JP2003271834A - Commodity dealing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make easily retrievable a commodity that a person desires to buy it. <P>SOLUTION: A commodity dealing system is provided with a store server connected with user's terminal unit and an address registration server. The address registration server is provided with an address data transmission function which stores address data and commodity information, retrieves address data corresponding to the commodity information transmitted from the store server, and transmits the address data to the store server. The store server is provided with an address data retrieval demand function which transmits information of a commodity which is out of stock to the address registration server and demands address data retrieval of the store server handling the commodity when the store server discriminates that the commodity is out of stock by a stock situation confirmation function and an address data informing function which receives the address data to be retrieved and transmitted by the address registration server and informs user's terminal unit of it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commodity trading system, and more particularly to a system for trading a commodity using a network. It also relates to a commodity trading method and a commodity trading program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, commodity trading using a network such as the Internet has been actively carried out. And
The procedure for an individual user to purchase a predetermined product is performed as follows. First, the user directly connects to the product sales site and sends the order information of the desired product. Then, the merchandise sales site receives the order from the user, and delivers the merchandise to the address designated by the user by courier or the like. Alternatively, the user connects to the server etc. of a merchandise sales agent,
An intermediary accepts an order from the user, the intermediary connects to the product sales site, the product sales site accepts the order from the intermediary, delivers the product to the intermediary in accordance with the order, and the intermediary uses the courier to deliver the user to the user. The item will be delivered to the specified address.

FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of the configuration of a conventional commodity trading system. As shown in this figure, the conventional merchandise trading system using an intermediary is a user terminal 301, a store server A303 (commodity sales site), a store server B303 (commodity sales site), an intermediary server 304, and these. And an Internet 302 (network) that connects the two to each other.

The user accesses the home page 304 of a merchandise sales agency established on the Internet 302 via the user terminal 301, and orders the merchandise to be purchased. The intermediary company orders the merchandise sales site A or the merchandise sales site B by designating the merchandise ordered by the user and the delivery address. The merchandise selling site that has received the order delivers the ordered merchandise to the intermediary through a courier or the like. The broker who receives the product delivers the product to the address designated by the user by courier or the like.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional example has the following disadvantages. First, if the user directly accesses the product sales site and searches for the inventory, the user has to search another site if the product sales site is out of stock. The work burden on the user increases, such as the time and effort required to check the inventory.

[0006] Further, when the user receives the delivery of the merchandise via the intermediary, the intermediary will search and ship the merchandise, but it takes time to deliver the merchandise and the intermediary. Is profitable by mediating,
It is necessary for the product sales site and the user to bear the amount as a commission or usage fee. Furthermore, it is necessary for the intermediary to update the database such as the whereabouts of the product sales site owned by the intermediary, and it was not possible to immediately update it in accordance with the change of the product sales site.

[0007]

It is an object of the present invention to improve the inconveniences of the above-mentioned conventional example, and in particular, it is possible to easily search for a desired product for purchase, to reduce the use cost, and to allow the user to easily use the product. An object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise trading system and method and a merchandise trading program.

[0008]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a store server connected to a user terminal via a network is provided, and the store server stores inventory information of products handled by the store and the user terminal. It has a stock status confirmation function of receiving the purchase desired product information transmitted from the product and confirming the stock status of the product. An address registration server connected to the store server via a network is provided, and the address registration server stores address data of a product sales site opened by the store server and product information handled by the store, and the store server. It has an address data transmission function of searching for address data corresponding to the product information transmitted from and transmitting the address data to the store server. Further, when the store server determines that the product is out of stock by the inventory status check function, the store server sends information of the product not in stock to the address registration server and requests address data search of the store server that handles the product. A configuration is provided in which a search request function and an address data notification function of receiving address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server and notifying the user terminal are provided (claim 1).

With such a configuration, the store server first accesses the address registration server when the product ordered by the user is not in stock at the store,
Request a search for the address data of the store that handles the product. Then, the address registration server extracts the address data of the store handling the product from its own database and transmits it to the store server that received the search request. After that, the store server transmits the address data of the other store server notified from the address registration server to the user terminal. Therefore, the user can easily access the sites opened by other stores and easily search the stock status of desired products. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user and
Since it does not mediate with other traders during the product transaction, it is possible to reduce the usage cost and improve the usage frequency of the user.

Further, the store server does not notify the user of the address data of another store when the product desired by the user is not in stock at the store server, but determines whether or not the other store has the stock. Alternatively, the search result may be sent to the user terminal. That is, an inventory inquiry function that receives the address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server and requests the other store server of the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user, and the inventory store function from the other store server. And a transaction agency function for acting on behalf of the establishment of a merchandise transaction between another store and the user when the information to that effect is received. At this time, the store server not only inquires the inventory status of the product to another store server, but when another store server requests the inventory status inquiry of the predetermined product, the store server searches the inventory of the product and stores the inventory. When there is, there is a stock status notification function of transmitting information to that effect to another store server that received the request (claim 2).

