JP2003223484A - Purchase supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add a trader not displayed on a trader list thereto in a purchase support system having a menu displaying a trader or a plurality of traders on a screen for every trade field when a purchaser and a seller select a trader. <P>SOLUTION: This purchase supporting system is provided with purchaser DB, seller DB, and trader DB. This system is provided with a provisional registering means 72 allowing the purchaser and the seller to provisionally register the trader, who is not displayed on a selection menu 62, when the purchaser and the seller log in this system using information of the appropriate purchaser. This system is also provided with a display control means making the trader under a provisional registration state into a non-display state, when logging in this system using information of another purchaser. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a purchase support system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a purchase support system having a menu for listing a plurality of vendors when a buyer and / or a seller selects a vendor by using an internet browser or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a system for listing articles and a plurality of traders on Internet homepages. Also, when ordering large-scale items such as buildings and automobiles, it is necessary to select a supplier in a plurality of types of business fields.

Therefore, it is desirable to be able to enumerate and select a plurality of traders in each of a plurality of types of business fields.

However, in a specific field of industry, there may be a situation in which, in addition to the listed companies, the company or the like that he / she knows needs to be involved in his / her purchases. For example, there may be a situation where the purchaser wants to leave the curtain and the like to an interior dealer who is a relative.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such a conventional situation, the present invention is to provide a purchasing support system capable of adding a trader who is not displayed in the trader list.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the features of the purchase support system according to the present invention are: a purchaser DB for recording information of a buyer, a seller DB for recording information of a seller, and a trader. Each of the buyers and / or sellers has a menu for displaying one or a plurality of traders on a screen or the like for each industry field when the buyer and / or the seller selects the trader. When a person logs in to the system by using the information of the purchaser, the purchaser and / or the seller has a temporary registration means for temporarily registering a vendor not displayed in the selection menu. The vendor in the temporary registration state has a display control unit that hides the login when the user logs in to the system by using the information of another purchaser.

[0007] In addition, e of a plurality of vendors involved in the purchaser
-Provide a mailing list with mail addresses,
The temporary registration means is an e-mail of a temporarily registered trader.
The address may be added to the mailing list.

[0008]

As described above, according to the features of the purchase support system according to the present invention, the purchaser can temporarily register the desired trader, and the adaptability of the entire system can be improved. . Moreover, since the temporary registration company is not displayed in the cases of other purchasers, it is possible to avoid trouble with other regular registration companies.

Other objects, configurations and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following embodiments of the invention.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, referring to the attached drawings,
The present invention will be described in more detail. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a purchase support system 1 of an electronic commerce (hereinafter “EC”) server according to the present invention. This EC server purchasing support system 1 includes a network 2 that connects computers and the like, and a server computer 3 that manages product information and the like.
, A purchaser computer group 4, a seller computer group 5, and a trader computer group 6. The network 2 constitutes the Internet according to a communication protocol such as TCP / IP and realizes data communication between a plurality of computers. The server computer 3 may be composed of a plurality of computer groups, and each of the computer groups 4, 5, 6 is a client computer 4 which is an example of a plurality of information terminals.
a, 5a, 6a.

In the present embodiment, the sale of custom-built homes will be described as an example. Here, the "purchaser" is the "owner",
A "trader" is a "housing related company, such as a construction shop, equipment company, real estate agent, etc." The “seller” may be a home sales specialist, but the “seller” may also serve as this, and the “seller” and the “seller” may belong to the same capital series. .

Client computers 4a, 5a,
6a and the server computer 3 are not shown in the drawing by C
It is provided with a storage device such as a PU, a memory and a hard disk, a bus for data and addresses, and an interface such as a mouse, a keyboard and a display. In this specification, "database" is abbreviated as "DB".

The server computer 3 displays a database, which will be described later, by a WWW (World Wide Web) browser or the like in response to a request from a plurality of client computers 4a, 5a, 6a, and updates the recorded contents. And each means or component shown below is realized by software.

FIG. 2 shows a system block diagram of the server computer 3. In the computer main body 9, the hardware is omitted and only the software configuration is displayed. Application software is DB server 10, WWW server 11 and mail server 1.
It is 2. Reference numeral 10 is a relational database application, which uses a form 13 for determining a display format, a script 14 for processing specific data, and a query 15 for searching data of specific conditions. Further, it includes a purchaser DB 16 that records the information of the purchaser, a seller DB 17 that records the information of the seller, and a trader DB 18 that records the information of the trader.

