JP2002358313A - Electronic catalog system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic catalog system capable of retrieving targeted commodity goods easily and quickly among a number of commodities goods used in a work consisting of predetermined process works. SOLUTION: In the system prepared with a group of information on commodities composed of one or more text information and image information explaining the commodities for respective commodity goods and provided with commodity information data including the group of information on respective commodity goods. Control information on a hypertext document to display representative text information and image information among the group of commodity information of individual commodity of commodity information data on a Web browser as a catalog screen displayed scrollably in the order of use in a plurality of the predetermined process works is included.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a CD-ROM, for example.
The present invention relates to an electronic catalog system which is distributed using an information medium such as the above, and is used as it is or installed on a hard disk of a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, merchandise catalogs are organized into large and small categories according to the content of the merchandise and the like, and pages describing the merchandise are posted in accordance with these categories. The only way to search for a product is to find out the category of the catalog for the content of the product and search for the item of the corresponding category, search for the product name using the Japanese syllabary index, or search for the product number list. .

[0003] An electronic catalog system which is distributed using an information medium such as a CD-ROM or the like and is installed on a hard disk of a personal computer as it is or has a similar structure is used. The majority are nothing but information.

On the other hand, the Internet environment has been enhanced in recent years, and online shopping using a CD-ROM or an electronic catalog by Internet distribution has become popular. However, related products, such as the construction industry, are limited to specific users, and in industries that handle products delivered to users through agents located throughout the country, online product The order was not suitable.

[0005] This is because the agent must always have a certain amount of inventory when an order is placed online, and when there is no inventory, the agent himself / herself supplies the product to the manufacturer. This is because an order must be placed. Furthermore, if the product is sent directly from the manufacturer to the user at the request of the agency, the user will receive the product directly from the manufacturer, not from the agency, and the payment accompanying the purchase of the product will be sent to the agency. This is because it is conceivable to confuse whether to perform the process with the manufacturer. Also, if the manufacturer receives an online order, the agency is not interposed and the agency itself loses its significance.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic catalog system for displaying information on a large number of products used in work consisting of predetermined process operations, such as a catalog for introducing products related to construction. It is another object of the present invention to provide an electronic catalog system that allows a user to easily find a desired product and quickly search for the product. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic catalog system capable of recognizing in which process a target product is required and enabling a quick search for related products. Another object of the present invention is to obtain an electronic catalog system that enables ordering with less trouble in ordering, shipping, and paying for products that are limited to a specific user and delivered to the user through an agency. I do.

[0007]

An electronic catalog system according to the first aspect of the present invention is an electronic catalog system for displaying information on a plurality of products used in a plurality of predetermined process operations, For each of the products, a product information group including one or more text information and one or more image information describing the product is prepared, and product information including the product information group for each product is provided. In an electronic catalog system provided with data, one text information and one image information represented in a product information group of individual products in the product information data are predetermined as a catalog screen in a Web browser. It includes hypertext document control information to be displayed in a scrollable order in the order of use in a plurality of process operations.

[0008] The electronic catalog system according to the second aspect of the present invention provides a catalog screen according to the first aspect, wherein:
For one product on which the one representative text information and one image information are displayed in a scrollable manner, catalog details for displaying text information and / or image information not displayed in the product information group of the product. Control information for linking to a screen is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic catalog system, wherein the hypertext document control information according to the first or second aspect includes, on a Web browser, the plurality of process operations in addition to the catalog screen. Includes control information for further displaying an index screen on which a plurality of work names to be performed are displayed. The control information of the index screen includes details of the corresponding step work and an index detail for displaying a product name used in each step work. The index screen includes control information for displaying the screen, and the index screen includes control information for switching to the index detail screen and switching to the catalog screen for each work name.

In the electronic catalog system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the index detail screen according to the third aspect, control information for displaying the catalog screen at a predetermined position of a corresponding product is displayed. Included.

In the electronic catalog system according to the invention described in claim 5, a check point for checking a product desired to be purchased is displayed for each product displayed on the catalog screen or catalog detail screen according to claim 1 or 2. In the hypertext document control information, one text information and one image information representative of the checked product to be purchased are listed, and a web browser as a facsimile format file together with a purchaser data entry column. It includes the control information displayed above.

