JP2016151995A - Cooking recipe use system, user terminal equipment, and server device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily grasp information related to popularity about a cooking recipe under a service for providing a cooking recipe to a user.SOLUTION: User terminal equipment transmits a cooking recipe request to a cooking recipe server, and the cooking recipe server transmits a cooking recipe determined on the basis of the merchandise sales information of a store corresponding to position information included in the received cooking recipe request to the user terminal equipment. The user terminal equipment transmits an intention declaration notification to the cooking recipe server when a user declares an intention to cook by using the cooking recipe, and the cooking recipe server determines popularity about the cooking recipe which can be provided by the cooking recipe server on the basis of the cooking recipe information included in the intention declaration notification received from the user terminal equipment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking recipe utilization system, a user terminal device, and a server device.

  A list of ingredients recently purchased by the user and a list of ingredients that attracted interest at the store are displayed on the user terminal, the ingredients to be used are selected from the list, and the dishes in the database storing the ingredients and dishes recipes to be used are stored. 2. Description of the Related Art A shopping support apparatus is known that compares a food recipe with a food ingredient and searches for a recipe suitable for the food ingredient to be used and presents the recipe to the user (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-49039 A

For example, in performing a service for presenting a cooking recipe to a user as described above, it may be useful to improve the service to know the popularity of the cooking recipe. For example, if it is published in a manner that reflects the popularity of cooking recipes on a website that publishes cooking recipes, the interest of the website from the user is increased, and the number of accesses can be increased.
However, for example, as shown in the configuration of the shopping support apparatus described above, simply presenting a cooking recipe corresponding to the food selected by the user, the popularity of the high reliability can be obtained in grasping the popularity of the cooking recipe. It is difficult to get a degree.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a popularity degree of a highly reliable cooking recipe under a service for providing a user with a cooking recipe.

  One aspect of the present invention includes a user terminal device used by a user and a cooking recipe server that provides a cooking recipe. In the cooking recipe server, product sales information relating to sales at a store for each ingredient, and the store A product information management unit that acquires product display information indicating a place where foodstuffs to be sold are displayed, and in the user terminal device, the cooking recipe request including position information indicating a position related to the user terminal device A dish that can be provided by the dish recipe server based on merchandise sales information of the store corresponding to the position information included in the dish recipe request received in the dish recipe request received in the dish recipe request unit transmitted to the recipe server A recipe to be recommended to a user of the user terminal device is determined from among the recipes, and the determined cooking recipe is determined by the user terminal. In the cooking recipe providing unit to be transmitted to the table and the user terminal device, when the intention display of cooking using the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server is performed by the user, the target of the intention display In the intention display notification section that includes the cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe and that transmits the intention display notification indicating that the intention has been displayed to the cooking recipe server, and the cooking recipe server, the cooking recipe server can provide It is a cooking recipe utilization system provided with the popularity determination part using the cooking recipe information contained in the intention display notification received from the said user terminal device in determining the popularity regarding a simple cooking recipe.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described cooking recipe utilization system, wherein the intention display notification unit is in the store where the ingredients used in the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server are displayed as the intention display. When an operation for requesting store guide information having contents for guiding the location of the restaurant is performed, a store guide information request including the dish recipe information is transmitted as the intention display notification, and the request is received at the dish recipe server. You may further provide the shop guidance information transmission part which transmits the shop guidance information created based on the cooking recipe information contained in a shop guidance information request | requirement, and the said product sales information to the said user terminal device.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described cooking recipe use system, further including a shop terminal device in the store, wherein the intention display notification unit prints the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server as the intention display. When the print instruction operation for instructing is performed, the intention display notification including the dish recipe information is transmitted, and the store terminal device performs control to print the dish recipe instructed to be printed by the print instruction operation. A print control unit may be provided.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described cooking recipe utilization system, wherein the store terminal device is an accounting device used for accounting for products purchased in the store, and the print control unit displays the accounting result. You may perform control which prints the said cooking recipe on the receipt shown.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described cooking recipe use system, wherein the store terminal device is registered as a printing target cooking recipe acquired from the user terminal device in response to the printing instruction operation, and an accounting target. A purchase confirmation unit that outputs information related to forgetting to buy the ingredients used in the cooking recipe to be printed may be further provided based on the product.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described dish recipe utilization system, wherein the dish recipe request unit further includes condition information indicating at least one of a designated menu or a designated ingredient in addition to the position information. The recipe request is transmitted to the cooking recipe server, and the cooking recipe providing unit is configured to use the cooking recipe server based on the merchandise sales information and the condition information corresponding to the location information included in the received cooking recipe request. The cooking recipe recommended to the user of the user terminal device may be determined from among the cooking recipes that can be provided.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described dish recipe utilization system, wherein the dish recipe providing unit is based on the product sales information for a plurality of dish recipes determined to be recommended to the user of the user terminal device. The presentation order may be set, and the list of the plurality of cooking recipes reflecting the set presentation order may be transmitted to the user terminal device.

  One aspect of the present invention is the above-described cooking recipe use system, wherein the cooking recipe providing unit is determined by cooking recipe information included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device and the popularity determination unit. The cooking recipe may be determined based on the popularity of the cooking recipe.

  One aspect of the present invention is a dish recipe request unit that transmits a dish recipe request including position information indicating its own position to a dish recipe server, and a dish received from the dish recipe server in response to the transmission of the dish recipe request. When the intention to cook using the recipe is displayed by the user, the intention indication notification includes the cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe that is the target of the intention display and indicates that the intention display has been made. Is a user terminal device provided with the intention display notification part which transmits to the said cooking recipe server.