With such a configuration, the store server that has received an order for a product from the user requests the address registration server for the address data of another store server if there is no stock in its own store, and based on this, Inquires about inventory to other store servers. Then, if there is inventory, the store server establishes a transaction with another store and the user.
That is, an order for a product from a user is accepted and arrangements are made so that the product is delivered to the user from another store. Therefore, when the user orders the product from one store server, the stock confirmation is executed up to the other stores, so that the product can be easily purchased. In addition, the store server may request a stock search from another store by partnering with another store, which does not reduce the sales opportunity, but rather promotes sales by increasing the user's use opportunity. be able to.

Further, in the above case, the transaction agency function of the store server transmits information indicating that the other store server has stock to the user terminal, and also transmits the user information of the user terminal to the other store server. It is desirable that the function be a function (claim 3). As a result, the user can know that the contract for the product transaction has been established, and other stores that have the ordered product in stock can obtain the information necessary for delivering the product, so that the transaction arrangement can be performed. It can be speeded up.

Further, in any of the above cases, the address data search request function of the store server is a function of transmitting to the address registration server information related to the product and information related to the address of the user who desires to purchase the product. The address data transmission function of the address registration server retrieves the address data by referring to the user address information transmitted from the store server and the location information of the store which is the address destination, and transmits the address data to the store server. It is desirable that the function be a function (claim 4).

As a result, the address registration server retrieves the address data of the store handling the product ordered by the user in consideration of the user's address. Therefore, for example, the user selects the product from a store near his / her home. It can be purchased, and the delivery cost can be reduced and the delivery time can be shortened.

Further, the shop server is provided with a delivery company server connected via a network, and the shop server is
A delivery destination information notification function for transmitting user information including address information of a user who has completed a product transaction to the delivery agency server is provided, and the delivery agency server makes a delivery plan based on the user information received from the store server. It is desirable to have a delivery planning function (Claim 5).

[0016] Thus, the delivery company can plan a delivery route with less delivery effort in consideration of the delivery destination address, delivery time, etc., and can reduce delivery cost and delivery time. It is possible to improve convenience.

Further, according to the present invention, a store server and an address registration server, which are connected to the user terminal via the network, are provided, and the store server executes a product transaction in response to a product purchase request from the user terminal. A method for confirming the stock status, wherein the store server receives the desired product information to be purchased transmitted from the user terminal and confirms the stock status of the product based on the stock information of the handled product stored in the store server. And an address data search request step of requesting a search for address data of another store server that handles the product by transmitting information on the product not in stock to the address registration server when the store server determines that the product is out of stock. In response to this search request, the product handled by the other store stored in the address registration server together with the address data of the other store server Address data transmission step of searching address data based on the information and transmitting the address data to the store server, and address data notification of the store server receiving the address data transmitted by the address registration server and notifying the user terminal Also provided is a commodity trading method including steps (claim 6).

In place of the address data notification step, the store server receives the address data transmitted by the address registration server and inquires the other store servers at the address destination about the stock status of the product desired by the user. A stock inquiry step of requesting and a transaction agency step of acting on behalf of the establishment of a merchandise transaction between another store and a user when the store server receives information indicating that there is inventory from another store server During any of the above steps, when another store server requests a stock status inquiry of a predetermined product, the stock of the product is searched, and when the stock is available, the information indicating that is available. And a step of notifying the stock status transmitted to the customer (claim 7).

Further, the store server is a program for controlling the operation of the store server so as to execute a product transaction in accordance with a product purchase request from the user terminal, and receives the purchase desired product information transmitted from the user terminal. Then, the stock status confirmation process for checking the stock status of the product based on the stock information of the handled product stored in the store server, and the information of the product not in stock when it is determined that there is no stock, the address registration server Stored in the address registration server together with the address data of the other store server in response to this search request and the address data search request processing for requesting the search of the address data of the other store server that handles the product. An ad that receives the address data retrieved and transmitted based on the product information handled by the other store and notifies the user terminal And Sudeta notification process, also the commodity for Puroramu for controlling the operation of the shop server to the run are provided (claim 8).

Then, instead of the address data notification processing, a search is performed based on the product information handled by the other store stored in the address registration server together with the address data of the other store server in response to the search request from the store server. The stock inquiry process of receiving the sent and transmitted address data and requesting the other store server of the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user, and the information indicating that there is stock from the other store server. When a request is made to inquire about the stock status of a certain product from another store server along with the transaction proxy processing that acts on behalf of establishing a product transaction between another store and the user When there is a stock transaction notification process that sends information to that effect to another store server, and a commodity transaction professional that controls the operation of the store server to execute the process. Also it provides a ram (claim 9). Even in this case, the same operation and effect as described above can be obtained.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION <First Embodiment> A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. 2 to 3 are user interfaces displayed on the user terminal. 4 to 5 are sequence diagrams showing the operation of the present invention.

