JP2001297257A - Method and system for article ordering using catalog - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To purchase an article through the Internet by referring to a catalog. SOLUTION: A user terminal 10 reads characteristic discrimination information on an article entered into the catalog. A user terminal 20 accesses an article order sale homepage that a sales center 30 is opening on a network 100 according to the characteristic discrimination information and sends purchase order information on a target article to the sales center terminal 30. Once an order confirmation picture is received, its confirmation information is sent. The sales center terminal 30 sends the order confirmation picture for confirming the orderer and the order contents to the user terminal 20 through the network 100 once the purchase order information is received, and the article order is accepted when the confirmation information on the order confirmation picture is received from the user terminal 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for ordering a product using a catalog and a product ordering system using a catalog, and more particularly to a method for ordering a product using a catalog and a product ordering system using a catalog on the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, online shopping for receiving a product order from an orderer using a network such as the Internet and delivering the product to an address specified by the orderer by a courier service has become popular.

[0005] Referring to FIG. 5, a conventional product ordering system includes a user terminal 110, a sales center terminal 120 located at a sales center, and a network 200 interconnecting these.

[0004] The orderer, via the user terminal 110,
The sales center accesses a product sales homepage established on the network 200, determines a product to be purchased, and places an order on the screen of the terminal 110.

[0005]

However, this prior art has the following problems. That is, the orderer needs an enormous amount of time before deciding a product to be purchased in online shopping, and a large amount of Internet usage fee is added.

[0006] In addition, the orderer needs to operate the keyboard of the user terminal 110, and there is also a problem that women and elderly people who are not good at computer operations cannot easily perform online shopping on the Internet.

[0007] The present invention provides a commodity ordering method that solves the above problems.

[0008]

According to a first invention of the present application, in a product ordering method using a catalog, a terminal reads unique identification information of a product described in the catalog, and sends the information to a sales center terminal via a network. The method is characterized by placing an order for the product.

According to a second invention of the present application, in a product ordering method using a catalog, a first user terminal reads unique identification information of a product described in the catalog,
When the user terminal accesses the product order sales homepage established by the sales center on the network based on the unique identification information and transmits purchase order information of the product to be purchased to the terminal of the sales center, the terminal of the sales center And sending an order confirmation screen for confirming the orderer and the order contents to the second user terminal via the network, and receiving the order confirmation screen confirmation information from the second user terminal to order the goods. Is received.

The third invention of the present application is a first invention and a second invention.
The invention is characterized in that the network is the Internet.

According to a fourth invention of the present application, in a product ordering system using a catalog, a first user terminal for reading unique identification information of a product described in the catalog,
It is characterized by including a second user terminal for ordering the product to a sales center terminal via a network.

According to a fifth invention of the present application, in a product ordering system using a catalog, a first user terminal for reading unique identification information of a product described in the catalog,
Based on the unique identification information, the sales center accesses the product order sales homepage established on the network, transmits purchase order information of the product to be purchased to the terminal of the sales center, receives the order confirmation screen, and receives the confirmation information. A second user terminal for transmitting, and an order confirmation screen for confirming the orderer and the order contents upon receiving the purchase order information, are transmitted to the second user terminal via the network, and the second user terminal transmits the purchase order information. It is characterized by including a terminal of the sales center for receiving a product order when receiving the confirmation information of the order confirmation screen from a user terminal.

A sixth invention of the present application is a fourth invention and a fifth invention.
The invention is characterized in that the network is the Internet.

[Operation] According to the present invention, an orderer causes a user terminal to read an article identified in a paper-based catalog, thereby automatically displaying an online shopping homepage on the Internet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product ordering method and a product ordering system capable of ordering.

In FIG. 1, an orderer uses his or her user terminal 10 to read an identification of a product desired to be purchased, which is described in a catalog, and sends the product to a homepage that sells the product on a network 100. It accesses automatically and sends the product purchase information to the sales center terminal 30. Upon receiving the purchase order information, the sales center terminal 30 generates orderer identification information for identifying the orderer and the order details, sends it to the user terminal 20, and the orderer confirms the order details.

