JP2002183506A - Commodity international trade system and method utilizing internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To internationally trade a commodity utilizing the Internet. SOLUTION: A seller registers a commodity which he/she wants to sell from a seller terminal 10. A commodity manager terminal 20 translates commodity information to languages of a plurality of main countries, using an automatic translation system 34, and this commodity information is appeared on the Internet 100 and bidders are invited from over the whole world. The commodity manager terminal 20 determines a successful bidder and informs that a successful bid was carried out to the successful bidder's purchaser terminal 50 via the Internet 100. When the commodity manager terminal 20 receives an order from the successful bidder via the Internet 100, it transmits a request for an export and import work to an export and import agent terminal 40. The export and import agent terminal 40 receiving requests for the export and import work obtains exchange rate from the Internet 100, prepares all documents regarding export and import procedures, and carries out the export and import procedures.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a system and method for internationally trading goods using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a system in which a seller can provide merchandise information on merchandise using the Internet, and a purchaser can see the merchandise information and buy the merchandise. In such a conventional system, the product information to be seen is often described in a language of one country.

[0003]

In such a conventional system, when a seller wants to sell a product all over the world, in order to have the product information understood all over the world, the merchandise information is written in the languages of the world's major countries. Must be provided. However, it is very difficult to provide product information in languages of major countries around the world due to the language ability of sellers. Therefore, there is a problem that the purchaser of the product is limited to only those who can understand the language describing the product information.

[0004] In addition, such a conventional system has a problem that when an individual seller wants to export a product overseas, he does not cover the procedures related to import and export, so that the individual cannot easily export the product.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and to provide a system and method for easily performing international trade of goods using the Internet.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an international trade system for goods using the Internet, comprising a seller terminal of a seller who intends to sell goods, and a goods manager terminal of a goods manager who auctions goods. , Import / exporter terminals for import / exporters, multiple buyer terminals for buyers from around the world to participate in auctions and purchase products, and currency exchange for supplying exchange rates for each country online. A market center, a financial institution host which is a computer of the financial institution, and a communication connection between the seller terminal, the merchandise manager terminal, the import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, the exchange market center, and the financial institution host. The merchant terminal transmits a merchandise registration request including merchandise information in order to request registration of merchandise to be sold. Means for transmitting, the merchandise manager terminal receives and receives a merchandise registration request including the merchandise information, merchandise data registration means for registering the merchandise information included in the received merchandise registration request, Auction home page creation means for translating and creating an auction home page including the product information into a plurality of major country languages for recruiting bidders to bid for an auction, and translating the auction home page into a plurality of major country languages Means for transmitting the created auction home page to the Internet, wherein the purchaser terminal receives the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet. And receiving the auction home page and submitting a bid including a bidder and a bid amount in a bidder's currency. And a bidding unit for transmitting information to the product manager terminal. The product manager terminal further receives the bid information from the buyer terminal and receives a bid, and Bid data storage means for storing the bid information; means for determining the highest bidder and the highest bid based on the bid information stored in the bid data storage means; And a means for notifying the buyer terminal and the import / exporter terminal of the buyer, and the buyer terminal further includes means for receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal. The merchandise manager terminal further includes: a means for receiving the order from the buyer terminal; and receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to the import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal. Do Means, the import / export trader terminal receives the request for the import / export work, means for acquiring an exchange rate from the Internet, and receives the request for the import / export work, and is obtained. A means of preparing all export and acquisition documents based on the exchange rate,
Means for notifying the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal, and the purchaser terminal that the export and acquisition have been completed, and the merchandise manager terminal further has a notification that the export and acquisition has been completed. , A means for transmitting, to the financial institution host, an instruction to withdraw the successful bid amount from the orderer's financial account and an instruction to deposit the successful bid amount into the seller's financial account.

[0007] In the international trade system for goods using the Internet according to the present invention, the goods manager terminal further includes means for acquiring an exchange rate from the Internet, and the bidding data stored in the bid data storage means. It is characterized by having means for converting the amount into the same currency at the acquired exchange rate, comparing the bid amount converted into the same currency, and determining the successful bidder and the successful bid amount.

Further, in the international commodity trading system using the Internet according to the present invention, the seller terminal further comprises:
Means for transmitting a product registration request including product information and a seller's financial account number to the product manager terminal to request registration of a product to be sold, wherein the product manager terminal further comprises: An account confirmation requesting means for receiving a product registration request and transmitting an account confirmation request for confirming a financial account number of a seller to the financial institution host; The means receives an account confirmation indicating that the seller's financial account number has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and registers the product information included in the product registration request and the seller's financial account number. And

[0009] In the commodity international trade system using the Internet according to the present invention, the auction home page creation means of the commodity manager terminal includes a plurality of commodity introduction pages for introducing commodities based on the commodity information. A bidding page for asking for the name of the bidder, the financial account number of the bidder and the amount of the bid is created in a plurality of major languages, and the auction home page is created using the product introduction page and the bidding page. The auction home page transmitting means of the product manager terminal transmits the auction home page including the product introduction page and the bidding page to the Internet.

