Shipping Method, Device, Equipment and Storage Medium Based on Shared Warehouse

Abstract

The present invention provides a shipping method, device, equipment and storage medium based on a shared warehouse. The shipping method based on the shared warehouse includes: in response to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform, determining whether the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, where the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group-buying warehouse; if the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, determining whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order; if there is a community group-buying order to be delivered, providing an option of community group-buying direct delivery logistics service to the merchant side; in response to the merchant selecting the option of community group-buying direct delivery logistics service, having the shopping order delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse. This application enables merchants on the e-commerce platform to utilize the resources of the community group-buying platform, so as to improve the resource utilization rate of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform and reduce the resource costs of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform.

Description

Background Art

[0002] With the development of Internet technology, a variety of online shopping models have been developed. Users can choose online shopping models according to their own needs. Online shopping models can include e-commerce shopping models and community group buying shopping models. The e-commerce shopping model mainly retails goods through e-commerce platforms, while the community group buying shopping model relies on real communities and is a regionalized, niche, localized, and networked group buying form.

[0003] For the community group buying business, a community group buying warehouse will be established in each city to serve as the central warehouse for community group buying transportation in that city. The warehouse space of the community group buying warehouse is larger and the management is stricter. Therefore, many merchants on e-commerce platforms will choose to rent a certain space in the warehouse of the company with the community group buying business as the company's temporary warehouse in the area.

[0004] However, currently, community group buying warehouses and merchant warehouses on e-commerce platforms are only used in terms of space. Therefore, how to enable merchants on e-commerce platforms to further utilize other resources of community group buying platforms to improve resource utilization and reduce resource costs of e-commerce platforms and community group buying platforms is a technical problem that needs to be solved in this field. Summary of the invention

[0005] In order to overcome the defects of the above-mentioned related technologies, the present invention provides a delivery method, device, equipment and storage medium based on a shared warehouse, so that merchants on the e-commerce platform can utilize the resources of the community group buying platform, so as to improve the resource utilization rate of the e-commerce platform and the community group buying platform, and reduce the resource costs of the e-commerce platform and the community group buying platform.

[0006] According to one aspect of the present invention, a shipping method based on a shared warehouse is provided, comprising:

[0007] In response to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform, determining whether a shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, wherein the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group purchase warehouse;

[0008] If the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, determine whether there is a community group purchase order to be delivered at the community group purchase pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order;

[0009] If there are community group purchase orders to be delivered, the merchant side will be provided with a community group purchase direct delivery logistics service option;

[0010] In response to the merchant selecting the community group purchasing direct delivery logistics service option, the shopping order is delivered by the community group purchasing logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0011] In some embodiments of the present application, the community group-buying logistics service provider distributes the shopping orders according to the shared warehouse commodity information database stored in the community group-buying server associated with the shared warehouse, wherein the shared warehouse commodity information database is synchronized from the merchant side to the community group-buying server.

[0012] In some embodiments of the present application, the shared warehouse commodity information database stores the commodity information hosted in the shared warehouse and the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse.

[0013] In some embodiments of the present application, the commodity information includes the volume and / or specifications of the commodity.

[0014] The distribution of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse includes:

[0015] In response to the volume and / or specifications of the commodities in the shopping order meeting the storage space margin of the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order from the shared warehouse, the shopping order is distributed by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0016] In some embodiments of the present application, the shared warehouse commodity information database stores a commodity whitelist / commodity blacklist.

[0017] The distribution of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse includes:

[0018] In response to the commodities in the shopping order hitting the commodity whitelist / the commodities in the shopping order not hitting the commodity blacklist, the shopping order is distributed by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0019] In some embodiments of the present application, the commodity whitelist / commodity blacklist is generated according to the volume and / or specifications of the commodity.

[0020] In some embodiments of the present application, in response to the merchant selecting the logistics service option of community group-buying direct delivery, the distribution of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse includes:

[0021] Determine whether the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a post station logo;

[0022] If the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a post station logo, the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse will deliver the commodities in the shopping order to the community group-buying pick-up point.

