JP2001109814A - Information gathering management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information gathering management system which enables a traveling salesman to act while getting in perspective information of a person who wants to purchase a used car and a person who wants to sell a used car. SOLUTION: Information is gathered by using portable terminals 2, transmitted to a DB server 1 on a business base side through the Internet, and managed, information of an information sheet is retrieved based on certain information, and an information sheet is selected out of retrieved information sheets to send the information to the portable terminal 2 where the retrieved information sheet was generated, so the portable terminal 2 where the retrieved information sheet was generated can easily be specified and the portable terminal 2 can start proper service of assessing and purchasing a car which can be purchased as a used car on receiving the information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention collects vehicle information and personal information at a location remote from a base using a portable terminal, and transmits the collected information to a DB server on the base side via the Internet for information management. In addition, the present invention relates to an information collection management system for transmitting and receiving data between the mobile terminal and the DB server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in the process of purchasing and selling used vehicles, a sales office (store) for assessing and purchasing used vehicles is secured, and ordinary people who want to sell or buy used vehicles are in business. It is usual to go to the base and conduct business negotiations.

[0003]

With such a used car procurement form, the used car dealer side can purchase a used car from a used car auction by a used car wholesaler.
It is in a situation where the purchase of used cars, which are products, must be carried out passively.

Until a used car is purchased and sold, a place where the used car is displayed at a sales office is naturally required. If the rotational efficiency from purchase to sale is poor, the margin of the sales price is reduced. There is also a problem in the nature of the product that it will decrease. In other words, due to the nature of the used car product,
It is ideal in terms of sales efficiency that a person who wants to buy a specific used car and a person who wants to sell the specific used car appear simultaneously without a time lag.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and collects information using a plurality of portable terminals, transmits the collected information to a DB server at a sales base (base) side via the Internet, and manages information. By doing so, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information collection and management system that can always keep in mind the information of a person who wants to buy and sell a used car.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 comprises a plurality of portable terminals, portable image input means corresponding to the portable terminals, and information from the portable terminals over the Internet. , Which collects and manages vehicle information and personal information, and includes the following configuration. The portable terminal includes an information sheet creating unit that creates an information sheet for each vehicle in a desired unified form by inputting the image information, the vehicle information, and the personal information obtained by the image input unit. Said D
B server, storage means for storing the plurality of information sheets transmitted from the mobile terminal, information search means for searching the information sheet information for each certain information selected from the vehicle information or personal information, A call information transmitting unit for selecting one or more information sheets from the retrieved information sheets and transmitting information to the portable terminal in which the information sheets have been created.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information collection and management system according to the first aspect, the information search means of the DB server is accessed from each mobile terminal and an information sheet searched on the mobile terminal is used. One or more information sheets can be selected.

[0010] According to the above configuration, the information retrieval means of the DB server retrieves the information of the information sheet for each vehicle for each fixed information selected from the vehicle information or the personal information, and retrieves one from the retrieved information sheet. Since the information sheet is selected and the information is transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the information sheet is created by the call information transmitting means, the mobile terminal that created the searched information sheet can be easily specified, Upon receiving the information, the mobile terminal can start an appropriate service.

The type of the service depends on certain information selected from the vehicle information or the personal information in the information search means, but it is an assessment or purchase of a car that can be purchased as a used car, or a service related to various products and services. Providing information.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the overall configuration of an information collection management system of the present invention on a network, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information collection management system.

The information collection and management system of the present invention is suitable for collecting and managing information on a person who owns a car and intends to sell the car in the near future.
A case in which the present invention is applied to the collection and management of information on a car that can be purchased as a used car (at the time of information collection, the car is owned by the owner) will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, an information collection and management system as an example of an embodiment of the present invention is a program which is installed at one sales base, serves as a database of various information, and performs various controls in a predetermined procedure. D in which is stored
B server 1 and mobile terminal 2 and image input means 5 directly operated by a salesperson around the Internet
Built on top.

The above-mentioned salesperson has portable image input means 5 that can be connected to the portable terminal 2, and information from the portable terminal 2 is installed at a sales base via the provider 4 and the Internet 3. The received DB server 1 can receive the data. That is, the salesperson
By conducting business activities on the outer periphery, a car that can be purchased as a used car and an activity of collecting personal information of the owner of the car are performed.

The portable terminal 2 includes a main unit having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory (ROM / RAM), a display device such as a CRT, a keyboard and a pen input means,
A general mobile (computer) equipped with an external storage device such as a floppy disk drive and a modem is used. The image input means 5 is a device such as a digital camera capable of taking an image, and is configured to be connectable to the portable terminal 2. The obtained image information can be taken in as image data by inputting it to the portable terminal 2.

The portable terminal 2 converts the image information obtained by the image input means 5, vehicle information and personal information input from a keyboard or a pen input (not shown) into a desired unified form for each vehicle. It has an information sheet creating means 21 for creating an information sheet. This information sheet 30 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the image information 31 and the vehicle information 3 are displayed at predetermined positions on the screen of the display device of the mobile terminal 2.
2. The personal information 33 is displayed. As a creation method, first, a vehicle image (rightward front image, side image, rear image) obtained by the image input means 5 is pasted at a predetermined position, and characters are input to the blanks of the vehicle information 32 and the personal information 33 using a keyboard. It is done by doing.