Each of the DBs 16 to 18 is processed by the form 13, the script 14 and the query 15 and is associated with the hypertext 19 displayed by the WWW browser, and is transmitted to the network 2 (Internet) via the WWW server 12 and the router 3a. Published. In addition, the mail server 12 is a trader e-mai of a trader who is involved in the purchaser listed in the mailing list 20.
The mail of the l address 308 is delivered.

The server 3 of FIG. 2 has a buyer DB 16 and a seller DB 1 each having fields shown in Tables 1 to 3.
7 and DB18. In addition, the following Table 1
Each item indicated by reference numerals 101 to 310 of 3 indicates a field as a structure of the database. Moreover, f of FIGS.
Items denoted by reference numerals 101f to 310f with reference numerals are fields for displaying or inputting on the screen corresponding to the fields of reference numerals 101 to 310 without reference numeral f. In the following notation, the word "field" may be omitted for the sake of shortening the document.

[0017]

[Table 1] [Buyer DB16] 101 Purchaser ID 102 Buyer password 103 Buyer name / name 104 Buyer Address 105 Purchasing area 106 Seller ID 107 Selected vendor ID group

[0018]

[Table 2] [Seller DB17] 201 Seller ID 202 seller password 203 Seller name / name 204 Seller Address 205 Seller URL

[0019]

[Table 3] [Company DB18] 301 Supplier ID 302 Supplier password 303 Industry Field 304 Supplier name / name 305 Business Address 306 PR 307 Supplier URL 308 Supplier e-mail address 309 Areas where traders can support 310 Purchaser ID

In each of the above DBs, each ID 101, 20
1, 301 are index fields, which are key items for maintaining the uniqueness (unity) of each record. Each ID 101, 201, 301 may be automatically assigned so that the natural number increases by 1, but the mail address (e-mail address) or home page address (URL) of each subject may be used as the ID. The passwords 102, 202, 302 are IDs 101, 201,
It is automatically assigned corresponding to 301. Name / Name 10
3,203,304 and each address 104,204,305
Is also input by each subject. The trader PR 306 is a PR comment of the trader, and the URLs 207 and 307 realize links to homepages of the seller and the trader. The seller ID 106 of the buyer DB 16 is the seller DB
Purchaser DB1 associated with 17 seller IDs 201
No. 6 supplier selection ID group 107 is the trader ID 3 of the trader DB 18
It is associated with 01.

Continuing with further reference to FIGS.
An example of a display screen on the client computer 4a or 5a and a data processing procedure will be described. In addition,
The processing procedure in each computer is basically executed by the form file 13, the script file 14, and the query file 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, a seller login menu 60 is displayed on the screen display 50 of the client computer 5a of the seller who has accessed the server computer 3. Then, the input items are transmitted to the server computer 3 by operating the input button 51, the cancel button 52, or the full screen return button 53 displayed on each display screen 50 described below.

The items that are required to be input are the seller I
D201f, seller password 202f, buyer ID1
01f and buyer password 102f. These inputs allow the seller to log in on behalf of the buyer. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a seller who receives a request from a purchaser selects a trader, but the purchaser alone can log in and select a trader. In that case, seller ID 201f, seller password 202f
You can omit the input of.

After inputting these items, when the input button 51 is pressed, the seller ID 106 is posted to the buyer DB 16 and a relation is given between the seller ID 106 in the buyer DB 16 and the seller ID 201 in the seller DB 17. To be done.

Input is made in FIG.
When is pressed, as shown in FIG.
The industry classification selection menu 61 is displayed with the name 103f clearly indicated. In the present embodiment, each selection display 7 of the design / construction display 71a, the equipment display 71b, the interior display 71c, the furniture display 71d, the real estate display 71e, and the financial / insurance display 71f.
1 is listed. The selection display 71 is linked to the industry field 303 of the trader DB 18.

In FIG. 4, when any of the displays 71a to 71f is clicked, this triggers the purchase planned area 105 specified by the already-entered purchaser ID 101 to be used by the query file 15 and the trader. DB
It is used in a search for matching with 18 vendor compatible areas 309, and a set of records relating to vendors in the relevant area is obtained. For example, if a purchaser's planned purchase area 105 is Osaka and a seller's available area for traders 309 is Kobe, Osaka, or Kyoto, this trader will be a hit (FIG. 9, step S11).

