KR20020014218A - Auction Method among Plurality of Sellers and Buyers in Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for a multi-point auction on the Internet is provided to perform transactions among a plurality of sellers and a plurality of buyers and to decide the final seller through an auction among a plurality of sellers. CONSTITUTION: If a seller has been certified(31), a seller registers one's selling-wanted commodity(33). The registered commodity information includes a commodity kind, an amount of the commodity to be sold, and a commodity price thereof in accordance with the amount, and the information is stored in a database. It is detected whether the seller is only seller of the corresponding commodity based on a commodity kind and an amount of the commodity inputted by the seller(34). If the seller is only seller corresponded to the commodity, the seller must start new auction(37). If the seller is not only seller, it is checked whether an auction being processed with respect to a commodity having the same kind and amount as the commodity suggested by the seller is existed(35). Price information in accordance with a registered commodity amount may be changed by comparing price information of other sellers with the corresponding seller's information until an auction closing time(38).

Description

Auction Method among Plurality of Sellers and Buyers in Internet}

The present invention relates to a multi-party auction method on the Internet, and through auction between sellers who sell products of the same type and quantity through auction, a method in which a transaction is made between a seller and a buyer who presents the lowest price for the quantity of the product to be purchased. It is about.

As the Internet becomes active, the Internet has gone beyond simply serving as a provider of information, and commerce through the Internet has gradually increased and is now the center of commerce.

Conventionally, an e-commerce site introduces a list of products constructed by the site to the user, and when the user selects a product to be purchased from the items listed in the list, the user pays the product through an electronic payment method through a credit card or the like and presents the product to the user. It was operated by shipping. However, as the e-commerce site increases as the Internet is activated, the e-commerce method of manually introducing and selling products as described above is gradually losing its competitiveness.

As a result, more and more sites that offer various trading methods are introduced from the introduction of simple products. Representative sites include reverse auction sites and sites that offer joint purchases.

Reverse auction means that when a user places an auction by offering a desired price for a desired product, those who want to sell the product present the terms and conditions including their price to the user, It refers to the way the transaction is made by the user selecting a product. However, from the standpoint of commodity sellers, merchandise sales by individual auctions are not profitable sales. As a result, e-commerce on existing reverse auction sites does not support the purchase of goods, but does not support them. It is currently not.

Co-purchase refers to a method in which a single seller collects a plurality of consumers and supplies a product at a lower price. FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a general co-purchasing method.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is first determined whether a seller is a registered user. If the seller is an unregistered user who cannot authorize the sale or sells an unauthorized product, the seller requests a user registration or a product sale permission (12).

The seller, who is authorized to sell, registers the product for sale (14), and inputs the price of the product according to the quantity and quantity of the product (15). After the seller registers the product, the buyer's application for purchase of the product presented by the seller is accepted until the joint purchase deadline (16). When the deadline is reached, the purchaser's demand to purchase the seller's product is finally determined and the transaction is made based on the price according to the quantity of the product presented by the seller (17).

General co-purchase as described above has a disadvantage in that buyers have little chance of choice and pricing is unilateral because there is no competition between sellers.

In the present invention, in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, a multi-party auction method on the Internet that deals with a plurality of sellers and a plurality of buyers, and determines the final seller through auction of a plurality of sellers I would like to suggest.

1 shows a flowchart of a general joint purchase method,

2 is a schematic flowchart of a multi-party auction method on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating in detail the seller's participation in the auction process and the seller determination process of the method according to the invention,

Figure 4 shows a system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

5 illustrates an example of inputting a price according to the number of items.

In order to achieve the object as described above, the multi-party auction method on the Internet according to the present invention includes the steps of (a) accepting the user registration of the seller and buyer to participate in the multi-party auction; If the user registered in the step (a) is the seller, the step of receiving and storing information on the goods to be sold, the quantity of the goods and the price according to the quantity (b); It is determined whether there is an existing auction presenting the same product in the same quantity as the seller who entered the information in step (b), and if there is an existing auction for the same product and quantity and the seller desires, the existing auction (C) initiating a new auction on a product entered by the seller in other cases; (D) accepting a purchase request of a buyer to participate in an existing auction or a newly started auction of step (c) and an auction participation request of another seller presenting the same goods and quantity of goods until the close of the auction; At the end of the auction, the final purchase quantity of the auction is determined, the lowest price for the determined purchase quantity is determined as the final price, and the seller who presented the final price is determined as the final seller. It characterized in that it comprises a step (e).

