JP2005250586A - Discount shop search service method, shop terminal, positional information management server, and local shop commodity information management server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to buy a plurality of commodities at the lowest price at shops offering the lowest price without spending much time in compliance with a request from the user. <P>SOLUTION: Commodity information including positional information of a shop terminal is registered in a local shop commodity information management server managing shops by area. A request from the user is analyzed by the positional information management server, search is asked by selecting a local shop commodity information management server and transferring the request, and a shop and commodity information matching the request is acquired to be returned to a user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a low-priced product store search service method, a store terminal, a location information management server, and a local store product information management server, and relates to a low-priced product store search service method for searching for a low-priced store in a product purchase service. Further, the present invention relates to a store terminal, a location information management server, and a regional store product information management server.

  The conventional bargain store service manages the price of the product and information on each store that provides the product at the service provider's DB via the Internet, and introduces the store that provides the cheapest price. doing.

  When a user purchases a product at a low-priced store, there is a system that searches each cheap store with an information communication terminal or a mobile phone and obtains a search result for a single product.

In addition, as a method for supporting shopping, information on product prices that are performed in the vicinity of the user by referring to the location information of the user and the location information of the information provider using the wireless terminal. And a method of providing event information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-223712 A "Information providing method, wireless network system, wireless terminal, wireless server, information server, and electronic coupon distribution method"

  However, in the conventional method, only a search result for a single product is notified, and a search for purchasing a plurality of products at the cheapest price at a time takes considerable time.

  Further, according to the result of searching for the cheapest store, it is necessary to go through all stores when shopping for the cheapest products in order from the searched store.

  In addition, in order for a user to purchase a product at a low price, the distance between the product purchase list and the search store, time, and a number of cheap products can be easily purchased with a single purchase. There is no service to search.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and is limited to the number of low-priced stores that are restricted by the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a store search service method for a low-priced product capable of searching for a store that can be purchased at a low price and obtaining product information, a store terminal, a location information management server, and a regional store product information management server. And

  It is another object of the present invention to provide a store search service method and system for low-priced products that can purchase cheap products from stores searched by a single purchase without taking much time.

  Further, a store search service method, a store terminal, and a position of a low-priced product capable of notifying the user of the difference between the price purchased from each store searched by the user and the price of purchasing the product collectively at the nearest store It is to provide an information management server and a regional store product information management server.

  Furthermore, a store search service method, a store terminal, a location information management server, and a region for a low-priced product that allows a user to search for stores that can be purchased at a low price by collecting special products such as foods and miscellaneous goods purchased by the user or general products. An object is to provide a store product information management server.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system comprising an IP network and a location management server of a service provider, a regional store product information management server for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal used by the store, and a user terminal used by the user. , In the method of searching for stores of bargain products,
The store terminal is a product information transmitting step for transmitting the product information including the information on the bargain product to be sold or the general product and the location information of the store to the location management server (step 1),
The location management server receives product information transmitted from the store terminal, refers to a geographic database in which geographic information is stored in advance, and manages the store based on the location information of the store included in the product information A product information transfer step (step 3) of selecting a regional store product information management server (step 2) and transmitting the product information to the regional store product information management server;
The regional store merchandise information management server has a merchandise information registration step of registering the store position information and merchandise information received from the position management server in the merchandise information database (step 4),
The user terminal has a product requirement including an area ID, a product purchase list, an allowable distance to the store, a time, and the number of stores that can be visited in one shopping, A request sending step to send to the information management server (step 5);
The location information management server searches the geographic information database based on the area ID included in the product request condition (step 6), and transfers the request to transfer the product request condition to the regional store product information management server corresponding to the area ID. Step (step 7);
The regional store product information management server searches the product information database based on the product request condition, searches for information corresponding to the product request condition (step 8), and returns the search result to the location information management server. A notification step (step 9);
The location information management server includes an information providing step of processing the search result (step 10) and returning it to the user terminal (step 11).

