Purchasing system on internet and method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChin Tae Kim, Sung Yeob Lee, Tae Gyu Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a technology for purchasing an item to purchase automatically and jointly by using the internet, in particular to a purchasing system and a method thereof on the internet which is capable of economizing human and material resources and lowering the unit cost of an item by performing all processes from a notice of tender to an ordering automatically on the internet and purchasing an item required for many companies and establishments jointly.
Claims34
An automatic purchasing method on the internet, comprising:
- determining whether companies applying for a new registration satisfy a certain condition set in advance by screening the companies automatically;
- registering the companies as cooperation companies when the companies satisfy the certain condition set in advance;
- and
- selecting a selected cooperation company by screening the registered cooperation companies.
An automatic purchasing system on the internet, comprising:
- a program for controlling the system's operations from a notice of tender to placing an order through a web server;
- an internal database for providing information related to a purchase in accordance with the operation of the program;
- and
- an external database for servicing information to cooperation companies in accordance with the operation of the program.
A joint purchasing system on the internet, comprising:
- a plurality of region terminals for inputting order information about a purchase item required for a plurality of companies in a prescribed region;
- a plurality of region servers for combining and storing the order information from the plurality of region terminals about the purchase item and transmitting the combined order information through a communication network;
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- a main server for performing a notice of tender for a joint purchasable item when the combined order information about the purchase item is transmitted from the region servers through the communication network.
A joint purchasing method on the internet, comprising:
- inputting a plurality of orders for an item to purchase;
- transmitting the inputted orders to a main server;
- and
- performing a notice of tender for the item, wherein the plurality of orders are jointly tendered in the notice of tender to a plurality of cooperation companies through the internet.
A method of matching vendors to buyers through a network, comprising:
- identifying whether vendors satisfy minimum attributes;
- registering the vendors that satisfy minimum attributes;
- identifying a buyer's vendor selection criteria;
- notifying vendors of the vendor selection criteria;
- accepting bids from vendors;
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- selecting a selected vendor from the vendors that satisfy minimum attributes according to one or more of the vendor selection criteria.
A network based sales generation system, comprising:
- a spatial location engine to determine criteria of a buyer and attributes of a plurality of vendors;
- a registering unit to register vendors which satisfy set minimum attributes;
- a database containing information regarding the registered vendors;
- an analyzing unit to collect selection criteria from the buyer;
- and
- an engine to select a qualified vendor for the buyer based on the database information and selection criteria.
A network based selection system, comprising:
- a first logic unit to determine whether individual vendors meet a first set of minimum attributes;
- and
- a second logic unit to determine a set of at least one vendor based on a second set of input criteria being applied to the individual vendors which meet the first set of minimum attributes.
A method for selecting a first party for a second party for engaging in a transaction, comprising:
- means for entering a request identifying at least one criterion for a transaction by the second party through a network;
- means for qualifying the first party to a set of minimum attributes;
- means for identifying a qualified first party to engage in the transaction based on at least one criterion;
- means for providing an identification of the first and second parties to engage in the transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.