Electronic commerce system, electronic commerce method, storage media storing electronic, commerce program and electronic commerce program

• US 20010021924A1
• Filed: 03/06/2001
• Published: 09/13/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ohno, Takeo
• Application Number:
  US09/798,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20010021924A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

An electronic commerce system is provided with a purchaser client used by a purchaser who wants to buy a commodity via the network; a seller client used by a seller who sells the commodity via the network; a commodity information providing server for storing commodity information including a commodity name and a commodity price of the commodity at least and for providing the commodity information which is stored to the purchaser client in response to a request from the purchaser client in the network; and a commercial transaction support server for relating to the commodity information providing server and for supporting a commercial transaction process between the purchaser client and the seller client via the network.

Claims

1. An electronic commerce system comprising:

a purchaser client for connecting a purchaser with a network, said purchaser who wants to buy a commodity via said network;

a seller client for connecting a seller with said network, said seller who sells said commodity via said network;

a commodity information providing server for storing commodity information including a commodity name and a commodity price of said commodity at least and for providing said commodity information which is stored to said purchaser client in response to a request from said purchaser client in said network; and

a commercial transaction support server for relating to said commodity information providing server and for supporting a commercial transaction process between said purchaser client and said seller client via said network.

2. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 1

, wherein said commodity information providing server is used by only said seller client which is specified.

3. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 1

, wherein said commercial transaction support server is commonly used by a plurality of said purchaser clients and a plurality of said seller clients.

4. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 1

, wherein said commodity information providing server is exclusively used by each of a plurality of said seller clients and said commercial transaction support server is commonly used by a plurality of said purchaser clients and said plurality of said seller clients.

5. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 1

, wherein when said commodity information providing server receives commodity selection information generated by a commodity selection operation by said purchaser who wants to buy said commodity from said purchaser client, said commodity information providing server transmits said commodity selection information to said commercial transaction support server, and when said commercial transaction support server receives said commodity selection information from said commodity information providing server, said commercial transaction support server executes an order process in response to said commodity selection information.

6. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 5

, wherein when said commercial transaction support server receives said commodity selection information from said commodity information providing server, said commercial transaction support server transmits a corresponding order form to said purchaser client in response to said commodity selection information.

7. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 5

, wherein when said commodity information providing server provides commodity information of a predetermined commodity to said purchaser client, said commodity information providing server transmits said commodity information to said commercial transaction support server while including selection information corresponding to a detailed design of said commodity, and when said commercial information providing server receives said commodity selection information including said detailed design of said commodity set by said purchaser from said purchaser client, said commodity information providing server transmits said commodity selection information to said commercial transaction support server.

8. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 5

, wherein when said commodity information providing server provides commodity information of a predetermined commodity to said purchaser client, said commodity information providing server transmits said commodity information to said commercial transaction support server while including selection information corresponding to a detailed design of said commodity, when said commercial information providing server receives said commodity selection information including said detailed design of said commodity set by said purchaser from said purchaser client, said commodity information providing server transmits commodity identification information corresponding to said commodity selection information to said commercial transaction support server, and when said commercial transaction support server receives said commodity identification information from said commodity information providing server, said commercial transaction support server executes an order process in response to said commodity identification information.

9. The electronic commerce system according to

claim 5

wherein said purchaser client includes a display section for displaying said commodity information and commercial transaction management information given from said commodity information providing server and said commercial transaction support server together with an operation button and an instruction input section for instruction-inputting said operation button displayed on said display section, and wherein said operation button includes a commodity selection button in which said commodity selection information is generated by instruction-inputting with said instruction input section.

10. An electronic commerce method using a network, comprising:

a commodity information providing step, when there is a sight request from a purchaser who wants to buy a commodity via said network, of providing commodity information including a commodity name and a commodity price of said commodity at least to a purchaser client which gives said sight request to a commodity information providing server; and

a commercial transaction support step, when said purchaser who wants to buy said commodity gives a predetermined notification to said commodity information providing server, of supporting commercial transactions between said purchaser client and a seller client via said network by a commercial transaction support server.

11. The electronic commerce method according to

claim 10

, wherein each of a plurality of said seller clients exclusively uses a corresponding commodity information providing server and said plurality of said seller clients and a plurality of said purchaser clients commonly use said commercial transaction support server.

12. A storage medium storing an electronic commerce program used in an electronic commerce system with a network, said electronic commerce program to cause a computer to carry out:

a commodity information providing process, when there is a sight request from a purchaser who wants to buy a commodity via said network, of providing commodity information including a commodity name and a commodity price of said commodity at least to a purchaser client which gives said sight request to a commodity information providing server; and

a commercial transaction support process, when said purchaser who wants to buy said commodity gives a predetermined notification to said commodity information providing server, of supporting commercial transactions between said purchaser client and a seller client via said network by a commercial transaction support server.

13. The storage medium for storing an electronic commerce program according to

claim 12

, wherein each of plurality of said seller clients exclusively uses a corresponding commodity information providing server and said plurality of said seller clients and a plurality of said purchaser clients commonly use said commercial transaction support server.

14. An electronic commerce program used in an electronic commerce system with a network, said electronic commerce program to cause a computer to carry out:

a commodity information providing process, when there is a sight request from a purchaser who wants to buy a commodity via said network, of providing commodity information including a commodity name and a commodity price of said commodity at least to a purchaser client which gives said sight request to a commodity information providing server; and

a commercial transaction support process, when said purchaser who wants to buy said commodity gives a predetermined notification to said commodity information providing server, of supporting commercial transactions between said purchaser client and seller client via said network by a commercial transaction support server.

15. The electronic commerce program according to

claim 14

, wherein each of a plurality of said seller clients exclusively uses a corresponding commodity information providing server and said plurality of said seller clients and a plurality of said purchaser clients commonly use said commercial transaction support server.