JP2009070021A - Sales store information display system, portable information terminal, sales store information display method, and sales store information display program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sales store information display system capable of providing optimized information to each user without any need that a user inputs the evaluations of a store or merchandise by himself or herself. <P>SOLUTION: This sales store information display system is provided with: a portable information terminal 10 having an IC tag and a display means and a storage means; an IC tag operating device for transmitting information to an IC tag; and a headquarter server for transmitting information to the portable information terminal based on a request from the portable information terminal, wherein the IC tag operating device transmits visit store information to the IC tag when the portable information terminal approaches, and the portable information terminal stores the visit store information received from the IC tag operating device in the storage means, and the portable information terminal transmits the current location information and merchandise identification information and purchase condition information to the headquarter server, and the headquarter server transmits the sales store information fulfilling purchase condition information to the portable information terminal, and the portable information terminal optimizes the sales store information based on the visit store information, and displays it at a display means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system that distributes product information via a network, and more particularly to a system that displays information on a store that sells a product that a consumer desires to purchase.

  In the present age when the Internet has become widespread, the Internet has a great influence on the daily consumption behavior of consumers. However, it is not limited to mail order via the Internet. Consumers who wish to purchase at actual stores that can see and consider actual products rather than mail order sales often use information from the Internet to select stores.

  Conditions for consumers to select a store include being in a place where they can easily visit, selling the desired product at a low price, and having good customer service and attendant services. . However, since there is too much information on the Internet, it is difficult to obtain useful information for selecting a store from there. Especially when there are multiple products you want or when the conditions for selecting a store are complex, it is important to search and collect a large amount of information and select a store from there. It is a burden.

  Also, on the side of the seller, in order to acquire more consumers seeking the products they sell while preventing excess product inventory, store information is efficiently and quickly provided to consumers seeking the products. A system to provide is desired.

  As a technique for providing store information to consumers via the Internet, for example, techniques of the following documents are disclosed. Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for distributing information related to a product to consumers using an IC tag attached to the product itself. Patent Document 2 discloses a technology for specifying a product by a barcode attached to the surface of the product and distributing information related to the product to consumers.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for distributing information about the nearest store that sells the product to the consumer from the store position information and the position information of the user terminal. Patent Document 4 discloses a technique for distributing information about a store that sells a desired product at the lowest price in an area designated by a purchaser to consumers. Patent Document 5 discloses a technology that enables a purchaser to write reputation information for a store and to search for and browse a reputation for a specific store.

JP 2006-228174 A JP 2003-173346 A JP 2006-163639 A JP-A-2005-250586 JP 2002-007534 A

  The technique of Patent Document 1 is characterized in that a user directly owns a product attached to an IC tag. However, the introduction of IC tags for the products themselves is not widespread. In particular, if an IC tag is attached to a metal product or the like, the communication performance is often lowered and the device does not operate normally.

  Although the technology of Patent Document 2 specifies a product by a barcode, the current location information and purchase conditions of the user cannot be taken into account in the distributed information. Therefore, it is difficult to say that information useful for selecting a store is distributed.

  The technique of Patent Literature 3 can distribute information about the nearest store by determining position information. However, the judgment criterion is only position information, and other conditions are not taken into consideration.

  The technology of Patent Document 4 can distribute information about a store that sells a desired product at the lowest price in a specific region. However, the user needs to select the target area. In addition, purchase conditions other than region and price cannot be taken into account.

  The technique of Patent Document 5 can search and browse reputation information for a specific store. However, the user needs to search for the target store. Further, since the reputation information is input and stored by the user himself, there is a risk that the reputation information distorted by only a few users who frequently input the reputation information is included.

  The technique obtained by combining the techniques of each of the above documents is distributed by adding the reputation information input by the user to the store information determined by the position, price, and the like. It is a premise that this technology is established that a user inputs or searches for an evaluation of a store or a product by himself / herself. The store information is information provided by the store side, and is content that depends on the intention of the store side. Reputation information is obtained by averaging information input by many users. That is, the information distributed by this technique is not necessarily information optimized for individual users. Further, as described above, there is a risk that the reputation information includes information distorted by a very small number of users.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a store information display system and a mobile phone that can provide optimized information to individual users without requiring the user to input or search for an evaluation of a store or a product. An object is to provide an information terminal, a store information display method, and a store information display program.

  To achieve the above object, a store information display system according to the present invention includes a portable information terminal having an IC tag, display means, and storage means, an IC tag handling device that transmits information to the IC tag, and a portable information terminal. And a head office server that transmits information to a portable information terminal based on a request from the IC tag handling device, when the portable information terminal approaches, sends the visiting store information to the IC tag, The portable information terminal stores the visiting store information received from the IC tag handling device in the storage means, and the portable information terminal represents the current location information representing its current position, the product identification information representing a specific product, and the product identification information. The purchase condition information indicating the purchase conditions of the product is transmitted to the headquarters server, and the headquarters server stores the store information indicating the information about the store of the specific product that satisfies the purchase condition information. Transmitted to a portable information terminal and displaying the optimization to display means store information on the basis of the visit the store information.