(Structure) As shown in FIG. 1, the product sales system of the present invention includes a store server 3 connected to a user terminal 1 via a network 2 and at least this store server 3 via the network 2. It is provided with the connected address registration server 4. Further, the store server 3 is further connected to the delivery company server 5 via the network 2.
Are connected. This allows the user to
Also, by accessing the store server 3 via the network 2 to order a predetermined product, and having the product delivered to the store server 3 while at home or from another place without visiting the store. You can shop online even when you are away. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

(User Terminal) The user terminal 1 is a personal computer owned by a general user, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an information mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, or the like. And
The user terminal 1 has an information processing capacity and an information storage capacity that a general computer has, and
A communication function is provided so that a store server 3 (specifically, a product sales site opened by the store server 3) described later can be accessed via the network 2. That is, the user terminal 1 is equipped with a communication means such as a modem and a terminal adapter and a communication program so that a website or the like connected to the network 2 can be accessed.

The user terminal 1 is also provided with an input unit and a display unit (not shown). Then, the content of the accessed website is displayed on the display unit, and, for example, a product order screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. In addition, predetermined character information can be input from the input unit, and predetermined information can be input in the input field of the product order screen and the information can be transmitted to the website.

(Network) The network 2 uses a dedicated line, a telephone line, a wired line such as a cable for CATV, or a wireless line such as a mobile phone line and uses TCP / I.
It is the Internet that communicates using a communication protocol such as the P protocol. However, it may be an intranet that operates only within a specific company or a specific network that communicates using a protocol other than TCP / IP.

(Store Server) The store server 3 is a terminal such as a server computer or a personal computer owned by a predetermined company or retail store. And
The store server 3 has an information processing capacity and an information storage capacity that a general computer has, and also has a communication function. Further, the store server 3 operates as a web server and has a function of opening a website that can be accessed by general users on the network at all times. This website is a product sales site that sells products handled by its own store.

Therefore, the store server 3 has the following functions and information in order to open a product sales site.
First, the storage device 31 of the store server 3 stores list information of products that can be sold and inventory information thereof. In addition, the contents of the product sales site to be transmitted to the user terminal 1 that has accessed are stored. An arithmetic unit (not shown) of the server 3 is equipped with an inventory status confirmation function of receiving the desired purchase product information transmitted from the user terminal 1 and confirming the inventory status of the product. When this function is activated and inventory is confirmed, the user terminal is notified of that fact, and its own store ships the product to the user or consigns it to another delivery company, Is delivered to the user. The user completes a product transaction by making a credit payment online or paying a fee when delivered home. Here, the above procedure is the same as the procedure used in the conventional online shopping, and therefore its details are omitted.

Further, the store server 3 in this embodiment.
Further, when the inventory status check function determines that the product is out of stock, the product information of the product that is not in stock is transmitted to the address registration server 4 to retrieve address data of another store server 3 that handles the product. Inventory data inquiry request function and inventory inquiry that receives the address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server 4 and requests the other store server 3 of the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user. Functions, a transaction agency function for acting on behalf of the establishment of a merchandise transaction between another store and the user when the information indicating that there is an inventory is received from the other store server 3, and the merchandise inventory for the other store server 3. In addition to inquiring about the situation, when another store server 3 requests an inquiry about the stock status of a predetermined product, the stock of the product is searched, and when the stock is available, information about that is displayed. And a stock status notification function to be sent to another shop server 3 which has received the request.

The above functions will be described in detail below. For convenience of explanation, the store server that receives the product search request directly from the user terminal 1 is the store server A, another store server is the store server B, and another store server is the store. The server N will be described.

The address data search request function sends the merchandise information to the address registration server 4 when there is no stock in the own store, that is, when the stock information in the storage device 31 is referred to. Then, at this time, a search for another store that handles the product is requested. The operation of the address registration server 4 will be described later. Here, the address registration server 4 searches the store server B3, and the address data of the product sales site opened by the store server B3 is transmitted to the store server A3.

Further, the address data search request function is
The address registration server 4 may be sent with the information on the product and the information on the address of the user who desires to purchase the product. In this way, as will be described later, the address registration server 4 searches for another store server 3 that handles products desired by the user in consideration of the user's address. For example, if a store close to the user's home is selected,
Shipping costs for purchased products are low.

Then, in the inventory inquiry function, the store server B
Address data for accessing 3 (eg UR
L) is received, and the store server A3 accesses the store server B3 based on the data. Then, the information about the products that the store has run out of stock is transmitted to the store server B3,
Ask if it is in stock.

Since the other store server B3 has basically the same configuration as the store server A3, it has an inventory status notification function, and when the inventory of the inquired product is searched and there is an inventory, that is the case. To the store server A3.

