Method and System for Receiving and Handling Orders for Commodities
First Claim
1. A method of receiving and handling an order using an order-reception system which is comprised of at least one computer and has an order-reception subsystem, a network-order-reception subsystem, business management subsystem and order-entry subsystem, comprising the steps of:
- registering, by the order-entry subsystem, customer information and price information designating a price of a commodity customized for each customer, in a database of the business management system;
creating, by the order-reception subsystem, an order form and a catalog, customized to and provided for each customer for purchasing commodities, based on the price information and the customer information;
registering, by the order-reception subsystem, sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials and inquiry information to be displayed as Q&
A information;
storing, in a sales-information database comprising a storage by the order-reception subsystem, Bulletin Board System information to be posted on a Bulletin Board System style page according to date and classification;
the registered sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials according to date and classification; and
the registered inquiry information to be displayed as the Q&
A information according to date, context, and maker;
displaying, by the order-reception subsystem, the Bulletin Board System information on the Bulletin Board System style page;
displaying, by the order-reception subsystem, the sales-promotion materials;
receiving, by the order-reception subsystem or by the network-order-reception subsystem, customer order information created by the customer or a service person using a portable communications device based on the order form and the catalog, said customer order information including 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, by the order-reception subsystem, the order reception processing based on the received customer order information;
determining, by the order-reception subsystem, 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;
confirming, by the order-reception subsystem, whether the commodity is delivered and the support is provided;
obtaining, by the order-reception subsystem, statistics based on the customer information and the customer order information of each of a plurality of customers and updating the customer information and the customer order information with the calculated statistics; and
charging, by the order-reception subsystem, 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;
wherein the support request information includes information regarding a request for at least one of;
a service for delivering the commodity to a place specified by the customer or by the service person;
a service for unpacking the ordered commodity at a time of delivery;
a service for collecting an empty box that the customer does not need any more;
a service for delivering commodities that are repeatedly supplied to the customer on a FIFO basis;
a service for specifying a delivery date for delivering the commodity to be delivered;
a service for urgently delivering the ordered commodity; and
a service for periodically delivering a constant number of commodities specified by the customer.
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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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9 Claims
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1. A method of receiving and handling an order using an order-reception system which is comprised of at least one computer and has an order-reception subsystem, a network-order-reception subsystem, business management subsystem and order-entry subsystem, comprising the steps of:
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registering, by the order-entry subsystem, customer information and price information designating a price of a commodity customized for each customer, in a database of the business management system;
creating, by the order-reception subsystem, an order form and a catalog, customized to and provided for each customer for purchasing commodities, based on the price information and the customer information;
registering, by the order-reception subsystem, sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials and inquiry information to be displayed as Q&
A information;
storing, in a sales-information database comprising a storage by the order-reception subsystem, Bulletin Board System information to be posted on a Bulletin Board System style page according to date and classification;
the registered sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials according to date and classification; and
the registered inquiry information to be displayed as the Q&
A information according to date, context, and maker;
displaying, by the order-reception subsystem, the Bulletin Board System information on the Bulletin Board System style page;
displaying, by the order-reception subsystem, the sales-promotion materials;
receiving, by the order-reception subsystem or by the network-order-reception subsystem, customer order information created by the customer or a service person using a portable communications device based on the order form and the catalog, said customer order information including 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, by the order-reception subsystem, the order reception processing based on the received customer order information;
determining, by the order-reception subsystem, 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;
confirming, by the order-reception subsystem, whether the commodity is delivered and the support is provided;
obtaining, by the order-reception subsystem, statistics based on the customer information and the customer order information of each of a plurality of customers and updating the customer information and the customer order information with the calculated statistics; and
charging, by the order-reception subsystem, 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;
wherein the support request information includes information regarding a request for at least one of;
a service for delivering the commodity to a place specified by the customer or by the service person;
a service for unpacking the ordered commodity at a time of delivery;
a service for collecting an empty box that the customer does not need any more;
a service for delivering commodities that are repeatedly supplied to the customer on a FIFO basis;
a service for specifying a delivery date for delivering the commodity to be delivered;
a service for urgently delivering the ordered commodity; and
a service for periodically delivering a constant number of commodities specified by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
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6. An order-reception system comprising:
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an order-reception subsystem and a network-order reception subsystem which receives customer order information created by a customer or a service person using a portable communications device based on an order form and catalog, wherein the customer order information includes at least one of ordering information representing contents of an order for a commodity ordered by the customer or by the service person 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 registers customer information and price information designating a price of a commodity customized for each customer, in a database of the business management system and executes an order-reception processing based on the customer order information received by said order-reception subsystem, wherein said order-reception subsystem creates the order form and a catalog, customized to and provided for each customer for purchasing commodities, based on the price information and the customer information;
registers sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials and inquiry information to be displayed as Q&
A information;
stores, in the sales-information database, Bulletin Board System information to be posted on a Bulletin Board System style page according to date and classification;
the registered sales-promotion information to be displayed as sales-promotion materials according to date and classification; and
the registered inquiry information to be displayed as the Q&
A information according to date, context, and maker;
displays the Bulletin Board System information on the Bulletin Board System style page;
displays the sales-promotion materials;
determines 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;
confirms whether the ordered commodity is delivered and whether the support is provided;
obtains statistics based on the customer information and the customer order information of each of a plurality of customers and updates the customer information and the customer order information with the calculated statistics; and
charges the price of the commodity and the cost of the support specified in the ordering information; and
the support request information includes information regarding a request for at least one of;
a service for delivering the commodity to a place specified by the customer or by the service person;
a service for unpacking the ordered commodity at a time of delivering the ordered commodity ordered;
a service for collecting an empty box that the customer does not need any more;
a service for delivering commodities which are repeatedly supplied to the customer on a FIFO basis;
a service for specifying a delivery date for delivering the commodity to be delivered;
a service for urgently delivering the ordered commodity; and
a service for periodically delivering a constant number of commodities specified by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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