Further, according to the present invention, in the regional product information management server, based on the product requirement acquired through the location information management server, the price when purchasing together at the nearest store of the user, and each inexpensive store Send information including the price when purchasing at
In the location information management server, based on the product request condition transmitted in the request transmission step from the user terminal, the search result acquired from the regional store product information management server is stored in advance at the price when purchasing at each cheap store Compare the total price obtained by adding the transportation costs to each store obtained by referring to the travel cost database, and the price when purchasing the products together at the nearest store of the user, and the difference amount Is calculated and transmitted to the user terminal.

Further, the present invention stores in a bar code device, at a store terminal, a bargain device that always sells special products including food or daily necessities, price information of general products, or product information including a production place and a release date. And information including service time discount is sent to the location information management server,
The location information management server transmits the information received from the store terminal to the regional store product information management server,
The regional store product management server registers the information received from the position information management server in the product information database for each product genre.

In addition, the present invention, in the store terminal, transmits to the location information management server as a product image obtained by imaging the product,
The location information management server transmits the product image to the regional store product information management server in association with the product.

  Further, according to the present invention, a service provider having a location information management server collects an advertising fee from each store that provides product information.

  FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

The present invention includes an IP network and a service provider location management server 1, a regional store product information management server 3 for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal 9 used by the store, and a user terminal 21 used by the user. A store terminal 9 in a system comprising:
Product information transmitting means 91 for transmitting product information including information on sale items to be sold or general product information and store location information to the location management server,
The merchandise information transmitting means 91
The bar code device stores price information on regular sales products including general foods and daily necessities, or general product prices, or product information including the production location and release date, and information including the product information and service time discount is location information. Means for transmitting to the management server 1;

  In addition, the product information transmission unit 91 of the present invention includes a unit that transmits the product image to the position information management server 1 as a product image.

The present invention includes a location information management server 1 for an IP network and a service provider, a regional store product information management server 3 for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal 9 used by the store, and a user terminal used by the user. A location information management server 1 in a system comprising 21;
A geographic information database 2 in which geographic information is stored;
The product information transmitted from the store terminal 9 is received, the geographic database 2 is referred to, and the regional store product information management server 3 that manages the store is selected based on the location information of the store included in the product information. 1 regional store product information management server selection means 241;
Product information transfer means 232 for transmitting the product information to the selected regional store product information management server 3;
A product request condition including an area ID for specifying a regional area input from the user terminal 21 by the user, a product purchase list, an allowable distance to the store, a time, and the number of stores that can be visited by one shopping is received. Request receiving means 231;
A second regional store product information management server selection unit 242 that searches the geographic information database 2 based on the area ID included in the product request condition and selects a regional store product information management server corresponding to the area ID;
Request transfer means 233 for requesting a search result corresponding to the product request condition by transferring the product request condition to the selected regional store product information management server 3;
Information providing means 26 for obtaining a search result from the regional store product information management server 3, processing it, and returning it to the user terminal.

Further, the location information management server 1 of the present invention further includes a transportation cost database in which transportation cost information is accumulated,
The request transfer means 233
For the regional store product information management server 2, based on the product request conditions acquired from the user terminal 21, the price when purchasing together at the nearest store of the user, and the case when purchasing at each bargain store Including means to request product information including price,
The information providing means 26
Search the geographic database 2 based on the area ID included in the product request conditions, and the transportation cost database based on the location of the user's base point and the location of each bargain store acquired from the regional store product information management server 3 Means for obtaining a transportation cost from the position serving as the base point of the user to the location of the store;
In the case of purchasing products collectively at the nearest store of the user and the total price obtained by adding transportation expenses to the price when purchasing at each low-priced store in the search results acquired from the regional store product information management server 3 And a means for calculating the difference amount and transmitting it to the user terminal 21.

The present invention includes a location information management server 1 for an IP network and a service provider, a regional store product information management server 3 for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal 9 used by the store, and a user terminal used by the user. A regional store product information management server 3 in a system comprising 21,
Product information registration means 35 for registering product information from the store terminal received via the location management server 1 in the product information database 4;
From the user terminal 21 received via the location information management server 1, the area ID for specifying the area, the product purchase list, the distance and time to an acceptable store, and the number of stores that can be visited by one shopping. Search result notifying means 32 for searching the product information database 4 based on the product request conditions and returning it to the location information management server.

