JP2008310578A - Commodity information provision system, terminal device, commodity information provision program and commodity information provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate comprehension of possibility of a sellout of a commodity desired for purchase within a prescribed period. <P>SOLUTION: A retrieval server 20 has a communication means 26 associating stock information including a stock amount and a sales amount within the prescribed period, and commodity information received from each of a plurality of store servers 40, and transmitting them to terminal devices 10, according to a commodity information transmission request. Each of the terminal devices 10 has: a communication means 16 for transmitting the commodity information transmission request to the retrieval server 20; a storage means 14 for storing the stock information including the stock amount and the sales amount within the prescribed period, and the commodity information received from the retrieval server 20; an arithmetic means 12 for calculating a degree of step-by-step stock based on the stock amount and the sales amount, and making the storage means 14 store the degree of the stock associatively to the commodity information; and a display means 11 for displaying size of the stock and the commodity information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product information providing system that provides information about products suitable for a user, a terminal device that constitutes the system, a product information providing program, and a product information providing method.

  Conventionally, product information providing systems using networks such as the Internet have been proposed.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-203048 (Patent Document 1) extracts a plurality of menus suitable for a user for a plurality of menus that meet a meal restriction stored in advance, and the ingredients input for the extracted menus A menu proposal device is disclosed that calculates a menu price for each menu based on the price information and presents the calculated menu price to the user together with the menu. The menu suggestion device classifies the calculated menu price for each price range within a predetermined range, inquires the user about which price range is desired, and asks the user for the price range desired by the user. The menu and the menu price are presented, and the menu price is calculated by excluding the ingredients at the user's hand based on the inputted food information at the user's hand. In other words, the menu suggestion device is a device that proposes a menu that is made of foods that meet meal restrictions or have a specific purpose and that has a desired cost for those who need to manage meal contents. .

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-259777 (Patent Document 2) is a dedicated device that can be connected to an external expert window at any time in order to receive specialized knowledge information such as a shopping advice server, various databases, and food. Disclosing shopping advice providers with lines. And the various databases are related to dealers about bargain information and stock status (bargain information and stock status DB), customer related (customer DB), knowledge about nutrition, recipes, calorie calculation and diet It has something about the base. Each customer home includes a terminal device and a home inventory database connected thereto, and the terminal device can be connected to a shopping advice server of a shopping advice provider via a network. That is, the shopping advice provider provides customers and their families with a list of ingredients and cooking methods from cooking, nutrition, calories, diet, etc. and arranges the ingredients.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-310205 (Patent Document 3) stores personal meal histories, user states, and meal rules in advance or sequentially in storage means of a portable terminal, and communicates with the outside such as a product information server. The management system which selects the menu of the meal which should be recommended from the merchandise information acquired by this, the memorize | stored meal history, a user state, and a meal rule, and is shown to a user is disclosed. In addition to determining the menu, the management system can also perform meal orders at restaurants, office work such as payments, and money management. It is also possible to update and transmit this to a predetermined medical institution to obtain a new meal rule. The management system includes a portable terminal for personal meal management system that selects and presents a menu of meals to be recommended from meal history, user status, and meal rules.
JP 2002-203048 A JP 2002-259777 A JP 2004-310205 A

  However, the conventional product information providing system displays only the number of stocks of products desired by the user, or provides the user with the level of stock by grading the stock level according to the number of stocks. And displayed. For this reason, it is difficult for the user to grasp which product is being sold and how much it is sold when browsing the desired product, and it is difficult to predict how long the product will be sold out. That is, in the conventional system, such information cannot be grasped at a glance, so it is inconvenient to determine whether or not to purchase a product. For example, a product with a small number of items sold within a predetermined period and a product with a large number of items sold within a predetermined period differ greatly in the possibility that the product will be sold out within a predetermined period even if the stock quantity is the same. It was difficult to grasp the possibility that a product would be sold out within a predetermined period, in other words, it was difficult to grasp how long a product would be sold out.

  More specifically, when the user of the terminal device browses the product, if there is a large amount of the product provided, do not immediately purchase it, but take a few days to decide whether or not to purchase. I have to examine it. However, when a user decides to purchase after several days of examination and views the product again, it is likely that the product has already been sold out. On the other hand, when the user of the terminal device browses the product, if the number of products provided is small, the user may rush to purchase without carefully examining whether or not to purchase. However, even after a long period of time from the time of purchase, it often occurred that the product remained unsold.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the main object of the present invention is to provide product information that allows a user of a terminal device to easily grasp the possibility that a product desired to be sold will be sold out within a certain period of time. It is to provide a providing system and a product information providing method.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, product information provision comprising a search server, a plurality of store servers connectable to the search server via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices connectable to the search server via the network 1st communication means which is a system, and each of a plurality of store servers associates product information including a product name and inventory information including the number of stocks and the number of sales within a predetermined period, and transmits them to the search server Each of the terminal devices includes second communication means for transmitting a product information transmission request to the search server, the search server receiving the product information, the number of stocks, and the predetermined period received from each of the plurality of store servers. Inventory information including the number of sales in the first storage means for storing in association, product information, inventory information including the number of inventory and the number of sales within a predetermined period in response to the product information transmission request, And a third communication unit configured to transmit the information to the terminal device in association with each other, each of the plurality of terminal devices including the product information received from the search server and the stock information including the stock quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period. Based on the second storage means for storing, the number of stocks and the number of sales, a first level of inventory is calculated, and the degree of inventory is associated with product information and stored in the second storage means Means, and display means for displaying the product information and the stock level.

  According to this aspect, since the product information and the stock level for each product are displayed on the terminal device, the user of the terminal device can easily determine whether or not the product is likely to be sold out.

Preferably, the first communication unit transmits the product attribute corresponding to the product information to the search server, the third communication unit transmits the product attribute to the terminal device in response to the product information transmission request, and the second communication unit The storage means stores the input user information and the product attribute received from the search server, and the terminal device searches the second storage means for product information corresponding to the user information via the product attribute. Further comprising first search means for
The display means displays the searched product information and the stock level corresponding to the product information.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a search server that can access a database that stores user information, a plurality of store servers that can be connected to the search server via a network, and a search server that can be connected via a network A product information providing system comprising a plurality of terminal devices, wherein each of the plurality of store servers includes product information including a product name, product attributes corresponding to the product information, an inventory quantity, and a sales quantity within a predetermined period. And the first communication means for associating and transmitting to the search server, the search server receives the product information received from each of the plurality of store servers, the product attribute corresponding to the product information, Based on the first storage means for storing the number of inventory and the inventory information including the number of sales within a predetermined period in association with each other, and calculating the stepwise inventory level based on the number of inventory and the number of sales. Second computing means for causing the first storage means to store the degree of stock in association with the product information, and each of the terminal devices includes second communication means for sending a product information transmission request to the search server. The search server includes a acquiring unit that acquires user information from the database in response to the product information transmission request, and a second storage unit that searches for product information corresponding to the user information from the first storage unit via the product attribute. And a second communication means for transmitting the retrieved product information and the inventory level corresponding to the product information to the terminal device, each of the terminal devices received from the search server. Display means for displaying product information and the degree of stock is further provided.

  Preferably, the calculation means calculates a ratio of the inventory quantity to the sales quantity, and determines a grade of the inventory in stages according to the ratio.

Preferably, the user information includes physical condition, preference, and purchase desired product genre.
Preferably, the second communication unit makes an order request for the product to the search server in response to an order command for the product input from the outside, and the third communication unit transfers the order request to the store server, The store server further includes order receiving means for receiving an order request.

  Preferably, the second communication unit makes a settlement request for the order to the search server in response to a settlement command for the order input from the outside, and the search server further includes a settlement unit for performing a settlement process in response to the settlement request. The payment means transmits a payment notification indicating whether or not the payment processing has been completed to the terminal device and the store server via the third communication means, and the display means can receive the payment notification and complete the payment processing. Display whether or not.

  Preferably, each of the store servers accepts a settlement notice and third storage means for storing the merchandise information including the merchandise name and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period in association with each other. And store control means for updating the inventory information in the third storage means.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a terminal device that can be connected to a search server via a network, the second communication means for transmitting a product information transmission request to the search server, and received from the search server, The second storage means for storing the product information including the product name, the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period in association with each other, and the stepwise inventory based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity First calculating means for calculating the degree and storing the degree of inventory in the storage means in association with the commodity information, and display means for displaying the commodity information and the degree of inventory are provided.

  Preferably, the calculating means calculates a ratio of the number of stocks to the number of sales, and determines a grade of stock in stages according to the ratio.

  Preferably, the second storage unit stores the input user information and the product attribute corresponding to the product information received from the search server, and the terminal device receives the product attribute from the second storage unit. The first search means for searching for product information corresponding to the user information is further provided, and the display means displays the searched product information and the stock level corresponding to the product information.

  Preferably, the terminal device further includes terminal control means for invalidating the first search means in response to an instruction to display all product information from the outside, and the display means is configured to Store information, product information, and stock level stored in the storage means are displayed.