  One aspect of the present invention is a product information management unit that acquires product sales information related to sales at a store for each product as a food, and product display information indicating a place where a product sold at the store is displayed. When receiving the cooking recipe request transmitted from the user terminal device, it can be provided based on the merchandise sales information of the store corresponding to the position information indicating the position related to the user terminal device included in the received cooking recipe request When determining a cooking recipe to be recommended to the user of the user terminal device from among the cooking recipes, and determining the popularity of the cooking recipe providing unit that transmits the determined cooking recipe to the user terminal device. The user terminal device from among the cooking recipes included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device and transmitted by the cooking recipe providing unit A server apparatus and a popularity determination unit utilizing recipe information indicating the selected recipe Te.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp information related to popularity of a cooking recipe under a service for providing a cooking recipe to a user.

It is a figure which shows the example of whole structure of the cooking recipe utilization system in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the dish recipe server in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the cooking recipe data in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the merchandise information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the merchandise sales information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the merchandise display information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the popularity information in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the user terminal device in 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of a process sequence which the cooking recipe server in 1st Embodiment, a user terminal device, and a shop server perform. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence which the cooking recipe server in 1st Embodiment performs for a popularity degree update. It is a flowchart which shows the structural example of the shop terminal device in 2nd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of a process sequence which the cooking recipe server in 2nd Embodiment, a user terminal device, and a shop terminal device perform. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of a process sequence which the cooking recipe server and user terminal device in this embodiment perform.

<First Embodiment>
[Example of overall configuration of cooking recipe use system]
FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of a cooking recipe utilization system in the present embodiment.
The cooking recipe utilization system shown in the figure includes a cooking recipe server 100 (an example of a server device), a user terminal device 200, a store server 300, and a store terminal device 400.
The dish recipe server 100 is communicably connected to the user terminal device 200 and the store server 300 via the network 500.

The cooking recipe server 100 provides a cooking recipe to the user terminal device 200.
The user terminal device 200 is a mobile terminal operated by a user. The user terminal device 200 may be a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, or the like, for example. In the figure, the state where the user terminal device 200 is located in the store 10 is shown because the user who owns the user terminal device 200 exists in the store 10.

  The store 10 is a store such as a supermarket or a grocery store that sells products that are ingredients used in cooking recipes.

  The store server 300 is a server that the store 10 has. In the figure, a mode in which the store server 300 is provided in one store 10 is shown. However, the store server 300 may be provided in the headquarters of a plurality of stores 10 when each of the stores 10 is a branch, for example.

  The store terminal device 400 is a terminal device provided in the store 10. The store terminal device 400 is, for example, an accounting device in which a store clerk performs an accounting operation, or a device called a self-checkout that performs accounting for products purchased by the customer.

  In the present embodiment, the popularity of the cooking recipe provided by the cooking recipe server 100 may be determined by the cooking recipe server 100, the user terminal device 200, and the store server 300 without including the shop terminal device 400. it can.

  In the user terminal device 200 of the present embodiment, an application (cooking recipe application) that can receive the provision of a cooking recipe from the cooking recipe server 100 is installed. Also, the store 10 is. It cooperates with the operator of the cooking recipe server 100 and presents the cooking recipe to the user who went to the store as follows.

When the user who owns the user terminal device 200 goes to the store 10, the user starts the cooking recipe application. The user terminal device 200 in which the cooking recipe application is activated acquires position information indicating a position related to the user terminal device 200. In the present embodiment, the user terminal device 200 uses, for example, a position represented by latitude and longitude (may include height information) under the GPS (Global Positioning System) as the position information. get.
Alternatively, the user terminal device 200 can recognize that it is located in the store 10 by communicating with a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) base station (not shown) installed in the store 10. It is. Therefore, recognition information indicating that the user terminal device 200 is located in the store 10 may be acquired as position information.

  Then, the user terminal device 200 on which the cooking recipe application operates transmits a cooking recipe request including the position information acquired as described above to the cooking recipe server 100 via the network 500.

The cooking recipe server 100 performs the following processing in response to receiving the cooking recipe request.
The cooking recipe server 100 uses the location information included in the received cooking recipe request to identify the store 10 where the user terminal device 200 that is the source of the cooking recipe request is located. For this purpose, for example, the cooking recipe server 100 stores store location information indicating the location of each affiliated store.
In addition, the dish recipe server 100 identifies the shop corresponding to the shop position information corresponding to the position indicated by the position information included in the received dish recipe request as the shop 10 where the user terminal device 200 is located.

The dish recipe server 100 stores product sales information registered from each of the affiliated stores. The merchandise sales information is information relating to sales at a store for each merchandise as a food material. Specifically, the merchandise sales information includes information on settings such as prices for each food sold at corresponding stores, special sales for each food, and recommendations.
The cooking recipe server 100 uses the merchandise sales information corresponding to the store 10 in which the user terminal device 200 is located, and uses all the cooking recipes that can be provided to the user terminal device 200. The cooking recipe recommended to the user of the terminal device 200 is determined. Specifically, the cooking recipe server 100 can determine a cooking recipe including a food item for which a sale price is set or a recommended food item as a cooking recipe to be recommended to the user.

In addition, the dish recipe server 100 stores popularity degree information indicating the degree of popularity for each dish recipe that can be provided. Therefore, the cooking recipe server 100 can determine a cooking recipe having a high popularity as a cooking recipe recommended to the user of the user terminal device 200 by using the popularity shown by the popularity information.
In addition, the dish recipe server 100 can determine a dish recipe recommended to the user by using both the merchandise sales information and the popularity indicated by the popularity degree information.
In this embodiment, the cooking recipe server 100 determines a plurality of cooking recipes as cooking recipes recommended to the user.

