KR20030043144A - A unified merchandising system using the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internet commerce system, and relates to an integrated internet commerce system in which a product transaction is performed with a product supplier through an internet network, and also a logistics of a product order, delivery, and distribution by a consumer.

Conventional e-commerce systems are targeted solely by individual buyers and goods suppliers, and have no means of acting as an intermediary between them, so that suppliers can sell large quantities of goods. There was a hassle of contacting a large number of shopping malls with sales channels, and due to the problems mentioned above, shopping malls did not have the opportunity to selectively enter more diverse products according to the supplier's supply prices. did.

Therefore, in the case of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, by establishing a merchandising server through the Internet between the supplier and the shopping mall, the supplier and the shopping mall are connected to the Internet, thereby providing the supplier with more shopping malls. Effective registration of e-commerce using computer networks such as the Internet by enabling product registration, and allowing shopping malls to selectively enter more diverse products, and also make payment systems uniform through a financial server connected to the Internet. An integrated merchandising system for providing a method is provided.

Description

Integrated merchandising system using the internet {A unified merchandising system using the internet}

The present invention relates to an internet commerce system, and more particularly, a product transaction with a product supplier is performed through the internet network, and also a product order, delivery, and distribution of goods by a consumer are performed. It relates to an integrated Internet commerce system that can be achieved through.

Today, with the development of information and communication technology and the spread of information and communication network, the existing methods of economic activity, the means of trading, the objects of trading, and the scope of transactions are changing. For example, with the development of internet technology and the spread of computers, the way consumers and sellers face and face transactions in real space is changing to electronic commerce in virtual space on the internet through the use of internet media.

In other words, with the development of information and communication technology, the e-commerce market is expanding rapidly. In addition to the general purchase of goods using the Internet, the e-commerce market is developing in the form of auction or joint purchase.

However, such a conventional product purchase system over the Internet has the following problems.

Firstly, these systems are primarily targeted at individual buyers and suppliers of goods, and have no means of acting as an intermediary between them, so that many shopping malls have sales channels for suppliers. There was a hassle to contact each one. In addition, due to the above problems, the shopping mall was not provided with the opportunity to selectively enter more various products.

Second, conventionally, there is no system that can collectively manage the merchandising stage and the sales stage into one, and is done in the sales channels of suppliers and shopping malls, respectively, so that the efficiency of the e-commerce system through the computer network such as the Internet There was a problem of deterioration.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the problems described above, by establishing a merchandising server through the Internet between the supplier and the shopping mall to enable the product registration in a more shopping mall for the supplier, and also in the shopping mall It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrated merchandising system for providing an effective electronic commerce method using a computer network such as the Internet by enabling the selective entry of more various products.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the overall environment in which the present invention is used.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an integrated merchandising system based on a merchandising server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a general flow diagram of an integrated merchandising system in accordance with one preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the merchandising merchandising in conjunction with a plurality of shopping mall server merchandise information registered as a merchandising server from a plurality of provider server as a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating merchandising in merchandising in association with a plurality of supplier servers a merchandise requested from a plurality of shopping mall servers to a merchandising server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a general flow diagram illustrating the process of purchase of goods by the buyer is an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main functions of the drawings *

100: provider server 200: merchandising server

300: shopping mall server 400: buyer (consumer), consumer terminal

500: communication server 600: financial server

In the integrated merchandising system for product planning and sale using the Internet according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the electronic commerce method of trading a product via the Internet, a supplier server that supplies the product is connected to the merchandising server A product registration step of registering a product by inputting product supply information including a supply price of a product to be sold; A shopping mall entry step in which a shopping mall server that intends to sell a product registered in a merchandising server to a consumer through the product registration step selectively enters the product according to the product price and displays the product on a website; A product purchasing step in which a consumer purchases and pays the products displayed on the website of the shopping mall server; The information about the buyer is transmitted from the shopping mall server to the merchandising server, and the merchandising server retransmits it back to the supplier server, so that the supplier server provides the purchaser with the delivery information according to the received purchase information and the product. Delivery step; After the delivery is completed, the supplier server transmits the result of the delivery process to the merchandising server, the merchandising server retransmits the result to the shopping mall server, and the shopping mall server receiving the delivery whether the delivery is completed as reported by the delivery processing result. Reporting the result of the shipment processing confirmed by the buyer; After confirming the completion of the delivery process, the shopping mall server subtracts a fee corresponding to a certain amount from the first amount paid by the buyer, and pays the merchandising server, and the merchandising server also subtracts a certain amount of fee from the received amount and finally sends it to the provider server. Characterized in that it comprises a payment step of payment.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the overall environment in which the present invention is used.