The search result notification means 32 of the regional store product information management server of the present invention
Based on the product requirements acquired via the location information management server 1, information including the price when purchasing together at the nearest store of the user and the price when purchasing at each inexpensive store It includes means for searching and acquiring the information database 4 and transmitting it to the location information management server 1.

The product information registration means 35 of the regional store product information management server 3 of the present invention
Price information on regular sales products including regular food and daily necessities, or general product price information transmitted from the store terminal via the location information management server 1 or information including product information including production location and release date and service time discount Is registered in the product information database 4 for each product genre.

  As described above, the present invention transmits information such as the distance and time allowed when a user makes a purchase, and the number of stores to drop in to the product purchase list to the location information management server of the service provider. It differs from the prior art in that it has a function to process.

  In addition, the location information management server of the present invention cooperates with an existing traffic route search engine, provides transportation expenses at the time of shopping, purchases from each store searched by the user, and purchases at the nearest store together. This is different from the conventional technology in that the user is notified of the price difference from the price.

  Moreover, in order to reduce the processing load of each information management server, it differs from the prior art in that product information is processed separately for a location information management server and a regional store product information management server.

  From the above, the present invention has the following effects.

  (1) Users can purchase the products they want at a low price, and limit the range, time, and number of stores that allow them to search for cheap stores. It becomes possible to purchase goods efficiently by shopping.

  (2) Since the collection of information is unified, it is possible to save time and effort for searching for a bargain shop when looking at product information while comparing leaflets of special sale products distributed daily or constantly.

  (3) The user can avoid the labor of stopping at a plurality of stores when making a large amount of shopping by setting the distance and time to stop and the number of stores to stop.

  (4) Since the service of the present invention plays a role of advertisement, each store is notified of price information to the user, and the willingness to purchase is improved, the effect of attracting customers to the store is increased, and sales increase accordingly. Expected.

  (5) Since the service providing business can obtain an advertisement fee from the product information provider of each store and does not collect the service fee from the user, the user's motivation increases, As services increase and the value of advertising media increases, more information providers appear in stores, and advertising revenue increases accordingly, which can be reflected in business contributions.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The system shown in the figure includes a communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as user terminal) 21 owned by a user, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as user portable terminal) 20 owned by a user, and location information management owned by a service provider 6. Server 1, geographic information DB 2 of the location information management server 1, regional store product information management server 3, product information DB 4 of the regional store product information management server 3, and store terminals 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 The

  As shown in FIG. 4, the location information management server 1 is present in the user terminal 21, the user portable terminal 20, the transmission / reception unit 23 that communicates with the regional store information management servers 3 and 5, and the regional areas 8 and 16. The local store information management servers 3 and 5 to be managed have a geographic information DB 2, a transport cost DB 25 for managing local transport costs, and a search engine 24 for searching for appropriate stores. The search engine 24 searches the geographic information DB 2 based on the area ID for specifying the area area included in the product request condition transmitted from the user terminal 21 or the user portable terminal 20, and based on the search result. To select a regional store information management server. Note that the product requirement conditions of the user will be described in detail in the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the regional store information management servers 3, 5 are a transmission / reception unit 32 for communicating with the location information management server 1, and product information for storing product information for each store acquired from the location information management server 1. It has a search engine 31 that searches for products that match the product requirement conditions of the user acquired via the DB 4 and the location information management server 1. In the example of FIG. 3, the regional store product information management server 3 manages stores in the regional area 8, and the regional store product information management server 5 manages stores in the regional area 16.

  The user portable terminal 20 is assumed to be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or the like.

  The operation in the above configuration will be described below.

  FIG. 6 is a sequence chart of the operation in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  A merchandise information provider of a store in the regional area 9 or a store in the regional area 16 receives product information such as the price of a special sale product or a general product from each store terminal 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 every day or at all times. The product information and the location information (address and telephone number) of the store are transmitted to the location information management server 1 of the service provider 6 (step 101). .

  The location information management server 1 receives daily product information such as a special sale product or a general product received from the terminals 9, 10, 11, 12 of the store in the area 9 or the terminal 15 of the store in the area 16. Then, the geographic information DB 2 is searched based on the location information of the store included in the product information (step 102), and transmitted to the regional store product information management servers 3 and 5 for each region (step 103). For example, the product information transmitted from the terminals 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the store in the regional area 8 is transmitted to the regional store product information management server 3 and the product information transmitted from the terminal 15 of the store in the regional area 16. Transmits to the regional store information management server 5. Thus, the regional store product information management servers 3 and 5 store the transmitted product information in the product information management DB 4 for each store (step 104).

