JP2007334873A - Used car purchase and sale support device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a used car purchase and sale support device capable of performing used car sale transactions on a web site with a credible evaluation and an appropriate price as content. <P>SOLUTION: The used car purchase and sale support device establish a market for used cars by transmitting and receiving information related to the sale/purchase of used cars to and from a plurality of terminals connected via a communication line. The used car purchase and sale support device has a transaction mediation section 140 for determining a purchaser based on timing at which an application is received when the application of the purchase of a used car shown by information related to the used car is accepted at the sale start date/time or thereafter, and for reporting the application to a person who is judged to be the purchaser. Wherein the application includes the price of a used card determined by a store; a sale start date/time in a used car market; and the evaluation of the used car at an auction site. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a device that supports used car buying and selling and related transactions using a computer connected via a communication line such as the Internet.

  With the development of the Internet, transactions on the Internet have become widespread, and used cars are also bought and sold on the Internet. Transactions using the Internet generally have the advantage that transactions are often made at a higher price for the seller and at a lower price for the buyer than at a used car dealer. However, it is difficult for an amateur buyer to properly evaluate the condition of a used car. This is especially true in Internet transactions, where there is less chance of seeing or testing a real car and the information available to buyers is limited. Sellers are also worried about the buyer's resources and credit.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a system that supports car sales transactions between individuals based on an appropriate evaluation related to the state of a used car by publishing a third party's evaluation of the used car on the Internet. In addition, in a conventional system that supports vehicle sales transactions, the operator of this system provides vehicle maintenance guarantees, payment guarantees for money, refund guarantees, and the like at the request of trading parties (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-290970 A

  However, the conventional system has a problem that the objectivity of evaluation is not sufficiently ensured. In the conventional system, since the maintenance shop selected by the seller evaluates the used car, the subjectivity of the seller is mediated by the selection of the maintenance shop which is the premise of the evaluation. In other words, it can be said that the evaluation is performed by a maintenance factory that is convenient for the seller using the conventional system.

  In addition, the conventional system has a problem that the appropriateness of the selling price is not always ensured. In the conventional system, the selling price is determined by negotiation between the trading parties on a website provided by the system. Therefore, there may be a sale price advantageous to either the seller or the buyer. Accordingly, there is a problem that the advantage of the transaction on the website that the transaction at a price advantageous to both parties can be realized may be impaired, and the transaction at an appropriate price may not be realized.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a used car buying and selling support apparatus that enables a used car buying and selling transaction on a website, which has a reliable evaluation and an appropriate price. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a used car buying and selling support apparatus according to the present invention sends and receives used car buying and selling by transmitting and receiving information related to buying and selling used cars with a plurality of terminals connected via a communication line. A used car buying and selling support device that supports the used car including the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the sale start date and time of the used car in the market, and the evaluation of the used car at the auto auction site. Purchase application acceptance means for accepting an application for purchase of a used car from the terminal used by a person who wishes to purchase a used car indicated by the information after the sale start date and time, and the purchase application acceptance means accepting the application In this case, based on the time when the application is accepted, it is determined whether the user of the terminal is a buyer of a used car related to the application. Includes a buyer determining means, the person who is determined to buyer by the buyer determining means, and a buyer notifying means for notifying that the buyer of used automobile according to the application.

  As described above, a purchaser of a used car determines purchase of a used car with reference to the evaluation at the auto auction site. Since the auto auction site is a market where used car dealers participate, the evaluation there is strict and accurate. Accordingly, a purchaser of a used car can trade a used car based on a reliable evaluation.

  The price of used cars is determined by the dealer. Used cars that are listed on the market on the website are sold directly between the seller and the consumer, and no other merchants are involved, so there is no price increase due to resale until it reaches the consumer. In addition, since the evaluation at the auto auction site is disclosed, the consumer can determine whether or not the price determined by the dealer is appropriate based on a strict and accurate evaluation. Therefore, it is considered that the store determines the price that will be auctioned off at the auto auction site as the sale price in the market established by the present invention, and it is possible to buy and sell used cars at an appropriate price.

  Furthermore, the buyer of a used car is determined according to the time when an application for purchase is accepted. The application acceptance time is determined by mechanical processing by the used automobile trading support device according to the present invention. Therefore, there is no room for intervention by operators or dealers of used car trading support devices. Therefore, when there are a plurality of purchase applicants, it is possible to determine fairly which purchase applicant is a buyer of a used car.

  Preferably, further, information on the used car including the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the sales start date and time of the used car in the market, and the evaluation of the used car at the auto auction site is acquired. In response to a request from an exhibition information acquisition means and a terminal used by the purchase applicant, information on a used car including the price, the sale start date and time, and the evaluation is used by the purchase applicant. A terminal used by the purchase applicant who wishes to purchase a used car indicated by information on the used car transmitted by the exhibition information transmitting means. From the sale start date and time, an application for purchasing a used car is accepted.

  In addition, the exhibition information acquisition means, from the terminal used in the dealer, the price of the used car determined by the seller, the price of the used car determined by the dealer, and the market of the used car in the market A first exhibition information acquisition unit that acquires information about a used car including a sale start date and time, and an auto auction site for a used car specified by the information about the used car acquired by the first exhibition information acquisition unit And a second exhibition information acquisition unit that acquires the evaluation from the device that manages information at the auto auction site.

  Further, the exhibition information acquisition means includes a price of a used car determined by the dealer, a start date and time of sale of the used car in the market, and an auto auction of the used car from a terminal used in the dealer. Get information about used cars, including evaluation at the venue.

  In this way, the used car buying and selling support device provides information on used cars including the price of used cars determined by dealers, the date and time of sale of used cars in the market, and evaluation of used cars at the auto auction site. Acquire and provide the acquired information to the buyer. The price and the sale start date and time are obtained from the dealer, and the evaluation is obtained from the dealer or the auto auction hall that has obtained the evaluation at the auto auction hall.

  Thereby, the purchase applicant can acquire information on the used cars being exhibited at the terminal used by the purchaser, and can determine purchase with reference to the acquired information.

  In addition, if the evaluation is obtained directly from the auto auction site, the chances of unauthorized acts such as tampering on the way can be reduced, and the accuracy of the evaluation and the validity of the price can be further improved. It becomes.

  More preferably, the merchant storage means for storing merchant information, which is information relating to a merchant that provides services related to buying and selling of pre-registered used cars, and the buyer determined by the buyer judging means are used. The buyer is one of the vendor information transmitting means for transmitting the vendor information stored in the vendor storage means and the vendor included in the vendor information transmitted by the vendor information transmitting means. A selection supplier acquisition means for acquiring information on the selected supplier when a supplier is selected;

  In addition, the trader information transmission means provides a proxy service for a car registration procedure, which is one of services related to buying and selling of the used car, to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determination means. The selected supplier obtaining means is selected when the buyer selects one of the agents for the registration procedure of the car included in the information sent by the supplier information transmitting means. Get information about the contractor.

  Further, the supplier information transmitting means transmits information relating to a supplier who maintains a car, which is one of services related to the purchase of used cars, to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining means, The selection supplier acquisition unit acquires information on the selected supplier when the buyer selects one of the car maintenance companies included in the information transmitted by the supplier information transmission unit.

  Further, the trader information transmitting means transmits information on a trader that transports an automobile that is one of services related to the purchase of a used car to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determination means, The selection trader obtaining unit obtains information on the selected trader when the buyer selects any one of the vehicle land transportation traders included in the information transmitted by the trader information transmission unit.

  In this way, the used car buying and selling support apparatus provides the buyer with information related to the dealer and obtains the buyer's selection related to the dealer. Services provided by contractors include used car registration agency services, used car maintenance, and used car land transportation.

  As a result, after the buyer purchases a used car, it is possible to save the trouble of searching for the dealer himself and to improve the convenience of the buyer.

  In addition, since the buyer can not request the supplier included in the information related to the supplier provided by the used car trading support device, or can request only a part of the services, a variety of buyers regarding the selection of the supplier It is possible to respond to various wishes.

  More preferably, further, a condition acquisition for acquiring a condition designated by the buyer in order to select a supplier that provides a service related to buying and selling of used cars to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining means. Means for extracting the trader satisfying the condition acquired by the condition acquisition means from the traders included in the trader information stored in the trader storage means, and the trader information transmission means. Transmits the trader information stored in the trader storage means corresponding to the trader extracted by the trader extraction means to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer judgment means.

  In this way, the condition relating to the selection of the trader is acquired, and information regarding the trader that meets the condition is provided to the buyer. As a result, the buyer can determine a contractor to request from among contractors narrowed down according to the conditions desired by the buyer, so that it is possible to save the buyer's trouble in selecting the contractor.

  More preferably, when the selected supplier obtaining means obtains information on the seller related to the buyer's selection, a bill amount calculating means for calculating a contract fee to be charged to the supplier related to the selection by a predetermined method. Prepare.

  In this way, the operator of the used car trading support device charges a contract fee to the registered traders. The contract fee is calculated according to the amount of contracts concluded in the used car buying and selling support apparatus. When there are few contracts, the burden on the dealer is small, and when there are many contracts, the burden on the dealer is large. Therefore, it becomes possible to make the burden on the trader reasonable according to the sales by registering in the used car trading support device.

  More preferably, it further comprises a supplier evaluation acquisition means for acquiring an evaluation relating to a supplier providing a service related to the purchase of a used car from a terminal used by a purchase applicant, wherein the supplier information transmission means is provided by the buyer determination means. Information relating to a supplier providing a service related to the purchase of a used car including the evaluation acquired by the supplier evaluation acquisition means is transmitted to the determined terminal used by the buyer.

  In this way, the used car trading support device provides the buyer with an evaluation of the merchant. For this reason, the buyer can refer to this evaluation and select a supplier requested by the buyer. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the buyer regarding the selection of the trader.

  More preferably, the buyer determination means determines a person related to the application with the earliest time when the purchase application reception means has received the application as a buyer of a used car related to the application, and the purchase application reception means It is determined that a person related to an application that is late for an application whose application has been accepted is not the buyer of a used car related to the application.

  In addition, the buyer determination means is selected by lottery in which the target person wins with equal probability from among persons related to the application in which the time when the purchase application reception means has received the application is included in a predetermined range. One person is determined to be a buyer of a used car related to the application, and a person other than the one selected in the lottery is determined not to be a buyer of a used car related to the application.

  In addition, the buyer determination means may increase the probability that the person who is earlier in the period from among those related to applications in which the time when the purchase application reception means has accepted the application is included in a predetermined range will be won. In addition, it is determined that one person selected by a lottery winning with a probability weighted according to the time period is a buyer of a used car related to the application, and a person other than the one selected in the lottery is applied for the application It is determined that it is not a buyer of used cars related to

  In this way, the used car buying and selling support apparatus determines the buyer who has been selected by lottery from those who have applied for the earliest, those who have applied within a certain time from the sales start time. . In addition, the lottery is a lottery in which candidates are elected with an equal probability, or a lottery with a higher probability of winning as a person whose application is accepted earlier. As a result, the used car trading support device can determine the buyer fairly according to the time when the application is accepted.

  More preferably, further, a first notification request acquisition means for acquiring a request for notification before the start of sale of a used car related to the designation of the purchase applicant from a terminal used by the purchase applicant, and the notification request acquisition means When the request for the notification is acquired, a first notification means for transmitting a notification before the sale of the used car related to the request for notification to the purchase applicant related to the request for notification is provided.

  As described above, the used car trading support device transmits a notification before the start of sales to a person who has requested notification in advance. As a result, it is possible to prevent the purchase applicant from forgetting the opportunity to apply for the purchase of a second-hand car that he / she wishes to purchase because he / she has forgotten the sales start date / time of the second-hand car.

  More preferably, a second notification request acquisition means for acquiring a condition of a used car that the purchase applicant desires to be notified at the time of exhibition from a terminal used by the purchase applicant, and the second notification request acquisition When the means obtains the condition, it is determined whether the used car that has been exhibited satisfies the condition, and when it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the used car that satisfies the condition has been exhibited. Second notification means for transmitting to a purchase applicant related to the request for notification at the time of listing.

  As described above, the used car trading support device notifies a person who has requested notification in advance when a used car that satisfies the condition specified by the person is exhibited. This makes it possible for the purchase applicant to notice that a used car that meets the conditions he / she wishes to purchase has been exhibited, and to prevent missing an opportunity to apply for a used car purchase.

  More preferably, furthermore, a buyer evaluation acquisition means for acquiring an evaluation of the buyer by the dealer or the dealer from a terminal used by the dealer or the dealer, and a buyer evaluation which is information on the evaluation of the buyer acquired by the buyer evaluation acquisition means. Buyer evaluation storage means for storing information.

  By accumulating the buyer's evaluation in this way, the operator of the used car trading support device can use the used car trading support device or provide the buyer's evaluation to the dealer or the dealer by other methods. For this reason, it is possible to reduce or eliminate the concerns regarding the buyer's credit of the traders and dealers.

  More preferably, the exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant, the vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquisition means has received the request, and the request has been received. When a request is acquired by a vehicle type information storage unit that stores frequency information including a time, a vehicle type list request acquisition unit that acquires a request for a vehicle type list from the terminal, and the vehicle type list request acquisition unit, A priority calculating unit that acquires the frequency information from the vehicle type information storage unit, and calculates a priority for each vehicle type that is higher for a vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquiring unit receives requests more frequently recently; and the priority calculating unit Vehicle type list transmission means for transmitting vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the priority calculated by the above to the terminal.

  As described above, the vehicle type list information including information to be arranged according to the priority that becomes higher as the vehicle type that frequently receives requests recently is transmitted to the terminal. Thereby, in the terminal, the list of vehicle types can be arranged in ascending order or descending order of priority. Vehicle types that frequently receive requests recently are highly popular. Therefore, it can be said that a vehicle type with high priority is a highly popular vehicle type. Accordingly, the purchase applicant can see the list of vehicle types displayed side by side on the terminal according to the priority, and can select the vehicle type. Therefore, it is possible to support the purchaser's selection of a used car. . For example, a purchase applicant who desires a popular car model may select a car model with a high priority. In general, a low-priced vehicle has a low price, and a purchaser who wants a low-priced vehicle may select a low-priority vehicle type.

  More preferably, the exhibition vehicle storage means for storing a category associated with each vehicle type and category relevance information including a relevance between the vehicle type and the category, and a request for a list of categories is acquired from the terminal. When the category list request acquisition unit acquires the request, the category relevance information is acquired from the exhibition vehicle storage unit, and the list of categories included in the category relevance information is transmitted. When the request is acquired by the category list transmission unit, the vehicle type list request acquisition unit that acquires the request for the vehicle type list including the category specified by the purchase applicant, and the vehicle type list request acquisition unit, The category relevance information is acquired from the vehicle type information storage means, and the vehicle type having a high relevance with the designated category Priority calculation means for calculating the first priority to be increased, and vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority calculated by the priority calculation means is transmitted to the terminal. Vehicle type list transmission means.

  Thus, the category relevance information including the relevance and relevance between the category and the vehicle type is stored. Then, vehicle type list information including information to be arranged according to the degree of association with the category designated by the purchase applicant is transmitted to the terminal. The terminal can display a list arranged in order from the car model having the highest degree of association with the category designated by the purchase applicant. Therefore, the purchase applicant can acquire a list of vehicle types according to the degree of suitability with the preference by selecting a category. Therefore, it becomes easy for a purchase applicant who is not familiar with the car model name of the car to select a car type that suits his / her preference, and it becomes possible to support the selection of a used car by the purchase person.

  More preferably, it further comprises an exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant, and the vehicle type information storage means is further requested by the exhibition information request acquisition means. The frequency information including the vehicle type that received the request and the time when the request was received is stored, and the priority calculation unit stores the vehicle type information storage unit when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority. The frequency information is acquired from the vehicle, and the exhibition information request acquisition means calculates a second priority that becomes higher for a vehicle type that receives requests frequently recently, and the vehicle type list transmission means is calculated by the priority calculation means. Vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority and the second priority is transmitted to the terminal.

  As described above, when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority based on the category and the degree of relevance designated by the purchase applicant, the second priority is higher for the vehicle types that frequently receive requests recently. And the list information of the vehicle type including the first priority and the second priority is transmitted to the terminal. As described above, a vehicle type that frequently receives requests recently is a popular vehicle type. Therefore, it can be said that the vehicle type with the second highest priority is a popular vehicle type. Thereby, when the first priority is the same, a list of vehicle types arranged according to general popularity and price trend can be displayed on the terminal. Therefore, it becomes easy for the purchase applicant to select the vehicle type, and it becomes possible to support the selection of the used car of the purchase applicant.

  Here, the category included in the category relevance information may be a car specification, and all the relevance may be the same.

  The category included in the category relevance information may be a keyword associated with a vehicle type, and the relevance may be a predetermined value for each keyword associated with the vehicle type.

  As a result, it becomes possible for a purchaser who is not familiar with a specific vehicle type to easily select a used vehicle by selecting a vehicle type that suits his / her preference.

