KR100413696B1 - Electric commercial money exchange system and method thereof using radio communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic commerce system using wireless communication and a method of operating the same. The e-commerce system according to the present invention using a wireless communication network for electronic commerce by accessing a communication network such as the Internet without using a computer by a seller who lacks a computer installation space or a computer recognition ability is connected through a wired communication network or a wireless communication network, respectively. At least one seller terminal provided to an e-commerce control server for controlling the e-commerce between the buyer and the seller, the seller connected to the wireless communication network, the seller to provide information on the products to be sold and sales conditions information to the e-commerce control server And at least one purchaser terminal connected to a wired communication network and provided to a buyer who wants to purchase a product by inquiring product information that the seller wants to sell from the e-commerce control server. The purchase condition data transmitted from the purchaser terminal to the seller terminal and the sale condition data transmitted from the seller terminal to the purchaser terminal for negotiation of the purchase (or sale) condition between the terminal and the seller terminal are provided. Receiving order information of buyers and negotiating order conditions using a wireless terminal owned by the mobile terminal, it is possible to perform electronic commerce without having a separate computer in a small shop in a crowded area such as Namdaemun Market or Dongdaemun Market.

Description

Electronic commerce system using wireless communication and its operation method

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system using a communication network, and more particularly, to an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network and a method of operating the same.

Overcoming the limitations of time and space was the advantage of e-commerce over wired communication networks such as the Internet, but in fact, if you use a wired network, you need to connect to an ISP and send / receive e-mail directly to a communication network such as the Internet. . In such a case, e-commerce that is made by connecting a computer to a wired network is efficient where there is insufficient space to install a computer, such as Namdaemun Market or Dongdaemun Market, where the use of the computer is low, and where the exposure to personal transactions is reluctant. Can not do it.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network for electronic commerce using a wireless terminal and a wireless communication network.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic commerce method using a wireless communication network.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which an electronic commerce method through a wireless communication network is recorded as a program code executable by a computer.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic commerce method using wireless communication performed in the system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a seller terminal 18 which is a wireless terminal owned by a seller in the system shown in FIG.

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic commerce system according to the present invention using a wireless communication network for the electronic commerce by connecting to a communication network, such as the Internet, without the use of a computer by a space for installing a computer or a computer lacking cognitive ability is a wired communication network or E-commerce control server that controls e-commerce between buyers and sellers connected through wireless communication networks, and sellers who provide information on the products to be sold and selling conditions to the e-commerce control server connected through wireless communication networks At least one buyer terminal connected to a wired communication network and at least one seller terminal and provided to a buyer who wants to purchase a product by inquiring product information that the seller wants to sell from an e-commerce control server,

The e-commerce control server transmits the purchase condition data transmitted from the purchaser terminal to the seller terminal and the sale condition data transmitted from the seller terminal to the purchaser terminal for negotiation of the purchase (or sale) condition between the purchaser terminal and the seller terminal.

In order to achieve the above another object, an electronic commerce control server for providing an e-commerce service between a buyer and a seller, at least one or more buyer terminals provided to the buyer, and at least one or more seller terminals provided to the seller are connected through a communication network. In the e-commerce control method according to the present invention via the e-commerce control server in the (a) step, building a database for the buyer information provided from the buyer terminal, the seller information and product information provided from the seller terminal When the information about the product is requested from the terminal, step (b) of extracting information about the corresponding product by referring to the database and providing the extracted information to the purchaser terminal. Buyer Selling Seller (C) transmitting the purchase condition data received from the terminal, transmitting the sale (or purchase) condition data between the seller terminal receiving the purchase condition and the purchaser terminal ordering the product, and relaying the sale (or purchase) condition negotiation ( Step d) and (e) storing the execution details in the database when the order is executed.