Further, in the international merchandise trading system using the Internet according to the present invention, the bidding means of the buyer terminal receives the auction home page, and displays the name of the bidder and the financial status of the bidder on the bid page. Fill in the account number and the bid amount in the buyer's currency,
The entered bidding page is returned to the merchandise manager terminal, and the account confirmation requesting means of the merchandise manager terminal checks the financial account number of the bidder described on the returned bidding page. An account confirmation request is transmitted to the financial institution host, and the bid data storage means of the product manager terminal receives an account confirmation indicating that the financial account number of the bidder has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and makes a bid. It stores the name of the bidder, the financial account number of the bidder, and the bid price.

[0011] The commodity international trade system using the Internet according to the present invention comprises a seller terminal of a seller who intends to sell the commodity, a commodity manager terminal of a commodity manager who auctions the commodity, and an import / export operation. Importer / exporter terminals, and multiple buyer terminals for buyers from around the world to participate in auctions and purchase products,
An exchange market center that supplies exchange rates of each country online, a financial institution host that is a computer of a financial institution, the seller terminal, the product manager terminal, the import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, and the exchange market The seller terminal includes a product registration request including product information and a seller's financial account number in order to request registration of a product to be sold. A means for transmitting to a product manager terminal, the product manager terminal receives a product registration request including the product information and a financial account number of the seller, and receives the product registration request, Account confirmation request means for transmitting an account confirmation request, which is a request for confirming the financial account number of the seller, to the financial institution host; and a financial account number of the seller from the financial institution host. To receive an account confirmation indicating that it was confirmed, and product data registration means for registering the product information and financial account number of the seller, which is included in the product registration request,
Means for receiving an account confirmation and transmitting an import / export cost estimation request, which is a request for estimating import / export costs required for import / export of the product, to the import / exporter terminal, wherein the import / exporter terminal comprises: Means for receiving the import / export cost estimate request, exchange rate acquisition means for acquiring exchange rates of countries around the world from the Internet, and access to the commodity data registration means to acquire stored commodity information, Means for estimating import / export costs for each country based on the product information and the exchange rate, and transmitting the estimated import / export costs for each country to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further comprises: A means for receiving the estimated import / export cost, and a product introduction page for introducing the product including the estimated import / export cost in the product information, which is translated into a plurality of languages of a major country; An auction homepage creating means for creating a bidding page for asking for a bid amount in a plurality of major country languages, and creating an auction homepage in a plurality of major country languages with the product introduction page and the bidding page; Auction home page transmitting means for transmitting the auction home page in the plurality of languages of the main countries to the Internet, wherein the buyer terminal transmits the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet. Receiving means, entering the name of the bidder and the financial account number of the bidder on the received auction home page on the bidding page, filling in the bidding amount in the buyer's currency, and Means for returning to the merchandise manager terminal, wherein the merchandise manager terminal is further returned Means for receiving the bid page, means for transmitting an account confirmation request to the financial institution host for confirming the financial account number of the bidder described on the returned bid page to the financial institution host, and Bidding data storage means for receiving an account confirmation indicating that the financial account number of the bidder has been confirmed, and storing the name of the bidder, the financial account number of the bidder, and the bid amount;
Means for acquiring exchange rates of countries around the world from the Internet, and the bidding price stored in the bidding data storage means is converted into the same currency by the obtained exchange rate, and the bidding price converted to the same currency By comparing
Means for determining the highest bidder and the highest bid, and means for notifying the buyer terminal, the import / exporter terminal and the seller terminal of the highest bidder of the auction result including the highest bidder and the highest bid, Terminal further includes means for receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further includes means for receiving the order from the purchaser terminal And means for receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal, wherein the import / exporter terminal further transmits the request for the import / export work. Means for receiving;
Upon receiving the import / export work request, based on the exchange rate acquired by the exchange rate acquisition means in the previous term, prepare all documents relating to export / acquisition and complete export / acquisition means and complete export / acquisition. Means to notify the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal, and the purchaser terminal that the merchandise manager terminal has performed, and the merchandise manager terminal further receives a notification that the export and acquisition have been completed, The financial institution has a means for transmitting to the financial institution host an instruction for withdrawing the successful bid amount and the import / export cost from the orderer's financial account and an instruction for depositing the successful bid amount in the seller's financial account.

