JP2001209715A - System for giving electronic catalog credit information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for giving electronic catalog credit information for judging the credit of a merchandise dealer including a merchandise provider and a merchandise purchaser and offering the credit information of the merchandise dealer related with catalog information so that credible transaction can be performed. SOLUTION: A catalog aggregator 1 collects the catalog information of merchandise from a catalog provider device 3, and obtains the entrepreneur code of the catalog provider device 3 from a credit investigating company 7, and attaches the entrepreneur code to the catalog information, and distributes it to a catalog user device 5. The catalog use device 5 receives the catalog information and the entrepreneur code from the catalog aggregator 1, and provides the catalog information so that it can be read by a buyer 9. When the buyer 9 reads the catalog information, and selects merchandise, the entrepreneur credit information of the catalog provider 3 corresponding to the entrepreneur code given to the catalog information of the selected merchandise is provided to the buyer 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic catalog aggregation device for collecting a plurality of product catalog information,
In a system in which a buyer of a product browses the plurality of collected catalog information and selects a product to be purchased, a company code of the product provider is assigned to the catalog information of the product, and a company of the product provider corresponding to the company code is provided. Regarding an electronic catalog credit information providing system for presenting credit information to a product purchaser, in particular, it is possible to efficiently and quickly determine the credit of a product handler including a product provider and a product purchaser, and perform a trusted transaction. To provide an electronic catalog credit information providing system which can provide credit information of a product handler in association with catalog information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an EC (Electronic Commerce) system or the like, whether a purchaser of a product, that is, a buyer, is a product provider that provides a product to be purchased, that is, whether or not a supplier can trust the company. And then want to purchase the product from a trusted supplier, for which it is necessary to obtain the supplier's corporate credit information, but in order for the buyer to obtain this corporate credit information, Conventionally, supplier information is extracted during the purchase process of a product, and the credit information of the supplier, for example, is directly accessed by the buyer himself using the extracted supplier information, thereby separately acquiring the corporate credit information of the supplier.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, when a buyer tries to purchase a product, the supplier's company is required to determine whether or not the supplier providing the product is credible. When trying to obtain credit information, the supplier information is extracted during the purchase process of the product, and the extracted credit information is used to separately obtain the credit information of the supplier, for example, by the buyer directly accessing a credit bureau or the like. Therefore, there is a problem that the acquisition process is complicated, time-consuming, and inefficient.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above,
The goal is to be able to determine the credit of product handlers, including product providers and purchasers efficiently and quickly,
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic catalog credit information providing system capable of providing credit information of a product handler in association with catalog information so that a reliable transaction can be performed.

[0005]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing the electronic catalog information. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having a catalog user device that allows browsing of the electronic catalog in response to a browsing request, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes a merchandise provider in the collected catalog information. The apparatus further includes a company code assigning means for assigning a company code and providing the company code to the catalog user device, wherein the catalog user device selects the product when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects the product. The product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of And summarized in that and a corporate credit information presenting means for presenting the user.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a company code of a product provider is added to catalog information and a purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product, the catalog of the product is provided. In order to present the product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the information to the purchaser of the product, the buyer of the product views the credit information of the product and receives the product from the product provider, which is an untrusted supplier. The risk of buying can be avoided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation apparatus, in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having a catalog user device that allows browsing, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information, and Has a company code assignment means to provide to
The catalog user device, when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product, when the selection is performed under search conditions including corporate credit information regarding the product provider, the catalog information of the product The gist of the present invention is to include a search unit for searching for a product that meets the search condition based on the business credit information of the product provider corresponding to the provided company code.

[0008] According to the present invention, the company information of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects the product, the provider of the product. If the selection is made under the search condition that includes the corporate credit information for the product, the product matching the search condition is searched based on the corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the product. Product buyers can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and provide products with corporate credit information In order to narrow down the number of persons, it is also possible to avoid the complexity in selecting products.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation apparatus in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having a catalog user device that permits browsing, wherein the catalog user device is a product purchaser's credit information by a product provider when a product purchaser browses catalog information. Means for registering conditions relating to the purchaser, and when the purchaser of the product intends to browse the catalog information, the condition regarding the credit information of the purchaser by the product provider is compared with the corporate credit information of the purchaser. If the product purchaser's corporate credit information satisfies the conditions for the product purchaser's credit information Only, the gist that it has a viewing permission means for permitting the viewing of catalog information.

[0010] According to the third aspect of the present invention, the merchandise provider registers conditions relating to the credit information of the merchandise purchaser, and sets the conditions relating to the credit information of the merchandise purchaser to the corporate credit information of the merchant. Compared with the product provider, the product provider allows browsing of catalog information only when the product credit company's corporate credit information satisfies the conditions of the product provider regarding the product buyer's credit information. Orders can be prevented from occurring.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and browsing of an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation apparatus in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having an acceptable catalog user device, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns a company code of a product provider to catalog information obtained from a product provider. Catalog information distributing means for distributing the catalog information provided with the company code to the catalog user device; and corporate credit information acquiring means for acquiring and storing corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to the company code. , The product provider company corresponding to the company code from the catalog user device When the user information is requested, there is provided a corporate credit information returning means for returning corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code acquired by the corporate credit information acquiring means to the catalog user device. .

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns the company code of the product provider to the catalog information, and acquires the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code. The catalog user device is stored in an electronic catalog aggregation device in order to return the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code to the catalog user device in response to the request for the company credit information from the catalog user device. This eliminates the need for preparing an interface between a credit bureau and a credit bureau, paying a fee, and necessitating a contract. In addition, the credit bureau does not need to manage a plurality of catalog user devices, and collects fees altogether. Further, the fee for collecting information from the credit bureau can be shared by a plurality of catalog user devices.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregating apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus. A system for permitting and selecting a product, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes: a company code assigning unit that assigns a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information; and a purchaser of the product browses the catalog information. In this case, the gist of the present invention is to have a corporate credit information browsing means for enabling a purchaser of a product to view corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to a corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the selected product.

According to the present invention, the company information of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and the purchaser of the product can view the catalog information by referring to the company credit of the product provider corresponding to the company code. Since the information can be browsed, the purchaser of the product can avoid the risk of purchasing the product from the product provider, which is an unreliable supplier.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregating apparatus for providing the collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and browsing to the electronic catalog in response to a browsing request of the electronic catalog. A system for permitting and selecting a product, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes a company code assigning unit that assigns a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information, and a purchaser of the product browses the catalog information. In selecting the product, if the selection is made under the search condition including the business credit information on the product provider, the business credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product And a search means for searching for a product that satisfies the search condition based on the search condition.

According to the present invention, the company information of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the product purchaser browses the catalog information and selects the product, the product provider If the selection is made under the search condition that includes the corporate credit information for the product, the product matching the search condition is searched based on the corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the product. Product buyers can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and provide products with corporate credit information In order to narrow down the number of persons, it is also possible to avoid the complexity in selecting products.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permits browsing to the electronic catalog in response to a browsing request for the electronic catalog. An electronic catalog aggregation device, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device acquires and stores corporate credit information from a credit research company, and stores the corporate credit information in response to a request for corporate credit information. And a means for providing corporate credit information by reading the corresponding corporate credit information from the means.

