KR20190115350A - E-commerce method using design database - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce method of selecting a design desired by a consumer from a database in which a designer's design is registered and selecting a manufacturer to manufacture the product through reverse auction. The e-commerce method of the present invention can provide designers with the benefits of easy design and minimization of management risks for consumption prediction. In addition, consumers have the effect of selecting the design they want and leading the price of the product.

Description

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 The present invention relates to an electronic commerce method using a design database. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic commerce method in which a consumer can directly select a design among designer designs and determine a price of a product.

Generally, there are two ways for consumers to buy furniture. The first method is to visit the store where the furniture is made or the furniture manufacturing factory to buy furniture made by the furniture manufacturer. The owner of the store has to increase the cost of management because the furniture must be displayed in the store for the visiting consumer. Also furniture manufacturers There is an economic burden of having to make furniture in advance according to the number of stores. Second furniture purchase to compensate for this drawback Way Internet Use e-commerce Sites Visit Furniture It is to buy. However, all of the above methods have a problem in that a consumer can only purchase furniture that has been already made by a seller or a manufacturer, and thus freedom of choice for his or her taste is limited.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to provide a method for purchasing a product manufactured in a design desired by the consumer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method in which a consumer can easily use a design of a product designed by a designer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for entering into a manufacturing contract in response to a reverse auction proposed by a consumer so that the manufacturer can predict the consumption of the product in advance and eliminate the risk of manufacturing the product.

In order to achieve the above objects, the electronic commerce method of the present invention stores the designs input by the designers according to the type of product in the design database, inputting the selection of the design to be purchased from the consumer among the stored designs Receiving a bid of a manufacturer who wants to make a product to which the selected design is applied; and receiving an input of selecting a manufacturer from a consumer among bidder manufacturers.

Through the e-commerce method of the present invention, consumers have freedom of choice of product design, and designers can expand the commercialization opportunities of their designs. In addition, consumers will be able to take the lead in using e-commerce with the right to decide on the price of their purchases.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a furniture electronic commerce system according to the present invention.
2 is a flowchart uploading a design to a design database by a designer in an e-commerce system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of purchasing a product by a consumer in an electronic commerce system according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a simplified diagram of the relationship of the actors in the household e-commerce system of the present invention.

 'Terminal' means an information processing apparatus that can process data transmitted and received from the outside. The terminal includes a computer, a notebook, a tablet PC, a portable terminal and a smart phone. An "application" refers to a set of computer programs designed to perform a specific task, and is an application program executed in an application processor of a user terminal based on an OS installed in the user terminal. "Product" means paid goods from the consumer's point of view, "Product" means goods from the manufacturer's point of view, "Product" and "Product" are used herein in the same sense.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention and its operation method will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a furniture sales e-commerce system 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic commerce system 100 includes a management server 10 and a designer terminal 20, a purchaser terminal 30, and a manufacturer terminal 40 that are connectable to the management server 10 via the Internet.

The management server 10 includes a web server 12, a main server 14, a design database 16, a manufacturer database 17, a purchaser database 18, and a ready-made furniture database 19. The web server 12 provides designers, manufacturers and consumers with web pages that can be registered as members who can use the furniture sales system of the present invention, which allows a large number of people to connect together via an internet network. . The web server 12 converts the various information provided through the main server 14 to meet the communication standard and provides it to a plurality of users. The web server 12 receives the information transmitted from the users through the network and transmits it to the main server 14.

The main server 14 provides a program for users to use the web page of the furniture sales e-commerce system of the present invention over a network. The main server 14 uses the information stored in the design database 16, the manufacturer database 17, the purchaser database 18 and the ready-made furniture database 19 through the web server 12, designers, consumers and manufacturers Web page of the furniture sales e-commerce system of the present invention to To do it.

The design database 16 stores the designs uploaded by the designers through the web server 12 and the main server 14. Designers do not have to go to furniture makers themselves by registering their designs in the design database. The consumer or manufacturer can directly select the desired design by searching the design database through the main server 14. The design database 16 may classify and store designs uploaded by designers according to the type of furniture. The design stored in the design database 16 may include information about raw materials recommended by the designer, as well as plan and stereoscopic views of the products to which the design is to be applied.

The manufacturer database 17 stores information about individuals and companies registered as manufacturers in the electronic commerce system. Information about the individual and the company may include the reliability of the transaction using the electronic commerce system of the present invention together with the evaluation by the consumers.

The consumer database 18 stores information of consumers who have subscribed to use the electronic commerce system of the present invention. The consumer's information may be included in the consumer's past usage and payment method.

The ready-made furniture database 19 stores information on products already made by manufacturers who subscribe as members of the electronic commerce system of the present invention. Consumers who subscribe to the e-commerce system of the present invention can directly select their desired design.

There is also, but also the furniture made in advance by the manufacturer using the ready-made furniture database 19 can be purchased.

The designer terminal 20, the manufacturer terminal 30 and the buyer terminal 40 can be installed an application that can use the program of the furniture sales system of the present invention. In addition, the terminal user can access the web page of the furniture sales system of the present invention by entering a domain address.

By using the furniture sales system 100 of the present invention, all the subjects from the design stage, the stage of manufacture of furniture, to the production, sales, and purchase stages can take the lead. Designers have the advantage of being able to upload their designs directly to the design database and receive purchase choices directly from the producers or consumers. The consumer can select the desired design from among the designs stored in the design database without limiting the selection to purchase only existing furniture. In addition, consumers can take the initiative in pricing decisions by being offered prices in reverse auctions to producers registered as members. Manufacturers can minimize the risks of management by predicting uncertain markets and producing and selling only the quantities required by consumers, without having to produce a lot of furniture in advance.