  To achieve the above object, another store information display system according to the present invention includes a portable information terminal having an IC tag, a display means, and a storage means, and a first IC tag handling apparatus that transmits information to the IC tag. And a second IC tag handling device that detects the approach of the portable information terminal, and a headquarter server that has pre-registered purchase condition information indicating purchase conditions for the specific product and transmits the information to the portable information terminal. In the store information display system, the first IC tag handling device transmits the visiting store information to the IC tag when the portable information terminal approaches, and the portable information terminal receives the visiting store information received from the first IC tag handling device. In the storage means, and the headquarter server represents a store representing information about a store of a specific product that satisfies the purchase condition information when the second IC tag handling device detects the approach of the portable information terminal. Send a multi-address to the portable information terminal, a portable information terminal and displaying the optimization to display means store information on the basis of the visit the store information.

  In order to achieve the above object, a portable information terminal according to the present invention includes an IC tag that receives information from an IC tag handling device, a storage unit, a communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from the headquarter server, and a control unit. The IC tag receives the visit store information from the IC tag handling device, the control means stores the visit store information received from the IC tag handling device in the storage means, and the control means. Sends the current location information representing its current position, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing the purchase condition of the product represented by the product identification information to the headquarters server, and satisfies the purchase condition information. The store information representing the ranking information about the store of merchandise is received from the headquarters server, and the store information is optimized and displayed based on the visit store information.

  In order to achieve the above object, a store information display method according to the present invention includes an IC tag that receives information from an IC tag handling device, a storage unit, a communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from the headquarter server, and a control. Means for displaying store information on the display means, wherein the portable information terminal receives the visit store information transmitted to the IC tag. And the store information storing step for storing the store information in the storage means, the current location information representing the current position of the store, the product identification information representing the specific product, and the purchase representing the purchase condition of the product represented by the product identification information An information transmitting step for transmitting condition information to the headquarters server, an information receiving step for receiving from the headquarters server information representing dealership information that ranks information about dealers of specific products that satisfy the purchase condition information, And having a display step of optimizing the shop information displayed on the display means on the basis of the visit the store information.

  To achieve the above object, a store information display program according to the present invention includes an IC tag that receives information from an IC tag handling device, a storage unit, a communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from the headquarter server, and a control. A portable information terminal having a means and a display means, wherein a process of receiving visit store information transmitted to an IC tag in a computer provided in the portable information terminal and a process of storing visit store information in a storage means And processing for transmitting to the headquarters server current location information representing the current position of the customer, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing a purchase condition for the product represented by the product identification information, and purchase condition information Processing to receive dealer information representing information ranking the dealers of specific products that meet the requirements from the headquarters server, and optimize the dealer information based on the visiting shop information and display it on the display means Characterized in that to execute the process.

  In the present invention, as described above, the store information is received by the IC tag, and the portable information terminal is configured to optimize and display the store information based on the visit store information. It is not mandatory to enter or search for ratings. This provides an unprecedented superior store information display system, portable information terminal, and store information display method and store information display program capable of providing information optimized for individual users. Can do.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment includes a mobile information terminal 10 held by a consumer, a store-side device 100 installed in each store, and a headquarter-side device 200 installed inside a service provider. The portable information terminal 10 and the head office side device 200 are connected by the public wireless communication network 1. The store side device 100 and the headquarter side device 200 are connected by a network 2 such as a dedicated line or the Internet. If the portable information terminal 10 and the store side device 100 come within a certain distance (several tens of centimeters to several meters), IC tag information 3 to be described later is connected between the portable information terminal 10 and the store side device 100. Can be exchanged.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the portable information terminal 10 disclosed in FIG. The portable information terminal 10 includes a main control device 11, a storage device 12, a display 13, an IC tag 14, a barcode reader 15, a wireless module 16, and a GPS module 17. The main control device 11 is composed of an MPU, a RAM, and the like, and a storage control unit 21, a display control unit 22, an IC tag control unit 23, a barcode reading unit 24, a communication control unit 25, and a GPS control configured as a program thereon. Functions such as the unit 26, the store information display optimization unit 27, and the store information management unit 28 can be executed.

  The storage control unit 21 writes and reads data on the storage device 12. The display control unit 22 displays the result of processing by the main control device 11 on the display 13. The IC tag control unit 23 controls the IC tag 14 to exchange information with an IC tag handling device described later. The barcode reading unit 24 reads the content such as the barcode number read by the barcode reading device 15. In addition, as the barcode reader 15, a digital camera that is provided as standard equipment in most portable information terminals 10 can be diverted, and by doing so, new hardware is added to the portable information terminal 10. Save time and money.

  The communication control unit 25 controls the wireless module 16 to establish a connection with the headquarter side device 200 via the public wireless communication network 1. The GPS control unit 26 controls the GPS module 17 to identify the current location of the portable information terminal 10 by GPS (Global Positioning System). The operation contents of the store information display optimization unit 27 and the store information management unit 28 will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the store side device 100 disclosed in FIG. The store side device 100 includes an IC tag handling device 101, a store side server 102, a sales location display device 103, a barcode reading device 105, and a network card 106. When the portable information terminal 10 approaches, the IC tag handling device 101 exchanges the IC tag information 3 with the IC tag 14 included in the portable information terminal 10. The store-side server 102 has a store-side database 104 that manages information related to each product handled by each store. Then, the network card 106 is connected to the headquarter side apparatus 200 via the network 2. The sales location display device 103 and the barcode reading device 105 will be described later.