According to the present invention, the electronic catalog aggregation device stores the company credit information and provides the stored company credit information in response to the request for the company credit information. It is possible to promptly respond to a request for credit information, and to reduce a charge for using credit information to a credit research company.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog credit information granting system for permitting browsing of electronic catalog information collected for each product in response to a browsing request, and stores corporate credit information of a product provider. Means for storing corporate credit information;
Upon receipt of a request for browsing corporate information, a browsing permitting means for allowing the corporate credit information of the requesting company to be browsed from the corporate credit information storage means, and a history storage for storing a corporate credit information browsing request history for each browsing requester. The gist of the present invention is to have a means and a usage fee payment means for charging a use requester based on the company credit information browsing request history stored in the history storage means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permission to browse the electronic catalog in response to a request to browse the electronic catalog. A system that allows the user to select a product, and when the user receives a notification that the product has been selected when browsing to the electronic catalog in response to the browsing request for the electronic catalog, The gist of the present invention is to have a purchaser credit information presenting means for presenting the corporate credit information of the requester.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog credit information providing system for permitting browsing of electronic catalog information collected for each product in response to a browsing request.
The secondary provider of the corporate credit information, which provides the corporate credit information of the product provider secondarily, obtains the corporate credit information from the credit research company and stores the credit information. History credit storage means for reading and providing the corresponding corporate credit information from the corporate credit information storage means, and storing a history of requests for the corporate credit information for each requester; The gist of the present invention is to have a usage fee clearing means for charging a usage fee for the business credit information to the credit research company and paying a usage fee for the business credit information to the credit research company.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the secondary credit information provider obtains and stores the credit information, and stores the credit information in response to the request for the credit information. Read and provide the information, store the history of requests for corporate credit information for each requester, charge the requester for usage fees for corporate credit information based on this history information, and The company credit information usage fee, the company credit information can be promptly provided in response to the business credit information request, and the information usage fee can be appropriately charged from the requester's request history information. At the same time, it is possible to collectively pay the fee for the information used to the credit bureau.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregating device for providing the collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device. A system for permitting and selecting a product, including an electronic catalog aggregation device that uses the business credit information of the product provider, includes a credit research company that provides the product credit information of the product provider requested by the product purchaser. From the customer and provide to the product purchaser, and a history storage means for storing the acquisition history of the company credit information by the product purchaser, and the company credit information of the product provider used by the product purchaser based on the stored history information And a billing means for billing the product provider for the usage fee.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the acquisition history of the business credit information by the product purchaser is stored, and the usage fee of the business credit information used by the product purchaser is reduced based on the history information. , The information usage fee can be charged not only from the product purchaser who referred to the company credit information but also from the product provider referred to by the company credit information.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a browsing of an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having an allowable catalog user device, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes catalog information collecting means for collecting catalog information of a product from a product provider, and a company code of the product provider. Means for obtaining a company code obtained from a credit bureau, means for providing a company code to the catalog information collected from the product provider, and means for obtaining catalog information to which the company code has been assigned, Catalog information delivery means for delivering to the The catalog user device receives catalog information distributed from the electronic catalog aggregation device together with a company code, and presents the catalog information so that a purchaser of the product can view the catalog information. When the customer browses the catalog information and selects a product, the company credit information presenting the product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the selected product to the purchaser of the product And the means.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, when a company code of a product provider is added to catalog information, and a purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product,
In order to present the product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product to the purchaser of the product, the purchaser of the product views the credit information of the product, and the product is an untrusted supplier. The risk of purchasing a product from a provider can be avoided.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation device, in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having a catalog user device that allows browsing, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes a catalog information collecting unit that collects catalog information of a product from a product provider, and a company of the product provider. Means for obtaining a company code for obtaining a code from a credit bureau, company code providing means for providing the obtained company code to catalog information collected from a product provider, and using the catalog information provided with the company code in the catalog. And catalog information distribution means for distributing the information to a user device. The catalog user device receives catalog information distributed from the electronic catalog aggregation device together with the company code, and presents catalog information receiving means for presenting the catalog information so that the purchaser of the product can view the catalog information. When browsing catalog information and selecting a product, if the selection is made under a search condition including corporate credit information on the product provider, the product provision corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product It is essential to have a search means for searching for a product that matches the search condition based on the company credit information of the purchaser, and a product information presentation means for presenting the searched product information to a purchaser of the product.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the company code of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the product purchaser browses the catalog information and selects the product, the product provider If the selection is made under the search condition that includes the corporate credit information for the product, the product matching the search condition is searched based on the corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the product. Product buyers can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and provide products with corporate credit information In order to narrow down the number of persons, it is also possible to avoid the complexity in selecting products.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation apparatus, in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information granting system having a catalog user device that permits browsing, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes catalog information collecting means for collecting catalog information of a product from a product provider, and the collected catalog information. And a catalog information distributing means for distributing the information to the catalog user device, wherein the catalog user device receives a condition relating to credit information of a product purchaser from a product provider and registers the credit condition. , Cataro delivered from electronic catalog aggregation device Catalog information receiving means for receiving the information and presenting the catalog information so that the purchaser of the product can view it; and conditions for the credit information of the product purchaser when the purchaser of the product intends to view the catalog information. Credit information comparing means for comparing the product credit information with the product credit information of the purchaser, and as a result of the comparison, catalog information only when the business credit information of the product purchaser satisfies the condition regarding the credit information of the product purchaser by the product provider. And a browsing permitting means for permitting browsing of the document.

In the present invention according to claim 14, the goods provider registers the conditions concerning the credit information of the goods purchaser, and sets the conditions concerning the credit information of the goods purchaser to the company credit information of the goods purchaser. Compared with the product provider, the product provider allows browsing of catalog information only when the product credit company's corporate credit information satisfies the conditions of the product provider regarding the product buyer's credit information. Orders can be prevented from occurring.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a browsing of an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having an allowable catalog user device, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes catalog information collecting means for collecting catalog information of a product from a product provider, and a company code of the product provider. Means for obtaining a company code obtained from a credit bureau, means for providing a company code to the catalog information collected from the product provider, and means for obtaining catalog information to which the company code has been assigned, Catalog information distribution means to be distributed to Means for acquiring and storing corporate credit information of a product provider to be provided, and obtaining the corporate credit information when a request for corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to a corporate code is received from the catalog user device. Means for returning company credit information of the goods provider corresponding to the company code obtained by the means to the catalog user device, wherein the catalog user device is delivered from the electronic catalog aggregation device. Catalog information receiving means for receiving the catalog information together with the company code and presenting the catalog information so that the buyer of the product can view the catalog information, and selecting this product when the buyer of the product browses the catalog information and selects the product. The company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of And corporate credit information request means for requesting the Shon device, and summarized in that and a corporate credit information receiving means for receiving business credit information of the goods provider sent back from the electronic catalog aggregation device.

According to the present invention, the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns the company code of the product provider to the catalog information and acquires the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code. The catalog user device is stored in an electronic catalog aggregation device in order to return the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code to the catalog user device in response to the request for the company credit information from the catalog user device. This eliminates the need for preparing an interface between a credit bureau and a credit bureau, paying a fee, and necessitating a contract. In addition, the credit bureau does not need to manage a plurality of catalog user devices, and collects fees altogether. Further, the fee for collecting information from the credit bureau can be shared by a plurality of catalog user devices.

The present invention according to claim 16 has an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing the collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and allows browsing to the electronic catalog in response to a request for browsing the electronic catalog. A system for permitting and selecting a product, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes a catalog information collecting unit that collects catalog information of the product from a product provider, and a company that obtains a company code of the product provider from a credit research company. Code obtaining means, and a company code assigning means for assigning the obtained company code to catalog information collected from the product provider,
A catalog information browsing means for enabling a purchaser of a product to browse the catalog information to which the company code is assigned, and a company assigned to the catalog information of the selected product when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information. The gist of the present invention is to provide a corporate credit information browsing unit that allows a purchaser of a product to browse corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to the code.

According to the present invention, the catalog information is provided with the company code of the merchandise provider, and the purchaser of the merchandise can view the catalog information by referring to the company credit of the merchandise provider corresponding to the company code. Since the information can be browsed, the purchaser of the product can avoid the risk of purchasing the product from the product provider, which is an unreliable supplier.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog aggregating apparatus for providing the collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and browsing to the electronic catalog in response to a browsing request of the electronic catalog. A system for permitting and selecting a product, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device includes a catalog information collecting unit that collects catalog information of the product from a product provider, and a company that obtains a company code of the product provider from a credit research company. Code obtaining means, and a company code assigning means for assigning the acquired company code to catalog information collected from the product provider;
Catalog information browsing means for enabling a purchaser of a product to browse the catalog information provided with the company code, and corporate credit information on a provider of the product when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product. Search means for searching for a product that meets the search condition based on the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the product catalog information, The point is to have.

According to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the company code of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the product purchaser browses the catalog information and selects the product, the product provider If the selection is made under the search condition that includes the corporate credit information for the product, the product matching the search condition is searched based on the corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the product. Product buyers can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and provide products with corporate credit information In order to narrow down the number of persons, it is also possible to avoid the complexity in selecting products.

[0037]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 1 registers product catalog source information from a catalog provider device 3 of a product provider, that is, a catalog provider who is a supplier, in a catalog aggregator 1 which is an electronic catalog aggregation device. The catalog information registered in the catalog aggregator 1 is provided to the catalog user device 5 which is an EC system, and the buyer 9 who is a purchaser of the product accesses the catalog user device 5 to browse and purchase the catalog information. Is a system for selecting a product to be used. In the system configured as described above, in the present embodiment, particularly, the catalog aggregator 1
The company code of the product provider is acquired from the credit research company 7 and given to the catalog information registered from the catalog provider device 3, and the catalog information provided with the company code is provided to the catalog user device 5. At the same time, when the buyer 9 browses the catalog information and selects a product, the catalog user device 5 trusts the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the selected product. It is obtained from the research company 7 and is to be presented to the purchaser of the product.

Although the case where the provider of the electronic catalog and the provider of the product are the same will be described here, the same applies to the case where the providers are not the same.

The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. FIG.
In FIG. 2 and FIG. 2, numbers in parentheses () are numbers indicating processing procedures, and the same processing operations are denoted by the same numbers in both figures.

1 and 2, the catalog provider apparatus 3 provides the catalog aggregator 1 with the original information of the catalog used by the catalog user apparatus 5 (step S11 in FIG. 2). When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the catalog source information from the catalog provider device 3 (step S13), the catalog aggregator 1 sends the company name of the supplier, which is the catalog provider device 3, to the credit research company 7, and transmits the company code from the credit research company 7. Receiving (step S17, S1
9) The company code is added to the catalog information and processed into a predetermined common format (steps S21 and S2).
3).

Then, the catalog aggregator 1 transmits catalog information to which the company code of the supplier has been assigned to the catalog user device 5 (step S25), and the catalog user device 5 receives the catalog information to which the company code has been assigned. Then, the setting is made so that the buyer 9 can easily browse (step S27).

The buyer 9 who is a product purchaser accesses the catalog user device 5, refers to catalog information, selects a product to be purchased, and transmits the product selection information to the catalog user device 5. (Step S29). When the catalog user device 5 receives the product selection information from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 acquires the company credit information of the supplier of the selected product here and attempts to present it to the buyer 9. However, in the processing of the corporate credit information, as shown as patterns 1 and 2 in FIG. 2, when the buyer 9 selects and purchases the product, the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier of the purchased product is trusted. It is obtained from the research company 7 and stored.
That is, after a certain period of time registered in advance, a method of pattern 1 for refreshing (re-acquiring) in order to maintain the freshness of corporate credit information at an arbitrary opportunity such as a manual opportunity,
There is a method of pattern 2 for obtaining the corporate credit information of the supplier of the latest purchased product at the time of selecting and purchasing the product according to the above-mentioned method. S41 is shown by a dotted line.