  More preferably, the exhibition vehicle storage means for storing the category associated with each vehicle type and the category relevance information including the relevance between the vehicle type and the category, and the used car desired by the purchase applicant Condition input request acquisition means for acquiring a request for condition input from the terminal, and a category list transmission means for transmitting a form for inputting conditions in free words when the condition input request acquisition means acquires a request, When a request is acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit that acquires a request for a vehicle type list including the conditions input in a free word from the terminal, and the vehicle type list request acquisition unit, the vehicle type information is stored from the vehicle type information storage unit. Obtain category relevance information, extract categories included in the conditions, and the higher the relevance to the extracted category, the higher the model Vehicle type list transmission for transmitting vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority calculated by the priority calculation unit and a priority calculation unit for calculating a priority of 1 to the terminal Means.

  As described above, the first priority that is higher for the vehicle type having a higher degree of association between the condition and the vehicle type, which is a sentence or phrase input as a free word, is calculated based on the category relevance information. As a result, the terminal can display a list arranged in order from the vehicle type having the highest degree of association with the sentences and phrases entered by the purchase applicant. Therefore, the purchase applicant can acquire a list of vehicle types according to the degree of fitness with the preference by inputting his / her preference. Therefore, the purchase applicant can acquire a list of vehicle types according to the degree of suitability with the preference by selecting a category. Therefore, it becomes easy for a purchase applicant who is not familiar with the car model name of the car to select a car type that suits his / her preference, and it becomes possible to support the selection of a used car by the purchase person.

  More preferably, it further comprises an exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant, and the vehicle type information storage means is further requested by the exhibition information request acquisition means. The frequency information including the vehicle type that received the request and the time when the request was received is stored, and the priority calculation unit stores the vehicle type information storage unit when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority. The frequency information is acquired from the vehicle, and the exhibition information request acquisition means calculates a second priority that becomes higher for a vehicle type that receives requests frequently recently, and the vehicle type list transmission means is calculated by the priority calculation means. Vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority and the second priority is transmitted to the terminal.

  As described above, when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority based on the relevance degree with the text or phrase input by the purchase applicant, the vehicle type that receives a request frequently for those vehicle types becomes higher. The priority is calculated, and the vehicle type list information including the first priority and the second priority is transmitted to the terminal. As described above, a vehicle type that frequently receives requests recently is a popular vehicle type. Therefore, it can be said that the vehicle type with the second highest priority is a popular vehicle type. Thereby, when the first priority is the same, a list of vehicle types arranged according to general popularity and price trend can be displayed on the terminal. Therefore, it becomes easy for the purchase applicant to select the vehicle type, and it becomes possible to support the selection of the used car of the purchase applicant.

  More preferably, further, a merchant storage means storing merchant information including a merchant registered in advance and a service related to buying and selling of used cars provided by the merchant, and an extraction condition for extracting the merchant information Extraction condition storage means storing a designated service; and a contractor extraction means for acquiring the extraction condition from the extraction condition storage means and extracting a list of traders that provide the service designated as the extraction condition. The vehicle type list transmission means further transmits a list of dealers extracted by the dealer extraction means to the terminal.

  In this way, the business provider that provides the service included in the extraction condition is extracted, and the list is transmitted to the terminal. Therefore, the purchase applicant can easily obtain information on the trader he / she desires. Therefore, it is possible to select a used car in consideration of a supplier who requests when a used car is purchased.

  More preferably, further, a loan simulation request, information for identifying a combination of a vehicle type and a vendor selected from the list of vendors transmitted by the vehicle type list transmitting means, and input by a purchase applicant. A simulation condition acquisition unit that acquires conditions necessary for simulation, and purchase of the selected vehicle model based on the conditions required for simulation acquired by the simulation condition acquisition unit, and Loan plan calculation means for calculating a scheduled repayment amount or a repayment scheduled period when borrowing the total amount for provision, and information indicating the scheduled repayment amount or the scheduled repayment period calculated by the loan plan calculation means A loan plan transmitting means for transmitting to

  In this way, the loan simulation is executed based on the condition input by the purchase applicant, and the result is transmitted to the terminal used by the purchase applicant together with information on the used car. Thereby, the purchase applicant can make a more specific purchase plan, and it becomes possible to improve the convenience of those who want to purchase used cars.

  The present invention can be realized not only as a used car trading support device having such characteristic means but also as a used car buying and selling support method using the characteristic means included in the used car trading support device as a step. Can be realized. Moreover, it can also be realized as a program that causes a computer to function as characteristic means included in the used car trading support device. Such a program can be distributed via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) or a communication network such as the Internet.

  Used cars on the Internet that have objectively reliable evaluation and reasonable prices while taking advantage of the used car buying and selling transactions on the Internet where transactions are established at a price favorable for both parties Enable trading transactions.

  Hereinafter, a used car trading support device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 14, the configuration of a used car trading support device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of a used car trading support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The used car buying and selling support system is a system for opening a virtual used car buying and selling market using a website or the like.

  The used car buying and selling support system 1 includes a used car buying and selling support device 3, terminals 5, 7, and 9 installed in a plurality of dealers, terminals 11 and 13 used by a plurality of purchase applicants, and a plurality of terminals. Each terminal 15, 17, 19 used by the trader and a server (hereinafter referred to as “AA server”) 21 managed by the auto auction operator are configured.

  The used car trading support device 3, the terminals 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and the AA server 21 are connected by a communication line 23 such as the Internet.

  The used car buying and selling support device 3 examines the purchase of used car dealers (hereinafter referred to as “sales shops”) that are sellers in the market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1 and the used cars that have been exhibited. It manages information on the desired person (hereinafter referred to as “purchase applicant”) and information on used cars exhibited by the dealer.

  "Purchase applicant" is a person who considers or wishes to purchase a used car listed as above, and "buyer" is one of those who want to purchase and has become a buyer of a specific used car. , In the sense of, use properly.

  The used car trading support device 3 also manages information related to a trader (hereinafter referred to as “trader”) that provides various services related to the purchase of a used car. Services related to the purchase of second-hand cars include, for example, car registration agency, maintenance, and land transportation.

  The used car buying and selling support device 3 manages the information on the trader, so that the buyer can be provided with information on the trader that provides the related service necessary for the purchase of the used car. Based on this, you can select a convenient vendor. Therefore, it is possible to save the time for the buyer to check the trader himself and place an order, and the convenience of the buyer can be improved.

  Further, the administrator of the used car trading support device 3 can make a profit by charging a contract fee or the like when the buyer selects a trader included in the information provided by the used car trading support device 3. Become.

  Further, the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 manages information on used cars exhibited by dealers.

  Each terminal 5, 7, 9 installed in the store registers information about the store as a market participant in the used car buying and selling support device 3, and also uses the used car buying and selling support device for information on used autos to be exhibited. 3 is a terminal for registering to No.3.

  Each terminal 11, 13 used by a purchase applicant browses information on a used car that is displayed on the market by the purchase applicant, and uses the information on the purchase person himself as a market participant. 3 is a terminal for registering to No.3.

  Each terminal 15, 17, 19 used by a trader is a terminal for registering information about the trader in the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 as a person who provides services related to used car buying and selling.

  The AA server 21 is a server that provides the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 with an evaluation by an inspector of an auto auction regarding a used car exhibited in a market established by a used car buying and selling support system.

  Here, the “auto auction” is an inter-trade auction in which used car dealers with membership can participate. In general, an auto auction is a market that is used by secondhand car dealers to purchase secondhand cars and to cash trade-in and purchase cars.

  In such an auto auction, an inspector evaluates a used car. As described above, since a used car dealer who is a professional of a used car participates in the auto auction, the evaluation at the auto auction is strict and is an objectively reliable evaluation.

  The evaluation of the auto auction is evaluated by, for example, a score of 0 to 6 points or a symbol such as an alphabet. For example, a used car rated “6” or “5” has almost no scratches and repairs on the interior and exterior, and no repair is required. Further, the travel distance and the like satisfy a predetermined condition. The specific evaluation method may differ depending on the venue of the auto auction.

  In the auto auction, a document that describes the travel distance of a used car and the location and extent of scratches or dents on a used car is created. Therefore, the used car trading support device 3 can also acquire these pieces of information as evaluations on used cars.

  As described above, the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 acquires the evaluation of the used car from the AA server 21, so that the purchase applicant can estimate the state of the used car being exhibited based on accurate information. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the anxiety that the buyer has about the state of the used car, especially in the used car buying and selling on the website that often decides to purchase without looking at the actual vehicle or taking a test ride.

  As described above, the used car buying and selling support system 1 provides information on used cars including highly reliable evaluations to purchase applicants, and provides information on companies that provide related services to buyers who have decided to purchase. This improves the convenience of the buyer.

  Moreover, in the used car buying and selling support system 1, since it is sold directly to the purchase requester from the dealer without going through the resale at the broker, it is possible to expect a transaction at a price close to the winning bid price expected in the auto auction. . Because auto auctions are used car dealers as mentioned above, it is possible to estimate the approximate winning bid price, and as a dealer it is usually desirable to sell as soon as possible if the estimated winning bid price is It is. In addition, since the purchase applicant can refer to the evaluation of the auto auction, it is possible to determine whether or not the price presented by the store is appropriate.

  The details of the functional configuration of the used car trading support device 3 that is the core of such a used car trading support system 1 will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration provided in the used car trading support device 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 relates to buying and selling of used cars and transactions of related services by transmitting and receiving information to and from each terminal 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 through a communication line. By managing information, we support transactions related to the buying and selling of used cars and related services.

  An input unit 50 and a display unit 52 are externally connected to the used car trading support device 3. The input unit 50 is a part for an administrator of the used car trading support device 3 such as a keyboard and a mouse to input to the used car trading support device 3. The display unit 52 is a part for a user of the used car trading support apparatus 3 to browse information processed by the used car trading support apparatus 3 such as a monitor and a printer.

  The used car buying and selling support device 3 includes an input receiving unit 54, a display control unit 56, an administrator login unit 57, a clock unit 58, a communication control unit 60, an internal bus 62, and a used car buying and selling support unit. 100 and a login control unit 130.

  The input receiving unit 54 is a part that receives information input to the input unit 50. The display control unit 56 is a part that causes the display unit 52 to display the acquired information.

  The administrator login unit 57 is a part that controls the administrator of the used car trading support device 3 to log in to the device. The administrator login unit 57 according to the present embodiment acquires an administrator ID and password stored in a storage unit (not shown), and logs in when the acquired information matches the information acquired from the input unit 50. If it does not match, login is rejected.

The clock unit 58 is a part that holds the current date and time.
The communication control unit 60 is connected to each part of the used car trading support unit 100 described later, the auto auction server 21 and each terminal via the internal bus 62 and the communication line 23 which are internal wiring of the used car trading support apparatus 3. This is a part that controls transmission and reception of information between 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19.

  The login control unit 130 is a part that performs control for a purchase applicant, a store, and a trader registered in the used car trading support apparatus 3 to log in to the used car trading support apparatus 3.

  The login control unit 130 according to the present embodiment refers to the “purchaser ID” and “password” of the purchase applicant information 106a described later when the purchase applicant logs in, and the store basics described later when the store logs in. The “dealer ID” and “password” of the information 102a are referred to, and when the supplier logs in, the “dealer ID” and “password” of the supplier basic information 108a described later are referred to, and the information received from each terminal is If they match, login is permitted, and if the information received from each terminal does not match these, login is rejected.

  The used car buying and selling support unit 100 is a processing unit for supporting buying and selling of used cars and transactions related thereto, and specifically has a function exhibited by a computer that executes an application program, for example.

  The used car trading support unit 100 acquires the information received by the input receiving unit 54 via the administrator login unit 57, processes the information based on the acquired information, and outputs the processed result to the display control unit 56. . Further, the used car trading support unit 100 refers to the clock unit 58 to acquire the current date and time.

  The used car buying and selling support unit 100 includes a store storage unit 102, an exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, a purchase applicant storage unit 106, a supplier storage unit 108, a transaction storage unit 110, a billing amount reference storage unit 112, Dealer registration unit 120, exhibition information acquisition unit 122, AA evaluation acquisition unit 124, usage history storage unit 126, purchase applicant registration unit 128, exhibition information request acquisition unit 132, and exhibition information transmission unit 134 , Notification request acquisition unit 136, notification unit 138, transaction mediation unit 140, supplier registration unit 142, billing amount calculation unit 144, ordering unit 146, supplier evaluation screen transmission unit 148, and supplier evaluation acquisition unit 150. With.

  The store storage unit 102 is a storage unit that stores store information 102a and 102b, which is information related to the store, and is realized by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive).

  The “dealer information” according to the present embodiment includes “dealer information” including information unique to each depot registered as a market participant established in the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention. “Basic information” 102a and “Usage history information” 102b containing the history of each dealer using the market established in the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention.

  Here, specific examples of “store basic information” 102a and “use history information” 102b will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the dealer basic information 102a according to the present embodiment.
The “store basic information” 102a shown in the figure is composed of “store ID”, “store name”, “address”, “contact”, and “password” of each store. .

  Stored in the “store ID” is an ID (Identifier) assigned to manage information on each store in the used car sales support system 1. The information stored in the “store ID” is automatically given, for example, when the store is registered as a market participant established in the used car sales support system 1.

  Stored in the “store name” is information indicating the name of the store, for example, a trade name. “Address” stores information indicating the location of the store. In “Contact”, information indicating the contact information of the store is stored. For example, information indicating a mail address is stored in the “contact address” according to the present embodiment.

  The “password” stores information indicating a password given to the store or designated by the store. The information stored in the “password” is used for the dealer to access information managed by the used car trading support device 3, specifically, for example, to log in to the used car trading support device 3. Used.

  In FIG. 4, for example, “Distributor ID” is “S001”, “Distributor name” is “Distributor A”, and “Address” is “Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka XXX-XXX”. And the basic information of the dealer whose “contact address” is “A@xxx.co.jp” and whose “password” is “012abc”.

Next, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of usage history information 102b according to the present embodiment.
“Usage history information” 102b shown in the figure is composed of “use date”, “use contents”, “exhibited vehicle ID”, and “use fee” for each store ID.

  Stored in the “use date” is information indicating a date when the dealer indicated by the “store ID” uses the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention. In “Usage content”, information indicating the content used on each usage date is stored.

  The “exhibited vehicle ID” stores information indicating the ID of the used used car when the dealer has displayed the used car in the market. That is, the “exhibition vehicle ID” of the “usage history information” 102b of this embodiment is stored when the “usage content” is “exhibition”, and has been put on the market on the date indicated by the “use date”. The ID is given to used cars.

  The “use fee” is a fee charged for the dealer to participate in the market established by the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention, for example, when the dealer places a used car on the market. Stored is information indicating the fee to be charged and the fee charged for the store to maintain membership registration. The information stored in the “use fee” is a fee paid from the dealer to the operator of the used car trading support device 3.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which “5000” yen is charged when a dealer continues as a member of the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention and is not charged for other exhibitions. The charging to the dealer may include charging at the time of listing, charging at the time of the sales contract of the used car that has been exhibited, etc., but by not collecting a fee for listing as in this embodiment, Many dealers are expected to participate, and it is possible to increase the number of participants in the market.

  FIG. 5 shows, for example, a store whose “store ID” is “S001”, which is used for “member continuation” on “March 1, 2006” and is a cost for continuation of the member “ “5000” yen includes usage history information that is “use fee”.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 is a storage unit that stores exhibition vehicle information 104a that is information related to the exhibition vehicle, and is realized by, for example, an HDD.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the exhibited vehicle information 104a according to the present embodiment.
The “exhibited vehicle information” 104a shown in the figure includes an “exhibited vehicle ID”, a “dealer ID”, a “vehicle name”, a “year”, a “vehicle body No”, and a “travel” for each exhibited vehicle. It consists of “distance”, “color”, “photograph”, “evaluation”, “price”, and “sales start date and time”.

  Stored in the “exhibited vehicle ID” is information indicating an ID assigned to manage information related to a used vehicle exhibited in a market established by the used vehicle trading support system 1. The information stored in the “exhibited car ID” is automatically given, for example, when a used car to be exhibited in a market established in the used car trading support system 1 is registered by a dealer.

  The “exhibited vehicle ID” of the “exhibited vehicle information” 104a corresponds to the “exhibited vehicle ID” of the “use history information” 102b, and the information stored in these “exhibited vehicle ID” is the same. In the case of the same used car.

  The “dealer ID” is information indicating the ID of the store that exhibited the used car indicated by the information stored in the “exhibited vehicle ID”, and corresponds to the “dealer ID” of the basic store information 102a.

  “Car name” indicates the name of the used car, “Year” indicates the year of the used car, “Body No” indicates the car number of the used car, and “Distance” "" Represents the mileage of the used car, "Photo" contains an electronic file containing the photo of the used car, and "Color" contains information indicating the color of the used car. Stored.

  “Evaluation” stores information indicating the evaluation of the used car that has been exhibited. The evaluation stored here is the evaluation of the auto auction as described above.

  The “price” stores information indicating the price of the used car that has been exhibited. This price is a certain sales amount designated by the dealer as the seller for the used cars that have been exhibited.