  The user terminal 21 or the user portable terminal 20 determines an area (hereinafter referred to as an area ID) that identifies the area where the user 17 exists and a purchase target product in order to search for a store that meets the product requirement conditions of the user 17's bargain product. When the product request conditions including the allowable distance and time, the number of stores to stop at once, and the product purchase conditions are input, it is transmitted to the location information management server 1 (step 105).

  The search engine 24 of the location information management server 1 searches the geographic DB 2 based on the area ID included in the product request condition received from the user terminal 21 or the user portable terminal 20, and the corresponding regional store product information management server 3. Select (step 106). Next, the product request condition from the user is transmitted to the selected regional store product information server 3 (step 107).

  The search engine 31 of the regional store merchandise information management server 3 searches based on the merchandise requirement conditions received from the merchandise information DB 4 registered from the terminals of the respective stores 9, 10, 11 and 12 (step 108). The search result that meets the merchandise request condition of the person 17 is returned to the position information management server 1 (step 109).

  The location information management server 1 calculates and processes the search results of the stores 9 and 10 and the product price information that match the user's product request conditions from the search results (step 110), and the user terminal 21 of the user 17, Alternatively, it is returned to the user portable terminal 20 (step 111).

  For example, in the regional store product management server 5 and the store 15 in the regional area 16 such as Saitama Prefecture other than the regional area 8, the processing of the product information with the position information management server 1 is the same.

  The user terminal 21 or the user portable terminal 20 presents the search result of the discount store to the user 17 to provide information on the discount store that enables a cheap and efficient product purchase only by stopping at once. be able to.

[Second Embodiment]
In the present embodiment, an example in which a user transmits a product request condition to the location information management server 1 using an information format, and a search result from the regional store product information management server 3 is processed in the location information management server 1. An example will be described.

  FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the location information management server in the second embodiment of the present invention. The location information management server 1 shown in the figure has a configuration in which a search result processing unit 26 is added to the configuration in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the location information management server and the regional store product information management server according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  It is assumed that the service provider 6 owns the location information management server 1, the regional store product information management servers 3 and 5, and the regional store product information management server in other regional areas. The location information management server 1 manages geographic information in a plurality of regional areas with the geographic information DB 2, and the regional store product information management servers 3 and 5 and the regional store product information management servers in other regional areas The product information handled at each store in the area is managed by the product information DB 4 for each store.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a search for a store that meets a user's product requirement conditions according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  Based on the same figure, the example which purchases a bargain product in the store 9,10,11,12 within a radius of 500m from a user's house within the area area 8 where the user 17 exists is demonstrated.

  The user 17 provides the service by providing the requested low-priced product or the target product for purchasing the general product to the user mobile terminal 20 such as the user terminal 21 or the mobile phone or the PDA according to the information format shown in FIG. To the location information management server 1 of the person 6.

  The information format to be provided includes an area ID for specifying an area such as the address of the user 17 and the ID of the base station of the mobile phone, an allowable time and distance for purchasing a product (for example, within a radius of 500 m), and an allowable transportation facility (for example, , Train), information on the number of stores to stop at once (for example, two stores), purchase target products (for example, low-priced products or target products A, B, and C for purchasing general products).

  The location information management server 1 that has received the product request condition input in the format shown above from the user 17 stores the input information in a memory or the like, and the geographic information DB 2 stores the information on the product purchase information. Stores 9 and 10 existing in a search range (for example, within a radius of 500 m) permitted by the user 17 from the location of the user 17 and the location information of each store from the held map of the area (shown in the upper right of FIG. 9) , 11, 12 are searched. As in the first embodiment described above, the location information management server 1 searches the geographic information DB 2 based on the area IDs input from the user terminals 20 and 21 of the user 17 to obtain regional store product information. The management server 3 may be selected, and information on the stores 9, 10, 11, 12 may be acquired from the regional store product information management server 3.

