Method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using internet

• US 7,734,501 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Chemicals Co Ltd (SK Discovery Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Chemicals Co Ltd (SK Discovery Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hahn, Soon-Jong, Hahn, Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Bekerman; Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/547,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,296 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14, 705/14.17, 705/35, 705/36.R
• US Class Current: 705/14.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0215 Including financial accounts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0236 Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

The present invention relates, in general, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet and, more particularly, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet, which not only allows a commodity purchaser to give a predetermined deposit to a commodity seller, to purchase commodities at low prices, and to be issued both a dividend and an award for contribution previously stipulated by the commodity seller, depending on the contribution level of the amount spent purchasing commodities and the deposit after a predetermined period has elapsed, but also allows the commodity seller to finance a business using funds obtained on the basis of the credit thereof, thus maintaining continuous business relations between the commodity purchaser and the commodity seller.

Claims

1. A method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits, in which an Internet managing system of a commodity seller for electronic commerce is connected to terminals of both at least one commodity purchaser and the commodity seller to sell commodities and to share sales profits obtained from sold commodities to the commodity purchaser, comprising:

accessing the Internet managing system of the commodity seller through the Internet by the commodity purchaser, to apply for member subscription and enter a desired deposit amount corresponding to an anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities for a predetermined period, with reference to various stipulations and information related to member subscription and deposits guided through a home page provided by the commodity seller;

approving member subscription of the commodity purchaser by the Internet managing system of the commodity seller, by examining qualifications thereof through the Internet, informing the commodity purchaser of approval of the member subscription in real time through a mail server, requesting the commodity purchaser to give the desired deposit amount as a deposit, and automatically transferring the deposit to an account of the commodity seller;

accessing the Internet managing system by the commodity purchaser, to purchase commodities provided by the commodity seller for a predetermined stipulated period; and

issuing to the commodity purchaser by the Internet managing system of the commodity seller, a dividend of sales profits corresponding to a predetermined dividend rate according to purchase of commodities on the basis of a smaller one of an actual amount spent purchasing commodities and an anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities, as a refund, after the stipulated period initially set by the commodity purchaser through the Internet has elapsed, and issuing to the commodity purchaser an award for contribution corresponding to a predetermined coverage ratio of a difference between the actual amount spent purchasing commodities and the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities with respect to the difference.

2. The method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits according to claim 1, wherein the stipulated period for which commodities are purchased is one year.

3. The method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits according to claim 1, wherein said issuing to the commodity purchaser by the Internet managing system of the commodity seller, a dividend of sales profits comprises differently applying discount rates at the time of purchasing commodities depending on an accumulated amount spent purchasing commodities by the commodity purchaser for a predetermined period.

4. The method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits according to claim 1, wherein said issuing to the commodity purchaser by the Internet managing system of the commodity seller, a dividend of sales profits comprises:

determining whether the actual amount spent purchasing commodities is equal to or greater than the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities;

issuing to the commodity purchaser a dividend of sales profits, calculated depending on a predetermined dividend rate with respect to the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities, as a refund, and issuing to the commodity purchaser an award for contribution to excess purchases, calculated according to a predetermined excess purchase coverage ratio with respect to an actual amount exceeding the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities, if the actual amount spent purchasing commodities is equal to or greater than the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities; and

issuing to the commodity purchaser a dividend of sales profits, calculated depending on a predetermined dividend rate with respect to the actual amount spent purchasing commodities, as a refund, and issuing to the commodity purchaser an award for contribution to the deposit, calculated according to a predetermined deposit coverage ratio with respect to an anticipated amount exceeding the actual amount spent purchasing commodities, if the actual amount spent purchasing commodities is less than the anticipated amount to be spent purchasing commodities.

5. The method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits according to claim 4, wherein the deposit coverage ratio is greater than the excess purchase coverage ratio.

6. The method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits according to claim 1, wherein said issuing to the commodity purchaser by the Internet managing system of the commodity seller, a dividend of sales profits comprises updating details of member subscriptions of the commodity purchaser to maintain business relations between the commodity seller and the commodity purchaser.