Preferably, the user information includes physical condition, preference, and purchase desired product genre.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product information providing program for displaying product information on a terminal device, a step of transmitting a product information transmission request to a search server, and a product name received from the search server Product information including the inventory quantity and inventory information including the sales quantity within a predetermined period in association with each other, and a stepwise inventory level is calculated based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity. The terminal device is caused to perform a step of storing the degree of the product information in association with the product information and a step of displaying the product information and the stock level.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product information providing method using a terminal device that displays product information received from a search server, wherein the terminal device includes a communication unit that receives product information from the search server; A storage unit that stores product information, a control unit that controls the terminal device, and a display unit that displays product information. In the product information providing method, the communication unit transmits a product information transmission request to the search server. A step in which the storage unit stores the product information including the product name received from the search server and the inventory information including the number of stocks and the number of sales within a predetermined period in association with each other; Based on the number and the number of sales, the step of calculating the level of inventory in stages, storing the level of inventory in the storage unit in association with the product information, and the display unit displays the product information and the level of inventory Steps, Provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is easy for the user of the terminal device to grasp the possibility that a product desired to be purchased will be sold out within a certain period.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and when the names and functions of the parts are the same, detailed description of the parts will not be repeated.

[Embodiment 1]
<Overall configuration>
First, the overall configuration of the product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment. The product information providing system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices 10a, 10b,..., A search server 20, a plurality of store servers 40a, 40b, and expert servers 50a, 50b,. Are configured to communicate with each other. However, the network that connects the plurality of terminal devices 10a, 10b,... And the search server 20 and the network that connects the search server 20 and the plurality of store servers 40a, 40b,. It may be done. In the following description, each of the terminal devices 10a, 10b,... Is collectively referred to as the terminal device 10 when the configurations and functions of the terminal devices 10a, 10b,. And when describing each structure and function of store server 40a, 40b ..., each of store server 40a, 40b ... is collectively called store server 40, and expert server 50a, 50b ... In describing each configuration and function, each of the expert servers 50a, 50b,... Is collectively referred to as an expert server 50.

  In the product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the terminal device 10 has the user's physical condition, the user's preference, the user's desired product genre, etc. Based on the store information received from the search server 20, the product information of the product handled by the store, and the data regarding the inventory information of the product based on the product (for example, preference information)) (for example, This is a system for selecting product information such as food, beverages, clothes, and menus and presenting it to the user. The merchandise information providing process performed by the merchandise information providing system 1 is realized by software executed on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation constituting each terminal device 10 and the servers 20, 30, 40, 50.

  In order to obtain necessary information (store information, product information, inventory information) via the terminal device 10, the user uses the network 60 to send a product information transmission request (product information transmission message) to the search server 20. Do it.

  The search server 20 wants the user to purchase store servers 40a, 40b,... That handle product information such as retail stores and department stores near the place where the user (terminal device 10) is currently staying. A request is made to transmit product information belonging to the product genre (purchase product genre). Store servers 40a, 40b,... Such as retail stores, department stores, restaurants, etc. transmit store information, product information related to the product, and inventory information related to the product to the search server 20 in advance. Alternatively, the store server 40 transmits store information, product information related to the product, and inventory information related to the product to the search server 20 in response to a request from the search server 20.

  In response to the product information transmission request message from the terminal device 10, the search server 20 transmits various information related to the product received from the store server 40 to the terminal device 10. Then, the user can reserve the product, order it, and make a payment by looking at the product information and the inventory information sent from the search server 20 and the store server 40 via the terminal devices 10a and 10b. .

  In addition, when the user wants to consider the opinions of experts when purchasing products (food ingredients, etc.), the user can transmit the contents to be consulted to the expert servers 50a and 50b in advance. It is also possible to obtain expert opinions accumulated in the expert servers 50a and 50b. A configuration for referring to the opinions of experts is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-259777 (Patent Document 2).

  In the present embodiment, user information related to users for each terminal device 10 is stored in a user database 34 provided in the database server 30, but the user database 34 itself is separate from the search storage unit 24. The user information and the user database 34 may be stored in the search storage unit 24 of the search server 20. Here, the user information includes a user identifier and “various preference information for each user”, and as described above, “various preference information for each user” refers to each user input to the terminal device 10. It is a concept that includes physical condition, preferences, desired product genre, etc.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the terminal device 10 searches for and displays store information, product information, and inventory information recommended for each user from various information transmitted from the search server 20 to the terminal device 10. To do. On the other hand, in the second embodiment to be described later, the search server 20 searches store information, product information, and inventory information recommended for each user from various information stored in the search server 20, and the terminal device 10 Send to.

  FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a mobile phone 10a that is an example of the terminal device 10 and a personal computer 10c that is an example of the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 2A shows a hardware configuration of the terminal device 10a realized by a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. On the other hand, FIG. 2B shows a hardware configuration of the terminal device 10c realized by a personal computer.

  Note that the hardware configuration of the search server 20, the database server 30, the store server 40, and the expert server 50 realized by a personal computer, workstation, or the like is the same as that shown in FIG. The description of the hardware configuration of 20, the database server 30, the store server 40, and the expert server 50 will not be repeated.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the terminal device 10a is, for example, a mobile phone or PDA, and includes a monitor 11a, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12a, a key 13a, and the like connected to each other via an internal bus 18a. RAM 14a, ROM 15a, and communication interface 16a.

  The monitor 11a is composed of a liquid crystal panel and a CRT, and displays information output by the CPU 12a. The key 13a receives information from the user by key input. The RAM 14a stores various information and databases. The ROM 15a stores a program executed by the CPU 12a.

  The CPU 12a controls each element of the terminal device 10a, and is a device that performs various calculations. Further, as will be described later, the CPU 12a performs merchandise information transmission request processing, search processing, reservation / order processing, settlement processing, and the like, and outputs the processing results to the monitor 11a via the internal bus 18a. More specifically, the above-described various processes are performed by, for example, temporarily reading a control program related to various processing procedures stored in the ROM 15a into the RAM 14a and executing the read control program on the CPU 12a. Is realized.

  The communication interface 16a converts information output from the CPU 12a into an electrical signal, and is also a device that converts information output from the CPU 12a into a signal that can be used by other devices. The communication interface 16a is also a device that receives information input from the outside of the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment and converts the information into information that can be used by the CPU 12a.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the terminal device 10c is, for example, a personal computer or a workstation, and includes an FD (Flexible Disk) driving device 111c and a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory) driving device 113c. A computer main body 19c, a monitor 11c, a keyboard 13c, and a mouse 17c. In addition to the FD driving device 111c and the CD-ROM driving device 113c, the computer main body 19c communicates with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12c, a memory 14c, and a fixed disk 15c, which are connected to each other via an internal bus 18c. Interface 16c. The FD 112 is attached to the FD driving device 111c. A CD-ROM 114 is attached to the CD-ROM drive device 113c.

  Since each of search server 20, database server 30, store server 40, and expert server 50 has the same configuration as terminal device 10c as shown in FIG. 2B, description thereof will not be repeated.

  The monitor 11c is composed of a liquid crystal panel and a CRT, and displays information output by the CPU 12c. The keyboard 13c receives information from the user by key input. The mouse 17c receives information from the user when clicked or slid. The memory 14c stores various information. The fixed disk 15c stores a program executed by the CPU 12c and a database.

  The CPU 12c controls each element of the terminal device 10c, and is a device that performs various calculations. Further, as will be described later, the CPU 12c performs product information transmission request processing, search processing, reservation / order processing, settlement processing, and the like. The processing results are sent to the monitor 11c via the internal bus 18c. Output. More specifically, in the various processes described above, for example, a control program related to various processing procedures stored in the fixed disk 15c is once read into the memory 14c, and the read control program is executed on the CPU 12c. Is realized.

  The communication interface 16c converts information output from the CPU 12c into an electrical signal, and is also a device that converts information output from the CPU 12c into a signal that can be used by other devices. The communication interface 16c is also a device that receives information input from the outside of the terminal device 10c according to the present embodiment and converts the information into information that can be used by the CPU 12c. In addition, an output device other than the monitor 11c such as a printer can be connected to the terminal device 10c as necessary.

  As already described, the product information providing system 1 and the product information providing process (including various processes) according to the present embodiment are realized by computer hardware and software executed by the CPUs 12a and 12c. Generally, such software is stored in a recording medium such as the FD 112 or the CD-ROM 114, or is distributed via a network or the like. The software is read from the recording medium by the FD driving device 111c or the CD-ROM driving device 113c or received by the communication interfaces 16a and 16c and stored in the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c. Then, it is read from the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c and executed by the CPUs 12a and 12c.

  That is, the hardware itself of the terminal devices 10a and 10c, the search server 20, the database server 30, the store server 40, and the expert server 50 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B is general. Therefore, the most essential part of the present invention is software recorded on a recording medium such as the FD 112, the CD-ROM 114, the ROM 15a, and the fixed disk 15c, or provided through a network.

<Functional configuration>
Next, each function which the terminal device 10, the search server 20, and the shop server 40 which concern on this Embodiment have is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functional configurations of the terminal device 10, the search server 20, and the store server 40 according to the present embodiment. More specifically, FIG. 3A is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the terminal devices 10a, 10b..., And FIG. 3B is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the search server 20, FIG. 3C is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the store servers 40a and 40b.

  In the present embodiment, various processing functions constituting the product information providing process are realized by software executed on a computer (CPU 12a, 12c) such as a personal computer or a workstation. Some or all of the functions and processing of each step may be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit or the like instead of being realized by the CPUs 12a and 12c and software.