  Stored in the “sales start date and time” is information indicating the sales start date and time of the used car that has been exhibited. Here, the “sales start date and time” is the date and time when sales of the exhibited cars are started in the market established by the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention.

  For example, when a market is regularly opened by the used car buying and selling support system 1, “sales start date and time” stores information designated by the store regarding when to sell in the opened market.

  FIG. 6 shows, for example, for an exhibition vehicle whose “exhibition vehicle ID” is “A001”, the “dealer ID” of the store that exhibited the used vehicle is “S001”, and the “vehicle name” of the used vehicle is Is “XXX”, “Year” is “2000”, “Body No” is “xxxxxxxx”, “Mileage” is “36000” km, and “Photo” is “a001. “gif”, “color” is “white”, “evaluation” is “4”, “price” is “650000” yen, and “sales start date” is “2006/3/30 15:00” Is included.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The purchase applicant storage unit 106 includes purchase applicant information 106a, which is information related to purchase applicants registered as buyers in the market established by the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention, and the present invention. When a purchase applicant desires a notice regarding a used car exhibited in the market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1, the notice request information 106 b which is information including the conditions regarding the notice, and the purchase which is the buyer This is a part that stores buyer evaluation information 106c, which is information related to the evaluation of the applicant, and is realized by, for example, an HDD.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of purchase applicant information 106a according to the present embodiment.
The “purchase applicant information” 106a shown in the figure includes a “purchaser ID”, “name”, “contact”, “password”, and “buyer evaluation average”.

  The “purchaser ID” stores an ID assigned to manage information on each purchase applicant in the used car buying and selling support system 1. The information stored in the “purchaser ID” is automatically given, for example, when the store is registered as a participant in the market established in the used car sales support system 1.

  The “name” stores information indicating the name or name of the purchase applicant. In “Contact”, information indicating a contact specified by the purchase applicant is stored. In the “contact” according to the present embodiment, information indicating the mail address of the purchase applicant is stored.

  The “password” stores information indicating a password given to the purchase applicant or designated by the purchase applicant. The information stored in the “password” is a certain service provided by the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 such that the purchase applicant receives information from the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 or concludes a transaction with the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3. Specifically, for example, it is used to log in to the used car trading support device 3.

  The “buyer evaluation average” is an average of points obtained by evaluating the individual posted from a store or a trader when a purchase applicant becomes a buyer, as will be described later. By holding such information, it is possible for the dealer or the merchant to judge the buyer's credit. In addition, the operator of the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 can improve the credit of the market established by the used car buying and selling support system by deleting the registration of purchase applicants with low evaluation, etc. Can be expected to increase.

  FIG. 7 shows, for example, for a purchase applicant whose “purchaser ID” is “B001”, “name” is “Taro XX”, and “contact address” is “taro@xxx.co.jp”. , And “password” is “uvw987” and “buyer evaluation average” is “5.0”.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of notification request information 106b according to the present embodiment. The “notification requester information” 106b shown in the figure is composed of “exhibition notification condition information” and “start notification information” for each “purchaser ID”.

  “Exhibition notification information” includes conditions specified in advance by a purchase applicant for an exhibition notification. Here, “exhibition notice” means that when a used car that satisfies the conditions specified in advance by the purchaser is listed in the market set up by the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention, it is sent to the purchaser. It is to inform. This makes it possible for buyers to know the listings of used cars that meet their requirements, and saves the trouble of constantly collecting information on used cars that are listed. It becomes possible.

  The “exhibition notification condition information” illustrated in the figure is a condition of a used car that the purchase applicant desires to purchase, and “year”, “amount”, “travel distance”, and “color”. And “evaluation”. Each of these items is information indicating the characteristics of the automobile, and is stored when designated by the purchase applicant. When a used car that satisfies the conditions stored in the “exhibition notification condition information” is listed in a market established by the used car buying and selling support system, the used car buying and selling support device 3 sends an exhibition notice to the designated purchase applicant. Send.

  The “start notification information” is a condition that is specified when a purchase applicant desires notification before starting sales of a used car, and includes information for specifying a used car that is being exhibited.

  Here, “notification before the start of sales” means that in the market set up by the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention, a certain time before the start of the sale of used cars specified by the purchase applicant in advance. It is to inform the purchaser that the sale of used cars will start after a certain time. As a result, it is possible to prevent the purchase applicant from forgetting the opportunity to apply for the purchase of a used car that he / she wishes to purchase because he / she has forgotten the sales start date / time of the used car.

  In the “start notification information” illustrated in this figure, “exhibited vehicle ID” is stored, and is associated with the exhibited vehicle information 104a.

  In FIG. 8, for example, for a purchase applicant whose “purchaser ID” is “B001”, “year” is after 1998, “amount” is “500000 to 1000000 yen”, and “evaluation” "Exhibition notification condition information" that is "4" or more, and "start notification information" in which a notification before starting sales of a used car whose exhibition vehicle ID is indicated by "A001" or "A009" is specified Indicates.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of buyer evaluation information 106c according to the present embodiment. The buyer evaluation information 106c shown in the figure includes “buyer ID”, “evaluation date”, and “buyer evaluation”.

  The “buyer ID” stores information indicating the buyer of the exhibited vehicle that has been sold in the market established by the used car trading support system 1, and the “buyer ID” according to the present embodiment is the “buyer ID”. ". That is, the same “buyer ID” and “purchaser ID” indicate the same person.

In the “evaluation date”, a date storing the evaluation of the corresponding buyer is stored.
Stored in the “buyer evaluation” is an evaluation of the buyer by a store or a merchant based on the payment status of the transaction fee. The “buyer evaluation” in the present embodiment is evaluated by a score of 0 to 5 points. The “buyer evaluation average” of the purchase applicant information 106a is information in which the average for each buyer of the “buyer evaluation” of the buyer evaluation information 106c is stored in the corresponding “buyer ID”.

  FIG. 9 includes, for example, buyer evaluation information with a rating of “5.0” stored in “April 3, 2006” for a buyer whose “buyer ID” is “B001”. By providing such buyer evaluation information to the used car buying and selling support device 3 to the dealer or the dealer, it becomes possible to reduce or eliminate the anxiety regarding the credit of the buyer of the dealer or the dealer.

  The buyer's evaluation is made by a dealer or a dealer when purchasing a car. Therefore, purchase applicants who have not purchased a used car in the market provided by the used car buying and selling support system 1 have no evaluation. Although not shown in the figure, a predetermined value or symbol such as a NULL value or “0” is stored in the “evaluation” of the purchase applicant who has not purchased.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The supplier storage unit 108 is a part that stores supplier information 108a, 108b, and 108c, which is information related to the supplier, and is realized by, for example, an HDD.

  Registered as an operator that provides services related to buying and selling used cars for used cars bought and sold in the market set up in the used car buying and selling support system according to the present invention in the "trader information" according to the present embodiment The “trader basic information” 108 a containing the information unique to the traded merchant, the “trader evaluation information” 108 b containing the evaluation for each merchant, and the operator of the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 are billed to the merchant. "Billing information" 108c containing information related to the fee.

  Here, specific examples of “trader basic information” 108a, “trader evaluation information” 108b, and “billing information” 108c will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the supplier basic information 108a according to the present embodiment.
The “trader basic information” 108a shown in the figure includes a “trader ID”, “trader name”, “registration”, “maintenance”, “land transportation”, “contact”, “address”, Consists of “Mechanical Evaluation Average”.

  Stored in the “vendor ID” field is an ID (Identifier) assigned to manage information related to each vendor in the used car trading support system 1. The information stored in the “trader ID” is automatically given, for example, when registered in the used car trading support device 3 as a business provider that provides services related to buying and selling used cars.

Stored in the “trader name” is information indicating a trader name, for example, a trade name.
“Registration”, “Maintenance”, and “Land Transportation” include whether or not the contractor provides services such as agency of used vehicles, maintenance of used vehicles, and land transportation of used vehicles. Stored in

  Further, in the present embodiment, for the service provided by the trader, the minimum charge for using the service of the trader is stored. As a result, the buyer can know an estimate of how much it will cost when requesting service from each supplier.

  In “Contact”, information indicating the contact information of the trader is stored. In the “contact” according to the present embodiment, information indicating a mail address is stored.

The “address” stores information indicating the location of the trader.
“Merchant evaluation average” is an average of points obtained by evaluating each supplier posted by a user, which will be described later.

  By maintaining such information, the buyer can obtain various information such as whether or not to receive the service of the merchant, whether the merchant's location is close to his / her home, how much the cost is necessary, and whether the general reputation is good. It becomes possible to judge.

  In FIG. 10, for example, “supplier ID” is “X001”, “supplier name” is “AA automobile service”, “registration” is “40000” yen, and “maintenance” is “4000” yen. Yes, “land transportation” is “10000” yen, “contact” is “aa@xxx.co.jp”, and “address” is “△△△ − △△”, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka , And the vendor basic information whose “evaluation average” is “4.8”.

Next, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the supplier evaluation information 108b according to the present embodiment.
“Contractor evaluation information” 108b shown in the figure includes “Contractor ID”, “Evaluation date”, “Contractor evaluation”, and “Comment”.

  Stored in the “vendor ID” is information indicating the vendor to be evaluated. The “vendor ID” of the vendor evaluation information 108b according to the present embodiment corresponds to the “vendor ID” of the vendor basic information 108a, and the “vendor ID” of the vendor basic information 108a and the “dealer ID” of the vendor evaluation information 108b. "Is the same, it indicates the same supplier.

  In the “evaluation date”, information indicating the date of accepting posting of “commercial evaluation” and “comment” to be described later is stored for the business indicated by the “commercial ID”.

  Stored in the “vendor evaluation” is information indicating the vendor's evaluation by the person who posted. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the evaluation is based on a score of “0” to “6”.

  By providing such a supplier evaluation to the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 to the buyer of the used car, the buyer can request the business with peace of mind even if the buyer is the first use. In addition, the operator of the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 refers to the “trader evaluation” and gives a penalty such as deleting the registration of the trader whose evaluation is lower than a predetermined threshold value. Can maintain the market credit offered by, and can also improve the market credit to ensure that the merchant is not penalized.

  Here, the “evaluation average” of the “trader basic information” 108a is the average of the points of the “trader evaluation” for the same vendor.

  The “comment” stores information indicating a comment related to the evaluation of the trader by the person who posted.

  In FIG. 11, for example, the “commercial ID” is “X001”, the “evaluation date” is “2006/3/28”, the “commercial evaluation” is “5”, and the “comment” is “all” It is convenient because it does it all together. It was cheap. "

  The seller's evaluation is made by the buyer's contribution. Therefore, there is no evaluation of the trader until the buyer submits it, for example, when the trader has just registered with the used car trading support device 3. Although not shown in the figure, a “value” or a predetermined value such as a NULL value or “0” is stored in “evaluation” that the buyer has not yet posted.

Further, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of billing information 108c according to the present embodiment.
“Billing information” 108c shown in this figure includes “commercial ID”, “occurrence date”, “amount”, “summary”, and “exhibited vehicle ID”.

  Stored in the “vendor ID” is information indicating the vendor that is the billing destination. The “vendor ID” of the billing information 108c according to the present embodiment corresponds to the “broker ID” of the vendor basic information 108a, similarly to the “broker ID” of the vendor evaluation information 108b.

  In the “occurrence date”, information indicating the date on which the cause of claiming money to the merchant occurred is stored. In “Amount”, information indicating the amount charged to the trader is stored. In “Summary”, information indicating the cause of requesting money to the trader is stored.

  In the “exhibited vehicle ID”, when the cause of the billing of money to the trader is related to the exhibition of a used car, the exhibition car ID assigned to the used car is stored. The “exhibited vehicle ID” of the billing information 108c according to the present embodiment corresponds to the “exhibited vehicle ID” of the exhibited vehicle information 104a.

  In FIG. 12, for example, “Trade ID” is “X001”, “Occurrence Date” is “2006/3/30”, “Amount” is “1000” yen, and “Summary” is “Registration Contract”. Charge information, and the “exhibition vehicle ID” is “A001”.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The transaction storage unit 110 is a storage unit that stores information related to buying and selling of used cars between the dealer and the buyer and transactions between the dealer and the buyer, and is realized by, for example, an HDD. Is done.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of transaction information 110a according to the present embodiment.
"Transaction information" 110a shown in this figure includes "transaction ID", "contract date", "exhibition vehicle ID", "buyer ID", "registration", "maintenance", and "land transportation". Consists of

  Stored in the “transaction ID” is information indicating an ID assigned to manage information related to a used car sales transaction in a market established by the used car sales support system 1. The information stored in the “exhibited vehicle ID” is automatically given, for example, when a used vehicle sales transaction in a market established in the used vehicle sales support system 1 is established.

  Stored in the “contract date” is information indicating a date on which a used car buying and selling transaction is established in a market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1.

  The “exhibited vehicle ID” stores information indicating an exhibited vehicle in which a sales transaction has been established in a market established by the used car sales support system 1. The “exhibition vehicle ID” of the transaction information 110a according to the present embodiment is the “exhibition vehicle ID” of the exhibition vehicle information 104a associated with the exhibition vehicle for which a sales transaction has been established in the market established by the used car sales support system 1. ".

  In the “buyer ID”, as with the “buyer ID” of the buyer evaluation information 106c, information indicating the buyer of the exhibited vehicle that has been sold in the market established by the used car sales support system 1 is stored. The “purchaser ID” of the transaction information 110a according to the present embodiment is the “purchaser ID” of the purchase applicant information 106a associated with the buyer of the exhibition car that has been sold and sold in the market established by the used car sales support system 1. Corresponds to “Purchaser ID”. That is, the same “buyer ID” and “purchaser ID” indicate the same person.

  “Registration”, “maintenance”, and “land transportation” include registration, maintenance, or land transportation by a trader registered in the used car trading support system 1 in connection with buying and selling of used cars. Information indicating whether or not a transaction relating to the provision of each service has been concluded, and which contractor has been concluded when the transaction is concluded, is stored in each. In the present embodiment, as information indicating which contractor is concluded when a transaction is concluded, “registration”, “maintenance”, and “land transportation” of the transaction information 110a include the basic information 108a. Information corresponding to “vendor ID” is stored.

  FIG. 13 shows, for example, for a used car whose “transaction ID” is “T001”, “2006/3/30” is “contract date”, and “used car ID” is indicated by “A001”. The transaction information purchased by the buyer whose “buyer ID” is indicated by “B001” is included. In addition, with regard to buying and selling used cars with a “transaction ID” of “T001”, the buyer also offers a “registration” agent to a dealer with a “trader ID” of “X001” for “maintenance” of used cars. The transaction information requested for the trader whose “trader ID” is “X001” and the trader whose “trader ID” is “X001” for “land transportation” of a used car is included.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The billing amount standard storage unit 112 is a billing amount that is a basis for a fee charged by the operator of the used car trading support device 3 according to the present invention to a dealer or a trader registered in the used car trading support device 3. The storage unit stores the reference information 112a, and is realized by, for example, an HDD.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the billing amount reference information 112a according to the present embodiment.
The “billing amount standard information” 112a shown in the figure includes “dealer admission fee”, “dealer monthly fee”, “dealer admission fee”, “dealer monthly fee”, and “contract fee unit price”. Including.

  The “dealer admission fee” and the “dealer monthly fee” are items charged to the depot, and the “dealer enrollment fee” is registered in the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 by the depot. The “sales monthly fee” is a fee charged to maintain registration. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the “store monthly fee” is charged on a fixed date every month.

  Further, “commercial admission fee”, “contractor monthly fee”, and “contract fee unit price” are items of fees charged to the contractor.

  The “commercial admission fee” is a fee charged to maintain the registration when the contractor is registered in the used car trading support device 3. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the “trader monthly fee” is charged on a fixed date every month. The “contract fee unit price” is a contract fee that is charged at a fixed amount for each requested service when the buyer requests each of the providers for any of the services provided by the supplier.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
The dealer registration unit 120, when registering a dealer in the used car trading support device 3, is information unique to each dealer acquired by the communication control unit 60 from each terminal 5, 7, 9 installed in the dealer. And the acquired information is stored in the store basic information 102a of the store storage unit 102.

  The exhibition information acquisition unit 122 is acquired by the communication control unit 60 from each of the terminals 5, 7, and 9 installed in the store when the store sells the used car to the market established by the used car sales support system 1. This is a part for acquiring information on used cars related to the exhibition.

  The AA evaluation acquisition unit 124 acquires the information on the used car related to the exhibition from the exhibition information acquisition unit 122, and based on the acquired information, evaluates the used car in the auto auction from the AA server 21 to the communication control unit 60. It is a part acquired through. In addition, the AA evaluation acquisition unit 124 associates the used car information acquired from the exhibition information acquisition unit 122 with the evaluation acquired from the AA server 21 and stores them in the exhibition vehicle information 104 a of the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104.