The transaction surrogate function mediates the transaction between the user terminal 1 and the store server B3. That is, the store server A3, which has been notified by the store server B3 that the product that the user desires to purchase is in stock, transmits information indicating that the store server B3 has the stock to the user terminal 1 and the store, for example. The user information of the user terminal 1 is transmitted to the server B3. Accordingly, the store server B3 can sell the product to the user based on the user information, and the user has ordered from the store server A3 but has previously received a notification from the store server B3 that the product will be purchased. It is possible to suppress confusion when the product arrives.

Further, the store server A3 does not operate as a server that receives an order from a user, and like the store server B3, another store server N3 may be requested to confirm the stock status of a certain product. possible. That is, when the store server N3 requests an inquiry about the stock status of a predetermined product, the stock status notification function operates, and when the stock of the product is searched for, the information about that is received when the request is received. To the store server N3.

Further, the store server 3 is provided with a delivery destination information notifying function for transmitting user information including address information of a user who has completed a merchandise transaction to the delivery company server 5 described later. Thereby, the delivery company server 5 can obtain the information of the delivery destination and can make an efficient delivery plan in advance.

Here, for each function of the store server 3 as described above, each function program is stored in the store server 3.
It can be realized by being incorporated in the arithmetic unit of. Then, this program is stored in the storage device of the store server 3 in advance or provided in a portable medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments described later. Then, the program for controlling the operation of the store server 3 for the commodity transaction receives, for example, the desired purchase product information transmitted from the user terminal 1 and based on the inventory information of the handled products stored in the store server 3 concerned. Inventory status confirmation processing for confirming the inventory status of the product, and address data of another store server 3 that handles the product by transmitting information of the product not in stock to the address registration server 4 when it is determined that the product is not in stock. And the address data search request processing for requesting the search, and the search request is sent based on the product information handled by the other store stored in the address registration server 4 together with the address data of the other store server 3 in response to the search request. An inventory inquiry service that receives the address data described above and requests the store server of the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user. And a transaction proxy process for acting on behalf of the establishment of a product transaction between another store and the user when the information indicating that the product is in stock is received from the other store server 3, and the inventory of a predetermined product from another store server. The operation of the store server 3 is controlled so as to execute an inventory status notification process of searching the inventory of the product when a status inquiry is requested and transmitting information to that effect to the other store server when the inventory is available. It is a commodity trading program that

By doing so, the store server A
3 is particularly beneficial when the user orders a plurality of products and all the products are out of stock. That is, in the conventional system, if the ordered product is not in one store, it is troublesome to place an order at a plurality of stores, and the user may search for another store. Then, it may not be possible for the store server A3 to purchase a product that is in stock. On the other hand, in the case like this embodiment,
Actually, there may be multiple stores ordering products,
Since the user only needs to access the store server A3 to place an order, a product that is in stock at the store server A3 is purchased at the store A, and another product is purchased at another store B. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a decrease in sales opportunities, rather increase the convenience of the user, thereby increasing the frequency of use and promoting sales.

(Address Registration Server) Here, the address registration server 4 stores information about the products it handles when the above-mentioned store uses this system, address data of the product sales site to be opened, and a server computer to register. Is. The server 4 is, for example, a computer managed by a company operating the system or jointly managed by stores registering in the system.

The address registration server 4 is a general server computer having a computing device (not shown) and a storage device 41, and also has a communication function. Then, the store server 3 described above is connected via the network 2 and is always accessible from the store server 3.

As described above, the storage device 41 stores merchandise information and address data handled for each store. These pieces of information are formed by the LDAP directory service so that a large amount of queries or search operations can be immediately responded to. In such a case, the store server 3 makes a search request using the LDAP protocol.

Further, the arithmetic unit of the address registration server 4 is provided with an address data transmission function of searching address data corresponding to the product information transmitted from the store server 3 and transmitting the address data to the store server 3. ing. Then, when the user address information is transmitted from the store server 3, the address data transmitting function searches the address data by referring to the user address information and the location information of the store that is the access destination of the address data. Then, the retrieved address data is stored in the store server 3
Send to. As a result, a store that is close to the user's home is searched, so that when the purchase of the product is decided at the store, the shipping cost of the product can be reduced.

(Delivery Agent Server) Further, a delivery agent server 5 is connected to the store server 3 via the network 2. The delivery company server 5 is a computer owned by a company that delivers products purchased by users from stores to user homes. Like the above-described computer, this computer is also a general computer that includes a storage device and an arithmetic device and can be connected to the network 2.
Then, the store server 3 may be always connectable.

In particular, this delivery company server is provided with a delivery planning function for making a delivery plan based on the user information received from the store server 3, that is, the address of the user who is the delivery destination. For example, the delivery company server 5 stores map information including road information in detail in advance, and automatically refers to such information and addresses of a plurality of delivery destinations so as to reduce a loss of traveling distance during delivery. It is a function to set the delivery route.

(Operation) Next, the operation of the present system will be described with reference to the display screens of the user terminal 1 shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 and the sequence diagrams shown in FIGS. 4 to 5.