<Functional Configuration of Terminal Device 10>
As shown in FIG. 3A, the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment includes a display unit 11, a terminal control unit 12, a terminal input unit 13, a terminal storage unit 14, and a terminal communication unit 16. It is prepared for. The terminal control unit 12 includes a terminal search unit 121 and a terminal calculation unit 122. Hereinafter, each function of the terminal device 10 will be described.

  First, the display unit 11 is realized by, for example, the monitors 11a and 11c and the CPUs 12a and 12c. More specifically, the control program read from the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c is displayed on the CPUs 12a and 12c. The program is executed and is realized by controlling the monitors 11a and 11c. That is, the program stored in the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c is once read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c, and the CPUs 12a and 12c sequentially execute the program while reading the program from the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. Function is realized.

  With the above configuration, the display unit 11 displays the product information and the stock level corresponding to the product information. Here, the “inventory level” indicates the ease of selling out for each product in a stepwise manner, and is displayed as “level” as shown in FIG. 15 in the present embodiment. The display unit 11 displays the store information, the product information, and the stock level corresponding to various types of preference information for each user stored in the terminal storage unit 14 searched by the terminal search unit 121. . And the display part 11 displays the said store information memorize | stored in the said terminal memory | storage part 14, the said merchandise information, and the amount of the stock according to the command to display all the merchandise information from the outside. The display unit 11 receives a settlement notification from the search server 20 and displays whether or not the settlement process has been completed.

  Specifically, the display unit 11 displays the following screen. FIG. 4 is an image diagram showing a user information input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays the user information input screen and accepts selection of user information from the user. FIG. 5 is an image diagram showing a user status input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 11 displays the user status input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 selects the user status from the user. Accept. FIG. 6 is an image diagram showing a preference input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 11 displays the preference input screen and accepts a favorite input from the user. FIG. 7 is an image diagram showing a product genre input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 7, the display unit 11 displays the product genre input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 displays the product genre desired to be purchased from the user. Accept input.

  FIG. 8 is an image diagram showing a meal input screen and a healthy food input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 8A, the display unit 11 displays the meal input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 is a user. Accept meal type selection from. Moreover, as shown in FIG.8 (b), the display part 11 displays the said healthy food input screen, and the terminal input part 13 receives selection of the kind of healthy food from a user. FIG. 9 is an image diagram showing a physical condition input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 9, the display unit 11 displays the physical condition input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 receives an input of the physical condition from the user. . FIG. 10 is an image diagram showing a user request input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 10, the display unit 11 displays the user request input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 desires an opinion from a user from an expert. The selection of whether or not to do is accepted. FIG. 11 is an image diagram showing a download menu input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 11, the display unit 11 displays a download menu input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 selects a menu that the user desires to download. Accept. FIG. 12 is an image diagram showing a user information confirmation screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 12, the display unit 11 displays the user information confirmation screen, and the terminal input unit 13 sends the user information to the search server 20. A selection as to whether or not to transmit is accepted.

  FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing a recommended selection screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 13, the display unit 11 displays the recommended selection screen, and the terminal input unit 13 displays only recommended products by the user. A selection as to whether or not display is desired is accepted. FIG. 14 is an image diagram showing a display order input screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 14, the display unit 11 displays the display order input screen, and the terminal input unit 13 displays product information desired by the user. Accept order selection. FIG. 15 is an image diagram showing a recommended product display screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 15, the display unit 11 displays the recommended product display screen, and the terminal input unit 13 allows the user to select a product. Accept. At this time, on the recommended product display screen, the product name (name), the number of inventory, the degree of inventory (the amount of inventory), the recommendation level (matching rate for various taste information for each user), store name, unit price, check A column etc. are displayed. The user can grasp at a glance the degree of stock on the recommended product display screen of the ease of being sold out (degree of stock) for each product. With respect to the product selected by the user, a display indicating that the product has been selected by check check is displayed.

  FIG. 16 is an image diagram showing an ordering screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 16, the display unit 11 displays the ordering screen, and the terminal input unit 13 accepts an input of the order quantity for each ordered product by the user. . More specifically, the display unit 11 lists and displays only the products selected (checked) on the recommended product display screen, and the terminal input unit 13 receives a necessary number of inputs from the user. FIG. 17 is an image diagram showing an order confirmation screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 17, the display unit 11 displays the order confirmation screen, and the terminal input unit 13 inputs the order product and the order quantity by the user. Accept confirmation. FIG. 18 is an image diagram showing a purchase failure screen and a purchase completion screen in the terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 18A, the display unit 11 cannot successfully complete the purchase processing in the search server 20 and the store server 40. As shown in FIG. 18B, the display unit 11 displays that the purchase processing in the search server 20 and the store server 40 has been completed normally.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal control unit 12 is realized by, for example, CPUs 12a and 12c and a control program read out to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal control unit 12 receives from the search server 20 the store information, the product information, the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period, and a product attribute corresponding to the product information. Are associated with each other and stored in the terminal storage unit 14 or the terminal storage unit 14 is updated.

  The terminal control unit 12 includes a terminal search unit 121 and a terminal calculation unit 122. The terminal calculation unit 122 calculates a grade of stock in stages based on the stock quantity and the sales quantity, and stores the stock degree in the terminal storage unit 14 in association with the product information. The terminal search unit 121 (first search unit) searches the terminal storage unit 14 for product information corresponding to the user information via the product attribute. And the terminal control part 12 invalidates the function of the terminal search part 121 according to the instruction | indication to display all the merchandise information from the outside via the terminal input part 13. FIG.

More specifically, the terminal calculation unit 122 calculates a ratio of the inventory quantity to the sales quantity, and determines a grade of inventory in stages according to the ratio. The terminal calculation unit 122 calculates the ratio based on the following formula.
(Percentage) = (Number of stocks) / (Number of sales in a given period)
The predetermined period is a predetermined period, and in the present embodiment, the predetermined period is the latest (latest) week. The terminal calculation unit 122 associates the first mark as the stock level when the ratio is greater than 3, and associates the second mark as the stock level when the ratio is 2 or more and less than 3. When the ratio is 1 or more and less than 2, the third mark is associated with the inventory level, and when the ratio is less than 1, the fourth mark is associated with the inventory level.

  The terminal input unit 13 is realized by, for example, the key 13a, the CPUs 12a and 12c, and the control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal input unit 13 accepts selection and input of various information from the user to the terminal control unit 12. Send. For example, input of the user's physical condition, the user's preference, and the user's desired purchase item genre, which are the various types of preference information for each user, is received via the display unit 11.

  The terminal storage unit 14 (second storage unit) is realized by at least one of the ROM 15a, the RAM 14a, the fixed disk 15c, and the memory 14c, for example. The terminal storage unit 14 stores the store information, the product information, and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period received from the search server 20. Further, the terminal storage unit 14 stores the stock level in association with the product information. In addition, the terminal storage unit 14 stores user information input based on the input screen and product attributes corresponding to the product information received from the search server 20.

  FIG. 19 is an image diagram showing product names stored in the terminal storage unit 14 and keywords corresponding to those products. Here, the keyword corresponding to the product refers to a product attribute set in advance for each product in the store server 40. For example, the product AAA includes keywords such as “chocolate”, “sweet”, “cacao”, “healing”, and “sleep”. Correspondence information between such product information and keywords (product attributes) is also transmitted from the store server 40 to the terminal device 10 via the search server 20.

  The terminal storage unit 14 also stores the input user's physical condition, user's preference, purchase desired product genre, and the like. FIG. 20 is an image diagram showing user preferences and keywords corresponding to those preferences stored in the terminal storage unit 14. For example, “Japan” on the meal input screen includes keywords such as “healing”, “wa”, “easy”, “temple”, and “silk”. Such correspondence information between user information and keywords is transmitted from the search server 20 when the menu is downloaded.

  As described above, the terminal search unit 121 according to the present embodiment searches for at least the store information, the product information, and the inventory level corresponding to the user's various types of preference information by using keywords and products corresponding to the preference information. More products are hit by using keywords corresponding to information (product names).

  FIG. 21 shows the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the predetermined period received from the search server 20 (each of the store servers 40a, 40b...) Stored in the terminal storage unit 14. It is an image figure which shows the database which stores the said inventory information containing the said sales number in the inside, and the grade of the stock calculated and memorize | stored by the said terminal calculating part 122 mutually matched.

  The terminal communication unit 16 is realized by, for example, communication interfaces 16a and 16c, CPUs 12a and 12c, and a control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal communication unit 16 transmits a product information transmission request including the user identifier to the search server 20. In response to the product information transmission request, the terminal communication unit 16 receives the store information received from each of the plurality of store servers 40a and 40b from the search server 20, the product information, the inventory quantity, and a predetermined period. The inventory information including the number of items sold and the product attributes corresponding to the product information are received. The terminal communication unit 16 issues an order request for the product to the search server 20 in response to an order command input by the user via the order confirmation screen in FIG. The terminal communication unit 16 makes a settlement request for the order to the search server in response to a settlement command for the order input from the outside.

<Functional Configuration of Search Server 20>
As shown in FIG. 3B, the search server 20 according to the present embodiment includes a search control unit 22, a search storage unit 24, and a search communication unit 26. The search control unit 22 has a settlement unit 223. Hereinafter, each function of the search server 20 will be described.