  The use history storage unit 126 is a part that stores the use history of the used car buying and selling support system 1 by the store in the use history information 102b of the store storage unit 102. In the present embodiment, the use of the used car buying and selling support system 1 by the dealer includes the listing of the used car in the market, the new registration of the dealer, and the monthly registration renewal.

  The purchase applicant registration unit 128 stores information on each purchase applicant via the communication control unit 60 from each of the terminals 11 and 13 used by the purchase applicant when registering the purchase applicant in the used car trading support device 3. This is a part for acquiring and storing the acquired information in the purchase applicant information 106 a of the purchase applicant storage unit 106.

  In addition, the information regarding the evaluation of the buyer is acquired from each terminal 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19 used by the store or the dealer via the communication control unit 60, and the acquired information is stored in the purchase applicant storage unit 106. Is stored in the buyer evaluation information 106c, and the "buyer evaluation average" of the purchase applicant information 106a is calculated and stored.

  The exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 transmits a request for transmitting information (exhibited vehicle information 104a) on the used car being exhibited, transmitted from each terminal 11, 13 used by the purchase applicant, to each terminal 11, 13. This is a part acquired via the communication control unit 60.

  The exhibition information transmission unit 134 sends information (exhibited vehicle information 104a) related to the used vehicle related to the request to the terminals 11 and 13 related to the request acquired by the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 via the communication control unit 60. This is the part to send.

  The notification request acquisition unit 136 acquires, via the communication control unit 60, a request for an exhibition notification or a request for notification before the start of sales by the purchase applicant transmitted from each of the terminals 11 and 13 used by the purchase applicant. It is a part to do.

  The notification unit 138 is a part that transmits an exhibition notification or a pre-sales notification to the contact information of the purchase applicant via the communication control unit 60.

  The notification unit 138 for the listing notification acquires information on the newly-used used car from the evaluation acquisition unit 124, and when the acquired information satisfies the requirements for the listing notification included in the notification request information 106b, The contact information associated with the purchase requester is extracted from the purchase requester information 106a, and the extracted contact information is notified via the communication control unit 60 that a used car that satisfies the condition has been exhibited.

  Further, the notification unit 138 refers to the “sales start date and time” included in the exhibition vehicle information 104a of the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 and the current date and time acquired from the clock unit 58 for the notification before the start. When it is a predetermined time until the sales start date and time, by referring to the notification request information 106b, the purchase requester who wants to be notified about the exhibited vehicle is extracted and associated with the extracted purchase requester The contact information thus extracted is extracted from the purchase applicant information 106 a in the purchase applicant storage unit 106, and a notification before starting sales is transmitted to the extracted contact information via the communication control unit 60.

  In the present embodiment, the “contact address” included in the purchase applicant information 106a of the purchase applicant storage unit 106 is set as the contact information for the exhibition notification or the contact information for the start notification.

  The transaction intermediary unit 140 relates to a transaction mediated by the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3, such as buying and selling used cars in a market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1 and requesting services related to buying and selling used cars from the buyer. This is the part to be processed. Details of the transaction broker 140 will be described later.

  When registering a trader in the used car trading support device 3, the trader registration unit 142 obtains information on each trader from each terminal 15, 17, 19 used by the trader via the communication control unit 60. This is a part for storing information in the supplier basic information 108 a of the supplier storage unit 108.

  The billing amount calculation unit 144 is a part that calculates the amount billed from the operator of the used car trading support device 3 to the trader.

  Billed amount calculation unit 144 according to the present embodiment acquires information on registration, maintenance of registration, or transaction when registration is maintained, when registration is maintained every month, or when a transaction is established. In addition, by referring to the billing amount standard information 112a of the billing amount standard storage unit 112, a part for calculating the face value of the billing to each trader generated in connection with initial registration, maintenance of registration, or establishment of a transaction It is. Further, the billing amount calculation unit 144 associates the acquired information, the calculated billing amount, and the date acquired from the clock unit 58 and stores them in the billing information 108 c of the supplier storage unit 108.

  When the transaction intermediary unit 140 accepts a request for service to a supplier registered in the used car trading support device 3 by the buyer, the ordering unit 146 performs communication control on information for placing an order with the supplier related to the request. This is a part to be transmitted to each terminal 15, 17, 19 used by the trader via the unit 60.

  Upon receiving a request input to the terminals 11 and 13 by the logged-in purchase applicant via the login control unit 130, the supplier evaluation screen transmission unit 148 performs communication control on information regarding a screen for inputting information related to the evaluation of the supplier. This is a part to be transmitted to the terminals 11 and 13 that have received the request via the unit 60.

  The merchant evaluation acquisition unit 150 browses the screen transmitted by the merchant evaluation screen transmission unit 148 on the monitor of the terminals 11 and 13 by the purchase applicant, and the purchase applicant on the screen using a keyboard or the like connected to the terminals 11 and 13. This is a part that acquires information related to the evaluation of the supplier input to the corresponding item and stores the acquired information in the supplier evaluation information 108b of the supplier storage unit 108.

  As described above, the supplier evaluation screen transmission unit 148 according to the present embodiment receives a request for transmission of the supplier evaluation screen from the purchase applicant via the login control unit 130. For this reason, it is assumed that the person who intends to post the evaluation of the merchant is registered as a purchase applicant. Therefore, the number of persons who can post about the evaluation of the trader is limited to the registered person. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the evaluation of the trader from being disturbed by a mischievous posting or the like, and it is possible to increase the trust of the trader's evaluation accumulated in the used car trading support device 3.

Next, details of functions provided in the transaction mediation unit 140 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed functional configuration of the transaction mediation unit 140.

  The transaction intermediary unit 140 determines one buyer from among those who applied for a competitive purchase for a used car listed in the market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1, and buys and sells the used car desired by the buyer. This is a part that performs processing related to transactions mediated by the used car trading support device 3 by managing application of services related to.

  The transaction intermediary unit 140 includes a purchase application screen transmission unit 202, a purchase application reception unit 204, a buyer determination unit 206, a buyer notification unit 208, a purchase confirmation unit 210, a condition input screen transmission unit 212, and a condition acquisition unit. 214, a supplier extraction unit 216, a supplier information transmission unit 218, a supplier selection acquisition unit 220, a transaction information transmission unit 222, and a transaction information confirmation unit 224.

  In addition, the clock unit 58, the internal bus 62, the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, the trader storage unit 108, the transaction storage unit 110, the login control unit 130, and the billing amount calculation unit 144 shown in FIG. Among the parts described with reference to 2, the parts are related to the transaction mediation unit 140. Since the functions of these parts have been described with reference to FIG. 2, the description thereof is omitted here.

  The purchase application screen transmission unit 202 desires to purchase a screen (hereinafter referred to as a “purchase application screen”) for applying for the purchase of a used car exhibited in the market established by the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention. This is a part to be transmitted to the terminals 11 and 13 used by the person. When the purchase request screen transmission unit 202 accepts a transmission request for a purchase application screen transmitted by inputting to the terminals 11 and 13 used by the purchase applicant via the login control unit 130, the purchase request screen transmission unit 202 transmits the transmission request. A purchase application screen is transmitted to the terminals 11 and 13 used by the applicant.

  As described above, the purchase application screen is transmitted by receiving a request via the login control unit 130. Therefore, in order to purchase a used car on which a purchase applicant is exhibited, it is necessary to log in to the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3, and the buyer of a used car is limited to registered purchase applicants. Thus, since the buyer is limited by the conditions at the time of registration of the purchase applicant set by the operator of the used car trading support device 3, the store and the merchant are informed to the buyer by the conditions at the time of registration of the purchase applicant. It is possible to reduce the fear of credit.

  The purchase application reception unit 204 is a part that receives a specific used car purchase application from a terminal used by a purchase applicant who has acquired the purchase application screen from the purchase application screen transmission unit 202. The purchase application reception unit 204 refers to the “sales start date and time” of the exhibition vehicle information 104a stored in the clock unit 58 and the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, thereby determining the sale start date and time of the used car to which the application has been transmitted. If the current date and time acquired from the clock unit 58 is after the sale start date and time, an application for purchase is accepted.

  When the purchase application receiving unit 204 receives an application, the buyer determination unit 206 is a unit that determines whether or not the purchaser is a used car buyer related to the application based on the time when the application is received.

  Buyer determination unit 206 according to the present embodiment determines a person related to an application whose purchase application reception unit 204 has received the application the earliest as a buyer of a used car related to the application. Further, the buyer determination unit 206 according to the present embodiment determines that a person related to an application that is late for the application whose purchase application reception unit 204 has received the application is not the buyer of the used car related to the application. To do.

  The buyer notifying unit 208 is a part that notifies a person who has been determined as a buyer by the buyer determining unit 206 that the person has been determined to be a buyer of a used car related to the application. The buyer notification unit 208 is a part that notifies a person who is determined not to be a buyer by the buyer determination unit 206 that the person is determined not to be a buyer of a used car related to the application.

  Here, the notification by the buyer notification unit 208 is transmitted to the terminal that has applied for. Further, this notification may be transmitted to a contact included in the purchase applicant information 106a of the purchase applicant storage unit 106.

  The purchase confirmation unit 210 is a part that receives confirmation of purchase of a used car from a terminal used by a person who has received a notification that the buyer has been determined to be a buyer from the buyer notification unit 208.

  When the purchase confirmation unit 210 receives purchase confirmation from the terminals 11 and 13 used by the buyer, the condition input screen transmission unit 212 is a screen for inputting conditions desired for the buyer to select a trader (hereinafter referred to as a purchaser). , Referred to as “condition input screen”).

  The condition acquisition unit 214 acquires information including the contents input by the buyer using the terminals 11 and 13 that have acquired the condition input screen, and provides services related to buying and selling of used cars based on the acquired information. This is a part for determining whether or not a condition designated by the buyer has been acquired in order to select a trader to perform.

  In addition, the condition acquisition unit 214 is a part that stores, in the transaction information 110a of the transaction storage unit 110, information related to a transaction including buying and selling of a used car when it is determined that the condition is not acquired.

  The contractor extraction unit 216 refers to the contractor basic information 108a in the contractor storage unit 108 when the condition acquisition unit 214 acquires a condition for selecting a contractor, thereby satisfying the condition that the condition acquisition unit 214 satisfies. This is a part for extracting.

  The supplier information transmitting unit 218 is a part that transmits information related to the supplier extracted by the supplier extracting unit 216 to the terminal used by the buyer.

The trader selection acquisition unit 220 is a part that acquires information related to the trader selected by the buyer.
In the present embodiment, for each type of service related to second-hand car sales, the buyer determines whether or not he / she wants to provide a service provided by the information provided by the second-hand car sales support device 3. It is possible to select whether or not to request a contractor. Therefore, the supplier selection acquisition part 220 acquires the information regarding the supplier which the buyer selected for every kind of service relevant to used car buying and selling.

  The transaction information transmission unit 222 is a part that transmits information related to the transaction mediated by the transaction mediation unit 140 to the terminals 11 and 13 used by the buyer. The transaction mediated by the transaction broker 140 is the purchase and sale of used cars and requests for services related to the sale and purchase.

  The transaction information confirmation unit 224 is a part that determines whether or not the buyer has accepted the information regarding the transaction transmitted by the transaction information transmission unit 222 based on the information transmitted from the terminal used by the buyer. is there. When acquiring the buyer's consent, the transaction information confirmation unit 224 stores information related to the transaction mediated by the transaction mediation unit 140 in the transaction information 110a of the transaction storage unit 110.

  Further, in response to the fact that the transaction information confirmation unit 224 has acquired the buyer's confirmation, the billing amount calculation unit 144 calculates the amount charged for the trader who has become a party to the transaction mediated by the transaction broker 140. .

  By using the used car buying and selling support system 1 including the used car buying and selling support device 3 as described above, the purchase applicant browses the information on the used cars on display at his / her terminal and there is a used car that he / she wishes to purchase. You can purchase the used car. This used car information includes evaluations at auto auctions, so even if you buy and sell used cars on websites where you often cannot actually see or test used cars, It is possible to infer the state.

  In addition, when the purchase applicants compete, the used car trading support device 3 determines the person who applied the earliest as the buyer, thereby realizing fair trading.

  Furthermore, the buyer who has purchased a used car can continue to select a trader when he / she decides to purchase. As a result, it is possible to save the buyer from having to search for a different supplier. Also, only services that the buyer needs can be selected. Therefore, the convenience of the buyer is improved.

  Furthermore, when selecting a supplier, the buyer can use the used car trading support device 3 to refer to the evaluation of the supplier, so that the buyer can easily select the supplier based on a variety of information. This will improve the convenience of the buyer.

  Furthermore, the store can get an opportunity to sell to a purchase applicant who browses the website. Since it is considered that there are more people who browse the website than those who want to visit the store or dealers participating in the auto auction, the advantage of the dealer by obtaining such a sales opportunity is great. In addition, merchants can also get opportunities to acquire customers, and the merit of the merchants is also great.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the billing method for the contractor is a contract fee according to the membership fee and the contract. In this way, since the financial burden of the merchant using the used car buying and selling support system according to the present invention is added according to the contract, it is reasonable to meet the profits obtained by using this system. It becomes.

  Processing executed by such a used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 for dealing with buying and selling of used cars and related services will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of processing executed by the used car trading support device 3 for trading related to buying and selling of used cars and related services.

  First, the login control unit 130 receives the login information input on the login screen (hereinafter referred to as “login screen”) transmitted in response to a request from the terminal used by the purchase applicant. When the acquired login information is included in the purchase applicant information 106a of the purchase applicant storage unit 106, the user of the terminal is permitted to log in (S10).

  Here, FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the login screen 300. The login screen 300 shown in this figure includes an input column for an ID and a password, and is an example in which these ID and password are used as login information. The purchase applicant inputs login information at the terminal and presses the login button 302. Thereby, the login information is transmitted to the used car trading support device 3.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
Next, when the purchase application screen transmission unit 202 receives a transmission request for the purchase application screen from the terminals 11 and 13 used by the logged-in purchase applicant through the login control unit 130, the terminal 11 and 13 that transmitted the transmission request. A purchase application screen is transmitted to (S11).

  Here, FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a main menu screen 400 provided to a logged-in purchase applicant. The main menu screen 400 shown in this figure is transmitted by the login control unit 130 to a terminal that has permitted login, when the login control unit 130 permits login.

  The main menu screen 400 shown in the figure includes an exhibition car browsing button 402 and a purchase request button 406.

  The exhibition car browsing button 402 is a button for browsing information on the used cars being exhibited on the terminal 11 (13). When the exhibition car browsing button 402 is pressed at the terminal 11 (13), a request (hereinafter referred to as "exhibition car information request") is transmitted to the terminal 11 (13) information related to the used car being exhibited. Is also transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) to the used car trading support device 3. The exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 acquires a request for exhibition vehicle information via the communication control unit 60.

  The purchase request button 406 is a button for transmitting a request for a purchase application screen for a used car indicated by the “exhibited vehicle ID” input in the adjacent exhibited vehicle ID column. When this button is pressed, the purchase application screen transmission unit 202 receives a purchase application screen transmission request via the login control unit 130 and transmits the purchase application screen.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
Subsequently, the purchase application receiving unit 204 refers to the “sales start date and time” of the exhibition vehicle information 104a stored in the clock unit 58 and the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, and sells the used car to which the application has been transmitted. A terminal used by a purchase applicant who has acquired the purchase application screen from the purchase application screen transmission unit 202 when the current date and time acquired from the clock unit 58 is determined after the sale start date and time is determined whether or not the start date has been reached Then, a specific used car purchase application is accepted (S12).

  Here, FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the purchase application screen 500. The purchase application screen 500 shown in the figure includes information on used cars that the purchase applicant desires to purchase, and a purchase request button 502. The purchase request button 502 is a button for transmitting a purchase application from the terminals 11 and 13 to the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
Subsequently, when the purchase application reception unit 204 receives the application, the buyer determination unit 206 selects a person related to the application whose purchase application reception unit 204 has received the application earlier than the used car related to the application. The buyer is determined (S13).

  Subsequently, the buyer notification unit 208 notifies the terminal used by the person who is determined as the buyer by the buyer determination unit 206 that the person is determined to be the buyer of the used car related to the application, and the buyer determination unit 206 A terminal used by a person who has not been determined to be a buyer is notified that the person has not been determined to be a buyer of a used car related to the application (S14).

  Subsequently, the purchase confirmation unit 210 confirms whether or not to purchase a used car from a terminal used by a person who has received notification from the buyer notification unit 208 that the content is determined to be a buyer (S15).

  If purchase of a used car is not confirmed (No in S15), that is, if a purchase applicant makes an application and is determined to be a buyer, but cancels it, the purchase confirmation unit 210 ends the process.

  When the purchase of a used car is confirmed (Yes in S15), the condition input screen transmission unit 212 continues when the purchase confirmation unit 210 receives a purchase confirmation from the terminals 11 and 13 used by the buyer. The condition input screen is transmitted (S16).