Referring to FIG. 1, the provider server 100 registers product information to be supplied to a merchandising server 200 connected through the Internet, and the shopping mall server 300 registers product information registered in the merchandising server 200. Among them, they are selectively placed according to the supply price and displayed on their web pages. In addition, the purchaser accesses a web page provided by the shopping mall server 300 through the Internet to purchase a desired product using the consumer terminal 400. Of course, the consumer terminal 400 includes not only the computer 401 but also a personal portable information terminal 402 or a mobile phone 402 which can be connected to the Internet through the base station 501 and the communication server 500. On the other hand, the financial server 600 is to perform the payment after purchasing the product is connected to the buyer terminal, shopping mall server, merchandising server and supplier server through the Internet.

Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of an integrated merchandising system based on a merchandising server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the integrated merchandising system is composed of a supplier server 100, a merchandising server 200, a shopping mall server 300, a purchaser terminal 400, and a financial server 600.

First, the supplier server 100 has a commodity database 101 for storing information on a commodity to be supplied through the Internet, a transaction database 102 for storing information on a commodity supplied to the merchandising server 200, a shopping mall server. The purchase information database 103 in which the buyer information received from the 300 via the merchandising server 200 is recorded, and the goods purchased by the buyer 400 are stored in the purchase information stored in the buyer information database 103. Accordingly, a delivery database 104 for transmitting delivery information to a delivery company for delivery to a buyer and a payment database 105 for making a payment through the financial server 600 and storing information thereon are connected.

In addition, the merchandising server 200 is established between the supplier server 100 and the shopping mall server 300 through the Internet to support the marketing and sales of goods to the supplier server 100, the goods and market to the shopping mall server 300 To support the information, if there is a product registration request from the supplier server 100, the supply application database 201 for storing information about the product, the registration application for the product you wish to sell from the shopping mall server 300 A requesting product database 202 for storing information about the product, a supplier database 203 for storing information about the supplier, a shopping mall server for selectively entering and displaying a product from the product database 201 ( Store transaction details with the shopping mall database 204, the shopping mall server 300 and the supplier server 100 for storing information about 300 The transaction database 205 for storing the buyer information transmitted from the shopping mall server 300, the purchase information database 206 for retransmitting to the supplier server 100, reports the delivery process result received from the supplier server 100 A delivery database 207 for storing and retransmitting to the shopping mall server 300 and a payment database 208 for making payment through the financial server 600 and storing information thereof are connected.

In addition, the shopping mall server 300, a merchandise database 301 for storing information about the product selectively entered according to the supply price from the merchandising server 200, supplier database for storing the information of the supplier for the entered product 302, when the purchaser 400 purchases a product by looking at the product information stored in the product database 301 through the terminal, the purchase information database 303 for storing the information of the buyer, the buyer 400 ) And a transaction database 304 for storing transaction details with the merchandising server 200, a delivery database 305 used to store the delivery processing result received from the merchandising server 200 and directly check the delivery status to the buyer. A payment database 306 for making a payment through the financial server 600 and storing information about it is connected.

In addition, the financial server 600, the buyer database 601, which stores the account number of the buyer, the shopping mall database 602, which stores the account number of the shopping mall, etc., the merchandising server, which stores the account number of the merchandising server, etc. A database 603, a supplier database 604 in which a supplier's account number is stored, and a payment database 605 for payment between them are connected.