Next, the query 15 is searched for a trader that matches the trade in the selection display 71 selected from the trades 303 of the trader hit in step S11, and a record relating to the trader of the trade is obtained. For example, when the "interior" selection display 71c is selected, if the specified dealer is an Osaka-compatible construction company in charge of the "interior" and the purchaser's planned purchase area 105 is Osaka, this dealer Is a hit (FIG. 9, step S12).

In FIG. 4, a selection display 71c for "interior" is displayed.
Click to display the vendor information display menu 6 shown in Fig. 5.
2 is displayed. In this trader display menu 62, "interior" is clearly indicated as the industry 303f and the list field 5 is displayed.
5 is displayed. The list field 55 is a field string in which one or a plurality of fields of the traders hit in step S12 are displayed and listed as a menu. In the present embodiment, the trader IDs 30 of a plurality of traders are listed.
If 1f, trader name / name 304f, and trader serious injury 305f are listed and a plurality of records are displayed, the scroll bar 56 can be used for movement. By double-clicking the line corresponding to any of the records, it is possible to display the trader PR 306 of the trader or use the trader URL 307 to jump to the corresponding home page of the trader.

In the display image 50 shown in FIG. 5, a temporary addition button 72 is displayed in addition to the input button 51 and the like. Here, when requesting the "interior" from a trader displayed in any of the records, selecting the record and pressing the input button 51 causes the trader information display menu B shown in FIG.
64 is displayed and, after reconfirming the record of the selected trader, pressing the input button 51 completes the selection of the “interior” trader.

On the other hand, when it is desired to select an "interior" dealer who is not displayed in the list field 55 shown in FIG. 5,
By pressing the temporary addition button 72, the registration procedure of the temporary registration company is started. The temporary addition button 72 and the script 14 and the like correspond to the temporary registration means. First, when the temporary addition button 72 is pressed, the temporary trader registration menu 63 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display screen 50, and the trader field 303f and the trader name / name 304 of the trader who intends to perform the temporary registration are displayed.
f, trader address 305f, trader PR 306f, trader URL
307f and the vendor e-mail address 308f are required to be input. The industry field 303f is selected from the drop-down list.

Then, after inputting at least the necessary items out of these input items and pressing the input button 51,
The trader information display menu B64 shown in FIG. 7 displays the trader ID 301f of the temporarily registered trader, the trader name / name 304f, and the trader address 305f. Here, after confirming the presence or absence of an input error, the input button 51 is pressed to complete the registration procedure of the temporary additional company, and the temporary additional company is adopted for the "interior". At the same time, the purchaser ID 310 is posted in the trader DB 18 of the temporary registration trader.

Here, the processing by the script file 14 and the query file 15 after pressing the input button 51 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the items 303f to 308f input in the temporary trader registration menu 63 are transcribed in the trader DB 18 (step S1). Then, in the trader DB 18 of the temporary registration trader, the trader applicable area 30
9 is transcribed (step S2). Thereafter, the purchaser ID 310 is transferred to the seller DB 18 based on the purchaser ID 101f of the purchaser (step S3), and the trader ID 301 of the trader is the selected trader ID group 10 of the purchaser DB 16.
7 (step S4). Further, the e-mail address 308f of the temporary registration business operator is posted to the mailing list 20 (step S5), and the e-mail address of the temporary registration business operator is assigned to the business operator in the area 309 for dealing with the business.
The l address 308 is notified (step S6).

Next, the procedure of processing by the script file 14 and the query file 15 when the seller selects a dealer will be described with reference to FIG. These files, the display menu 64 and the like correspond to the display control means.
First, the planned purchase area 105 is specified from the purchaser ID 101f input by the seller on the seller login screen shown in FIG. 3, and the dealer corresponding to the planned purchase area 105 is identified based on the relation between the buyer ID 101 and the dealer ID 301. The possible area 309 is searched by the query 15 to acquire the trader ID 301 of the trader who can deal with the planned purchase area 105 (step S11).

The seller displays the selection display 71 shown in FIG.
When any one of the above is selected, the business type field 303 corresponding to the business type selected by the seller on the selection display 71 shown in FIG.
The trader ID 301 of the trader belonging to the business field 303 corresponding to the business field selected by the selection display 71 is extracted (step S12). Then, step S1
Purchaser ID in the vendor DB 18 of the vendor extracted in 2
It is determined whether or not 310 is input (step S
13) If the purchaser ID 310 is not entered, all the vendor records extracted in step S12 are listed in the list field 55 in the vendor display menu 62 shown in FIG.
Is displayed (step S17).

