Patent ID: 7418404
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An order acceptance and invoicing system comprising: a reception device configured to receive purchase request information from a user via a prescribed communication system other than Internet, the purchase request information including at least one of product ordering information and service requesting information in addition to user information of the user; a Web reception device configured to receive purchase request information transmitted from a user via the Internet, said purchase request information including at least one of product ordering information and service request information in addition to user information of a user; an order acceptance processing device configured to receive and consolidate the respective purchase request information transmitted from the reception device and the Web reception device; a first storage device configured to store a purchase price of at least one of a product and a service to be purchased by the system from a provider external to the system in accordance with the purchase request information, said first storage device being accessed by a client of the provider through a prescribed communication system to confirm the purchase price; a second storage device configured to store a sales price of at least one of a product and a service to be sold by a dealer external to the system to a user in association with personal information of the user, the sales prices being determined by the user and the dealer before ordering including a commission for the dealer beside the purchase price, said second storage device being accessed by a client of the dealer through a prescribed communication system to register a sales price; a product transportation instructing device configured to instruct the provider via a prescribed communication system to transport a product or provide a service included in the purchase request information to a user; and an invoicing device configured to invoice payment for at least one of the product and the service included in the purchase request information to the dealer; wherein said order acceptance processing device transmits the purchase request information and instructs the product transportation instructing device to operate, and transmits information obtained from the first and second storage devices and instructs the invoicing device to operate; and wherein said invoicing device calculates the payment of the dealer by subtracting the commission from the sales price stored in the second storage device.