In order to achieve the above another object, an electronic commerce control server providing an electronic commerce service between a buyer and a seller, at least one or more buyer terminals provided to the buyer, and at least one or more seller terminals provided to the seller are connected through a communication network. In the system, the recording medium recording the electronic commerce control program according to the present invention via the electronic commerce control server is configured to construct a database of buyer information provided from the buyer terminal, seller information provided from the seller terminal, and product information ( Step a), if the information on the product is requested from the buyer terminal, (b) extracting the information on the product with reference to the database and providing the extracted information to the buyer terminal, if the order is generated from the buyer terminal, This occurred product (C) transmitting the purchase condition data received from the purchaser's terminal to the seller, transmitting the sale (or purchase) condition data between the seller's terminal receiving the purchase condition and the purchaser's terminal that ordered the product, and selling (or purchasing) condition. (D) relaying the negotiation and (e) storing the execution details in the database when the order is concluded.

Hereinafter, an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network and a method of operating the same according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the e-commerce control server 14 is connected to the purchaser terminal 10 through a wired communication network 12 such as the Internet, and is connected to the seller terminal 18 through a wireless communication network 16. The electronic commerce control server 14 is responsible for the electronic commerce between the buyer and the seller having a buyer terminal 10 and the seller terminal 18, respectively. Here, the purchaser terminal 10 includes an entire terminal that can be connected to the electronic commerce control server 14 through a wired communication network 12. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the purchaser terminal 10 is assumed to be a personal computer. In addition, the seller terminal 18 includes a terminal that can be easily used by the seller without taking a separate space, such as a widely spread personal mobile terminal.

The purchaser terminals 10 have Internet browsers (eg, Netscape, Internet Explorer) that can display web contents provided by the e-commerce control server 14 in the form of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). The internet browser allows each terminal to access and display the contents of the HTML template in the e-commerce control server 14. The HTML template of the e-commerce control server 14 has a main web (WWW) page to display to the user.

The e-commerce control server 14 receives and stores information on a product that the seller intends to sell from the seller terminal 18 through the wireless communication network 16. Here, the information on the product includes information on the item name, store name, seller name, price of the product to sell. The e-commerce control server 14 classifies and stores the product information provided from the sellers by item. In addition, according to a request from the purchaser terminal 10 through the wired communication network 12, the stored product information is provided to the purchaser terminal 10. Specifically, the e-commerce control server 14 includes a web server 14a, a wireless server 14b, a mail server 14c, and a database (DB, 14d).

The database 14d stores information of a buyer or a seller registered as a member in order to use a service provided by the e-commerce control server 14. In addition, the database 14d receives information on products and basic sellers such as product names, store names, seller names, prices of products to be sold from the seller terminal 18 through the wireless communication network 16, and displays a table for each item. It is created and stored.

The web server 14a manages communication with the purchaser terminal 10 through the wired communication network 12. In addition, the wireless server 14b manages communication with the seller terminal 18 via the wireless communication network 16. As a result, the buyer and the seller can perform a commerce act while adjusting the price of the product to be purchased or sold through the web server 14a and the wireless server 14b of the e-commerce control server 14.

The mail server 14c is a server that controls the transmission of mail to the purchaser terminal 10 or the seller terminal 18.

Subsequently, the purchaser accesses the e-commerce control server 14 through the purchaser terminal 10, inquires the products that the sellers want to sell through the e-commerce control server 14, and places the order of the products to be purchased. You can do e-commerce while adjusting the price of the product you want to purchase.

Seller accesses the e-commerce control server 14 through the seller terminal 18 to provide information about the product to be sold, and receives the product purchase information of the buyer through the e-commerce control server 14, E-commerce can be made while adjusting the delivery price with the buyer.

The operation of the e-commerce control server 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1. First, information about a product to be sold from a seller is received and stored in the database 14b. Then, when a product inquiry is requested from the purchaser terminal 10 through the wired communication network 12, the web server 14a refers to the database 14d, extracts information on the requested product from the buyer, the buyer terminal Provided by (10).