On the other hand, in step S13, the trader DB
If the purchaser ID 310 is entered in 18, it is determined whether or not the purchaser ID 310 matches the purchaser ID 101 of the purchaser who is receiving the request (step S14). Step S14
In the case where the purchaser DB 310 of the trader DB 18 and the purchaser ID 101 of the purchaser match, only the record of the matched trader is displayed in the trader information display menu 62 for the trader in the industry field (step S1).
5).

On the other hand, in step S14, the trader DB
18 purchaser DB 310 and purchaser ID 1 of the purchaser
If 01 does not match, display of the record of the trader whose purchaser ID 310 is input is prohibited (step S1).
6), the records of all traders extracted in step S12 are displayed on the trader display menu A62 (step S1).
7).

Finally, the possibilities of other embodiments of the present invention will be listed. In the above embodiment, the temporary addition button 72 is displayed in the trader information display menu 62 shown in FIG. However, the selection displays 71a to 71f shown in FIG.
You may display the temporary addition button 72 next to each. Further, the industry field 303f displayed in the vendor information display menu A62 shown in FIG. 5 may be automatically transcribed in the new record of the vendor temporary registration menu 63 shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the purchaser, seller and trader connect to the server 3 via the computers 4-6. However, these are not only computers,
It is also possible to connect to the server 3 with an information terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA. The present invention can be constructed as a client-server system in which a client, which is an information terminal, accesses a server to perform processing.

In the above embodiment, the object to be sold on the EC server is described as a "custom house". However, the targets for sale include products and services other than real estate. For example, in the case of automobile sales, there are interior options, exterior options, tires, finance / insurance, etc. as industry classifications.

When the "trader" and the "seller" are the same entity, the trader DB and the seller DB may be configured as the same DB, and the state configured as the same DB is referred to in the claims. It is assumed to correspond to the state of “being associated by the associating means”.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a purchase support system.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a software configuration in a server of the purchase support system.

FIG. 3 is a seller login menu screen in the client of the purchase support system.

FIG. 4 is an industry classification selection screen.

FIG. 5 is a trader list screen for selecting a trader for interior consultation.

FIG. 6 is a temporary registration screen of a trader.

FIG. 7 is a screen displaying a temporary registration company for interior consultation.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure after registration of a temporary registration trader.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for narrowing down a display trader.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Purchasing support system 2 network 3 server computer 3a router 4 Purchaser computer groups 4a, 5a, 6a Client computer 5 seller computer groups 9 Computer body 10 DB server 11 WWW server 12 mail server 13 form files 14 Script file 15 Query file 16 Purchaser DB 17 Seller DB 18 trader DB 19 Hypertext 20 mailing list 50 display screen 51 input button 52 Cancel button 53 Previous screen return button 54 individual fields 55 List Field 56 scroll bar 57 List number field 60 Seller Login Menu 61 Industry Category Selection Menu 62 Supplier Information Display Menu A 63 Temporary Registration Menu for Businesses 64 Supplier Information Display Menu B

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takakatsu Toyota             4-3-11 Kitakuhoji, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture             No. Nextware Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Keiji Urakubo             Nara City Nara City Gakuen Yamato-cho 1-157-2 (72) Inventor Yoshimasa Sakamaki             3-6-6 Katsuragi, Kita-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A purchaser DB for recording information of a purchaser, a seller DB for recording information of a seller, and a trader DB for recording information of a trader, each of which is selected by the purchaser and / or the trader. When the buyer has a menu for displaying one or a plurality of traders on each screen for each industry sector, the buyer or seller purchases the buyer when the buyer logs in to the system by using the information of the buyer. And / or the seller has a temporary registration means for temporarily registering a trader who is not displayed in the selection menu, and the temporary registration status is obtained when the seller logs in to the system by using the information of another purchaser. The purchase support system is characterized in that the vendor has display control means for hiding. 2. The em of a plurality of vendors involved in the purchaser
The purchasing support system according to claim 1, further comprising a mailing list having an email address, wherein the temporary registration means adds the e-mail address of the temporarily registered trader to the mailing list.