[0016]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a product ordering system using a catalog according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a catalog, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen, FIG. FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a merchandise ordering system using a catalog according to the present invention comprises a user terminal 10, a user terminal 20, a sales center terminal 30, and a communication network 10 such as the Internet for interconnecting these.
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The user terminal 10 comprises a scanner, a character recognition device, and the like. The user terminal 10 reads and recognizes identification information unique to each product such as a character, a symbol, an image, or a bar code described in a catalog and recognizes the specific signal. It is a recognition device that converts into. The specific signal includes at least information such as a product identification signal, a desired number of purchases, and a homepage address on the Internet.

The user terminal 10 connects to the user terminal 20.

The user terminal 20 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. The user terminal 20 has a function of accessing product information provided by the sales center terminal 30 on the network 100 based on the read specific signal, and displaying the product information on a screen.
The product information is, for example, information on a product such as a book or software, and includes information such as a product name, a model number, a product number, a color or a price. User terminal 20
Transmits the purchase order information of the product that the orderer desires to purchase to the sales center terminal 30 via the network 100 together with the identification information of the orderer, for example, an address, a telephone number, and a name.

The sales center terminal 30 is used by a seller of the product and is constituted by an information processing device such as a workstation server. The sales center terminal 30
When receiving the purchase order information sent from the user terminal 20, the order confirmation screen in which the purchase identification information is input is transmitted to the user terminal 20. The purchase identification information is information for identifying the orderer and the contents of the order, and is information unique to each transaction.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following description, it is assumed that the network 100 is the Internet.

The orderer uses his or her user terminal 10 to read the unique identification information of the product described in the catalog as shown in FIG. 2 (step A1 in FIG. 4), and, through the user terminal 20, the sales center. Is network 1
Automatically access to the product order sales homepage set up at 00 (FIG. 4, step A2), and transmit purchase order information of the product to be purchased to the sales center terminal 30 together with the orderer identification information (FIG. 4, step A2). A3). In response to this, the sales center terminal 30 transmits an order confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 3 in which purchase identification information for identifying the orderer and the order content is entered to the user terminal 20 via the network 100. (FIG. 4, step A4).

The order confirmation screen displayed on the user terminal 20 is transmitted to the sales center terminal 30 via the network 100 by the orderer's instruction (clicking the "order" button in FIG. 3 with a mouse) (FIG. 4, FIG. Step A5).

[0026]

As explained above, according to the present invention, the first effect is that the orderer decides the product to purchase by looking at the catalog at hand, so that the Internet usage fee (telephone fee) is lower than that of the conventional Internet. It is less than the online shopping used.

The second effect is that the orderer has the user terminal 10
With this function, keyboard operation of the user terminal 20 becomes unnecessary, and women and elderly people who are not good at computer operations can easily perform online shopping on the Internet, and the number of users increases.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a catalog.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 user terminal 20 user terminal 30 sales center terminal 100 network 110 user terminal 120 sales center terminal 200 network

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A product ordering method using a catalog, wherein a terminal reads the unique identification information of the product described in the catalog, and orders the product to a sales center terminal via a network. Product order method using. 2. A method for ordering goods using a catalog, wherein a first user terminal reads the unique identification information of the goods described in the catalog, and a second user terminal communicates with the sales center on the network based on the unique identification information. When you access the product order sales website established above and send the purchase order information of the product you want to purchase to the terminal of the sales center, the terminal of the sales center checks the order and confirms the order details. A product ordering method using a catalog, comprising: transmitting a screen to the second user terminal via the network; and receiving a product order when receiving the order confirmation screen confirmation information from the second user terminal. . 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet. 4. In a product ordering system using a catalog, a first user terminal for reading the unique identification information of the product described in the catalog, and a second user ordering the product to a sales center terminal via a network. A product ordering system using a catalog, characterized in that it includes a user terminal. 5. In a product ordering system using a catalog, a first user terminal for reading the unique identification information of a product described in the catalog, and a sales center established on the network based on the unique identification information. A second user terminal that accesses the product order sales homepage, transmits purchase order information of the product to be purchased to the terminal of the sales center, receives the order confirmation screen, and transmits the confirmation information, and receives the purchase order information. When the order confirmation screen for confirming the orderer and the order content is transmitted to the second user terminal via the network and the confirmation information of the order confirmation screen is received from the second user terminal, a product order is placed. A product order using a catalog, comprising a terminal of the sales center that receives the order. system. 6. The goods order system using a catalog according to claim 4, wherein said network is the Internet.