JP2002312617A - Device and program for linked transaction mediation and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and program for association type transaction mediation and their method which mediate transactions when >=3 users have transactions, etc., in series a of secondhand articles. SOLUTION: An information processing means of a computer is used to input through an input means of the computer selling information on an article and buying information on an article from a plurality of users including at least one user who desires to sell and buy the article at the same time and determines whether a combination of the selling and buying of the article is realized in scsies among >=3 persons including at least the user who desires to sell and buy the article at the same time according to the inputted information. When it is determined that the combination of the selling and buying of the article is actualized in series among the >=3 persons, the users are notified through an output means of the computer that the selling and/or buying of the article is actualized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chain-type brokerage apparatus, a chain-type brokerage program, and a method therefor, and more particularly, to a system in which three or more users perform buying and selling of used articles in a chain. The present invention relates to a chain-type sales mediation device, a chain-type sales mediation program, and a method thereof for executing the mediation of a transaction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a system for conducting an auction of a used article via the Internet has become widespread. In addition, a system called a reverse auction in which a buyer specifies a limit price is also used. This is because, for example, in the case of defective tickets on the seller side, such as airline tickets, which would result in a loss if not sold, some sellers decide that it is better to sell even at the low price specified by the buyer. In some cases, low-priced purchases that are impossible with normal purchases may be made possible. In addition, at least the amount sold becomes sales, and the amount that would have been a loss in the past is compensated for, so that the system is convenient for the seller.

[0003]

However, a conventional reverse auction is a business transaction in which a buyer and a seller are finally brought into a one-to-one correspondence, and three or more persons A, B, and C at a time. It was not possible to chain goods between goods.

[0004] For example, it is assumed that there are requests for purchase and sale of the following items among the users A, B and C.

[0005] The user A has decided to use the "electronic camera 500"
We are ready to buy for 10,000 yen.

[0006] The user B wants to sell the "electronic camera 500" and purchase the "electronic camera 800". (He is ready to pay 30,000 yen as the difference.) User Hei is ready to sell his current “electronic camera 800” for 50,000 yen.

Conventionally, when the above-mentioned request exists among three parties, users A, B and C try to utilize a system such as a reverse auction among the three parties A, B and C.
In this case, the market did not rotate, and the purchase and sale of the goods were not performed, because the goods and the flow of the charges satisfying all of the three requirements were not considered.

[0008] Further, even if information relating to the sale and purchase of many articles is posted on the site of the communication network, the intermediary can search and link these pieces of information artificially and conclude the sale in a chain. That is nearly impossible.

[0009] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to use a computer to chain-trade goods between three or more persons and to mediate provision and enjoyment of services. It is an object of the present invention to provide a possible chained mediation device, chained mediation program and method.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an article sales information and an article purchase from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase the article at the same time. Inputting information via input means of a computer, and selling the article among three or more users including at least one user who wants to simultaneously sell and purchase the article based on the input information Using a computer information processing means to determine whether or not a combination of purchase and purchase is established in a chain, and a combination of sale and purchase of goods among the three or more users is established in a chain. Outputting a notification to the user that the sale and / or purchase of the article has been established to the respective users via the output means of the computer.

According to the present invention, article sales information and article purchase information are input from a plurality of users, including at least one user who desires to simultaneously sell and purchase the article, via the input means of the computer. Step, and whether a combination of sale and purchase of goods is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user who wants to simultaneously sell and purchase goods based on the input information. Determining whether or not a combination of the sale and purchase of articles among the three or more users is established in a chain by using information processing means of a computer; Outputting a notification that the sale and / or purchase of the article has been established via the output means of the computer, so that the article can be chained among three or more persons and the provision and enjoyment of services. It becomes possible to carry out an intermediary,
When a chain transaction is established, the user can know the information to that effect.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a chain-type brokerage apparatus, a chain-type brokerage program, and a method thereof according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a chained trading mediation system according to the present invention.

[0014] As shown in the figure, the chain-type trading mediation system includes each user (A, B, H ...), the sales information of the goods carried by the user B and input by the user B, or the information of the goods. Mobile terminal 4 such as a mobile phone for transmitting information such as purchase information
0, a base station 42 that performs wireless communication with the portable terminal 40,
A communication network 44 such as the Internet, a personal computer 80 for inputting and transmitting information such as article sales information or article purchase information operated by a user such as A and C, a mobile terminal 40 on the user side, A recording means 46 capable of receiving and recording information such as article sales information and article purchase information transmitted from the personal computer 80 or the like (this recording means 46 may be an independent database server, 90 may be a recording unit represented by a hard disk or the like).

Further, in the chain-type trading mediation system, information such as the sales information or the purchase information of the goods of each user recorded in the recording means 46 is read and input to sell and purchase the goods, or It has been determined that a combination of sales and purchase of goods desired by each user is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user who wishes to provide or enjoy services at the same time. In such a case, a server 90 (chain-type trading mediation device) is provided for notifying each user of a notification or the like that a combination of the sale and purchase of the article has been established.

FIG. 2 shows various kinds of information recorded in the recording means 46, such as article sales information and article purchase information.

As shown in FIG. 1, the recording means 46 records the information desired by the user, such as the sale information of the article and the purchase information of the article, transmitted from each user, in association with the user. are doing.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the user A has sales information and price information including information indicating that he / she wants to purchase "Electronic camera 500 with manual and original box" for 20,000 yen. Are input via input means such as a keyboard provided on the personal computer 80. Then, it instructs processing to be transmitted to the server 90 via the communication network 44 such as the Internet. The server 90 receives the transmitted sales information and price information and records them in the recording means 46.