  The store-side server 102 further includes a main control device 110 configured by a CPU, a RAM, an OS, and the like, and a database information registration unit 111, a database search unit 112, and a sales location display unit 113 configured as programs executed thereon. And IC tag transmission / reception unit 114, product information transmission unit 115, and the like. The barcode reader 105 reads the product identification information from the barcode 120 on the product surface, and the database information registration unit 111 registers information corresponding to the product identification information in the store-side database 104. Information registered in the store-side database 104 is transmitted to the headquarters-side apparatus 200 by the product information transmission unit 115. The operation contents of other programs will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the head office apparatus 200 disclosed in FIG. The head office side device 200 includes a head office side server 201 and a communication section 202. The headquarters-side server 201 includes a product information database 203 that manages information about each product transmitted from the store-side server 102, a store information database 204 that manages information about each store where the store-side device 100 is installed, and Have The communication unit 202 establishes a connection with the portable information terminal 10 via the public wireless communication network 1 and further establishes a connection with the store-side server 102 via the network 2.

  The headquarter server 201 further includes a main control device 210 configured by a CPU, a RAM, an OS, and the like, and a database information management unit 211, a database search unit 212, and an information optimization unit 213 configured as programs executed thereon. A communication control unit 214, an evaluation information input unit 215, and the like. When the communication control unit 214 receives a search request from the portable information terminal 10, the database search unit 212 searches the product information database 203 and the store information database 204 based on the request, and the information optimization unit 213 uses the searched store information. The communication control unit 214 transmits the information to the portable information terminal 10 after optimization. The operation contents of each program will be described later.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing data structures of the storage device 12, the store side database 104, the product information database 203, and the store information database 204 disclosed in FIGS. The store-side database 104 shown in FIG. 5A uses the barcode number 301 included in the barcode 120 of each product as identification information that uniquely indicates each product. Each bar code number 301 and associated information such as a product name 302, a fixed price 303, a sales price 304, a discount rate 305, a stock quantity 306, and a sales location 307 are recorded in the store database 104.

  The POS system (Point Of Sales system) is widely introduced in retail and distribution systems in various countries including Japan. For this reason, most products have a JAN code (Japanese Article Number) or a bar code based on a UPC code or EAN code compatible with a JAN code overseas, or a product surface that can be read by a bar code reader. It is attached to the product exterior. In the present embodiment, the JAN code (barcode number 301) read from the barcode is used as identification information for the product.

  The store-side server 102 transmits part or all of the product information stored in the store-side database 104 to the headquarters-side server 201. The headquarters side server 201 adds, to each piece of information received from the store side server 102, a store satisfaction 312 in which the store ID 311 of the store in which the store side server 102 exists and the consumer evaluation information for the product are quantified. And it preserve | saves in the merchandise information database 203 shown to (B) of FIG.

  The store information database 204 shown in FIG. 5C includes store ID 311 indicating each store, store name 321 corresponding to each store, address 322, business hours 323, regular holiday 324, nearest station 325, and the like. Composed.

  The storage area of the storage device 12 of the portable information terminal 10 shown in FIG. 5D includes visiting store information 330 recorded from the IC tag handling device 101 of the store side device 100 and priority information 340. The visiting store information 330 includes a store name 321 corresponding to the store ID 311, the number of visits 331, the number of purchases 332, and the purchase amount 333. The priority information 340 indicates which data in the visiting store information 330 is given priority in order to optimize the candidate result when acquiring the store candidate result. For example, priority 1 can be set to “visit count 331”, priority 2 can be set to “purchase amount 333”, and the like.

  Next, the operation in this embodiment will be described. First, each store registers information related to each product handled by each store in the store-side server 102 included in the store-side device 100. More specifically, each store causes the barcode reading device 105 to read the barcode 120 on the product surface, and product information corresponding to the barcode number 301 included in the barcode 120 (described in FIG. 5A). Each content) is input and stored in the store-side database 104. In a retail store that uses the POS system, the operation of inputting information to the store side device 100 can be reduced by linking the store side device 100 and the POS system of the present embodiment.

  The data stored in the store-side database 104 is transmitted to the head office-side device 200 by the product information transmitting unit 115 of the store-side server 102. Data for all products may be transferred, or data may be transferred only for products selected based on the store's intention.

  In the head office apparatus 200 that has received the data from the store server 102 via the network 2, the data transferred from the communication control unit 214 to the database information management unit 211 is registered in the product information database 203. At that time, the store ID 311 of the store that is the transmission source of the data and the consumer satisfaction 312 described later are added to the information about the product registered in the product information database 203.

  The data stored in the store-side database 104 is frequently updated in accordance with the actual situation in the store, such as changes in the sales price 304 and discount rate 305, increase / decrease in the number of stocks 306, movement of the sales location 307, and the like. The Therefore, the store-side server 102 can transmit the changed data to the headquarters-side server 201 at an arbitrary timing. When the headquarters server 201 receives the changed data, the headquarters server 201 immediately reflects the data in its own product information database 203.