An electronic catalog system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention provides a facsimile format file according to the first or second aspect, which includes a list of desired products, purchaser data, order destinations, and purchase conditions. It contains control information to be displayed on a Web browser as a facsimile output format.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, one text information and one image information represented by a product information group of a plurality of product information data of a plurality of product information data used in a plurality of predetermined process operations are represented. And hypertext document control information that is displayed in a Web browser as a catalog screen in a scrollable order in the order of use in a plurality of predetermined process operations, so that information on a plurality of products used in the predetermined process operation is included. Is displayed in the electronic catalog system, it is possible to easily search for the target product and quickly search it.

That is, in the electronic catalog system of the present invention, when searching for a product required in a specific process operation,
A desired product can be searched according to the process operation.
In addition, since the scroll bar is displayed in a scrollable order in the order of use in a plurality of predetermined process operations, for example, the scroll bar on the display screen can be dragged, and the scroll key can be sequentially scrolled with an arrow key, a page down key, a scroll mouse scroll button, or the like. Can be searched.

The catalog screen of the present invention may be displayed so as to be scrollable in the order of use in a plurality of predetermined process operations. The scrolling may be either horizontal scrolling or vertical scrolling, and is adopted in many Web browsers. Mainly vertical scrolling. When the number of products is large and the catalog screen is too long, a plurality of catalog screens may be provided. In this case, a tag for linking to another catalog screen is embedded at the beginning and end of the screen to enable a quick link.

On the catalog screen, preferably, for one product in which one representative text information and one image information are displayed so as to be scrollable, text information not displayed in the product information group of the product is displayed. And / or a tag for linking to a catalog detail screen displaying image information is embedded. As a result, the operator can refer to the detailed information of the desired product with one click.

The catalog detail screen of the present invention may be any screen that displays text information and / or image information that is not displayed on the catalog screen of the product, and the display screen may be individual for each product. Alternatively, one or more pieces of text information and one or more pieces of image information may be displayed in a scrollable order in a plurality of predetermined process operations like a catalog screen. Also, on the catalog detail screen, a tag that links to another more detailed screen may be embedded in order to provide a more detailed product description.

A preferred embodiment of the hypertext document control information of the present invention includes control information for further displaying, on a Web browser, an index screen on which a plurality of operation names for performing a plurality of process operations are displayed in addition to a catalog screen. ,
The control information on the index screen includes control information for displaying an index detail screen on which the contents of the corresponding process work and the product name used in each process work are displayed. At the same time, control information for switching to the catalog screen is provided for each work name. This allows us to recognize in what process the desired product is required,
Related products can be quickly searched.

That is, for example, the catalog screen and the index screen are separated by a frame on the Web browser, and a plurality of work names displayed on the index screen are clicked, so that the catalog screen has the corresponding work name. While displaying the work catalog screen,
The index screen is switched to an index detail screen in which the contents of the process work of the corresponding work name and the product name used in each process work are displayed.

Preferably, a tag for displaying the catalog screen at a predetermined position on the screen on which the corresponding product is displayed is embedded in the index detail screen.
As a result, the target product can be easily understood and searched more quickly. In addition, scrolling the screen has an advantage that an image remains on the retina and identification is easy.

In a preferred embodiment of the electronic catalog system of the present invention, a check point for checking a desired product to be purchased is displayed for each product displayed on the catalog screen or the catalog detail screen, and the hypertext document control information includes a check point. List one text information and one image information representing the purchased product,
It includes control information to be displayed on a Web browser as a facsimile format together with a purchaser data entry field. For this reason, it is possible to place an order for a product that is limited to a specific user and that is delivered to the user via an agent with less trouble in ordering, shipping, and paying the product.

In other words, by listing the checked purchase desired products and including, for example, control information to be displayed on a Web browser as a facsimile format file together with pre-entered purchaser data, the user can obtain a list of desired products. Since the product to be ordered is listed up, it is printed and transmitted to the agency, so there are few ordering errors, and the manuscript sent by facsimile is kept at hand, so that duplicate ordering errors can be prevented. For the agency, the received facsimile paper is a standard order form printed by the same electronic catalog system, so that misidentification of the product can be prevented as much as possible. If the agent does not have the stock, the facsimile paper is transmitted to the manufacturer, so that it can be surely sent to the user under the name of the agent.

As a facsimile format file of the present invention, a list of checked products to be purchased is listed,
It may be displayed on the Web browser together with the purchase applicant data entry field. For example, one piece of text information (for example, product number, product name) and one image information (for example, representative photograph) representing the product for purchase are represented. May be displayed in the form of a table, and thereafter, the pre-entered purchaser data may be displayed, and this may be displayed by the printing function of the Web browser.
Preferably, the product to be purchased, purchaser data, order destination, and purchase conditions may be printed as a facsimile output format.