[0019] In addition, the user B sells the currently owned "Electronic camera 500 with manual and original box" and pays the difference of the latest "New electronic camera 800 with option" by 30,000 yen. Wants to buy by.
In other words, you want to sell and purchase the goods at the same time.

Therefore, the user B purchases the “new electronic camera 800 with option” including sales information including information indicating that he / she wants to sell “electronic camera 500 with instruction manual and original box”. And the price information including the information of the desired difference “30,000 yen” when purchasing the article and selling the article. Is input through input means such as an input button provided in. Then, it instructs processing to be transmitted to the server 90 via the communication network 44 such as the Internet. The server 90 receives the transmitted sales information, purchase information and price information and records them in the recording means 46.

[0021] Further, the user Hei is to purchase the new "new electronic camera 800 with option" which he currently owns for 50,000 yen, and "new electronic camera 800 without the option".
We have prepared to sell the "type" for 45,000 yen. Therefore, the user Hei has sales information that includes information that he wishes to sell the “new electronic camera 800 with option” and price information that includes the desired selling price “50,000 yen”, and no option. The sales information including the information that the user wants to sell the “new electronic camera 800” and the price information including the desired sales price “45,000 yen” are provided in the personal computer 80. Input via input means such as a keyboard. Then, it instructs processing to be transmitted to the server 90 via the communication network 44 such as the Internet. Server 90
Receives the transmitted sales information and price information and records them in the recording means 46.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a signal processing system of the server 90.

According to FIG. 1, an information transmitting / receiving unit of the server 90 includes an antenna 956 used as a communication means for a long-distance wireless communication network, and data in a predetermined format for transmitting / receiving information wirelessly or by wire. Transmission / reception means 957 for converting
(Including the functions of input means and output means) and public line 9
60 or a transmission / reception unit 965 (including an output unit and an input unit) for a public line for transmitting / receiving information to / from another communication device (the personal computer 80, the portable terminal 40, etc.) via the communication network 44 such as the communication network. ) Are provided.

A display means 968 for displaying information such as images and characters for confirmation on the server 90 as necessary.
(Including a function of an output unit), a display control unit 969 that outputs an image signal for display to the display unit 968 based on a command of the information processing unit, and various types of information input by the administrator through the input unit 974. I / O 975 for reading information and transmitting it to information processing means described later, or outputting a display command to a notifying means such as an LED based on an instruction from the information processing means.
Are provided.

The server 90 includes an information processing means (CPU) 980 for controlling the whole of the server 90, and a ROM and information processing means 980 in which a program for operating the information processing means 980 and various constants are recorded. A memory 981 composed of a RAM, which is a recording means serving as a work area when executing the processing, various constants relating to the processing of the server 90, its own attribute information on the network, a URL (Unif
A recording unit 986 such as a hard disk for recording information such as connection information such as orm resource locators), an address, a site address, and gateway information DNS (Domain Name System), and a calendar clock 990 for keeping time.

An information processing means 980 in the server 90 and peripheral circuits including a display control means 969, an I / O 975, a memory 981, a recording means 986, a calendar clock 990, etc. are connected by a bus 999. 980 can control each peripheral circuit.

The recording means 986 may receive and record information such as article sales information and article purchase information transmitted from the portable terminal 40 and the personal computer 80 on the user side.

Further, the transmission / reception means 957 and the transmission / reception means 965 provided in the server 90 can transmit / receive information to / from the portable terminal 40 or the personal computer 80 on the user side via the communication network 44. Thus, it is possible to input information such as sales information, purchase information, and price information, and to output information of a search result.

The transmitting / receiving means 957 and the transmitting / receiving means 9
Instead of inputting information via the input device 65, the user may directly operate the input unit 974 to input information such as sales information, purchase information, and price information via the input unit 974. Alternatively, information such as a search result may be output and displayed via the display unit 968 to notify the user.

The information processing means 980 of the server 90 stores each user recorded in the recording means 46 or 986 when regular or new sales information or purchase information is transmitted from the user side. Read and enter information such as product sales information or product purchase information, and determine whether or not the combination of sales and purchase of the product desired by each user is, or is likely to be, formed in a chain. Is determined or a search process is performed.

In the following, a description will be given of a determination that a combination of purchase and sale of an article desired by each user is established in a chain, and a process related to output of result information. The processing executed by the information processing means 980 is performed in the memory 98
1 or based on a processing program recorded in the recording means 986 or the like.

When the information recorded in the recording means 46 or the like is the purchase information, sales information, price information, etc. shown in FIG. The process of retrieving the information on the user B described in the registration number “0002” by searching the flags of the registration number (or date and time information such as date, registration date, etc.) in ascending order. Do. The information about the second party that has been read out includes the information on "contents of goods or services" of "Electronic camera 500 type, with instruction manual, with original box", and the "electronic camera 800 type, new article, with options". "" Or "contents of goods or services".