The cooking recipe server 100 sorts (sets the presentation order) the plurality of cooking recipes determined as the cooking recipes recommended to the user as described above according to a predetermined sorting criterion.
For example, the cooking recipe server 100 can sort a plurality of determined cooking recipes according to a sorting criterion such as a special sale price or the number of recommended ingredients.
In addition, the cooking recipe server 100 can sort the plurality of determined cooking recipes using the total price of the ingredients used as a sorting reference.
The cooking recipe server 100 can sort the plurality of determined cooking recipes using the cooking recipe popularity order as a sorting criterion.
The cooking recipe server 100 transmits a cooking recipe list including a plurality of cooking recipes sorted as described above to the user terminal device 200.

The user terminal device 200 in which the cooking recipe application operates causes the display unit to display the received cooking list. The user can perform an operation (a cooking recipe selection operation) for selecting a cooking recipe on which a menu that the user wants to cook is posted from the displayed cooking recipe list.
When the cooking recipe selection operation is performed, the user terminal device 200 determines whether or not the store guidance information for guiding the place in the store 10 where the product as the food used for the selected cooking recipe is displayed is necessary. An inquiry screen (store guide information necessity inquiry screen) is displayed.

Specifically, the store guide information is information indicating, by an image, a place where a product as an ingredient used for the cooking recipe selected on the planar map in the store 10 is displayed.
For example, if the user wants to shop for ingredients at the store 10 in order to cook the menu of the selected cooking recipe, the store guidance information is convenient because it saves the trouble of searching for the ingredients. Therefore, in this case, the user performs an operation for declaring that the store guide information is necessary on the store guide information necessity selection screen (store guide information necessity declaration operation).
On the other hand, if, for example, an operation for selecting a cooking recipe is performed, but ingredients for cooking the menu of the selected cooking recipe are not needed now, the store guidance information is declared to be unnecessary. Perform the operation (declaration operation that does not require store information).

  When the store guide information necessity declaration operation is performed, the user terminal device 200 transmits a store guide information request to the cooking recipe server 100. The store guide information request includes cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation.

The dish recipe server 100 stores product display information registered from each of the affiliated stores. The product display information is information indicating a place where a product sold at a corresponding store is displayed.
The dish recipe server 100 that has received the store guide information request uses the product display information corresponding to the store 10 to create store guide information. The created store guidance information indicates a place where the ingredients used in the cooking recipe indicated by the cooking recipe information included in the received store guidance information request are displayed in the store 10.
The dish recipe server 100 transmits the created store guide information to the user terminal device 200.
The user terminal device 200 displays the received store guidance information. The user can efficiently select the ingredients to be used in the cooking recipe while confirming the place where the ingredients shown in the displayed store guide information are displayed.

Further, the fact that the store guide information request has been transmitted has a high possibility that the user will cook using the corresponding cooking recipe. That is, the cooking recipe corresponding to the store guide information request can be regarded as highly useful for the user. In this respect, it is significant to use the number of cooking recipes for which store guide information is requested as an element for determining the popularity.
Therefore, the dish recipe server 100 performs a tabulation on the number of dish recipes for which a store guide information request has been made. Then, at a predetermined timing, the cooking recipe server 100 determines the degree of popularity for each cooking recipe by using a count result of the number of cooking recipes for which a store guide information request has been made. That is, in the cooking recipe utilization system of the present embodiment, it is possible to easily grasp information related to the popularity of cooking recipes under a service that provides cooking recipes to users.

[Cooking recipe server configuration example]
A configuration example of the dish recipe server 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The cooking recipe server 100 in the figure includes a communication unit 101, a control unit 102, and a storage unit 103.

The communication unit 101 communicates with the user terminal device 200 via the network 500 (FIG. 1).
The control unit 102 executes various controls in the cooking recipe server 100. The function as the control unit 102 is realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the cooking recipe server 100 executing a program.
The control unit 102 includes a product information management unit 121, a cooking recipe provision unit 122, a store guide information transmission unit 123, and a popularity determination unit 124.

  The product information management unit 121 manages product information. Here, the product information includes product sales information and product display information. As described above, the merchandise sales information is information related to sales at the store for each product as a food, and the merchandise display information is information indicating a place where the merchandise sold at the store is displayed.

The store server 300 of the store 10 stores product information (product sales information and product display information) corresponding to the store. In addition, when the store 10 is a supermarket, the setting of the price of the product, the product to be sold, the product to be recommended, etc. is changed every day or within the business hours of the day. Accordingly, the sales information and the merchandise display information are appropriately updated according to the price and service content set for the merchandise as described above.
The store server 300 performs a process of registering the merchandise information stored in the store recipe server 100 in the cooking recipe server 100, for example, at regular time intervals or according to the timing when the merchandise information is updated. That is, the store server 300 transmits a product information registration request including product information stored in the store server 300 to the cooking recipe server 100.

The product information management unit 121 acquires product information (product sales information and product display information) from the received product information registration request. The product information management unit 121 stores the acquired product information in the product information storage unit 132 of the storage unit 103.
In this way, product information is acquired and stored as product information management by the product information management unit 121.

  When the cooking recipe providing unit 122 receives the cooking recipe request transmitted from the user terminal device 200, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 performs the following processing. That is, the dish recipe providing unit 122 recommends to the user of the user terminal device 200 from among the dish recipes that can be provided, based on the merchandise sales information of the store corresponding to the position information included in the received dish recipe request. Determine the cooking recipe. Then, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 transmits the determined cooking recipe to the user terminal device 200.