That is, when the catalog user device 5 receives the selection request for the purchased product from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 requests the credit research company 7 to search for the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier of the purchased product (step). S33) The company key, which is the company code of the catalog provider device 3, is transmitted to the credit research company 7 (step S35). When the credit research company 7 receives the company key, the company credit of the catalog provider device 3 is received. Search for information and respond (step S
37), and transmits the searched corporate credit information to the catalog user device 5 (step S39). Upon receiving the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 from the credit research company 7, the catalog user device 5 stores the received corporate credit information in the case of the above pattern 1 (step S41), and stores the received corporate credit information in the case of the pattern 2. Are provided to the buyer 9 without being stored (step S43). In the case of the pattern 1, since the company credit information is stored, when the same company credit information is requested next time, it is possible to quickly respond and reduce the number of times of obtaining the company credit information. be able to. In the case of pattern 2, the latest corporate credit information can always be used.

As a result, the buyer 9 can browse the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier of the product at the time of selecting the purchase of the product, and the buyer 9 has a risk of purchasing the product from an untrusted supplier. Can be avoided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. As shown in the figure, the catalog provider device 3 has a catalog data transmission unit 31 that transmits catalog data to the catalog aggregator 1, and the catalog aggregator 1 is transmitted from the catalog data transmission unit 31 of the catalog aggregator 1. It has a catalog data collection / reception unit 11 for receiving catalog data. Catalog aggregator 1 is used to collect catalog data.
It has a built-in company code assigning unit 12a that assigns a company code to the catalog data received by the receiving unit 11, and has a catalog processing unit 12 that processes the catalog data received from the catalog data collecting and receiving unit 11 into a predetermined common format. . The company code assigning unit 12a receives and assigns a company code to be assigned to catalog data from the company code distribution unit 73 of the credit research company 7.

Further, the catalog aggregator 1 has a common catalog information database 15 for storing catalog data processed in a predetermined common format by the catalog processing unit 12. The catalog data stored in the shared catalog information database 15 is cut out by the catalog cutout unit 13 and transmitted to the catalog user device 5 via the catalog distribution unit 14. In the catalog user device 5 which is an EC system, the catalog aggregator 1
Is received by the EC system catalog linking unit 51 and stored in the EC system catalog database 52.

The buyer 9 accesses the catalog user device 5 and refers to the catalog information to select a product to be purchased. The selection information of this product is the product selection / supplier company credit information of the buyer 9. Although transmitted from the browsing unit 91, when the catalog user device 5 receives the product selection information from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 sends the product selection information from the company extraction unit 53 to the credit research company 7 via the company credit information search request / result receiving unit 54. Sends company code and receives search request from credit bureau 7
The company credit information corresponding to the company code is received from the search result transmitting unit 75, the company credit information is stored in the company credit information database 55, and then transmitted to the buyer 9. In this case, in the pattern 2 described above, the corporate credit information is directly transmitted to the buyer 9 without being stored in the corporate credit information database 55. The buyer 9 receives the corporate credit information at the product selection / supplier corporate credit information browsing unit 91, and the buyer 9 browses the corporate credit information and determines whether or not the supplier can be trusted in purchasing the product. , Avoiding purchases from untrusted suppliers.

Further, the credit research company 7 transmits a company code to the catalog aggregator 1 by a company code distribution unit 7.
3. A corporate credit information database 71 that stores corporate credit information, and a corporate credit information search unit 77 that searches for corporate credit information stored in the corporate credit information database 71 based on a corporate code from the catalog user device 5. And a search request receiving / search result transmitting unit 75 for returning the search result to the catalog user device 5.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1-3, before the purchase commodity selection information is input to the catalog user device 5 from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 requests the credit information company 7 for the corporate credit information. Receiving and storing the information in advance in the corporate credit information database 55, and promptly returning the corporate credit information when the purchase product selection information is received from the buyer 9. Only this point is different from the first embodiment. Differently, other configurations and operations are the same.

Referring to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.
The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

The processing until the catalog user device 5 receives the catalog data with the corporate code from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S27) is the same as in the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, before receiving the purchase item selection information from the buyer 9, the company credit information of the supplier of the received catalog data is received from the credit research company 7 and stored in the company credit information database 55. Then, the stored corporate credit information is refreshed (re-acquired) at an arbitrary opportunity, for example, after a certain pre-registered excess, to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information at a manual opportunity or the like (step S32). More specifically, this processing is performed in more detail. First, the catalog user device 5 requests the credit research company 7 to search for the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier of the product to be purchased by the buyer 9 (step S33). '), This catalog provider device 3
Is transmitted to the credit research company 7 (step S35 '). Upon receipt of the company key, the credit research company 7 searches for and responds to the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 (step S35'). In step S37 ', the found company credit information is transmitted to the catalog user device 5 (step S39'). Upon receiving the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 from the credit research company 7, the catalog user device 5 stores the corporate credit information (step S4).
1 ').

After the company credit information is stored as described above, the buyer 9 selects a product to be purchased, and transmits the purchased product selection information to the catalog user device 5 (step S42). . Therefore, upon receiving the purchase item selection information from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 acquires the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3, which is the supplier of the purchase item, from the company credit information database 55 and obtains the buyer 9. Will be provided.

As described above, in the present embodiment, since the company credit information is acquired in advance and stored in the company credit information database 55, it is possible to quickly respond to the request from the buyer 9.

Since the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the second embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, its illustration and description are omitted.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, when the buyer 9 browses the catalog data of the catalog user device 5 and searches for a purchased product, the buyer's credit information, which is the catalog provider device 3, is used as a search condition. , And selects and purchases a product of a supplier that satisfies the corporate credit information set as the search condition. Other configurations and operations are the same.

Referring to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 7, FIG.
The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

The processing up to the reception of the catalog data with the corporate code from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S27) is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, thereafter, the buyer 9 searches for a product by inputting search conditions including the corporate credit information of the supplier (step S51).

There are a plurality of types of search conditions for this product. That is, in the first search condition, information in a catalog of a product existing in the catalog user device 5, for example, information such as a product name, a product standard, and a maker name is used as a search condition. In the second search condition, information existing in the credit bureau 7 such as, for example, corporate credit information of the supplier is used as the search condition. The first search condition is mainly used by the buyer 9 to narrow down the products that the buyer 9 wants to purchase, and the second search condition is mainly used by the buyer 9 to verify the safety of commercial transactions after the purchase. .

In this embodiment, first, a search is performed under the first search condition to narrow down the products (step S5).
3). Then, the catalog provider device 3 that is the supplier of the narrowed down product is extracted (step S5).
5). Next, the extracted company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 is obtained and provided to be provided to the buyer 9 (step S57). There are two patterns for obtaining this company credit information. In the first pattern, when the buyer 9 searches for a product, the company credit information of the supplier to be searched is obtained and stored, and the stored company credit information is used at any occasion, for example, a predetermined near-exceeding excess. rear,
Refreshing (re-acquisition) is performed in order to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information when manually triggered. In the second pattern, when the buyer 9 searches for a product, the latest corporate credit information of the supplier to be searched is obtained at that time.

More specifically, this processing is performed in more detail. First, the catalog user device 5 requests the credit research company 7 to search for the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 that is the search target supplier (step S1). S59), the company code is transmitted to the credit research company 7 as a search key (step S61). When receiving the search request for the corporate credit information, the credit research company 7 searches for the corporate credit information in response to the search request for the corporate credit information, and returns it to the catalog user device 5 (steps S63 and S65). Upon receiving the corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog user device 5 stores the corporate credit information in the corporate credit information database 55 in the first pattern described above (step S67), and does not store it in the second pattern. , This company credit information
Narrow down the products as search conditions for (step S6)
9). That is, the company credit information of the search condition is compared with the company credit information of each supplier, and the goods of the supplier satisfying the company credit information are presented to the buyer 9 as a search result (step S71).

As described above, by setting the company credit information of the supplier as a search condition and searching for a product, the buyer 9 can avoid the risk of browsing and selecting a product of an untrusted supplier. In addition, by narrowing down purchase candidates in advance, it is possible to avoid complications that occur when selecting a purchased product. That is, the buyer 9 can exclude, from the purchase target, a product provided by an unreliable supplier when selecting the product.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an apparatus configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 7, a product search condition input / search result receiving unit 92 for inputting a product search condition in the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. And a search condition matching processing unit 5 that receives a search condition from the product search condition input / search result receiving unit 92 of the buyer 9 and performs matching based on the search condition.
6 is provided in the catalog user apparatus 5, and other configurations and operations are the same. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
In the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 6-8, before catalog search conditions are input from the buyer 9 to the catalog user device 5, the catalog user device 5 requests and receives corporate credit information from the credit research company 7. In this case, the company credit information is stored in advance in the company credit information database 55, and the company credit information is promptly returned when the purchase product selection information is received from the buyer 9, and only this point is different from the third embodiment. Differently, other configurations and operations are the same.