Next, the information processing means 980 searches for the flag in the column of "desired article sale" recorded in the recording means 46 other than the user B from the smaller registration number, and retrieves the registration number "0003". , The information “electronic camera 800, new article” of the “contents or service contents” of the user C described in “1.” is read and compared with the information of the purchase request of the user B.
In this case, the “contents of goods or services” that the user B wants to purchase and the “contents of goods or services” that the user B wants to sell are “electronic camera 800” and The information processing unit 980 determines that the "option" is "similar article" because the "option" is not included in the sales information although the "new" is the same.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the information processing means 980 registers the registration number “00” recorded in the recording means 46.
In addition, the address “Hei” is written as temporary trade completion information in the “chained trade establishment partner address” field of the user B of “02”, and “001” is temporarily written in the “chained trade completion number” field. In addition, the address “Otsu” is tentatively written in the column of “chain-successful trading partner address” of the user C of the registration number “0003”, and “001” is tentatively written in the column of “chain-shooting / trading success number”.

The "contents or services" that the user B wishes to purchase this time is similar to the "contents or services" the user B wishes to sell. Therefore, the flag “1” is also set in the “similar article / service” field.

At this stage, the information processing means 9 of the server 90
80 retrieves the information of “Otsu” described in the column of “chained trading partner address” recorded in the recording means 46 or 986. Then, it is searched that the information of “Otsu” is described in the “cascade trading partner address” of the registration number “0003”. Next, the registration number "0
003 ”and the column of“ contents of goods or services ”and the flag of“ similar goods / services ”. Based on the read information, the user“ cannot find the goods similar to the desired purchased goods. The goods on sale are "Electronic camera 800 type, new, no options". No buyer has been found for the desired goods for sale. " Alternatively, information of a search result including a notification that there is a sales request for a similar article may be output.

In the same manner, the information processing means 980 of the server 90 converts the information of "Hei" described in the column of "chained trading partner address" recorded in the recording means 46 or 986 into the information. Search for. Then, it is searched that the information of “Hei” is described in the “chained trading partner address” of the registration number “0002”. Next, the column of “contents of goods or services” in the registration number “0002” and the flag of “similar goods / services” are read out, and based on the read out information, the user “ Some people want to purchase similar items.
The item you want to purchase is "Electronic camera 800 type, new, with options". , Etc. may be output.

The information to be output is information in the form of e-mail or the like which is output via the transmission / reception means 957 or the transmission / reception means 965, displayed on the display means of the personal computer 80 or the portable terminal 40, and notified to the user. Or voice information notified to the user B by a mobile phone or the like.

Next, the information processing means 980 sets the "item sale request" recorded after the next registration number "0004".
The search for the flag in the column of "."
The information “electronic camera 800 type, new article, with option” of the user C “contents or service” described in “4” is read out and compared with the information of the purchase request of the user B. In this case, the information that the "content of goods or services" that User B wants to purchase and the "contents of goods or services" that User Hei wants to sell completely match "Electronic camera 800, new, with options"
Therefore, the information processing unit 980 determines that the items are the same.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the information processing means 980 stores the registration number “00” recorded in the recording means 46.
03 "and" 001 "in the column of" Continued Trading Number "and" 001 "of User B and" The flag in the “Similar article / service” column is also deleted. In place of this, the address “Otsu” is written as trade completion information in the column of “chained trading partner address” of the user C of the registration number “0004”, and “001” is written in the column of “chained trading number”. Write.

The "contents or services" that the user B wishes to purchase this time and the "contents or services" that the user B wants to sell are the same goods or the like. Therefore, "Same goods / services" of User B and User B
The flag “1” is also set in the column of “1”.

At this stage, the information processing means 9 of the server 90
80 retrieves the information of “Otsu” described in the column of “chained trading partner address” recorded in the recording means 46 or 986. Then, it is searched that the information of “Otsu” is described in the “chained trading partner address” of the registration number “0004”.

Next, the information processing means 980 of the server 90
Reads out the information of the user with the registration number “0004” recorded in the recording means 46 or the recording means 986 and, based on the read information of the same article / service, gives the user B "The same goods you have purchased have been put on sale. Please note that we have not yet found any buyers for the goods you would like to sell, so please wait for a while. Is not yet determined because chained trading has not been established. "May be output. In addition, for the user Hei, "The buyer of the desired article for sale has been found. The price has not yet been determined because the chain transaction has not been established yet. Please wait for a while." The information of the search result may be output.

This output information is also output via the transmission / reception means 957 or the transmission / reception means 965, and is displayed in the display means of the personal computer 80 or the portable terminal 40 and is in the form of e-mail or the like to be notified to the user. Or voice information notified to the user B by a mobile phone or the like.

The information processing means 980 of the server 90
May create a chain trading management table as shown in FIG. 6 as necessary and record it in the recording means 46 or the recording means 986. As shown in the figure, the chain trading management table requires a chain trading success number, a “chain success” flag indicating that the chain trading has been completely completed, and one more condition until the chain trading is completed. A “one more till the chain is established” flag indicating that there is, and the status of the chained trading of each user described below are recorded separated by “,” and “;”.

In the column of "Status of chain purchase and sale of each user", the address of the user whose chain purchase is currently established is "Otsu" and "Hei" followed by the sale and purchase of goods. Or, a `` all completed '' flag indicating that both the provision and enjoyment of services have been established by the user, a `` sale completed '' flag indicating that sale of goods or provision of services has been established, A "buy completed" flag indicating that purchase of an article or enjoyment of a service has been completed is described. According to the results of this search, although the purchase and sale of the goods of User B have been completed, the purchase and sale of the goods of User B have not been completed yet, so "B, 0, 0, 1 Is described. In addition, for the user C with the registration number “0004”, the condition of the flag “Cei, 1, 1, 0” is described because all the conditions for the sale of the article are satisfied.