2 is a flow chart of a method for a designer to register a design in a design database according to the furniture e-commerce system of the present invention.

The designer runs the app installed on the designer terminal to access the furniture sales system (S1), enter the personal information on the homepage and check whether the terms of the agreement (S2). Biographical information may include career as a designer. The terms of membership may include the suspension of the exercise of intellectual property rights when designs registered in the furniture electronic commerce system are produced and sold. In addition, the condition of subscription may include that the designer has a portion of the sales as a profit when the product to which the design is applied is sold. Agree to the registration conditions, sign up and login to access the main server through the web server (S3). The designer selects a product corresponding to the design he wants to register (S4). After selecting the product, the designer's design is uploaded to the design database (S5). When you upload a design, you can also upload a photo, including a floor plan and a stereoscopic view of the sample product made with that design. You can also upload a description of the design to be registered and the materials and notes recommended when the product is manufactured. After uploading, every time a product whose design is selected is sold, the bank inputs an input of a bank account (S6). Designers who have registered as a designer can skip the S2 step and register the design starting from the S3 step. In this way, designers can upload their designs to the design database and sell them to buyers or producers at any time. Consumers and producers are also free to choose their own designs through the design database.

3 is a flow chart of a method for selecting and purchasing a desired furniture product by a consumer according to the furniture e-commerce system of the present invention. The customer runs the app installed in the customer terminal or enter the Internet website address to connect to the furniture sales system (S11), enter the personal information on the web page and check whether to agree to the subscription conditions (S12). Login to access the main server through the web server (S13). Select a product type to purchase (S14). Selecting a product type selects whether to purchase from already made products stored in the ready-made product database (S15) or to select a desired design directly from the design database (S17). If the product you want to purchase is in a ready-made product, you can select it and pay for the purchase (S16). If you do not find a product you want to purchase among the ready-made products, or if you want to buy your own unique product, select the desired design from the designs registered in the design database (S17). After the design is selected, the desired purchase quantity, the desired purchase time, and the payment means are input, and then the reverse auction starts (S18). When the reverse auction starts, the fact is transmitted to the manufacturers registered in the manufacturer's database, and in response, each manufacturer proposes the price of the product to which the design is applied and participates in the reverse auction (S19). The price shown to the consumer during the reverse auction is the sum of the profits to be distributed to the designer at the price suggested by the manufacturer plus the predetermined fee. At the end of the reverse auction, the consumer selects a manufacturer by combining the manufacturer's information stored in the manufacturer database with the price (S20). When the consumer selects the manufacturer, the contract between the consumer and the manufacturer is established, and the consumer proceeds to purchase (S21).

Figure 4 is a simplified diagram of the relationship of the actors in the household e-commerce system of the present invention. A diagram showing a relationship between a designer, a consumer, and a manufacturer centering on the operation of the furniture electronic commerce system of the present invention.

The designer registers his design in the database (41). When a consumer or manufacturer purchases or sells a product to which his design is applied, the designer can receive an amount corresponding to a certain percentage of the purchase amount from the e-commerce operator (42). The consumer can select a design he wants from among the designs registered in the design database and request manufacturers to register the product in the form of reverse auction (43). The e-commerce operator sends the reverse auction information proposed by the buyer to the manufacturer (44). Manufacturers suggest a manufacturing price in response to the transmitted reverse auction information (45). The e-commerce operator proposes the bid price of the manufacturer to the consumer by adding the profit to be distributed to the designer and the predetermined fee to the manufacturer's suggested manufacturing price (46). The consumer selects a manufacturer to make a product based on the manufacturer and their respective bid prices and the manufacturer's information and pays the bid price (47). In response to the consumer's settlement of the bid price, the e-commerce operator distributes the profit to the designer and the manufacturing price to the manufacturer.

The present invention as described above can provide designers with benefits through easy sale of designs and manufacturers with minimal management risks for consumption forecasting. It also has the effect of allowing consumers to choose the design they want and to determine the price of the product.

Furniture e-commerce method of the present invention described in the detailed description is not limited only to furniture, can be extended to products such as clothing, shoes, etc., various modifications sufficiently by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs And variations are possible. Therefore, the scope of the present invention will not be limited to the described embodiments.

100: block diagram of an e-commerce system
10: management server
20: designer terminal
30: manufacturer terminal
40: consumer terminal

Claims (6)

Designing and storing designs inputted by designers according to types of products;
Receiving a selection of a design to purchase from among the stored designs;
Receiving bids of manufacturers who want to make a product to which the selected design is applied; And
And receiving an input for selecting a manufacturer among the bidders. The method of claim 1,
The product is an e-commerce method, characterized in that any one of furniture, clothing, and shoes. The method of claim 1,
The storing of the designs further comprises storing information about the material of the product to be made into the design. The method of claim 3, wherein
The step of receiving a selection input of the design to be purchased includes the step of receiving information on the quantity of purchase, the payment means or the desired purchase time for the product to which the design is to be applied. The method of claim 4, wherein
The step of receiving the bids of the manufacturer comprises providing the product price suggested by the manufacturer together with the evaluation details of the bidding manufacturers. The method of claim 5,
The step of inputting the bids of the manufacturers includes the step of receiving the price of the goods of the manufacturer, and after receiving the price of the goods, the price of the product to be distributed to the designer of the selected design and the final fee E-commerce method further comprising the step of presenting to the buyer.

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