  Further, the location information management server 1 selects the regional store product information management server 3 that manages the stores 9, 10, 11, and 12 by searching the geographic information DB 2, and selects the regional store product information management server 3. On the other hand, the store 9, 10, 11, 12 requests a search as to whether or not the product corresponding to the product list input from the user 17 is sold. Thereby, the regional store product information management server 3 searches for the product information sold at the stores 9, 10, 11, and 12 and each store information, and returns them to the position information management server 1.

  The search result processing unit 26 of the location information management server 1 processes the product information and the store information received from the regional store product information management server 3 according to the product request conditions from the user stored in the memory. For example, since there are two request stores to be purchased at one time, among the stores 9, 10, 11, and 12, the product Ax yen of the store 9 that is sold at a low price, the product Bz yen and the product Ca at the store 10 Calculate the result that it will be cheaper if you buy a yen, select the cheaper price store 10 and store 9, the distance, time and place of the store 10, 9 or the goods that meet the requirements such as transportation costs to go to the store Information is returned to the terminal 21 or the terminal 20 of the user 17.

  Note that the above-mentioned information that “the product B and the product Ca yen are bought at a store 10 is cheaper” is provided in detail in the fourth embodiment. This information is derived based on information unique to the product stored in the product information DB 4, information on whether or not there is a time discount, and information including the price of the product and the time to which the price is applied.

  Further, the search result processing unit 26 of the location information management server 1 purchases the product A, the product B, and the product C requested by the user 17 at the store 12 closest to the user's home, and the searched cheap price. The difference with the price at which the products A, B, and C are purchased at the stores 10 and 9 is calculated and returned to the user 17.

  Thereby, the user 17 can determine the purchase of the product by knowing the difference between the product prices.

  In addition, the user 17 can purchase cheaper and more efficient food items, daily necessities, general merchandise, etc. cheaper and more efficiently than one store.

[Third Embodiment]
In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which a search result is notified to a user in consideration of transportation costs.

  FIG. 11 shows the configuration of the location information management server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  The location information management server 1 includes a transmission / reception unit 23, a request analysis unit 22 that analyzes product request conditions from users, a geographic information DB 2 that manages each regional area, a transportation cost DB 25 that manages transportation costs in each region, a search The engine 24 and the search result processing unit 26 are included.

  The configuration of the regional store product information management server is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  The location information management server 1 receives daily sale product information from each store terminal in each regional area, and searches the geographic information DB 2 by the search engine 24 in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, thereby searching for the regional store product. The information management server is selected, and the product information is transmitted to the selected local store product information management server 3, for example. Thereby, the regional store product information management server 3 stores the received product information in the product information DB 4.

  When the product request conditions are issued from the user terminals 20 and 21, the location information management server 1 selects and selects the regional store product information management server based on the area ID included in the product request conditions. For example, the local store product information management server 3 is requested to search for low-priced product information and store location information, and the search result is acquired.

  Next, in the location information management server 1, the search engine 24 refers to the transportation cost DB 25 based on the location information of the store as a search result and passes it to the search result processing unit 26. As a result, the search result processing unit 26 calculates the transportation cost from the user's home to the store, purchases all the money from the user's home at the nearest store, and the product purchase price obtained from the search result. The total amount of transportation expenses is compared, the difference is calculated, and the user's terminals 20 and 21 are notified.

  As a method of calculating transportation costs, the geographic information DB 2 is referred to based on the area ID, the location A serving as the base point of the user is specified, and the location information of each store acquired from the regional store product information management server 3 is used. , Specify the destination locations B, C, D,... And search the transportation cost DB 25 using the nearest station or bus stop to locations A and B as a key, and then from location B to location C Calculate each transportation cost. It calculates | requires each between the stores which go around this process-store, and totals them. For example, if it is 200 yen from place A to place B and 150 yen from place B to place C where the next store is located, it will be 350 yen from place A to place C.

  Therefore, if the purchase is made at the nearest store corresponding to the area ID entered by the user, the purchase price when the purchase is 3500 yen and the price of 3600 stores is 2600 yen. It is possible to notify the user terminals 20 and 21 that the cost is 2950 yen, which is 550 yen cheaper than that purchased at the nearest store.

[Fourth Embodiment]
In the present embodiment, each message will be described.