[0023] In some embodiments of the present application, if the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order does not have a post station identifier, then:

[0024] The delivery method of the shopping order is displayed as self-delivery by the merchant;

[0025] Instruct the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order to deliver the goods of the shopping order to the neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address.

[0026] In some embodiments of the present application, the instructing the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order to deliver the goods of the shopping order to the neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address includes:

[0027] Receiving the contact information of the transportation personnel sent by the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order;

[0028] Displaying the contact information of the transportation personnel in the delivery method of the shopping order.

[0029] According to another aspect of the present application, there is also provided a shipping device based on a shared warehouse, including:

[0030] A first judgment module, configured to respond to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform, and judge whether the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, where the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group-buying warehouse;

[0031] A second judgment module, if the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, then the second judgment module is configured to judge whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order;

[0032] A community group-buying logistics option providing module, if there is a community group-buying order to be delivered, then the community group-buying logistics option providing module is configured to provide a community group-buying direct delivery logistics service option to the merchant side;

[0033] A delivery control module, configured to respond to the merchant's selection of the community group-buying direct delivery logistics service option, and cause the shopping order to be delivered by a community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0034] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an electronic device, where the electronic device includes: a processor; a storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is run by the processor, it executes the steps described above.

[0035] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is run by a processor, it executes the steps as described above.

[0036] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

[0037] When a shopping order on an e-commerce platform is shipped from a shared warehouse in a community group-buying warehouse, and there is a pending community group-buying order at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, the community group-buying direct delivery service of the community group-buying platform can be provided to the merchants on the e-commerce platform. Thus, there is no need for the merchants to ship by themselves, and the delivery of the goods on the e-commerce platform can be realized through the logistics service provider of the community group-buying platform. Therefore, on the premise that the warehouse of the merchant on the e-commerce platform is originally an associated warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse, the merchant on the e-commerce platform can utilize the logistics resources of the community group-buying platform. Thus, when the community group-buying platform executes the logistics service of the community group-buying warehouse, it can provide logistics services for the shared warehouse of the e-commerce platform at the same time, so as to improve the utilization rate of the logistics resources of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform and reduce the logistics resource costs of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] By referring to the accompanying drawings and describing its exemplary embodiments in detail, the above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more obvious.

[0039] Figure 1 The flowchart of the shipping method based on the shared warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

[0040] Figure 2 The flowchart of determining whether to deliver the goods of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse through the station identification according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

[0041] Figure 3 The flowchart of when the pick-up point is responsible for delivering the goods to the station or the delivery address when the pick-up point does not have the station identification according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

[0042] Figure 4 The flowchart of when the pick-up point is responsible for delivery, displaying the relevant logistics information in the delivery method of the shopping order is shown.

[0043] Figure 5 The module diagram of the shipping device based on the shared warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

[0044] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of a computer-readable storage medium in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is schematically shown.

[0045] Figure 7Schematically shows a schematic diagram of an electronic device in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Detailed implementation manners

[0046] Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the example embodiments can be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The features, structures, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

[0047] In addition, the accompanying drawings are only schematic illustrations of the present invention and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus repeated descriptions thereof will be omitted. Some of the block diagrams shown in the drawings are functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically independent entities. These functional entities may be implemented in software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and / or processor devices and / or microcontroller devices.

[0048] The flowcharts shown in the accompanying drawings are only illustrative and do not necessarily include all steps. For example, some steps can be decomposed, while some steps can be combined or partially combined. Therefore, the actual execution order may be changed according to the actual situation.

[0049] Figure 1 Shows a flowchart of a shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. The shipping method based on the shared warehouse includes the following steps:

[0050] Step S110: In response to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform, determine whether the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, and the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group buying warehouse.

[0051] Specifically, the associated warehouse may refer to a situation where the shared warehouse and the community group buying business share a warehouse. Since the community group buying warehouse is usually large in space, part of the warehouse space will be opened for merchants on the e-commerce platform to rent. The space rented by merchants on the e-commerce platform in the community group buying warehouse can be called a shared warehouse. Or the associated warehouse may also refer to a situation where the shared warehouse and the community group buying warehouse are in the same logistics park / address.

