Patent ID: 8036948
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An article joint purchase system using a network, for managing, via the network, purchase application information on an article which is inputted by each of a plurality of applicants for purchase through a terminal device, the article being produced, transported, or purchased on a lot basis on the network, the system comprising: an accepting means for accepting the purchase application information inputted through the terminal device and reporting an application for purchase, an entry price (which is a price at which or under which purchase is desired) of the article, and a desired quantity; an order data table for storing the application for purchase, the entry price, and the desired quantity, in association with one another; a condition table for registering a resultant initial cost obtained by adding a profit to an initial production cost that includes a design cost and an artwork production cost, a fixed cost obtained by adding a material cost per one piece of the article to a production cost per one piece of the article, and a maximum sales quantity which corresponds to the quantity of the article in one lot; and a quantity and price determining means for: where α and β are parameters that are set by a user with 1≧(α+β), and transmits the current price to the terminal device.