  In addition, information about each content described in FIG. 5C is registered in advance in the store information database 204 of the headquarter side device 200.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen 400 for inputting product identification information when accessing the information optimization unit 213 through the portable information terminal 10 disclosed in FIGS. Here, a user who owns and uses the portable information terminal 10 wants to know a store of a specific product. Therefore, the user accesses the information optimization unit 213 of the headquarter side server 201 through the portable information terminal 10. Then, since the input screen 400 is displayed on the display 13, the user inputs the product identification information of the product.

  There are a plurality of methods for inputting the product identification information of the product. For example, the barcode 120 printed on a product exterior, a flyer, a homepage, a newspaper, a magazine, or the like may be read. When the user presses the reading button 402 from the input screen 400 and performs a reading operation with the barcode reading device 15 facing the barcode 120, the barcode number 301 included in the barcode 120 read by the barcode reading unit 24 is displayed. It can be extracted and input to the barcode input field 403. Alternatively, when the barcode 120 cannot be used, the product name may be directly entered into the product name input field 404 so that the search can be performed.

  At the same time, the user enters, for example, a desired price (within XX yen), a discount rate from the list price (more than XX% discount), a distance from the current location of the store (within XX meter), etc. Enter the purchase conditions. If the user who has input the above information inputs the send button 406, each information input on the input screen 400 and information on the current location of the portable information terminal 10 specified by the GPS control unit 26 (hereinafter referred to as current location information). A search request including “” is transmitted to the information optimization unit 213.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents that the headquarter server 201 that receives the search request from the portable information terminal 10 disclosed in FIGS. 2 to 4 operates in the database search unit 212 and the information optimization unit 213. When the process is started (S500), the database search unit 212 receives a search request (S501). First, the item corresponding to the product specified in the barcode input field 403 or the product name input field 404 is the bar of the product information database 203. It is determined whether or not the code number 301 and the product name 302 exist (S502). If it does not exist, the process proceeds to S509, “no product exists” is returned to the portable information terminal 10 and the process is terminated (S510).

  If there is a product in S502, the store handling the product is searched and extracted in the product information database 203 (S503), the store candidates are initialized (S504), and store information for all corresponding stores is stored. The database 204 is searched, and the distance between the current location of the portable information terminal 10 and the store is calculated from the searched address 322 and current location information (S505). It is determined whether or not each store satisfies the purchase conditions described above with respect to price (sales price 304), discount rate (discount rate 305), distance, and the like (S506). ). The above processes in S505 to 507 are repeated for the number of corresponding stores. Thus, the processing by the database search unit 212 ends, and the processing is passed to the information optimization unit 213.

  The information optimization unit 213 adds the consumer satisfaction 312 to the store candidate passed from the database search unit 212 (S508), returns it to the portable information terminal 10 (S509), and ends the processing (S510). If it is determined in S502 that the product exists, but no store satisfies the purchase conditions, the store candidate does not exist. Also in this case, a message to that effect is returned to the portable information terminal 10. Similarly, when there is no stock of the product in the store included in the store candidate (the stock quantity 306 is 0), or the store is closed or closed (business hours 323 and closed 324, The information including that is also sent back to the portable information terminal 10.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of the mobile information terminal 10 that has received a reply of the store candidate from the headquarter server 201 disclosed in FIGS. When the process is started (S550), the store information display optimization unit 27 receives store candidates (S551), and first determines whether the received store candidates are two or more stores (S552). If it is 1 store or 0 store, the store candidate received in S555 is displayed on the display 13 as it is, and the bar code number 301 of the product is stored in the IC tag 14 only in the case of 1 store (S556). ), And the process ends (S557).

  When there are two or more store candidates in S552, the store information display optimization unit 27 reads the visiting store information 330 and the priority information 340 from the storage device 12 (S553). Store information is sorted from the items with high priority in the priority information 340 using the corresponding item as a key (S554). This is repeated by the number of items registered in the priority information 340. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 5D, since priority 1 is “visit count 331” and priority 2 is “purchase amount 333”, first, the order of descending visit count 331 is the same as visit count 331. For example, store information is sorted in descending order of purchase amount 333. The store candidates obtained by optimization by sorting are displayed on the display 13 (S555), the barcode number 301 of the product is stored in the IC tag 14 (S556), and the process is terminated (S557).

  FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a store candidate display screen 450 displayed on the display 13 by the store information display optimization unit 27. In the upper part of the screen, the barcode number 301 input in the barcode input field 403 of the input screen 400, the product name 451 input in the product name input field 404, the purchase condition 452 input in the purchase condition input field 405, and the current location information 453 The information included in the search request transmitted to the information optimization unit 213 is displayed as it is. In the lower part of the screen, store information 454 optimized by visiting store information 330 and priority information 340 is displayed.

  If the display condition setting button 455 is pressed, the contents and conditions for the store information display optimization unit 27 to display store candidates can be changed to the user's preference. For example, a store that currently has no inventory of the product, or a store that is currently closed or out of business hours can be excluded from the display by a user operation. Information indicating “out of stock”, “regular holiday”, “out of business hours”, and the like has already been transmitted to the portable information terminal 10 in S509 of FIG.