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a multilateral auction method on the Internet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a schematic flowchart of a multi-party auction method on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, it is checked whether the person who accesses the website providing the method according to the present invention is a buyer, a seller, or an administrator. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the buyer and seller are required to be a registered user in order to secure the transaction and collect personal information. In addition, the registered user who enters the connection inputs the purpose for which the user has connected during the purchase or sale.

If the connected user is the buyer (21), the user can participate in the auction by selecting a desired product among the products presented in the auction without going through a special procedure (27). Multiple buyers may participate in the auction, and the buyer may be provided with information on how much the goods attached to the auction have based on the quantity before determining whether to participate in the auction.

If the connected user is the seller (22), the authentication information of the seller is checked (24). Seller authentication is done by checking whether the seller is a registered user and identifying the seller. For the authentication of the seller, the authentication request is made to the database that stores the authentication information of the seller (25). If the seller is confirmed to have the right authority, the following procedure is proceeded. Otherwise, the seller is required to authenticate again. The reason for going through the seller authentication process is to ensure the identity of the seller to reduce the risk of accidents caused by e-commerce.

If the connected user is an administrator who manages the site (23), the overall auction process is managed, and a procedure (26) is recognized to recognize whether the administrator is a legitimate administrator for the safety of the system.

When the connected user is a seller, when the seller certification is confirmed, the seller registers the product to be sold. When registering a product, you input not only the brand name to be sold but also the number and price of the product to be sold. FIG. 5 illustrates an example of inputting a price according to the number of goods. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the price according to the quantity of goods to be sold is input in detail as shown in FIG. 5.

After the seller's product registration is completed, the auction is started for the product registered by the seller (29). As in the case of the buyer, if there is a seller who sells the same product in the same quantity while the auction is in progress, the seller participates in the auction and multiple sellers compete in the auction.

The auction determines the final price and the final seller when the scheduled deadline is reached (29).

The decision is made in such a way that among the sellers participating in the auction, the seller with the lowest price for the total number of purchases made by the buyers in the auction becomes the final seller.

In the above, a schematic process of the multilateral auction method on the Internet according to the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, the process of participating in the auction and the seller determination process of the seller will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating in detail the seller's participation in the auction process and the seller's determination process of the method according to the present invention.

The seller who has confirmed the seller certification operation 31 described above registers a product he / she intends to sell (33). If the seller is not certified, the seller is not a registered user, the seller's identity is incorrect, or an unauthorized product is sold. If the seller is not registered or the identity is not correct, you can be certified as a valid seller by registering a new seller or recording the correct identity. If the seller sells an unauthorized product, the product may be sold only after obtaining a separate permission from the website administrator according to the present invention.

As described above, the product information registered by the user includes the type of the product to be sold, the quantity of the product to be sold, and the price of the product according to the quantity. This information is stored in the database (33). According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the price information according to the registered product quantity can be changed by the intention of the seller while the auction is in progress. In other words, as shown in Figure 5, although the price according to the quantity of the 24 times CD-ROM presented by A is higher than the price according to the quantity of the 24 times CD-ROM presented by A, A will change the registered price information until the auction deadline. It can be. However, the kind of goods to be sold and the quantity of goods cannot be changed. As described above, it is possible to change the price information according to the quantity of goods in order to induce competition with the seller when there is a seller presenting a lower price than the seller in an auction to be entered later. The type of product and the quantity of the product cannot be changed because they correspond to the category competing by the auction.

After the seller registers the product, it is determined whether the seller is the only seller of the product based on the type of the product input by the seller and the quantity information of the product to be sold (34). If the only seller for the product is not eligible to participate in the existing auction, the seller must start a new auction (37). In order to make the search more efficient, when confirming whether the seller is the only seller of the corresponding product, only the existence of the same type of goods is identified, and the search is not carried out until it matches the quantity of the product to be entered as registration information. It is up to the seller to decide whether to start a new auction or be on hold.

If the seller is not the only seller of the product, check whether there is an auction already in progress for products of the same type and quantity with the goods presented by the seller (35). Participation in the auction must be the same as the type of product as well as the quantity to be sold. In this process, not only the product type but also the quantity of the product is searched together. This is done by inquiring whether there is an auction in progress for the product in the database that stores the current auction situation.

If an auction of a product of the same type and quantity as the seller's registered item is not in progress, a new auction can be started as if the seller was the only seller of the product (37) Decide by In the case of starting an auction, the website provides a menu for setting the closing date of the auction and the seller can set the closing time of the auction by inputting the menu. Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the closing time of the auction may be determined unilaterally by specific criteria without intention of the seller.