The state of the "one more until chain is established" flag described in the chain trading management table is determined by processing the "all established" flag described in the column of "the status of chain trading of each user". Means 980 reads and makes a determination. If one of the “all established” flags is “0” (not established),
Set the "one more to chain" flag. This “one more until the chain is established” flag is set in the information processing unit 980.
Is read out, and a notice is output to each user (in this case, user B and user C) described in the chain trading management table that the chain trading will be established if one more condition is satisfied. You may do so.

Further, in the column of "scheduled balance $" described in the chain trading management table, "-20000" is described. This amount is the same as the registration number “000” in FIG.
Price information “+30000” on sale of goods and purchase of goods described in “2” and price information “−500 on sale of goods described in registration number“ 0004 ”
00 ”is added. In the price information shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the amount of money spent by the user is described as a positive value, and the amount of revenue of the user is described as a negative value.

Next, the information processing means 980 searches for the flag in the column of “item purchase request” recorded in the recording means 46 other than the user B from the smaller registration number (see FIG. 5), Read the information "Electronic camera 500 type, with instruction manual, with original box" of the user A's "contents or services" described in the registration number "0001" and compare it with the information of the user B Perform processing. In this case, the "contents of goods or services" that User A wants to purchase and the "contents of goods or services" that User B wants to sell are defined as "Electronic camera 500, instruction manual The information processing unit 980 determines that the item is "the same item" because all the conditions are the same.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the information processing means 980 stores the registration number “00” recorded in the recording means 46.
In addition, the address “Otsu” is written in the column of “chained trading partner address” of the user A of “01”, and “001” is written in the column of “chained trading number”. In addition, the user “B” of the registration number “0002” writes the address “A” in the “Continuing Trading Partner Address” column, and also writes “001” in the “Chain Trading Success Number” column.

The "contents of goods or services" searched by the user A this time and the "contents of goods or services" that the user B wants to sell are the same goods, etc. Therefore, a flag is also set in the column of “identical articles / services”.

When the sale of the article and the purchase of the article are established as described above, a process of adding information to the chain trading management table shown in FIG. 6 is performed as necessary. For example, in this search, since the sale and purchase of an article are completed between the user A and the user B, information as shown in FIG. 8 is added.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the column of “chained trading status of each user” in the chained trading management table, addresses “Otsu”, “Hei”, and "A"
Contains information about According to the results of this search, the purchase and sale of goods was completed for the user B with the registration number "0002".
The status of the flag “1, 1, 1” is described. Further, regarding the user A of the registration number “0001”, since all the conditions regarding the purchase of the article are satisfied, “A, 1, 0,
The state of the flag "1" is described.

Next, the information processing means 980 of the server 90
The processing of reading the flag of “all established” for each user is performed. In this search result, all users (A, B,
Since the “All completed” flag is set for (C), the sales and purchase of goods between a plurality of users A and B including at least one user B who wish to sell and purchase the goods at the same time. It is determined that purchase combinations are established in a chain.

Then, the information processing means 980 resets the “one more until the chain is established” flag and sets the “chain established” flag. Further, the calculation of the “scheduled balance” may be performed as necessary to check the balance.

Next, based on the determination that the chain transaction has been established, a notification that the chain transaction has been established is issued. For example, to the user A, a notice "The item has been found at the desired purchase price, so we will ship the item." Or "The desired item was found at the desired purchase price. If you wish to settle under these conditions, please enter your credit card number and password. "And send / receive establishment information via transmitting / receiving means 957, transmitting / receiving means 965, etc. .

Similarly, to the user B, "I have found the desired item with the desired difference, so I will ship the item. Also, those who wish to purchase the desired item Has been found, please ship the goods to the designated shipping address. "Or" We found the desired goods with the desired difference. If you wish to settle under these conditions, , Please enter your credit card number and password. "
7. Output via transmission / reception means 965 and the like.

Similarly, to the user, "I have found the person who wants to purchase the desired item at the desired price. Please send the item to the specified destination. , Or the information about the closing of the transaction, such as "The person who wants to purchase the goods at the desired price was found. Please specify the transfer destination of the sales price."
Output via the transmission / reception means 965 or the like.

The information processing means 980 of the server 90 preliminarily stores the fee receiving method information (for example, credit card settlement or transfer to a designated account) for specifying the method of receiving the article selling fee and the service providing fee. , And payment and settlement may be performed based on the information at the time when the chain transaction is established. Further, the server 90 may acquire the fee receiving method information from the user side after the conditions of the buying and selling are satisfied, and execute the payment and the settlement.

Further, the difference payment receiving method information for specifying the method of paying or receiving the difference fee for purchase and sale of goods, provision and enjoyment of services, etc., is transmitted to the information processing means 9 of the server 90.
80 may be input in advance from the user side, and payment and settlement may be performed based on the information when chained trading is established. Further, the server 90 may acquire the difference payment receiving method information from the user side after the conditions of the buying and selling are satisfied, and execute the payment and the settlement.

The information processing means 980 of the server 90 inputs in advance the fee payment method information for specifying the method of paying the purchase fee for the goods and the fee for enjoying the service from the user side.
Payment and settlement may be performed based on the information at the time when the chain transaction is established. Further, the server 90 may acquire the fee payment method information from the user side after the conditions of the buying and selling are satisfied, and may perform the withdrawal and the settlement.