Further, according to the method for international trade of goods using the Internet of the present invention, a seller terminal of a seller who wants to sell goods, a goods manager terminal of a goods manager who auctions goods, and an import / export operation. An import / exporter terminal for import / exporters, a plurality of buyer terminals for buyers from all over the world to participate in auctions and purchase goods, and an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates for each country online, A financial institution host, which is a computer of the financial institution;
The seller terminal, the merchandise manager terminal, the import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, the exchange market center, and the Internet for communicating and connecting the financial institution host;
A method for international trade of goods using the Internet for international trade of goods, wherein the seller terminal transmits a product registration request including product information to the product manager terminal to request registration of a product to be sold. A step of receiving and receiving a product registration request including the product information; a product data registration step of registering the product information included in the received product registration request; An auction home page creation step of translating and creating an auction home page including the product information into a plurality of major country languages for recruiting bidders to bid, and translating the auction home page into a plurality of major country languages. Transmitting the auction home page to the Internet. The buyer terminal includes a step of receiving the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet, and receiving the auction home page, including a bidder and a bid amount in a currency of the bidder. A bidding step of transmitting bid information to the merchandise manager terminal, wherein the merchandise manager terminal further receives the bidding information from the buyer terminal and accepts a bid; A bid data storing step of storing the bid information, a step of determining a successful bidder and a successful bid price based on the bid information stored in the bid data storage means, and an auction result including the successful bidder and the successful bid price. Notifying the buyer terminal of the successful bidder and the import / exporter terminal, the buyer terminal further transmits the auction result. Transmitting the order of the product to the product administrator terminal, and further receiving the order from the purchaser terminal; receiving the order; Transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export to the import / exporter terminal, the import / exporter terminal receiving the import / export request, and acquiring an exchange rate from the Internet. Receiving the request for import / export work, preparing all documents relating to export / acquisition based on the acquired exchange rate, and continuing export / acquisition. Notifying the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal and the purchaser terminal, the merchandise manager terminal further receives the notification that the export and acquisition have been completed, Transmitting an instruction to withdraw the commodity price from the financial account of the seller and an instruction to deposit the commodity price to the financial account of the seller to the financial institution host.

[0013] The method for international trade of goods using the Internet according to the present invention comprises: a seller terminal of a seller who intends to sell the goods; a goods manager terminal of a goods manager who auctions the goods; An import / exporter terminal for import / exporters, a plurality of buyer terminals for buyers from all over the world to participate in auctions and purchase goods, and an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates for each country online, A financial institution host, which is a computer of the financial institution;
The seller terminal, the merchandise manager terminal, the import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, the exchange market center, and the Internet for communicating and connecting the financial institution host;
In a method for international trade of goods using the Internet for international trade of goods, the seller terminal issues a product registration request including product information and a financial account number of the seller to request registration of a product to be sold. Having a step of transmitting to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal receives a product registration request including the product information and a financial account number of a seller; and An account confirmation requesting step of transmitting an account confirmation request, which is a request for confirming a financial account number of a seller, to the financial institution host; and an account confirmation indicating that the financial account number of the seller has been confirmed from the financial institution host. Receiving and receiving a product data registration step of registering the product information and the financial account number of the seller included in the product registration request, and receiving an account confirmation;
Transmitting an import / export cost estimate request, which is a request for estimating import / export costs required for import / export of the product, to the import / exporter terminal, wherein the import / exporter terminal transmits the import / export cost estimate request. A receiving step, an exchange rate obtaining step of obtaining an exchange rate of each country in the world from the Internet, and obtaining the stored product information by accessing the product data registration means, and obtaining the obtained product information and the exchange rate. Estimating the import / export cost of each country based on the above, and transmitting the estimated import / export cost of each country to the product manager terminal, the product manager terminal further receives the estimated export / import cost. Creating and translating a product introduction page that introduces the product, including the estimated import / export cost in the product information, into a plurality of major country languages, An auction homepage creating step of creating a bidding page for asking for a bid amount in a plurality of major country languages and creating an auction homepage in a plurality of major country languages with the product introduction page and the bidding page; An auction home page transmitting step of transmitting the auction home page in the plurality of main country languages to the Internet, wherein the purchaser terminal transmits the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet. Receiving, entering the name of the bidder and the financial account number of the bidder in the bid page of the received auction home page, filling in the bid amount in the buyer's currency, and Returning the product to the product manager terminal. Receiving the returned bid page; and transmitting an account confirmation request to the financial institution host for confirming the financial account number of the bidder described on the returned bid page. Receiving an account confirmation indicating that the financial account number of the bidder has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and storing the bidder name, the financial account number of the bidder, and the bid amount; Obtaining the exchange rates of countries around the world, and converting the bid amount stored in the bid data storage means into the same currency by the obtained exchange rate, and comparing the bid amounts converted into the same currency. Determining the highest bidder and the highest bid price; and transmitting the auction result including the highest bidder and the highest bid price to the buyer terminal and the import / exporter terminal of the highest bidder. And a step of notifying the seller terminal, the purchaser terminal further includes a step of receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, Terminal further includes a step of receiving the order from the purchaser terminal, and a step of receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal. The import / exporter terminal further includes a step of receiving the request for the import / export work, and a step of receiving the request for the import / export work, based on the exchange rate acquired by the exchange rate acquisition unit in the previous period.
A step of preparing all documents relating to export and acquisition and conducting export and acquisition, and a step of notifying the commodity manager terminal, the seller terminal, and the purchaser terminal that the export and acquisition has been completed. Then, when the product manager terminal further receives the notification that the export and acquisition has been completed, the product manager terminal instructs the withdrawal of the successful bid price and the import / export cost from the orderer's financial account and sends the successful bid price to the seller's financial account. Transmitting a deposit instruction to the financial institution host.

[0014]

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a commodity international trade system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The goods international trade system using the Internet according to the present invention is a system in which goods sold by a seller are placed in an international auction and traded using the Internet.