  Here, FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification transmitted to a purchase applicant who has applied for purchase. FIG. 19 (a) shows an example of a notification sent to a person who has not been determined to be a used car buyer according to the application, and FIG. 19 (b) shows a person who has been determined to be a used car buyer according to the application. The example of the notification transmitted is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 19B, the notification to the person determined to be a buyer includes a purchase confirmation button 602 and a cancel button 604. When the purchase confirmation button 602 is pressed, the purchase confirmation unit 210 determines that the purchase of the used car has been confirmed (Yes in S15), and when the cancel button 604 is pressed, the purchase confirmation unit 210 determines that the purchase of the used car has been purchased. It is determined that it has not been confirmed (No in S15).

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
Subsequently, the condition acquisition unit 214 determines whether or not the condition related to the selection of the supplier has been acquired based on the information acquired from the terminals 11 and 13 that acquired the condition input screen (S17).

  Here, FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the condition input screen 700. The condition input screen 700 shown in the figure shows whether or not service provision is required for each of the registration procedure agency, maintenance, and land transportation, and the conditions of the requesting supplier when service provision is necessary. , An undesired button 702, and a search button 704.

  The undesired button 702 is a button that is pressed when it is not necessary to provide all services, and the condition acquisition unit 214 that has received the pressing of this button determines that a condition has not been acquired (S17). No).

  The search button 704 is a button for transmitting information including the content input in the input part to the used car trading support device 3.

  When the search button 704 is pressed as “unnecessary” for all services in the input part, the condition acquisition unit 214 determines that no condition has been acquired (No in S17).

  If even one search button 704 is pressed as “necessary” in the input portion, the condition acquisition unit 214 determines that a condition has been acquired (Yes in S17).

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
If it is determined that the conditions have not been acquired (No in S17), the condition acquisition unit 214 stores the contents of the used car sales in the transaction information 110a of the transaction storage unit 110 (S18), and ends the process. To do.

  If it is determined that the condition has been acquired (Yes in S17), the contractor extraction unit 216 then refers to the contractor basic information 108a in the contractor storage unit 108, thereby satisfying the condition acquired by the condition acquisition unit 214. A trader is extracted (S19).

  Here, for example, when the condition shown in FIG. 20 is received and the supplier basic information 108a has the contents shown in FIG. 8, the supplier extraction unit 216 selects “the supplier name” from the suppliers included in the supplier basic information 108a. “Is a“ AA car service ”, a“ BB maintenance ”, and a“ CC land transport ”.

  Subsequently, the trader information transmission unit 218 sends information related to the trader extracted by the trader extraction unit 216 to the terminal used by the buyer (S20).

  The supplier selection acquisition part 220 acquires the information regarding the supplier which the buyer selected for every kind of service relevant to used car buying and selling (S21).

  Here, FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the extraction result screen 800. The extraction result screen 800 shown in this figure is an example of a screen displayed on a terminal that has received information related to a trader transmitted by the trader information transmission unit 218.

  The extraction result screen 800 includes a registration procedure agency, maintenance, and a trader display unit that displays traders extracted for each service such as land transportation, a re-search button 802, and a decision button 804.

  The re-search button 802 is a button that is pressed when the buyer changes the conditions related to the selection of the supplier and searches again, and the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 that has received the pressing of this button performs a condition input screen transmission process ( S16) is executed.

  The determination button 804 is a button that is pressed when determining a request for each service from the supplier selected in the supplier display unit. In this figure, “AA car service” is selected for all of registration procedure agency, maintenance, and land transportation. When the determination button 804 is pressed in this state, the supplier selection acquisition unit 220 performs registration procedure agency. Then, the information that “AA car service” is selected for the maintenance and the land transportation is acquired (S21).

  Further, the determination button 804 in this figure also serves as a button for posting a vendor's evaluation. When this button is pressed, a vendor evaluation posting screen shown in FIG. 22 is transmitted.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of the supplier evaluation posting screen 1100. The supplier evaluation posting screen 1100 shown in this figure is a screen for a person who uses the supplier to post an evaluation regarding the supplier, and is transmitted to the terminals 11 and 13 by the supplier evaluation screen transmission unit 148.

  The supplier evaluation posting screen 1100 includes a part for inputting information related to the evaluation of the supplier, a posting button 1102, and a cancel button 1104.

  The post button 1102 is a button for posting information related to the supplier's evaluation input on the supplier evaluation posting screen 1100. When the posting button 1102 is pressed, information related to the evaluation of the supplier input on the supplier evaluation posting screen 1100 is transmitted from the terminals 11 and 13 and acquired by the supplier evaluation acquisition unit 150.

The cancel button 1104 is a button for canceling the posting of the supplier's evaluation.
In this embodiment, the buyer can arbitrarily select whether or not to post the evaluation of the trader. Regardless of whether the buyer selects the posting button 1102 or the cancel button 1104, the decision button 804 shown in FIG. After being pressed, the processing after S21 shown in FIG. 15 is continued. Therefore, the process related to the posting of the supplier evaluation is not shown in the flowchart of FIG.

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
Subsequently, the transaction information transmission unit 222 uses the terminals 11 and 13 where the buyer uses information related to the transaction mediated by the used car sales support device 3, that is, information related to the sales of used cars and requests for each service related to the sales. (S22).

  Subsequently, the transaction information confirmation unit 224 determines whether or not the buyer has accepted the information regarding the transaction transmitted by the transaction information transmission unit 222 based on the information transmitted from the terminal used by the buyer (S23).

  Here, FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transaction confirmation screen 900. The transaction confirmation screen 900 shown in this figure includes each transaction made by the buyer, an acceptance button 902, and a cancel button 904.

  The accept button 902 is a button that the buyer presses when there is no mistake in the contents of each transaction, and the transaction information confirmation unit 224 that has accepted that the accept button 902 has been pressed determines that the buyer has accepted (S23). Yes).

  The cancel button 904 is a button that is pressed when the buyer withdraws the transaction due to an error in the content of each transaction, etc., and the transaction information confirmation unit 224 that has accepted that the cancel button 904 has been pressed, It is determined that the buyer has not consented (No in S23).

From here, it returns to description of FIG.
When it is determined that the buyer has not consented (No in S23), the transaction information confirmation unit 224 ends the process.

  When it is determined that the buyer has accepted (Yes in S23), the transaction information confirmation unit 224 stores information related to the transaction mediated by the transaction mediation unit 140 in the transaction information 110a of the transaction storage unit 110 (S24).

  Subsequently, the billing amount calculation unit 144 receives the determination that the buyer has accepted by the transaction information confirmation unit 224, refers to the billing amount standard information 112a of the billing amount standard storage unit 112, and is charged as a contract fee to the contractor. The amount of money to be calculated is calculated (S25).

  Subsequently, the billing amount calculation unit 144 stores the calculated amount in the billing information 108c of the supplier storage unit 108 (S26), and ends the process.

  In the foregoing, the processing executed by the used car trading support device 3 for trading related to buying and selling of used cars and related services has been described.

  Next, processing executed by the used car trading support device 3 will be described with reference to a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a monitor of a terminal used by a purchase applicant.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the exhibited vehicle browsing screen 1000. The exhibition car browsing screen 1000 shown in this figure registers a request for exhibition notification, and a person who wants to purchase information on a used car that is exhibited in a market established by the used car buying and selling support system 1 according to the present invention. This is a screen for browsing. This is a screen displayed on a monitor connected to a terminal when the exhibition information transmitting unit 134 transmits it to the terminals 11 and 13 used by the purchase applicant in response to a request from the purchase applicant.

  Further, when the purchase requester who requested the exhibition car browsing screen 1000 is logged in, information on the exhibition car browsing screen 1000 is obtained by pressing the exhibition car browsing button 402 on the main menu screen 400 shown in FIG. The information is transmitted from the exhibition information transmission unit 134 to the terminals 11 and 13.

  The exhibition vehicle browsing screen 1000 shown in the figure includes an exhibition notification condition designation unit 1002 and an exhibition vehicle summary display unit below it.

  The exhibition notification condition specifying unit 1002 includes a part for inputting a condition for requesting an exhibition notification, and an exhibition notification request button 1004. The exhibition notification request button 1004 is a button for registering the condition of the inputted exhibition notification. By pressing this button, the inputted conditions of the exhibition notification are transmitted from the terminals 11 and 13 desired by the purchase applicant to the used car trading support device 3, and the notification request information 106b of the purchase applicant storage unit 106 is updated. It is stored in “exhibition notification condition information” associated with the purchase applicant who is logged in.

  The entry notification condition designating section 1002 in this figure shows an input field for designating “year” and “amount”, and “year” is entered after 1998, and its upper limit. In this example, 500000 to 1000000 yen is entered in the “Amount” field. Other conditions are displayed by scrolling the screen.

  In addition, the exhibition car summary display section displays a summary list of information (exhibited car information 104a) related to the used used cars that are stored in the exhibition car storage unit 104. The exhibition vehicle summary display section illustrated in this figure includes information on two used cars, and a detail button 1002 and a notice request button 1004 are displayed in association with each other.

  The detail button 1002 is a button for browsing more detailed information on the corresponding used car.

  The advance notice request button 1004 is a button for registering when a notice before the sales start time of the corresponding used car is desired.

  When the advance notice request button 1004 is pressed, the notification request acquisition unit 136 acquires, from the terminals 11 and 13 used by the purchase applicant, information containing the request for notification before the start of sales by the purchase applicant. Further, the notification request acquisition unit 136 sets the acquired information in the notification request information 106b of the purchase applicant storage unit 106 corresponding to the “purchaser ID” indicating the purchase applicant who uses the terminal that is the information transmission source. Stored in “Start notification information”.

  FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sales start notification. A sales start notification as shown in this figure is transmitted to a person who wishes to receive a notification before the start of sales, a predetermined time before the sales of the second-hand automated person according to the request starts. The “site” underlined in the figure is linked to, for example, a website provided by the used car sales support device 3. Thereby, the user can easily browse the website, and the convenience for the user is improved.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a store registration screen 1200. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a purchase applicant registration screen 1300. Each of the store registration screen 1200 and the purchase applicant registration screen 1300 includes a part for inputting registration information that is unique information of the store or the purchase applicant, a registration button 1202 and 1302, and a cancel button 1204 and 1304. Including.

  The registration buttons 1202 and 1302 are buttons for transmitting the information input in the registration information input portion to the used car trading support device 3. When the registration buttons 1202 and 1302 are pressed, the information input in the registration information input portion is acquired by the purchase applicant registration unit 128 or the store registration unit 120, respectively.

  Cancel buttons 1204 and 1304 are buttons that are pressed to cancel registration by a purchase applicant or a store.

  In addition, the “password” in the registration information input portion of this figure shows an example in which it is converted as “******” to prevent actual password leakage.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of the supplier registration screen 1400. The supplier registration screen 1400 includes a part for inputting information related to the supplier, a registration button 1402, and a cancel button 1404.

  The trader information input part of the trader registration screen 1400 shown in the figure includes a part for inputting “business contents”. By checking the columns corresponding to “registration agency”, “maintenance”, and “land transportation”, the contractor registers the service provided by the contractor. In addition, a fee for providing each service is entered.

  The registration button 1402 is a button for transmitting the information input in the supplier information input part to the used car trading support device 3. When the registration button 1402 is pressed, information input to the supplier information input part is acquired by the supplier registration unit 142.

A cancel button 1404 is a button that is pressed to cancel registration.
FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of an exhibition car registration screen 1500. An exhibition car registration screen 1500 shown in the figure is a screen for listing used cars in the used car trading support system 1 according to the present invention. The exhibition car registration screen 1500 includes a part for inputting information related to the exhibition car, a registration button 1502, and a cancel button 1504.

  The entry car information input portion shown in this figure includes “dealer ID”, “car name”, “year”, “body number”, “travel”, “color”, and “price”. And a column for inputting “sales start time”. By “sales start time”, the dealer designates the sales start time of the used car to be exhibited.

  In addition, in the figure, by specifying “xxxh12.gif”, the image information included in the file is displayed in the figure of the used car. Provided to purchasers.

  The registration button 1502 is a button for transmitting the information input in the exhibition vehicle information input part to the used car trading support device 3. When the registration button 1502 is pressed, the information input in the exhibition car information input part is acquired by the exhibition information acquisition unit 122.

  A cancel button 1504 is a button that the dealer presses to cancel the listing.

  As mentioned above, although the used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this embodiment.

(Modification 1)
In the embodiment, when the exhibition vehicle browsing button 402 on the main menu screen 400 is pressed on the terminal 11 (13), the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 acquires a request for the exhibition vehicle information 104a, and the exhibition information transmission unit 134 The exhibited vehicle information 104a is transmitted to the terminal 11 (13). The transmitted exhibition car information 104a is displayed on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13) like the exhibition car summary display section of the exhibition car browsing screen 1000 shown in FIG.

  Here, in the embodiment, the summary list of the exhibited vehicle information 104a stored in the exhibited vehicle storage unit 104 is displayed on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13). It is preferable that it is provided so that a person can easily select an exhibition vehicle that suits the taste. It is particularly difficult for a purchaser to find an exhibition vehicle that suits his taste from a list of all the exhibition vehicle information 104a arranged in a disorderly manner when there are many exhibition vehicles.

  Therefore, a method of providing the exhibition vehicle information 104a so that the purchase applicant can easily select will be described from Modification 1 to Modification 4.

  In the first modification, first, a list of vehicle types displayed in order of popularity is provided to purchasers. When any of the vehicle types included in the list is selected by the purchase applicant, a list of exhibition vehicle information belonging to the selected vehicle type is provided to the purchase applicant.

  FIG. 30 is a block diagram showing, in particular, the characteristic features of this modified example among the functional configurations of the used automobile support apparatus according to the modified example 1. In this figure, the functional structure with which the used vehicle support device characteristic of this modification is provided compared with the used vehicle buying and selling support device 3 according to the embodiment is shown.

  The used car support device according to the modified example 1 includes a processing unit and a storage unit included in the used car sales support device 3 according to the embodiment, except for the used car sales support unit 2100.

  The used car buying and selling support unit 2100 includes the same processing units and storage units as those included in the used car buying and selling support unit 100 according to the embodiment not shown in the figure, and the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 is replaced with the exhibition information. Request acquisition unit 132a, exhibition information transmission unit 134a instead of exhibition information transmission unit 134, exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 storing exhibition vehicle information 104b instead of exhibition vehicle information 104a, and vehicle type information storage unit 2102 And a list creation processing unit 2104.

  Among the units included in the used car support device according to the modified example 1, the processing unit and the storage unit having the same functions as those of the used car buying and selling support device 3 according to the embodiment are not shown in the figure. The description of is omitted.

  The exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 stores exhibition vehicle information 104b that is information related to the exhibition vehicle. As shown in FIG. 31, the exhibition vehicle information 104b according to the present modification includes information indicating the “vehicle type” of each exhibition vehicle in addition to the information included in the exhibition vehicle information 104a according to the embodiment.

  Here, the vehicle type is information that can identify the type of the vehicle. For example, information that can identify a so-called vehicle name, information that can identify a grade in the same vehicle name as the vehicle name, Information that can identify the year of the year.

  The vehicle type information storage unit 2102 stores frequency information 2102a, which is information obtained by counting the time and number of times when a request for exhibition information is received from a terminal for each vehicle type.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of the frequency information 2102a.
The frequency information 2102a includes the number of times for each period in which a request for exhibition information regarding each vehicle type is received from the terminal. For example, “X01” is included in the “vehicle type” in the figure.

  Further, the frequency information 2102a includes the number of times the request is received from “0D” to “6D”, that is, each day of one week from the current day to 6 days ago. For example, “X01” includes “0D”, that is, “8” times on the current day, “1D”, that is, “19” times on the previous day, and the like as frequency information.

  The exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a transmits the information (exhibited vehicle information 104b) related to the used car on which the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant is sent, transmitted from each terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant. 11 (13), a request to be transmitted is acquired via the communication control unit 60. When the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a acquires the request, the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a adds 1 to the day of the frequency information of the vehicle type related to the acquired request.

  The exhibition information transmitting unit 134a sends information (exhibited vehicle information 104a) on the used car related to the request to each terminal 11 (13) that is the transmission source of the request acquired by the exhibition information request acquiring unit 132a. To send through.

  The list creation processing unit 2104 executes a vehicle type list creation process. The list creation processing unit 2104 includes a vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106, a priority calculation unit 2108, and a vehicle type list transmission unit 2110.

  The vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106 acquires, via the communication control unit 60, a request for transmitting a list of vehicle types to the terminal 11 (13) transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant.

  The priority calculation unit 2108 acquires the frequency information 2102a from the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 when the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106 acquires a request for the vehicle type list, and the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a recently requests frequently. The priority for each vehicle type that becomes higher as the vehicle type is received is calculated. A specific calculation method will be described later.

  The vehicle type list transmission unit 2110 sends information indicating each vehicle type to the terminal 11 (13) related to the request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106 and information for arranging the vehicle types according to the calculated priority. The list information of the included vehicle type is transmitted via the communication control unit 60.

  The above is the characteristic configuration of the second-hand car trading support device according to the first modification. Next, a process executed by the used car buying and selling support apparatus according to the modified example 1 having these configurations will be described.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart of processing executed by the used car trading support device according to the first modification.