In the following explanation of the operation, a case where a certain user purchases "book A" and "notebook B" will be explained. Then, an attempt is made to purchase both products from the store server A (hereinafter, also referred to as a product sales site A) 3, but there is no stock of the “notebook B” at the product sales site A3. That is, an example of purchasing a plurality of products from different product sales sites 3 will be described.

First, the user, via the user terminal 1,
The store server A3 accesses the product sales site A opened on the Internet 2 (step S1). In response to this, the product sales site A3 transmits a product purchase screen to the user terminal 1 (step S2). Then, the product purchase screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display unit such as the display of the user terminal 1 (step S3).

Subsequently, the user determines the product to be purchased and inputs the product name on the purchase screen on the screen of the user terminal 1 (step S4). Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the user inputs the book name, the delivery address, and the purchaser's name in order to purchase the “book A” and the “notebook B”. The information of the product that the user desires to purchase and the address information of the user input in this way are temporarily stored in the user terminal 1 as purchase information. After that, the purchase information stored in the user terminal 1 is stored in the Internet 2 on the merchandise sales site A3 which is the store server A3 according to the user's instruction (for example, clicking the "send" button in FIG. 3 with the mouse) of the user. Is transmitted through (step S5).

Subsequently, when the product sales site A3 receives the purchase information from the user terminal 1, first, the product sales site A3 assigns an order number corresponding to the product from the product information (step S6).
The storage device 31 of the user for the product purchased by the user
Search the database for inventory in. Then, first, it is confirmed whether or not the inventory of the first product, "book A", is in the store (site) (step S7, inventory status confirmation step). Here, in this embodiment, it is assumed that there is an inventory. In this case, shipping instruction information (order number, product name: book A, user name, delivery address) is transmitted to the delivery company server 5 (step S8). The delivery company server 5, which has received the shipping instruction in this way, receives the shipping instruction information and temporarily stores it (step S9).

Subsequently, the merchandise selling site A3 confirms whether or not the second item, "Note B", is in stock at its own site (step S10). In this embodiment, it is assumed that there is no stock. In this case, in order to search for another product sales site (store server) that has stock, a search request for the product sales site (product name: Note B, own URL) is sent to the address registration server 4 using a procedure such as LDAP. It is transmitted (step S11, address data search request step).

Then, the address registration server 4, which has received the search request from the product sales site A3, refers to the product sales site which sells the product for which the search request is made, by referring to the product information stored in the server 4 itself. (Step S12). As a result of the search, when the corresponding product sales site exists, the URL is returned to the product sales site A3 as a search response of the product sales site 3 (step S13,
Address data transmission process). At this time, since the same product may be sold by a plurality of product sales sites, when searching for a product, for example, the geographical distance between the user's home and the location of the store where the product sales site 3 is opened, or Search by adding search conditions such as the selling price of the product. Specifically, the address information of the user is transmitted from the merchandise sales site A3 to the address registration server 4, and the address information and the location information of the store registered together with the address data in advance are referred to, and the distance information Priority is given to the search from the nearest store. Further, when the prices of products handled by each store are registered in advance in the address registration server 4, the search target may be set in order from the store server 3 having the lowest price. Here, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the product sales site B3 is searched.

Subsequently, the merchandise sales site A3, which has received the search response from the address registration server 4, transmits a merchandise search request (product name: note B) to the merchandise sales site B3 as the search result (step S14, inventory). Inquiry process). Then, the product sales site B3 that has received the product search request is
It is searched whether the stock of the requested product exists in the site (step S15). In this embodiment, it is assumed that there is an inventory. When the inventory exists, the product sales site B3 responds to the product sales site A3 with "stock" as a product search response.
Is transmitted (step S16, inventory status notification step). The product sales site A3, which has received the information “in stock” as the product search response, sends the product to the product sales site B.
In order to have it be shipped from item 3, the user information (order number, product name: note B, user name, delivery address) is sent to the product sales site B3 as purchase information (step S).
17). That is, this means that the transaction between the user and the merchandise selling site B3 has been established (transaction proxy process).

Upon receiving the purchase information, the merchandise sales site B3 accepts the purchase (step S18), and the delivery company server 5
A shipping instruction (order number, product name: note B, user name, delivery address) is transmitted to (step S19). The delivery company server 5, which has received the shipping instruction from the merchandise selling site B3, accepts the shipping instruction and temporarily stores it (step S20). Product sales site B that sent the shipping instruction
3 is a notice of acceptance completion (order number), product sales site A3
(Step S21). The product sales site A3 that has received the reception completion notification transmits a reception completion screen to the user terminal 1, and the user ends the connection to the product sales site A3.

After that, the delivery company server 5 periodically (for example, once every three hours) the merchandise sales site 3 to collect the goods.
Then, a delivery route for the products collected from the product sales site 3 is created (step S23). At this time, by composing different orders from different sites for each order number, it is possible to consolidate the products to be delivered to the same user. Even if a product is purchased from different sites in the same time period until the collection and delivery route creation process is activated, the product is delivered to the user at once (step S24).