Referring to FIG. 1, a commodity international trade system using the Internet according to the present invention comprises a seller terminal 10 of a commodity seller who intends to sell a commodity, and a commodity management of a commodity manager who auctions the commodity. Terminal 20, an import / exporter terminal 40 of an import / exporter performing import / export work, a purchaser terminal 50 for buyers in various countries to participate in auctions and purchase goods, and exchange rates of each country online. Exchange market center 70 to supply and financial institution host 80
And the Internet 100 for connecting them. A seller terminal 10, a product manager terminal 20,
Each of the import / exporter terminal 40, the purchaser terminal 50, the exchange market center 70, and the financial institution host 80 can be connected to each other via the Internet 100 by using a WWW browser.

The seller terminal 10 has a function of communicating with the Internet 100 using a WWW browser, and is a terminal for transmitting a product registration request for registering a product to be sold by a product seller. And it is a terminal for receiving the result of the auction from the product manager terminal 20.

The purchaser terminal 50 has a function of communicating with the Internet 100 using a WWW browser, and is a terminal for purchasers in various countries to participate in an auction, make a bid, and order and purchase a product. For example, the buyer terminal 50-1 is a terminal of a buyer in Japan, and the buyer terminal 5-1.
0-2 is the terminal of the purchaser in the United States.

The product manager terminal 20 has a function of communicating with the Internet 100 using a WWW browser,
The product database 30, the bidder database 31, and the automatic translation system 34 are connected to each other, and are terminals for a product manager to perform an auction.

The product database 30 stores an identification ID (identification) of the product seller, that is, a name and an e-mail address, an account number of a financial institution of the product seller, and an account number of a bank or a credit card company, for example. And the product name of the product to be sold and product information on the product, for example, features, characteristics, and overview.

The bidder database 31 stores identification IDs (identifications) of all bidders, that is, names, e-mail addresses, and account numbers of financial institutions.

The automatic translation system 34 translates an auction home page for recruiting bidders and a text exchanged in the auction into a plurality of languages of major countries.

The product manager terminal 20 receives the product registration request, and stores the product seller's identification ID and product information in the product database 30. Using an exchange rate acquiring means for acquiring a rate and an automatic translation system 34,
Auction home page creation means for creating an auction home page for recruiting bidders and text to be exchanged in the auction in a plurality of languages of a major country, and transmitting the created auction home page and text to the Internet 100. Auction home page transmitting means, a bid obtaining means for obtaining a bid from the buyer terminal 50 via the Internet 100, and a means for storing bidders and bid prices in the bidder database 31. A successful bid deciding means for deciding a successful bid by setting the bid amount to the same currency at the obtained exchange rate; a successful bid notification means for notifying a successful bid result via the Internet 100; 100
, An import / export work requesting means for sending a request for import / export work required for import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal 40, and a charge for the goods from the account of the financial institution of the successful bidder. It has a financial institution instruction means for instructing the financial institution host 80 to withdraw the product and to deposit the price of the product in the account of the financial institution of the product seller.

The financial institution host 80 has a function of communicating with the Internet 100 using a WWW browser,
In accordance with an instruction from the merchandise manager terminal 20 via the Internet 100, the price is deducted from the account and the account is deposited.

The import / exporter terminal 40 has a function of communicating with the Internet 100 using a WWW browser,
Means for receiving a request for import / export work from the product manager terminal 20 via the Internet 100;
And a means for preparing documents relating to import / export procedures based on the obtained exchange rates.

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

FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts of the operation.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an auction home page in Japanese, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an auction home page in English.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the merchandise seller sends a merchandise registration request for requesting registration of merchandise to be sold from merchant terminal 10 to merchandise manager terminal 20 via Internet 100. (Step S100). The merchandise registration request includes an identification ID (identification) of the merchandise seller, that is, a name and an e-mail address, an account number of a financial institution of the merchandise seller, for example, an account number of a bank or a credit card company, and a sales request. It contains the product name of the product you want and product information about the product, for example, features, characteristics, and overview.

Upon receiving the product registration request (step S200), the product manager terminal 20 first sends an account confirmation request, which is a request for confirming the account number of the financial institution of the product seller, to the financial institution host 80 (step S200). S201). The financial institution host 80 receives the account confirmation request (step S800), confirms the account number, and returns an account confirmation indicating that the account number has been confirmed to the product manager terminal 20 (step S801).

The product manager terminal 20 receives the account confirmation (step S202), and registers the product seller's identification ID, account number, product name, and product information on the product in the product database 30 (step S203). In addition to the certification registration of the merchandise seller, the merchandise seller sends a merchandise registration notice to the seller terminal 10 to notify that the merchandise registration has been completed (step S
204). Next, the merchandise manager terminal 20 sends an import / export cost estimation request to the import / exporter terminal 40, which is a request for estimating costs necessary for import / export of this product, for example, transportation costs, customs duties, and import / export regulatory compliance procedure costs. send.

The import / exporter terminal 40 receives the import / export cost estimate request, accesses the product manager's product database 30 to obtain the product information, and obtains the exchange rates from all over the world from the exchange market center 70. I do.