  FIG. 10A is a flowchart showing the contents of the store side server 102 disclosed in FIGS. The user viewed the store candidate display screen 450 and actually went to the store listed in the store information 454. At that time, the user carries the portable information terminal 10. The barcode number 301 of the product that the user intends to purchase is stored in the IC tag 14 by the process of S556 in FIG.

  The IC tag handling device 101 included in the store side device 100 is attached, for example, near the entrance of the store, recognizes the approach of the portable information terminal 10 by recognizing the IC tag 14, and Request information transmission. In response to this, the IC tag 14 transmits the barcode number 301 stored in the IC tag 14 to the IC tag handling apparatus 101.

  When the processing is started (S600) and the barcode number 301 is received from the IC tag handling apparatus 101 via the IC tag transmission / reception unit 114 (S601), the sales location display unit 113 receives the barcode via the database search unit 112. The number 301 is searched, the sales location 307 of the product is searched (S602), and displayed on the sales location display device 103 (S603). The sales location display device 103 is, for example, a general liquid crystal display installed near the entrance of a store. For example, since the sales location 307 is displayed on the device, such as “2nd floor XX corner”, the user who sees the sales location can reach the sales location of the product without hesitation in the store.

  Subsequently, the sales location display unit 113 causes the IC tag handling apparatus 101 to transmit store information of the own store via the IC tag transmission / reception unit 114 (S604). The contents of the store information transmitted here are a store ID 311 and a store name 321. In addition, when the user purchases a product at the store, data on the number of purchases 332 and the purchase amount 333 are also added. This is the end of the process on the store-side device 100 side (S605).

  (B) of FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the content that the portable information terminal 10 operates in the store information management unit 28 in response to receiving store information from the store side device 100 disclosed in FIGS. When the processing is started (S650) and the IC tag 14 receives the store information (S651), the store information management unit 28 reads the visiting store information 330 and the priority information 340 from the storage device 12, and updates the contents.

  It is determined whether the store ID 311 and the store name 321 included in the received store information are already included in the visited store information 330 (S652), and if included, the existing information about the store is updated ( S653). If not included, a new record for the store is created (S654). The number of visits 331 is increased by +1 (S655), the purchase number and purchase amount received from the IC tag 14 this time are added to the purchase number 332 and purchase amount 333, respectively (S656), and the process ends (S657).

  FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen 700 for inputting evaluation information when accessing the evaluation information input unit 215 through the portable information terminal 10 disclosed in FIGS. The user can input evaluation information for the store and the product via the input screen 700 after purchasing the target product using the store. However, input of this evaluation is not essential.

  For the input screen 700, whether the barcode number 301 is input by the barcode reader 15 in the barcode input field 701 in the same manner as the input screen 400 for searching store information (the reading button is described) (Omitted) or a product name is entered in the product name input field 702. The store ID input field 703 can be input from the store ID 311 and the store name 321 stored in the visited store information 330. Therefore, the user can input evaluations for items such as price, customer service, and service in the evaluation input field 704 in a score. When the user who has input the above information inputs a send button 705, each piece of information input on the input screen 700 is transmitted to the evaluation information input unit 215.

  The evaluation information input unit 215 reflects the contents described in the evaluation input field 704 in the numerical value of the consumer satisfaction 312 of the record corresponding to the barcode number 301 and the store ID 311 in the product information database 203. It should be noted that criteria and calculation formulas reflected in the numerical values can be arbitrarily determined by those skilled in the art and are not the main part of the present invention, and thus will not be described in detail.

  By repeating the above-described process, the store information 330 inside the portable information terminal 10 stores information about stores that the user has visited in the past. In particular, the number of visits 331, the number of purchases 332, and the purchase amount 333 increase in stores where users frequently visit and purchase large amounts of merchandise. Such a store is a store that is easy to visit and highly evaluated by the user. In other words, in the visiting store information 330, information regarding individual user behavior patterns and preferences is registered and accumulated.

  In the process by the store information display optimizing unit 27 shown in FIG. 8, for example, if “visit count 331” and “purchase amount 333” are registered in the priority information 340 and the store information is sorted, the evaluation is easy for the user to visit. High stores can be preferentially displayed on the store candidate display screen 450. When the visit store information 330 and the priority information 340 cannot be evaluated, such as a store that has never been visited, the contents of an unspecified number of evaluations based on the consumer satisfaction 312 may be referred to.

  By the processing described above, there is a risk that information provided by the store side (which depends on the intention of the store side) and an unspecified number of pieces of information are averaged (information distorted by some users). ) It is possible to obtain store information that can be used with peace of mind for the user, more in line with the user's individual behavior patterns and preferences, which cannot be obtained by information alone. Moreover, since the visiting store information 330 is updated only by the user visiting the store, the input of evaluation information as shown in the screen 700 of FIG. 11 is not essential.