3 is a diagram illustrating an overall flowchart of an integrated merchandising system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a merchandising server is established through the Internet between a plurality of supplier servers for supplying goods and a plurality of shopping mall servers for selling goods, and the plurality of products registered in the merchandising server from the plurality of suppliers servers. Merchandizing merchandising step (S100) to plan merchandising by associating to a plurality of shopping mall servers and associating the products requested by the merchandising server from the plurality of shopping mall servers to the plurality of supplier servers; A product purchase step (S200) in which a consumer purchases and pays a product displayed on a web site of a shopping mall server through the merchandising step; The information about the buyer who purchased the goods is transmitted from the shopping mall server to the merchandising server, and the merchandising server retransmits it to the supplier server, so that the supplier server delivers the goods to the buyer through the delivery company according to the received buyer information. Information provision and product delivery step (S300); The supplier server which has completed the delivery of the goods transmits the result of the delivery process to the merchandising server, and the merchandising server retransmits the result to the shopping mall server, and whether the shopping mall server which received it has completed the delivery according to the report of the delivery processing result. Shipping process result reporting step to check and confirm through the buyer (S400); After confirming the completion of the delivery process, the shopping mall server deducts a certain amount from the initial amount paid by the buyer through a financial server connected through the Internet and pays the merchandising server, and the merchandising server also receives the payment from the payment amount through the financial server. It is configured to include a payment step (S500) to finally remove the fee of a certain amount and finally pay to the provider server.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a merchandising step in which a merchandising server is linked to a plurality of shopping mall servers by commodity information registered as a merchandising server from a plurality of provider servers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The merchandising step includes a product registration step in which the supplier server 100 registers the product with the merchandising server 200 and a shopping mall entry step in which the shopping mall server 300 selectively enters the product registered in the merchandising server. Lose.

First, referring to FIG. 4, the product registration step from the supplier server to the merchandising server will be described. The supplier server 100 transmits the member registration application information to the merchandising server 200 in a designated form (S101). The form may include a name, address, social security number, telephone number, business registration certificate, etc., and may be applied as an email method. In addition, the form may further include information such as a member identifier (ID), a password designated by the provider server 100. The merchandising server 200 performs validation based on the member registration application information received in step 101 and stores it in its own supplier database when it is determined to be valid information (S102), and sends a member registration completion message to the provider server 100. (S103). If the test result is not valid information, an error message is transmitted to the provider server 100. Of course, the member registration step is performed for convenience of operation and management in the merchandising server, and even if the member registration step is not necessarily performed, the supplier server may register the merchandise server by sending the product supply information.

The supplier server 100 receiving the member registration completion message transmits the product information about the product to be supplied through the Internet to the merchandising server 200 to apply for product registration (S104). The merchandising server 200 stores the received product information in the supply product database (S105), and transmits a message indicating that registration is completed to the supplier server 100 via the Internet (S106). At this time, the supplier server 100 receiving the registration completion message stores it in the transaction database (S107).

In addition, referring to FIG. 4, the shopping mall entry step, the shopping mall server 300 transmits the member registration application information to the merchandising server 200 in a designated form (S108). The form may include a shopping mall name, an address, a business registration certificate, and the like, and may further include information such as a member identifier (ID) and a password designated by the shopping mall server 300. The merchandising server 200 performs validation based on the member registration application information received in step 107 and stores it in its own shopping mall database if it is determined to be valid information (S109), and stores the member registration completion message in the shopping mall server 300. In step (S110). If the test result is not valid information, an error message is transmitted to the shopping mall server 300. Of course, the member registration step is performed for the convenience of operation and management in the merchandising server, and even if the member registration step is not necessarily performed, the shopping mall server may receive an entry approval by sending a product inquiry request signal to the merchandising server.