  The search control unit 22 is realized by, for example, the CPU 12c and a control program read to the memory 14c. The search control unit 22 receives the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period, received from each of the plurality of shop servers 40a, 40b. The product attributes corresponding to the product information are associated with each other for each product and stored in the search storage unit 24 or the search storage unit 24 is updated.

  The search control unit 22 includes a settlement unit 223. The settlement unit 223 performs a settlement process in response to a settlement request from the terminal device 10 and transmits whether or not the settlement process has been completed to the terminal apparatus 10 and the store server 40.

  The search storage unit 24 is realized by at least one of the fixed disk 15c and the memory 14c, for example. The search storage unit 24 receives the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period, received from each of the plurality of shop servers 40a, 40b. The product attributes corresponding to the product information are stored in association with each other for each product.

  Specifically, the search storage unit 24, as shown in FIG. 21, receives the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the pre-stored information received from each of the plurality of store servers 40a, 40b. A database for storing the inventory information including the number of sales within a predetermined period is stored in association with each other.

  Further, the search storage unit 24 stores the location (address or zip code) of the store having the store server 40, and the search control unit 22 grasps the location of the terminal device 10 from the product information transmission request, and the terminal device The product information of only the store located near the location (address or postal code) of the 10 locations is transmitted to the terminal device 10. The search control unit 22 may determine that it is close when the municipalities are the same, may determine that it is close when the prefectures are the same, or when a part of the zip code is the same You may judge that it is near.

  The search communication unit 26 is realized by, for example, the communication interface 16c, the CPU 12c, and a control program read to the memory 14c. In response to the product information transmission request, the search communication unit 26 stores the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the inventory information within the predetermined period, which is stored in the search storage unit 24. And the product attribute corresponding to the product information are associated with each other and transmitted to the terminal device 10. The search communication unit 26 transmits a product attribute corresponding to the product information to the terminal device 10. The search communication unit 26 transfers the order request to the store server 40.

<Functional configuration of store server 40>
As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the store server 40 according to the present embodiment includes a store control unit 42, a store input unit 43, a store storage unit 44, and a store communication unit 46. Yes. The store control unit 42 includes an order receiving unit 424. Hereinafter, each function of the store server 40 will be described.

  The store control unit 42 is realized by, for example, the CPU 12c and a control program read to the memory 14c. The store control unit 42 includes store information (store name, location, etc.) regarding the store having the store server 40, the product information (product name, price, expiration date, evaluation by the user, size, etc.), the number of stocks, The inventory information including the number of sales within a predetermined period and various types of preference information suitable for each product are associated with each other and stored in the store storage unit 44 or the store storage unit 44 is updated.

  The store control unit 42 includes an order receiving unit 424. The order receiving unit 424 receives the order request transmitted from the terminal device 10 via the search server 20 and stores the order details in the store storage unit 44. Then, the store control unit 42 receives a settlement notification from the search server 20 and updates the inventory information in the store storage unit 44. More specifically, the store control unit 42 receives a settlement notification, decreases the number of stocks for each product stored in the store storage unit 44, and increases the sales history within the predetermined period.

  The store input unit 43 is realized by, for example, the keyboard 13c, the CPUs 12a and 12c, and the control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c, and receives selection and input of various information from the store operator. It transmits to the control part 42. For example, store information, the product information, an update of the inventory information, a product attribute corresponding to the product information, and the like are input.

  The store storage unit 44 is realized by at least one of the fixed disk 15c and the memory 14c, for example. The store storage unit 44 receives the input from the store input unit 43, the store information, the product information, the inventory information including the inventory number and the sales number within a predetermined period, and the product corresponding to the product information. The attributes are stored in association with each other.

  The store communication unit 46 is realized by, for example, the communication interface 16c, the CPU 12c, and a control program read to the memory 14c. In response to a product information transmission request from the search server 20 or in response to an input from the store input unit 43, the store communication unit 46 stores the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the predetermined number of periods. The inventory information including the number of sales is sent to the search server 20 in association with each product. The store communication unit 46 also transmits the product attribute corresponding to the product information to the search server 20 in association with the product information.

<Product information acquisition processing>
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a product information acquisition process in the terminal devices 10a and 10b. As shown in FIG. 22, first, the terminal device 10 accepts input of various types of preference information such as the user's physical condition, preference, and product genre from the user (step 102, step is hereinafter abbreviated as S). For example, when the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 11 of the terminal device 10a, 10c, the user of the terminal device 10a, 10b selects the menu desired to be input, Input each menu. The terminal devices 10a and 10c read the input user information data (S104), and store various input preference information for each user in the terminal storage unit 14. Details of each menu in the user information data reading process (S104) will be described below.

  When “1. User status” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed on the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays the user status input screen shown in FIG. In the state where the user state input screen is displayed, the user can select any one of “very good”, “good”, “normal”, “bad”, and “very bad” as the user state (physical condition of the user), for example. Select or and press the “Add” button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10 a and 10 c accepts the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the user state (user physical condition) in the terminal storage unit 14. The display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again when the “add” button is pressed.

  In the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, when “2. Preference” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed, the display unit 11 displays the preference input screen shown in FIG. In the state where the preference input screen is displayed, the user selects, for example, “Japan”, “Asia”, “Europe”, “Africa”, “Other” as the user's preference, and “Add” I press the button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10 a and 10 c accepts the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the user preference in the terminal storage unit 14. When the user selects “Others” and presses the “Add” button, the display unit 11 displays buttons such as “North America”, “South America”, “China”, “Others”, etc. Screen) may be displayed. The display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again when the “add” button is pressed. Here, the user may be able to select a plurality of items.

  When “3. Product genre” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed on the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays the purchase desired product genre input screen shown in FIG. 7. Then, in a state where the purchase desired product genre input screen is displayed, the user selects, for example, “meal”, “clothes”, or “other” as the product genre that the user desires to purchase, and “add” I press the button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10 a and 10 c accepts the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the user's purchase desired product genre in the terminal storage unit 14. When the user selects “Others” and presses the “Add” button, the display unit 11 displays buttons such as “Furniture”, “Accessories”, “Tickets”, “Others”, etc. Screen) may be displayed. Here, the user may be able to select a plurality of items.

  In response to the “add” button being pressed, the display unit 11 displays a more detailed selection screen for a desired purchase item genre (for example, a meal input screen or a healthy food input screen) as shown in FIG. . For example, in the state where the meal input screen as shown in FIG. 8A is displayed, for example, “healthy food”, “kokori”, “lightly”, “other” as the meal that the user desires to purchase. Select one of them and press the “Add” button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10 a and 10 c accepts the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the user's purchase desired product genre in the terminal storage unit 14. When the user selects “Other” and presses the “Add” button, the display unit 11 displays the next page (for example, a screen on which buttons such as “Spicy”, “Sweet”, and “Other” are displayed). It may be displayed. Here, the user may be able to select a plurality of items.

  Then, the display unit 11 displays a healthy food input screen as shown in FIG. 8B in response to selection of “healthy food” and pressing of the “add” button on the meal input screen. For example, in the state in which the healthy food input screen as shown in FIG. 8B is displayed, for example, the user has “high blood pressure”, “diabetes”, and “health maintenance” as health states that the user is aware of every day. Select “Other” and press “Add” button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10a and 10c receives the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the health state that the user is aware of in the terminal storage unit 14. When the user selects “Other” and presses the “Add” button, the display unit 11 displays buttons such as “calorie”, “stamina”, “diet”, and “skin age” on the next page. Screen) may be displayed. Here, the user may be able to select a plurality of items. The display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again when the “add” button is pressed.

  The above operations in the terminal devices 10a and 10b are the same when other selection items in “3. Genre” are selected.

  In the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, when “4. User status” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed, the display unit 11 displays the status input screen shown in FIG. 9. Then, in the state where the physical condition input screen is displayed, the user, for example, the user's physical condition is “height”, “weight”, “maximum blood pressure”, “minimum blood pressure”, “blood glucose level”, “total cholesterol”. Enter the value of and press the “Add” button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10 a and 10 c accepts input of each value and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the user's condition in the terminal storage unit 14. Here, only the items desired by the user can be input, stored and updated, and the display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again in response to the “add” button being pressed. indicate.

  When “5. User request” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed on the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays the user request input screen shown in FIG. In the state where the user request input screen is displayed, the user selects, for example, “contact an expert” or “others” as a service desired by the user, and presses the “add” button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10a and 10c receives the selection and pressing of the “add” button, and stores and updates the service desired by the user in the terminal storage unit 14. The display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again when the “add” button is pressed.

  In the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, when “0. Download” is selected and the “Confirm” button is pressed, the display unit 11 displays the download menu input screen shown in FIG. In the state where the download menu input screen is displayed, the user selects, for example, “user state”, “preference”, or “product genre” as the latest menu selection screen desired by the user, "I press the button. The terminal control unit 12 of the terminal devices 10a and 10c receives the selection and pressing of the “Send” button, and sends a message requesting the transmission of the latest information on the selected menu screen via the terminal communication unit 16 to the search server 20. Send to. The display unit 11 displays the user information input screen again in response to the “Send” button being pressed.

  When the “Send” button is pressed on the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays the user information confirmation screen shown in FIG. 12. Then, the user sees the user information confirmation screen shown in FIG. 12, confirms the contents of the user information, and then presses the “Send” button. When the “Send” button is pressed on the user information confirmation screen, the terminal control unit 12 accepts the press of the “Send” button, and the user status (user physical condition), user preference, desired product category, user body A product information transmission request message including information such as status and user request is created. However, the terminal control unit 12 accepts the pressing of the “Send” button, and stores the user information such as the user state (physical condition of the user), the user's preference, the desired product category, the user condition, the user request, etc. The configuration may be stored in the unit 14.