[0024] In addition, in order to list the checked purchase desired products, the JAVA executed on the Web browser is used.
A (registered trademark) script or the like may be used. At this time, preferably, the individual prices of the products desired to be purchased may be totaled, or the consumption tax may be calculated and totaled. Also, the purchaser data entry field may be filled out before it is printed, and if it is entered once, the input information is stored so that it is necessary to re-enter it at the time of the second order Disappears.

In a preferred embodiment of the facsimile format, the products to be purchased listed in the facsimile format are displayed side by side in the order of use in a plurality of predetermined process operations. Since it is possible to check the product in the light of the process work, order errors are reduced. Another advantage is that the agency or the user can easily and accurately confirm the delivery by storing the printed or printed form.

[0026]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electronic catalog system according to the present invention includes a number of image files, a number of HTML files for capturing the image files into a display document screen and displaying information text, and some applications executed on a Web browser. And files. This electronic catalog system is executed after installing all or a part of the files on a hard disk or a CD-ROM and a hard disk on a personal computer, a server, or the like that can execute a Web browser.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of an introduction page screen of an embodiment of the electronic catalog system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, when the introduction file of the electronic catalog system is displayed on the Web browser, a display screen 10 divided into two by a vertical frame 12 appears.

As for the display screen 10, the left screen is an index screen area 11, and this area 11 includes "icon description", "alphabetical order index", "article number list", "article number" in this electronic catalog system. In addition to the headings 14 for "Search", "New Product", and "Confirm / Print Order Form", "Cross construction" work, "Sliding / surface mounting construction" work, "Floor construction" work, "Curtain installation construction" work, "Architecture related construction" An index screen 21 is displayed, on which each task name classified as “work” and a heading 14 with “general purpose product” and “software” are displayed. The screen on the right is a catalog screen area 15,
The introduction page screen 17 is displayed. On the introduction page screen 17, an introduction sentence (not shown) of the catalog and a heading 19 describing "next page" are displayed.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the catalog screen is displayed. That is, the index screen 21 in FIG.
The index screen 21 is switched to the index detail screen 31 and the introduction page screen 17 is switched to the catalog screen 25 after clicking the work heading 13 with “Cross Construction” in the middle.

That is, when the heading 14 of “Description of Icon”, “Index of Japanese Alphabet”, “List of Product Numbers”, “Search for Product”, “New Product” and “Confirmation / Print of Order Form” on the index screen 21 is clicked, The page is switched to the corresponding page in the catalog screen area 12 and displayed. In addition, "Cross construction", "Sliding / Surface mounting construction", "Floor construction", "Curtain mounting construction", "Building related construction" and "General-purpose products""Software"
The work heading 13 is switched to an index detail screen in which the process work name 23 of the corresponding work and the heading product name 24 of the individual product used in this work are displayed, and the introduction page screen 17 is displayed on the catalog screen 25. A tag is embedded as control information for switching to.

The index detail screen 31 displays each step work name 23 of the work corresponding to the work in the vertical direction so that the scroll bar 22 can be vertically scrolled by dropping the scroll bar 22 and moving up and down so that the goods can be sequentially referred to. The heading product name 24 of the individual product to be used is displayed in a bulleted list. For details, refer to the work heading 13 titled “Cross construction”.
When clicking, each process work name 23 is displayed below the work heading 13 such as “Gluing machine”, “scaffold”, “transport”, “storage”, “protection”, “power”, and so on. Is switched to an index detail screen 31 in which the heading product names 24 such as "automatic gluing machine" are displayed below.

The catalog screen 25 displays a table 27 in which information is arranged in a vertical direction so that products can be sequentially referred to by vertically scrolling by dropping a scroll bar 26 and moving up and down. . The display items are “page” embedded with a tag for switching to a catalog detail screen 35 in which “part number”, “product name”, “size”, “price” and detailed description of the corresponding product are described, and the corresponding product is represented. "Link" showing one photo 28
In addition, a tag as control information is embedded so as to switch to a catalog detail screen 35 in which a detailed description of a corresponding product is described even when the photograph is clicked. still,
As for the display items, there is only one text information and one image information representing the corresponding product.