  In addition, the operation content of each step according to the flowcharts described in FIGS. 7, 8, and 10 is executed as a program that runs on a computer provided in advance in each of the portable information terminal 10, the store side device 100, and the headquarter side device 200. Can be configured.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a network according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to the same portable information terminal 10, store-side device 100, and head office-side device 200b as in the second embodiment, a transportation-side device 800 exists in public transportation such as a railway station or a bus stop. To do. The transportation facility device 800 can exchange the IC tag information 3 with the portable information terminal 10. Further, the transportation facility side device 800 and the headquarter side device 200b are connected by the network 2. The portable information terminal 10 and the store side device 100 are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, it is assumed that the portable information terminal 10 can receive an e-mail.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the transportation facility apparatus 800 disclosed in FIG. The transportation apparatus 800 includes an IC tag handling apparatus 801, a transportation computer 802, and a network card 803. The IC tag handling device 801 exchanges the IC tag information 3 with the IC tag 14 included in the portable information terminal 10 and also serves as a fee payment device for public transportation. Just by bringing the portable information terminal 10 close to the IC tag handling device 801, such as Suica (registered trademark) of East Japan Railway Company and PASMO (registered trademark) of private railway companies in the Kanto region, Simultaneously with the completion of the fare payment, the user's identification information and the boarding section can be detected.

  The transportation-side computer 802 further includes a main control device 810 configured by a CPU, a RAM, an OS, and the like, a getting-off station information detecting unit 811 and a getting-off station information transmitting unit 812 configured as programs executed thereon. Have. When the IC tag handling device 801 detects the boarding section of the user, the getting-off station information detecting unit 811 detects the user's identification information and information on the getting-off station where the user gets off the transportation. Information detected there is transmitted to the head office apparatus 200b by the getting-off station information transmitting unit 812 via the network card 803 and the public wireless communication network 1.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the head office side device 200b disclosed in FIG. The difference between the configuration of the headquarters side server 201b included in the headquarters side device 200b and the headquarters side server 201 included in the headquarters side device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention disclosed in FIG. A unit 216, a search condition database 205, and an e-mail transmission unit 217. In other respects, the headquarter side device 200b is the same as the headquarters side device 200, so the names and reference numbers of the same parts are the same, and the description is omitted.

  FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen 900 for inputting product identification information when the search condition registration unit 216 is accessed through the portable information terminal 10 disclosed in FIGS. 2-3 and 13-14. The search condition registration unit 216 can be accessed by the portable information terminal 10 at an arbitrary timing, and the purchase conditions can be input and stored in advance for each product. As in the input screen 400 of FIG. 6, the user presses the reading button 903 to read a barcode, or inputs a barcode input field 901 and a product name input field 902 by direct input of a product name, and specifies a target product. Then, the purchase conditions 905 having the contents corresponding to the purchase condition input field 405 in FIG. 6 can be input for each product. The purchase conditions 905 can be input for a plurality of products using the back and forth buttons 907.

  At the same time, an e-mail address 904 (usually the e-mail address of the portable information terminal 10) that the user desires to receive store information can be input and stored in advance. When the input is completed, the transmission button 906 is pressed to confirm the registration of the search condition. The search condition database 205 is a database that stores the content entered on the screen 900 together with identification information of each user. The e-mail transmission unit 217 can transmit the searched store information (details will be described later) to the e-mail address registered as the e-mail address 904 as an e-mail.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of the database search unit 212 and the information optimization unit 213 that the headquarter server 201b disclosed in FIGS. The processing is started (S1000), and when the database search unit 212 receives the user identification information and the getting-off station information from the transportation facility side device 800 (S1001), first, stores around the getting-off station (between the getting-off station and the store are purchased). It is determined by searching the product information database 203 whether or not there is a product corresponding to the product registered in the search condition database 205 by the user corresponding to the identification information in the store within the distance included in the condition 905. (S1002). If the product does not exist, the process proceeds to S1009 to transmit “no product exists” to the mail address 904, and the process is terminated (S1010).

  If the product exists in S1002, the store handling the product is searched and extracted in the product information database 203 (S1003), the store candidates are initialized (S1004), and store information for all the corresponding stores is stored. The database 204 is searched, and the distance between the getting-off station and the store is calculated from the searched address 322 and the getting-off station information (S1005). For the price (sales price 304), discount rate (discount rate 305), distance, etc., it is determined whether or not each store satisfies the registered purchase conditions 905 (S1006). (S1007).

  The above processing of S1005 to 1007 is repeated for the number of corresponding stores, and the processing of S1003 to 1007 is repeated for the number of products registered in the search condition database 205. Thus, the processing by the database search unit 212 ends, and the processing is passed to the information optimization unit 213. The information optimizing unit 213 adds the consumer satisfaction 312 to the store candidate handed over from the database search unit 212 (S1008) and transmits it to the mail address 904 (S1009), and ends the processing (S1010).

  The operation content of each step according to the flowchart described with reference to FIG. 16 can be configured to be executed as a program that operates on a computer provided in advance in the headquarters-side apparatus 200b.