Next, the import / exporter terminal 40 estimates import / export costs for each country based on the acquired product information and exchange rates, and sends the estimated import / export costs for each country to the product manager terminal 20.

When receiving the estimated import / export costs of each country, the product manager terminal 20 uses the automatic translation system 34 to
With reference to the product information stored in the product database 30, an auction home page for recruiting bidders who bid for the auction is created in a plurality of languages of major countries (step S205).

As shown in FIG. 4, the auction home page in Japanese has a product introduction page 200 and a bid page 202 for bidders to bid.

The merchandise introduction page 200 shows a merchandise introduction for introducing an overview, features and characteristics of the merchandise, an import / export cost to be paid by the orderer, and a bid expiration date for limiting a bidding period.

The bid page 202 contains the identification ID of the bidder.
(Identification), ie, an identification ID entry field for entering the bidder's name and e-mail address, and an account number entry field for the bidder to enter the account number of the financial institution (bank or card company). And a financial institution entry column for entering a financial institution, and a bid amount entry column for a bidder to enter a bid amount in the bidder's currency.

The product manager terminal 20 creates an auction home page having the same contents as in FIG. 4 in a plurality of main country languages. For example, an auction home page in English has the same contents as FIG.
page210 and Bidentry page212
It is composed of Here, the currency of the export cost is dollar (dollar).

Next, the merchandise manager terminal 20 transmits an auction home page created in a plurality of main country languages to the Internet 100 (step S206).

The purchasers from all over the world use the purchaser terminal 50 to select and receive an auction home page in a language suitable for themselves from among the auction home pages sent from the Internet 100 (step S50).
0). Then, the buyer opens the received auction home page, and enters the bidder's name, e-mail address, bidder financial account number, financial institution name, bid amount in the buyer's currency in the entry fields of the bid page. Is entered, and the bidding page in which these are entered is returned from the purchaser terminal 50 to the Internet 100 (step S501).

The product manager terminal 20 receives the bid page from the purchaser terminal 50 of the purchaser in each country (step S2).
07) Acquire the bidder name, e-mail address, bidder financial account number, financial institution name, and bid price.

Next, the commodity manager terminal 20 sends an account confirmation request to the financial institution host 80 in order to confirm the acquired bidder financial account number (step S208).

The financial institution host 80 receives the account confirmation request (step S802), confirms the bidder financial account number, and returns an account confirmation indicating that the account number has been confirmed to the product manager terminal 20 (step S802). Step S803).

The product manager terminal 20 is connected to the financial institution host 8.
0, the account confirmation is received, and the bidder name, e-mail address, bidder financial account number, financial institution name, and bid price are registered in the bidder database 32 (step S21).
0), the bidder is registered.

The merchandise manager terminal 20 receives the bid page from the buyer / buyer terminal 50 in each country of the world until the predetermined bid expiration date, confirms the account, and confirms the account of the bidder who has obtained the account confirmation. The bidder name, e-mail address, bidder financial account number, financial institution name, and bid price are registered in the bidder database 32 (step S210).

When the expiration date of the bid has arrived, the merchandise manager terminal 20 reads out the bid amounts of all the bidders from the bidder database 32, and obtains the exchange rates of the various countries in the world from the exchange market center 70 ( Step S21
1). Further, the merchandise manager terminal 20 converts all bid amounts into the same currency at the obtained exchange rate, compares all bid amounts in the same currency, and determines the winning bid amount and the winning bidder (step). S212).

Next, the merchandise manager terminal 20 uses the automatic translation system 34 to create an auction result including the highest bid in a plurality of languages of major countries, and transmits the created auction result to the buyer terminal 50 of the successful bidder. And the buyer terminal 50 of all bidders, the seller terminal 10 of the seller, and the import / exporter terminal 4
0 (step S213).

Further, the merchandise manager terminal 20 uses the automatic translation system 34 to generate an order form for the successful bidder to order goods in the language of the successful bidder, and converts the generated order form into an order form. Send to the buyer terminal 50 of the successful bidder. The form of the purchase order has fields for entering the name of the orderer, the address of the goods delivery destination, the winning bid, and the account number of the financial institution for charging the import / export costs.

Next, the merchandise manager terminal 20 causes the financial institution host 80 to charge all bidders and sellers who are participating in the auction with the auction participation fee for participating in the auction to the corresponding account. To end the auction.

When the buyer terminal 50 of the successful bidder receives the result of the auction and the form of the order form from the merchandise manager terminal 20 (step S502), if the purchaser wishes to purchase the goods, he or she follows the form of the order form. The order form is created, and the created order form is sent to the Internet 100 to the product manager terminal 20 (step S503).

The product manager terminal 20 receives the order form from the buyer terminal 50 of the successful bidder via the Internet 100 (step S214).

Next, the merchandise manager terminal 20 exports the order form and a request for import / export work required for import / export of the merchandise to the import / exporter terminal 40 via the Internet 100. Send to the entrepreneur terminal 40 (step S21)
5).

When the import / exporter terminal 40 receives the order form and the request for the import / export operation of the product (step S400), the import / exporter obtains the current exchange rate from the Internet 100 through the import / exporter terminal 40. (Step S4
01) Then, the commodity database 30 is accessed to acquire the commodity information, create all the documents relating to the export and acquisition, and carry out the export and acquisition (step S402).