Further, after the output means outputs to the user the notification information indicating that there is a sales request for the similar article, one or more usages which desire to purchase or sell the searched similar article are output. The user may input, via the input means, confirmation information for instructing confirmation of purchase or sale. In this case, the information processing means 980 does not directly determine the establishment of the transaction, but determines that the transaction has been established when all of the one or more users input the confirmation information, and determines that the transaction has been established. The trade completion information indicating that the transaction has been made may be output to all the users via output means.

In the case where the purchase or sale of goods or services is likely to be concluded, but as a result of the balance judgment by the information processing means 980, the balance is within a predetermined amount and the balance does not match. Included in the search result information is the desired sales price set by each user and the balance information indicating the excess or deficiency of the desired purchase price for a plurality of users who wish to sell or purchase goods whose incomes do not match. You may make it output.

Further, after the output means outputs the desired sales price and the income and expenditure information indicating the excess or deficiency of the desired purchase price, the plurality of users may request the newly corrected desired sales price or the corrected desired purchase price. New price information including the information may be input via the input unit. When the newly corrected price information is input, the information processing means 980 sets the desired selling price or the range of the desired selling price included in the plurality of previously input price information,
Instead of the desired difference or the range of the desired difference, and the desired purchase price or the range of the desired purchase price, the newly entered new price information is substituted and the calculation of the balance is performed again to determine the balance. You may.

The price information set by the user is as follows:
If the information indicates the range of the desired purchase price or the like, such as “$ 2000 to $ 4000”, the information processing means 980 of the server 90 gives priority to the lower amount of the initially displayed price information. A search may be performed, and if a trade is made with a low price, it may be determined that the trade has been made.

Conversely, if the price information set by the user is information indicating a range of a desired selling price or the like such as “$ 2000- $ 4000”, the information processing means 980 of the server 90 sets Alternatively, the search may be performed by giving priority to the higher price of the price information shown first, and if the purchase and sale is completed with the higher price, it may be determined that the purchase and sale have been completed.

In addition, user A, user B, and user H 3
If it is determined by the information processing means 980 that a combination of sale and purchase of an article relating to the chain establishment number “001” has been established in a chain between two or more users, FIG.
All information including the article sales information and the article purchase information at the registration numbers “0001”, “0002”, and “0004” in which the chain establishment number “001” shown in FIG. This is because it is not necessary to record in the recording means 46 or the like a case in which the transaction has been made.

In the above description, an example relating to the sale and purchase of articles has been described. However, the same applies to requests for provision and enjoyment of services, sale and enjoyment of services, provision of services and purchase of articles, and the like. It is possible to establish in a chain by searching.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the server 90 performs proxy payment processing in addition to chain sales such as sale and purchase of articles, but the present invention is not limited to this. The processing such as payment of the fee may be individually performed on the user side.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which price information is input in advance by a user. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is determined that buying and selling of goods and the like are established in a chain. After this, the object of the present invention is achieved even if the user inputs price information and transmits it to the server 90.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment in which the sales of goods and the sales of services are realized in a chain when the chained mediation device according to the present invention is used. The flow of goods and the flow of providing services are indicated by arrows in the figure.

As shown in the drawing, the user sells the “electronic camera 100” and sells “electronic camera 5” for a difference of 20,000 yen.
I want to purchase "00 type". The sales information of the user, the price information, the information indicating that the postage of the article is a separate account, and the information of the address of the user for calculating the postage of the article are transmitted to a communication network such as the Internet. The message is transmitted to the server 90 via the server 44. The server 90 receives and inputs the transmitted information such as the sales information and the price information, and records the information in the recording means 46.

In the same manner, the user, geng, spice, mi, and kishi are also provided with sales information, purchase information, service provision information, or service enjoyment information, price information, information on postage of goods, and Is transmitted to the server 90 via the communication network 44 such as the Internet. The server 90 receives and inputs the transmitted information such as the sales information and the price information, and records the information in the recording means 46.

The information processing means 980 of the server 90 sells and purchases goods, provides and enjoys services, sells and enjoys services, or provides services based on the information recorded in the recording means 46. Sale and purchase of goods, provision and enjoyment of services, sale and enjoyment of services, sale of goods and enjoyment of services, or provision of services and purchase of goods among at least three users including at least one user who wishes to purchase goods at the same time Are determined by searching whether or not the combinations of are established in a chain.

As shown in FIG. 9, if a combination of sale and purchase of goods, provision and enjoyment of services, sale of goods and enjoyment of services, or provision of services and purchase of goods among three or more users, When it is determined that the chain has been established, sales and / or purchase of goods, provision and / or enjoyment of services, sale and / or enjoyment of services, or provision of services to each user Transmission / reception means 957 and / or transmission / reception means 957 for notifying that the purchase combination of goods has been established in a chain.
And the like.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
6 records the information on the address of each user, so if the information processing means 980 determines that the sale of an article has been established between the two parties, the cost of transporting the article may be calculated. Good. For example, when an electronic camera 100 of a user living in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture is delivered to a user living in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, the postage is read from the courier service charge table and the server 90 pays out. "-$ 1000" is recorded as the amount of money. In this example, the server 90 can receive the difference “+ $ 20000” (corresponding to the above-mentioned expected balance) from the user.

