Cooperative Purchasing System That Utilizes SNS, and Method Thereof

摘要

What is presented is consolidating purchasing power and points into an SNS with payment of an individual member's shopping covered in advance by the SNS, and providing system and method to return benefits obtained thereby to SNS Members. SNS1's system control computer [5] has communicable connection with an affiliate store [4]'s terminal [6] and a financial institution [2] where SNS Account [3] has been opened under the SNS's name, and the computer [5] includes member information DB that memorizes a member [7]'s payable amount and store information DB that memorizes the affiliate store's settlement institution. It also includes and consists of the following systems: when the member [7] who shops at the store [4] wishes payment through SNS Account [3], it judges whether the price is within payable amount and extracts the store [4]'s settlement institution from the store information DB and directs the financial institution [2] where SNS Account [3] has been opened to remit to such settlement institution, and renews payable amount of the member [7] who shopped.