  In the present embodiment, a screen for selecting whether or not to request only recommended products shown in FIG. 13 is also displayed. When the “YES” button is pressed, the fact that the user desires to display only recommended information is stored in the terminal storage unit 14, and when the “NO” button is pressed, the user displays all information. Is stored in the terminal storage unit 14.

  When the “YES” or “NO” button is pressed, a display order input screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. When the display order of the product information is selected, the display order desired by the user is stored in the terminal storage unit 14.

  In the present embodiment, the product information transmission request message transmitted from the terminal communication unit 16 to the search server 20 stores a message requesting transmission of information related to the product. By transmitting the product information transmission request message, The terminal devices 10a and 10c request transmission of information related to the product (S108). However, only user information may be transmitted from the terminal device 10 to the search server 20 in advance, and in this case, a product information transmission request message including a user identifier for identifying the user is transmitted from the terminal device 10. (S108). The product information transmission request message may include a terminal identifier for specifying the terminal device 10. Thereafter, product information is received from the search server 20, and product search / list creation processing is performed (S110).

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a product search / list creation process (S110) in the terminal device 10. Below, the merchandise list creation process in the terminal device 10 will be described. Here, the search server 20 stores in advance store information for specifying each store, product information including the product name of the product, the number of stocks, and a predetermined period from each of the store servers 40a and 40b. The inventory information including the number of sales and the appropriate various preference information are received in association with each other. Alternatively, the search server 20 responds to a product information transmission request from the terminal device 10, stores information for specifying each store in each of the store servers 40 a and 40 b, and product information including the product name of the product The inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period is transmitted in association with various appropriate taste information.

  In the present embodiment, the search server 20 searches for product information and the like from the store server 40 of the store in the area where the user (terminal device 10) is currently staying, in accordance with the user information (area information). Received via the communication unit 26. More specifically, the location information where the terminal device 10 is located is always sent from the terminal device 10 to the search server 20 by LCS (GPS or Cell ID method), and the search server 20 is the user (terminal device 10). It is preferable to select the target store servers 40a and 40b from the search storage unit 24 in accordance with the stay location (location information).

  First, the terminal device 10 transmits a product information transmission request message, receives all the product information transmitted from the search server 20 by the plurality of store servers 40a, 40b, and stores them in the terminal storage unit 14. . (S202). And based on the information memorize | stored in the terminal memory | storage part 14, it is judged whether the user desires only recommended goods (S204). If it is determined that the user desires to send only recommended products (YES in S204), keywords for each product as shown in FIG. 19 are extracted (S206). The user's physical condition and user preference stored in the terminal storage unit 14 are extracted, and keywords corresponding to the user's various preference information as shown in FIG. 20 are extracted (S210). On the other hand, if the user does not want to send only recommended products (NO in S204), the search by terminal search unit 121 is invalidated and all product lists received from search server 20 are displayed (S208). ).

  Next, with respect to each of the products stored in the terminal storage unit 14, whether or not the product is suitable for the purchase desired product genre, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference through the keyword. Judgment is made (S212). Here, for each of the products, it is calculated whether or not the keywords match. If the product to be judged is a product suitable for the desired product category, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference (YES in S212), a flag is set as “user recommended product” (S214). . More specifically, “1” is stored in a flag area generated for each product for a product having a keyword that matches the keyword of the user's preference information. On the other hand, if the product to be judged is not a product suitable for the desired product genre, user's physical condition, and user's preference (NO in S212), a flag is set as “user non-recommended product”. (S216). More specifically, for example, “0” is stored in a flag area generated for each product.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the determination as to whether or not it corresponds to the user's various types of preference information has been completed for all products (S218). If the determination is complete (YES in S218), a recommended product list is created (S220), and then the recommended product list is displayed on the terminal device 10 (S222). On the other hand, if the determination is not completed (NO in S218), it is determined whether or not the product corresponds to the above-described various preference information for the next product (product having the next product ID or the like). (S212 to S218).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing recommended product list creation processing (S220) in the terminal device 10. The terminal control part 12 (terminal search part 121) picks up the goods with the said flag raised among the goods memorize | stored in the terminal memory | storage part 14 (S302). The terminal control unit 12 (terminal search unit 121) calculates the number of products picked up in S302 (S304). Thereby, it can be determined whether or not the picked-up product fits within one page of the display unit 11. The terminal control unit 12 (terminal search unit 121) calculates the match rate between the keyword of the product picked up in S302 (the flag is set (checked) in S214) and the keyword of the user preference information (S306). ). More specifically, for example, the terminal search unit 121 calculates, as the match rate, the ratio of the number that matches the product keyword to the total number of keywords corresponding to the user preference information. The terminal control unit 12 (terminal search unit 121) extracts products whose matching rate calculated in S306 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and creates a list of the products (S308).

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a recommended product list display process (S222 / S112) in the terminal device 10. The terminal control unit 12 extracts a priority item desired by the user from the product information transmission request message (S402). The terminal control unit 12 rearranges (sorts) the created product list based on the priority items (S404). The display unit 11 displays the rearranged recommended product list (S406).

  As shown in FIG. 22, when the terminal device 10 creates a recommended product list (S110), the terminal device 10 stores the recommended product list in the terminal storage unit 14, and the display unit 11 stores the recommended product list as shown in FIG. A recommended product list is displayed (S112). Thereby, the user of the terminal device 10 can grasp at a glance how easily the product is sold out.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, when the terminal control unit 12 receives a product selection command (S114), an order / settlement process via the terminal communication unit 16 is performed (S116). More specifically, after listing the products checked in the recommended display screen shown in FIG. 15, the terminal device 10 receives an input of the necessary number of each product from the user as shown in FIG. 16. Then, as shown in FIG. 17, the order / settlement process is started by pressing the order button in the order confirmation scene (S116).

  FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing order / settlement processing (S116) in the terminal device 10, the search server 20, and the store server 40. First, the search server 20 receives a product information transmission request from the terminal device 10 and receives inventory information from the store servers 40a and 40b (S108 (S608)). And as shown in FIG. 15, the display part 11 displays a recommendation display screen, and requests | requires the input of purchase information (S112 (S612)). As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, when purchase information is input via the terminal input unit 13 (S510), that is, purchase request information (desired product name, desired price, desired quantity) that the user desires to purchase is displayed. When input to the terminal device 10 via the terminal input unit 13, the terminal communication unit 16 transmits the input information to the search server 20 (S512).

  In the search server 20, the search communication unit 26 receives the purchase request information (S514), and transfers the purchase request information to the store server 40 corresponding to the store selling the desired product (S516). In the store server 40, the store communication unit 46 receives the purchase request information (S518), and the store control unit 42 checks the store storage unit 44 to determine whether or not the desired product is still in stock. Is determined (S520). If the product has already been sold (NO in S520), a non-sale notification is sent to the terminal device via the search server 20 (S524). In the terminal device 10, the terminal communication unit 16 receives the non-sale notification and displays that the display unit 11 could not purchase the product as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the store control unit 42 confirms that the desired product is in stock (YES in S520), the store communication unit 46 notifies the search server 20 that the desired product can be sold (purchased). In step S526, the search communication unit 26 of the search server 20 receives the notification and transfers the notification to the terminal device 10 (S528, S530).

  In the terminal device 10, the display unit 11 displays that the desired product can be purchased, and the terminal input unit 13 receives a settlement request from the user (S532). When a payment request is input to the terminal device 10 by the user, a payment request message is transmitted to the search server 20 (S532), and the payment unit 223 of the search server 20 performs a payment process in response to the payment request message (S534). ). More specifically, the settlement unit 223 inquires of an external settlement organization whether settlement is possible via the search communication unit 26, and receives information about whether settlement is possible (S536).

  When payment is possible (in the case of YES on the right side in S536), the search server 20 transmits a payment enable notification to the store server 40, and the store control unit 42 of the store server 40 accepts the payment enable notification (S538). The inventory information in the store storage unit 44 is updated (S540). If payment is possible (if YES at S536), the search server 20 transmits a purchase completion notification to the terminal device 10, and the terminal communication unit 16 of the terminal device 10 accepts the purchase completion notification. (S542) As shown in FIG. 18B, the display unit 11 displays a purchase completion screen (S544). On the other hand, if payment is impossible (NO in S536), the search server 20 transmits a purchase impossible notification to the terminal device 10, and the display unit displays a purchase impossible screen as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

  In the product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user is freed from the trouble of paying with cash. In the terminal device 10, after the purchase process is completed, the product information ordered by the terminal control unit 12 is stored in the terminal storage unit 14. With such a configuration, the user can confirm the order history of the product and can confirm the paid price (settlement amount). In addition, since information can be accumulated and stored, the information can be used to change the user's physical condition, user's preference, and desired product category.

  In the present embodiment, the product information providing system 1 in which the terminal device 10 makes an order request to the store server 40 via the network 60 and makes a settlement request to the search server has been described. For example, the store server 40 is a store server 40 of a restaurant such as a restaurant, and the product information providing system 1 provides a menu of meals. ) Can also be performed. In this case, when making the reservation, the terminal device 10 may complete the settlement, or after the reservation, it is possible to perform only the settlement at the store.