[0052] Specifically, the community group-buying warehouse can provide commodity supply for pick-up points within its location area (the location area can be a city, for example). To determine whether the delivery warehouse of the shopping order in step S110 is a shared warehouse, the following method can be used: determine whether the commodities of the shopping order are stored in the shared warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse in the location area (such as the city) where the receiving address of the shopping order is located. If so, the merchant can use this shared warehouse as the delivery warehouse for the commodities of the shopping order, or the e-commerce platform can automatically mark this shared warehouse as the delivery warehouse for the commodities of the shopping order.

[0053] If it is determined in step S110 that the delivery warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, then step S120 is executed: determine whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the receiving address of the shopping order.

[0054] Specifically, the receiving address of the user will be associated with a community group-buying pick-up point in the community group-buying scenario. The community group-buying pick-up point can be a community, a building, a pick-up location designated by the group leader, or a post station. In some embodiments, the community group-buying pick-up point can be associated with a coverage area, and the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the receiving address is determined by which area the receiving address falls into. In other embodiments, the community group-buying pick-up point closest to the receiving address of the user can also be used as the pick-up point associated with the receiving address. In still other embodiments, the receiving address can be associated with one or more community group-buying pick-up points. For example, one or more community group-buying pick-up points within the set distance threshold range of the receiving address of the user are used as the community group-buying pick-up points associated with the receiving address. More variation methods can be implemented in this application and will not be elaborated here.

[0055] Specifically, in step S120, when there are community group-buying orders that have been placed but not yet delivered at the current time at the community group-buying pick-up point, it can be determined that there are community group-buying orders awaiting delivery at the community group-buying pick-up point. Step S120 can further determine whether there are community group-buying orders at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order that are to be delivered no later than the estimated delivery time of the shopping order. The estimated delivery time of the shopping order is the estimated delivery time predicted by the merchant on the e-commerce platform through the original logistics service provider. By judging the estimated delivery time of the shopping order and the delivery time of the community group-buying order, when using the method provided in this application, the user will not receive the goods of the shopping order later than the original delivery time, thus improving the user experience. In some specific implementations, since the logistics delivery of community group-buying is often shorter than the original logistics delivery of the e-commerce platform, when the judgment step in step S120 is executed, the delivery time of the community group-buying order that has been placed but is awaiting delivery can be defaulted to not be later than the estimated delivery time of the shopping order. Therefore, the judgment step of the estimated delivery time of the shopping order and the delivery time of the community group-buying order can also be omitted, improving the system execution efficiency. In some other specific implementations, step S120 can determine whether there are community group-buying orders for delivery the next day at the pick-up point associated with the delivery address (that is, community group-buying orders placed before the cut-off time of the community group-buying order on the same day and delivered the next day). Thus, the cut-off time of the community group-buying order can be incorporated into the judgment to avoid the situation where the current community group-buying order awaiting delivery is placed after the cut-off time on the same day and needs to be incorporated into the community group-buying order on the next day and delivered the day after, which may be slower than the original logistics delivery of the e-commerce platform.

[0056] If step S120 determines that there are community group-buying orders awaiting delivery, then step S130 is executed: providing an option for community group-buying direct delivery logistics service to the merchant side.

[0057] Specifically, after receiving the user's shopping order, the merchant needs to select the logistics service method for the shopping order. In step S130, an option for community group-buying direct delivery logistics service can be added to the logistics service options on the merchant side.

[0058] In some variations, in step S130, the logistics service selection for the shopping order on the merchant side can also be defaulted to the option for community group-buying direct delivery logistics service.