Here, the dish recipe that can be provided is, for example, a dish recipe stored in the dish recipe storage unit 131, and a dish recipe that can be transmitted to the user terminal device 200 via the network 500. Therefore, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 determines a cooking recipe recommended to the user from the cooking recipes (can be provided) that are stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131, and stores the determined cooking recipe in the cooking recipe. Read from the unit 131. Then, the read cooking recipe is transmitted to the user terminal device 200.
In the present embodiment, a plurality of cooking recipe providing units 122 are determined as cooking recipes recommended to the user. Then, the dish recipe providing unit 122 lists the determined plurality of dish recipes and transmits the list to the user terminal device 200.

  The cooking recipe providing unit 122 not only provides the cooking recipe to the cooking recipe application that operates on the user terminal device 200 as described above, but also makes the cooking recipe public on the network 500 by the cooking recipe website, for example. You may do it.

  The store guide information transmission unit 123 performs the following processing in response to the reception of the store guide information request transmitted from the user terminal device 200. That is, the store guide information transmission unit 123 creates store guide information based on the dish recipe information and the merchandise sales information included in the received store guide information request. The store guide information transmission unit 123 transmits the created store guide information to the user terminal device 200.

From the user terminal device 200 according to the present embodiment, a store guidance information request is transmitted as an intention display notification indicating a intention of the user to cook using the cooking recipe transmitted from the cooking recipe server 100. The store guide information request includes cooking recipe information indicating a cooking recipe selected by the user terminal device 200 from the cooking recipes transmitted by the cooking recipe providing unit 122.
The popularity determination unit 124 determines the popularity of the cooking recipe. The popularity determination unit 124 uses the cooking recipe information included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device 200 when determining the popularity.
As a specific example, the popularity determination unit 124 acquires and acquires the cooking recipe indicated by the cooking recipe information included in the received intention display notification every time the intention display notification transmitted from the user terminal device 200 is received. Tally cooking recipes. The total result of the cooking recipe is stored in the cooking recipe total information storage unit 134 in the storage unit 103 as cooking recipe total information.

The popularity determination unit 124 includes, as one of the popularity determination parameters, for example, a cooking recipe tabulation result indicated by the cooking recipe tabulation information stored in the cooking recipe tabulation information storage unit 134 at regular intervals. In addition, the popularity determination unit 124 uses the popularity determination parameter to determine the popularity for each cooking recipe according to a predetermined algorithm. The popularity determination unit 124 stores the popularity determination result in the popularity information storage unit 133 of the storage unit 103 as popularity information.
The cooking recipe for which the degree of popularity is determined here is a cooking recipe that the cooking recipe server 100 can provide to the user terminal device 200. Specifically, as described above, the cooking recipe is stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131. It is a cooking recipe.

Further, as the degree of popularity determination parameter, the following can be included in addition to the cooking recipe tabulation result indicated by the cooking recipe tabulation information (that is, the cooking recipe corresponding to the store guide information request).
For example, the totalization result about the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list displayed on the user terminal device 200 can be included in the popularity determination parameter.
Further, the user can post an impression of cooking using the cooking recipe to the cooking recipe server 100 by an operation on the cooking recipe application operating on the user terminal device 200. Then, the cooking recipe server 100 counts the number of posts for each cooking recipe, and the popularity determination unit 124 can include the counting result of the number of postings for each cooking recipe in the popularity determination parameter.
The algorithm for determining the popularity for each cooking recipe by the popularity determination unit 124 is not particularly limited.

  The storage unit 103 stores various information used by the control unit 102. The storage unit 103 shown in the figure includes a cooking recipe storage unit 131, a product information storage unit 132, a popularity information storage unit 133, and a cooking recipe total information storage unit 134.

The cooking recipe storage unit 131 stores cooking recipe data provided by the cooking recipe server 100.
FIG. 3 shows an example of cooking recipe data stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131. The cooking recipe storage unit 131 stores the cooking recipe data shown in the figure corresponding to each cooking recipe.
The cooking recipe data corresponding to one cooking recipe stores a cooking recipe identifier, cooking recipe page data, and used food material information.
The dish recipe identifier is an identifier that uniquely indicates the corresponding dish recipe.
The cooking recipe page data is data of a web page as a corresponding cooking recipe. The cooking recipe application (or web browser) operating on the user terminal device 200 displays the cooking recipe using the cooking recipe page data.
The used ingredient information is information indicating ingredients used in the corresponding cooking recipe. As shown in the figure, the used ingredient information stores an ingredient identifier corresponding to each ingredient used in the corresponding cooking recipe. The ingredient identifier is an identifier assigned to each ingredient used in all the recipes that can be provided by the recipe recipe server 100.

Returning to FIG. The product information storage unit 132 stores product information. As described above, the product information includes product sales information and product display information.
FIG. 4 shows an example of product information corresponding to one store 10 as product information stored in the product information storage unit 132. As shown in the figure, the product information includes a store identifier, store location information, product sales information, and product display information.
The store identifier is an identifier that uniquely indicates the corresponding store.
The store position information is information indicating the position of the corresponding store. The store position information is information representing the position range of the place where the corresponding store 10 exists, for example, using latitude and longitude.
The merchandise information storage unit 132 stores the merchandise information having the structure shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of merchandise sales information corresponding to one store 10. The merchandise sales information in the figure stores an ingredient identifier, an ingredient name, a price, a recommended setting flag, a special sale setting flag, and an inventory flag corresponding to each article as an ingredient sold at the corresponding store 10.

