Storehouse offer collecting system

• US 20040205001A1
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Tajima, Hisatsugu
• Application Number:
  US10/784,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An offer collecting system for a desired storehouse for keeping products and parts, includes a server connected with a network and having a storage section and a server display unit; a plurality of offerer terminals connected with the network; and an offer collection terminal connected with the server directly or through the network and having a terminal display unit. The offer collection terminal sets first and second collection condition sets in the storage section of the server. The server produces a storehouse offer collection display based on the first collection condition set to provide to the plurality of offerer terminals by displaying the storehouse offer collection display on the server display unit and stores offer data from each of the plurality of offerer terminals in the storage section. Also, the server compares the offer data from each of the plurality of offerer terminals with the second collection condition set, and determines the offer data meeting the second collection condition set as offer data candidates, and outputs the offer data candidates to the offer collection terminal. The offer collection terminal displays the offer data candidates and selects one of the offer data candidates and determines the desired storehouse corresponding to the selected offer data candidate.

Claims

1. An offer collecting system for a desired storehouse for keeping products and parts, comprising:

a server connected with a network and-having a storage section and a server display unit;

a plurality of offerer terminals connected with said network; and

an offer collection terminal connected with said server directly or through said network and having a terminal display unit,

wherein said offer collection terminal sets first and second collection condition sets in said storage section of said server,

said server produces a storehouse offer collection display based on said first collection condition set to provide to said plurality of offerer terminals by displaying said storehouse offer collection display on said server display unit and stores offer data from each of said plurality of offerer terminals in said storage section,

said server compares said offer data from each of said plurality of offerer terminals with said second collection condition set, and determines said offer data meeting said second collection condition set as offer data candidates, and outputs said offer data candidates to said offer collection terminal, and

said offer collection terminal displays said offer data candidates and selects one of said offer data candidates and determines said desired storehouse corresponding to the selected offer data candidate.

2. The offer collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said offer data includes numerical data and image data.

3. The offer collecting system according to claim 2, wherein said server outputs said offer data candidates to said offer collection terminal such that said numerical data of each of said offer data candidates is displayed on said terminal display unit in a list form and said image data of each of said offer data candidates is displayed as an image on said terminal display unit.

4. The offer collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said storehouse offer collection display contains a plurality of input screens to input data for different items of said first collection condition set.

5. The offer collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said first collection condition set includes whether an offerer of each of said plurality of offer terminals can provide a distribution service.

6. The offer collecting system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a distribution center terminal associated with the selected offer data candidate and connected with said network,

wherein said offer collection terminal orders transportation of said products and parts to said determined storehouse to said distribution center terminal, and

said products and parts are transported by a truck to said determined storehouse based on an instruction from said distribution center terminal.

7. The offer collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said offer collection terminal changes said second collection condition set, and

said server carries out the comparison, the determination and the output of said offer data candidates once again based on the changed second collection condition set.

8. The offer collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said server transmits an offer reception notice to said offer collection terminal in response to said determination of said offer data candidates, and

said offer collection terminal issues an output instruction in response to said offer reception notice, and

said server outputs said offer data candidates to said offer collection terminal in response to said output instruction from said offer collection terminal.

9. A software product readable by a computer to execute processing comprising:

a function of providing a storehouse collection display based on a first collection condition set from an offer collection terminal;

a function of receiving offer data and storing in a database;

a function of comparing said offer data with a second collection condition set, when said offer data is received from each of a plurality of offerer terminals;

a function of determining said offer data meeting said second collection condition set as an offer data candidate; and

a function of outputting said offer data candidates to said offer collection terminal,

whereby one of said offer data candidates is selected as a selected storehouse by said offer collection terminal.

10. The software product according to claim 9, wherein said offer data includes numerical data and image data.

11. The software product according to claim 10, wherein said function of outputting comprises:

a function of outputting said offer data candidates to said offer collection terminal such that said numerical data of said offer data candidates are displayed on said offer collection terminal in a list form and said image data of a selected one of said offer data candidates is displayed on said offer collection terminal.

12. The software product according to claim 9, further comprising:

a function of transmitting an offer notice to said offer collection terminal in response to said determination of said offer data candidates.

13. The software product according to claim 9, wherein said first collection condition set includes whether an offer of each of said plurality of offer terminals can provide a distribution service.