[0059] Step S140: In response to the merchant selecting the option for community group-buying direct delivery logistics service, causing the shopping order to be delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0060] Specifically, when a merchant selects the logistics service option of community group-buying direct delivery or confirms the logistics service option of community group-buying direct delivery provided by the system by default, the shopping order can be delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse. In some specific implementations, the shared warehouse can have a warehouse management server of the shared warehouse and communicate with the warehouse management server of the community group-buying warehouse. When the shopping order is delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse, a product packing instruction can be sent to the warehouse management server of the shared warehouse, and a sorting instruction can be sent to the warehouse management server of the community group-buying warehouse, so that after the warehouse staff of the shared warehouse packs the products, the warehouse staff of the community group-buying warehouse sorts them and transports them to the transportation equipment of the community group-buying logistics service provider, and then transports them through the community group-buying logistics service provider to the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address. The products in the shopping order can be directly transported from the community group-buying warehouse to the community group-buying pick-up point or transported to the community group-buying pick-up point via a secondary warehouse.

[0061] In some embodiments, in order to improve the community group-buying logistics service provider's execution of the delivery of the products of the e-commerce platform in the shared warehouse, the community group-buying server associated with the shared warehouse can store a shared warehouse product information database. Thus, the community group-buying logistics service provider can still only communicate with the community group-buying server, without the need to communicate with the warehouse management server of the shared warehouse additionally, and without the need to change the delivery process, and can execute the delivery of the products of the e-commerce platform in the shared warehouse. The shared warehouse product information database can be synchronized from the merchant side to the community group-buying server. Specifically, the merchant side can maintain the shared warehouse product information database according to the replenishment and shipment of the products in the shared warehouse. When the data in the shared warehouse product information database changes, the change information can be synchronized to the shared warehouse product information database. The community group-buying server can be a cloud server for managing community group-buying orders and logistics services, or a distributed server distributed in each community group-buying warehouse. The community group-buying server distributed in each community group-buying warehouse can also be used to execute the warehouse management of the community group-buying warehouse. Specifically, the shared warehouse product information database can store the product information hosted in the shared warehouse and the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse. Specifically, the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse can be consistent with the range of pick-up points covered by the community group-buying warehouse where the shared warehouse is located. In some variations, the merchant side can also set the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse by itself. When the delivery address falls within the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse but not within the range of pick-up points covered by the community group-buying warehouse; or when the delivery address falls within the range of pick-up points covered by the community group-buying warehouse but not within the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse, the community group-buying logistics service provider can not be used for the delivery of the products in the shopping order.

[0062] In some embodiments, considering that the storage capacity of community group-buying pick-up points and transportation tools may be limited and thus unable to meet the transportation and receipt of goods from all e-commerce platforms. If there is a shortage of storage space during the process of transporting goods from the community group-buying warehouse to the community group-buying pick-up point for an e-commerce platform, it will be manually marked by the community group-buying business party and the waybill will be returned. To avoid the above situation of returned waybills, the product information in the warehouse product information database can include the volume and / or specifications of the product. In response to the volume and / or specifications of the products in the shopping order meeting the remaining storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, the shopping order is then delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse. In other words, through this embodiment, only products whose volume and / or specifications can be received by the community group-buying pick-up point and placed in the transportation tool can be delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider. Further, the remaining storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point can be determined based on the total storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point, the total volume and / or specifications of the products in the community group-buying orders delivered to the community group-buying pick-up point together with the shopping order, and the total volume and / or specifications of the products piled up at the community group-buying pick-up point that have not been picked up yet. The remaining storage space of the transportation tool can be determined based on the total storage space of the transportation tool and the total volume and / or specifications of the products in the community group-buying orders delivered to the community group-buying pick-up point together with the shopping order. In some variations, a fixed space can also be set for receiving products from the e-commerce platform in the community group-buying pick-up point and / or the transportation tool, and the volume of this fixed space is used as the remaining storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point and / or the transportation tool.

[0063] In some variations of the above embodiments, a product whitelist / blacklist can also be stored in the shared warehouse product information database. In response to the products in the shopping order hitting the product whitelist / the products in the shopping order not hitting the product blacklist, the shopping order is delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse. In other words, by setting the black and white lists, products that may have a greater impact on the storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point and / or the transportation tool are added to the blacklist / products that have no impact on the storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point and / or the transportation tool are added to the whitelist, so as to ensure that the storage space of the community group-buying pick-up point and / or the transportation tool can be used for the normal transportation and pick-up of community group-buying products. In this embodiment, the product whitelist / product blacklist is generated based on the volume and / or specifications of the product. In some variations, the product whitelist / product blacklist can also be set by merchants and community group-buying warehouse managers.

