SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINK OF UPPER SHOPPING MALL AND INDEPENDENT SHOPPING MALL USING API METHOD

• US 20100280900A1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Korea Co., Ltd. (E-Mart, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ku, Young Bae
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives

Abstract

The present invention relates to a link system and link method of an upper shopping mall and an independent shopping mall of API (application programming interface) link method, in particular, to a technology that builds and manages an independent shopping mall having an independent domain address and an user interface besides the upper shopping mall which is registered together with the other sellers. According to the present invention, provided is a link system of an upper shopping mall having a plurality of sellers and an independent shopping mall operated independently by one person among the sellers, of API link method, which comprises a shopping mall database that stores a goods information, a member information, and a payment and delivery information; an independent shopping mall web server receives a goods inquiry or a purchase request from a user to output a factor for extracting data of the shopping mall database, and receives a necessary data from the shopping mall database; and an API server receives a factor from the independent shopping mall web server to analyze, and accesses to the shopping mall database so as to request that the necessary data should be sent to the independent shopping mall web server.

Claims

1. A link system of an upper shopping mall having a plurality of sellers and an independent shopping mall operated independently by one person among the sellers, of API link method, the method comprising:

a shopping mall database that stores a goods information, a member information, and a payment and delivery information;

an independent shopping mall web server receives a goods inquiry or a purchase request from a user to output a factor for extracting data of the shopping mall database, and receives a necessary data from the shopping mall database; and

an API server receives a factor from the independent shopping mall web server to analyze, and accesses to the shopping mall database so as to request that the necessary data should be sent to the independent shopping mall web server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an upper shopping mall web server that receives the seller registration, receives the goods registration and an independent shopping mall construction application from a registered seller.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the factor includes a corresponding seller ID, and a field data for goods information searching.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the independent shopping mall web server receives a data from the shopping mall database with XML or HTML format, and converts it into an output form which is suitable for the interface of the independent shopping mall to output.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the independent shopping mall web server applies a separate discount rate to the price information of goods information data delivered from the shopping mall database.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the shopping mall database indicates a user who became a member through the independent shopping mall with a separate identifier to manage the member information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the shopping mall database indicates a payment that is generated through the independent shopping mall with a separate identifier to manage the payment information.

8. A link method of an upper shopping mall and an independent shopping mall of the API link method, the method comprising:

performing a seller registration, and performing a goods registration in an upper shopping mall web server;

receiving an independent shopping mall construction application from the registered seller;

establishing an independent shopping mall according to the independent shopping mall construction application;

receiving a goods inquiry or a purchase request from a user in an independent shopping mall web server, and outputting a factor for extracting the data of a shopping mall database;

requesting the sending of a necessary data by accessing to the shopping mall database, after receiving and analyzing the factor from the independent shopping mall web server in an API server; and

receiving the necessary data from the shopping mall database in the independent shopping mall web server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the factor includes a corresponding seller ID, and a field data for goods information searching.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the independent shopping mall web server receives a data from the shopping mall database with XML or HTML format.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of converting a data which is delivered from the shopping mall database into an output form which is suitable for the interface of the independent shopping mall to output in the independent shopping mall web server.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of applying a separate discount rate to the price information of goods information data delivered from the shopping mall database in the independent shopping mall web server.