Electronic commerce server, electronic commerce method, recorded medium on which electronic commerce program is recorded

Abstract

An electronic commerce server (10) includes a time adjustment information storage unit (10b), an irregular day information comparison circuit (43), and an irregular day notification circuit (44). A time adjustment information storage unit (10b) records information on time adjustment. The irregular day information comparison circuit (43) compares the available time periods and time adjustment information for transactions. An irregular day notification circuit (44) notifies the occurrence of an execution time adjustment day. The e-commerce server (10) checks whether there is a region that performs time adjustment during the transaction availability period. If the start date or end date of daylight saving time occurs, the date is checked by the irregular day information comparison circuit (43). The irregular day notification circuit (44) sends the occurrence of the time adjustment day to the vendor's computer (1a). The seller changes the deal availability period, and the buyer learns of the fact that an irregular day occurs in the deal availability period, that is, the start date or end date, and how the deal availability period differs from the current clock time.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to electronic commerce. In particular, an electronic commerce method relating to efficient and smooth electronic transactions between different countries such as Japan and the United States, and an electronic commerce server used by the electronic commerce system to implement the method, and a recording medium in which configuration is a computer readable program that controls this e-commerce server. Background technique [0002] E-commerce across borders has become easier in recent years by utilizing the Internet. "Online auctions" are an example of electronic commerce utilizing the Internet. In this system, a seller with an item for sale uploads information about the item for sale to an auction site on the Internet, and a purchase price is determined by bids from a plurality of buyers wishing to purchase the item for sale. [0003] Many e-commerce transactions take the form of business-to-business (BtoB) or business-t...

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Problems solved by technology

In this way, for example, if a Japanese wants to participate in this online auction, it is not easy to determine the end time, and it is possible to lose the opportunity to participate in the last bid, which is the most important behavior in an online auction

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