  FIG. 12 shows the data format of the product information DB managed by the regional store product information management server according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  The genre of products in the product information DB 4 covers all products handled in stores including daily grocery items and daily necessities, and stores including home appliances, product names, store IDs, product prices, and product images. In addition, depending on the product to be sold, a digital image of the product captured by a digital photograph is stored.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a format of a message transmitted and received between the location information management server and the regional store product information management server in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 5A shows a search request message from the location information management server 1 to the regional store product information management servers 3 and 5. The search request message includes an identification ID of a product request condition of the user 17, a shopping range allowed by the user 17 such as time, distance, and the number of stores, and a product list to be purchased that changes according to the number of purchased products.

  FIG. 5B shows a search result message from the regional store product information management server 3 to the location information management server 1. The search result message includes the product request condition ID of the user 17, the ID of the store 9, the total price of the product purchase, the ID of the store 10 and the total price of the product purchase, the ID of the store 12 and the total of the product purchase. Consists of amounts. The store ID and the total amount vary depending on the number of stores that the user 17 allows to stop by.

  FIG. 4C shows the format of the search result for the location response management server 1 and the user 17. The message of the search result includes the ID of the product request condition from the terminals 20 and 21 of the user 17, the ID of the store 9, the total price of the product, the ID of the store 10, the total price of the product, and the ID of the store 12. It consists of the result of calculating the total amount of goods. The message is sent to the terminals 20 and 21. The store ID and the total amount vary depending on the number of stores that the user 17 allows to stop by. The search result for the user 17 is an aggregation of the search results for the location information management server 1, and the search result for the location information management server 1 may be different from the search result for the user 17.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining provision of product information from a store in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example in which each provided product is provided from a product information provider of the store 9. It is assumed that each store in all regional areas also provides product information.

  The store terminal of the store 9 registers product information provision in the low-priced product search service business of the service provider 5, and the product information provider of the store 9 sells low-priced bargain products such as daily foods or daily necessities and home appliances. All the product information handled in the store including the product is registered in the position information management server 1 as an object.

  The merchandise information provider of the store 9 uses a two-dimensional bar code or a general bar code, and prices, production locations, and release dates of daily bargains, daily necessities, and other bargain items such as other commodities and general merchandise. Store information as numerical data.

  Two-dimensional barcode or numerical data “4901” of the product on the barcode. . . Is automatically transmitted to the location information management server 1 via the IP network 7 and registered in the product information management DB 28.

  The location information management server 1 transfers the product registration information of the product genre of each store to the regional store product information management server 3 in order to analyze the product information of each store. Thereby, the regional store product information management server 3 stores the product registration information in the product information DB 4. In addition, when the date of the registered grocery product or commodity price such as daily necessities has passed, the product price is automatically deleted, and the product information management DB 28 and the product information DB 4 for products whose price does not change such as general products. It is registered in.

  The format of the information provided by the terminal of the store shown in FIG. 15 includes store information such as an address and a telephone number, information on the existence of product-specific information and time discounts, the price and the time when the price is applied, etc. , Information on the product A, information on the product B, and the like are described.

  When providing product information, products discounted by service time or discounted product time of the day, and a set of groceries or sashimi set etc. The information is transmitted to the location information management server 1 using the information communication terminal of each store, and product information is registered.

  The store terminal can register daily groceries, daily commodities, prices of bargain sales products such as other products and general products, and product information such as production location and release date.

[Fifth aspect of the present invention]
In the present embodiment, collection of an advertising fee accompanying the advertising effect will be described.

  The service provider 6 owns the location information management server 1 and the regional store product information management server 3 and manages product information and store information. The provision of product information at each store 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 plays a role of advertisement, and a newspaper advertisement or an advertisement effect equivalent to an advertisement using a medium such as a flyer can be brought about.

  For this purpose, usage fees are collected in the name of advertising fees from each store 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and the information provider of the store registered for the service.

  In addition, it is a free service that does not collect a usage fee for the user 17, and it is possible to improve the service demand of the user 17 by improving the willingness of the user 17 to use the service.