When the information processing means 980 of the server 90 calculates the income and expenditure in the chain transaction in this way, the following calculation is performed. Note that the server 90 expresses the amount of money received from the user and the user as a positive value, and expresses the cost of delivery of goods and the amount of expenditure required for land transportation of a car from Suita City, Osaka Prefecture to Kunitachi City, Tokyo. Is represented as a negative value. [Income] + $ 20,000 + $ 30000 = + $ 50,000 [Expenditure] (-$ 1000 x 3)-$ 40000 =-$ 43000 [Net income] + $ 7000 In this example, $ 7000 remains as the expected balance,
Regarding the purchase of goods, a surplus balance of $ 7000 may be paid to a user who has requested a KP61 type car traveling 50,000 km but has been able to search only a KP61 type car traveling 80000 km. Further, the surplus remaining balance may not be paid only to a specific individual, but may be distributed to each user according to the content of the sale or the like, or may be distributed evenly.

Further, the remaining scheduled balance may be used for operating costs of the server 90 of the chained trading mediation system. In addition, a specific fixed fee may be received from each user when the chained trading is completed, or a usage fee corresponding to the amount of the completed trading may be received from each user, A usage fee may be received from a seller of the article.

The goods and services that can be bought and sold in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned goods and services.
All objects and services, such as personal property such as clothes, audio equipment, and daily necessities, and real estate such as houses and land are covered.

As described above, the sales information and the purchase information of the article are obtained from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase the article at the same time, and the sales and purchase of the article are obtained. At least one who wishes at the same time
It is possible to search and determine that a combination of sale and purchase of an article desired by each user is established in a chain between three or more users including a single user. By performing this search and determination by a computer, it is determined in a very short time that the buying and selling of goods and the provision of services that seem to be unlikely to be realized, which many users long for, are realized in a chain, The result can be notified to the user.

Further, desired articles and services are recorded in advance by the recording means 4.
6, the new user registers the goods or services, and when the information processing means 980 determines that the sale is concluded in a chain, the user who has registered the goods or services is notified. Since the notification to that effect is output immediately, the user can quickly know the chain establishment of sale and purchase of goods, provision and enjoyment of services.

Particularly, in recent years, the life of industrial products has been shortened, so that there is a demand for users to replace them with the latest products and a user who wants to quickly dispose of unused products before they can be sold at a high price. And the desire of the user to purchase a rare old item that is not sold but is a favorite is increasing. These needs will be effectively satisfied by the present invention.

Therefore, there is an effect that the discard of the product is reduced because the old product is effectively used, and the demand for the new product is also increased. In addition, it is a revolutionary intermediary system that is effective even for users such as poor students who want to purchase goods but do not have prior money and can provide services.

[0084]

As described above, according to the chained mediation apparatus, chained mediation program and method of the present invention, a plurality of media including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase an article at the same time are provided. From at least one user via the input means of the computer, including at least one user who wishes to simultaneously sell and purchase the article based on the input information. The information processing means of the computer is used to judge whether a combination of sale and purchase of goods is established in a chain between three or more users, and sale and purchase of goods between the three or more users. When it is determined that the combination of the items has been established in a chain, a notice to the effect that the sale and / or purchase of the article has been established is output to each user via the output means of the computer. Chain trading of goods between Ueno's and becomes the intermediary of providing and enjoyment of services can be implemented,
When a chain transaction is established, the user can know the information to that effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a chained trading mediation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing article sales information, article purchase information, and the like recorded in a recording unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a signal processing system of a server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which provisional trade completion information is described together with article sales information and the like.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which trade completion information is described together with sale information of articles and the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a chain trading management table created by a server;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which information indicating that a transaction has been made in a chain is described together with sales information of the article and the like.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a chain-trading management table in which information that a chain-trading has been established is described;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an embodiment when chain sales of goods and services are established.

[Explanation of symbols]

40 mobile terminal, 42 base station, 44 communication network, 46
Recording means, 80: PC, 90: Server, 956: Antenna, 957: Transmission / reception means, 960: Public line, 96
5 transmission / reception means, 968 display means, 969 display control means, 974 input means, 975 I / O, 980 information processing means, 981 memory, 986 recording means, 99
0: Calendar clock, 999: Bus

Claims (18)