The catalog screen 25 is linked to the index detail screen 31. That is, process work name 2
By clicking on 3 or the title product name 24 of the individual product, the corresponding product description column of Table 27 is displayed in conjunction with it.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the catalog screen scrolls in response to a click on the index detail screen. That is, in FIG. 2, when the user scrolls through the index detail screen 31 and clicks on the desired process work name 23 or the title product name 24 of an individual product, control is performed to display the screen so that the corresponding product is located at the top of the catalog screen. Tags as information are arranged in the process operation name 23 or the title product name 24 of the individual product and the corresponding product description column of the table 27.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the catalog detail screen is displayed from the screen of FIG. 2 or FIG. In the catalog screen 25 shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the detailed description of the corresponding product is described in the number of pages 29 displayed in the “page” column and the photograph 28 displayed in the “link” column. A tag as control information is embedded so as to switch to the catalog detail screen 35 that has been set. FIG. 4 shows a state where the number of pages 29 or the photograph 28 is switched after clicking.

On the catalog detail screen 35, several descriptive columns 32 are displayed in the vertical direction.
Displays a photo 33 showing the outline of the product, and on the right side, a product description column 34 in which the title of the product, the product name, and the description of the product are described. Below the photo 33 and each column 34, ,
"Remarks" in addition to the display items of the product displayed on the catalog screen 25 ("article number", "product name", "size", "price")
A product item column 36 to which an “order” column is added is described.

The individual description columns 32 are arranged in the order displayed on the catalog screen 25, and can be referred to in the order of use in the process operation by vertical scrolling. still,
As another mode, the catalog detail screen 35 may be configured such that corresponding products are individually displayed as one display screen (page). Also, even if they are arranged in order, for products that are considered to be insufficient in the description of the product, prepare another more detailed screen and link to this more detailed screen in the text of the product description A tag as control information to be performed may be embedded.

In each of the product item fields 36 in the description field 32 of the catalog detail screen 35, a button 37 having a heading "Order" in the "Order" field is displayed as a check point for checking the desired product for purchase. . This button 37
Is checked by referring to this electronic catalog if the product is desired to be purchased, and the text information of the product desired to be purchased and 1
List two image information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an order confirmation screen in which a check-up item list of purchase desired products and a purchase requester data entry column are displayed. As shown in the figure, after performing a check for purchasing, after clicking on the heading 14 of “order confirmation / print” on the index screen or the index detail screen, the catalog screen area 15 is switched, and the order form confirmation screen 55 is displayed. Is displayed.

The order confirmation screen 55 is divided into upper and lower screen areas by a horizontal frame 52. The upper area 53 is a confirmation screen 51 for confirming the data input when completing the input of the order form. On the confirmation screen 51, "input completed", "continue shopping", "delete only product data", "delete all"
Are provided. The lower area 54 includes an order form screen 58 having a purchased goods column 56 in which information of the listed purchased goods is described, and a data entry field 57 for entering data of a purchaser or the like.
It is.

In the purchase item column 56 of the order form screen 58, "item number", "item name" and "size" of the item desired to be purchased are displayed.
Items such as “packing style”, “catalog price”, “quantity”, “cancellation”, and “commodity confirmation” are described, and information on corresponding products is described. “Cancel” is provided with a cancel button for clicking when it is determined that it is unnecessary when confirming the order form. Clicking this button deletes only the corresponding product information. In addition, for “product confirmation”, a picture of the product is displayed. Below the desired purchase item, the total amount of the individual items, the consumption tax on this amount, and the total amount thereof are calculated and displayed at the time of tabulation.

[0042] The desired products listed are listed below.
The corresponding work is displayed in order of use in a plurality of process works. For this reason, when placing an order, it is possible to confirm the product in light of the actual process work, and there is also an advantage that order omissions and order mistakes are reduced.

At the time of ordering, the purchaser checks the contents of the purchase item column 56 on the order form screen 58. At this time, since a photograph is attached to each product for product confirmation, there is an advantage that check omission is small. If there is a purchase omission, the “Continue Shopping” of the confirm button 59 is performed.
By clicking, it is possible to shift to the catalog screen 25 or the catalog detail screen 35 again without changing the purchase desired product and the inputted data.

