Patent WO-2014182005-A1 (WO)
Title: System and method for intermediating electronic commerce by using regional information coordination center
Inventor: KIM YONG SEOP
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2014-05-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for intermediating electronic commerce by using a regional information coordination center, the system comprising: a plurality of regional affiliated stores each including a PC or POS system; a plurality of displays including wall pads, kiosks, TVs, IPTVs, interphones, PDAs, smart phones, PCs, and DIDs for presenting advertisements for unspecified goods of the regional affiliated stores and placing orders and inquiries for goods, the displays being provided in respective households in a corresponding region including an apartment complex; a database server for storing and providing information on the unspecified goods of the regional affiliated stores, orders from the respective households in the corresponding region, and order processing status and storing membership data, data on goods, settlement data, transaction data, delivery data, and point data; a content media server for storing the advertisements for the unspecified goods of the regional affiliated stores and sending the stored advertisements to the displays in the respective households in the corresponding region; a plurality of broadcast terminals provided in the respective households in the apartment complex and connected to the displays, each of the broadcast terminals including a divider for selective output and an amplifier for signal amplification; and the regional information coordination center for intermediating between the plurality of displays in the respective households, the database server, and the content media server such that the advertisements for the unspecified goods of the regional affiliated stores, provided by the content media server, are received by the plurality of displays in the respective households through the broadcast terminals and the respective households can receive the information on the unspecified goods of the regional affiliated stores, provided by the database server, and purchase the goods, the regional information coordination center being connected to the PCs or POS systems of the plurality of regional affiliated stores, the plurality of displays, the database server, and the content media server through a communication network or an unused channel of the broadcast terminals in the apartment complex respectively. The present invention collects information on unspecified goods only in a residential region where consumers reside and provides the collected information to the consumers in the residential region in real time, thereby providing the consumers in the residential region with opportunities for economical purchases and enabling sellers in the corresponding region to maximize profits while not only achieving savings on waste disposal costs and cost recovery through clearance sales (so called closeout sales) of goods approaching expiration dates thereof, but also cutting down on advertising costs. Therefore, the present invention can benefit both consumers and sellers, and thus can contribute to development in residential regions by invigorating commercial districts in the corresponding residential region.