When the export / acquisition is completed, the import / exporter terminal 40 notifies the merchandise manager terminal 20, the seller terminal 10, and the purchaser terminal 50 of the orderer that the export / acquisition is completed (step). S403).

Upon receiving the notification that the export and acquisition have been completed (step S216), the product manager terminal 20 instructs the financial institution host 80 to withdraw the product price and the import / export cost from the orderer's financial account, and , Financial institution host 8 to deposit the product price into the product seller's financial account
0 (step S217).

When the financial institution host 80 receives the instructions for withdrawal and deposit (step S804), it debits the commodity price and the import / export cost from the financial account of the orderer, and deposits the commodity price in the financial account of the merchant. (Step S8
05).

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, product information translated into a plurality of languages of major countries is distributed on the Internet, and auctions are conducted all over the world. Can be sold.

Also, the present invention provides auction results
Notify the importer / exporter terminal via the Internet, and the importer / exporter terminal prepares all documents related to export and acquisition and is configured to conduct export and acquisition, so that the seller of the product has knowledge of trade. You can easily sell products to the whole world without them.

[0059]

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an operation.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operation.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an auction home page in Japanese.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an auction home page in English.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Seller terminal 20 Merchandise manager terminal 30 Merchandise database 31 Bidder database 34 Automatic translation system 40 Import / exporter terminal 50 Buyer terminal 70 Foreign exchange market center 80 Financial institution host 100 Internet