[0064] In the shipping method based on shared warehouses provided by the present invention, when a shopping order on an e-commerce platform is shipped from a shared warehouse in a community group-buying warehouse, and there is a pending community group-buying order at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, the community group-buying direct delivery service of the community group-buying platform can be provided to the merchants on the e-commerce platform. Thus, there is no need for the merchants to ship the goods themselves, and the delivery of the goods on the e-commerce platform can be achieved through the logistics service provider of the community group-buying platform. Therefore, on the premise that the warehouse of the merchant on the e-commerce platform is originally an associated warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse, the merchant on the e-commerce platform can utilize the logistics resources of the community group-buying platform. Consequently, when the community group-buying platform executes the logistics service of the community group-buying warehouse, it can also provide logistics services for the shared warehouse on the e-commerce platform, so as to improve the utilization rate of the logistics resources of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform and reduce the logistics resource costs of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform.

[0065] The following refers to Figure 2 , Figure 2 which shows a flowchart for determining whether to deliver the goods of a shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 shows Figure 1 possible specific implementation manners of step S140 in

[0066] Step S141: Determine whether the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a station identifier.

[0067] If step S141 determines that the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a station identifier, then step S142: The community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse delivers the goods of the shopping order to the community group-buying pick-up point.

[0068] Specifically, in the delivery of goods on an e-commerce platform, there are often situations where users are not at home. To ensure the normal delivery of goods, the logistics delivery personnel can, with the consent of the user, deliver the goods to a station near the user's delivery address, and the station will keep them. The user can go to the station to pick up the goods themselves. Since the stations for e-commerce platforms / ordinary logistics deliveries need to have station qualifications, they can execute the storage of logistics parcels of different logistics service providers. Thus, although the goods of the shopping order in this application are directly delivered by community group-buying logistics, if the community group-buying pick-up point does not have station qualifications, the head of the community group-buying pick-up point will not be responsible for the storage of the goods and the self-pick-up by the user. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the community group-buying pick-up point has a station identifier. When the community group-buying pick-up point has a station identifier, the head of the community group-buying pick-up point / station management personnel can execute the storage of the goods of the shopping order on the e-commerce platform, thereby ensuring the safety of the goods.

[0069] The following refers to Figure 3 ,Figure 3 The flowchart shows that when the pick-up point does not have a post station identifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, the pick-up point is responsible for delivering the goods to the post station or the delivery address. If it is determined in step S141 that the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order does not have a post station identifier, then:

[0070] Step S143: Make the delivery method of the shopping order display as self-delivery by the merchant.

[0071] Step S144: Instruct the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order to deliver the goods of the shopping order to the neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address.

[0072] Specifically, since the community group-buying pick-up point does not have a post station identifier, it may not be able to store the goods of the shopping order on the e-commerce platform delivered to the community group-buying pick-up point. At this time, in order to ensure that users can receive the goods normally, the community group-buying pick-up point can be responsible for delivering the goods to the neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address.

[0073] Specifically, the delivery fee and the post station usage fee for the community group-buying pick-up point to deliver the goods to the neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address can be paid by the merchant. Further, the merchant can pay the community group-buying pick-up point in the form of an immediate delivery fee (errand fee). When displaying the logistics service option of community group-buying direct delivery to the merchant on the merchant side of the e-commerce platform, the immediate delivery fee can be estimated. After the merchant side confirms, the community group-buying pick-up point can request the merchant side to pay the actual expenses it has incurred via the e-commerce platform / community group-buying platform / immediate delivery platform, and the merchant side can pay the immediate delivery fee through the platform.