The shopping mall server 300 receiving the member registration completion message transmits an inquiry request signal for the specific product stored in the product database of the merchandising server (S111). The merchandising server 200 searches the product database based on the signal received in step 111 and transmits corresponding product information to the shopping mall server 200 through the Internet (S112). The shopping mall server 300 selects a specific product from the received plurality of product information and transmits the shop application information to the merchandising server 200 (S113). The merchandising server 200 stores the transaction details in the transaction database based on the received application information (S114), and transmits the entrance approval information to the shopping mall server 200 (S115). The shopping mall server 200 having received the entrance approval information stores the received product approval in its own product database (S116), and displays the product through a sales channel on a web page.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a merchandising step performed by a merchandising server in association with a plurality of supplier servers by merchandise requested from a plurality of shopping mall servers to a merchandising server.

The merchandising step is a product request information providing step of transmitting the request information for merchandise that the shopping mall server wishes to sell to the merchandising server, and transmits the product information from the provider server to the merchandising server corresponding to the request information registered in the merchandising server. The product registration step is configured to include a shopping mall entry step of selectively entering the goods registered in the merchandising server.

First, referring to FIG. 5, the product request information providing step of the shopping mall server, the shopping mall server 300 transmits the member registration application information to the merchandising server 200 in a designated form (S201). The form may include a shopping mall name, an address, a business registration certificate, and the like, and may further include information such as a member identifier (ID) and a password designated by the shopping mall server 300. The merchandising server 200 performs validation based on the member registration application information received in step 201 and stores it in its own shopping mall database when it is determined to be valid information (S202), and stores the member registration completion message in the shopping mall server 300. (S203). If the test result is not valid information, an error message is transmitted to the shopping mall server 300. Of course, the member registration step is performed for convenience of operation and management in the merchandising server, and even if the member registration step is not necessarily performed, the shopping mall server may register the merchandise server by sending the product request information.

The shopping mall server 300 receiving the member registration message transmits the product request information about the product to be sold through the Internet to the merchandising server (S204). The merchandising server 200 stores the requested product information in the requested product database (S205), and transmits a registration completion message to the shopping mall server 300 through the Internet (S206).

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5, the product registration step of the merchandising server by the supplier server will be described. The supplier server 100 transmits the member registration application information to the merchandising server 200 in a designated form (S207). The form may include a name, address, social security number, telephone number, business registration certificate, etc., and may be applied as an email method. In addition, the form may further include information such as a member identifier (ID), a password designated by the provider server 100. The merchandising server 200 performs validation based on the member registration application information received in step 207 and stores it in its own supplier database when it is determined to be valid information (S208), and sends a member registration completion message to the provider server 100. (S209). If the test result is not valid information, an error message is transmitted to the provider server 100. Of course, the member registration step is performed for convenience of operation and management in the merchandising server, and even if the member registration step is not necessarily performed, the supplier server may register the merchandise server by sending the product supply information.

The provider server 100 receiving the member registration completion message transmits the product information on the product to be supplied through the Internet to the merchandising server 200 corresponding to the product request information of the shopping mall server registered in the merchandising server 200. Send and apply for product registration (S210). The merchandising server 200 stores the received product information in the supply product database (S211), and transmits a message that the registration is completed to the provider server 100 through the Internet (S212). At this time, the supplier server 100 receiving the registration completion message stores it in the transaction database (S213).

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5, the shopping mall entry step, the shopping mall server 300 transmits a product inquiry request signal to the merchandising server 200 to perform a search for the requested product (S214). The merchandising server 200 receiving the signal transmits the supply product information of the supplier server 100 stored in the supply product database to the shopping mall server 300 (S215). The shopping mall server 300 selects a specific product that satisfies the request condition from the plurality of received product information and transmits the shop application information to the merchandising server 200 (S216). The merchandising server 200 stores the transaction details in the transaction database based on the received application information (S217), and then transmits the entrance approval information to the shopping mall server 200 (S218). The shopping mall server 200 having received the entrance approval information stores the received product approval in its own product database (S219), and displays the product through a sales channel on a web page.

Figure 6 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the overall purchase flow diagram illustrating the purchase of goods through the buyer terminal, delivery, payment through the financial server.