The food identifier is an identifier indicating the corresponding food sold in the store 10 at the position. The ingredient identifier used in the merchandise sales information has the same definition as the ingredient identifier stored in the ingredient information used in the recipe data (FIG. 3). Accordingly, the ingredients in the merchandise sales information and the ingredients shown in the used ingredient information of the cooking recipe data are associated with each other by the ingredient identifier.
The ingredient name is the name of the corresponding ingredient. The price is the price set for the corresponding food.

The recommended setting flag is a flag indicating whether or not the corresponding food is set as a recommended product. In the example of the figure, the recommended setting flag “1” indicates that the recommended product is set, and the recommended setting flag “0” indicates that the recommended product is not set.
The special sale setting flag is a flag indicating whether or not the corresponding food is set as a special sale product. In the example shown in the figure, the special sale setting flag “1” indicates that the item is set as a special sale item, and the special sale setting flag “0” indicates that the item is not set as a special sale item.
An inventory flag is a flag which shows the presence or absence of the stock in the corresponding store 10 about the goods as a corresponding foodstuff. In the example of the figure, the inventory flag “1” indicates that there is inventory, and the inventory flag “0” indicates that there is no inventory.
The merchandise information storage unit 132 stores merchandise information for each affiliated store including merchandise sales information having the structure shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example of product display information corresponding to one store as the product display information stored in the product information storage unit 132.
The merchandise display information includes in-store map information shown in FIG. 6A and display location information shown in FIG.
The in-store map information of FIG. 6A shows a map of the sales floor in the corresponding store 10 as seen from the plane direction. The in-store map information is in a format that can be displayed as an image, for example. Further, in the in-store map information, a number (shelf number) is assigned to each product display place such as a product shelf or a showcase installed in the store of the store 10. In the figure, A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3... F1, F2, and F3 are shelf numbers assigned to corresponding product display locations.

The display location information in FIG. 6B indicates the display location at the sales floor for each product as a food sold at the corresponding store 10. Specifically, the display location information in the figure stores a food identifier, a food name, and a display location for each product as a food sold at the corresponding store 10.
The ingredient identifier in the display place information is an identifier indicating the corresponding ingredient. The food content identifier in the display location information has the same definition as the food material identifier stored in the product sales information. Accordingly, the ingredients in the display location information and the ingredients in the merchandise sales information are associated with each other by the ingredient identifier.
The ingredient name is the name of the corresponding ingredient. The display place indicates a place where the corresponding food is displayed. Specifically, in the example of the figure, the display place is indicated by a shelf number as a place where the corresponding food is displayed.

Returning to FIG. The popularity information storage unit 133 stores popularity information. Popularity information is information which shows the popularity for every cooking recipe which cooking recipe server 100 can provide.
FIG. 7 shows an example of the popularity information stored in the popularity information storage unit 133. The degree of popularity information in the figure has a structure in which the degree of popularity is associated with the dish recipe identifier.
The cooking recipe identifier is an identifier for uniquely identifying a cooking recipe.
The popularity indicates the popularity of the cooking recipe indicated by the corresponding cooking recipe identifier. The degree of popularity in the figure is a point (frequency) having a range of 0 to 100 as an example, and the higher the value of the point, the higher the degree of popularity. As described above, the popularity determination unit 124 determines the popularity according to a predetermined algorithm.
In addition, as a degree of popularity, in addition to the above points, for example, the order of cooking recipes may be represented.

Returning to FIG. The cooking recipe total information storage unit 134 stores cooking recipe total result information indicating a totaling result of cooking recipes on which the user of the user terminal device 200 has indicated that he / she wants to cook.
Specifically, the dish recipe tabulation result in the present embodiment indicates the tabulation result of the dish recipe indicated by the dish recipe information included in the store guide information request transmitted from the user terminal device 200. That is, the cooking recipe total result information in the present embodiment indicates a total result for a cooking recipe that uses ingredients that the user wants to purchase using the store guide information.
Thus, it can be said that the cooking recipe using the ingredients that the user wants to purchase using the store guide information is highly likely to be used for the user to actually cook. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the operation of declaring that the shop guide information is required is regarded as a cooking recipe in which the user has indicated that he / she wants to cook.

  Although illustration is omitted, the cooking recipe total result information stored in the cooking recipe total information storage unit 134 is the cooking recipe indicated by the cooking recipe information included in the store guidance information request transmitted from the user terminal device 200 so far. What is necessary is just to express the cumulative number of each. From this point of view, the dish recipe total information may be, for example, an acquisition history of dish recipe information included in the store guide information request transmitted from the user terminal device 200.

[Configuration example of terminal device]
A configuration example of the user terminal device 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The user terminal device 200 in the figure includes a communication unit 201, a control unit 202, a storage unit 203, a display unit 204, and an operation unit 205.
The communication unit 201 communicates with the dish recipe server 100 via the network 500.

The control unit 202 executes various controls in the user terminal device 200. The function as the control unit 202 is realized, for example, when a CPU included in the user terminal device 200 executes a program stored in the storage unit 203.
The control unit 202 includes a position information acquisition unit 221, a cooking recipe request unit 222, an application processing unit 223, and an intention display notification unit 224 as functions obtained by executing a program as a cooking recipe application.

  The position information acquisition unit 221 acquires position information indicating the position of itself (user terminal device 200). As described above, the position information acquisition unit 221 in the present embodiment includes a reception function corresponding to, for example, GPS, and acquires position information based on latitude and longitude (which may further include height).