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Claims (8)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A seller terminal of a seller who wants to sell a product, a product manager terminal of a product manager who auctions the product, an import / exporter terminal of an import / exporter who performs import / export work, and Buyers from each country participate in the auction,
A plurality of buyer terminals for purchasing goods, an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates of each country online, a financial institution host being a computer of a financial institution, the seller terminal, the product manager terminal, An internet for communicating and connecting the import / exporter terminal, the buyer terminal, the exchange market center, and the financial institution host, wherein the seller terminal includes product information for requesting registration of a product to be sold; Means for transmitting a product registration request to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal receives and receives a product registration request including the product information; and the product included in the received product registration request. A product data registration unit for registering information and an auction home page including the product information for recruiting bidders who bid for the auction are duplicated. Auction home page creation means for translating and creating the auction home page, and auction home page transmission means for transmitting the auction home page created and translated to a plurality of major country languages to the Internet. And a means for receiving the auction home page in a language suitable for the purchaser from the Internet, receiving the auction home page, and setting a bid amount in a bidder and a bidder's currency. Bidding means for transmitting bid information including the following to the product manager terminal, the product manager terminal further comprising: means for receiving the bid information from the purchaser terminal and accepting a bid; Bid data storage means for storing the bid information of the bid, and a bidder based on the bid information stored in the bid data storage means. Means for determining a successful bid price; and means for notifying the auction result including the successful bidder and the successful bid price to the buyer terminal and the import / exporter terminal of the successful bidder, wherein the buyer terminal further comprises the auction A means for receiving a result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further comprises:
Means for receiving the order from the buyer terminal, and means for receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal, the import / exporter terminal Means for receiving the request for import / export work, means for obtaining an exchange rate from the Internet, and receiving the request for import / export work, based on the obtained exchange rate, And means for notifying the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal and the purchaser terminal that the export and merchandise connection has been completed, wherein the merchandise manager has The terminal is
Further, upon receipt of the notification that the export and acquisition have been completed, a means for transmitting to the financial institution host an instruction to withdraw the successful bid amount from the orderer's financial account and an instruction to deposit the successful bid amount into the seller's financial account. A commodity international trade system using the Internet, characterized by having 2. The merchandise manager terminal further includes means for acquiring an exchange rate from the Internet, and converting the bidding price stored in the bid data storage means into the same currency using the acquired exchange rate. 2. The international trade system for goods using the Internet according to claim 1, further comprising means for comparing bid prices converted into the same currency to determine a successful bidder and a successful bid price. 3. The merchant terminal further includes means for transmitting a merchandise registration request including merchandise information and a financial account number of the merchant to the merchandise manager terminal to request registration of a merchandise to be sold. And an account confirmation requesting means for receiving the commodity registration request and transmitting an account confirmation request, which is a request for confirming a financial account number of a seller, to the financial institution host. The product data registration unit of the product manager terminal receives an account confirmation indicating that a financial account number of a seller has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and receives the product information included in the product registration request. 2. The commodity international trade system using the Internet according to claim 1, wherein the financial account number of the seller and the seller are registered. 4. The auction home page creation means of the product manager terminal creates a product introduction page for introducing a product in a plurality of major countries based on the product information, and also displays a bidder name and a bidder. A bidding page for asking for a financial account number and a bidding price of a plurality of major countries, and configuring the auction home page with the product introduction page and the bidding page; 2. The international commodity trading system using the Internet according to claim 1, wherein the home page transmitting means transmits the auction home page including the product introduction page and the bid page to the Internet. 5. The bidding means of the buyer terminal receives the auction home page, writes the name of the bidder and the financial account number of the bidder on the bidding page, and uses the bidder's currency. Fill in the bid amount and return the filled-in bid page to the product manager terminal. The account confirmation requesting means of the product manager terminal sends the bidder's financial account described in the returned bid page. Sending an account confirmation request to the financial institution host to confirm the number,
The bid data storage means of the product manager terminal receives an account confirmation indicating that the financial account number of the bidder has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and receives the bidder name, the financial account number of the bidder, and the bid amount. The international trade system for goods using the Internet according to any one of claims 1 and 4, wherein 6. A seller terminal of a seller who wants to sell a product, a product manager terminal of a product manager who auctions the product, an import / exporter terminal of an import / exporter who performs import / export work, and Buyers from each country participate in the auction,
A plurality of buyer terminals for purchasing goods, an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates of each country online, a financial institution host being a computer of a financial institution, the seller terminal, the product manager terminal, An import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, the exchange market center, and the Internet for communication connection with the financial institution host; and the seller terminal has product information and sales information for requesting registration of a product to be sold. Means for transmitting a product registration request including the financial account number of the seller to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal receives the product registration request including the product information and the seller's financial account number. Means for receiving the product registration request, an account confirmation request means for transmitting an account confirmation request to the financial institution host, which is a request to confirm the financial account number of the seller, A product data registration unit that receives an account confirmation indicating that the seller's financial account number has been confirmed from the financial institution host, and registers the product information and the seller's financial account number included in the product registration request; Means for receiving an account confirmation and transmitting an import / export cost estimation request, which is a request for estimating import / export costs required for import / export of the product, to the import / exporter terminal, wherein the import / exporter terminal comprises: Means for receiving the import / export cost estimate request, exchange rate acquisition means for acquiring exchange rates of countries around the world from the Internet, and access to the commodity data registration means to acquire stored commodity information, Means for estimating import / export costs for each country based on the product information and the exchange rate, and transmitting the estimated import / export costs for each country to the product manager terminal. Finally, a means for receiving the estimated import / export cost, and a product introduction page for introducing the product including the estimated import / export cost in the product information, which are translated into a plurality of languages of a major country, are created, and a bid is made. Auction home page creation means for creating a bidding page for asking the name of the person and the bidding price in a plurality of major languages, and creating an auction home page in a plurality of major languages with the product introduction page and the bidding page And an auction home page transmitting means for transmitting the auction home page in the plurality of major countries' languages to the Internet, wherein the purchaser terminal is connected to the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet. Means for receiving the bidder, and a bidder name and the bidder's name A means for filling in the financial account number, filling in the bid amount in the buyer's currency, and returning the filled-in bid page to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal is further returned Means for receiving the bid page, means for transmitting an account confirmation request for confirming the financial account number of the bidder described in the returned bid page to the financial institution host, and the financial institution host And a bid data storage means for storing the name of the bidder, the financial account number of the bidder, and the amount of the bid from the Internet, The means for obtaining a rate and the bid amount stored in the bid data storage means are converted into the same currency by the obtained exchange rate, and are converted into the same currency. Means for comparing the bill amounts and determining the highest bidder and the highest bid price; and means for notifying the buyer terminal, the import / exporter terminal and the seller terminal of the highest bidder of the auction result including the highest bidder and the highest bid price. And the purchaser terminal further includes means for receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further comprises the purchaser terminal Means for receiving the order from, and means for receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export of goods to the import / exporter terminal, wherein the import / exporter terminal further comprises: Means for receiving the request for the import / export work, and receiving the request for the import / export work, and prepares all the documents related to the export and acquisition based on the exchange rate acquired by the exchange rate acquisition means in the previous term, Continue to obtain And means for notifying the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal, and the purchaser terminal that the export and acquisition have been completed, and the merchandise manager terminal further has a completion of the export and acquisition. Having a means for transmitting, to the financial institution host, an instruction to withdraw the successful bid price and the import / export cost from the orderer's financial account and an instruction to deposit the successful bid amount into the seller's financial account when receiving the notification of the completion. An international trade system for goods using the Internet. 