By doing so, when the user does not have a desired product in stock at the accessed product sales site A, the user can find that the product is in stock without searching for another product sales site in stock by himself. It is possible to easily purchase a desired product from the product sales site B. This is because the merchandise sales site A3, which has been accessed by the user but has no stock, automatically searches for the merchandise sales site B3 having the stock by using the address registration server 4.

Further, the merchandise selling site A3 has a point that the opportunity loss of merchandise selling is reduced with respect to a plurality of merchandise requested by the user even if all of them are not in stock. That is, in the past, when a user tried to purchase a plurality of products, but all the products were not available (when all the products were not in stock), some products were in stock even though they were in stock. Without buying anything, other product sales site B3
This is because it is possible to present to the user that a product having a shortage of stock can be purchased from another site where the stock exists.

Furthermore, the user or product sales site 3
However, since it is not necessary to pay the commission (usage fee) to the intermediary, it is possible to reduce the delivery cost borne by the user or the store. This is because in the present invention, the merchandise sales site 3 that uses this system without using an intermediary
This is because, for example, since the address registration server 4 operated jointly is used, it is not necessary to consider the profit of the intermediary.
Even if another company manages the address registration server 4, since the store server 3 only needs to register the address data, the company only performs maintenance and inspection of the server, and mediates the product. It will not take much effort and the cost will be low. Therefore, even in such a case,
It is possible to reduce shipping costs, fees, and the like that the user and the store must bear, and increase the number of users' opportunities to use.

<Second Embodiment> Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment. 7 to 8 are sequence diagrams showing the operation in the second embodiment.

(Structure) In the commodity trading system of this embodiment, two address registration servers A and B 104 are connected to the network 2. However, the number of address registration servers 104 is not limited to two, and may be three or more. Then, in a storage device (not shown) of each address registration server 104, address data and the like for each of a plurality of store servers (commodity sales sites) A, B, ..., N103 are registered as in the above embodiment. However, basically, the address data of the different store server 103 is stored. However, the address registration server A and the address registration server B are not limited to storing completely different address data, and overlapping data may be registered. Then, these address data are, for example, classified and registered according to the location of the store, or registered and classified according to the types of products handled by the store.

Along with this, the shop server 103 described above.
First, the address data search request function of the address registration server 1 in which the address data of the own store is registered.
04, a search request for another store server 103 is issued. If the address data of the target store server 103 is not registered in the address registration server 104, a search request is made to another address registration server 104.

In this way, even if the number of registrations in the store server 103 is large and it takes a long time to search, for example, when the stores are divided and registered for each store location, the location of the ordering user is displayed. Accordingly, by making a search request only to the predetermined address registration server 104, it is possible to quickly and easily search for the registration server 103 in the vicinity where the delivery charge is low. Further, when a store is registered for each product to be handled, a search request is made to a predetermined address registration server 104 according to the product ordered by the user, and the address data to be searched is small, so that the registration server can be quickly processed. A search of 103 can be performed.

(Operation) Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the outline will be described. When the product sales site A3 that received an order for a product from the user does not have the product in stock, a search request for the product sales site (product name, own URL) is made in order to search for another product sales site B3 in stock. It is transmitted to the address registration server A4 using a procedure such as LDAP (step S112). The address registration server A4 searches the product sales site B3 that sells the requested product (step S
113), if the corresponding product sales site does not exist as a result of the search, the product sales site A requested to that effect
To 3 (step S114). Then, the merchandise sales site A3 that receives the request is sent to another address registration server B.
4 is different from the first embodiment in that the product search request (step S116) is transmitted to the server. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, the user accesses the product sales site A103 from the user terminal 101 (step S101) and confirms the inventory of the second product (step S110) until the first operation. This is the same as the embodiment.

The product sales site A 103 first searches for a product sales site in which the user wants to purchase "Note B", which is in stock, by first registering the address registration server in its own site. One of the URLs of 104 is searched (step S111). At this time,
Address registration server 10 that own URL is registered
4 may be searched, or may be searched based on the user's address or the product ordered. In this embodiment, as a result of this search, the URL of the address registration server A 104 is searched.

Subsequently, the product sales site A103 transmits a search request (product name, own URL) for the product sales site to the searched address registration server A104 using a procedure such as LDAP (step S112). ). Address registration server A that received the search request for the product sales site
104 searches for a product sales site that sells the requested product (step S113). As a result of the search, when the corresponding product sales site does not exist, “no existence” is returned to the product sales site A 103 as a search response of the product sales site (step S114).