The cooking recipe request unit 222 transmits a cooking recipe request to the cooking recipe server 100. The cooking recipe request unit 222 transmits the cooking recipe request including the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 221.
In the above description of FIG. 1, the cooking recipe request unit 222 gives an example in which a cooking recipe request is spontaneously transmitted without accepting an operation or the like when the cooking recipe application is activated. However, the cooking recipe request unit 222 may transmit a cooking recipe request in response to an operation such as an instruction to display a cooking recipe list from the user.

The application processing unit 223 has a function of managing overall processing as a cooking recipe application. The application processing unit 223 executes processes other than the position information acquisition unit 221, the cooking recipe request unit 222, and the intention display notification unit 224 in the cooking recipe application.
For example, the application processing unit 223 displays the cooking recipe list received from the user terminal device 200 on the display unit 204, and displays the selected cooking recipe in response to an operation of selecting a cooking recipe from the cooking recipe list. Process.

The intention display notifying unit 224 indicates that there has been an intention display when the user has made an intention to cook using the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server 100 in response to the transmission of the cooking recipe request. The intention display notification shown is transmitted to the cooking recipe server 100.
In this embodiment, the intention display of cooking using the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server 100 by the user is an operation of declaring that the shop guide information is necessary as described above. And the intention display notification transmitted to the cooking recipe server 100 is a store guidance information request.
In addition, the store guide information that is a notification of intention display includes cooking recipe information indicating a cooking recipe that is a target of intention to cook, that is, a cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list.

  The storage unit 203 stores various information used by the control unit 202. The information stored in the storage unit 203 includes a cooking recipe application executed by the CPU of the user terminal device 200.

The display unit 204 displays an image according to the control of the control unit 202.
The operation unit 205 collectively indicates operators, input devices, and the like provided in the user terminal device 200. For example, when the display unit 204 is configured as a touch panel, the operation unit 205 includes a touch pad that is an input device configuring the touch panel. The operation unit 205 may include a keyboard, a mouse, a track pad, a pen tablet, and the like.

[Example of processing procedure]
Next, with reference to a sequence diagram of FIG. 9, an example of a processing procedure executed by the dish recipe server 100, the user terminal device 200, and the store server 300 in the present embodiment will be described.
The store server 300 transmits a registration request in order to register the product information (product sales information and product display information) of the store in the cooking recipe server 100 at a predetermined timing as described above (step S101).

The merchandise information management unit 121 in the cooking recipe server 100 registers the merchandise information in response to the registration request transmitted in step S101 (step S102).
That is, the product information management unit 121 stores the product information (product sales information, product display information) included in the registration request transmitted from the store server 300 in the product information storage unit 132.
When product information is registered, if product information of the store is already stored in the product information storage unit 132 of the cooking recipe server 100, the product information management unit 121 is included in the registration request as product information registration. The product information stored in the product information storage unit 132 is updated with the stored product information.

When the cooking recipe application is activated in the user terminal device 200, the position information acquisition unit 221 in the control unit 202 of the user terminal device 200 acquires the position information of the user terminal device 200 (step S103).
Next, the cooking recipe request unit 222 transmits a cooking recipe request including the position information acquired in step S103 to the cooking recipe server 100 (step S104).

When the cooking recipe request is received, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 in the control unit 102 of the cooking recipe server 100 determines a cooking recipe recommended to the user of the user terminal device 200 that is the transmission source of the cooking recipe request (step S105). .
For this purpose, the dish recipe providing unit 122 acquires product information including store position information including position information included in the dish recipe request received in response to step S104 from the product information storage unit 132. The product information acquired in this way corresponds to the store 10 where the user terminal device 200 is located. Therefore, acquisition of merchandise information is equivalent to specification of the store where user terminal device 200 is located. Further, specifying the store where the user terminal device 200 is located corresponds to specifying the store 10 used by the user of the user terminal device 200.
Next, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 uses the product sales information in the product information acquired from the product information storage unit 132 and uses the product recipe information stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131 to use the user of the user terminal device 200. Determine multiple cooking recipes to recommend.

Note that, as described above, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 has, for example, a food item for which the sale setting flag in the product sales information is set to “1” and the sale price is set, and the recommended setting flag is set to “1”. A cooking recipe including ingredients set as recommended targets can be determined as a cooking recipe recommended to the user.
In addition, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 sets a stock flag in the product sales information to “0” and includes a certain number or more (or a certain ratio) of ingredients indicating that there is no stock from a determination candidate. It may be excluded.
Further, the dish recipe server 100 can further determine a dish recipe recommended to the user by using the degree of popularity indicated by the degree of popularity information.

Next, the dish recipe providing unit 122 sorts the plurality of dish recipes determined in step S105 according to a predetermined sorting standard. As described above, the sort criteria can be, for example, the sale price, the number of recommended foods, the total price of used foods, the order of popularity of cooking recipes indicated by popularity information, and the like.
In addition, the dish recipe providing unit 122 creates a dish recipe list that reflects the sort order of the plurality of dish recipes determined in step S105 (step S106).
The cooking recipe providing unit 122 transmits the cooking recipe list created in step S106 to the user terminal device 200 (step S107).

  In the user terminal device 200 that has received the cooking recipe list in response to step S107, the application processing unit 223 causes the display unit 204 to display the received cooking recipe list (step S108). Here, the display of the cooking recipe list is performed on the application screen of the cooking recipe application.

The user can perform an operation of selecting a cooking recipe that the user wants to browse (display) independently from the plurality of cooking recipes presented in the cooking recipe list displayed in step S108.
Therefore, the application processing unit 223 accepts an operation for selecting a cooking recipe (a cooking recipe selection operation) performed on the cooking recipe list displayed in step S108 (step S109).