Referring to Figure 6 describes the product purchase process through the buyer terminal, first the buyer 400 inputs the member registration application information in the form designated by the shopping mall server 300 through the terminal and transmits to the shopping mall server (S301). The form may include a name, address, social security number, telephone number, business registration certificate, etc., and may be applied as an email or the like. In addition, the form may further include information such as a member identifier (ID), a password, etc. designated by the purchaser 400. The shopping mall server 300 performs validation based on the member registration application information received in step 301 and stores the member registration information received in the purchase information database when it is determined to be valid information (S302). The message is sent to the buyer (S303). If the test result is not valid information, an error message is transmitted to the purchaser 400 and displayed on the screen of the purchaser.

Thereafter, the purchaser 400 transmits inquiry request information about the specific product to be purchased to the shopping mall server 300 through the terminal (S304). The shopping mall server 300 searches a product database based on the information received in step 304, extracts the corresponding product information, and transmits the same product information to the purchaser 400 using the Internet (S305). The purchaser 400 selects a specific product from the plurality of product information displayed on the screen and transmits the purchase request information to the shopping mall server 300 (S306). The shopping mall server 300 stores the corresponding information in the transaction database based on the received purchase request information (S307), and transmits the purchase approval information and the payment request information to the purchaser 400 (S308). The buyer 400 transmits payment information in response to the received payment request information (S309). As the payment method, a credit card payment, an interbank transfer, or the like may be applied. Thereafter, the shopping mall server 300 checks the payment information of the purchaser 400 made in step 309 and stores the contents in the payment database (S310).

In addition, referring to FIG. 6, the buyer information providing and product delivery step will be described. In step 310, the shopping mall server 300 storing the buyer's payment information in a transaction database includes information indicating that a transaction with the buyer 400 has been established. The purchase confirmation notification and purchase information are transmitted to the merchandising server 200 (S311). The merchandising server 200 stores the information received in step 311 in the transaction database (S312), and retransmits the received content to the supplier server 100 (S313). Thereafter, the supplier server 100 stores the contents received in the step 313 in the transaction database (S314), and delivers the product purchased by the buyer 400 to the buyer according to the received buyer information (S315). Delivery is made through a delivery company that has received delivery information from the supplier server (100).

In addition, referring to FIG. 6, the delivery process result reporting step will be described. After the supplier server 100 stores the content delivered in step 314 in the delivery database (S316), the delivery process result is returned to the merchandising server 200. It transmits (S317). The merchandising server 200 stores the received delivery processing result in its own shipping database (S318) and retransmits it to the shopping mall server 300 (S319). Meanwhile, the shopping mall server 300 stores the delivery processing result received in step 318 in its own shipping database (S320), and checks the shipping status of whether the delivery is completed from the shipper for the purchased product (400). (S321).

In addition, referring to Fig. 6, the payment step, the shopping mall server 300 after checking the delivery status, if the delivery is confirmed, the predetermined fee from the payment received from the buyer 400 in step 309 financial server The payment is made to the merchandising server 200 through 600 (S322). The merchandising server 200 stores the received information in a payment database (S323), subtracts a predetermined fee from the payment received in step 322 and makes a payment to the provider server 100 through the financial server 600 ( S324). On the other hand, the financial server 600 stores the received information in the payment database (S325).

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications may be made in addition to these specific embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments.

As described above, the integrated merchandising system using the Internet according to the present invention establishes a merchandising server that acts as a mediator between the plurality of supplier servers and the plurality of shopping mall servers through the Internet, thereby providing more shopping malls to the suppliers. It is possible to enter the product market, so that marketing and sales of the supply product are activated, and the shopping mall is provided with the opportunity to selectively enter a variety of products, thereby obtaining a wide range of product support and market information. In addition, by establishing a system that can integrally manage merchandising and sales of goods, it is possible to further increase the efficiency of electronic commerce using the Internet.