Referring to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 10, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the catalog provider device 3 as a supplier joins the present system (step S
9). Then, from the process of providing the catalog aggregator 1 with the original information of the catalog used by the catalog provider device 3 by the catalog provider device 3 (step S11), the catalog user device 5 sends the catalog to which the company code is assigned from the catalog aggregator 1. Receive data (Step S
The processing up to 27) is the same as in the third embodiment. In the present embodiment, before the search condition is input from the buyer 9 and the search request for the product is made, the company credit information of the supplier of the received catalog data is received from the credit research company 7 and the company credit information is received. In addition to storing in the database 55, the stored corporate credit information
For example, after a certain degree of pre-registration is exceeded, refresh (re-acquisition) is performed in order to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information by a manual trigger or the like. The search request is made to the credit research company 7 for the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3, which is the supplier of the product that the buyer 9 intends to purchase (step S5).
9 '), the company key, which is the company code of the catalog provider device 3, is transmitted to the credit research company 7 (step S6).
1 '), upon receiving the company key, the credit research company 7 searches for and responds to the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 (step S63'), and transmits the searched company credit information to the catalog user device 5 (Step S6)
5 '). Upon receiving the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 from the credit research company 7, the catalog user device 5 stores the corporate credit information (step S67 ').

After storing the company credit information as described above, search conditions are input from the buyer 9 and a product search request is made (step S68). In this case, there are two types of search keys for the product search key.
The first search key is information in a product catalog existing in the catalog user device 5, for example, a product name, a product standard, a maker name, and the like, and is mainly used by the buyer 9 to narrow down products to be purchased. The second search key is information existing in the credit bureau 7, for example, corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3, which is a supplier, and is mainly used to verify the security of commercial transactions after the purchase by the buyer 9. It is used for

When the catalog user device 5 receives the first and second search conditions as search conditions from the buyer 9, the catalog user device 5 performs a search using the first and second search conditions and narrows down products. Step S70). That is, the company credit information is compared with the company credit information of each supplier under the search condition, and the supplier's product satisfying the company credit information is presented to the buyer 9 as a search result (step S).
71).

As described above, by setting the corporate credit information of the supplier as a search condition and searching for a product, the buyer 9 can avoid the risk of browsing and selecting a product of an untrustworthy supplier. In addition, by narrowing down purchase candidates in advance, it is possible to avoid complications that occur when selecting a purchased product. That is, the buyer 9 can exclude, from the purchase target, a product provided by an unreliable supplier when selecting the product.

Since the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fourth embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 8, its illustration and description are omitted.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the catalog provider device 3 as a supplier registers conditions in advance for the corporate credit information of the buyer 9, and the buyer 9 that meets this condition is registered.
The only difference is that the buyer 9 is allowed to browse the catalog such that only the buyer 9 is allowed to browse the catalog. Other configurations and operations are basically the same, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Is attached.

The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, first, the buyer 9 joins the catalog user device 5 (step S2). Then, the catalog provider device 3 provides the catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S11). When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the catalog source information from the catalog provider device 3, the catalog aggregator 1 processes the catalog source information into catalog information in a predetermined common format (step S23) and transmits the catalog information to the catalog user device 5 (step S25). The catalog user device 5 receives the catalog information from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S27).

Next, the catalog provider device 3 transmits the buyer 9 for referring to the catalog of the catalog provider device 3 itself.
Are registered in the catalog user device 5 (step S81). After the catalog provider device 3 registers conditions for the corporate credit information of the buyer 9 in the catalog user device 5 in this way, when a catalog browsing request is made from the buyer 9 to the catalog user device 5 (step S8).
3) The catalog user device 5 requests the company code and company credit information of the buyer 9 from the credit research company 7 using data such as the company name when the buyer 9 joined as a key (steps S85 and S87). The credit research company 7 returns the company code of the buyer 9 and the company credit information to the catalog user device 5 in response to this request (steps S89 and S91).

The catalog user device 5 is a credit investigation company 7
, The company code of the buyer 9 and the company credit information are received.
There are two patterns regarding the process of receiving the company code and the company credit information in the catalog user device 5. The first pattern is that, when the catalog user device 5 receives the company code and the company credit information, the information is stored in the company credit information database 55, and at an arbitrary opportunity, that is, after a lapse of a predetermined period registered in advance, This is a method of refreshing (re-acquiring) the corporate credit information in order to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information at an arbitrary opportunity such as a manual occasion. The second pattern is that each time a catalog browsing request is made by the buyer 9, the latest This is a method of obtaining corporate credit information.

That is, in the second pattern, when the company code and the company credit information are received from the credit research company 7, they are stored in the company credit information database 55 (step S9).
3) In addition, without storing in the second pattern, the conditions for the received corporate credit information of the buyer 9 and the corporate credit information of the buyer 9 registered in the catalog user apparatus 5 by the catalog provider apparatus 3 in step S81. Then, it is determined whether or not the buyer 9 can browse the catalog (step S95). If the buyer 9 can clear this condition, the buyer 9 is permitted to browse the catalog of the catalog provider device 3 and the buyer 9
Can browse the catalog of the permitted catalog provider device 3 (step S97).

As described above, in the present embodiment, browsing of the catalogs of the buyer 9 is restricted by registering the conditions for the buyer 9 by the catalog provider device 3 in advance, whereby the catalog provider device 3 It is possible to prevent an order from the buyer 9 that cannot be made beforehand.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fifth embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 8, a buyer condition input unit 32 for inputting buyer conditions from the catalog provider device 3 in the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. And a buyer condition reception processing unit 58 that receives and processes the buyer condition and a buyer condition information database 59 that stores the buyer condition information are newly provided in the catalog user device 5,
The buyer 9 is different from the buyer 9 in that a product selection / search result receiving unit 93 is provided in the buyer 9, and other configurations and operations are the same as those in FIG. 8. The description is omitted.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, when the buyer 9 joins the catalog user device 5, the company code and the company credit information of the joined buyer 9 are immediately acquired from the credit research company 7 and stored in the company credit information database 55. After that, the conditions for the buyer's corporate credit information and the like are registered from the catalog provider device 3 to the catalog user device 5, and other configurations and operations are basically the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. It is.

The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 14 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. First, when the buyer 9 joins the catalog user device 5 (step S2), the catalog user device 5 requests the company code and company credit information of the buyer 9 from the credit research company 7 (step S3). In response to the request from the catalog user device 5, the credit research company 7 searches for the company code and the company credit information of the buyer 9, and returns them to the catalog user device 5 (step S4). The catalog user device 5 receives the company code and the company credit information from the credit research company 7, and stores them in the company credit information database 55 (step S5). This corporate credit information database 55
Is refreshed (re-acquired) at the above-mentioned arbitrary occasion in order to maintain its freshness (step S6).

Next, the catalog provider device 3 provides catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S11). When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the catalog source information from the catalog provider device 3 (step S1)
3) The catalog source information is processed into a predetermined common format (step S23), and the processed catalog information is transmitted to the catalog user device 5 (step S25). The catalog user device 5 receives the catalog information from the catalog aggregator 1 (Step S27).

Then, the catalog provider device 3 registers conditions for the corporate credit information of the buyer 9 in the catalog user device 5 (step S81). After the catalog provider device 3 registers the conditions for the corporate credit information of the buyer 9 with the catalog user device 5 in this manner,
When the buyer 9 makes a catalog browsing request to the catalog user device 5 (step S83), the catalog user device 5 transmits the corporate credit information of the buyer 9 and the catalog provider stored in the corporate credit information database 55 in advance. The device 3 compares the condition of the buyer 9 registered in the catalog user device 5 in step S81 with corporate credit information and the like, and determines whether or not the buyer 9 can browse the catalog (step S95). If the buyer 9 can clear this condition, the catalog provider device 3
, And the buyer 9 can browse the catalog of the permitted catalog provider device 3 (step S97).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the browsing of the catalog by the buyer 9 is restricted by registering the conditions for the buyer 9 by the catalog provider device 3, whereby the unreliable buyer 9 is registered by the catalog provider device 3. Can be prevented beforehand.

Since the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the sixth embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 13, its illustration and description are omitted.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in the figure is a system for providing a corporate code to catalog information and a credit research company 7 in the first to sixth embodiments described above.
Is obtained by the catalog aggregator 1 on behalf of the company, and the system configuration is basically the same as in the first to sixth embodiments.

That is, in the present embodiment, the catalog aggregator 1 assigns a company code to the catalog information provided from the catalog provider device 3, thereby requesting and obtaining the company credit information used by the catalog user device 5. Is performed on behalf of the catalog aggregator 1, and the catalog user device 5 acquires corporate credit information via the catalog aggregator 1. This eliminates the need for the catalog user device 5 to prepare an interface between the catalog aggregator 1 and the credit bureau 7, pay a fee, and make a contract. Further, it is not necessary for the credit research company 7 to manage a plurality of catalog user devices 5 that provide information, and collective collection of charges is possible. In addition, credit bureau 7
To collect information from multiple catalog user devices 5
It is also possible to share with.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 16 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The catalog provider device 3 provides the catalog aggregator 1 with the original information of the catalog used by the catalog user device 5 (step S11). When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the catalog source information from the catalog provider device 3 (step S13), the catalog provider device 3
Is sent to the credit bureau 7
Receiving a company code from credit bureau 7 (step S
17, S19), the company code is added to the catalog information, and processed into a predetermined common format (step S19).
21, S23).

Then, the catalog aggregator 1 transmits catalog information to which the company code of the supplier has been assigned to the catalog user device 5 (step S25), and the catalog user device 5 receives the catalog information to which the company code has been assigned. Then, the setting is made so that the buyer 9 can easily browse (step S27).