Subsequently, the merchandise sales site A 103, which has received the response of "not present", retrieves another one from the URLs of the address registration server 104 registered in its own site again (step S115). . In this embodiment, it is assumed that the URL of the address registration server B104 is searched as a result of this search. The search method at this time is also the same as described above. Then, the product sales site A103 transmits a search request (product name, own URL) of the product sales site to the searched address registration server B104 using a procedure such as LDAP (step S116). Upon receiving the search request, the address registration server B104 searches for a product sales site that sells the requested product (step S).
117). If the corresponding product sales site exists as a result of the search, the URL is returned to the product sales site A103 as a search response for the product sales site (step S11).
8). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the product sales site B103 has been searched.

Then, the subsequent operation (step S11)
9 to S129) is the operation of the first embodiment (step S1).
4 to S24), the description thereof will be omitted.

By doing so, the store server 1
03 form groups, and share all address data, for example, even if the address data of the own site is registered in different address registration servers 104 for each shopping mall and for each product handled. Since the search range is expanded, the user can purchase the product more reliably. On the other hand, in the search by each address registration server 104, since there are few search targets, a quick search can be realized, and the product purchase process can be speeded up.

<Third Embodiment> Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the operation in this embodiment.

(Structure) This embodiment basically has the same structure as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, but in particular,
The difference is that the shop server 3 has an address data notification function of receiving the address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server 4 and notifying the user terminal 1. That is, when there is no product ordered by the user in the store server 3, the store server 3 directly notifies the user of the address data of the other store server 3 searched by the address registration server 4. And the user who received this,
Using his / her own terminal 1, he / she accesses the other store server 3 by himself, confirms the stock, and realizes the purchase of the product.

(Operation) The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The description will be made with reference to, but since it is basically the same as the above embodiment, most of it will be omitted. That is, the operation from step S201 to step S207 in FIG.
The operation is the same as that of steps S1 to S13 shown in FIG. That is, the operation is until the store server A3 that first receives an order for a product from the user receives the address data of the product sales site opened by the other store server B3 searched by the address registration server A4.

Subsequently, in this embodiment, the store server A3
Transmits the address data of the other store server B3 notified from the address registration server 4 to the user terminal 1 (step S208, address data notification step). And
The user accesses the site of another store server B3 via the user terminal 1 (step S209). Then, the inventory inquiry of the product is performed between the user terminal 1 and the store server B (steps S210 to S212), and when there is inventory, the store server B3 notifies the user terminal 1 that the order has been received. . Then, in some cases, the store server B3 entrusts the delivery company server 5 with delivery.

By doing so, the user can easily know the address of the product sales site opened by the store server 3, so that the user can easily access the site and retrieve the stock status of the desired product. You can Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user and reduce the usage cost because the broker does not mediate another person during the transaction of the product, and the usage frequency of the user can be improved. .

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Since the present invention is constructed and functions as described above, according to this, a user accesses a predetermined store server to order a product, so that the store server can be ordered even if the store is out of stock. Notifies the address of another store server, or even checks the inventory status of the other store, so that the user can simplify the procedure for searching for products, so it is easy to request. This has an unprecedented excellent effect that the product can be purchased, the frequency of use can be improved, and the sales of the store can be improved.

At this time, since the agent other than the store is not mediated during the product search, it is possible to suppress the generation of a brokerage fee and to shorten the time until the product arrives. The system is highly convenient for the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a user interface displayed on a user terminal that has accessed a store server.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example when information to be transmitted to a store server is input to a user interface displayed on a user terminal.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a diagram showing a continuation of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a diagram showing a continuation of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a commodity trading system in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 user terminal 2 Network (Internet) 3 store servers 4 Address registration server 5 delivery company server