If an auction is in progress with the same type and quantity as the goods registered by the seller, the seller may participate in the existing auction. The seller is provided with a certain price according to the quantity of the merchandise in the ongoing auction from the server before entering the auction, and the seller is provided with information about the number of buyers who applied to purchase the goods at the auction. The seller determines whether to participate in the existing auction based on the information provided. If it is decided not to participate in the existing auction, a new auction can be started (37). When participating in an existing auction, the seller competes with other sellers already participating in the existing auction until the end of the auction.

As described above, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, price information according to the registered product quantity may be changed until the closing time of the ongoing auction (38). Sellers participating in the auction can always look up the price information according to the quantity of goods of other sellers, compared to this can determine the possibility of their own merchandise (39), according to the price of their goods quantity The information is changed (38).

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, any competitive seller changes the price information or a new seller auctions since the price information of other competitive sellers participating in the same auction or the participation of another competitive seller has an important influence on the meridians. When you participate in, let other competitors know about this. One embodiment of the notification is to notify the fact that the price information change or new participation in the auction through the text message. As soon as a seller participating in the same auction changes the price information, it sends a text message to other sellers via a web server to inform them of the fact. If you use a mobile phone text message, you can be notified of the price information changes in the fastest real time. Methods for sending text messages to mobile phones on the Internet are well known. Another embodiment of the notification is the notification using a message or an e-mail.

Until the closing time of the auction 40, sellers selling the same product and quantity can participate in the auction as much as possible, and when the closing time of the auction is reached, the final price and the final seller are determined (41).

In the decision, the final purchase quantity of the buyer who wants to participate in the auction and purchase the product is decided. After determining the final purchase quantity, the final price is determined as the lowest price among the prices corresponding to the purchase quantity suggested by the sellers, and the seller who presented the lowest price is determined as the final seller.

This will be described with reference to FIG. 5 as an example. Assume that the final purchase quantity of the buyer at the end of the auction is 8, and the price information according to the determined quantity of A and E is as shown in FIG. A presented eight 24-speed CD-ROMs for 8,600 won, and E presented eight 24-speed CD-roms for 8,250 won, so the final seller would have a lower price and the final selling price would be 8,250 won.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the auction result is notified to buyers and sellers participating in the auction via email or text message.

4 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a system for implementing the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, input information of a buyer and a seller input through the Internet 42 passes through a load control switch 43. The load control switch distributes and transfers the information inputted from the user to the plurality of existing web servers 44 so as not to put a load on the server.

The web server 44 accepts the user's input information from the Internet and transmits the information necessary for the user through the Internet. As described above, a plurality of web servers exist to prevent overload. As shown in FIG. 4, the web server includes a CPU 45 in charge of processing data and a Web Daemon 46 controlling data transmission and reception of the web server, user registration information, and a seller's registration. It consists of a database daemon 47 for storing product information and auction status. There are multiple web servers, but for consistency of information, the database in each web server is synchronized and always stores the same information.

As described above, according to the method of the present invention, unlike the conventional general joint purchase, the price of the purchased product is determined through auctions between sellers, and therefore, unlike the conventional unilateral pricing, the transaction by reasonable pricing There is an advantage that can be achieved. In addition, since the seller can change the price according to the quantity of the product during the auction, the buyer has the advantage of purchasing the product at a lower price, thereby reducing the bubble in the distribution of the product.

Claims (5)

(A) accepting user registrations of sellers and buyers to participate in the multilateral auction; If the user registered in the step (a) is the seller, the step of receiving and storing information on the goods to be sold, the quantity of the goods and the price according to the quantity (b); It is determined whether there is an existing auction presenting the same product in the same quantity as the seller who entered the information in step (b), and if there is an existing auction for the same product and quantity and the seller desires, the existing auction (C) initiating a new auction on a product entered by the seller in other cases; (D) accepting a purchase request of a buyer to participate in an existing auction or a newly started auction of step (c) and an auction participation request of another seller presenting the same goods and quantity of goods until the close of the auction; At the end of the auction, the final purchase quantity of the auction is determined, the lowest price for the determined purchase quantity is determined as the final price, and the seller who presented the final price is determined as the final seller. A multilateral auction method on the Internet, comprising the step (e). The method of claim 1, The price information according to the quantity of goods input by the seller in step (b) can be changed before the auction closes. The method of claim 1, If there is an existing auction for the product and quantity input by the seller in step (c), the seller is informed of the price according to the quantity of the product of another seller in the existing auction to determine whether to participate in the auction. Multilateral auction method on the Internet, characterized in that provided. The method of claim 2, The seller of the multi-party auction method on the Internet, characterized in that when the seller changes the price information according to the quantity of the product, or when another seller participates in the auction, information about this to other sellers or buyers in competition. The method of claim 4, wherein the notification means comprises a mobile phone text message, an email, or a note.