Method and system for receiving and handling orders for commodities
First Claim
1. A method of receiving and handling an order from a customer using at least one computer, comprising the steps of:
- receiving customer order information sent from the customer, said customer order information including customer information regarding the customer and at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer and support request information representing contents of a support request;
performing the order reception processing based on the received customer order information;
determining to deliver the commodity specified in the ordering information and to provide a support specified in the support information, based on a result of the order reception processing;
confirming whether the commodity is delivered and the support is provided; and
charging a price of the commodity specified in the ordering information and a cost of the support specified in the support request information, based on the customer information including information regarding a price of each commodity purchased by the customer with high frequency and a cost of each support requested by the customer with high frequency, wherein the price and the cost are set by a seller of the commodity and support.
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Abstract
An order-reception system has: an order-reception subsystem which receives, from a customer, customer order information including order-reception information and/or support request information and customer information; a business management subsystem having a customer-information database storing the customer information including information regarding a price of a commodity purchased frequently by the customer, and a cost of a support requested frequently by the customer, the price and the cost set by a seller; an order-entry subsystem which performs an order-reception processing based on the customer order information; and a delivery subsystem which arranges delivery of the commodity and providing of the support.
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1. A method of receiving and handling an order from a customer using at least one computer, comprising the steps of:
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receiving customer order information sent from the customer, said customer order information including customer information regarding the customer and at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer and support request information representing contents of a support request;
performing the order reception processing based on the received customer order information;
determining to deliver the commodity specified in the ordering information and to provide a support specified in the support information, based on a result of the order reception processing;
confirming whether the commodity is delivered and the support is provided; and
charging a price of the commodity specified in the ordering information and a cost of the support specified in the support request information, based on the customer information including information regarding a price of each commodity purchased by the customer with high frequency and a cost of each support requested by the customer with high frequency, wherein the price and the cost are set by a seller of the commodity and support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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15. An order-reception system comprising:
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an order-reception subsystem which receives customer order information sent from a customer, wherein the customer order information includes customer information regarding the customer and at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer and support request information representing contents of a support request;
a business management subsystem which has a customer information database storing the customer information regarding a price of a commodity purchased by the customer with high frequency and a cost of a support requested by the customer with high frequency, and set by a seller; and
an order-entry subsystem which executes an order-reception processing based on the customer order information received by said order-reception subsystem, wherein said order-reception subsystem determines to deliver the commodity specified in the ordering information and to provide the support specified in the support information, based on a result of the order reception processing, conforms whether the ordered commodity is delivered and whether the support is provided; and
charging the price of the commodity and the cost of the support specified in the ordering information.
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29. An order-reception system for receiving and handling an order from a customer using at least one computer, said system comprising:
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means for receiving customer order information sent from the customer, said customer order information including customer information regarding the customer and at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer and support request information representing contents of a support request;
means for performing the order reception processing based on the received customer order information means for determining to deliver the commodity specified in the ordering information and to provide a support specified in the support request information, based on a result of the order reception processing;
means for confirming whether the commodity is delivered and the support is provided;
a customer-information database which stores the customer information including information regarding a price of a commodity purchased by the customer with high frequency and a cost of a support requested by the customer with high frequency, wherein the price and the cost are set by a seller of the commodity and support; and
means for charging a price of the commodity specified in the ordering information and a cost of the support specified in the support request information based on the customer information.
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43. A program for controlling a computer to execute the following steps of:
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receiving customer order information sent from a customer, the customer order information including customer information regarding the customer and at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer and support request information representing contents of a request for a support;
executing an order-reception processing based on the received customer order information;
determining to deliver the commodity specified in the ordering information and to provide the support specified in the support request information, based on a result of the order-reception processing;
confirming whether the commodity has been delivered and whether the support has been provided; and
charging a price of the commodity specified in the ordering information and a cost of the support specified in the support request information, based on the customer information including information regarding a price of each commodity purchased by the customer with high frequency and a cost of each support requested by the customer with high frequency, wherein the price and the cost are set by a seller of the commodity and support. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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