  As described above, the search for the store information in the present embodiment is similar to the first embodiment shown in FIG. However, the fact that the IC tag handling device 801 of the transportation-side device 800 recognizes the portable information terminal 10 serves as a trigger for searching, and for all products (single or plural) registered in the search condition database 205. Search for store information, the point to be searched for store information is the “get-off station” received from the transportation apparatus 800, and the search result is transmitted to the portable information terminal 10 by e-mail addressed to the e-mail address 904 This is different from the first embodiment.

  Except for the points described above, the operation in the present embodiment is the same as the operation described as the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. According to this embodiment, every time a user uses public transportation, store information similar to that shown in the first embodiment is obtained for products that the user uses at a certain frequency. Can do. Moreover, since the store information is sent to the portable information terminal 10 by e-mail, it is not necessary to search for the store information each time.

  Various modifications can be considered in the first and second embodiments of the present invention described above. For example, the barcode number 301 of the product that the user intends to purchase is stored in the IC tag 14 in S556 in FIG. 8, but may be stored in the storage device 12. Conversely, the visiting store information 330 and the like can be stored in the IC tag 14 as long as the storage capacity permits.

  In addition, the headquarters-side server 201 may receive the visit store information 330 from the portable information terminal 10. Alternatively, each time a user having the portable information terminal 10 visits, the store-side server 102 may record the history, and the history may be transmitted to the headquarter-side server 201. These data can be used to optimize information with contents more suitable for each user when the information optimization unit 213 optimizes store candidates in S508 of FIG. These data will also be useful data from the viewpoint of quality improvement of services and marketing. However, these processes must be performed within the range permitted by the user for the use of personal information.

  Although the present invention has been described with the specific embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and is known so far as long as the effects of the present invention are achieved. It goes without saying that any configuration can be adopted.

  It can be widely used in retail and distribution systems. The genre of the target product is not particularly limited.

1 is a configuration diagram of a network according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable information terminal disclosed in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the shop side apparatus disclosed in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the headquarters side apparatus disclosed in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows each data structure of the memory | storage device disclosed in FIGS. 2-4, a shop side database, a merchandise information database, and a shop information database. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen which inputs merchandise identification information when accessing an information optimization part through the portable information terminal disclosed by FIGS. It is a flowchart which shows the content which the headquarters side server which received the search request | requirement from the portable information terminal disclosed by FIGS. 2-4 operate | moves in a database search part and an information optimization part. It is a flowchart which shows the content which the portable information terminal which received the reply of the store candidate from the headquarters side server disclosed by FIGS. 2-4 operate | moves in a store information display optimization part. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the store candidate display screen displayed on a display by the store information display optimization part disclosed by FIGS. (A) of FIG. 10 is a flowchart which shows the content which the shop side server disclosed by FIGS. 2-4 operate | moves in a sales location display part. (B) of FIG. 10 is a flowchart which shows the content which a portable information terminal operate | moves in a store information management part in response to having received store information from the store side apparatus disclosed by FIGS. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen which inputs evaluation information when accessing an evaluation information input part through the portable information terminal disclosed by FIGS. It is a block diagram of the network which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the transportation side apparatus disclosed in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the headquarters side apparatus disclosed in FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the screen which inputs merchandise identification information when accessing a search condition registration part through the portable information terminal disclosed by FIGS. 2-3 and 13-14. It is a flowchart which shows the content which the headquarter side server disclosed by FIGS. 2-3 and FIGS. 13-14 operate | moves in a database search part and an information optimization part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Public wireless communication network 2 Network 3 IC tag information 10 Portable information terminal 11 Main controller (control means)
12 Storage device (storage means)
13 Display (display means)
14 IC tag 15 Bar code reader (Bar code reader)
17 GPS module 21 Storage control unit 23 IC tag control unit 24 Bar code reading unit 26 GPS control unit 27 Store information display optimization unit 28 Store information management unit 100 Store side device 101 IC tag handling device (first IC tag handling device )
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 102 Store side server 103 Sales location display device 104 Store side database 106 Network card 110 Main controller 111 Database information registration part 112 Database search part 113 Sales location display part 114 IC tag transmission / reception part 200, 200b Head office side apparatus 201, 201b Head office side Server (head office server)
203 Product Information Database 204 Store Information Database 205 Search Condition Database 210 Main Controller 211 Database Information Management Section 212 Database Search Section 213 Information Optimization Section 215 Evaluation Information Input Section 216 Search Condition Registration Section 217 E-mail Transmission Section 301 Barcode Number ( Product identification information)
311 Store ID
330 Visiting store information 340 Priority information 800 Transportation side device 801 IC tag handling device (second IC tag handling device)
802 Transportation side computer 810 Main controller 811 Get-off station information detection part 812 Get-off station information transmission part

Claims (19)

