Automatic price correcting system

• US 20030088431A1
• Filed: 03/06/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hara, Yoshinobu, Uchida, Jiyunji, Inomoto, Takanobu, Takahashi, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US10/031,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20030088431A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/201 Price look-up processing, e.g. updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/145 PLU-management

Abstract

An automatic price correcting system in which the seller and the buyer communicate with each other via network, is provided. The system comprises a standard price storing section for storing a price presented by the seller in response to specifications of an article presented by the buyer, as a standard price, a standard specifications table for storing specifications presented by the buyer and a correction table for storing information required to correct the standard price of the article, presented by the seller. According to the system, difference between the specifications of the article stored in the standard specifications table and changed specifications of the article, is converted into a correction value of price, trough means of referring to the correction table, when the specifications of the article are changed. The standard price stored in the standard price storing section is corrected using the correction value of price. Since the system allows a quick and simple estimation on a price in response to changes in the specification, efficiency of changing specifications is improved.

Claims

1. An automatic price correcting system in which the seller and the buyer communicate with each other via a network, comprising:

a standard price storing section for storing a price presented by the seller in response to specifications of an article presented by the buyer, as a standard price;

a standard specifications table for storing specifications presented by the buyer;

a correction table for storing information required to correct the standard price of the article, presented by the seller; and

a control device adapted to convert difference between the specifications of the article stored in the standard specifications table and changed specifications of the article, into a correction value of price, trough means of referring to the correction table, when the specifications of the article are changed and to correct the standard price stored in the standard price storing section using the correction value of price.

2. An automatic price correcting system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is adapted to obtain difference between the specifications of the article stored in the standard specifications table and changed specifications of the article, for each item of the specifications, to convert the difference of the specifications for each item of the specifications into a correction value of price through means of referring to the correction table and to correct the standard price stored in the standard price storing section by a total of correction values, which is a sum of correction values of prices for respective items of the specifications.

3. An automatic price correcting system according to claim 2, wherein the correction table stores unit prices for units of respective items of the specifications.

4. An automatic price correcting system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is adapted to provide for the buyer a specifications change inputting screen for inputting changes in the specifications, to calculate a corrected standard price in response to changed specifications input through the specifications change inputting screen, and to present the corrected standard price to the buyer.

5. An automatic price correcting system according to claim 4, wherein contents of the correction table are displayed on the specifications change inputting screen.

6. An automatic price correcting system according to claim 4, wherein the correction table is associated with the specifications change inputting screen so that for respective items of the specifications displayed on the specifications change inputting screen, the buyer can refer to the correction table corresponding to the items of the specifications.

7. A method for automatically correcting a price, comprising the steps of:

storing, in a standard price storing section, a price presented by the seller in response to specifications of an article presented by the buyer, as a standard price;

storing specifications presented by the buyer in a standard specifications table;

storing information required to correct the standard price of the article, presented by the seller in a correction table;

converting difference between the specifications of the article stored in the standard specifications table and changed specifications of the article, into a correction value of price, trough means of referring to the correction table when the specifications of the article are changed; and

correcting the standard price stored in the standard price storing section using the correction value of price.

8. A method for automatically correcting a price, according to claim 7, wherein the step of converting into a correction value of price further comprises the steps of:

obtaining difference between the specifications of the article stored in the standard specifications table and changed specifications of the article, for each item of the specifications;

converting the difference of the specifications for each item of the specifications into a correction value of price through means of referring to the correction table; and

correcting the standard price stored in the standard price storing section by a total of correction values, which is a sum of correction values of prices for respective items of the specifications.

9. A method for automatically correcting a price, according to claim 8, wherein the correction table stores unit prices for unit of respective items of the specifications.

10. A method for automatically correcting a price, according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

providing for the buyer a specifications change inputting screen for inputting changes in the specifications;

presenting the corrected standard price to the buyer in response to changed specifications input through the specifications change inputting screen.

11. A method for automatically correcting a price, according to claim 10, wherein contents of the correction table are displayed on the specifications change inputting screen.

12. A method for automatically correcting a price, according to claim 10, wherein the correction table is associated with the specifications change inputting screen so that for respective items of the specifications displayed on the specifications change inputting screen, the buyer can refer to the correction table corresponding to the items of the specifications.