[0074] The following refers to Figure 4 , Figure 4 The flowchart shows that when the pick-up point is responsible for delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention, relevant logistics information is displayed in the delivery method of the shopping order. Figure 4 The following steps are shown in total:

[0075] Step S1441: Receive the contact information of the transportation personnel sent by the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order.

[0076] Step S14412: Display the contact information of the transportation personnel in the delivery method of the shopping order.

[0077] Thus, when the user views the logistics details of the shopping order, the contact information of the transportation personnel can be obtained, and the transportation personnel can be contacted to confirm the specific logistics status and the delivery time.

[0078] In still other embodiments of the present application, merchants on the e-commerce platform can also supply goods to the community group-buying platform. In other words, there are cases where some goods are supplied from the shared warehouse to the community group-buying warehouse. In these embodiments, when the goods in the shopping order on the e-commerce platform are the goods supplied from the shared warehouse to the community group-buying warehouse (the product database of these goods can be maintained by the warehouse management server of the community group-buying warehouse and / or the warehouse management server of the shared warehouse), the goods can be directly shipped from the community group-buying warehouse without actually using the inventory of the shared warehouse, so as to further improve the warehouse shipping efficiency. When the warehouse management server of the community group-buying warehouse ships the goods, it can mark the goods and conduct an inventory count when the shared warehouse supplies goods to the community group-buying warehouse, so that the shared warehouse can replenish these goods to the community group-buying warehouse together.

[0079] The above are only multiple specific implementation manners of the shipping method based on the shared warehouse of the present invention. Each implementation manner can be implemented independently or in combination, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Further, the flowcharts of the present invention are only schematic, and the execution order between steps is not limited thereto. The splitting, merging, order exchange, and other synchronous or asynchronous execution manners of the steps are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0080] See below Figure 5 , Figure 5 shows a module diagram of a shipping device based on a shared warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. The shipping device 200 based on the shared warehouse includes a first judgment module 210, a second judgment module 220, a community group-buying logistics option providing module 230, and a distribution control module 240.

[0081] The first judgment module 210 is configured to respond to the generation of a shopping order on the e-commerce platform and judge whether the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, and the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse.

[0082] The second judgment module 220, if the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, then the second judgment module is configured to judge whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying self-pickup point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order.

[0083] The community group-buying logistics option providing module 230, if there is a community group-buying order to be delivered, then the community group-buying logistics option providing module is configured to provide a logistics service option of direct community group-buying delivery to the merchant side.

[0084] The distribution control module 240 is configured to respond to the merchant's selection of the logistics service option of direct community group-buying delivery, and cause the shopping order to be delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

[0085] In the shipping device based on shared warehouses according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a shopping order on an e-commerce platform is shipped from a shared warehouse in a community group-buying warehouse, and there is a pending community group-buying order at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, the community group-buying direct delivery service of the community group-buying platform can be provided to the merchant on the e-commerce platform. Thus, there is no need for the merchant to ship the goods themselves, and the delivery of the goods on the e-commerce platform can be achieved through the logistics service provider of the community group-buying platform. Therefore, on the premise that the warehouse of the merchant on the e-commerce platform is originally an associated warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse, the merchant on the e-commerce platform can utilize the logistics resources of the community group-buying platform. As a result, when the community group-buying platform executes the logistics service of the community group-buying warehouse, it can also provide logistics services for the shared warehouse on the e-commerce platform, so as to improve the utilization rate of the logistics resources of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform and reduce the logistics resource costs of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform.

[0086] Figure 5 Only schematically shows the shipping device 200 based on shared warehouses provided by the present invention. Without departing from the concept of the present invention, the splitting, merging, and adding of modules are all within the protection scope of the present invention. The shipping device 200 based on shared warehouses provided by the present invention can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, plugins, and any combination thereof. The present invention is not limited thereto.

[0087] In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by, for example, a processor, the steps of the shipping method based on shared warehouses described in any one of the above embodiments can be implemented. In some possible implementation manners, various aspects of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a program product, which includes program code. When the program product runs on a terminal device, the program code is used to cause the terminal device to execute the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above-mentioned shipping method part of this specification.

