Cyber mall system

• US 20010011239A1
• Filed: 03/16/2001
• Published: 08/02/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nitta, Jun, Kondoh, Kaori, Matoike, Akira, Takeuchi, Satoshi, Koike, Hiroshi, Masuishi, Tetsuya, Kobayashi, Rie
• Application Number:
  US09/808,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20010011239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A cyber shop client defines cyber shop definition information by a shop layout defining unit, an electronic shopping cart electronic form defining unit, and a goods registering unit. A cyber mall server generates cyber shop information on the basis of the cyber shop definition information from the cyber client by a shop layout registering unit, an electronic shopping cart electronic form registering unit, and a goods storing unit. Further, the cyber mall server generates display information from the cyber shop information composed of a shop management database, a shop layout database, an electronic shopping cart electronic form database, an electronic shopping care database, and a goods database by a parameter analyzing unit, a file retrieving unit, and a display data generating unit.

Claims

1. A cyber mall system for performing an agency selling of goods through a network, comprising:

a cyber shop client for defining cyber shop definition information regarding a shop and goods to be arranged in said shop; and

a cyber mall server for forming cyber shop information to purchase the goods on the basis of said cyber shop definition information transferred from said cyber shop client through said network and for forming display information to order the goods from said cyber shop information in accordance with a request transferred from a customer client through said network.

2. An agency selling method of goods by a cyber shop client for selling goods and a cyber mall server to which a customer client who purchases the goods is connected through a network, comprising the steps of:

a) defining cyber shop definition information regarding a shop and goods to be arranged in said shop on the basis of an input from said cyber shop client;

b) forming cyber shop information to purchase the goods on the basis of said cyber shop definition information; and

c) forming display information to order the goods from said cyber shop information in accordance with a request from said customer client.

3. A storage medium in which a program to execute an agency selling method of goods by a cyber shop client who sells goods and a cyber mall server to which a customer client who purchases the goods is connected through a network has been stored and which can be read by a computer, wherein said agency selling method comprises the steps of:

a) defining cyber shop definition information regarding a shop and goods to be arranged in said shop on the basis of an input from said cyber shop client;

b) forming cyber shop information to purchase the goods on the basis of said cyber shop definition information; and

c) forming display information to order the goods from said cyber shop information in accordance with a request from said customer client.

4. A cyber mall system for performing an agency selling of goods through a network, comprising:

a cyber shop client having cyber shop defining means for defining cyber shop definition information regarding a shop and goods to be arranged in said shop; and

a cyber mall server having cyber shop information forming means for forming cyber shop information to purchase the goods on the basis of said cyber shop definition information transferred from said cyber shop client through said network and display information forming means for forming display information to order the goods from said cyber shop information in accordance with a request transferred from a customer client through said network.

5. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said cyber shop information includes at least one of shop management information to manage each of a plurality of cyber shops in a form of a mall, shop layout information indicative of a layout in the cyber shop, electronic shopping cart electronic form information to display a list of goods selected by a customer, electronic shopping cart information in which information regarding the goods selected by the customer has been stored, and goods information in which information regarding the goods such as names, prices, and the like has been stored.

6. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein when a cyber shop is added by said cyber shop client, said cyber shop information forming means adds said cyber shop information on the basis of added cyber shop definition information.

7. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein when said cyber shop definition information is updated by said cyber shop client, said cyber shop information forming means updates said cyber shop information on the basis of updated cyber shop definition information.

8. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein when a cyber shop is deleted by said cyber shop client, said cyber shop information forming means deletes the cyber shop information corresponding to the deleted cyber shop.

9. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said cyber shop defining means comprises:

shop layout information defining means for defining shop layout information of a layout in he cyber shop;

electronic shopping cart electronic form information defining means for defining electronic shopping cart electronic form information to display a list of goods selected by a customer; and

goods registering means for registering information regarding the goods such as names, prices, and the like.

10. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said cyber shop information forming means comprises shop layout registering means, electronic shopping cart electronic form registering means, and goods storing means.

11. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said shop layout defining means defines a layout of a goods arrangement in the cyber shop and a shop in a mall on the basis of shop layout information of a layout in the cyber shop, goods information in which information regarding the goods such as names, prices, and the like has been stored, and shop management information to manage the cyber shop in a form of mall.

12. A system according to

claim 9

, wherein said electronic shopping cart electronic form information defining means defines a form format of an electronic shopping cart electronic form to define the electronic shopping cart electronic form information to display a list of goods selected by the customer and a calculating equation to calculate a money amount of goods purchased.

13. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said display information forming means comprises:

parameter analyzing means for analyzing a purchase request inputted from said customer client;

file retrieving means for retrieving necessary goods information on the basis of an analysis result; and

display data forming means for displaying a retrieval result.

14. A system according to

claim 4

, wherein said cyber mall server has mall information including any one of panel information and a program to manage a mall, customer information, and applying conditions to discount the goods.