  The communication control unit 60 determines whether or not the request acquired from the terminal 11 (13) includes information indicating the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle type designation information”) (S111). .

  When it is determined that the vehicle type designation information is not included (No in S111), the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106 acquires the request acquired from the terminal 11 (13) by the communication control unit 60 from the communication control unit 60 ( S112).

  The priority calculation unit 2108 receives the instruction of the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106 that has received the request, and calculates the popularity as the priority on display on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13) (S113).

Here, the procedure for calculating the degree of popularity will be described in the first modification.
The priority calculation unit 2108 acquires the frequency information 2102a. Then, for each vehicle type included in the acquired frequency information 2102a, the total number of times the request for each day is received is calculated, and the total is set as the popularity.

  Specifically, in the case of the frequency information 1102a shown in FIG. 32, the popularity of the vehicle type “X01” is calculated as “98” (= 8 + 19 + 11 + 17 + 8 + 20 + 15). Similarly, the popularity of the vehicle type “Y01” is calculated as “101”, and the popularity of the vehicle type “Z01” is calculated as “39”, respectively.

  In calculating the degree of popularity, the number of times of each day may be weighted and totaled. For example, 10 times the number of requests received on the day, 5 times the number of requests received the previous day, 3 times the number of requests received 2 days ago, and 2 times the number of requests received 3 days ago And the sum of the number of times the request has been accepted 4 to 6 days ago may be set as the popularity.

  In this way, by assigning a weight to the number of times to be added according to how long the request has been received, it is possible to calculate the popularity according to the time when many requests have been received. For example, it is possible to increase the popularity of recently popular models by giving more weight to recent requests than previous requests.

  The vehicle type list transmission unit 2110 includes information indicating each vehicle type on the terminal 11 (13) that is a transmission source of the request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106, and information for arranging each vehicle type according to the calculated degree of popularity. Is transmitted via the communication control unit 60 (S114).

  On the terminal 11 (13) that has acquired such vehicle type list information, a vehicle type list screen 2200 as shown in FIG. 34 is displayed.

  FIG. 34 is an example of a vehicle type list screen 2200 displayed on the terminal 11 (13). An example of displaying in order from the highest priority calculated in the priority calculation processing (S113) is shown. Moreover, since the priority becomes higher as the vehicle type that has frequently received requests recently, it can be said that it is an index indicating the recent popularity of the vehicle type. Therefore, on the vehicle type list screen 2200, the more popular vehicles are displayed at the top, and the purchase applicant can easily know the popular vehicle types even if they are not familiar with the vehicle, and use it as a clue to their preference. It becomes possible to select a suitable vehicle type.

  In addition, you may display in order from a vehicle type with a low priority. In general, the price of less popular cars will be lower. Therefore, a purchase applicant who wants to search for a low-priced car even though it is less popular can easily select a car type that suits his / her preference from the screen displayed in order from the car type with the lowest priority.

  When the vehicle type list transmission unit 2110 executes the vehicle type list information transmission process (S114), the communication control unit 60 continues the acquisition determination process of the request from the terminal 11 (13) (S111).

  When it is determined that the vehicle type designation information is included (Yes in S111), the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a exhibits the vehicle type indicated by the vehicle type designation information acquired by the communication control unit 60 from each terminal 11 (13). A request for transmitting information on used cars (exhibited vehicle information 104b) to each terminal 11 (13) is acquired (S115).

  At this time, the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a adds 1 to the current day of the frequency information corresponding to the vehicle type indicated by the vehicle type designation information.

  Here, the vehicle type of the purchase applicant is specified by, for example, pressing the vehicle type displayed on the vehicle type list screen 2200 shown in FIG. 34 using a pointer device connected to the terminal 11 (13).

  The exhibition information transmission unit 134a acquires the exhibition vehicle information 104b in the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, extracts the exhibition vehicle information 104b associated with the vehicle type indicated by the vehicle type designation information, and uses the extracted exhibition vehicle information 104b as the exhibition information. The request acquisition unit 132a transmits the request to each terminal 11 (13) that is the transmission source via the communication control unit 60 (S116).

  FIG. 35 is an example of an automobile search screen 2300 that displays the contents included in the exhibition vehicle information 104b of the designated vehicle type displayed on the terminal 11 (13). This figure shows an example when the purchase applicant designates “Y01”.

  In this way, since only the exhibition vehicle information of the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant is displayed on the terminal 11 (13), the purchase applicant using the terminal 11 (13) can receive from all the used cars that are exhibited. It becomes possible to select a used car that suits one's preference more efficiently than selecting, and it is possible to support a purchaser's selection for buying and selling a used car.

(Modification 2)
In the second modification, the types of vehicles are classified into a plurality of categories, the popularity of each category is calculated according to the number of times each category has been recently selected by the purchase applicant, and the categories in the order of the calculated popularity Provide a list. When any category listed in the category list is selected, a list of vehicle types belonging to the selected category is provided in order of popularity.

  FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing, in particular, the characteristic features of this modification among the functional configurations provided in the used automobile support apparatus according to Modification 2. In this figure, the functional structure with which the used vehicle support device characteristic of this modification is provided compared with the used vehicle buying and selling support device 3 according to the embodiment is shown.

  The used car support device according to the modified example 2 includes a processing unit and a storage unit included in the used car sales support device 3 according to the embodiment, except for the used car sales support unit 3100.

  The used car buying and selling support unit 3100 includes the same processing units and storage units as the parts included in the used car buying and selling support unit 100 according to the embodiment not shown in the figure, and the exhibition information request acquiring unit 132 is replaced with the exhibition information. Request acquisition unit 132a, exhibition information transmission unit 134a instead of exhibition information transmission unit 134, exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 storing exhibition vehicle information 104b instead of exhibition vehicle information 104a, and vehicle type information storage unit 2102 And a list creation processing unit 3104.

  Among the units included in the used car support device according to the modified example 2, the processing unit and the storage unit having the same functions as those of the used car buying and selling support device 3 according to the embodiment are not shown in the figure. The description of is omitted. Among the units included in the used car trading support unit 3100 according to the modification 2, the processing unit and the storage unit having the same functions as those of the used car trading support unit 2100 according to the modification 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Therefore, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The vehicle type information storage unit 2102 stores category relevance information 2102b in addition to the same frequency information 2102a as that of the first modification. Since the frequency information 2102a has been described in the first modification, the description thereof is omitted here.

  The category relevance information 2102b includes a vehicle type, a category associated in advance for each vehicle type, and a predetermined relevance level indicating the strength of association between the vehicle type and the category.

  Here, the category is a keyword associated with each vehicle type in advance.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating an example of the category relevance information 2102b.
For example, the categories shown in this figure include “fuel consumption”, “riding comfort”, “family”, “outdoor”, and “trunk width”. The vehicle type indicated by “X01” is associated with “fuel consumption” and “riding comfort”. The degree of association between “X01” and “fuel consumption” is “5”, and the degree of association between “X01” and “ride” is “2”. In addition, “ride” is associated with the vehicle type indicated by “Y01” and the vehicle type indicated by “Z01”, and the degree of association is “3” and “4”, respectively.

  Such category relevance information 2102b indicates the degree of association between the vehicle type and the category.

  The list creation processing unit 3104 executes a process for creating a list of items such as a category list and a vehicle type list for the purchase applicant to select a used car.

  The category list request acquisition unit 3106 acquires, via the communication control unit 60, a request for transmitting a list of categories to each terminal 11 (13) transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant.

  When the category list request acquisition unit 3106 acquires a category list transmission request, the category list transmission unit 3108 acquires the category relevance information 2102b stored in the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 and is included in the category relevance information 2102b. A list of categories to be extracted. The category list transmission unit 3108 transmits the list of categories extracted to the terminal 11 (13), which is the transmission source of the request acquired by the category list transmission unit 3108, via the communication control unit 60.

  The vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 acquires, via the communication control unit 60, a request for transmitting a list of vehicle types transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant to the terminal 11 (13). The request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 includes information indicating a category designated by the purchase applicant (hereinafter referred to as “category designation information”).

  When the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 acquires a request for a vehicle type list, the priority calculation unit 3112 acquires the category relevance information 2102b from the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 and the relevance level with the category indicated by the category designation information The vehicle type relevance degree is calculated as the first priority that increases as the value increases.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority, the priority calculation unit 3112 has a second priority for each vehicle type that becomes higher as the vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a frequently receives requests recently. As the vehicle type popularity degree is calculated.

A specific method for calculating the degree of vehicle type relevance and the degree of vehicle type popularity will be described later.
The vehicle type list transmission unit 3114 sends information indicating each vehicle type to the terminals 11 (13) related to the request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 and the calculated first priority and second priority. Vehicle type list information including information for arranging each vehicle type according to at least one of them is transmitted via the communication control unit 60.

  The above is the characteristic configuration of the second-hand car trading support device according to the second modification. Next, a process executed by the used car buying and selling support apparatus according to the modified example 2 having these configurations will be described.

  FIG. 38 is a flowchart of processing executed by the used car trading support device according to the second modification.

  The communication control unit 60 determines whether or not the request acquired from the terminal 11 (13) includes information indicating the vehicle type designated by the purchase applicant (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle type designation information”) (S111). .

  When it is determined that the vehicle type designation information is not included (No in S111), the communication control unit 60 determines whether or not the category designation information is included in the request acquired from the terminal 11 (13) (S211). ).

  When it is determined that the category designation information is not included (No in S211), the category list request acquisition unit 3106 acquires a request for transmitting a list of categories to the terminal 11 (13) via the communication control unit 60. (S216).

  Here, for example, by pressing the exhibition vehicle browsing button 402 on the main menu screen 400 shown in FIG. 39 on the terminal, a request not including both the vehicle type designation information and the category designation information is transmitted from the terminal 11 (13). The category list request acquisition unit 3106 acquires the request through the processing so far.

  When the category list request acquisition unit 3106 acquires a category list transmission request, the category list transmission unit 3108 acquires the category relevance information 2102b stored in the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 and is included in the category relevance information 2102b. A list of extracted categories is extracted, and the extracted list of categories is transmitted via the communication control unit 60 to the terminal 11 (13) that is the transmission source of the request acquired by the category list transmission unit 3108 (S217).

  Here, for example, a vehicle type list request screen 3400 shown in FIG. 39 is an example of a category list displayed on the terminal 11 (13). There are five categories included in the category relevance information 2102b of the present modification: “fuel consumption”, “riding comfort”, “family”, “outdoor”, and “trunk size”, and these are the vehicle type list request screens. 3400.

  When it is determined that the category designation information is included (Yes in S211), the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 acquires from the communication control unit 60 the request acquired by the communication control unit 60 from the terminal 11 (13) ( S112). The request here includes category designation information.

  Here, for example, when the vehicle type list button 3402 on the vehicle type list request screen 3400 shown in FIG. 39 is pressed, the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 displays the categories “low fuel consumption” and “ A request including information indicating that “the ride is good” as category designation information is acquired.

  When the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 acquires a request for a vehicle type list, the priority calculation unit 3112 acquires the category relevance information 2102b from the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 and the relevance level with the category indicated by the category designation information The degree of association of the vehicle type is calculated as the first priority that increases with increasing (S212).

  Here, for example, when the category designation information includes information indicating “low fuel consumption” and “good riding comfort”, and the category relevance information 2102b has the contents shown in FIG. 37, the vehicle type is “X01”. The relevance level of “5” is the relevance level of “fuel efficiency”, which is a category corresponding to “low fuel consumption”, and the relevance level is “2”, which is a category corresponding to “good ride”. Is calculated as “7”. Similarly, the degree of association of the vehicle type “Y01” is calculated as “4”. Further, the degree of association of the vehicle type “Z01” is calculated as “4”.

  Here, the correspondence between the category designation information and the “category” of the category relevance information 1102b is determined based on, for example, whether “category” of the category relevance information 1102b is included in the category designation information. When “category” is included in the category designation information, it is determined that the “category” corresponds to the category designation information. If “category” is not included in the category designation information, it is determined that the “category” does not correspond to the category designation information.

  The priority calculation unit 3112 determines whether there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same relevance (S213).

  When it is determined that there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same degree of association (Yes in S213), the priority calculation unit 3112 acquires the frequency information 2102a stored in the vehicle type information storage unit 2102 and stores the frequency information 2102a in the acquired frequency information 2102a. For each vehicle type included, the total number of requests received each day is calculated as the popularity. Since the popularity of this modification is the same as the popularity calculation processing in modification 1, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Here, for example, when the category designation information includes information indicating “low fuel consumption” and “good ride”, and the category relevance information 2102b has the contents shown in FIG. The relevance level of the vehicle type “Y01” and the relevance level of the vehicle type “Z01” are both “4”. In this case, since there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same degree of association, the priority calculation unit 3112 calculates the popularity. As described in the first modification, the popularity of the vehicle model “Y01” is calculated as “101”, and the popularity of the vehicle model “Z01” is calculated as “39”.

  The vehicle type list transmission unit 3114 sends information indicating each vehicle type to the terminals 11 (13) related to the request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 3110 and the calculated first priority and second priority. Vehicle type list information including information for arranging each vehicle type according to at least one of them is transmitted via the communication control unit 60 (S215).

  When both the first priority and the second priority are calculated, the information for arranging the vehicle types transmitted by the vehicle type list transmission unit 3114 is, for example, the vehicle type in the order of the relevance that is the first priority. The vehicle types having the same relevance are information for displaying the vehicle types in order of the second priority.

  Here, for example, when the category designation information includes information indicating “low fuel consumption” and “good ride”, and the category relevance information 2102b has the contents shown in FIG. 37, the terminal 11 (13) A vehicle type ranking display screen 3500 shown in FIG. 40 is displayed. That is, the first place is “X01” having the highest degree of association, and the second and third places are either “Y01” or “Z01” having the same degree of association. The second place is “Y01” having a high degree of popularity, and the third place is “Z01” having a low degree of popularity.

  When it is determined that there are not a plurality of vehicle types having the same degree of association (No in S213), the priority calculation unit 3112 sends each vehicle type to the terminal 11 (13) that is the transmission source of the request acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2106. And vehicle type list information including information for arranging each vehicle type according to the calculated degree of association is transmitted via the communication control unit 60 (S215).

  If it is determined that the vehicle type designation information is included (Yes in S111), the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a executes an exhibition information request reception process (S115), and the exhibition information transmission unit 134a performs an exhibition information transmission process (S116). ). Since the exhibition information request reception process (S115) and the exhibition information transmission process (S116) are the same as the processes given the same reference numerals in the first modification shown in FIG. 33, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Note that the category as a condition for ranking the vehicle types may be input in free words by the purchase applicant.

  FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vehicle type list request screen 3400a displayed on the terminal 11 (13) when a condition is input using free words.

The condition input in this figure is “good fuel consumption and good ride”.
The priority calculation unit 3112 acquires the condition input in the relevance calculation process (S212), extracts all “categories” of the category relevance information 2102b included in the acquired conditions, and associates them with the extracted “category” The degree of relevance of each vehicle type is calculated.

  This eliminates the need for the purchase applicant to select from the list and facilitates input.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of vehicle types in which conditions are input in free words and the relevance calculated from the free words is the same, as in the second modification, the popularity of the vehicle types having the same relevance is calculated. May be. As a result, vehicle types having the same degree of association can be displayed according to general popularity.

  In the second modification, the category is a keyword associated with each vehicle type in advance. However, the category may be a car specification.

  FIG. 42 is an example of specification information 2102c with the car specification as a category. In the specification information 2102c, the specification of the vehicle is associated with each vehicle type.

  In addition, the degree of association between the car and the specification is the same. For this reason, the degree of association is not included in the specification information 2102c in the drawing. Similar to the category relevance information 2102b of the second modification, the relevance between the vehicle type and the specification may be included.

(Modification 3)
In the third modification, a list of selectable car-related services is provided.

  FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing, in particular, the characteristic features of this modification among the functional configurations of the used automobile support apparatus according to Modification 3. In this figure, the functional structure with which the used vehicle support device characteristic of this modification is provided compared with the used vehicle buying and selling support device 3 according to the embodiment is shown.

  The used car support device according to the modified example 3 includes a processing unit and a storage unit included in the used car sales support device 3 according to the embodiment, except for the used car sales support unit 4100.

  The used car buying and selling support unit 4100 includes the same processing unit and storage unit as the parts included in the used car buying and selling support unit 2100 according to the first modification not shown in the figure, and sends exhibition information instead of the exhibition information sending unit 134a. Unit 134b, extraction condition storage unit 4102, contractor extraction unit 4104, extraction condition acquisition unit 4106, simulation condition acquisition unit 4108, loan plan calculation unit 4110, and loan plan transmission unit 4112.

  Among the processing units and storage units shown in the figure, the processing unit and the storage unit having the same functions as those of the used car trading support unit 2100 according to the modified example 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The detailed description of is omitted.

  The extraction condition storage unit 4102 stores information indicating a condition for extracting a supplier from the supplier basic information 108 a stored in the supplier storage unit 108. The extraction condition is information indicating the type of service provided by the supplier, the region of the supplier, the price range for providing the service, and the like.