[0088] Reference Figure 6 As shown, a program product 700 for implementing the above method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described. It can use a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and can run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited thereto. In this document, the readable storage medium can be any tangible medium that contains or stores a program, and the program can be used by or combined with an instruction execution system, device, or component.

[0089] The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable media may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. The readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

[0090] The computer-readable storage medium may include a data signal propagated in a baseband or as part of a carrier wave, in which the readable program code is carried. Such a propagated data signal may take various forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. The readable storage medium may also be any readable medium other than the readable storage medium, which can send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained on the readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wired, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

[0091] The program code for performing the operations of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C++, etc., and also including conventional procedural programming languages such as the "C" language or similar programming languages. The program code may be executed entirely on the tenant computing device, partially on the tenant device, executed as a stand-alone software package, partially on the tenant computing device and partially on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the tenant computing device through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., by using an Internet service provider to connect through the Internet).

[0092] In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device is further provided, which may include a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor. Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the steps of the shipping method based on the shared warehouse described in any one of the foregoing embodiments by executing the executable instructions.

[0093] Those skilled in the art can understand that various aspects of the present invention can be implemented as a system, a method, or a program product. Therefore, various aspects of the present invention can be specifically implemented in the following forms, namely: a complete hardware implementation, a complete software implementation (including firmware, microcode, etc.), or an implementation combining hardware and software aspects, which can be collectively referred to as "circuits", "modules", or "systems" here.

[0094] Reference is now made to Figure 7 describe the electronic device 500 according to this embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 The electronic device 500 shown is merely an example and should not impose any limitations on the functions and usage scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0095] As Figure 7 shown, the electronic device 500 is presented in the form of a general-purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 500 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 510, at least one storage unit 520, a bus 530 connecting different system components (including the storage unit 520 and the processing unit 510), a display unit 540, etc.

[0096] Among them, the storage unit stores program code, and the program code can be executed by the processing unit 510, so that the processing unit 510 executes the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above-mentioned part of the shipping method based on the shared warehouse in this specification. For example, the processing unit 510 can execute the steps as Figure 1 shown.

[0097] The storage unit 520 may include a readable medium in the form of a volatile storage unit, such as a random access storage unit (RAM) 5201 and / or a cache storage unit 5202, and may further include a read-only storage unit (ROM) 5203.

[0098] The storage unit 520 may further include a program / utilities 5204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 5205. Such program modules 5205 include, but are not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. The implementation of a network environment may be included in each or some combination of these examples.

[0099] The bus 530 may represent one or more of several types of bus structures, including a storage unit bus or a storage unit controller, a peripheral bus, a graphics acceleration port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any bus structure in a variety of bus structures.

[0100] The electronic device 500 can also communicate with one or more external devices 600 (such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a Bluetooth device, etc.), and can also communicate with one or more devices that enable a tenant to interact with the electronic device 500, and / or communicate with any device that enables the electronic device 500 to communicate with one or more other computing devices (such as a router, a modem, etc.). Such communication can be carried out through the input / output (I / O) interface 550. Moreover, the electronic device 500 can also communicate with one or more networks (such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and / or a public network, such as the Internet) through the network adapter 560. The network adapter 560 can communicate with other modules of the electronic device 500 through the bus 530. It should be understood that, although not shown in the figure, other hardware and / or software modules can be used in combination with the electronic device 500, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, etc.

[0101] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can easily understand that the example embodiments described herein can be implemented by software, or can be implemented by the way of software combined with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the software product can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or on the network, including several instructions to enable a computing device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the above-mentioned delivery method based on the shared warehouse according to the embodiments of the present invention.