Upon receiving the cooking recipe selection operation in step S109, the application processing unit 223 displays the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation on the display unit 204 (step S110). At this time, the application processing unit 223 performs display using the cooking recipe page data of the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation from the cooking recipe page data for each list included in the cooking recipe list. .
In addition, the display of the cooking recipe by step S110 is also performed on the application screen of a cooking recipe application.

The processing from the display of the cooking recipe list in steps S108 to S110 to the display of the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation corresponds to the case where the cooking recipe list has the following structure. In other words. Cooking recipe page data (FIG. 3) for each cooking recipe presented in the cooking recipe list is included in the structure of the cooking recipe list. In this case, the selected cooking recipe is displayed by acquiring the cooking recipe data of the selected cooking recipe from the structure of the cooking recipe list in accordance with the cooking recipe selection operation.
On the other hand, it is good also as a structure which does not contain cooking recipe page data about a cooking recipe list. In this case, although illustration is omitted, the cooking recipe request unit 222 transmits a cooking recipe request for requesting the selected cooking recipe to the cooking recipe server 100 in response to the receipt of the cooking recipe selection operation in step S109. .
The cooking recipe providing unit 122 in the cooking recipe server 100 acquires the cooking recipe page data of the cooking recipe indicated by the received cooking recipe request from the cooking recipe storage unit 131, and transmits the acquired cooking recipe page data to the user terminal device 200. To do.
The application processing unit 223 in the user terminal device 200 displays the received dish recipe page data on the application screen of the dish recipe application in the display unit 204 as the process of step S110.

In addition, when the intention display notifying unit 224 displays the cooking recipe in step S110, the intention display notifying unit 224 displays an operation screen (store guide information necessity selection screen) for causing the user to declare whether or not the store guidance information is necessary in a predetermined manner. Display on the application screen of the application.
An example of the store guidance information necessity selection screen is a dialog window displayed so as to be superimposed on the image of the cooking recipe displayed in step S110.
On the store guidance information necessity selection screen as such a dialog window, a message for inquiring the user of necessity of the store guidance information is displayed, for example, “Do you need store guidance information?”. At the same time, a button for declaring an affirmative answer, such as a “Yes” button, and a button for declaring a negative answer, such as a “No” button, are arranged on the store guidance information necessity selection screen. .

A user performs store guidance information necessity selection operation with respect to a store guidance information necessity selection screen. Specifically, when the user wants to purchase the ingredients indicated in the cooking recipe while checking the display location of the ingredients by looking at the store guide information, the user selects the “Yes” button as the store guide information necessity selection operation. Manipulate. The operation of the “Yes” button here is an operation corresponding to a declaration of cooking using a cooking recipe.
On the other hand, when the user thinks that the store guide information is not necessary, the user operates the “No” button as the store guide information necessity selection operation.
The intention display notification unit 224 receives the store guidance information necessity selection operation performed as described above (step S111).

The intention display notifying unit 224 determines whether or not an answer indicating that the store guide information is necessary is obtained from the result of receiving the store guide information necessity selection operation in step S111 (step S112).
When it is determined that the answer indicating that the store guide information is necessary (step S112—YES), the intention display notification unit 224 transmits a store guide information request as the intention display notification (step S113). The shop guide information includes cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation received in step S109. Specifically, the cooking recipe information stores the cooking recipe identifier of the cooking recipe selected by the cooking recipe selection operation.

When the store recipe information request transmitted in step S113 is received by the cooking recipe server 100, the store guide information transmission unit 123 creates store guide information (step S114). For this reason, the shop guidance information transmission part 123 uses the cooking recipe data (FIG. 3) including the cooking recipe identifier as the cooking recipe information included in the shop guidance information request received in step S113 as the cooking recipe storage part. Obtained from 131.
Further, the store guide information transmitting unit 123 displays the product display information (FIG. 6) having the store identifier of the store 10 specified based on the position information included in the dish recipe list request received in the previous step S104. Obtained from the merchandise information storage unit 132.
The store guidance information transmission unit 123 searches for the same ingredient identifier stored in the used ingredient information in the obtained cooking recipe data from the display place information (FIG. 6B) in the commodity information acquired as described above. To do.
The store guide information transmission unit 123 uses the food name associated with the food material identifier retrieved from the display place information and the information on the display place to display the food in the in-store map information (FIG. 6A). Add a location that is. In other words, the store guide information transmission unit 123 sets the food name associated with the same food identifier to the position of the shelf number as the display place associated with the food material identifier retrieved from the display place information in the in-store map information. to add. By performing such processing for each ingredient identifier retrieved from the display place information, store guide information indicating the display place of the ingredients used in the cooking recipe selected corresponding to step S109 is created. Is done.
The store guide information transmission unit 123 transmits the store guide information created in step S114 to the user terminal device 200 (step S115).

In the user terminal device 200, the application processing unit 223 displays the received store guidance information on the application screen.
Further, when it is determined in step S112 that an answer indicating that the store guide information is unnecessary is obtained (NO in step S112), the processes in steps S113 and S116 are skipped.

In addition, in the dish recipe server 100, the popularity determination unit 124 performs the following processing in addition to the processing in steps S114 and S115 described above in response to the reception of the store guide information request corresponding to step S113.
That is, the popularity determination unit 124 updates the dish recipe total information so that the dish recipe indicated by the dish recipe information included in the store guidance information request received in step S113 is reflected in the dish recipe total information. (Step S117).

