Book resource recycling system

• US 20040128206A1
• Filed: 12/30/2002
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wen F.U. Peng
• Original Assignee: Wen F.U. Peng
• Inventors: Peng, Wen Fu
• Application Number:
  US10/336,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20040128206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A book resource recycling system for providing a channel for people to buy or sell the secondhand books comprises: a book resource recycling server, store terminals and a member terminal. The book resource recycling server has a book resource recycling center for obtaining a commerce record from the store terminals via the network. The store terminals and member terminal also can obtain book inquiry data from the book resource recycling server via the network. Therefore, the system can provide the channel for people to buy/sell the secondhand books so as to reduce the waste of the book resource.

Claims

1. A book resource recycling system comprising:

a book resource recycling server, which has a book resource recycling control center and a first network interface, the book resource recycling control center being connected with the first network interface so as to obtain a commerce record via the first network interface and a network; and

store terminals each having a second network interface, the store terminals being connected with the book resource recycling server via the second network interface and the network, and obtaining book inquiry data from or delivering the commerce record to the book resource recycling server;

wherein the commerce record comprises a buying record of a new book or a buying/selling record of a secondhand book and the book inquiry data comprises an information relating to a state of the new book or secondhand book;

therefore, the book resource recycling system provides a channel for buying/selling the secondhand book so as to reduce the waste of a book resource.

2. The book resource recycling system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the book terminals each further comprises a book commerce recorder for recording the commerce record and delivering the commerce record to the book resource recycling control center.

3. The book resource recycling system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the book terminals each further comprises a network browser, which is used to obtain the book inquiry data via the second network interface.

4. The book resource recycling system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a member terminal, which is used for a member to obtain the book inquiry data.

5. The book resource recycling system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the member terminal comprises a network browser and a network interface for the member to use the network browser to obtain the book inquiry data via the network interface and the network.

6. An operation method of a book resource recycling system, wherein the book resource recycling system has a book resource recycling server and a store terminal, and the store terminal connects and communicates with the book resource recycling server via a network, the method comprising:

using the store terminal to surf a web site of the book resource recycling server;

using the store terminal to input a buying/selling inquiry to search information of a book;

employing the book resource recycling server to send book inquiry data back to the store terminal according to the inquiry;

choosing a place and time from available times and places provided by the book resource recycling server for buying/selling the book

using a book commerce recorder of the store terminal to input a commerce record of the book after buying/selling the book; and

employing the commerce recorder to send the commerce record to the book resource recycling server.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising checking an identity of a member after using the store terminal to surf the web site of the book resource recycling server.

8. An operation method of a book resource recycling system, wherein the book resource recycling system has a book resource recycling server, a store terminal and a member terminal, the store terminal and member terminal connect and communicate with the book resource recycling server via a network, the method comprising:

using the member terminal to surf a web site of the book resource recycling server;

using the member terminal to input a buying/selling inquiry to search information of a book;

employing the book resource recycling server to send book inquiry data back to the member terminal according to the inquiry;

choosing a place and time from available times and places provided by the book resource recycling server for buying/selling the book;

using a book commerce recorder of the store terminal to input a commerce record of the book after buying/selling the book; and

employing the commerce recorder to send the commerce record to the book resource recycling server.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising checking an identity of a member after using the store terminal to surf the web site of the book resource recycling server.