[0102] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

[0103] When the shopping order on the e-commerce platform is shipped from the shared warehouse in the community group-buying warehouse, and there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, the community group-buying direct delivery service of the community group-buying platform can be provided to the merchant on the e-commerce platform. Thus, there is no need for the merchant to ship by itself, and the delivery of the goods on the e-commerce platform can be realized by means of the logistics service provider of the community group-buying platform. Therefore, on the premise that the warehouse of the merchant on the e-commerce platform is originally an associated warehouse of the community group-buying warehouse, the merchant on the e-commerce platform can utilize the logistics resources of the community group-buying platform. Thus, when the community group-buying platform executes the logistics service of the community group-buying warehouse, it can provide logistics services for the shared warehouse of the e-commerce platform at the same time, so as to improve the utilization rate of the logistics resources of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform, and reduce the logistics resource cost of the e-commerce platform and the community group-buying platform.

[0104] Other embodiments of the present invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following the general principles of the invention and including known common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed by the present invention. The specification and examples are only regarded as exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the present invention are pointed out by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A shipping method based on a shared warehouse, characterized in that, it includes: In response to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform, determine whether the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, and the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group-buying warehouse; If the shipping warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, determine whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order; If there is a community group-buying order to be delivered, provide the merchant side with the logistics service option of direct delivery through community group-buying; In response to the merchant selecting the logistics service option of direct delivery through community group-buying, have the shopping order delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

2. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that, The community group-buying logistics service provider performs the delivery of the shopping order according to the shared warehouse commodity information database stored in the community group-buying server associated with the shared warehouse, wherein the shared warehouse commodity information database is synchronized from the merchant side to the community group-buying server.

3. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 2, characterized in that, The shared warehouse commodity information database stores the commodity information hosted in the shared warehouse and the range of delivery addresses covered by the shared warehouse.

4. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that, The commodity information includes the volume and / or specifications of the commodity, The delivery of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse includes: In response to the volume and / or specifications of the commodity in the shopping order meeting the storage space margin from the shared warehouse to the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order, have the shopping order delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

5. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 2, characterized in that, The shared warehouse commodity information database stores a commodity white list / commodity black list, The delivery of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse includes: In response to the commodity in the shopping order hitting the commodity white list / the commodity in the shopping order not hitting the commodity black list, have the shopping order delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

6. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 5, characterized in that, The commodity white list / commodity black list is generated according to the volume and / or specifications of the commodity.

7. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that, The delivery of the shopping order by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse in response to the merchant selecting the logistics service option of direct delivery through community group-buying includes: Determine whether the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a post station identifier; If the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order has a post station identifier, the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse will deliver the commodity of the shopping order to the community group-buying pick-up point.

8. The shipping method based on a shared warehouse according to claim 7, It is characterized in that if the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order does not have a post station logo, then: make the delivery method of the shopping order be displayed as self-delivery by the merchant; instruct the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order to deliver the goods of the shopping order to a neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address.

9. The method for delivering goods based on a shared warehouse according to claim 8, It is characterized in that the instruction to the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order to deliver the goods of the shopping order to a neighboring post station of the community group-buying pick-up point or to the delivery address includes: receiving the contact information of the transporter sent by the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order; displaying the contact information of the transporter in the delivery method of the shopping order.

10. A device for delivering goods based on a shared warehouse, It is characterized in that it includes: a first judgment module, configured to respond to the generation of a shopping order on an e-commerce platform and judge whether the delivery warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, and the shared warehouse is an associated warehouse of a community group-buying warehouse; a second judgment module, if the delivery warehouse of the shopping order is a shared warehouse, then the second judgment module is configured to judge whether there is a community group-buying order to be delivered at the community group-buying pick-up point associated with the delivery address of the shopping order; a community group-buying logistics option providing module, if there is a community group-buying order to be delivered, then the community group-buying logistics option providing module is configured to provide a community group-buying direct delivery logistics service option to the merchant side; a delivery control module, configured to respond to the merchant's selection of the community group-buying direct delivery logistics service option and make the shopping order be delivered by the community group-buying logistics service provider associated with the shared warehouse.

11. An electronic device, It is characterized in that the electronic device includes: a processor; a memory, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is run by the processor, it executes: the method for delivering goods based on a shared warehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

12. A storage medium, It is characterized in that a computer program is stored on the storage medium, and when the computer program is run by a processor, it executes: the method for delivering goods based on a shared warehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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