[Claims] Inputting, via input means of a computer, article sales information and article purchase information from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase the article at the same time; A computer determines whether a combination of sale and purchase of goods is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user who wants to simultaneously sell and purchase goods based on the input information. Determining using the information processing means, and determining that the combination of the sale and purchase of the article among the three or more users has been established in a chain, the sale of the article to each user and And / or outputting a notification that the purchase has been established via an output means of a computer. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of recording the input sales information of the article and the purchase information of the article in a recording means, wherein at least three users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase the article at the same time are included. The step of judging whether or not a combination of sale and purchase of an article is established in a chain between users by using an information processing means of a computer reads the information recorded in the recording means, and reads the information. 2. The chained mediation method according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made based on the information. 3. When it is determined that a combination of sale and purchase of an article among the three or more users is established in a chain, the combination of sale and purchase of an article recorded in the recording means is determined. 3. The chain-type sales mediation method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of deleting the sales information of the goods and the purchase information of the goods of each user that are formed in a chain. 4. A step of recording the input sales information of the article and the purchase information of the article, and the date and time information indicating the date and time when the sales information of the article and the purchase information of the article are input, in a recording unit, It reads out the article sales information and article purchase information recorded in the recording means, and determines that a combination of article sale and purchase has been established in a plurality of patterns in a chain between the three or more users. Then, with reference to the date and time information input in the plurality of patterns that have been established, to each user who has succeeded in buying and selling in a pattern using the sales information and the purchase information of the article with an earlier date and time The method according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising: outputting, via an output means of a computer, a notification that the sale and / or purchase of the article has been established. 5. A plurality of users including at least one user who desires to provide and enjoy services, sell and enjoy goods, or provide services and purchase goods at the same time. Inputting purchase information, service provision information or service enjoyment information through an input means of a computer; providing and enjoying services, selling goods and enjoying services, or receiving services based on the input information. Sale and purchase of goods, provision and enjoyment of services between three or more users, including at least one user who wishes to provide and purchase goods at the same time;
A step of using an information processing means of a computer to determine whether or not a combination of sale of goods and enjoyment of services, or provision of services and purchase of goods is established in a chain, between the three or more users; If it is determined that the combination of sale and purchase of goods, provision and enjoyment of services, sale of goods and enjoyment of services, or combination of provision of services and purchase of goods in Sales and / or purchases,
A step of outputting, via an output means of a computer, a notification that a combination of provision and / or enjoyment of services, sale of goods and / or enjoyment of services, or provision of services and / or purchase of goods has been established in a chain. And a chained brokerage method comprising: 6. Acquiring article sales information and article purchase information from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase an article at the same time, and desires to sell and purchase the article at the same time. Including at least one user who does
If it is determined that the combination of sale and purchase of the goods desired by each user is established in a chain between users or more users, or if it is determined that the combination is likely to be established in a chain, the sale of the goods A chain-type trading mediation method for notifying a user that the purchase has been completed or that the sale and purchase of the article are likely to be completed, the input means for inputting information from the user, and the information Using a computer system comprising: an output unit that outputs to a user; and an information processing unit that controls the input unit and the output unit and performs information processing such as a search on the input information. Inputting, via input means, first sales information including information indicating that the first user wants to sell the first article; and inputting the first article to the second user. Same or similar A first purchase information that contains the information to the effect that you wish to purchase of goods,
Inputting, through input means, information with second sales information including information indicating that the second article is desired to be sold, and the same as the second article of the third user or The second purchase information including information indicating that the user wants to purchase similar goods is
Inputting via the input means; and a first information processing means for searching for the same or similar article as the first article included in the first purchase information from the input first sales information. A second search step in which the information processing means searches for the same or similar article as the second article included in the second sales information from the input second purchase information, When the same or similar article as the first article is searched in the first search step and the same or similar article as the second article is searched in the second search step, Outputting search result information via output means to the first user, the second user, and the third user who want to sell or purchase the searched article; , A chained brokerage method comprising: . 7. An output in a case where the same article as the first article is searched in the first search step and the same article as the second article is searched in the second search step. 7. The information of the search result to be executed is trade completion information indicating that a trade has been made.
Chained brokerage method. 8. Acquisition of article sales information and article purchase information, and price information for selling and purchasing the article from a plurality of users including at least one user who wishes to simultaneously sell and purchase the article. Then, if a combination of sales and purchase of goods desired by each user is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase goods at the same time. If it is determined, or if it is likely to be established in a chain,
A chain-type trading mediation method for notifying a user that the sale and purchase of the article has been established or a notice that the sale and purchase of the article is likely to be established, and inputting information from the user. Input means, output means for outputting information to a user, and information processing means for controlling the input means and the output means and performing information processing such as search, calculation, judgment and the like on the input information. Sales information including information indicating that the first user wishes to sell the first article, and a desired selling price or desired selling of the first article. Inputting the first price information including the price range via the input means; and information indicating that the second user desires to purchase the same or similar article as the first article. First purchase information included ,
The second sales information including information indicating that the user wants to sell the second article, and the desired difference or the range of the desired difference in purchasing the first article and selling the second article are included. Inputting the included second price information via input means; information indicating that the third user desires to purchase the same or similar article as the second article; Inputting, via input means, a desired purchase price of the article or third price information including a range of the desired purchase price; and the same or the same as the first article included in the first purchase information. A first retrieval step in which the information processing means retrieves a similar article from the input first sales information; and an article identical or similar to the second article included in the second sales information, The information processing means searches from the input second purchase information. A second search step, an article identical or similar to the first article is searched in the first search step, and an article identical or similar to the second article is searched in the second search step. In the case where the information is retrieved, the information processing means includes a desired selling price or a desired selling price range and a desired difference or a desired difference included in the first price information, the second price information, and the third price information. Calculating the balance between the range and the desired purchase price or the range of the desired purchase price; and determining whether the calculated balance is the same or whether the balance is within a predetermined amount range. And performing the step of performing a determination.As a result of the income and expenditure determination, if the income and expenditure match or the income and expenditure are within a predetermined amount range, the sales or purchase of the searched article is desired. The first user and the first user Chained brokerage method characterized by comprising the step of outputting through the output unit information retrieval result to the user and the third user of the. 9. An article identical to the first article is searched in the first search step, an article identical to the second article is searched in the second search step, and 9. The chained trading mediation method according to claim 8, wherein the information of the search result output in the case where the balances are the same is trade completion information indicating that the trade has been completed. 