Claims (6)

An integrated merchandising system for product planning and sales using the Internet, comprising: a plurality of supplier servers for supplying product information through the Internet; A plurality of shopping mall servers displaying the product information on a web page provided with a sales channel; A merchandising server constructed through the Internet between the plurality of provider servers and the plurality of shopping mall servers to connect the supplier server and the shopping mall server to the Internet; A buyer terminal for transmitting purchase and payment information to a shopping mall server to purchase a product corresponding to the product information displayed in the plurality of shopping mall servers; An integrated merchandising system, comprising a financial server connected to the buyer terminal, shopping mall server, merchandising server, and provider server to perform a payment step. The method of claim 1, The merchandising server, Supply product database for storing the product information transmitted from the plurality of supplier server, request product database for storing the requested product information from the plurality of shopping mall server, and transmits the product information to the merchandising server through the supplier server A supplier database for storing information about a supplier, a shopping mall database for storing information of a shopping mall for transmitting requested product information to the merchandising server through the shopping mall server, or for entering application information, and the shopping mall server and merchandising server A transaction database for storing transaction details therebetween, a buyer database for storing information on buyers received from a shopping mall server, a delivery database for storing information on completion of delivery received from a supplier server, and a financial instrument Through the shopping mall server and the provider server and an integrated merchandising system, characterized in that the billing database access for storing payments. In the integrated merchandising system for product planning and sales using the Internet, A merchandising server established through the Internet is established between a plurality of supplier servers for supplying goods and a plurality of shopping mall servers for selling goods, and the products registered in the merchandising server from the plurality of supplier servers are linked to the plurality of shopping mall servers. Merchandizing merchandising to plan merchandising by associating products requested by the merchandising server from the plurality of shopping mall servers to the plurality of supplier servers; Transmitting and paying the purchase information through the terminal to purchase the goods displayed on the shopping mall server; Transmitting the received purchase information from the shopping mall server to a supplier server via a merchandising server, wherein the supplier server transmits a delivery signal to a delivery company to deliver a product to a buyer according to the received purchase information; After the completion of delivery, transmitting the delivery completion information from the provider server to the shopping mall server through the merchandising server; The shopping mall server that has received the delivery completion information comprises the step of paying to the supplier server via the merchandising server after confirming the delivery through the buyer, integrated merchandising system. The method of claim 3, wherein The merchandise merchandising step of linking the merchandise registered in the merchandising server from the plurality of provider servers to the plurality of shopping mall servers, Transmitting member registration application information from a supplier server to a merchandising server, the merchandising server storing the information in its own supplier database and transmitting a member registration completion message to the supplier server, from the supplier server to the merchandising server Transmitting a product registration request including product information, wherein the merchandising server stores the information in its own product database and transmits a product registration completion message to the supplier server; Transmitting the member registration request information from the shopping mall server to the merchandising server, wherein the merchandising server stores the information in its own shopping mall database and transmits a member registration completion message to the shopping mall server; Transmitting merchandise information from the merchandising server to the shopping mall server according to the transmission of the merchandise, and transmitting the shop application information from the shopping mall server to the merchandising server based on the received merchandise information. And storing the information and transmitting entrance approval information to the shopping mall server, and storing the approved product in the shopping mall server in its own product database and displaying it on a website. Characterized by Integrated merchandising system. The method of claim 3, wherein Merchandising merchandising step of associating the goods requested to the merchandising server from the plurality of shopping mall server to the plurality of supplier servers, The product request information providing step of the shopping mall, which transmits the product information to be sold by the shopping mall server to the merchandising server, and the product supply information providing the product supply information by the supplier server to the merchandising server corresponding to the product request information registered in the merchandising server. And, if the shopping mall server satisfies the product supply information, entering a shopping mall and displaying the product on a web site. The method of claim 3, wherein The payment step, A first payment step in which a buyer makes a payment to a shopping mall server through a financial server using a terminal, and a second payment step in which the paid shopping mall server pays a merchandising server through a financial server after deducting a predetermined fee from the payment amount; And a third payment step in which the received merchandising server removes a predetermined fee from the payment amount and makes a payment to a provider server through a financial server.