Next, when a process using corporate credit information occurs in the catalog user device 5, the catalog user device 5 makes a search request for corporate credit information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S111). Catalog aggregator 1 with company code as search key for that
(Step S113). Upon receiving the company code from the catalog user device 5, the catalog aggregator 1 acquires and stores the company credit information from the credit research company 7 using this company code (step S11).
5) There are two patterns for obtaining this corporate credit information. The first pattern is that the catalog aggregator 1 obtains and stores corporate credit information from the credit research company 7 at the time of a request from the catalog user device 5, and stores the stored corporate credit information at an arbitrary opportunity, for example, in advance. After a certain amount of excess, the company credit information is refreshed (re-acquired) in order to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information due to a manual trigger or the like. The second pattern is, upon request from the catalog user device 5,
At that time, the latest corporate credit information of the search target supplier is obtained.

That is, in more detail, the catalog aggregator 1 requests the credit research company 7 to search for corporate credit information requested by the catalog user device 5 (step S117). For this purpose, the catalog aggregator 1 transmits the company code as a search key to the credit bureau 7 (step S119), and the credit bureau 7 responds to the search request for the company credit information from the catalog aggregator 1, and The information is transmitted to the catalog aggregator 1 (steps S121, S123).

When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the company credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 stores the company credit information (step S125), or without storing the company credit information, to the catalog user device 5 for the requested company. A response is made to the company credit information, and the company credit information is transmitted to the catalog user device 5 (steps S127 and S129). Upon receiving the company credit information of the requesting company from the catalog aggregator 1, the catalog user device 5 performs processing using the company credit information (step S131).

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the seventh embodiment shown in FIGS. The electronic catalog credit information granting system shown in FIG. 7 is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that a credit request is made to the credit research company 7 for a credit request for corporate credit information, and A result receiving unit 17 and a corporate credit information database 18 for storing corporate credit information are newly provided in the catalog aggregator 1, and a corporate credit information required processing unit 50 for performing a process that requires the catalog user device 5 for corporate credit information is provided. The only difference is that they are newly provided, and other configurations and operations are the same.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 16, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the catalog aggregator 1 transmits the corporate credit information to the credit research company before the point at which the catalog user device 5 requests the corporate credit information. 7 and stored, and upon receiving a request for corporate credit information from the catalog user device 5, the catalog aggregator 1 immediately provides the stored corporate credit information to the catalog user device 5. Only the point is different from the seventh embodiment, and other configurations and operations are basically the same.

Next, the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 19 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, the catalog provider device 3 as a supplier joins the catalog aggregator 1 (step S).
10). Then, the catalog provider device 3 provides the catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S1).
1), catalog aggregator 1 is catalog provider device 3
(Step S13).

Next, the catalog aggregator 1 obtains and stores the company code and the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 that has joined from the credit research company 7, and refreshes (re-acquires) the stored information at an arbitrary opportunity. (Step S141). In more detail, the catalog aggregator 1 first requests corporate credit information to the credit research company 7 with the corporate name of the catalog provider device 3 as a supplier (step S141). Step S143, S14
5). In response to the request from the catalog aggregator 1, the credit bureau 7 returns the supplier's company code and company credit information to the catalog aggregator 1 (steps S147, S149).

When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the supplier's company code and company credit information from the credit research company 7, it stores them (step S151). Next, the catalog aggregator 1 assigns a company code to the catalog information previously received from the catalog provider device 3 (step S153), and processes the catalog information provided with the company code into a predetermined shared format (step S153). S155),
The information is transmitted to the catalog user device 5 (step S25).
The catalog user device 5 receives the catalog information with the company code transmitted from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S27).

Next, when a process using corporate credit information occurs in the catalog user device 5, the catalog user device 5 makes a search request for corporate credit information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S111). Then, the company code is transmitted to the catalog aggregator 1 as the search key (step S113). The catalog aggregator 1 extracts the stored corporate credit information in response to the search request for the corporate credit information from the catalog user device 5, and returns the corporate credit information to the catalog user device 5 (step S127, S129). Upon receiving the company credit information of the requesting company from the catalog aggregator 1, the catalog user device 5 uses the company credit information to
Processing is performed (step S131).

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the eighth embodiment shown in FIGS. 19 and 20. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in the figure is different from the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 18 in that a company extractor 19 for performing a process of extracting a company requiring company credit information is newly provided in the catalog aggregator 1. Are different, and other configurations and operations are the same as those of the seventh embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in the figure, when the catalog aggregator 1 collects catalog information of a product from the catalog provider device 3 as a supplier, the buyer 9 accesses the catalog aggregator 1 and collects the catalog information in the catalog aggregator 1. This is a system in which the buyer 9 browses the catalog information and selects the product to be purchased. The catalog aggregator 1 assigns the company code of the product provider to the collected catalog information, and the buyer 9 uses the catalog information of the catalog aggregator 1. When browsing the product, the purchaser of the product can view the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product to be selected and viewed. Is what you do.

Referring to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 22 will be described. The catalog provider device 3, which is a supplier, provides catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S11). Catalog aggregator 1
Receives the catalog source information (step S1).
3) Request the credit bureau 7 for the supplier's company code based on the supplier's company name (step S)
15). The credit bureau 7 provides a company code in response to a request from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S1).
7, S19). Upon receiving the company code from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 adds the company code to the catalog information received from the catalog provider device 3 (step S21), and processes the catalog information into a predetermined shared format (step S23).

Next, the buyer 9 sets the catalog aggregator 1
When a product is selected with reference to the above catalog information (step S201), the catalog aggregator 1 obtains the corporate credit information of the supplier of the selected product from the credit research company 7 (step S203). To 2
There are two patterns. The first pattern is a method in which, when the buyer 9 selects a product, the company credit information of the supplier of the selected product is obtained from the credit bureau 7 and stored, and the stored corporate credit information is refreshed at an arbitrary opportunity. The second pattern is a method of obtaining the latest corporate credit information of the selected product of the buyer 9 from the credit research company 7 each time the buyer 9 selects a product.

More specifically, when the buyer 9 selects a product, the catalog aggregator 1 sends the supplier's company code bound to the catalog of the product selected by the buyer 9 to the credit research company 7 as a search key. A request to acquire corporate credit information is made (step S20)
5, S207). In response to the request for obtaining the corporate credit information from the catalog aggregator 1, the credit research company 7 searches for the corporate credit information and transmits it to the catalog aggregator 1 (steps S209 and S211).

Upon receiving the supplier's corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 stores the received corporate credit information (step S213).
Or, without storing, the company credit information, that is, the company credit information on the supplier of the product selected by the buyer 9 is provided to the buyer 9 (step S215).

As a result, the buyer 9 can avoid the risk of purchasing a product from an untrusted supplier by referring to the corporate credit information provided from the catalog aggregator 1 when purchasing the product.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the ninth embodiment shown in FIGS. 22 and 23. As shown in FIG. 22, the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 22 includes a catalog aggregator 1, a catalog provider device 3, a buyer 9, and a credit research company 7. The buyer 9 and the credit bureau 7 have the same configuration as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and only the catalog aggregator 1 is different. That is, the catalog aggregator 1 does not require the catalog cutout unit 13 and the catalog distribution unit 14 in the catalog aggregator of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The shared catalog information database 15, a corporate credit information search request
It has a result receiving unit 17, a company extracting unit 19, and a company credit information database 18, and further has a product selection request receiving unit 111 that receives a product selection request from the buyer 9, and corporate credit information that provides company credit information to the buyer 9. It is configured to have the providing unit 113.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 24, in the ninth embodiment shown in FIG. The difference is that a request is obtained and acquired, and other configurations and operations are basically the same as those of the ninth embodiment.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 25 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The catalog provider device 3, which is a supplier, provides catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S11). Catalog aggregator 1
Upon receiving this catalog source information (step S13),
The supplier company code is requested to the credit bureau 7 by the supplier company name or the like (step S1).
5). The credit bureau 7 provides a company code in response to a request from the catalog aggregator 1 (step S1).
7, S19). Upon receiving the company code from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 adds the company code to the catalog information received from the catalog provider device 3 (step S21), and processes the catalog information into a predetermined shared format (step S23).

Next, the catalog aggregator 1 obtains and stores the company credit information of the supplier in the obtained catalog from the credit research company 7, and refreshes the stored company credit information at an arbitrary opportunity (step S20).
4), the catalog aggregator 1 issues a search request for the supplier's corporate credit information to the credit research company 7 using the corporate code assigned to the catalog information as a search key (steps S205 'and S20).
7 '). When receiving the search request for the corporate credit information from the catalog aggregator 1, the credit research company 7 returns the corporate credit information of the supplier to the catalog aggregator 1 in response to the request (steps S209 'and S211').
The catalog aggregator 1 receives and stores the supplier's corporate credit information returned from the credit research company 7 (step S213 ').

Next, the buyer 9 sets the catalog aggregator 1
The catalog aggregator 1 selects merchandise with reference to the above catalog information, and the catalog aggregator 1 provides corporate credit information on the supplier of the merchandise selected by the buyer 9 to the buyer 9 (step S215).

As a result, the buyer 9 can avoid the risk of purchasing a product from an untrusted supplier by referring to the corporate credit information provided by the catalog aggregator 1 when purchasing the product.

Since the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the tenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 25 and 26 is the same as that of the ninth embodiment shown in FIG. 24, the description thereof will be omitted. Omitted.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 1, when the buyer 9 browses the catalog information on the catalog aggregator 1 and selects a product, the buyer 9 performs selection based on search conditions including the corporate credit information of the supplier.
In this case, a product that matches the search condition is searched based on the company credit information of the supplier corresponding to the company code given to the catalog information, and the search result is provided to the buyer 9.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 27 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The catalog provider device 3 provides the catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S
11). Upon receiving this catalog source information (step S13), the catalog aggregator 1 requests the credit bureau 7 for a supplier company code based on the supplier company name (step S15). Credit research company 7
Provides the company code in response to the request from the catalog aggregator 1 (steps S17, S19). Upon receiving the company code from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 adds the company code to the catalog information received from the catalog provider device 3 (step S21).
Processing into a predetermined common format (step S23).