The vehicle information includes a vehicle type, a manufacturer,
Year, color, grade, condition, vehicle inspection date, etc. are entered. Addresses, names, ages, genders, contacts, workplaces, hobbies, whether or not to buy a new car, preferences, and the like are input as personal information.

On the other hand, the DB server 1 has a storage unit 11 for storing a plurality of information sheets transmitted from the portable terminal 2.
And information retrieval means 12 for retrieving information entered in the information sheet, and a call for selecting one or more information sheets from the retrieved information sheets, calling the portable terminal 2 in which the information sheet was created, and transmitting the information. It has an information transmitting means 13 and a data processing means 14 for sending and receiving data to and from each means.

The data processing means 14 includes the DB server 1
Is connected to a terminal 15 for performing an operation on. The terminal 15 is used by a main body having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory (ROM / RAM), a display device such as a CRT, an external storage device such as a keyboard and a floppy disk drive, and a general computer having a modem. Have been.

The information sheet created on the portable terminal 2 side is
The data is transmitted to the DB server 1 via the Internet 3. In the DB server 1, the information sheet is received by the data processing unit 14, and then transferred to the storage unit 11 for storage. Therefore, the storage unit 11 stores each information of the plurality of information sheets transmitted from the mobile terminal 2.

The information retrieval means 12 includes a data processing means 14
And retrieves information on an information sheet for each fixed information selected from vehicle information or personal information between the storage means 11 and the storage means 11. The certain information selected from the vehicle information or the personal information includes the vehicle type, the manufacturer, the year, the color, the grade, the state, the vehicle inspection date, and the like as the above-described vehicle information. Information, preference, etc. Also, the selected fixed information need not be one, and the “AND” condition and “OR”
You may search by conditions. Therefore, the information retrieval means 12
On the side, it is possible to search for each used car determined to be available for purchase by a salesperson on the outer periphery by specifying conditions such as a model and a model year.

When one or more information sheets are selected from the retrieved information sheets, the call information transmitting means 13 transmits necessary information to the portable terminal 2 in which the information sheets have been created. The necessary information is, for example, an instruction to contact the sales office.

Next, a case where the DC server 1 retrieves the information sheet stored in the storage means 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. DC server 1
When the terminal 15 on the side selects any one or more information (for example, vehicle type) from the vehicle information or the personal information displayed on the information sheet (step 41), the information search means 12 selects the information. The information on the information sheet is searched for every certain information (step 42).

The information sheets satisfying the selected information are listed up from the storage means 11 and displayed on the display device of the terminal 15 (step 43). When one or a plurality of displayed information sheets are selected (step 44),
The call information transmitting means 13 transmits information indicating that the selected information sheet has been selected to the portable terminal 2 (step 45). The called mobile terminal 2 can start an appropriate service.

For example, when the sales base determines that it is necessary to purchase a used car of a specific model, the information sheet which specifies the model (selects the information of the information sheet) by the above-described procedure is searched. It is possible to know the state of the used car that can be purchased on the side, and it is possible to issue a purchase instruction or the like to the salesperson. The salesperson can start the work of conducting the assessment and purchase in response to the instruction from the sales base. Therefore, it is possible to share information that the user wants to purchase a specific used car and information about the owner who can sell the specific used car, thereby generating an ideal state in terms of sales efficiency of the used car. It becomes possible.

In the above-described example, the case where the information sheet is searched from the DC server 1 side has been described.
, And one or more information sheets can be selected from the information sheets searched on the mobile terminal 2. In this case, since it is possible to obtain various information at a location away from the business base, preparations for receiving an appropriate service can be easily performed. In the above example, information on the owner's car (a car that can be purchased as a used car) has been described as an example. However, personal information of the owner can be searched to provide various information on hobbies and the like.

[0026]

According to the present invention, information is collected by using a plurality of portable terminals, an information sheet is created, and the information sheet is transmitted to the DB server at the sales base (base) side via the Internet to manage the information. I want to get information because I search the information sheet based on certain information, select the information sheet from the searched information sheets, and send the information to the mobile terminal that created this information sheet. Appropriate information can be provided to people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the entire information collection management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information collection management system.

FIG. 3 is a screen displayed as an information sheet.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for searching for an information sheet in the information collection management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... DB server, 2 ... Mobile terminal, 3 ... Internet, 4 ... Provider, 11 ... Storage means, 12 ... Information search means, 13 ... Call information transmission means, 14 ... Data processing means, 15 ... Terminal, 21 ... Information sheet Creation means,
30 ... Information sheet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal comprising: a plurality of portable terminals; portable image input means corresponding to the portable terminals; and a DB server for receiving information from the portable terminals via the Internet. An information collection and management system for collecting and managing information, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to input image information obtained by the image input unit, the vehicle information and personal information, and to input information for each vehicle in a desired unified form. An information sheet creating unit for creating a sheet, wherein the DB server is configured to store a plurality of the information sheets transmitted from the mobile terminal, and for each of certain information selected from the vehicle information or the personal information. Information retrieval means for retrieving information on the information sheet, selecting one or more information sheets from the retrieved information sheets, and generating the information sheet. Information collection management system characterized by having a call information transmission means for transmitting information to the strip terminal. 2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the information search means of the DB server is accessed from each mobile terminal, and one or more information sheets can be selected from the information sheets searched on the mobile terminal. Collection management system.