Book Order.: 5. Develop First Cut Sequence Diagram
Book Order.: 5. Develop First Cut Sequence Diagram
Book Order.: 5. Develop First Cut Sequence Diagram
For a person to offer books for sale, he/she must register with SecondsBook. The person
must provide a current physical address and telephone number as well as a current e-mail
address. The system will then maintain an open account for this person. Access to the
system as a seller is through a secure, authenticated portal.
A seller can list books on the system through a special Internet form. Information required
includes all of the pertinent information about the book, its category, its general condition,
and the asking price. A seller may list as many books as desired. The system maintains an
index of all books in the system so that buyers can use the search engine to search for
books. The search engine allows searches by title, author, category, and keyword.
People wanting to buy books come to the site and search for the books they want. When
they decide to buy, they must open an account with a credit card to pay for the books. The
system maintains all of this information on secure servers.
When a request to purchase is made, along with the payment, SecondsBook.com sends an
e-mail notice to the seller of the book that was chosen. It also marks the book as sold. The
system maintains this as an open order until it receives notice that the books have been
shipped. After the seller receives notice that a listed book has been sold, he/she must notify
the buyer via e-mail within 48 hours that the purchase is noted. Shipment of the order must
be made within 24 hours after the seller sends the notification e-mail. The seller sends a
notification to both the buyer and SecondsBook.com when the shipment is made.
The buyers can, if they want, enter a service code for the seller. The service code is an
indication of how well the seller is servicing book purchases. Some sellers are very active
and use SecondsBook.com as a major outlet for selling books. So, a service code is an
important indicator to potential buyers.