  With such a configuration, a user can reserve a desired menu before going to a retail store, department store, or restaurant, so that it is possible to receive a product without waiting at the retail store, department store, or restaurant. And before a user goes to a retail store, a department store, or a restaurant, a desired menu can be reserved, and there is no worry that the stock will be exhausted or sold out.

  In addition to the terminal storage unit 14 provided in the main body of the terminal device 10, a storage unit that stores the user's physical condition, the user's preferences, and purchase desired products in advance or sequentially is attached to the terminal device 10 externally. It is preferable to adopt a configuration that can be stored in a possible storage medium. With such a configuration, data can be easily moved to the terminal device of another user.

  Further, the terminal control unit 12 of the terminal device 10 totals the order history of the product after ordering / settlement, totals the order history for each period and product specified by the user, and stores the total result in the terminal storage unit 14. Remember. With such a configuration, payment (settlement) histories such as daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly can be tabulated, and the user can use the terminal device 10 like a household account book. Then, from the history information, it is possible to check health conditions, calculate calories, check nutritional bias, and present recommended foods and beverages.

  When “contact an expert” is selected on the user request input screen shown in FIG. 10, the terminal communication unit 16 transmits a request message to the search server 20 to request an expert's opinion, and the search server 20 Transmits the request message together with the physical condition of each user to the expert server 50 via the network 60. The expert server transmits the opinion of the expert according to the physical condition of the user in the desired purchase item genre desired by the user to the terminal device 10 via the search server 20. With such a configuration, the terminal device 10 can display information that is efficient for the user from a professional viewpoint according to various applications.

  The terminal control unit 12 selects the various types of preference information or the keywords based on the expert's opinion when searching for information suitable for the user's various types of preference information from the various types of product information received from the search server 20. To do. The expert's opinion includes the expert's contact information (e-mail address, etc.), which allows the user of the terminal device 10 to directly consult the expert. In addition, the user can feed back the expert's opinions to the user's various preference information. That is, a more optimal search condition can be set. However, whether or not such information may be disclosed is configured so that an expert can select as appropriate.

  Further, the terminal storage unit 14 stores the store information and product information displayed on the display unit 11, so that retailers, department stores, restaurants, and the like that place products frequently used by the user at a timing desired by the user. It is also possible to provide this information to the user.

[Embodiment 2]
The second embodiment will be described below. Since the overall configuration of product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment is the same as that shown in Embodiment 1 and FIG. 1, description thereof will not be repeated here. The product information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment stores in the search server 20 based on information on the user status, user preferences, and user purchase desired product genres for each terminal device 10 stored in the user database 34. Search and extract products (for example, food, beverages, clothes, meal menus, etc.) that should be recommended to the user from the stored store information, the product information of the products handled by the store, and the data related to the inventory information of the products And a system for presenting information related to the searched product to the user via the terminal device 10. Similar to the first embodiment, the merchandise information providing process performed by the merchandise information providing system 1 is executed on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation configuring each terminal device 10 and the servers 20, 40, and 50. Realized by software.

  In order to obtain necessary information (store information, product information, and inventory information) using the terminal device 10, the user makes a request for sending product information (information request) to the search server 20 via the network 60. . At that time, the terminal device 10 transmits information on the user acquired in advance by the terminal device 10 and position information of the terminal device 10 to the user database 34 via the network 60.

  In accordance with the user information registered in the user database 34, the search server 20 provides a user with respect to store servers 40a, 40b, etc., such as retail stores and department stores that are close to the place where the user (terminal device 10) is currently staying. Asks to send information about the item they want to purchase. The store servers 40a, 40b,..., Such as retail stores and department stores, transmit store information, product information related to the product, and inventory information related to the product to the search server 20 in advance. Alternatively, the store servers 40a, 40b,... Transmit store information, product information related to the product, and inventory information related to the product to the search server 20 in response to a request from the search server 20. In response to the product information transmission request message from the terminal device 10, the search server 20 transmits various information related to the product to the terminal device 10.

  In addition, when the user wants to consider the opinions of experts when purchasing products (food ingredients, etc.), the user can transmit the contents to be consulted to the expert servers 50a and 50b. Expert opinions accumulated in the home servers 50a and 50b can also be obtained. In the present embodiment, user information (user identifier and various user preference information) regarding the user for each terminal device 10 is stored in the user database 34 provided in the database server 30, but the user database 34 itself The search server 20 may be provided separately from the search storage unit 24, and user information (user database 34) may be stored in the search storage unit 24 of the search server 20.

  Since terminal device 10, search server 20, database server 30, store server 40, and expert server 50 according to the present embodiment are similar to those shown in the first embodiment and FIG. 1, description thereof will not be repeated here. . As in the first embodiment, the product information providing system and the product information providing process (including various processes) according to the present embodiment are realized by computer hardware and software executed by the CPUs 12a and 12c. Is done. Generally, such software is stored in a recording medium such as the FD 112 or the CD-ROM 114, or is distributed via a network or the like. The software is read from the recording medium by the FD driving device 111c or the CD-ROM driving device 113c, or received by the communication interfaces 16a and 16c and stored in the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c. Then, it is read from the ROM 15a or the fixed disk 15c to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c and executed by the CPUs 12a and 12c.

<Functional configuration>
Next, each function which the terminal device 10, the search server 20, and the shop server 40 which concern on this Embodiment have is demonstrated. FIG. 27 is a functional block diagram showing functional configurations of the terminal device 10, the search server 20, and the store server 40 according to the present embodiment. More specifically, FIG. 27 (a) is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the terminal devices 10a, 10b..., And FIG. 27 (b) is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the search server 20. FIG. 27C is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the store servers 40a and 40b.

  In the present embodiment, various processing functions constituting the product information providing process are realized by software executed on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, but the function of each block and each step A part of the processing may be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit or the like instead of being realized by the CPUs 12a and 12c and software.

<Functional Configuration of Terminal Device 10>
As shown in FIG. 27A, the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment also includes a display unit 11, a terminal control unit 12, a terminal input unit 13, a terminal storage unit 14, and a terminal communication unit 16. It is prepared for. Hereinafter, each function of the terminal device 10 will be described.

  First, the display unit 11 is realized by, for example, monitors 11a and 11c and CPUs 12a and 12c. More specifically, the control program read from the ROM 15a (RAM 14a) or the fixed disk 15c to the RAM 14a or memory 14c is read by the CPU 12a, The program is executed on the computer 12c, and the program is realized by controlling the monitors 11a and 11c. That is, the program stored in the ROM 15a (RAM 14a) or the fixed disk 15c is once read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c, and the CPUs 12a and 12c sequentially execute the program while reading the program from the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. Each processing function is realized.

  The display unit 11 displays the store information, the product information, and the stock level received from the search server 20. Since each screen displayed by the display unit 11 is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated.

  The terminal control unit 12 is realized by, for example, the CPUs 12a and 12c and a control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal control unit 12 transmits the information input to the terminal input unit 13 to the search server 20 via the terminal communication unit 16 or receives the store information, the product information, and the inventory information received from the search server 20. The degree is displayed on the display unit 11. Terminal control unit 12 is different from terminal control unit 12 according to the first embodiment in that terminal search unit 121 and terminal calculation unit 122 are not included.

  The terminal input unit 13 is realized by, for example, the key 13a, the CPUs 12a and 12c, and the control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal input unit 13 accepts selection and input of various information from the user to the terminal control unit 12. Send. For example, input of the user's physical condition, the user's preference, and the user's desired purchase item genre, which are the various types of preference information for each user, is received via the display unit 11.

  The terminal storage unit 14 is realized by at least one of the ROM 15a, the RAM 14a, the fixed disk 15c, and the memory 14c, for example. The terminal storage unit 14 stores the store information, the product information, and the stock level corresponding to the user's various preference information received from the search server 20 in association with the product information.

  The terminal communication unit 16 is realized by, for example, communication interfaces 16a and 16c, CPUs 12a and 12c, and a control program read to the RAM 14a or the memory 14c. The terminal communication unit 16 transmits user information including the user identifier to the search server 20. The terminal communication unit 16 transmits a product information transmission request including the user identifier to the search server 20. The terminal communication unit 16 transmits the product information transmission request, thereby receiving the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the inventory received from each of the plurality of store servers 40a and 40b from the search server 20. Receive with the degree. The terminal communication unit 16 makes an order request for the product to the search server 20 in accordance with an order command input by the user via the order confirmation screen in FIG. The terminal communication unit 16 makes a settlement request for the order to the search server in response to a settlement command for the order input from the outside.

<Functional Configuration of Search Server 20>
As shown in FIG. 27B, the search server 20 according to the present embodiment is also configured to include a search control unit 22, a search storage unit 24, and a search communication unit 26. The search control unit 22 includes a search unit 221, a search calculation unit 222, and a settlement unit 223. Hereinafter, each function of the search server 20 will be described.

  The search control unit 22 is realized by, for example, the CPU 12c and a control program read to the memory 14c. The search control unit 22 receives the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period, received from each of the plurality of shop servers 40a, 40b. The product attributes corresponding to the product information are associated with each other for each product and stored in the search storage unit 24 or the search storage unit 24 is updated.