When a product purchase is requested from the purchaser terminal 10 through the wired communication network 12, the web server 14a purchases a purchase condition including information on a product name, quantity, and purchase price to purchase from the purchaser terminal 10. Is received, and the received purchase condition is transmitted to the wireless server 14b. The wireless server 14b converts the purchase condition data transmitted from the web server 14a into text, graphic or audio data and provides the same to the seller terminal 18 through the wireless communication network 16. Seller terminal 18 From the wireless server 14b of the e-commerce control server 14 through the wireless communication network 16, the seller terminal 18 confirms the purchase condition data transmitted from the wireless server 14b to accept the purchase condition. Is transmitted to the wireless server 14b. If the purchase condition is not accepted, the new sale condition is transmitted to the wireless server 14b. At this time, the selling condition data transmitted to the wireless server 14b is data in the form of text, graphic or audio.

The wireless server 14b receives the seller's purchase condition acceptance or sale condition data transmitted from the seller terminal 14b, converts the data into HTML form, and transmits the data to the web server 14a, which is then wired to the web server 14a. It transmits to the purchaser terminal 10 through the communication network 12.

In this way, the buyer and the seller can negotiate the purchase (or sale) conditions through the web server 14a and the wireless server 14b of the e-commerce control server 14 and perform the e-commerce.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic commerce method using wireless communication performed in the system of FIG. 1.

Now, the electronic commerce method using wireless communication will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 and 2, the e-commerce control server 14 receives a subscription request from the buyer or seller. Here, the buyer may be an individual or a company, and therefore, the purchaser's application for membership is made by providing the buyer's personal information or company information to the electronic commerce control server 14. In addition, the membership application of the seller is made by providing the seller's personal information or company (store) information and the location of the store together with information about the goods to be sold. Here, the information on the item includes information on the item name, model name, price. The e-commerce control server 14 receives the information on the buyer input from the buyer terminal 10 and stores it in the database 14d (step 50). In addition, the seller terminal 18 receives information about the seller and information on the item to be sold, generates a table for each item, and stores the generated item table in the database 14d (step 50).

After the 50th step, when the item inquiry is requested from the purchaser terminal 10, the e-commerce control server 14 extracts the item requested from the purchaser terminal 14 with reference to the item-specific table and provides it to the purchaser terminal 10. do. In addition, the purchaser may not only display items but also store inquiries. That is, when a shop inquiry is requested from the purchaser terminal 10, the shop information is extracted and provided to the purchaser terminal 10 with reference to the item-specific table (step 52).

After the 52nd step, the purchaser may check the inquiry result provided from the e-commerce control server 14 and order the desired product or model. The purchaser purchases the electronic commerce through the wired communication network 12 as information on the item including the product name (or model name), the trade name, the seller's name, the seller's phone number, the store's phone number, the order quantity, the price, and the delivery date. Transfer to control server 14. Here, the seller's telephone number is owned by the seller and is the telephone number of the wireless terminal used for the electronic commerce. At this time, when the buyer directly enters information on a product name (or model name), a business name, a seller name, and a seller's telephone number, or selects a desired product name (or model name), the e-commerce control server 14 generates a database 14d. ), You can automatically enter information corresponding to the seller, seller's phone number, and business name for the product (or model) you have selected.

The e-commerce control server 14 determines whether the order information has occurred from the purchaser terminal 10 (step 54), and when the order information is received, transmits the order information to the seller's telephone number included in the order information. At this time, the e-commerce control server 14 converts the order information into text information using the integrated messaging system (UMS), instant messaging system (IMS) or short message messaging system (SMS) and transmits it to the seller's wireless terminal ( Step 56).

After the 56th step, the seller confirms the order information transmitted to the wireless terminal 18 owned through the wireless communication network 16, and negotiates the purchase condition with the buyer, and the e-commerce control server 14 communicates with the seller. The purchase condition negotiation information between the buyers is relayed (step 58). For example, after confirming the purchase condition of the buyer transmitted to his wireless terminal, the seller transmits an intention to deliver the goods according to the purchase condition to the electronic commerce control server 14 when the purchase condition of the buyer is satisfied. However, if the purchaser cannot accept the purchase condition, the purchase adjustment is transmitted to the electronic commerce control server 14. As such, when the seller does not accept the purchase condition of the buyer, the seller and the buyer may exchange information about the negotiation terms through the e-commerce control server 14.