Next, the buyer 9 inputs search conditions to the catalog aggregator 1 and searches for products on the catalog aggregator 1 (step S221). The search condition includes two search conditions. The first search condition is information in a catalog of a product existing in the catalog aggregator 1,
For example, information such as a product name, a product standard, and a manufacturer name is used as a search condition. In the second search condition, information existing in the credit bureau 7 such as, for example, corporate credit information of the supplier is used as the search condition. The first search condition is mainly used by the buyer 9 to narrow down the products that the buyer 9 wants to purchase, and the second search condition is mainly used by the buyer 9 to verify the safety of commercial transactions after the purchase. .

In the present embodiment, first, a search is performed under the first search condition to narrow down products (step S22).
3). Then, the catalog provider device 3 that is the supplier of the narrowed-down product is extracted (step S22).
5). Next, the extracted corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 is obtained from the credit research company 7 and stored (step S227). There are two patterns for obtaining this corporate credit information. In the first pattern, when the buyer 9 searches for a product, the company credit information of the supplier to be searched is obtained and stored, and the stored company credit information is used at any occasion, for example, a predetermined near-exceeding excess. rear,
Refreshing (re-acquisition) is performed in order to maintain the freshness of the corporate credit information when manually triggered. In the second pattern, when the buyer 9 searches for a product, the latest corporate credit information of the supplier to be searched is obtained at that time.

That is, in more detail, the catalog aggregator 1 first requests the credit research company 7 for the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 which is the search target supplier (step S229). Then, the company code is transmitted to the credit research company 7 as a search key (step S231). Upon receiving the search request for the corporate credit information, the credit research company 7 searches for the corporate credit information of the search target supplier in response to the search request for the corporate credit information, and returns it to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S).
233, S235). When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 stores the corporate credit information in the above-described first pattern (step S).
237), and without storing in the second pattern,
The company credit information is used as a second search condition to narrow down products (step S239). That is, the company credit information of the search condition is compared with the company credit information of each supplier, and the goods of the supplier satisfying the company credit information are presented to the buyer 9 as a search result (step S24).
1).

As described above, by searching for products using the company credit information as a search condition, it becomes possible for the buyer 9 to avoid the risk of browsing products of unreliable suppliers at the time of product search. Further, by narrowing down the viewing candidates in advance, it is also possible to avoid the complexity that occurs when selecting a purchased product. That is, the buyer 9 can exclude, from the purchase target, a product provided by an unreliable supplier when selecting the product.

FIG. 29 shows the eleventh embodiment shown in FIGS. 27 and 28.
It is a block diagram which shows the apparatus structure of the electronic catalog credit information provision system of embodiment. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 24 eliminates the product selection request receiving unit 111 and the corporate credit information providing unit 113 in the catalog aggregator 1 in the ninth embodiment shown in FIG. The difference is that a search condition matching processing unit 115 for performing matching is newly provided, and a product search condition input / search result receiving unit 92 is provided instead of the product selection / supplier company credit information browsing unit 91 in the buyer 9. Are different, and the other configurations and operations are the same. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in the figure is different from the buyer 9 in the eleventh embodiment shown in FIG.
Input a search condition including the corporate credit information of the supplier into the catalog aggregator 1 and search the merchandise on the catalog aggregator 1 before conducting a credit check on the corporate credit information of the supplier to be searched in the catalog aggregator 1. This is obtained by acquiring from the company 7 and quickly acquiring the corporate credit information in response to the input of the search condition including the corporate credit information from the buyer 9 and performing a search.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 30 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The catalog provider device 3 provides the catalog source information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S
11). Upon receiving this catalog source information (step S13), the catalog aggregator 1 requests the credit bureau 7 for a supplier company code based on the supplier company name (step S15). Credit research company 7
Provides the company code in response to the request from the catalog aggregator 1 (steps S17, S19). Upon receiving the company code from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 adds the company code to the catalog information received from the catalog provider device 3 (step S21).
Processing into a predetermined common format (step S23).

Next, in the present embodiment, the catalog aggregator 1 acquires and stores the company credit information of the supplier in the obtained catalog from the credit research company 7, and refreshes the stored company credit information at an arbitrary opportunity. (Step S226). More specifically, first, the catalog aggregator 1 requests the credit research company 7 to search for the company credit information of the supplier using the company code as a search key (step S229 '). , S231).
Upon receiving the search request for the corporate credit information from the catalog aggregator 1, the credit research company 7 searches for the corporate credit information of the supplier in response to the search request, and returns the corporate credit information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S2).
33 ', S235'). Upon receiving the supplier's corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 stores this corporate credit information (step S23).
7 ') When the company credit information of the supplier is acquired and stored in the catalog aggregator 1 from the credit bureau 7 as described above, the buyer 9 inputs the search condition to the catalog aggregator 1 and inputs the search condition to the product on the catalog aggregator 1. A search is performed (step S238). The search condition includes two search conditions. The first search condition uses information in a catalog of a product existing in the catalog aggregator 1, for example, information such as a product name, a product standard, and a maker name as a search condition. In the second search condition, information existing in the credit bureau 7 such as, for example, corporate credit information of the supplier is used as the search condition.

When the catalog aggregator 1 receives the search condition from the buyer 9, the catalog aggregator 1 performs a search using the first and second search conditions and narrows down products (step S24).
0). That is, the catalog aggregator 1 compares the stored corporate credit information with the search condition input from the buyer 9, and presents the goods of the supplier satisfying the search condition to the buyer 9 as a search result (step S24).
1).

As described above, by searching for a product using the corporate credit information as a search condition, the buyer 9 is searched at the time of product search.
Can avoid the risk of browsing products from unreliable suppliers.

The device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the twelfth embodiment shown in FIGS. 30 and 31 is the same as the device configuration of the eleventh embodiment shown in FIG. Description is omitted.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in the figure, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 27 and 30, the catalog aggregator 1 acquires and stores the company credit information from the credit research company 7 using the company code as a key, and When a request for credit information is issued, the company credit information stored in response to the request is read out and promptly provided. This is intended to reduce the charge for using the credit information to the credit bureau 7. Things.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 32 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. In this system, when a process using corporate credit information occurs (step S311), catalog aggregator 1 obtains corporate credit information from credit research company 7 if there is no such corporate credit information in itself. It is stored, and the stored corporate credit information is refreshed at an arbitrary opportunity (step S313). More specifically, catalog aggregator 1 issues a search request for corporate credit information to credit research company 7 using a corporate code as a search key in response to the occurrence of use processing of corporate credit information (steps S315 and S3).
17). In response to the search request for the corporate credit information from the catalog aggregator 1, the credit research company 7 searches for the corporate credit information, and stores the corporate credit information in the catalog aggregator 1.
(Steps S319 and S321). Upon receiving the corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, the catalog aggregator 1 stores the corporate credit information and provides the corporate credit information to the use process of the corporate credit information (steps S323 and S327). If the company credit information is already stored in the catalog aggregator 1, the stored company credit information is provided to the use process of the company credit information (steps S325 and S32).
7). The process of using the corporate credit information may occur as a process in the catalog aggregator 1 or may occur in other cases.

As described above, by storing the corporate credit information in the catalog aggregator 1 and reusing it, it is possible to quickly respond to the use process of the corporate credit information, and to use the corporate credit information for the credit research company 7. Can reduce the usage fee. Further, unlike the case where the company credit information is provided off-line, unnecessary company credit information is not acquired.

FIG. 34 is a cross-sectional view of the thirteenth embodiment shown in FIGS.
It is a block diagram which shows the apparatus structure of the electronic catalog credit information provision system of embodiment. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
Is a business credit information search request / result receiving unit 17, a business credit information database 18, a business credit information request receiving unit 121 that receives a business credit information request, and a business credit information A company credit information providing unit 123, a company credit information existence checking unit 124 for checking whether the company credit information is present in the company credit information database 18, and catalog information + storing catalog information and a company code. Database 1 with company code
25. Update of the corporate credit information, which sets an update timing of the corporate credit information such that the corporate credit information is updated every access or how many hours in order to update the corporate credit information stored in the corporate credit information database 18. Trigger information storage unit 1
26. In addition, the credit research company 7 has the corporate credit information database 71, a search request receiving / search result transmitting unit 75, and a corporate credit information searching unit 77.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention. The electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 1 sets, for example, the above-described catalog user device 5, catalog aggregator 1, distributor (Nikkei Telecon), etc., which are the EC systems described above, as the second company credit information provider 2. The credit information secondary provider 2 obtains and stores corporate credit information from the credit research company 7, and reads out the stored corporate credit information in response to a request for corporate credit information from the buyer 9, for example. In addition to providing, the history of requests for corporate credit information is stored for each requester such as the buyer 9, and based on the stored history information, the requester is charged for the use fee of corporate credit information. In this case, payment for the use of corporate credit information is made in a lump.

The operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 35 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The second company credit information provider 2 acquires the company credit information from the credit research company 7 (step S36).
1). In addition, the buyer 9a is a second provider of corporate credit information 2
A request to use the company credit information is transmitted to the client (step S363). Note that, here, the buyer 9 is assumed to be temporary, but the buyer 9 need not be the buyer 9 and is not particularly limited to the buyer 9 as long as it uses corporate credit information.