7. A seller terminal of a seller who intends to sell a product, a product manager terminal of a product manager who auctions a product, an import / exporter terminal of an import / exporter who performs import / export work, and Buyers from each country participate in the auction,
A plurality of buyer terminals for purchasing goods, an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates of each country online, a financial institution host being a computer of a financial institution, the seller terminal, the product manager terminal, An import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, an Internet for communicating and connecting the exchange market center and the financial institution host, and a product international trade method using the Internet for internationally trading products, wherein the seller terminal Has a step of transmitting a product registration request including product information to the product manager terminal to request registration of a product to be sold, wherein the product manager terminal sends a product registration request including the product information to the product manager terminal. A receiving and receiving step, a product data registering step of registering the product information included in the received product registration request, and an auction For to recruit bidders to bid,
An auction home page creating step of translating and creating an auction home page including the product information into a plurality of major country languages, and transmitting the auction home page created by translating to a plurality of major country languages to the Internet Transmitting the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet, and receiving the auction home page; A bidding step of transmitting bid information including a bidder and a bid amount in a currency of the bidder to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further transmits the bid information from the buyer terminal. Receiving and accepting a bid, and a bid data storage unit for storing the bid information of the accepted bid. Determining the highest bidder and the highest bid based on the bidding information stored in the bid data storage means; and transmitting the auction result including the highest bidder and the highest bid to the buyer terminal of the highest bidder. Notifying the import / exporter terminal, wherein the purchaser terminal further includes a step of receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal Further comprising: receiving the order from the purchaser terminal; receiving the order; and transmitting to the import / exporter terminal a request for import / export work relating to import / export of goods, The import / exporter terminal receives the request for the import / export operation, obtains an exchange rate from the Internet, and receives the request for the import / export operation, and Creating all the documents related to the export and acquisition based on the export, obtaining the export and acquisition, and notifying the merchandise manager terminal, the seller terminal and the purchaser terminal that the export and acquisition has been completed. And the product manager terminal further comprises:
Receiving a notification that the export and acquisition has been completed, transmitting an instruction for withdrawing the commodity price from the orderer's financial account and an instruction for depositing the commodity price to the seller's financial account to the financial institution host. The international trade method of goods using the Internet, characterized by the following. 8. A seller terminal of a seller who wants to sell a product, a product manager terminal of a product manager who auctions a product, an import / exporter terminal of an import / exporter who performs import / export work, and Buyers from each country participate in the auction,
A plurality of buyer terminals for purchasing goods, an exchange market center for supplying exchange rates of each country online, a financial institution host being a computer of a financial institution, the seller terminal, the product manager terminal, An import / exporter terminal, the purchaser terminal, an Internet for communicating and connecting the exchange market center and the financial institution host, and a product international trade method using the Internet for internationally trading products, wherein the seller terminal Has a step of transmitting a product registration request including product information and a seller's financial account number to the product manager terminal to request registration of a product to be sold, wherein the product manager terminal includes: Receiving a product registration request including the product information and the seller's financial account number; and receiving the product registration request and confirming the seller's financial account number. An account confirmation requesting step of transmitting an account confirmation request to the financial institution host, and receiving an account confirmation indicating that the seller's financial account number has been confirmed from the financial institution host. A product data registration step of registering the product information and the seller's financial account number included, and an import / export cost estimate request which is a request for estimating import / export costs required for import / export of the product upon receipt of the account confirmation. Transmitting to the import / exporter terminal, the import / exporter terminal receiving the import / export cost estimate request, and an exchange rate obtaining step of obtaining exchange rates of countries around the world from the Internet, Accessing the product data registration means to obtain the stored product information, and exporting each country based on the obtained product information and the exchange rate. Cost estimates,
Transmitting the estimated import / export cost of each country to the product manager terminal, wherein the product manager terminal further receives the estimated import / export cost; and the product information includes the estimated import / export cost. Create and translate product introduction pages that introduce your products into multiple major languages,
Creating an auction home page for creating a bidding page for asking for the name of a bidder and a bid amount in a plurality of major languages, and creating an auction home page in a plurality of major countries with the product introduction page and the bidding page And an auction home page transmitting step of transmitting the auction home page in the plurality of languages of the main countries to the Internet, wherein the buyer terminal transmits the auction home page in a language suitable for a purchaser from the Internet. Receiving the page, entering the name of the bidder and the financial account number of the bidder on the bidding page of the received auction home page, filling in the bid amount in the buyer's currency, and filling out the bid. Returning a page to the product manager terminal. The bidder terminal further receives the returned bid page, and transmits an account confirmation request to the financial institution host for confirming the financial account number of the bidder described on the returned bid page. And a bid data storage step of receiving an account confirmation from the financial institution host indicating that the financial account number of the bidder has been confirmed, and storing the name of the bidder, the financial account number of the bidder, and the bid amount. Obtaining the exchange rates of countries around the world from the Internet; and converting the bid amount stored in the bid data storage means into the same currency by the obtained exchange rate, and converting the bid into the same currency. Deciding the successful bidder and the successful bid amount by comparing the amounts; Notifying the seller terminal and the seller terminal, the purchaser terminal further includes a step of receiving the auction result and transmitting an order for a product to the product manager terminal, The product manager terminal further includes a step of receiving the order from the purchaser terminal, and a step of receiving the order and transmitting a request for import / export work relating to import / export of the product to the import / exporter terminal. Having the import / exporter terminal,
Further, receiving the request for the import / export operation, and receiving the request for the import / export operation, and preparing all the documents relating to the export and acquisition based on the exchange rate acquired by the exchange rate acquisition means in the previous term. The step of performing export acquisition, and the step of notifying the commodity manager terminal, the seller terminal, and the purchaser terminal that the export acquisition has been completed, wherein the commodity manager terminal further comprises: Upon receiving the notification that the export and acquisition have been completed, the financial institution host sends an instruction to withdraw the successful bid amount and the import / export cost from the orderer's financial account and an instruction to deposit the successful bid amount into the seller's financial account to the financial institution host. A method for international trade of goods using the Internet, comprising the step of transmitting.