  The service provider 6 allows the information provider of each store to recognize that the advertising effect is high by increasing the use of the low-cost store search service by the user 17, It is possible to contribute to sales increase and profit of each store by securing many stores including local areas such as Sendai and each store, and prospering the service business by obtaining advertising revenue from each store It is possible to make it.

  Further, the operation of the location information server, the regional store product information management server, and the store terminal in each of the above embodiments is constructed as a program, installed in a computer used as each server or terminal, and executed, or a network It is possible to circulate through.

  It is also possible to store the constructed program in a portable storage medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, or a CD-ROM connected to a computer used as each server or terminal and install it in the computer.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

  The present invention is applicable to services for selling low-priced products.

It is a figure for demonstrating the principle of this invention. It is a principle block diagram of this invention. It is a lineblock diagram of a cheap store search service system in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the positional information management server in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the local store merchandise information management server in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart of the operation | movement in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the positional information management server in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a layout diagram of a location information management server and a regional store product management server in the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the search of the store which suits the user's goods requirement conditions in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a format of the goods requirement conditions which the user in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention provides. It is a block diagram of the positional information management server in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a format of the information which the shop in the 4th Embodiment of this invention provides. It is a format of the message transmitted / received between the positional information management server and local store merchandise information management server in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating provision of the merchandise information from the store in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a format of the information which the shop in the 4th Embodiment of this invention provides.

Explanation of symbols

1 location information management server, location information management server 6 of service provider 6 geographic information database (DB)
3 Regional store product information management server, regional store product information management server 4 of service provider 6 Product information database, product information database (DB) of regional store product information management server 3
5 Regional Store Product Information Management Server 6 in Other Regional Areas 6 Service Provider 7 IP Network 8 Regional Area 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 Store, Store Terminal 16 Other Regional Area 17 User 18 Location Information Management Server 1 Search engine 19 Two-dimensional barcode and barcode 20 Mobile communication terminal (user terminal) such as a user's mobile phone or PDA
21 User's information communication terminal (user terminal)
22 Request Analysis Unit 23 Transmission / Reception Unit 24 Search Engine 25 Transportation Cost Database (DB)
26 Information providing means, search result processing section 31 Search engine 32 Transmission / reception section, search result notifying means 35 Product information registering means 91 Product information transmitting means 231 Request receiving means 232 Product information transferring means 233 Request transferring means 241 First regional store product Information management server selection means 242 Second regional store product information management server selection means

Claims (12)