A portable information terminal having an IC tag, display means, and storage means, an IC tag handling device that transmits information to the IC tag, and a headquarter that transmits information to the portable information terminal based on a request from the portable information terminal In a store information display system having a server,
The IC tag handling device transmits visit store information to the IC tag when the portable information terminal approaches,
The portable information terminal stores the visiting store information received from the IC tag handling device in the storage means,
The portable information terminal transmits current location information representing its current position, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing a purchase condition for the product represented by the product identification information to the headquarter server.
The headquarters server transmits store information representing information about a store of the specific product that satisfies the purchase condition information to the portable information terminal,
The store information display system, wherein the portable information terminal optimizes the store information based on the visited store information and displays it on the display means.   Each time the store information includes at least one of the number of visits, the number of purchases, and the purchase price, and each time the store information is received from the IC tag handling device, the portable information terminal receives the number of visits, the number of purchases, The store information display system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the purchase amounts is increased.   The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein the portable information terminal optimizes the store information based on the visited store information and the priority information.   The portable information terminal can transmit product evaluation information to the headquarters server at an arbitrary timing, and the headquarter server transmits the store information ranked based on the product evaluation information to the portable information terminal. The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein: A sales position display device is attached to the IC tag handling device,
The portable information terminal transmits the product identification information to the IC tag handling device,
3. The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein the sales position display device displays information about a sales position of a product corresponding to the product identification information received by the IC tag handling device.   The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein the portable information terminal has a barcode reading unit capable of inputting the product identification information by reading a barcode.   The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein the product identification information is at least one of a JAN code, a UPC code, and an EAN code. A portable information terminal having an IC tag, display means and storage means; a first IC tag handling device for transmitting information to the IC tag; and a second IC tag handling device for detecting the approach of the portable information terminal; In a store information display system having purchase condition information representing purchase conditions for a specific product in advance and having a headquarter server that transmits information to the portable information terminal,
The first IC tag handling device transmits visit store information to the IC tag when the portable information terminal approaches,
The portable information terminal stores visit store information received from the first IC tag handling device in the storage means,
When the second IC tag handling device detects the approach of the mobile information terminal, the headquarter server displays store information representing store information of the specific product that satisfies the purchase condition information. Send it to your device,
The store information display system, wherein the portable information terminal optimizes the store information based on the visited store information and displays it on the display means. The second IC tag handling device detects the getting-off station information indicating the use of public transportation and transmits the getting-off station information to the headquarter server.
9. The store information display system according to claim 8, wherein the headquarter server transmits store information at a position corresponding to the getting-off station information to the portable information terminal. The portable information terminal is capable of receiving e-mail;
The purchase condition information includes an e-mail address of the portable information terminal,
The store information display system according to claim 9, wherein the headquarter server transmits the store information to the portable information terminal by electronic mail. A portable information terminal having an IC tag for receiving information from an IC tag handling device, a storage means, a communication means for transmitting / receiving information to / from the headquarter server, a control means, and a display means,
The IC tag receives store information from the IC tag handling device,
The control means stores the visiting store information received from the IC tag handling device in the storage means,
The control means transmits current location information representing its current position, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing a purchase condition for the product represented by the product identification information to the headquarter server, and the purchase The store information representing the ranking of the stores of the specific product satisfying the condition information is received from the head office server, and the store information is optimized and displayed based on the visit store information. Information terminal.   The visit store information includes at least one of the number of visits, the number of purchases, and the purchase price, and each time the visit store information is received from the IC tag handling device, the control means is configured to provide the number of visits, the number of purchases, The portable information terminal according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the purchase amounts is increased.   The storage means stores the visiting store information and priority information, and the portable information terminal optimizes the store information based on the visiting store information and the priority information. The portable information terminal described in 1.   13. The portable information terminal according to claim 12, further comprising a barcode reading unit capable of inputting the product identification information by reading a barcode.   13. The portable information terminal according to claim 12, wherein product evaluation information can be transmitted to the headquarter server at an arbitrary timing.   The portable information terminal according to claim 12, wherein the IC tag is capable of transmitting alighting station information indicating use of public transportation. A portable information terminal comprising: an IC tag that receives information from an IC tag handling device; a storage means; a communication means that transmits / receives information to / from a headquarter server; a control means; and a display means. A method in which a terminal displays dealer information on the display means,
Visit store information receiving step for receiving visit store information transmitted to the IC tag;
A visiting store information storing step of storing the visiting store information in the storage means;
An information transmission step of transmitting to the headquarters server current location information representing its current position, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing a purchase condition of the product represented by the product identification information;
An information receiving step of receiving from the headquarters server dealer information representing information ranking the dealers of the specific product satisfying the purchase condition information;
A store information display method comprising: a display step of optimizing the store information based on the visited store information and displaying the information on the display means. The visit store information includes at least one of the number of visits, the number of purchases, and the purchase price,
The store information display method according to claim 17, wherein the visiting store information receiving step includes a step of increasing at least one of the number of visits, the number of purchases, and the purchase price. A portable information terminal comprising: an IC tag that receives information from an IC tag handling device; a storage means; a communication means that transmits / receives information to / from a headquarter server; a control means; and a display means. To the computer equipped with the terminal,
A process of receiving visiting store information transmitted to the IC tag;
A process of storing the visited store information in the storage means;
A process of transmitting current location information representing its current position, product identification information representing a specific product, and purchase condition information representing a purchase condition of a product represented by the product identification information to the headquarter server;
Processing of receiving from the headquarters server dealer information representing information ranked on the dealers of the specific product satisfying the purchase condition information;
A store information display program for executing a process of optimizing the store information based on the visited store information and displaying the information on the display means.

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