  The search control unit 22 includes a search unit 221, a search calculation unit 222, and a settlement unit 223. The search calculation unit 222 calculates a stepwise inventory level based on the inventory quantity stored in the search storage unit 24 and the number of sales in a predetermined period, and associates the inventory level with the product information (product name). And stored in the search storage unit 24. The search unit 221 (second search means) receives the product attribute and the keyword corresponding to the user information acquired from the user database 34 of the database server 30 via the acquisition unit (search communication unit 26). At least the store information for searching for product information corresponding to the user information, the product information, and the stock level are searched from the search storage unit 24. The settlement unit 223 performs a settlement process in response to the settlement request from the terminal device 10 and transmits whether or not the settlement process has been completed to the terminal device 10 and the store server 40.

  The search storage unit 24 is realized by at least one of the fixed disk 15c and the memory 14c, for example. The search storage unit 24 receives from the store server 40, the store information received from each of the plurality of store servers 40a, 40b,. The inventory information including the number of sales, various taste information appropriate for each product (physical condition, preference, desired product category for purchase), and product attributes corresponding to the product information are stored in association with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the search storage unit 24 stores product names and keywords (product attributes) corresponding to those products. For example, for the product AAA, “chocolate”, “sweet”, “cacao”, “healing”, “sleep”, etc. are stored as keywords corresponding to the product. Such correspondence information is also transmitted from the store server 40 to the search server 20. And as shown in FIG. 20, the search memory | storage part 24 memorize | stores the keyword corresponding to various user preference information and those various preference information. For example, for “Japan” on the meal input screen, “Healing”, “Wa”, “Asari”, “Tera”, “Silk”, etc. are stored as keywords corresponding to the preference. In this way, the search of the at least the store information, the product information, and the stock level corresponding to the user preference information by the search unit 221 according to the present embodiment is performed through the respective keywords. More products are hit.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the search storage unit 24 stores the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the predetermined time period received from each of the plurality of store servers 40 a, 40 b. A database for storing the inventory information including the number of sales and the product attributes corresponding to the product information in association with each other is stored. In the database, the stock margin (degree of stock) calculated by the search calculation unit 222 for each product is stored.

That is, the database of the search storage unit 24 stores the product name, the number of stocks, the price, the number of sales within a predetermined period (one week as an example), the sales for each product received from the store server 40. The deadline is stored. Then, the search calculation unit 222 calculates a stock margin (a stock level) from the stock quantity and the sales quantity, and stores the stock degree in a database. More specifically, the terminal calculation unit 122 calculates a ratio of the inventory quantity to the sales quantity, and determines a grade of inventory in stages according to the ratio. The search calculation unit 222 calculates the ratio based on the following formula.
(Percentage) = (Number of stocks) / (Number of sales in a given period)
In the present embodiment, the predetermined period is the latest (latest) week. Then, the search calculation unit 222 associates the first mark as the inventory level when the ratio is greater than 3, and associates the second mark as the inventory level when the ratio is 2 or more and less than 3. When the ratio is 1 or more and less than 2, the third mark is associated with the inventory level, and when the ratio is less than 1, the fourth mark is associated with the inventory level.

  The search storage unit 24 stores the location (address or zip code) of the store having the store server 40. For example, the search control unit 22 grasps the location of the terminal device 10 from the product information transmission request, The product information of only the store having an address or zip code close to the staying place of the terminal device 10 is transmitted to the terminal device 10. The search control unit 22 may determine that it is close when the municipalities are the same, may determine that it is close when the prefectures are the same, or when a part of the zip code is the same You may judge that it is near.

  The search communication unit 26 is realized by, for example, the communication interface 16c, the CPU 12c, and a control program read to the memory 14c. In response to the product information transmission request, the search communication unit 26 receives the store information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and a predetermined time period received from each of the plurality of store servers 40a, 40b,. The inventory information including the number of sales and the product attributes corresponding to the product information are received in association with each other for each product. The search communication unit 26 transmits the store information, the product information, and the stock level corresponding to the user information searched by the search unit 221 to the terminal device 10.

  In the present embodiment, various user preference information for each user having the terminal device 10 is stored in the user database 34 in association with the user identifier. In the present embodiment, the user database 34 is provided in the database server 30, and the database server 30 is connected to the search server 20 via a LAN (Local Area Network) 70. In response to the product information transmission request received from the terminal device 10 via the search communication unit 26 (acquisition means), the search server 20 receives various user preferences associated with the user identifier from the user database 34. Get information. However, the configuration may be such that the user database 34 storing various types of user preference information is stored in the search storage unit 24 of the search server 20.

<Functional configuration of store server 40>
As shown in FIG. 27 (c), the store server 40 according to the present embodiment includes a store control unit 42, a store input unit 43, a store storage unit 44, and a store communication unit 46. Yes. The store control unit 42 includes an order receiving unit 424. Since each function of the store server 40 is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

<Product information provision processing>
FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a product information acquisition process in the terminal devices 10a and 10b. As illustrated in FIG. 28, first, the terminal device 10 receives input of various types of preference information such as the user's physical condition, preference, and product genre from the user (S602). For example, when the user information input screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 11 of the terminal device 10a, 10c, the user of the terminal device 10a, 10b selects the menu desired to be input, Input each menu. The terminal devices 10a and 10c read the input user information data (S604), and store various input preference information for each user in the terminal storage unit 14. Details of each menu in the user information data reading process (S604) are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof will not be repeated here.

  In the present embodiment, when the “Send” button is pressed on the user information confirmation screen shown in FIG. 12, the terminal control unit 12 accepts the press of the “Send button”, and the user status (the physical condition of the user), A product information transmission request message including various user preference information such as user preference, purchase desired product genre, user condition, and user request is created. Then, the display unit 11 displays a screen for selecting whether to request only the recommended products shown in FIG. When the “YES” button is pressed, information indicating that only recommended information is desired is stored in the product information transmission request message. When the “NO” button is pressed, information indicating that all information is desired is indicated. Stored in the transmission request message.

  When the “YES” or “NO” button is pressed, a display order input screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. When the display order of the product information is selected, the display order is stored in the product information request message.

  Then, the terminal communication unit 16 transmits the product information transmission request message to the search server 20 (S606). On the other hand, when the “return” button is pressed on the user information confirmation screen shown in FIG. 12, the display unit 11 accepts the pressing of the “return” button and displays the user information input screen.

  In the present embodiment, the product information transmission request message transmitted from the terminal communication unit 16 to the search server 20 also stores a message requesting transmission of information related to the product. By transmitting the product information transmission request message, The terminal devices 10a and 10c make a transmission request for information regarding the product (S608). However, only user information (various user preference information) may be transmitted from the terminal device 10 to the search server 20 (user database 34) in advance, and in that case, a product that does not include user information from the terminal device 10 A message related to the information transmission request is transmitted (S608).

  Below, the product list creation process in the search server 20 will be described. FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a product list creation process in the search server 20. The search server 20 stores store information for specifying each store, product information including the product name of the product, the number of stocks, and the number of sales within a predetermined period from each of the store servers 40a and 40b. And the keyword (product attribute) corresponding to the product information are received in association with each other. And the merchandise information transmission request from the terminal device 10 is received (S702). Alternatively, the search server 20 responds to a product information transmission request from the terminal device 10, stores information for specifying each store in each of the store servers 40 a and 40 b, and product information including the product name of the product Then, the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period and various appropriate preference information are transmitted in association with each other (S702).

  In the present embodiment, the search server 20 receives data such as a list of products from the store server of the store in the area where the user is present via the search communication unit 26 in accordance with the user information (region information). To do. Preferably, location information where the terminal device 10 is located is always sent from the terminal device 10 to the search server 20 by LCS (GPS or Cell ID method), and the search server 20 is where the user (terminal device 10) stays. The target store servers 40a and 40b are selected according to (location information).

  Then, the product information transmission request message is examined to determine whether or not the user desires only the recommended product (S704). If it is determined that the user wants to send only recommended products (YES in S704), keywords for each product as shown in FIG. 19 are extracted (S706). Then, the user's physical condition and user's preference included in the product information transmission request message are extracted, and keywords corresponding to the user's various preference information as shown in FIG. 20 are extracted (S710). On the other hand, if the user does not wish to send only recommended products (NO in S704), all the product lists received from the store server are transmitted (S708).

  Next, with respect to the products stored in the search storage unit 24 of the search server 20, whether the products are appropriate for the purchase desired product genre, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference through the keywords. It is determined whether or not (S712). Here, it is determined whether or not the product keyword matches the preference information keyword. When the product to be judged is a product suitable for the desired product category, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference (YES in S712), a flag is set as “user recommended product” ( S714). More specifically, “1” is stored in a flag area generated for each product for a product having a keyword that matches the keyword of the user's preference information. On the other hand, if the product to be judged is not a product suitable for the desired product genre, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference (NO in S712), the flag is set as “user non-recommended product”. (S716). More specifically, for example, “0” is stored in a flag area generated for each product.

  Next, with respect to all the products, it is determined whether or not the determination of whether or not the products correspond to the desired product genre, the physical condition of the user, and the user's preference is completed (S718). If the determination is completed (YES in S718), a recommended product list is created (S720), and then the recommended product list is transmitted to the terminal device 10 (S722). On the other hand, if the determination has not been completed (NO in S718), the next product (product having the next product ID or the like) is the purchase desired product genre, the user's physical condition, and the user's preference. It is determined whether or not it is appropriate (S712 to S718).

