JP2002318927A - Sales information management system for group buying commodity in internet shopping site - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sales information management system capable of easily performing the disposal of business or sales information management in the payment of a group buying commodity sold on Internet by a credit card. SOLUTION: A Web server A connected to user terminals B1-n through Internet is connected to computers C1-n of credit card companies. When a purchase application is received from the terminal B1, the Web server calculates the purchase price with a price according to the total application number at that time, accesses the computer C1 of the card company designated by the credit card information obtained from a purchaser to obtain the credit acceptance of the purchaser, and stores temporary sales information with the purchaser/credit information related thereto in a database. When a group buying with the total application number exceeding the lowest number is achieved, the defined price is calculated with the price according to the application total number, and a sales processing request report having the defined price added to the credit list of each purchaser is transmitted to the computer C1 to rewrite the temporary sales information to defined sales information. When the buying is not established, a cancellation request report with the credit list of each purchaser attached thereto is transmitted to rewrite the temporary sales information to sales cancellation information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for managing sales information of jointly purchased goods at an Internet shopping site, and more particularly to automating credit business processing in settlement with a credit card to perform sales information management business as much as possible. The present invention relates to a technology that can achieve simple simplification.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present applicant operates an electronic commerce service in a sales form called "gathering" at a shopping site on the Internet. This service provides a Web page that introduces products to be sold, along with a product description and product image images, along with a sales price set according to the total number of purchase applications (orders) (usually, the sales price increases as the total number of applications increases). ) And the minimum number of applications (minimum sales) and the maximum number of products offered (maximum sales) required to complete a product transaction, soliciting applications from customers, and when the total number of applications reaches the maximum sales This is an unprecedented joint purchase type e-commerce service that closes the application when the product is sold out or after a predetermined sales period has elapsed and sells the product at the actual selling price according to the final total number of applications .

[0003] This service has been offered in various fields since its launch, in part because the actual sales price has been steadily reduced as the number of applications (the number of sales) has increased. It is very popular.

[0004] Also, in electronic commerce at an Internet shopping site, settlement by credit sales through a credit card company is generally performed. Settlement has been introduced, and products are sold to each purchaser at a set price corresponding to the total number of applications at the time of the purchase application, provisional sales are recorded at an amount based on the price, and payment of the amount is accepted The company inquires of credit card companies for credits to secure credit lines.

[0005]

By the way, if the sales price of the product is already fixed at the time of the customer's purchase application and the sales form does not fluctuate, the settlement processing by the credit card is required only once. . That is, at the time of the purchase application, information necessary for credit inquiry to the credit card company such as the address, name, credit card company name and its card number and expiration date is acquired from the purchaser, and from the corresponding credit card company, All that is required is to obtain a credit approval number and request sales processing (payment processing). Credit and credit in such credit transactions on the Internet
As a technology for performing sales processing online, for example, "CAFIS (Credit And Fina)" is a comprehensive network system for the card business provided by NTT DATA Corporation.
Information System) and CDS (Credit Data tr
ansfer System), a CAFIS Internet shopping service and the like are known.

[0006] However, in the product sales form of the joint purchase system to which the present invention is applied, the actual product is sold until the total number of applications reaches the lowest price range (bottom price) or the sales period expires and the total number of applications is determined. The selling price is not fixed. Further, if the total number of applications at the time when the sales period has expired does not reach the minimum total number of sales, the joint purchase itself will not be established.

[0007] Therefore, in this product sales form of the joint purchase method, the actual selling price at the time of final sale is different from the price at the time of application of each buyer, or the joint purchase itself is not established. Therefore, the credit card company cannot request sales processing (payment processing) unless the final actual selling price is determined.

[0008] That is, when joint purchase is not established, the credit company must be notified of the credit cancellation request of each purchase applicant. It is necessary to notify the regular purchase amount based on the selling price again and then request sales processing (payment processing). For this reason, these sales processes and management of sales information for joint purchase products are complicated, and the amount of troublesome work is increased. Therefore, it is difficult to introduce credit card settlement for products that take the form of joint purchase sales. There were challenges.

[0009] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its object is to provide a credit card, even if the merchandise has a joint purchase system operated on a shopping site on the Internet. -To provide a merchandise sales information management system capable of easily performing business processing related to card settlement and its sales information management.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the invention of a sales information management system for jointly purchased goods in an Internet shopping site according to the present invention is specified by the following items (1) to (6). It is characterized by the following.