The e-commerce control server 14 determines whether the order of the buyer has been concluded (step 58), and if the order is concluded, stores the order execution details in the database 14d for each buyer and seller (step 62). . When the e-commerce control server 14 receives the intention of accepting the buyer's purchase condition from the seller terminal 18 or the intention to accept the seller's sale condition from the purchaser terminal 10 and the buyer's order is concluded, the seller's request Depending on the shipping agent and the payment settlement can be done. That is, the seller may directly deliver or pay for the goods ordered by the buyer or allow the e-commerce control server 14 to act. The e-commerce control server 14 confirms the seller's delivery of goods and the purchaser's payment and stores them in the database 14d.

As described above, the seller can receive the purchaser's order information and negotiate the order condition using the wireless terminal owned by the seller through the electronic commerce control server 14. Therefore, in a densely populated area such as Namdaemun Market or Dongdaemun Market, a small computer can be used for electronic commerce with a buyer using a wireless terminal owned by the seller of goods.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a seller terminal 18 which is a wireless terminal owned by a seller in the system shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, the seller terminal 18 includes a protocol recognition / generation unit 30, a protocol control unit 32, a wireless language control unit 34, an output unit 38, an input unit 40, and a wireless language setting unit ( 36). 3 illustrates a wireless communication network 16 for convenience of description.

Referring to FIG. 3, the protocol recognition / generation unit 30 receives order information transmitted according to a predetermined wireless protocol from the wireless communication network 16 and transmits it to the protocol control unit 32. The protocol recognition / generation unit 30 generates a predetermined protocol such that transmission data transmitted from the protocol control unit 32 can be transmitted through the wireless communication network 16.

The protocol controller 32 removes the header portion from the order information transmitted from the protocol recognizer / generator 30, extracts a portion including substantial information, and transmits the portion to the wireless language controller 34. The protocol controller 32 generates a header portion in the data transmitted from the wireless language controller 34 and transmits the header portion to the protocol recognition / generation unit 30.

The wireless language controller 34 analyzes the language format of the order information transmitted from the protocol controller 32 and provides the seller with the order information through various output interfaces according to the analysis result. That is, the wireless language control unit 34 may analyze the language format of the order information to determine whether the order information is text, graphic, or audio information. In addition, the wireless language controller 34 adjusts the output format so that the order information can be correctly displayed through the output unit 38 according to the language format determination result, and transmits the output format to the output unit 38. In addition, when various types of data are input from the input unit 40, the wireless language control unit 34 transforms the input data into a standardized transmission data format suitable for wireless communication and transmits the data to the protocol control unit 32.

The output unit 38 provides the seller with order information transmitted from the wireless language controller 34. For example, when the order information in graphic or text format is transmitted from the wireless language control unit 34, the output unit 38 displays the order information in graphic or text on the LCD window of the customer terminal, and the order information in the audio format is transmitted. When ordered, the speaker outputs order information.

The input unit 40 inputs data to be transmitted by the seller through the wireless communication network 16 and transmits the data to the wireless language control unit 34. Here, the data input from the input unit 40 may be voice, text, or selection information selected by the seller from among data displayed in the LCD window. In addition, the data input by the seller may be information about a product that the seller wants to sell or data for negotiation of a sale condition with a buyer.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). Include. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification above. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the electronic commerce system using the wireless communication and the operation method according to the present invention, the seller uses the wireless terminal owned by the user through the electronic commerce control server 14, the buyer's order information And negotiate order conditions. Therefore, in a densely populated area such as Namdaemun Market or Dongdaemun Market, a small computer can be used for electronic commerce with a buyer using a wireless terminal owned by the seller of goods.