In a system comprising an IP network and a location management server of a service provider, a regional store product information management server for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal used by the store, and a user terminal used by the user, In the method of searching for a store,
The store terminal is a product information transmission step for transmitting to the location management server product information including information on cheap products to be sold or general product information and store location information;
The location management server receives the product information transmitted from the store terminal, refers to a geographic database in which geographic information is stored in advance, and based on the location information of the store included in the product information, A product information transfer step of selecting a regional store product information management server for managing the store and transmitting the product information to the regional store product information management server;
The regional store product information management server, a product information registration step of registering the product information received from the location management server in a product information database;
The user terminal has a product requirement including an area ID, a product purchase list, a distance to an acceptable store, a time, and the number of stores that can be visited in one shopping, specifying a regional area input from the user. A request transmitting step for transmitting to the location information management server;
The location information management server searches the geographic information database based on the area ID included in the product request condition and transfers the product request condition to the regional store product information management server corresponding to the area ID. Steps,
The regional store product information management server searches the product information database based on the product request conditions, searches for information corresponding to the product request conditions, and returns to the location information management server a search result notification step; ,
The location information management server comprises an information providing step of processing the search result and returning it to the user terminal. In the regional product information management server,
Based on the product requirement acquired through the location information management server, information including a price when purchasing together at the nearest store of the user and a price when purchasing at each cheap store Sent to the location information management server,
In the location information management server,
Based on the product request condition transmitted in the request transmission step from the user terminal, the search result acquired from the regional store product information management server is stored in advance at the price when purchasing at each inexpensive store. Comparing the total price obtained by adding the transportation costs to each store obtained by referring to the travel cost database, and the price when purchasing the products collectively at the nearest store of the user, the difference amount The store search service method for cheap items according to claim 1, wherein the store is calculated and transmitted to the user terminal. In the store terminal,
The bar code device stores the price information of regular sale products including general foods and daily necessities or general product prices, or product information including the production location and the release date, and the information including the product information and service time discount is stored in the position. Sent to the information management server,
The location information management server transmits the information received from the store terminal to the regional store product information management server,
The store sales service method of a bargain product according to claim 1, wherein the regional store product management server registers the information received from the location information management server in a product information database for each product genre. In the store terminal,
Sending the product as a product image of the product to the location information management server,
The location information management server includes:
The store search service method for cheap products according to claim 3, wherein the product image is transmitted to the regional store product information management server in association with the product.   The store search service method for a low-priced product according to claim 1, wherein the service provider having the location information management server collects an advertising fee from each store that provides product information. This is a store terminal in a system comprising an IP network and a location management server of a service provider, a regional store product information management server for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal used by the store, and a user terminal used by the user. And
Product information transmitting means for transmitting to the location management server the product information including the information on the low-priced product to be sold or general product and the location information of the store,
The product information transmitting means includes
The bar code device stores the price information of regular sale products including general foods and daily necessities or general product prices, or product information including the production location and the release date, and the information including the product information and service time discount is stored in the position. A store terminal comprising means for transmitting to an information management server. The product information transmitting means includes
The store terminal according to claim 6, further comprising means for transmitting the product to the location information management server as a product image obtained by imaging the product. Location information management server in an IP network and a service provider's location information management system, a regional store product information management server for managing stores and products for each region, a store terminal used by a store, and a user terminal used by a user A server,
A geographic information database in which geographic information is stored;
The product information transmitted from the store terminal is received, the geographic database is referred to, and a regional store product information management server that manages the store is selected based on the location information of the store included in the product information. A first regional store product information management server selection means;
Product information transfer means for transmitting the product information to the selected regional store product information management server;
Receives a product requirement including an area ID for identifying a regional area input by a user from the user terminal, a product purchase list, an allowable distance to the store, a time, and the number of stores that can be visited by one shopping. A request receiving step;
A second regional store product information management server selecting means for searching the geographic information database based on the area ID included in the product request condition and selecting a regional store product information management server corresponding to the area ID;
Request transfer means for requesting a search result corresponding to the product request condition by transferring the product request condition to the selected regional store product information management server;
A location information management server comprising: information providing means for acquiring a search result from the regional store product information management server, processing the result, and returning the result to the user terminal. It also has a transportation cost database that stores information on transportation expenses,
The request transfer means includes
For the regional store product information management server, based on the product request conditions acquired from the user terminal, purchase at the nearest store of the user and purchase at each bargain store Including means to request information including the price of the case,
The information providing means includes
The geographic database is searched based on the area ID included in the product request condition, and the location serving as the base point of the user and the location of each bargain store acquired from the regional store product information management server Means for obtaining a transportation cost from a position serving as a base point of the user to a location of the store with reference to a transportation cost database;
In the search results obtained from the regional store product information management server, purchase the products together with the total price obtained by adding the transportation cost to the price when purchasing at each discount store and the store nearest to the user The position information management server according to claim 8, further comprising means for comparing prices when calculating and calculating a difference amount and transmitting the difference amount to the user terminal. Location information management server for IP network and service provider, regional store product information management server for managing stores and products for each region, store terminals used by stores, and regional store products in a system comprising user terminals used by users An information management server,
Product information registration means for registering the product information from the store terminal received via the location management server in a product information database;
From the user terminal received via the location information management server, it consists of an area ID for specifying a regional area, a product purchase list, distance and time to an acceptable store, and the number of stores that can be visited by one shopping. A regional store product information management server, comprising: search result notification means for searching the product information database based on product request conditions and returning the product information database to the location information management server. The search result notification means includes:
Based on the product requirement acquired through the location information management server, information including a price when purchasing together at the nearest store of the user and a price when purchasing at each cheap store The regional store product information management server according to claim 10, further comprising means for searching and acquiring the product information database and transmitting to the location information management server. The product information registration means includes:
Includes price information on regular sales products including regular food and daily necessities, general product price information, product information including production location and release date, and service time discount, transmitted from the store terminal via the location information management server The regional store product information management server according to claim 10, comprising means for registering information in the product information database for each product genre.

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