[0130] In the operation of billing the product provider, the billing process may be settled every time the access to the database of the corporate credit information is performed, or the database product provider may pre-pay the billing process. The allowable number of accesses may be determined according to the calculated amount, and the allowable number may be reduced each time there is access.

In the operation of billing request to the browsing requester, the billing process may be settled every time the access to the corporate credit information database is performed, or the amount preliminarily paid by the browsing requester may be settled. The allowable number of accesses may be determined in accordance with the following formula, and the number of allowable times may be reduced each time there is access.

The second provider of corporate credit information 2 is the buyer 9a
Of the company credit information use history (step S36)
5) The company credit information stored in the system is transmitted to the buyer 9a (step S367).

[0133] Further, another buyer 9b receives the corporate credit information 2
A request to use the corporate credit information is transmitted to the next provider 2 (step S369). In contrast, corporate credit information 2
Similarly, the next provider 2 saves the company credit information use history of the buyer 9b (step S371), and transmits the company credit information stored in the system to the buyer 9a (step S373).

Next, the secondary company credit information provider 2 charges a usage fee for the company credit information for each buyer 9 based on the usage history of the company credit information (step S375). In addition, the second company credit information provider 2 collectively pays an information usage fee corresponding to the used amount of the used company credit information to the credit research company 7 (step S377). As a result, the credit bureau 7 can eliminate the need to individually collect fees, thereby improving efficiency.

FIG. 37 is a cross-sectional view of the fourteenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 35 and 36.
It is a block diagram which shows the apparatus structure of the electronic catalog credit information provision system of embodiment. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 1, a secondary company credit information provider 2 receives a company credit information from a credit research company 7, a company credit information receiving unit 21, and a company that stores the received company credit information. The credit information database 22 receives a request from the corporate credit information from the buyer 9, receives the corporate credit information from the buyer 9, transmits a corporate credit information to the buyer 9, and responds to the request. Corporate credit information use history storage unit 24 for storing corporate credit information use history database 2 for storing corporate credit information use history
5, a credit check company charge lump sum payment unit 26 for making a lump sum payment to the credit check company 7 and a buyer charge charging unit 27 for charging the buyer 9 a charge. Further, the credit research company 7 is composed of the corporate credit information database 71 and a corporate credit information transmitting unit 79 for transmitting the corporate credit information to the secondary corporate credit information provider 2.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing the configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 1, the catalog aggregator 1 obtains the corporate credit information of the catalog provider device 3 requested by the buyer 9 from the credit research company 7 and provides the buyer 9 with the corporate credit information. The acquisition history of the credit information is stored, and the catalog provider device 3 is charged for the usage fee of the corporate credit information used by the buyer 9 based on the stored history information. In addition,
In the present embodiment, the catalog aggregator 1 is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all devices that reuse corporate credit information. That is, based on the result of the buyer 9 referring to the corporate credit information, the catalog provider apparatus 3 as the supplier is referred to.
When the user purchases the product, the user is charged for the use of the corporate credit information.

Next, the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG. 38 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The catalog aggregator 1 acquires corporate credit information from the credit bureau 7 if necessary (step S391). This processing is more specifically described in a catalog in which the catalog aggregator 1 is a supplier of the product selected by the buyer 9. The search request for the credit information of the provider device 3 is made to the credit research company 7 (step S393). This search request is performed using the company code of the catalog provider device 3 as a search key. Credit research company 7
Receives the search request from the catalog aggregator 1, searches for the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 in response to the request, and transmits the corporate credit information to the catalog aggregator 1 (step S395). The catalog aggregator 1 stores the company credit information of the catalog provider device 3 received from the credit research company 7 (Step S397).

Next, the buyer 9 sets the catalog aggregator 1
, The catalog aggregator 1 saves the use history of the corporate credit information used by the buyer 9 (step S401), and stores the usage history of the corporate credit information used by the buyer 9 (step S401). 9
Responds to the request for use of the company credit information by the user (step S403). Then, the catalog aggregator 1 refers to the usage history of the corporate credit information used by the buyer 9, and charges a usage fee of the information to the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier referred to the corporate credit information ( Step S405).

As a result, an information use fee can be charged not only from the buyer 9 referring to the company credit information but also from the catalog provider device 3 which is the supplier referred to the company credit information.

FIG. 40 shows the fifteenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 38 and 39.
It is a block diagram which shows the apparatus structure of the electronic catalog credit information provision system of embodiment. In the electronic catalog credit information providing system shown in FIG.
Receives a request for corporate credit information from the buyer 9 in addition to the corporate credit information search request / result receiving unit 17 and the corporate credit information database 18, and receives and responds to the corporate credit information request / response unit 131 in response to the request. , Corporate credit information use history storage unit 1 for storing the use history of corporate credit information
32, a corporate credit information usage history database 133 for storing the usage history of corporate credit information, and a supplier information user fee billing unit 135 for charging an information usage fee to a supplier who is the catalog provider device 3. . The credit research company 7 is composed of the corporate credit information database 71, a search request receiving / search result transmitting unit 75, and a corporate credit information searching unit 77.

[0141]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the product provider browses the catalog information and selects a product, the company code of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product is assigned to the catalog information. Since the business credit information is presented to the buyer of the product, the buyer of the product looks at the business credit information,
The risk of purchasing a product from a product provider that is an untrusted supplier can be avoided.

Further, according to the present invention, the company code of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects the product, the company credit information on the provider of the product is provided. If the selection is made under the search condition that includes, the product that matches the search condition will be searched based on the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the product catalog information. Can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and narrow down product providers with corporate credit information It is also possible to avoid complications in selecting products.

Further, according to the present invention, the merchandise provider registers conditions relating to the credit information of the merchandise purchaser, and compares the conditions relating to the credit information of the merchandise purchaser with the corporate credit information of the merchandise purchaser. Only when the product credit company's corporate credit information satisfies the condition of the product provider regarding the credit information of the product buyer, browsing of catalog information is permitted, so the product provider can place orders from unreliable product buyers beforehand. Can be prevented.

According to the present invention, the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns the company code of the product provider to the catalog information, acquires and stores the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code, Since the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code is returned to the catalog user device in response to the request for the company credit information from the user device, the catalog user device is an interface between the electronic catalog aggregation device and the credit research company. In addition, there is no need to prepare, pay, or contract, and the credit bureau does not need to manage a plurality of catalog user devices, and collects charges all at once. Further, the fee for collecting information from the credit bureau can be shared by a plurality of catalog user devices.

Further, according to the present invention, the company code of the product provider is given to the catalog information, and the purchaser of the product browses the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code in browsing the catalog information. Therefore, the buyer of the product can avoid the risk of purchasing the product from the product provider, which is an unreliable supplier.

Further, according to the present invention, the company code of the product provider is added to the catalog information, and when the product purchaser browses the catalog information and selects the product, the company credit information on the product provider is selected. If the selection is made under the search condition that includes, the product that matches the search condition will be searched based on the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the product catalog information. Can exclude products from unreliable product providers at the time of product search, avoid the risk of browsing and selecting such products, and narrow down product providers with corporate credit information It is also possible to avoid complications in selecting products.

According to the present invention, the electronic catalog aggregation device stores the company credit information and provides the stored company credit information in response to the request for the company credit information. , And the fee for using the credit information to the credit bureau can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the secondary provider of corporate credit information acquires and stores corporate credit information, and reads out and provides the stored corporate credit information in response to a request for corporate credit information. The request history of corporate credit information is stored for each requester, and based on this history information, the requester is charged for the use of corporate credit information, and the credit bureau is used for corporate credit information. Because payment is made, corporate credit information can be promptly provided in response to a request for corporate credit information, and information usage fees can be accurately charged based on the requester's request history information. For the information used, the fee can be paid in a lump.

Further, according to the present invention, the acquisition history of the corporate credit information by the product purchaser is stored, and the use fee of the corporate credit information used by the product purchaser is charged to the product provider based on this history information. The information usage fee can be charged not only from the product purchaser who referred to the company credit information but also from the product provider referred to by the company credit information.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a device configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fifth embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the sixth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the seventh embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a seventh embodiment shown in FIGS. 16 and 17;

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the eighth embodiment shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the eighth embodiment shown in FIGS. 19 and 20;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the ninth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the ninth embodiment shown in FIGS. 22 and 23;

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the tenth embodiment shown in FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the eleventh embodiment shown in FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the eleventh embodiment shown in FIGS. 27 and 28.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the twelfth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the thirteenth embodiment shown in FIG. 32;

FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the thirteenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 32 and 33.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fourteenth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 37 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system according to the fourteenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 35 and 36.