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A store server connected to a user terminal via a network, the store server stores inventory information of products handled by the store, and stores desired product information transmitted from the user terminal. A commodity transaction system that has an inventory status confirmation function for receiving and confirming the inventory status of the commodity, and in the commodity transaction system that executes commodity transactions when there is inventory, the store server includes an address registration server connected via a network. The address registration server stores address data of a product sales site opened by the store server and product information handled by the store, and retrieves the address data corresponding to the product information transmitted from the store server. An address data transmission function for transmitting the address data to the store server, When the server determines that the inventory status is not in stock by the inventory status check function, the address data search requesting the address data search of the store server that sends the information of the unstocked product to the address registration server A commodity transaction system comprising a request function and an address data notification function of receiving address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server and notifying the user terminal of the address data. 2. A store server connected to a user terminal via a network, wherein the store server stores inventory information of products handled by the store and stores desired purchase product information transmitted from the user terminal. A commodity transaction system that has an inventory status confirmation function for receiving and confirming the inventory status of the commodity, and in the commodity transaction system that executes commodity transactions when there is inventory, the store server includes an address registration server connected via a network. The address registration server stores address data of a product sales site opened by the store server and product information handled by the store, and retrieves the address data corresponding to the product information transmitted from the store server. An address data transmission function for transmitting the address data to the store server, When the server determines that the inventory status is not in stock by the inventory status check function, the address data search requesting the address data search of the store server that sends the information of the unstocked product to the address registration server Another function is a request function and an inventory inquiry function that receives the address data searched and transmitted by the address registration server and requests the other store server at the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user. When a store server is requested to inquire about the stock status of a predetermined product, the stock status notification function that searches the stock of the product and sends information to that effect to the other store server when there is stock, And a transaction agent function for acting on behalf of the establishment of a product transaction between the other store and the user when information indicating that there is stock is received from the store server. Commodity trading system, wherein the door. 3. The transaction agency function of the store server transmits information indicating that the other store server has stock to the user terminal, and transmits the user information of the user terminal to the other store server. The merchandise trading system according to claim 1, which has a function of transmitting. 4. The address data search request function of the store server is a function of transmitting to the address registration server information about a product and information about an address of a user who desires to purchase the product, and the address registration server. The address data transmission function of the device searches the address data by referring to the user address information transmitted from the store server and the location information of the store which is the address destination, and transmits the address data to the store server. The commodity trading system according to claim 9, which is a function. 5. The delivery server is provided with a delivery agent server connected to the delivery server via a network, and the delivery server sends user information including address information of a user who has completed a product transaction to the delivery server. The merchandise trading system according to claim 1, further comprising a delivery destination information notification function, and the delivery company server having a delivery planning function for planning a delivery plan based on the user information received from the store server. 6. A method comprising: a store server connected to a user terminal via a network; and an address registration server, wherein the store server executes a product transaction in response to a product purchase request from the user terminal. There is an inventory status confirmation step in which the store server receives the desired purchase product information transmitted from the user terminal and confirms the inventory status of the product based on the inventory information of the handled product stored in the store server. , An address data search requesting step that, when the store server determines that the product is out of stock, transmits information about the product that is not in stock to the address registration server to request a search for address data of another store server that handles the product. In response to this search request, the other store stored in the address registration server along with the address data of the other store server And address data transmission step of transmitting the address data to the shop server by searching the address data based on the product information handled Ri,
An address data notifying step in which the store server receives the address data transmitted from the address registration server and notifies the user terminal of the address data, the commodity transaction method. 7. A method comprising: a store server and an address registration server connected to a user terminal via a network, wherein the store server executes a product transaction in response to a product purchase request from the user terminal. There is an inventory status confirmation step in which the store server receives the desired purchase product information transmitted from the user terminal and confirms the inventory status of the product based on the inventory information of the handled product stored in the store server. , An address data search requesting step that, when the store server determines that the product is out of stock, transmits information about the product that is not in stock to the address registration server to request a search for address data of another store server that handles the product. In response to this search request, the other store stored in the address registration server along with the address data of the other store server And address data transmission step of transmitting the address data to the shop server by searching the address data based on the product information handled Ri,
An inventory inquiring step in which the store server receives address data transmitted from the address registration server and requests another store server at the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired to be purchased by the user; And a transaction agency step of acting on behalf of the establishment of a product transaction between the other store and the user when information indicating that there is stock is received from the other store server, In the meantime, when another store server is requested to inquire about the stock status of a predetermined product, the stock status notification step of searching the stock of the product and transmitting information to that effect to the other shop server when the stock is available And a commodity trading method comprising: 8. A store server, which is connected to a user terminal via a network, and an address registration server, wherein the store server executes a product transaction in response to a product purchase request from the user terminal. A program for controlling the operation of the server, which is an inventory that receives the desired product information to be purchased transmitted from the user terminal and confirms the stock status of the product on the basis of the stock information of the handled product stored in the store server. Status confirmation processing and address data search request processing that, when it is determined that the product is not in stock, sends information about the product that is not in stock to the address registration server and requests a search for address data of another store server that handles the product. And other information stored in the address registration server together with the address data of the other store server in response to this search request. Puroramu for Commodity for controlling the operation of the shop server to perform the address data notification process to receive the address data retrieved sent based on the product information store handles notifying the user terminal. 9. A store server, which is connected to a user terminal via a network, and an address registration server, wherein the store server executes a product transaction in response to a product purchase request from the user terminal. A program for controlling the operation of the server, which is an inventory that receives the desired product information to be purchased transmitted from the user terminal and confirms the stock status of the product on the basis of the stock information of the handled product stored in the store server. Status confirmation processing and address data search request processing that, when it is determined that the product is not in stock, sends information about the product that is not in stock to the address registration server and requests a search for address data of another store server that handles the product. In response to this search request, the other store stored in the address registration server together with the address data of the other store server. Inventory inquiry processing for receiving the address data which is searched and transmitted based on the product information handled by the user, and requests the other store server of the address destination to inquire about the stock status of the product desired by the user, and the other store. A transaction proxy process for acting on behalf of the establishment of a product transaction between the other store and the user when receiving information indicating that the product is in stock from the server, and at the same time, executing a predetermined product from another store server. When an inventory status inquiry is requested, the inventory of the product is searched, and when the inventory is available, the inventory status notification process of transmitting information to that effect to the other store server, and the operation of the store server to execute the inventory status notification process. A program for controlling commodity trading.