Claims (9)

In an electronic commerce system using a wireless communication network for the electronic commerce by connecting to a communication network, such as the Internet, without a computer installed space or a computer lacking computer recognition ability, An e-commerce control server controlling e-commerce between the buyer and the seller connected through a wired or wireless communication network, respectively; It is connected to the e-commerce control server through the wireless communication network, provides information on the product to be sold and sale condition information to the e-commerce control server, and provides the purchase conditions of the buyer from the e-commerce control server in a predetermined text form. At least one seller terminal provided to the seller to receive; And The e-commerce control server is connected to the e-commerce control server through the wired communication network, inquires the seller's product information and the product sales condition information provided from the e-commerce control server, and the e-commerce control server provides the purchase condition information of the product to be purchased. At least one buyer terminal provided to the buyer who wants to purchase a product to send to, The e-commerce control server, Wireless communication network, characterized in that for transmitting the purchase condition information transmitted from the buyer terminal to the seller terminal, the sales condition information transmitted from the seller terminal to the buyer terminal to negotiate the purchase (or sale) condition between the buyer terminal and the seller terminal. E-commerce system using the. The method of claim 1, wherein the e-commerce control server A web server that manages communication with the buyer terminal through a wired communication network, receives the buyer information and the purchase condition data transmitted from the buyer terminal, and transmits the sale condition data to the buyer terminal; Manages communication with the seller terminal through a wireless communication network, receives the seller information, the product information and the sale condition data transmitted from the seller terminal, and receives the purchase condition transmitted from the web server. A wireless server providing the seller terminal through the web, and transmitting the sale condition data transmitted from the seller terminal to the web server; And A database for storing the buyer information provided from the web server, the purchase condition data, the product information provided from the wireless server, the seller information, the sales condition, a purchase history of a buyer, and a sale history of a seller Electronic commerce system using a wireless communication comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless server provides the seller terminal with purchase condition data transmitted from the web server in the form of text, graphic or audio data. The method of claim 2, wherein the web server converts the sale condition data transmitted from the wireless server in the form of text, graphic, or audio data into HTML to provide the purchaser terminal. The wireless terminal of claim 1, wherein the purchaser terminal is a wired terminal interworking with a public switched telephone network, a mobile communication terminal interworking with a mobile communication network, or a personal computer connected to the communication network using an Internet protocol. E-commerce system. In the electronic commerce control server for providing an e-commerce service between the buyer and the seller, at least one or more buyer terminals provided to the buyer and at least one or more seller terminals provided to the seller via a communication network, the electronic commerce control server In the e-commerce control method through the (a) constructing a database of buyer information provided from the buyer terminal, seller information provided from the seller terminal, and product information; (b) extracting information about the corresponding product by referring to the database and providing the extracted information to the buyer terminal when the information on the product is requested from the buyer terminal; (c) if an order is generated from the purchaser terminal, transmitting purchase condition data received from the purchaser terminal to a seller who sells the ordered product; (d) transmitting the sale (or purchase) condition data between the seller terminal receiving the purchase condition and the purchaser terminal ordering the product and relaying a sale (or purchase) condition negotiation; And (e) when the order is concluded, storing the execution details in the database. The electronic commerce control method of claim 6, wherein the electronic commerce control server provides purchase condition data transmitted from a purchaser terminal to the seller terminal in the form of text, graphic, or audio data. The e-commerce control server of claim 6, wherein the e-commerce control server converts the sale condition data transmitted in the form of text, graphic, or audio data transmitted from a seller terminal into an HTML form and provides the same to the purchaser terminal. Control method. In the electronic commerce control server for providing an e-commerce service between the buyer and the seller, at least one or more buyer terminals provided to the buyer and at least one or more seller terminals provided to the seller via a communication network, the electronic commerce control server In the recording medium recording the electronic commerce control program through the medium, (a) constructing a database of buyer information provided from the buyer terminal, seller information provided from the seller terminal, and product information; (b) extracting information about the corresponding product by referring to the database and providing the extracted information to the buyer terminal when the information on the product is requested from the buyer terminal; (c) if an order is generated from the purchaser terminal, transmitting purchase condition data received from the purchaser terminal to a seller who sells the ordered product; (d) transmitting the sale (or purchase) condition data between the seller terminal receiving the purchase condition and the purchaser terminal ordering the product and relaying a sale (or purchase) condition negotiation; And (e) recording the electronic commerce control program as a program code executable on a computer, characterized in that if the order is concluded, storing the execution details in the database.