10. A step of inputting charge receiving method information for specifying a method of receiving a sales charge of a first article of a first user via an input means; and a step of inputting said first article of a second user. Inputting the difference payment receiving method information for specifying the method of payment or receipt of the difference fee for purchasing the second item and selling the second item via the input means; and the second item of the third user Inputting fee payment method information for specifying a payment method of the purchase fee through input means; and searching for the same article as the first article in the first search step, and executing the second search step In the case where the same article as the second article is searched for and the result of the income and expenditure determination indicates that the income and expenditure match, based on the inputted fee receiving method information, difference payment receiving method information, or fee payment method information, Of the fee The method of claim 8 or 9, further comprising: performing settlement. 11. An article identical or similar to the first article is searched for in the first search step, and an article identical or similar to the second article is searched for in the second search step. In this case, when a similar article is searched in at least one of the first search step and the second search step, a user who wants to purchase the searched similar article is 9. The chained mediation method according to claim 6, wherein the information of the search result output to the user includes information of notification that there is a sales request for a similar article. 12. The first user and the second user who desire to sell or purchase the searched article after outputting information of notification that there is a sales request for the similar article by an output unit. Inputting, through an input unit, confirmation information for instructing the confirmation of purchase or sale from all the users of the third user and the third user; And a step of outputting trade completion information indicating that the trade has been made to all of the users via an output means, when the input has been made. Mediation method. 13. As a result of the balance determination, if the balance is within a predetermined amount range and the balance does not match, the first object that desires to sell or purchase the searched article is provided. The information of the search result output to the user, the second user, and the third user includes the calculated desired selling price and the balance information indicating excess or deficiency of the desired purchase price. 9. The chain-type trading mediation method according to claim 8, wherein: 14. The first user and the second user who want to sell or purchase the searched article after the output means outputs the balance information indicating the excess or deficiency of the desired selling price and the desired purchasing price. Inputting new price information via the input unit from the user or the third user, the information including the newly corrected desired selling price or the corrected desired purchase price information; In the case where the newly corrected price information is input, the information processing means outputs the desired selling price included in the previously input first price information, the second price information, and the third price information. Or a step of substituting the newly entered price information in place of the desired sales price range, the desired difference or the desired difference range, and the desired purchase price or the desired purchase price range, and performing the calculation of the balance again. Chained brokerage method of claim 13, which comprises a. 15. The step of inputting information via the input means is the step of inputting information via a communication network, and the step of outputting information via the output means is the step of outputting information via a communication network. 15. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of: 16. Acquisition of article sales information and article purchase information from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to sell and purchase an article at the same time, and desires to simultaneously sell and purchase the article. If it is determined that a combination of sales and purchase of goods desired by each user is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user, or is likely to be established in a chain. A chain-type trading mediation device that notifies a user of a notification that the sale and purchase of the article has been established or a notification that the sale and purchase of the article is likely to be established, First input means for inputting first sales information including information indicating that the first user of the second user wants to sell the first article, and the same or similar to the first article of the second user Information that you wish to purchase A first purchase information is rare,
A second input unit for inputting information with second sales information including information indicating that the second article is desired to be sold; and a third user who is the same as or similar to the second article. A third input unit for inputting second purchase information including information indicating a desire to purchase an article; and an article identical or similar to the first article included in the first purchase information. A first information processing means for searching from the input first sales information; and a second purchase information having the same or similar article as the second article included in the second sales information. A second information processing means for searching from among the following: an article identical or similar to the first article is searched by the first information processing means, and a second information processing means is searched by the second information processing means. If an article that is the same as or similar to the article is found, we would like to sell or purchase the found article Output means for outputting search result information to the first user, the second user, and the third user via output means. Mold trading mediation device. 17. At least two of the first input means, the second input means, and the third input means are the same input means, or the first information processing means and the first information processing means are connected to each other. 17. The chain-type trading mediation device according to claim 16, wherein the second information processing means is the same information processing means. 18. Acquisition of article sales information and article purchase information from a plurality of users including at least one user who wants to simultaneously sell and purchase an article, and simultaneously desires to sell and purchase the article. If it is determined that a combination of sales and purchase of goods desired by each user is established in a chain between three or more users including at least one user, or is likely to be established in a chain. In order to cause the computer to execute a chained mediation process of notifying the user that the sale and purchase of the article has been established or that the sale and purchase of the article is likely to be established, A chain-type trading mediation program, comprising: input means for inputting information from a user; output means for outputting information to a user; and input and output means for controlling the input means and the output means. A computer system having information processing means for performing information processing such as search for the obtained information is used, and includes information indicating that the first user wishes to sell the first article. Inputting first sales information via input means; and first purchase information including information indicating that the second user desires to purchase the same or similar article as the first article. When,
Inputting, via input means, information with second sales information including information indicating that the user wants to sell the second article; and the same or similar to the second article of the third user. Inputting, via input means, second purchase information including information indicating that the user wants to purchase the article, and the same or similar article as the first article included in the first purchase information A first retrieval step in which the information processing means retrieves from the input first sales information, and an article which is the same as or similar to the second article contained in the second sales information is inputted. A second search step in which the information processing means searches from the second purchase information; and an article identical or similar to the first article is searched in the first search step, and the second search is performed. In the step, the same or similar article as the second article was searched In this case, information on the search result is output to the first user, the second user, and the third user who want to sell or purchase the searched article via output means. A step of outputting; and causing the computer to execute the following.