(1) A sales information management system using a computer, which communicates with an external terminal operated by a user via the Internet to function as a Web server, responds to a request from the external terminal, and responds to a request from the database. The product introduction page which introduces the introduction and sales information of various products accumulated in the company is appropriately provided. The various products are sold in a joint purchase form in which the price decreases in accordance with an increase in the total number of purchase applications, and the introduction / sales information of the database includes each product ID and each recorded in association with the product ID. Product specs and images, sales period, minimum total sales,
The product introduction page includes a purchase application button for automatically transmitting a purchase application request with a product ID, which includes a maximum sales total number, a purchase application total number, and a price set corresponding to the purchase application total number. ing.

(2) Upon receiving a purchase application request from the external terminal, the Web server transmits a purchaser information acquisition page for acquiring purchaser information in association with a product ID. The purchaser information includes a product ID, the number of purchases, a purchase amount at a price corresponding to the total number of purchase applications at the time of the purchase application request, a purchaser name, a purchaser address, a purchaser mail address,
Includes credit card company name, credit card number, and credit card expiration date.

(3) When the Web server acquires the purchaser information by replying to the purchaser information acquisition page, the Web server communicates with the computer of the credit card company specified by the purchaser information via a communication line. Then, the user makes a credit inquiry for payment approval for the purchase and obtains a credit approval number.

(4) When the credit approval number is obtained, the Web server records temporary sales information in which the credit approval number is associated with the purchaser information in the database, and updates the total number of purchase applications. Then, an order confirmation mail is issued to the purchaser.

(5) Based on the sales information, the Web server stops the acceptance of the purchase application by sequentially judging the sale based on the sales information, and determines whether or not the total number of applications is equal to or greater than the minimum total number of purchases. Is determined or not. In the case of joint purchase establishment, the Web server determines the actual sales total number and the actual sale price of the product, issues a joint purchase establishment mail indicating the actual sale price to each purchaser, and issues a credit card company To the computer, transmits a sales processing request notice in which the credit approval number list of the joint purchase product purchaser is accompanied by the fixed purchase price information at the actual sales price of each purchaser, and the provisional sales information recorded in the database Is rewritten to the fixed sales information in which the purchase price of the is corrected to the fixed purchase price. On the other hand, in the case of failure, a joint purchase failure e-mail is issued to each purchaser, and a credit cancellation request notice with the credit approval number list of the joint purchase product purchaser attached is transmitted to the credit card company, and the provisional sales Rewrite the information with provisional sales cancellation data.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a system for managing sales information of jointly purchased products in an Internet shopping site according to the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a network configuration of a computer in which a sales information management system for jointly purchased goods according to the present invention is operated. As shown in the figure, a business computer A managed by a business and operated by a sales information management system includes a large number of external terminals B1 operated by a user.
To Bn via the Internet and each computer C of a plurality of credit card companies
1 to Cn have a communication line different from the Internet (for example,
"CAFIS (Credit) provided by NTT DATA Corporation
And Finance Information System) ").

The business computer A communicates with the user's external terminals B1 to Bn via the Internet to operate the Web page of the electronic commerce service in the above-mentioned gathering (joint purchase) sales mode. Functioning as the Web server A,
In response to a request from Bn, introduction / sales information of various commodities stored in a database constructed in an appropriate storage medium is retrieved and provided as appropriate. In addition to accepting a purchase application from the external terminals B1 to Bn and communicating with each other via a communication line with a computer C1 to Cn of a credit card company designated by the user, in addition to obtaining credit for payment approval relating to the purchase, It sends a request for sales processing (payment processing) and a request for credit cancellation.

In the following description, the term “Web server” includes not only the case of being constituted by one computer but also the case of being constituted by a plurality of cooperating computers. Also, the external terminal operated by the user is provided with an Internet
It also includes portable terminals such as personal computers, mobile phones, and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) that can view page b.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically showing the processing flow of the sales information management system for jointly purchased products operated by the Web server A, and shows the processing flow from product introduction to purchase application acceptance.

=== Introduction of Goods === As shown in FIG. 2, the Web server A transmits introduction / sales information browsing pages of various goods in response to requests from the external terminals B1 to Bn of the user. . In other words, the user uses the Web browser to access the U
When the RL is accessed, the web server A searches the template page of the web page and the gathering-related information for specifying the product to be gathered included in the template page, and introduces a product that reflects the content of the gathering-related information.
The sales information browsing Web page is generated and transmitted to the requesting external terminals B1 to Bn, and the product introduction / sales information browsing Web page is displayed on the user terminals B1 to Bn (S10).

