Network system, discriminative information managing method, server, and recording medium

• US 20030097312A1
• Filed: 11/20/2002
• Published: 05/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Keisuke Kataoka, Sachiko Misumi, Shizuo Kamimura, Tatsuto Torikai
• Original Assignee: Atsushi Hanai, Eiji Shinohara, Keisuke Kataoka, Sachiko Misumi, Shizuo Kamimura, Tatsuto Torikai
• Inventors: Misumi, Sachiko, Hanai, Atsushi, Torikai, Tatsuto, Kamimura, Shizuo, Kataoka, Keisuke, Shinohara, Eiji
• Application Number:
  US10/300,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20030097312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

The system according to the present invention allows users to handle their own discriminative information such as “order No.” when using the online shopping service, because the system associates first discriminative information (user'"'"'s order No.) with second discriminative information generated by the system. The second discriminative information is also associated with order data. Therefore, the system can specify the order data, even if the user notifies user'"'"'s order No. to the system. According to this effect, the users are allowed to handle only their own discriminative information, thus, their tasks for managing purchase activities will be simplified.

Claims

1. A network system which provides a site for merchandising based on interactions with a terminal device connected to a network, comprising:

an information acceptor for accepting an order from said terminal device with first discriminative information designated by said terminal for discriminate said order;

an information generator for generating second discriminative information for discriminating said order;

an information storage for storing said first discriminative information accepted by said information acceptor and said first discriminative information generated by said information generator with associating said first discriminative information and second discriminative information with each other;

an order storage for storing order information representing details of said order and said second discriminative information generated by said information generator with associating said order information and second discriminative information with each other;

an information receiver for receiving said first discriminative information from said terminal device;

an information searcher for searching said information storage to find second discriminative information being associated with said first discriminative information received by said information receiver in response to the reception by said information receiver; and

an information presenter for presenting order information obtained from said order storage based on said second discriminative information found by said information searcher to said terminal device.

2. The network system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a discriminative information storage for storing discriminative information including user information for identifying users and organization information for identifying organizations to which the users belong, while associating the user information and the organization information with each other; and

an attribution discriminator for discriminating attribution of a user who accesses said site by determining whether organization information associated with user information of the user concerned is stored in said discriminative information storage or not, wherein

said information acceptor accepts said first discriminative information in a case where said user attribution discriminator determines that the organization information associated with the user is stored.

3. The network system according to claim 1, wherein

said first discriminative information includes item information which represents ordered items included in the order discriminated by said first discriminative information.

4. The network system according to claim 1, wherein

said order information includes at least item information representing ordered items, quantity information representing ordered quantities, price information representing prices of the ordered items, date information representing order date, destination information representing destination of the ordered items, and status information representing shipment status of the ordered items.

5. A method for providing online shopping service comprising:

accepting an order from a terminal device via a network with arbitrary first discriminative information designated by said terminal device for discriminating said order;

generating second discriminative information for discriminating said order;

storing said first discriminative information, said second discriminative information, and order information representing details of said order, while associating said first discriminative information, second discriminative information, and said order information with each other;

updating said order information in accordance with process for accepting said order; and

specifying second discriminative information being associated with first discriminative information given by said terminal device, and presenting updated order information being associated with said specified second discriminative information to said terminal device.

6. A method for managing discriminative information which is applicable to a network system for providing merchandising service with handling interactions with a terminal device connected to a network, comprising the steps of:

accepting an order from said terminal device with first discriminative information designated by said terminal device for discriminating said order;

generating second discriminative information for discriminating said order so as to be associated with said order;

storing said accepted first discriminative information and said generated second discriminative information while associating said first discriminative information and said second discriminative information with each other;

storing order information representing details of said order and said second discriminative information associated with said order while associating said order information and said second discriminative information with each other;

receiving said first discriminative information from said terminal device;

specifying associated second discriminative information based on said received first discriminative information; and

obtaining associated order information based on said specified second discriminative information, and presenting said order information to said terminal device.

7. A server connected to a network for providing a site for merchandising with dealing with a terminal device connected to said network, comprising:

a connecting unit which connects said server to said network;

an order accepting unit which controls said connector to accept an order from said terminal device together with first discriminative information arbitrary designated by said terminal device for discriminating said order;

an information generating unit which generates second discriminative information for discriminating said order accepted by said order accepting unit;

an information storing unit which stores said first discriminative information accepted by said order accepting unit and said second discriminative information generated by said information generating unit so that said first discriminative information is associated with said second discriminative information;

an order information storing unit which stores order information representing details of said order accepted by said order accepting unit and said second discriminative information generated by said information generating unit so that said order information is associated with said second discriminative information;

an information receiving unit which controls said connecting unit to receive first discriminative information from said terminal device;

an discriminative information retrieving unit which retrieves associated second discriminative information from said information storing unit in accordance with said first discriminative information received by said information receiving unit;

an order information retrieving unit which retrieves associating order information from said order information storing unit based on said second discriminative information retrieved by said discriminative information retrieving unit; and

a order information transmitting unit which controls said connecting unit to transmit said order information retrieved by said order information retrieving unit to said terminal device.

8. The server according to claim 7, further comprising an input page transmitting unit which controls to said connector to transmit an input page for inputting information representing said first discriminative information, to said terminal device.

9. The server according to claim 8, further comprising:

a discriminative information storing unit which stores discriminative information including user information for identifying users and organization information for identifying organizations to which the users belong so that the organization information is associated with the user information; and

an attribution discriminating unit which determines whether the user information of a user who accesses said server has associated organization information or not, to discriminate attribution of the user concerned, wherein

said information input page presenting unit presents said input page in a case where said attribution discriminating unit determines that the user information has the associated organization information.

10. A recording medium storing a program which makes a computer work as said server according to claim 7.