After filling in the data entry column 57 in accordance with the entry instructions so that there is no omission, the user clicks the "enter completed" of the confirm button 59. Then, a print screen of the personal computer on which the Web browser is executed appears, and printing can be performed. In this example, the input data is saved unless the “Delete All” button on the confirm button 59 is clicked, so that it is not necessary to input the data again when ordering for the second time.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a printed order form.
As shown in the figure, the order form 60 is the order form screen 5 shown in FIG.
8 and the data described in the data entry column 57 are printed. In particular, since the photograph 61 of the purchased commodity column 56 is printed with attached, the order form 60 is transmitted by facsimile to the agent, so that the ordering error is small. In addition, since the original transmitted by facsimile is kept at hand, it is possible to prevent a mistake such as duplicate ordering. For the agency, the received facsimile paper is a standard order form printed by the same electronic catalog system, so that misidentification of the product can be prevented as much as possible. If the agent does not have the stock, the facsimile paper is transmitted to the manufacturer, so that it can be surely sent to the user under the name of the agent. Another advantage is that the agency or the user can easily and accurately confirm the delivery by storing the printed or printed form.

[0046]

As described above, the present invention relates to an electronic catalog system for displaying information of a large number of products used in work consisting of predetermined process operations, such as a catalog for introducing products related to construction. Thus, it is possible to obtain an electronic catalog system in which a target product can be easily understood and searched quickly. In addition, we can recognize in what process the target product is required,
It is possible to obtain an electronic catalog system capable of quickly searching for related products. In addition, in the case of products that are limited to a specific user and are delivered to the user through an agent, an electronic catalog system capable of ordering with less trouble in ordering, shipping, and paying the product can be obtained. is there.

[0047]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an introduction page screen of an embodiment of an electronic catalog system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a catalog screen is displayed from the introduction page screen of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a catalog screen scrolls in response to a click on an index detail screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a catalog detail screen is displayed from the screen of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an order form confirmation screen on which a list of items to be purchased and a column for entering purchaser data are checked.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a printed order sheet.

[Description of Signs] 10: Display screen, 11: Index screen area, 12: Vertical frame, 13: Work heading, 14: Heading, 15: Catalog screen area, 17: Introduction page screen, 19: Heading, 21: Index screen , 22: scroll bar, 23: work name of each process, 24: title of individual product, 25: catalog screen, 26: scroll bar, 27: table, 28: photo, 29: number of pages, 31: index detail screen , 32 ... Description column, 33 ... Product photo, 34 ... Product description column, 35 ... Catalog detail screen, 36 ... Product item column, 37 ... Order button, 51 ... Confirmation screen, 52 ... Horizontal frame, 53 ... Upper area, 54 ... lower area, 55 ... purchase order confirmation screen, 56 ... purchase item column, 57 ... data entry column, 58 ... purchase order screen, 59 ... confirm button, 6 0 ... Order Form, 61 ... Product Photo,

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shigenori Nomura 4649 Shimoaso, Takaoka-shi, Toyama F-term in Yayoi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (reference) 5B075 ND20 ND36 NK46 NK49 PQ02 PQ03 PQ42 PQ46 PQ66 PQ80 UU38

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic catalog system for displaying information of a plurality of products used for a plurality of predetermined process operations, wherein one or more texts describing the products are provided for each of the products. A product information group including information and one or more image information is prepared. In an electronic catalog system provided with product information data including a product information group for each product, a product of each product of the product information data is provided. Hypertext document control information for displaying, as a catalog screen, one text information and one image information represented in a group of information as a catalog screen in a scrollable order in a plurality of process operations in a web browser. Electronic catalog system characterized by including. 2. On the catalog screen, for one product in which the one representative text information and one image information are displayed in a scrollable manner, a text not displayed in a product information group of the product is displayed. Information and / or
The electronic catalog system according to claim 1, wherein control information for linking to a catalog detail screen displaying image information is provided. 3. The hypertext document control information includes control information for further displaying, on a Web browser, an index screen on which a plurality of operation names for performing the plurality of process operations are displayed in addition to the catalog screen, The control information of the index screen includes control information for displaying an index detail screen on which the content of the corresponding process work and the product name used in each process work are displayed. The electronic catalog system according to claim 1, wherein control information for switching and switching to the catalog screen is provided for each work name. 4. The electronic catalog system according to claim 3, wherein the index detail screen includes control information for displaying the catalog screen at a predetermined position of a corresponding product. . 5. A check point for checking a desired product for purchase is displayed for each product displayed on the catalog screen or the catalog detail screen, and the hypertext document control information represents a representative of the checked desired purchase product. One text information and one image information are listed, and a form file for facsimile, together with a column for entering purchaser data, is defined as We.
3. The electronic catalog system according to claim 1, further comprising control information to be displayed on a browser. 6. A control information for displaying on a Web browser a facsimile output format of a desired product for purchase, purchaser data, an order destination, and purchase conditions listed in the facsimile format file. The electronic catalog system according to claim 1.