FIG. 3 is an example of a product introduction / sales information browsing Web page (hereinafter, referred to as a “product introduction page a”) operated by the Web server A. This product introduction page a includes basic information presented to customers in a normal electronic commerce service performed on the Internet, such as catch phrases, product descriptions, image images and videos of products, standard prices, settlement methods, shipping costs, consumption tax amounts, and the like. Product information (hereinafter referred to as "basic product information"), the sales period of the product, the minimum number of sales required for gathering, the supply limit number of products (maximum sales number), and the total number of applications Information specific to the type of gathering sales (hereinafter referred to as “gathering-related information”), such as a list of selling prices, the latest total number of applications for that product, the latest selling price of that product, and comments from existing purchasers. And a function for automatically transmitting a purchase application request to which the product ID is attached to the Web server A by the user's operation. Make myself understood purchase application button 2 and already purchase the applicant's applicant for displaying the comments button 4 has been set.
The basic information and the gathering-related information are stored and managed for each product ID in a database operated by the Web server A or another computer cooperating therewith.

=== Product Application === The presence / absence of a purchase application for the product to be gathered introduced on the product introduction page a displayed on the external terminal B1 of the user is provided on the product introduction page a. The purchase button 2 is clicked, and it is determined whether a purchase application request accompanied by the product ID information has arrived from the external terminal B1 to the Web server A (S20). When this purchase application request arrives, We
The b server A generates and transmits a purchase application reception page b corresponding to the product ID as shown in FIG. On this purchase application reception page b, the purchaser's comments, name, email address, address, contact telephone number, delivery address, delivery name,
A column for describing a contact telephone number of a destination, a column for selecting a payment method, and the like are provided (S30). Then, on the purchase application page b displayed on the terminal B1 of the user, after the user enters predetermined items in the above-mentioned description columns and selection columns, and presses a button displayed as "Next", The purchaser information is returned to Web server A, and based on the purchaser information, Web server A determines whether the payment method selected by the purchase applicant (user) is a credit card payment or another payment method (S40). .

If the payment method is a credit card, the Web server A provides information necessary for the payment by the credit card, such as credit card company name, card number, name, and expiration date. In order to acquire the payment information, a payment information acquisition page c as shown in FIG. 5 in which the content confirmation items of the acquired purchaser information are described in addition to the respective entry fields is transmitted to the external terminal of the purchase applicant. (S50), the computer C of the credit card company designated based on the settlement information obtained by the reply
Then, a credit approval number is obtained by transmitting an inquiry notification of securing a credit line (payment of payment) to the client 1 (S60). And
If the credit approval number is not obtained and credit is not possible, the payment information acquisition pages b and c are resent to the purchaser's external terminal B1 again to reacquire the payment information. If the credit approval number is obtained and credit is possible, provisional sales information associating the buyer information with the settlement information and the credit approval number is recorded in a database (S70, S80). An order confirmation e-mail specifying the product name and its ID number, number of purchases, purchase price, payment method, etc. is issued (S9).
0), the information of the current application total number of the corresponding product and the current price information corresponding to the total application number are updated (S10).
0). If it is determined in step S40 that the settlement method is not a credit card, the process jumps to step S80.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a flow of a sales determination process sequentially performed by the Web server A. As shown in the figure, the Web server A reads the gathering-related information (product ID, total number of applications currently applied, sales period, maximum / minimum sales quantity, etc.) for each product recorded in the database, and refers to the information. While the sale ends (expiration of the sales period,
Alternatively, the sold number is determined when the number of applications reaches the maximum sales number (S120). Then, when a certain product is sold out or the sales period has expired, the purchase application acceptance for the product is terminated (S130). This end processing is performed by, for example, displaying the end of purchase application reception on the introduction page of the applicable product and stopping transmission of the purchase application reception page b of the product.

Next, it is determined whether or not the joint purchase of the product is established or not based on whether or not the total number of applications is equal to or greater than the minimum sales number (S140). Determines the total number of actual sales and the actual sales price based on the corresponding current price, and issues a confirmation email to each purchaser specifying the product name and its ID number, number of purchases, purchase price, payment method, etc. (S160). Then, the shipment is confirmed based on the shipping slip number or the like input in the shipping process (S165). When the confirmation is obtained, the credit card companies C1-Cn of the credit card companies receive credit from each company. Add the confirmed purchase price of each purchase applicant calculated based on the actual sales price to the credit approval number list of the product purchase applicant, and send a sales processing request notification requesting payment with the confirmed purchase price At the same time, the provisional sales information recorded in the database is updated to the data of the fixed purchase amount and rewritten to the sales fixed information (S170).