The initial setting of the extraction conditions includes all services that can be provided by a vendor.
The supplier extraction unit 4104 acquires the extraction condition and the supplier basic information 108 a stored in the supplier storage unit 108 from the extraction condition storage unit 4102, and extracts the supplier basic information 108 a that matches the extraction condition.

  Specifically, the supplier extraction unit 4104 refers to information indicating services that can be provided by the supplier included in the supplier basic information 108a, and extracts a supplier that provides the type of service included in the extraction condition. Further, the supplier extraction unit 4104 refers to the address of the supplier included in the supplier basic information 108a, and extracts the supplier that is an address including the area of the supplier. Further, the contractor extraction unit 4104 refers to information indicating the charge required to use the service included in the basic contractor information 108a, and extracts the contractor that provides the service within the price range where the charge is related to the service provision. To do.

  The supplier basic information 108a may include information indicating an area where the supplier can provide a service. Thereby, the trader who can provide a service to the area included in the extraction condition can be extracted.

  The exhibition information transmission unit 134b sends information related to the used car (exhibition vehicle information 104a) related to the request to the terminal 11 (13) that is a transmission source of the request acquired by the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132a, and a supplier extraction unit 4104. The trader information extracted by the above is transmitted via the communication control unit 60.

  FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an example of an automobile search screen 4200 in which the dealer information and the automobile loan simulation information are displayed together with the exhibition car information. The exhibition car information and the trader information on the automobile search screen 4200 shown in this figure are displayed on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13) that transmitted the request for the exhibition car information.

  The information related to the used car includes information indicating the price of the used car, and the trader information includes information indicating the fee required for using the service of the trader. Then, a list of the total amount of the charges required for using the services of each supplier extracted based on the extraction conditions and the price of the used car is displayed as a list of proxy plans.

  In this way, by providing vendor information along with used car information, purchasers can easily know the amount of money needed to purchase a used car and improve convenience for those who want to purchase a used car. It becomes possible to make it.

The car loan simulation information on the car search screen 4200 will be described later.
The extraction condition acquisition unit 4106 transmits the extraction condition input to the terminal 11 (13) by the purchase applicant via the communication control unit 60.

  FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an example of the extraction condition input screen 4300 displayed on the terminal 11 (13). In the extraction screen input screen 4300, extraction conditions such as a service provided by a trader, a region where the trader provides the service, and a price for providing the service can be input.

  The extraction screen input screen 4300 is a screen displayed on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13) when the plan condition setting button 4202 shown in FIG. 44 is pressed on the terminal 11 (13).

  In addition, when the condition determination button 4302 is pressed, the input extraction condition is transmitted from the terminal 11 to the used car trading support device. The extraction condition acquisition unit 4106 of the used automobile trading support apparatus acquires the input extraction condition and rewrites the extraction condition stored in the extraction condition storage unit 4102. Thereby, a trader is extracted based on the input extraction conditions. Therefore, it becomes possible to transmit the information of the trader who meets the conditions desired by the purchase applicant together with the information about the used car.

From here, it returns to description of the used-car sales support part 4100.
The plan selection unit 4206, the simulation condition acquisition unit 4108, the loan plan calculation unit 4110, and the loan plan transmission unit 4112 are used for paying in the case of paying an automobile fee or various expenses of a proxy plan by loan or lease. Provide simulations to purchasers.

  The simulation condition acquisition unit 4108 acquires information indicating a simulation request and simulation conditions necessary for the simulation from the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant.

  The simulation condition information is information indicating a condition necessary for the simulation transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant when the purchase applicant inputs a predetermined item. This is information indicating all or part of the borrowing amount, the interest rate of the loan, the repayment period, the down payment, the presence / absence of repayment with a bonus, the payment amount at that time, the bonus time, the payment start time, and the like.

  When the simulation condition acquisition unit 4108 receives a request, the loan plan calculation unit 4110 performs a simulation based on the simulation conditions received together with the request.

  The loan plan calculation unit 4110 according to this modified example calculates the monthly repayment amount and the repayment amount of the bonus month based on the borrowing amount, the interest rate of the loan, the repayment period, the down payment, the presence / absence of repayment with a bonus, and the payment amount at that time. calculate. For the bonus time, the payment start time, etc., default values held in advance by the loan plan calculation unit 4110 are used. For example, the bonus time is January and July, and the payment start time is the next month.

  Note that the purchase applicant may be able to specify the bonus time, payment start time, and the like as simulation conditions.

  Note that the loan plan calculation unit 4110 may calculate the repayment period as a simulation result. The simulation conditions in this case include the borrowing amount, the interest rate of the loan, the down payment, the presence or absence of repayment with a bonus, the payment amount at that time, the bonus time, the payment start time, and the monthly repayable amount.

  The loan plan transmission unit 4112 transmits the simulation result calculated by the loan plan calculation unit 4110 via the communication control unit 60.

The above is the characteristic functional configuration of the used car trading support unit 4100 according to this modification.
A process related to the loan simulation executed by the used car trading support device and the terminal 11 (13) according to the third modification will be described with reference to the screen configuration of the car search screen 4200.

  In the automobile search screen 4200 shown in FIG. 44, the automobile loan simulation information is shown by a plan selection unit 4206, a simulation condition input unit 4208, and a simulation result display unit 4210.

  The plan selection unit 4206 is a part for selecting one plan from the list of proxy plans, and the total amount corresponding to the plan selected here becomes the loan amount of the loan. This figure shows an example in which “Plan A” is selected, and an example in which the loan amount of the loan is “904,000 yen”.

  The simulation condition input unit 4208 is a part indicating predetermined items of simulation conditions input by the purchase applicant. The simulation condition input unit 4208 in this figure includes items for inputting an interest rate, a repayment period, an initial amount, and a bonus repayment amount.

  The loan simulation button 4204 is a button for transmitting information indicating a request for simulation and conditions input to the simulation condition input unit 4208 from the terminal 11 (13).

  The simulation result display unit 4210 is a part that displays a simulation result calculated based on the simulation condition input to the simulation condition input unit 4208.

  The simulation result display unit 4210 of this figure shows an example in which the monthly repayment amount and the bonus month repayment amount are rounded and displayed in units of 1000 yen as the calculated simulation result.

  In the terminal 11 (13), the purchase applicant inputs each item of the simulation condition input unit 4208 of the automobile search screen 4200 and presses the loan simulation button 4204. When the loan simulation button 4204 is pressed, information indicating a request for simulation and simulation conditions necessary for the simulation is transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) to the used car trading support device.

  The information indicating the simulation condition transmitted here is information indicating the condition input to each item of the simulation condition input unit 4208.

  From here, the process regarding the loan simulation which the used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus which concerns on the modification 3, and the terminal 11 (13) perform is demonstrated.

  First, the simulation condition acquisition unit 4108 acquires information indicating a simulation request and simulation conditions necessary for the simulation via the communication control unit 60.

  The loan plan calculation unit 4110 calculates a monthly repayment amount and a bonus month repayment amount based on simulation conditions.

  The loan plan transmission unit 4112 transmits the simulation result calculated by the loan plan calculation unit 4110 via the communication control unit 60 and ends the process.

  The terminal 11 (13) receives the simulation result transmitted from the loan plan transmission unit 4112, and displays the simulation result as shown in the simulation result display unit 4210 of FIG. 44 on the monitor.

  In this way, by providing the results of running a loan simulation together with information on used cars, etc., the purchase applicant can make a more specific purchase plan and improve the convenience of those who want to purchase used cars. It becomes possible to improve.

  As mentioned above, although the used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention, and its modification were demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this embodiment and modification.

  For example, the buyer determination unit 206 is selected by a lottery in which the target person is elected with the same probability from among those related to the application whose purchase application reception unit 204 receives the application within the predetermined range. One person may be determined as a buyer of a used car involved in the application.

  In addition, for example, the buyer determination unit 206 has a probability that the earlier the time when the application is received, the more likely it is to win the application among those related to the application in which the time when the purchase application reception unit 204 has received the application is included in a predetermined range. May be determined as a buyer of a used car related to the application, so that one person selected by a lottery winning with a weighted probability according to the time when the application is accepted may be determined.

  Such weighting includes a method of using a ratio of the reciprocal time from the start of sales to the time of application acceptance, and a method of using a predetermined ratio of time from the time of application reception to the end of sales.

  As described above, in the above-described modified example related to the buyer determination unit 206, the selling time is determined in advance, and the buyer is determined by lottery from applications received within that time. Thereby, a buyer can be judged fairly among those who applied for at the time determined by the operator.

  Further, for example, in the embodiment, after the purchase confirmation unit 210 obtains confirmation of the purchase of used car sales from the buyer notified by the buyer notification unit 208, the condition input screen transmission unit 212 inputs the conditions relating to the selection of the supplier. The condition acquisition unit 214 acquires the conditions related to the selection of the supplier, but the acquisition of the purchase confirmation from the buyer and the acquisition of the conditions are collectively acquired as one piece of information. Also good.

  In this case, the buyer notifying unit 208 makes a notification including a part for inputting a condition relating to the selection of the supplier, and the condition acquiring unit 214 acquires the purchase confirmation and the condition relating to the selection of the supplier. That is, in this case, the buyer notification unit 208 further has the same function as the condition input screen transmission unit 212. Further, the condition acquisition unit 214 further has the same function as the purchase confirmation unit 210.

  Therefore, in this case, the transaction mediation unit 140 may not include the purchase confirmation unit 210 and the condition input screen transmission unit 212.

  Further, for example, in the embodiment, after the supplier selection / acquisition unit 220 receives a supplier related to the buyer's selection and acquires the buyer's confirmation regarding the transaction information transmitted by the transaction information transmission unit 222, the transaction information confirmation unit 224 While the information is stored in the transaction storage unit 110 and delivered to the bill amount calculation unit 144, the supplier selection acquisition unit 220 that receives the supplier related to the buyer's selection stores the transaction information in the transaction storage unit 110. You may deliver to the bill amount calculation part 144. In this case, the transaction mediation unit 140 may not include the transaction information confirmation unit 224.

  Further, for example, in the embodiment, the purchaser ID indicating the same person and the buyer ID are the same, but the purchaser ID indicating the same person and the buyer ID may be different. In this case, for example, the purchase applicant storage unit 106 stores information (not shown) that associates the purchaser ID with the buyer ID, thereby enabling processing similar to that in the embodiment.

  Further, for example, in the embodiment, the purchase applicant, the store, and the merchant are registered from the terminals used by them, but the operator of the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 provides information on the registration. The operator of the used car buying and selling support apparatus 3 may register it by accepting it as a document. As a result, it becomes possible to ensure the authentication of the person and prevent double registration of the same person, so that the reliability of evaluation of the purchase applicant and the contractor provided by the used car trading support device 3 can be improved. It becomes possible.

  Furthermore, for example, in the embodiment, the buyer's evaluation and the supplier's evaluation are scored by the dealer, the seller and the buyer, and the average value is used as an evaluation index for the buyer and the seller. Not limited.

  As an example of evaluation for a buyer, for example, when a used car is purchased, a certain point predetermined for each purchase is added to the buyer for evaluation, and conversely, on the used car buying and selling support system There is a method of subtracting the evaluation points for those who have become buyers but who have not been able to purchase due to the lack of loan screening.

  In this way, when the value obtained by adding or subtracting the evaluation points for the buyer is used as an evaluation index, the evaluation index can be evaluated for each evaluation rather than using the average value as in the embodiment as an evaluation index. Fluctuation increases. Such a sensitive evaluation index can be said to be an index indicating the degree of buyer's credit with high sensitivity. The value obtained by adding or subtracting points is an effective index for evaluating buyers who rarely repeat purchases in a short period due to the property that used cars are expensive products.

  Further, as an example of the evaluation for the merchant, for example, the buyer may score the merchant including not only plus but also minus, and the sum of the evaluation scores scored by each buyer may be used as an evaluation index for the merchant. And when the evaluation index becomes negative, the trust of the market provided by the used car buying and selling support system 1 is maintained by, for example, deleting the negative evaluation from the registration of the used car buying and selling support device 3. Can be improved.

  Next, the score of the evaluation is not directly scored by the evaluator. For example, in the questionnaire format in which an answer can be selected, the score is associated with the selected option in advance, and the score may be the sum of the scores. Good.

  Specifically, for example, a question “Did you have a satisfactory price?” And an option to answer “Satisfied”, “Slightly satisfied”, “Normal”, “Slightly high”, or “High” to the question. Is provided to buyers who use contractors. Then, “10 points”, “5 points”, “2 points”, “−3 points”, “−8 points” and the like are associated with each option in order. Then, when the buyer selects “satisfied”, the evaluation is “10 points”, and the sum of the points determined in the same manner for other questions is also set as an evaluation of the buyer by the buyer.

  Further, in the embodiment, the buyer evaluates the merchant, but the buyer may further evaluate the dealer, and the used car trading support device may provide information regarding the evaluation to the purchase applicant. The evaluation in this case can be realized by the same method as the evaluation of the store by the buyer. In this case, the used car buying and selling support device 3 further receives a part for receiving information on the evaluation of the dealer from the terminal used by the purchase applicant, a part for storing information on the evaluation of the received dealer, and purchases it. At least a part provided to a terminal used by a person.

  Furthermore, for example, the terminal 11 (13) used by the purchase applicant from the used car buying and selling support apparatus shows information for comparing the selected used cars for the used cars individually selected by the purchase applicant. ).

  FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example of a car search screen 4400 that can individually specify used cars.

  The automobile search screen 4400 is a screen displayed on the monitor of the terminal 11 (13) so that the purchase applicant can browse information on the used cars being exhibited. That is, the automobile search screen 4400 is a modification of the exhibition car browsing screen 1000 described with reference to FIG. 24 in the embodiment, and the modifications 1 to 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 35 and 44. This is a modified example of the automobile search screen 2300 and the automobile search screen 4200.

  The car search screen 4400 includes an individual designation unit 4402 for individually comparing information on used cars being exhibited, and a comparison button 4404 for shifting to a screen for comparison.

  The individual designation unit 4402 is a part that designates a used car that the purchase applicant likes among the used cars displayed on the car search screen 4400 by the purchaser.

  The comparison button 4404 is a button for displaying a screen for comparing the used cars that the purchase applicant likes. When the comparison button 4404 is pressed, information for identifying the used car designated by the individual designation unit 4402 is transmitted from the terminal 11 (13) to the used car buying and selling support apparatus.

  In this case, the exhibition information request acquisition unit 132 (132a) of the used car trading support device acquires information for identifying the used car. The information for identifying the used car is, for example, information indicating the exhibition car ID.

  Then, the exhibition information transmission unit 134 (134a, 134b) acquires the exhibition vehicle information 104b of the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104, and extracts information on the used vehicle corresponding to the information for identifying the used vehicle from the exhibition vehicle information 104b. And the information regarding the extracted used car is transmitted to the terminal 11 (13).

  FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of a car search screen 4500 for individually comparing used cars.

  It is a screen displayed on the monitor connected to the terminal 11 (13) which received the information regarding the used car transmitted from the exhibition information transmission part 134 (134a, 134b) of a used car buying and selling support apparatus as mentioned above.

  In the automobile search screen 4500, information on used cars individually selected by the purchase applicant is collectively displayed on one screen. In addition, you may display so that the information regarding the used car selected by scrolling a screen can be browsed.

  The automobile search screen 4500 includes a purchase request button 4502 corresponding to each used car. The purchase request button 4502 is a button for transmitting an application for purchase from the terminal 11 (13) to the used car trading support device.

  In this way, by displaying information on the used car individually designated by the purchase applicant on the terminal 11 (13), it is possible to easily compare the cars of the purchase applicant. Therefore, it becomes possible to support the selection of a used car for a purchase applicant to purchase a used car.

  In addition, when displaying the detailed information of a used car like the car search screen 4500, the exhibition information transmission part 134 (134a, 134b) of a used car buying and selling support apparatus is the image information which shows the exhibition vote in an auto auction site. May be sent. In this case, the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 further stores exhibition vehicle information 104a (104b) including image information indicating an exhibition form at the auto auction site.

  The exhibition information transmission unit 134 (134a, 134b) may further transmit image information indicating a plurality of photographs taken from different angles. In this case, the exhibition vehicle storage unit 104 further stores exhibition vehicle information 104a (104b) including image information indicating a plurality of photographs taken from different angles.

  In this way, by presenting the terminal 11 (13) with the auction ticket and a plurality of photographs taken from different angles, the purchase applicant can select a used car based on highly reliable information. . Therefore, it becomes possible to support the selection of a used car.