FIG. 38 is a view showing a system configuration of an electronic catalog credit information providing system according to a fifteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fifteenth embodiment shown in FIG. 38;

40 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of the electronic catalog credit information providing system of the fifteenth embodiment shown in FIGS. 38 and 39. FIG.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 catalog aggregator 3 catalog provider device (supplier) 5 catalog user device (EC system) 7 credit research company 9 buyer 11 catalog data collection / reception unit 12 catalog processing unit 12a company code assignment unit 13 catalog cutout unit 14 catalog distribution unit 15 Shared catalog information database 31 Catalog data transmitting unit 51 EC system catalog linking unit 52 EC system catalog database 53, 54 Corporate credit information search request / result receiving unit 55, 71 Corporate credit information database 73 Corporate code distribution unit 75 Search request receiving / Search result transmission unit 77 Corporate credit information search unit 91 Product selection / supplier corporate credit information browsing unit

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[Claims] An electronic catalog aggregation device that provides collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device that permits browsing of an electronic catalog provided from the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information assigning system comprising: a company code assigning means for assigning a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information and providing the company information to a catalog user device. The catalog user device, when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product, the product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the selected product. And a means for presenting credit information to the purchaser of the product. Catalog credit information providing system. 2. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information assigning system comprising: a company code assigning means for assigning a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information and providing the company information to a catalog user device. When the catalog purchaser browses the catalog information and selects a product, the catalog user device performs a catalog of the product when the selection is performed using search conditions including corporate credit information on the provider of the product. Based on the product credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the information Electronic catalog credit information imparting system characterized by having a search means for searching for items that match the serial search. 3. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system comprising: a catalog user device, wherein the catalog user device registers a condition relating to credit information of a product purchaser by a product provider when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information. Means, when the purchaser of the product intends to browse the catalog information, comparing the conditions regarding the credit information of the product purchaser by the product provider with the corporate credit information of the product purchaser, and Will only be able to view the catalog information if the product provider Electronic catalog credit information providing system which is characterized in that it has a browsing permission means to be portable. 4. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: an electronic catalog aggregation device, wherein the electronic catalog aggregation device assigns a company code of a product provider to catalog information obtained from a product provider; Catalog information distributing means for distributing the obtained catalog information to the catalog user device; corporate credit information acquiring means for acquiring and storing corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to a company code; and When the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code is requested , Electronic catalog credit information imparting system characterized in that it has a corporate credit information returning means for returning the goods provider of business credit information corresponding to the company code acquired by Credit information obtaining unit to the catalog user device. 5. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog according to a request for browsing the electronic catalog and for selecting a product. The electronic catalog aggregation device further includes: a company code assigning unit that assigns a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information; and a catalog of the selected product when a purchaser of the product browses the catalog information. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a corporate credit information browsing means for enabling a purchaser of a product to view corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to a corporate code assigned to the information. 6. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog according to a request for browsing the electronic catalog and for selecting a product. The electronic catalog aggregation device further includes: a company code assigning unit that assigns a company code of a product provider to the collected catalog information; and a product purchaser browses the catalog information and selects a product. If the selection is made under the search condition including the business credit information on the provider of the product, the product that matches the search condition based on the business credit information of the product provider corresponding to the business code assigned to the catalog information of the product And a search means for searching for an electronic catalog. 7. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog according to a request for browsing the electronic catalog and selecting a product. The electronic catalog aggregation device includes: a business credit information storage unit that obtains and stores business credit information from a credit research company; and a business credit information corresponding to the request for the business credit information from the business credit information storage unit. And a company credit information providing means for reading and providing the information. 8. The electronic catalog information collected for each product,
An electronic catalog credit information granting system that permits browsing in response to a browsing request, comprising: a corporate credit information storage unit that stores corporate credit information of a product provider; and a corporate credit information storage unit that receives a browsing request for corporate information. A browsing permission unit that allows browsing of the corporate credit information of the requesting company, a history storage unit that stores a corporate credit information browsing request history for each browsing requester, and a corporate credit information browsing request stored in the history storing unit. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a usage fee clearing means for charging a viewing requester for usage based on a history. 9. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog according to a request for browsing the electronic catalog and for selecting a product. Then, when permission to browse the electronic catalog is received in response to the browsing request for the electronic catalog, upon receiving a notification that the product has been selected, the provider of the product is provided with the company credit information of the browse requester. An electronic catalog credit information providing system having a buyer credit information posting means for presenting. 10. An electronic catalog credit information granting system for permitting browsing of electronic catalog information collected for each product in response to a browsing request, wherein the corporate credit information is provided to provide secondarily corporate credit information of a product provider. The secondary information provider obtains and stores the corporate credit information from the credit research company, and reads out the corresponding corporate credit information from the corporate credit information storing means in response to the request for the corporate credit information. History storage means for providing the request history of the corporate credit information for each requester, and charging the use request of the corporate credit information to the requester based on the stored history information. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a usage fee settlement means for paying a usage fee for corporate credit information to a company. 11. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog according to a request for browsing the electronic catalog and for selecting a product. A device including an electronic catalog aggregation device that uses the product credit information of the product provider obtains the product credit information of the product provider requested by the product purchaser from the credit research company and provides it to the product purchaser. History storing means for storing a history of acquisition of corporate credit information by the product purchaser, and charging the product provider a fee for use of the corporate credit information of the product provider used by the product purchaser based on the stored history information. And an electronic catalog credit information providing system. 12. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a catalog information collection unit that collects catalog information of a product from a product provider; and a company that obtains a company code of the product provider from a credit research company. Code obtaining means, company code assigning means for assigning the acquired company code to catalog information collected from the product provider, and catalog information distributing means for distributing the catalog information assigned with the company code to the catalog user device And the catalog user device comprises: Catalog information receiving means for receiving the catalog information distributed from the catalog aggregation device together with the company code, and presenting the catalog information so that the purchaser of the product can view the catalog information. And a corporate credit information presenting means for presenting, to a purchaser of the product, corporate credit information of a product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the selected product when the product is selected. Electronic catalog credit information grant system. 13. An electronic catalog aggregation apparatus for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user apparatus, and a catalog user apparatus for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation apparatus in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a catalog information collection unit that collects catalog information of a product from a product provider; and a company that obtains a company code of the product provider from a credit research company. Code obtaining means, company code assigning means for assigning the acquired company code to catalog information collected from the product provider, and catalog information distributing means for distributing the catalog information assigned with the company code to the catalog user device And the catalog user device comprises: Catalog information receiving means for receiving the catalog information distributed from the catalog aggregation device together with the company code, and presenting the catalog information so that the purchaser of the product can view the catalog information. In selecting a product, if the selection is made under a search condition including corporate credit information on the product provider, based on the corporate credit information of the product provider corresponding to the corporate code assigned to the catalog information of the product. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a search unit that searches for a product that satisfies the search condition; and a product information presentation unit that presents the searched product information to a purchaser of the product. 14. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system comprising: a catalog information collection unit that collects catalog information of a product from a product provider; and distributes the collected catalog information to the catalog user device. A catalog information distribution unit, wherein the catalog user device is distributed from an electronic catalog aggregation device, and a purchaser credit condition registration unit that receives and registers a condition relating to credit information of a product purchaser from a product provider. Receive catalog information coming from this Cataro Catalog information receiving means for presenting the information so that the purchaser of the product can view the information; and when the purchaser of the product intends to view the catalog information, the conditions regarding the credit information of the purchaser and the corporate credit of the purchaser. Credit information comparing means for comparing the information with the information, and browsing permission for permitting the browsing of the catalog information only when the business credit information of the product purchaser satisfies the condition regarding the credit information of the product purchaser by the product provider as a result of the comparison And an electronic catalog credit information providing system. 15. An electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected catalog information to a catalog user device, and a catalog user device for permitting browsing of an electronic catalog provided by the electronic catalog aggregation device in response to a browsing request. An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: a catalog information collection unit that collects catalog information of a product from a product provider; and a company that obtains a company code of the product provider from a credit research company. Code obtaining means, company code assigning means for assigning the acquired company code to catalog information collected from the product provider, and catalog information distributing means for distributing the catalog information assigned with the company code to the catalog user device And the company of the product provider corresponding to the company code Means for obtaining and storing the business information, and when the catalog user device requests the business credit information of the product provider corresponding to the business code, the business code obtained by the business credit information obtaining means. And a company credit information returning means for returning the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the above to the catalog user device, wherein the catalog user device transmits the catalog information distributed from the electronic catalog aggregation device together with the company code. Catalog information receiving means for receiving and presenting this catalog information so that a purchaser of the product can view the catalog information; and when the purchaser of the product browses the catalog information and selects a product, the catalog information of the selected product Requests the electronic catalog aggregation device for the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the given company code. An electronic catalog credit information providing system comprising: a corporate credit information requesting unit; and a corporate credit information receiving unit that receives corporate credit information of a product provider returned from an electronic catalog aggregation device. 16. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog and selecting a product in response to a browsing request for the electronic catalog. The electronic catalog aggregation device comprises: catalog information collecting means for collecting catalog information of a product from a product provider; company code obtaining means for obtaining a company code of a product provider from a credit research company; A company code assigning means for assigning a code to the catalog information collected from the product provider; a catalog information browsing means for allowing the purchaser of the product to browse the catalog information to which the company code is assigned; When browsing information, the company code given to the catalog information of this selected product An electronic catalog credit information providing system, comprising: corporate credit information browsing means for enabling a purchaser of a product to view corporate credit information of a corresponding product provider. 17. A system having an electronic catalog aggregation device for providing collected electronic catalog information to a catalog user device, and permitting browsing to the electronic catalog and selecting a product in response to a browsing request for the electronic catalog. The electronic catalog aggregation device comprises: catalog information collecting means for collecting catalog information of a product from a product provider; company code obtaining means for obtaining a company code of a product provider from a credit research company; A company code assigning means for assigning a code to the catalog information collected from the product provider; a catalog information browsing means for allowing the purchaser of the product to browse the catalog information to which the company code is assigned; When browsing information and selecting a product, a search that includes corporate credit information about the product provider is required. A search unit that searches for a product that satisfies the search condition based on the company credit information of the product provider corresponding to the company code assigned to the catalog information of the product when the selection is performed under the search condition. An electronic catalog credit information providing system characterized by the following.