On the other hand, if the joint purchase is not successful, an unsuccessful mail is issued to each purchase applicant notifying that the joint purchase has been unsuccessful (S180), and the computer C1 of each credit card company is issued. To Cn, a credit cancellation request notification requesting cancellation of these credits is sent together with a list of credit approval numbers of the purchasers who have obtained credits for each company, and each purchase recorded in the database is The temporary sales information of the applicant is rewritten to temporary sales cancellation information (S190).

=== Others === In addition to the above-mentioned forms of gathering,
For example, there is also a form in which an application is received from a customer for each sales price range for a limited period, and a sales price and a customer to be sold are determined according to the application quantity at the end of the period. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a gathering form other than the form introduced in the embodiment.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the form of joint purchase of goods operated on the Internet shopping site, the payment of the purchase price of the goods by the credit card Requests to the company to secure a credit line at the time of applying for product purchase, to request payment with a fixed purchase price calculated at the actual selling price when the joint purchase is completed, and to request credit cancellation when the joint purchase is unsuccessful Business processes, data management of merchandise sales information associated with the business processes, and transmission of various notices such as sales confirmation to the purchaser can be automatically and easily performed, and significant labor savings can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a network configuration of a computer that operates a system for managing sales information of a joint purchase product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is performed in the merchandise sales information management system,
It is a flowchart figure which shows the outline of the processing flow from goods introduction to purchase application reception.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a product introduction page distributed by the product sales information management system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase application reception page distributed by the commodity sales information management system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a credit card payment information acquisition page distributed by the commodity sales information management system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a sales confirmation processing flow sequentially performed by the commodity sales information management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Web server B1 to Bn External terminal of user C1 to Cn Computer of credit card company a Product introduction page b, c Purchaser information acquisition page 2 Purchase application button 4 Applicant comment button

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The method according to claim 1, which is specified by the following items (1) to (6):
A sales information management system for joint purchase products on the Internet shopping site. (1) A sales information management system using a computer, which communicates with an external terminal operated by a user via the Internet to function as a Web server, responds to a request from the external terminal, and stores it in a database. Providing a product introduction page with information on introduction and sales of various products. The various products are sold in a joint purchase form in which the price decreases in accordance with an increase in the total number of purchase applications, and the introduction / sales information of the database includes each product ID and each recorded in association with the product ID. Product specs and images, sales period, minimum sales total, maximum sales total,
The product introduction page includes a purchase application button for automatically transmitting a purchase application request with a product ID, which includes a total number of purchase applications and a price set in accordance with the total number of purchase applications. (2) Upon receiving a purchase application request from the external terminal, the Web server transmits a purchaser information acquisition page for acquiring purchaser information in association with a product ID. The purchaser information includes a product ID, the number of purchases, a purchase amount at a price corresponding to the total number of purchase applications at the time of the purchase application request, a purchaser name, a purchaser address, a purchaser email address, a credit card company name, a credit card. Includes number and credit card expiration date. (3) When the Web server acquires the purchaser information by replying to the purchaser information acquisition page, the Web server communicates with the computer of the credit card company designated by the purchaser information via a communication line, and Make a credit inquiry for payment approval for the purchase and obtain a credit approval number. (4) When the credit approval number is obtained, the Web server records temporary sales information in which the credit approval number is associated with the purchaser information in the database and updates the total number of purchase applications. Issue an order confirmation email to the buyer. (5) Based on the sales information, the Web server determines the end of successive sales based on the sales information and stops accepting purchase applications. Make a failure decision. In the case of joint purchase establishment, the Web server determines the actual sales total number and the actual sale price of the product, issues a joint purchase establishment mail indicating the actual sale price to each purchaser, and issues a credit card company To the computer, transmits a sales processing request notice in which the credit approval number list of the joint purchase product purchaser is accompanied by the fixed purchase price information at the actual sales price of each purchaser, and the provisional sales information recorded in the database Is rewritten to the fixed sales information in which the purchase price of the is corrected to the fixed purchase price. On the other hand, in the case of failure, a joint purchase failure e-mail is issued to each purchaser, and a credit cancellation request notice with the credit approval number list of the joint purchase product purchaser attached is transmitted to the credit card company, and the provisional sales Rewrite the information with provisional sales cancellation data.