  The present invention can be applied to the buying and selling of used cars using computer terminals connected to communication lines such as the Internet, and in particular, it is a contract for lump sum of registration agency, maintenance, land transportation, etc. related to buying and selling of used cars and buying and selling of used cars. It can be applied to a device that supports buying and selling of used cars that can be used.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of a structure of the used motor vehicle sales assistance system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure with which the used motor vehicle sales assistance apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed functional structure with which a transaction mediation part is provided. It is a figure which shows an example of the dealer basic information 102a which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the usage history information 102b which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the exhibition vehicle information 104a which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the purchase applicant information 106a which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the notification request information 106b which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the buyer evaluation information 106c which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the supplier basic information 108a which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the supplier evaluation information 108b which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the claim information 108c which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the transaction information 110a which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of billing amount standard information 112a concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the process which a used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus performs for the transaction which concerns on buying and selling of a used car and its related service. It is a figure which shows an example of a login screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the main menu screen provided to the purchase applicant who logged in. It is a figure which shows an example of a purchase application screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the notification transmitted to the purchase applicant who applied for purchase. It is a figure which shows an example of a condition input screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an extraction result screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a supplier evaluation posting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a transaction confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an exhibition vehicle browsing screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a sales start notification. It is a figure which shows an example of a store registration screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a purchase applicant registration screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a related trader registration screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an exhibition vehicle registration screen. It is a block diagram which shows a characteristic part especially to this modification among the functional structures with which the used vehicle assistance apparatus which concerns on the modification 1 is provided. It is a figure which shows an example of the exhibition vehicle information 104b. It is a figure which shows an example of the frequency information 1102a. It is a flowchart of the process which the used motor vehicle sales assistance apparatus which concerns on the modification 1 performs. It is an example of the vehicle type list screen displayed on a terminal. It is an example of the automobile search screen which displays the content contained in the exhibition vehicle information of the designated vehicle type displayed on a terminal. It is a block diagram which shows a part especially characteristic to this modification among the functional structures with which the used vehicle assistance apparatus which concerns on the modification 2 is provided. It is a figure which shows an example of category relevance information. It is a flowchart of the process which the used motor vehicle sales assistance apparatus which concerns on the modification 2 performs. It is a figure which shows the example of the main menu screen displayed on the terminal of the modification 2, and a vehicle type list request | requirement screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the vehicle type ranking display screen displayed on the terminal of the modification 2. It is a figure which shows the example of the vehicle type list request | requirement screen displayed on a terminal, when inputting conditions with a free word. It is an example of the specification information which makes a car specification a category. It is a block diagram which shows a part especially characteristic to this modification among the functional structures with which the used vehicle assistance apparatus which concerns on the modification 3 is provided. It is a figure which shows the example of the terminal in which trader information and automobile loan simulation information are displayed with exhibition vehicle information. It is a figure which shows the example of the extraction condition input screen displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the vehicle search screen which can designate a used car separately. It is a figure which shows the example of the vehicle search screen for comparing a used car separately.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Used car sales support system 3 Used car sales support apparatus 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 Terminal 21 Auto auction server 23 Communication line 50 Input part 52 Display part 54 Input reception part 56 Display control part 57 Administrator login unit 58 Clock unit 60 Communication control unit 62 Internal bus 100, 2100, 3100, 4100 Used car trading support unit 102 Dealer storage unit 104 Exhibited vehicle storage unit 106 Purchase applicant storage unit 108 Merchant storage unit 110 Transaction storage unit DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 112 Charge amount reference | standard storage part 120 Dealer registration part 122 Exhibition information acquisition part 124 Evaluation acquisition part 126 Usage history storage part 128 Purchase applicant registration part 130 Login control part 132 Exhibition information request | requirement acquisition part 134 Exhibition information transmission part 136 Notification request acquisition Part 138 Notifying part 140 Transaction brokering part 142 Person registration section 144 Charge amount calculation section 146 Ordering section 148 Contractor evaluation screen transmission section 150 Contractor evaluation acquisition section 202 Purchase application screen transmission section 204 Purchase application reception section 206 Buyer determination section 208 Buyer notification section 210 Purchase confirmation section 212 Condition input screen transmission Unit 214 condition acquisition unit 216 supplier extraction unit 218 supplier information transmission unit 220 supplier selection acquisition unit 222 transaction information transmission unit 224 transaction information confirmation unit 2102 vehicle type information storage unit 2104, 3104 list creation processing unit 2106, 3110 vehicle type list request acquisition unit 2108, 3112 Priority calculation unit 2110, 3114 Vehicle type list transmission unit 3106 Category list request acquisition unit 3108 Category list transmission unit 4102 Extraction condition storage unit 4104 Contractor extraction unit 4106 Extraction condition acquisition unit 4108 Simulation condition acquisition unit 4110 Plan calculation part 4112 loan plan transmission part

Claims (28)

A used car buying and selling support apparatus that supports buying and selling of used cars by transmitting and receiving information related to buying and selling of used cars with a plurality of terminals connected via a communication line,
I would like to purchase a used car as indicated by the information about the used car, including the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the date and time when the used car was sold in the market, and the evaluation of the used car at the auto auction site. Purchase application acceptance means for accepting an application for purchase of a used car after the sale start date and time from a terminal used by a person;
When the purchase application acceptance means accepts the application, based on the time when the application was accepted, a buyer determination means for determining whether the user of the terminal is a buyer of a used car related to the application; and
A used car buying and selling support apparatus comprising: a buyer notifying means for notifying a person determined to be a buyer by the buyer determining means that the buyer is a buyer of a used car related to the application. Further, an exhibition information acquisition for acquiring information on a used car including a price of a used car determined by the dealer, a sales start date and time of the used car in the market, and an evaluation of the used car at an auto auction site. Means,
In response to a request from the terminal used by the purchase applicant, information regarding the used car including the price, the sale start date and time, and the evaluation is transmitted to the terminal used by the purchase applicant. An information transmission means,
The purchase application accepting means purchases a used car after the sale start date and time from a terminal used by the purchase applicant who wishes to purchase a used car indicated by information on the used car transmitted by the exhibition information transmitting means. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an application for a used car is accepted. The exhibition information acquisition means is a terminal used in the dealer, the price of the used car determined by the seller, the price of the used car determined by the dealer, and the sale of the used car in the market A first exhibition information acquisition unit for acquiring information on used cars including the date and time;
Second exhibition information acquisition for acquiring an evaluation at an auto auction site of a used car specified by information on the used car acquired by the first exhibition information acquisition unit from an apparatus that manages information at the auto auction site. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: The exhibition information acquisition means, from the terminal used in the dealer, the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the sale start date and time of the used car in the market, and the auto auction site of the used car The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the used vehicle buying and selling information is acquired. Further, a merchant storage means for storing merchant information, which is information relating to a merchant providing services related to buying and selling of pre-registered used cars,
To a terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining means, a supplier information transmitting means for transmitting the supplier information stored in the supplier storage means,
A selection supplier acquisition means for acquiring information on the selected supplier when the buyer selects any one of the suppliers included in the supplier information transmitted by the supplier information transmission means. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the used car buying and selling support apparatus is characterized. Furthermore, condition acquisition means for acquiring conditions specified by the buyer in order to select a supplier that provides a service related to buying and selling of used cars to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determination means;
A dealer extracting means for extracting a dealer satisfying the condition acquired by the condition acquisition means from the dealers included in the dealer information stored in the dealer storage means;
The merchant information transmitting unit transmits the merchant information stored in the merchant storage unit corresponding to the merchant extracted by the merchant extracting unit to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining unit. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 5. The trader information transmitting means is information relating to a trader that provides a proxy service for a car registration procedure, which is one of services related to the buying and selling of the used car, to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determination means. Send
The selected supplier obtaining means obtains information on the selected trader when the buyer selects one of the agents for the registration procedure of the car included in the information transmitted by the trader information transmitting means. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein: The supplier information transmitting means transmits information related to a supplier who maintains a car, which is one of services related to the purchase of used cars, to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining means,
The selected supplier obtaining unit obtains information on the selected supplier when the buyer selects one of the car maintenance companies included in the information transmitted by the supplier information transmitting unit. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein The supplier information transmitting means transmits information relating to a supplier that transports a car that is one of services related to the purchase of a used car to the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determining means,
The selected trader obtaining means obtains information on the selected trader when the buyer selects one of the automobile land transport traders included in the information transmitted by the trader information sending means. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the used car buying and selling support apparatus is characterized. Further, when the selected supplier obtaining means obtains information on the supplier related to the buyer's selection, it further comprises a bill amount calculating means for calculating a contract fee to be charged to the supplier related to the selection by a predetermined method. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 9. Furthermore, it has a vendor evaluation acquisition means for acquiring a rating related to a vendor that provides a service related to the purchase of a used car from a terminal used by a purchase applicant.
The supplier information transmitting means includes information relating to a supplier that provides a service related to the purchase of a used car including the evaluation acquired by the supplier evaluation acquisition means on the terminal used by the buyer determined by the buyer determination means. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the used car buying and selling support device is transmitted. The buyer determination means determines a person related to the application whose purchase application reception means has received the application the earliest as a buyer of a used car related to the application, and the purchase application reception means receives the application. The second-hand vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein a person who is associated with an application that is late for an application with the earliest time is determined not to be a buyer of a used car related to the application. Auto sales support device. The buyer determination means is selected by a lottery in which a target person is elected with equal probability from among persons related to an application in which the purchase application acceptance means accepts the application within a predetermined range. A person is determined as a buyer of a used car related to the application, and a person other than the one selected in the lottery is determined not to be a buyer of a used car related to the application. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 12. The buyer determination means is such that the earlier the time is, the higher the probability of winning the person from among those related to the application that the time when the purchase application reception means received the application is included in a predetermined range. One person selected by a lottery winning with a probability weighted according to the time period is determined as a buyer of a used car related to the application, and a person other than the one selected in the lottery is related to the application It determines with not being a buyer of a used car. The used car buying and selling support apparatus of any one of Claim 1- Claim 11 characterized by the above-mentioned. Furthermore, from the terminal used by the purchase applicant, a first notification request acquisition means for acquiring a request for notification prior to the start of sale of a used car according to the designation of the purchase applicant,
When the notification request acquisition unit acquires the request for notification, a first notification unit that transmits a notification prior to the sale of a used car related to the notification request to a purchase applicant related to the notification request The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized by comprising: Furthermore, a second notification request acquisition means for acquiring conditions of a used car that the purchase applicant desires to be notified at the time of exhibition from a terminal used by the purchase applicant;
When the second notification request acquisition means acquires the condition, it determines whether the used car that has been exhibited satisfies the condition or not, and when it determines that the condition is satisfied, the used car that satisfies the condition A second notification means for transmitting to a purchase requester related to a request for notification at the time of the listing that the item has been put on, is provided. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising: The used car buying and selling support apparatus of description. Further, a buyer evaluation acquisition means for acquiring an evaluation of the buyer by the dealer or the dealer from a terminal used by the dealer or the dealer,
The buyer evaluation storage means which stores the buyer evaluation information which is the information regarding the buyer's evaluation acquired by the buyer evaluation acquisition means, and comprises any one of claims 1 to 16. Used car trading support equipment. Furthermore, an exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to the vehicle type specified by the purchase applicant,
Vehicle type information storage means for storing frequency information including the vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquisition means has received the request and the time at which the request has been received;
Vehicle type list request acquisition means for acquiring a vehicle type list request from the terminal;
When a request is acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition means, the frequency information is acquired from the vehicle type information storage means, and the priority for each vehicle type that the exhibition information request acquisition means becomes higher as the vehicle type that frequently receives the request recently. A priority calculating means for calculating the degree;
18. A vehicle type list transmitting unit that transmits vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the priority calculated by the priority calculating unit to the terminal. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus of any one of. Furthermore, the exhibition vehicle storage means for storing a category associated with each vehicle type, and category relevance information including a relevance between the vehicle type and the category,
Category list request acquisition means for acquiring a category list request from the terminal;
When the category list request acquisition unit acquires a request, the category list transmission unit acquires the category relevance information from the exhibition vehicle storage unit and transmits a list of categories included in the category relevance information;
Vehicle type list request acquisition means for acquiring a request for a vehicle type list including a category specified by the purchase applicant from the terminal;
When a request is acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit, the category relevance information is acquired from the vehicle type information storage unit, and a vehicle type having a higher relevance with the designated category has a first priority. A priority calculating means for calculating the degree;
2. A vehicle type list transmitting unit that transmits vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority calculated by the priority calculating unit to the terminal. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 17 to 18. Furthermore, it comprises an exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to a vehicle type designated by a purchase applicant,
The vehicle type information storage means further stores frequency information including a vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquisition means has accepted the request and a timing at which the request has been received,
The priority calculation means acquires the frequency information from the vehicle type information storage means when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority, and the exhibition information request acquisition means accepts the request frequently recently. Calculate the second priority that is higher for the car model,
The vehicle type list transmission unit transmits vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority and the second priority calculated by the priority calculation unit to the terminal. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 19. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the category included in the category relevance information is a specification of a car, and the relevance is all the same. The category included in the category relevance information is a keyword associated with a vehicle type, and the relevance is a predetermined value for each keyword associated with the vehicle type. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to 20. Further, the exhibited vehicle storage means for storing a category associated with each vehicle type, and category relevance information including a relevance between the vehicle type and the category,
Condition input request acquisition means for acquiring from the terminal a condition input request for a used car desired by a purchase applicant;
When the condition input request acquisition unit acquires a request, a category list transmission unit that transmits a form for inputting conditions in free words;
Vehicle type list request acquisition means for acquiring a request for a vehicle type list including the conditions input in the free word from the terminal;
When the request is acquired by the vehicle type list request acquisition unit, the category relevance information is acquired from the vehicle type information storage unit, the category included in the condition is extracted, and the relevance with the extracted category is high. Priority calculation means for calculating the first priority that becomes higher as the vehicle type;
2. A vehicle type list transmitting unit that transmits vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority calculated by the priority calculating unit to the terminal. The used vehicle buying and selling support apparatus according to any one of claims 17 to 17. Furthermore, it comprises an exhibition information request acquisition means for acquiring a request for information on a used car belonging to a vehicle type specified by a purchase applicant,
The vehicle type information storage means further stores frequency information including the vehicle type for which the exhibition information request acquisition means has received the request and the time at which the request has been received,
The priority calculation means acquires the frequency information from the vehicle type information storage means when there are a plurality of vehicle types having the same first priority, and the exhibition information request acquisition means receives requests frequently recently. Calculate the second priority that is higher for the car model,
The vehicle type list transmission unit transmits vehicle type list information including information for arranging vehicle types according to the first priority and the second priority calculated by the priority calculation unit to the terminal. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 23. Further, a merchant storage means for storing merchant information including a pre-registered merchant and services related to buying and selling of used cars provided by the merchant,
An extraction condition storage means for storing a service designated as an extraction condition for extracting merchant information;
Obtaining the extraction conditions from the extraction condition storage means, and a supplier extraction means for extracting a list of suppliers that provide the service specified as the extraction conditions,
The used vehicle buying and selling according to any one of claims 18 to 24, wherein the vehicle type list transmitting means further transmits a list of dealers extracted by the dealer extracting means to the terminal. Support device. Further, it is necessary for a loan simulation request, information for identifying a combination of a vehicle type and a vendor selected from the list of vendors transmitted by the vehicle type list transmission means, and a simulation input by a purchase applicant. A simulation condition acquisition unit for acquiring various conditions;
Based on the conditions necessary for the simulation acquired by the simulation condition acquisition unit, the planned repayment amount when the selected vehicle type is purchased and the total amount for receiving the service provided by the selected supplier is borrowed or A loan plan calculation means for calculating the scheduled repayment period;
26. The used car buying and selling support apparatus according to claim 25, comprising loan plan transmission means for transmitting information indicating the scheduled repayment amount or the scheduled repayment period calculated by the loan plan calculation means to the terminal. A used car buying and selling support method for supporting buying and selling of used cars by transmitting and receiving information related to buying and selling of used cars with a plurality of terminals connected via a communication line,
I would like to purchase a used car as indicated by the information about the used car, including the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the date and time when the used car was sold in the market, and the evaluation of the used car at the auto auction site. A purchase application reception step for receiving an application for the purchase of a used car after the sale start date and time from a terminal used by a person who performs,
When accepting the application in the purchase application accepting step, based on the time when the application was accepted, a buyer determination step of determining whether the user of the terminal is a buyer of a used car related to the application;
A used car buying and selling support method comprising: a buyer notifying step of notifying a person who has been determined as a buyer in the buyer judging step that he / she is a buyer of a used car related to the application. A used car buying and selling support program that supports buying and selling of used cars by transmitting and receiving information related to buying and selling of used cars with a plurality of terminals connected via a communication line,
I would like to purchase a used car as indicated by the information about the used car, including the price of the used car determined by the dealer, the date and time when the used car was sold in the market, and the evaluation of the used car at the auto auction site. A purchase application reception step for receiving an application for the purchase of a used car after the sale start date and time from a terminal used by a person who performs,
When accepting the application in the purchase application accepting step, based on the time when the application was accepted, a buyer determination step of determining whether the user of the terminal is a buyer of a used car related to the application;
A used car buying and selling support program which causes a computer to execute a program including a buyer notifying step of notifying a person who has been determined as a buyer in the buyer determining step that he is a buyer of a used car related to the application.

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