from the user (step S310), checks the user's card number and the expiration date of the card input as payment information among the purchase information. It is determined whether the payment information of the user is valid (steps S320 and 330).

If the payment information of the user is valid, the server 18 stores the purchase information in the storage device 20 as a product order database and processes it as a normal order completion (step S340), and the order of the product is normally completed. An e-mail indicating that the message is received is provided to the user's computer system through the Internet network 16 (step S350).

If the payment information of the user is not valid, the server 18 repairs the purchase information of the user (step S360), and the order of the product is not normally completed due to an error of the purchase information. The informing email is provided to the user's computer system through the internet network 16 (step S350).

Next, the user who has created the purchase information and sent it to the server 18 of the e-commerce company has referred to the e-mail provided from the server 18 as in step S350 to determine whether the order for purchasing his / her product has been normally processed. You can check.

According to the method as described above, the e-commerce company provides the user with various information on the products to be handled as an e-mail, and the user can search for information on the various goods through the e-mail.

In addition, when a user inputs purchase information through the purchase information input window provided with the product information and clicks the order button, the product information, customer information, and payment information that the user wants to purchase are e-commerce companies in a data stream method. Is provided.

The server of the e-commerce company verifies the purchase order from the user and determines whether the order of the product is valid from the user, and performs an order processing based on the result. Is provided to the user.

Therefore, the user does not have to search the Internet shopping mall for a long time to obtain information about the product, and also, by performing a few key inputs and a single mouse click to input the purchase information, By completing orders and payments, you can minimize the loss of time and money spent on Internet shopping.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

Claims (8)

Transmitting, at the server, an email containing product information to a plurality of users; At the user computer, reading the product information included in the received e-mail, and completing the purchase information in response to the order form provided in the e-mail according to the presence or absence of the product to be purchased from the product information, and transmitting it to the server. ; And And receiving the purchase information from the server, determining whether the purchase information is valid based on the purchase information, processing the purchase order, and notifying the user of the processing result by e-mail. A method for ordering and paying for goods using email advertising over a telecommunication network. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting to the server comprises: Selecting, by the user, an e-mail including the product information to view the product information; Determining whether there is a product to purchase from the product information, and ending if there is no product to purchase; If there is a product to be purchased from among the product information, inputting the purchase information through an input window provided attached to the e-mail including the product information; And Transmitting the purchase information to the server by clicking an order button provided together on the e-mail including the product information. . 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: determining whether an error of the purchase information input by the user through the purchase information input window when the user clicks the order button after inputting the purchase information; If an error occurs, returning an error message through the user computer and inputting purchase information; And If no error occurs, proceeding to the next step. The method of claim 3, wherein the purchase information includes at least customer information indicating personal information of the user, product information indicating a product to be purchased by the user, and payment information indicating a method for the user to pay for a product price. A method for ordering and paying for a product using an email advertisement through a computer communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein the customer information includes at least the name, ID, social security number, and address of the user, the product information includes at least a product code indicating a product that the user wants to purchase, and the payment information includes at least And ordering and paying a product using an e-mail advertisement through a computer communication network, the card number of the user and the expiration date of the card. The method of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the purchase information transmitted from the user computer to the server is transmitted in a data stream manner. How to make a payment. According to claim 5, The step of notifying the processing result of the purchase order in the server, Determining validity of payment information based on payment information from the received purchase information; If the payment information is valid, storing the user's purchase information and an order processing based on the user's purchase information as a database; If the payment information is not valid, repairing the purchase information of the user; And And notifying the user of the result of the order repair or irreparable processing according to the purchase order as an e-mail. 8. The computer communication network of claim 1, wherein the product information included in the e-mail is provided in at least one of a text, a still picture, and a moving picture. How to order and pay for your products using email advertising.