METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE ORDER

• US 20140297507A1
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xuan, Wang, Zhengrong, Guo, Yuan, Du, Tianyu, Huang, Yundong, Yu, Fang, Shen, Siyuan
• Application Number:
  US14/280,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method and system for collaborative order are provided. The method may include receiving a collaborative order request, containing commodity information, sent by a subscriber. A related user of the subscriber may be identified from a set of users related to the subscriber. A collaborative order invitation for the commodity may be sent to the related user to invite the related user to send sub-order information for the commodity. Order information for the commodity sent by the subscriber and sub-order information for the commodity sent by the related user may be received and combined, to obtain combined order information. The combined order information may be sent to a trading platform for processing trade of the commodity by processing the combined order information.

Claims

1. A method for processing a collaborative order, comprising:

receiving a collaborative order request sent by a subscriber, wherein the collaborative order request contains information about a commodity;

determining, in response to the collaborative order request, a user related to the subscriber, from a related user set of the subscriber in response to the collaborative order request;

sending a collaborative order invitation with the commodity information to the related user, to invite the related user to send sub-order information of the commodity in response to the collaborative order invitation;

receiving order information of the commodity sent by the subscriber and the sub-order information of the commodity sent by the related user;

combining the order information and the sub-order information of the commodity; and

sending the combined order information to a trading platform of the commodity for processing.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determination of the related user of the subscriber from the related user set of the subscriber in response to the collaborative order request comprises:

selecting one or more related users from the related user set of the subscriber in response to the collaborative order request;

generating a related user list corresponding to the subscriber based on the selected one or more related users of the subscriber;

sending the related user list to the subscriber; and

receiving the related user of the subscriber selected by the subscriber from the related user list.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

updating a state of the combined order information; and

sending to the subscriber and the related user of the subscriber who sent the sub-order information, the combined order information with the updated state.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

updating a state of the combined order information; and

sending the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber and the related user of the subscriber who sent the sub-order information.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the combined order information with the updated state is sent to the subscriber and the related user of the subscriber via a message channel of an instant messenger tool in a form of image or text.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the related user of the subscriber comprises a friend user of the subscriber connected to the subscriber via an electronic communication medium, a user connected to the subscriber via a social networking platform, a follower user following the commodity information on the trading platform, and a user who has ordered another commodity on the trading platform.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the related user of the subscriber comprises a friend user of the subscriber connected to the subscriber via an electronic communication medium, a user connected to the subscriber via a social networking platform, a user following the commodity information on the trading platform, and a user who has ordered another commodity on the trading platform of the commodity information.

8. A device for processing a collaborative order, comprising circuitry for a receiving unit, an acquisition unit, a sending unit and a combining unit, wherein,

the receiving unit is configured to receive a collaborative order request sent by a subscriber, wherein the collaborative order request carries commodity information;

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a related user of the subscriber from a set of users related to the subscriber in response to the collaborative order request;

the sending unit is configured to invite the related user to send sub-order information of the commodity information by transmission of a collaborative order invitation of the commodity information to the related user;

the combining unit is configured to receive order information of the commodity information sent by the subscriber and the sub-order information of the commodity information sent by the related user, and combine the order information and the sub-order information to obtain combined order information; and

the sending unit is further configured to send the combined order information to a trading platform of the commodity information.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the acquisition unit comprises:

a first sub-unit, configured to select one or more related users from the set of users related to the subscriber in response to the collaborative order request;

a second sub-unit, configured to generate a related user list based on the selected one or more related users; and

a third sub-unit, configured to send the related user list to the subscriber, and receive a related user selected by the subscriber from the related user list of the subscriber.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the circuitry further comprises an update notification unit, wherein,

the update notification unit is configured to update a state of the combined order information and send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber and the related user who sent the sub-order information.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry further comprises an update notification unit, wherein

the update notification unit is configured to update a state of the combined order information and send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber and the related user who sent the sub-order information.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the update notification unit is configured to send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber and the related user via a message channel of an instant messenger tool in a form of image or text.

13. The device according to claim 8, wherein the related user of the subscriber comprises a user listed in a contact list of the subscriber, a user connected to the subscriber via a social networking platform, a user following the commodity information on the trading platform, and a user who has ordered another commodity on the trading platform.

14. The device according to claim 9, wherein the related user of the subscriber comprises a user listed in a contact list of the subscriber, a user connected to the subscriber via a social networking platform, a user following the commodity information on the trading platform, and a user who has ordered another commodity on the trading platform.

15. A system for collaborative order, comprising a subscriber terminal, an instant messenger server computer, a related user terminal, a combining and processing platform and a trading platform, wherein

the subscriber terminal is configured to receive a collaborative order request input by a subscriber and send the collaborative order request to the instant messenger server computer, wherein the collaborative order request contains commodity information;

the instant messenger server computer is configured to receive the collaborative order request sent by the subscriber terminal, and in response to the collaborative order request, determine the related user terminal corresponding to a related user of the subscriber, wherein the related user is one from a set of users related to the subscriber, and the instant messenger server computer is further configured send a collaborative order invitation of the commodity information to the related user terminal;

the related user terminal is configured to send sub-order information of the commodity information to the combining and processing platform in response to the collaborative order invitation;

the subscriber terminal is further configured to receive order information of the commodity information that is input by the subscriber and send the order information of the commodity information to the combining and processing platform;

the combining and processing platform is configured to receive the order information of the commodity information sent by the subscriber terminal and the sub-order information of the commodity information sent by the related user terminal, combine the order information and the sub-order information to obtain combined order information, and further send the combined order information to the trading platform; and

the trading platform is configured to receive the combined order information.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein, the instant messenger server computer is further configured to:

in response to the collaborative order request, select one or more of the related users from the set of users related to the subscriber,

generate a related user list based on the selected one or more related users,

send the related user list to the subscriber terminal, and

receive identity of the related user of the subscriber, the related user is selected by the subscriber from the related user list and the identity of the related user sent by the subscriber terminal.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein the instant messenger server computer is further configured to update a state of the combined order information, and send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber terminal and the related user terminal that sent the sub-order information.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the instant messenger server computer is further configured to update a state of the combined order information, and send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber terminal and the related user terminal of the subscriber that sent the sub-order information.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the instant messenger sever computer is configured to send the combined order information with the updated state to the subscriber terminal and the related user terminal via a message channel of an instant messenger tool in a form of image or text.

20. The system according to claim 15, wherein the relational user of the subscriber comprises a user listed in a contact list of the subscriber, a user connected to the subscriber via a social networking platform, a user following the commodity information on the trading platform, and a user who has ordered another commodity on the trading platform.