IP Library Patent Application 13578768
Patent Application
App. No. 13/578,768

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PROGRAM

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App. No.
13/578,768
Abstract

To easily set an appropriate supply method for each item, an electronic commerce system ( 1 ) includes a list database ( 13 ) that stores a supply method list (referred to hereinafter as “list”) containing one or more supply method information about an item available in a virtual shop, a screen providing unit ( 16 ) that provides an input screen to associate item information with the list to a virtual shop terminal Ts, a registration unit ( 17 ) that stores correspondence information indicating a correspondence between the item information and the list input in the virtual shop terminal Ts into an item supply method database ( 15 ), and an item information extraction unit ( 18 ) that, when a specific item is selected in a user terminal Tu, reads the list corresponding to the item from the item supply method database ( 15 ) and transmits the supply method information contained in the list to the user terminal Tu.

Claims (37)

1 - 7 . (canceled)

8 . An electronic commerce system comprising:

a list database for storing a supply method list containing one or more supply method information indicating a supply method of an item available in a virtual shop;

a screen providing unit for providing an input screen to associate item information identifying the item and the supply method list read from the list database to a shop terminal of the virtual shop;

a storing unit for storing corresponding information indicating a correspondence between the item information and the supply method list input through the input screen in the shop terminal into an item supply method database; and

an extraction unit for, when a specific item of the virtual shop is selected in a user terminal accessing the virtual shop, reading the supply method list corresponding to the item from the item supply method database and transmitting the supply method information contained in the supply method list to the user terminal.

9 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 8 , wherein

the virtual shop is a member shop being a member of a virtual shopping mall containing a plurality of virtual shops,

the storing unit stores the corresponding information in association with member shop information identifying the member shop into the item supply method database, and

when the specific item is selected in the user terminal accessing the virtual shop, the extraction unit reads the supply method list corresponding to the virtual shop and also corresponding to the specific item from the item supply method database.

10 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a supply method database that stores the supply method information, wherein

the screen providing unit further provides a list setting screen to create the supply method list containing one or more supply method information read from the supply method database to the shop terminal, and

the storing unit further stores the supply method list input through the list setting screen in association with the virtual shop into the list database.

11 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 10 , wherein

the list setting screen includes a region to display a set of the supply method information corresponding to the virtual shop and an input interface to select one or a plurality of supply method information from the set.

12 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 10 , wherein

the screen providing unit further provides a supply method setting screen to create the supply method information to the shop terminal, and

the storing unit further stores the supply method information input through the supply method setting screen in association with the virtual shop into the supply method database.

13 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 8 , wherein

the input screen includes a region to display a set of the supply method lists corresponding to the virtual shop and an input interface to select one supply method list from the set.

14 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 8 , wherein

the supply method information contains payment method information indicating a payment method of the item or delivery method information indicating a delivery method of the item.

15 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 11 , wherein the supply method information contains payment method information indicating a payment method of the item and delivery method information indicating a delivery method of the item, and

the list setting screen includes a region to display a set of the payment method information corresponding to the virtual shop as a first set, an input interface to select one or a plurality of payment method information from the first set, a region to display a set of the delivery method information corresponding to the virtual shop as a second set, an input interface to select one or a plurality of delivery method information from the second set.

16 . The electronic commerce system according to claim 8 , wherein

the storing unit stores area information identifying an area where the item is to be provided in association with the corresponding information into the item supply method database, and

the extraction unit reads the supply method list corresponding to the specific item and also corresponding to the area where the item is to be provided from the item supply method database.

17 . An electronic commerce method executed by an electronic commerce system, the method comprising:

a screen providing step of providing an input screen to associate item information identifying an item available in a virtual shop and a supply method list containing one or more supply method information indicating a supply method of the item to a shop terminal of the virtual shop;

a storing step of storing corresponding information indicating a correspondence between the item information and the supply method list input through the input screen in the shop terminal into an item supply method database; and

an extraction step of, when a specific item of the virtual shop is selected in a user terminal accessing the virtual shop, reading the supply method list corresponding to the item from the item supply method database and transmitting the supply method information contained in the supply method list to the user terminal.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having an electronic commerce program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to implement:

a function of a list database that stores a supply method list containing one or more supply method information indicating a supply method of an item available in a virtual shop;

a screen providing function that provides an input screen to associate item information identifying the item and the supply method list read from the list database to a shop terminal of the virtual shop;

a storing function that stores corresponding information indicating a correspondence between the item information and the supply method list input through the input screen in the shop terminal into an item supply method database; and

an extraction function that, when a specific item of the virtual shop is selected in a user terminal accessing the virtual shop, reads the supply method list corresponding to the item from the item supply method database and transmits the supply method information contained in the supply method list to the user terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 3, 2016
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 037690/0315 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2012
From: HAYATSU, KENJI; ZHU, SHIWE; YOSHINARI, TATSUYA
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 028779/0734 →