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing recommended product list creation processing (S720) in the search server 20. The search control part 22 (search part 221) picks up the goods with the said flag raised among the goods memorize | stored in the search memory | storage part 24 (S802). The search control unit 22 (search unit 221) calculates the number of products picked up in S802 (S804). Thereby, it can be determined whether or not the picked-up product fits within one page of the display unit 11. The search control unit 22 (search unit 221) calculates a match rate between the keyword of the product picked up in S802 (the flag is set (checked) in S714) and the keyword of the user preference information (S806). . More specifically, for example, the search unit 221 calculates, as the match rate, the ratio of the number matching the product keyword to the total number of keywords corresponding to the user preference information. The search control unit 22 (search unit 221) extracts products whose matching rate calculated in S806 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and creates a list of the products (S808).

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a recommended product list transmission process (S722 / S610) in the search server 20. The search control unit 22 extracts a priority item desired by the user from the product information transmission request message (S902). The search control unit 22 rearranges (sorts) the created product list based on the priority items (S904). The search communication unit 26 transmits the rearranged recommended product list to the terminal device 10 (S906).

  As shown in FIG. 28, when the terminal device 10 receives the recommended product list (S610), the terminal device 10 stores the recommended product list in the terminal storage unit 14, and the display unit 11 stores the recommended product list as shown in FIG. A recommended product list is displayed (S612). Thereby, the user of the terminal device 10 can grasp at a glance how easily the product is sold out.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, when the terminal control unit 12 receives a product selection command (S614), order / settlement processing via the terminal communication unit 16 is performed (S616). More specifically, after listing the products checked in the recommended display screen shown in FIG. 15, the terminal device 10 receives an input of the necessary number of each product from the user as shown in FIG. 16. Then, as shown in FIG. 17, the order / settlement process is started by pressing the order button in the order confirmation scene (S616). Since the order / settlement process (S616) is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated.

  The above-described modifications (embodiments) can be combined with each other without changing the essence, and can be applied to other embodiments.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the merchandise information provision system which concerns on Embodiment 1,2. It is a control block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the personal computer which is an example of the mobile telephone which is an example of the terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 1, 2, a terminal device, a search server, a store server, and an expert server. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating functional configurations of a terminal device, a search server, and a store server according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is an image figure which shows the user information input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the user status input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the preference input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the goods genre input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the meal input screen and health food input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the physical condition input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the user request input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the download menu input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the user information confirmation screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the recommendation selection screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the display order input screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the recommended goods display screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the ordering screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the order confirmation screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the purchase failure screen and purchase completion screen in a terminal device. It is an image figure which shows the product name memorize | stored in a terminal memory | storage part, and the keyword of goods corresponding to them. It is an image figure which shows the user preference memorize | stored in a terminal memory | storage part, and the keyword corresponding to the preference. It is an image figure which shows the database which stored the said store information, the said merchandise information, the said inventory information, various preference information, and the extent of inventory memorize | stored in the search memory | storage part. It is a flowchart which shows the merchandise information acquisition process in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the goods search and list creation process in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation process of the recommended goods list in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the display process of the recommended goods list in a terminal device. It is a sequence diagram which shows the order / settlement process in a terminal device, a search server, and a shop server. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function structure of the terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 2, a search server, and a store server. It is a flowchart which shows the merchandise information acquisition process in a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the goods list creation process in a search server. It is a flowchart which shows the creation process of the recommended goods list in a search server. It is a flowchart which shows the transmission process (S722) of the recommended product list in the search server 20.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Product information provision system, 10 Terminal device, 11 Display part, 12 Terminal control part, 13 Terminal input part, 14 Terminal storage part, 16 Terminal communication part, 20 Search server, 22 Search control part, 24 Search storage part, 26 Search Communication unit, 34 user database, 40 store server, 42 store control unit, 43 store input unit, 44 store storage unit, 46 store communication unit, 50 expert server, 60 network, 121 terminal search unit, 122 terminal calculation unit, 221 Search unit, 222 search operation unit, 223 settlement unit, 424 order receiving unit.

Claims (15)

A product information providing system comprising a search server, a plurality of store servers connectable to the search server via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices connectable to the search server via a network,
Each of the plurality of store servers includes first communication means for associating product information including a product name with inventory information including the number of inventory and the number of sales within a predetermined period, and transmitting the associated information to the search server,
Each of the terminal devices
Comprising a second communication means for transmitting a merchandise information transmission request to the search server;
The search server
First storage means for storing the product information received from each of the plurality of store servers and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period in association with each other;
In response to the product information transmission request, the product information and the third communication means for associating and transmitting the product information and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period to the terminal device,
Each of the plurality of terminal devices is
Second storage means for storing the product information received from the search server and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period;
First calculating means for calculating a stepwise inventory level based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity, and storing the inventory level in association with the product information in the second storage means;
A product information providing system further comprising display means for displaying the product information and the degree of stock. The first communication means transmits a product attribute corresponding to the product information to the search server,
The third communication means transmits the product attribute to the terminal device in response to the product information transmission request,
The second storage means stores the input user information and the product attribute received from the search server,
The terminal device
Further comprising first search means for searching for product information corresponding to the user information from the second storage means via the product attributes;
The product information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the searched product information and the stock level corresponding to the product information. A search server accessible to a database storing user information; a plurality of store servers connectable to the search server via a network; and a plurality of terminal devices connectable to the search server via a network. A product information providing system,
Each of the plurality of store servers associates merchandise information including a merchandise name, a merchandise attribute corresponding to the merchandise information, and inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period to the search server. A first communication means for transmitting,
The search server
The merchandise information received from each of the plurality of store servers, the merchandise attributes corresponding to the merchandise information, and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period are stored in association with each other. First storage means;
Second calculating means for calculating a stepwise inventory level based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity, and storing the inventory level in association with the product information in the first storage means; Prepared,
Each of the terminal devices
Comprising a second communication means for transmitting a merchandise information transmission request to the search server;
The search server
An acquisition means for acquiring the user information from the database in response to the product information transmission request;
The system further comprises second search means for searching for product information corresponding to the user information from the first storage means via the product attributes,
A second communication means for transmitting the searched product information and the inventory level corresponding to the product information to the terminal device;
Each of the terminal devices
A product information providing system further comprising display means for displaying the product information received from the search server and the degree of stock.   The commodity information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the calculation means calculates a ratio of the inventory quantity to the sales quantity, and determines a grade of a graded inventory according to the ratio. .   The product information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the user information includes physical condition, preference, and purchase desired product genre. The second communication means makes an order request for the product to the search server in response to an order command for the product input from the outside,
The third communication means transfers the order request to the store server,
The store server
The product information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising order receiving means for receiving the order request. The second communication means makes a settlement request for the order to the search server in response to a settlement command for the order input from the outside,
The search server
Payment means for performing payment processing in response to the payment request;
The payment means transmits a payment notification indicating whether or not the payment processing has been completed to the terminal device and the store server via the third communication means;
The product information providing system according to claim 6, wherein the display unit displays whether or not the settlement process has been completed by receiving the settlement notification. Each of the store servers
Third storage means for storing the product information including the product name and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within the predetermined period in association with each other;
The merchandise information providing system according to claim 7, further comprising a store control unit that receives the settlement notification and updates the inventory information in the third storage unit. A terminal device connectable to a search server via a network,
Second communication means for transmitting a merchandise information transmission request to the search server;
Second storage means for storing the product information including the product name received from the search server and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period in association with each other;
First calculating means for calculating a stepwise inventory level based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity, and storing the inventory level in association with the product information in the storage means;
A display device comprising: display means for displaying the product information and the stock level.   The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the calculation unit calculates a ratio of the inventory quantity to the sales quantity, and determines a grade of a graded inventory according to the ratio. The second storage means stores input user information and product attributes corresponding to the product information received from the search server,
The terminal device
Further comprising first search means for searching for product information corresponding to the user information from the second storage means via the product attributes;
The terminal device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the display unit displays the searched product information and the stock level corresponding to the product information. The terminal device further includes terminal control means for invalidating the first search means in response to an instruction to display all product information from the outside,
The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the display unit displays the store information, the product information, and the inventory level stored in the first storage unit in response to the command.   The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the user information includes physical condition, preference, and purchase desired product genre. A product information providing program for displaying product information on a terminal device,
Transmitting a product information transmission request to the search server;
Storing the product information including the product name received from the search server and the inventory information including the inventory number and the sales number within a predetermined period in association with each other;
Calculating a stepwise inventory level based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity, and storing the inventory level in association with the product information;
A product information providing program for causing a terminal device to perform the step of displaying the product information and the stock level. A product information providing method using a terminal device that displays product information received from a search server,
The terminal device
A communication unit that receives the product information from the search server;
A storage unit for storing the product information;
A control unit for controlling the terminal device;
A display unit for displaying the product information,
The product information providing method includes:
The communication unit transmitting a product information transmission request to the search server;
Storing the product information including the product name received from the search server and the inventory information including the inventory quantity and the sales quantity within a predetermined period in association with each other;
The control unit calculates a staged inventory level based on the inventory quantity and the sales quantity, and stores the inventory level in the storage unit in association with the product information;
The product information providing method, comprising: the display unit displaying the product information and the stock level.

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