And the popularity determination part 124 in the cooking recipe server 100 updates (determines) the popularity for every cooking recipe memorize | stored in the popularity information storage part 133, for example for every fixed period.
The flowchart of FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a processing procedure for popularity update executed by the popularity determination unit 124.
In the cooking recipe server 100, the popularity determination unit 124 waits for the timing to update the popularity (step S201—NO).
Then, when it is time to update the popularity (step S201—YES), the popularity determination unit 124 determines the popularity including the total result represented by the dish recipe total information stored in the dish recipe total information storage unit 134. The popularity of the cooking recipe is calculated using the parameters (step S202).
Then, the popularity degree determination unit 124 updates the popularity degree information stored in the popularity degree information storage unit 133 with the popularity degree calculated in step S221 (step S203).

In the above description, the popularity determination unit 124 totals the cooking recipes indicated by the cooking recipe information included in the store guide information request obtained as a notification of intention to cook using the cooking recipe. In addition, popularity information is updated by using recipe recipe total information at regular intervals. However, each time a store guide information request is received, for example, the popularity determination unit 124 sequentially updates the popularity based on the dish recipe indicated by the dish recipe information included in the received store guide information request. Also good.
With such a configuration, it is possible to reflect the total result of cooking recipes handled as what the user actually used for cooking in the popularity of each cooking recipe. That is, in this embodiment, the intention display that the user of the user terminal device 200 cooks using the cooking recipe can be reflected in the popularity of the cooking recipe.

Second Embodiment
[Overview]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. In said 1st Embodiment, the intention display that a user cooks using a cooking recipe was operation with respect to the user terminal device 200 which declares that shop guidance information is required. And the intention display notification from the user terminal device 200 to the cooking recipe server 100 is the transmission of the store guidance information request.
On the other hand, in this embodiment, the intention display that the user performs cooking using the cooking recipe is a user for causing the store 10 to print the cooking recipe that the user intends to use for cooking. This is an operation (print instruction operation) for the terminal device 200.
In the present embodiment, when a print instruction operation is performed, an intention display notification is transmitted from the user terminal device 200 to the cooking recipe server 100.

The reason for printing the cooking recipe selected by the user from the cooking recipe list at the store 10 is that, when cooking, it is easier to see than referring to the cooking recipe on the user terminal device 200, and it is easy to refer to the cooking recipe. You can say that. Therefore, if the user prints the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list at the store 10, it can be said that there is a high possibility that the user is going to cook using the cooking recipe.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, a print instruction operation for instructing the cooking recipe application operating on the user terminal device 200 to print the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list at the store 10 can be performed. When a print instruction operation is performed, an intention display notification is sent from the user terminal device 200 to the cooking recipe server 100.
Even with such a configuration, as in the previous embodiment, it is possible to reflect the tabulation result of the cooking recipes that are handled as if the user actually used cooking in the popularity determined for the cooking recipes. That is, in this embodiment, the intention display that the user of the user terminal device 200 uses the cooking recipe is reflected in the determination of the popularity of the cooking recipe.

In the present embodiment, the print instruction operation on the user terminal device 200 is specifically performed as follows.
In the present embodiment, a bar code in which the contents of the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list (that is, the contents of the cooking recipe page data) is displayed for the cooking recipe application operating on the user terminal device 200. Operation (barcode display instruction operation) can be performed. In the present embodiment, the barcode display instruction operation is a print instruction operation, and is an intention display that the user uses the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list.

In response to the barcode display instruction operation, the user terminal device 200 uses the dish recipe page data of the dish recipe selected from the dish recipe list to generate a barcode representing the contents of the dish recipe page data. Alternatively, the barcode data is included in the cooking recipe page data. And the user terminal device 200 may acquire a barcode from the dish recipe page data of the selected dish recipe.
Then, the user terminal device 200 displays the barcode generated or acquired as described above on the application screen of the cooking recipe application in the display unit 204.

  The user presents the barcode displayed on the user terminal device 200 to the store clerk who operates the store terminal device 400 (FIG. 1) when accounting for the product he / she wants to purchase. The store clerk reads the bar code presented by the bar code reader included in the store terminal device 400. Thereby, the shop terminal device 400 can acquire the cooking recipe selected from the cooking recipe list by the user terminal device 200.

Then, the store terminal device 400 prints the contents of the cooking recipe acquired by reading the barcode at the end of the receipt when the transaction is completed and the receipt indicating the transaction result is issued. In this way, by printing the cooking recipe on the receipt, a printed material of the cooking recipe can be obtained on the spot where the accounting is completed without preparing a separate printer or the like.
Of course, in the present embodiment, it is also possible to configure the cooking recipe to be printed from a printer connected to the store terminal device 400. For example, in response to a case where the user desires to print a cooking recipe on a copy sheet or the like instead of a receipt, the store terminal device 400 switches from printing on a receipt to printing on an external printer. It may be performed.

In the present embodiment, the configuration of the cooking recipe server 100 may be the same as in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, the store guidance information transmission unit 123 in the control unit 102 of the dish recipe server 100 may be omitted.
Further, the configuration of the user terminal device 200 in the present embodiment may be the same as in FIG.

[Configuration example of store terminal device]
FIG. 11 shows a configuration example of the store terminal device 400 in the present embodiment. A store terminal device 400 shown in the figure includes a communication unit 401, a control unit 402, a display unit 403, an operation unit 404, a barcode reader 405, and a printing unit 406.
The communication unit 401 communicates with, for example, another store terminal device 400 via a LAN (Local Area Network) in the store 10.
The control unit 402 executes various controls in the store terminal device 400. The function as the control unit 402 is realized by the CPU included in the store terminal device 400 executing a program.
The control unit 402 includes an accounting processing unit 421, a purchase confirmation unit 422, and a print control unit 423.

  The accounting processing unit 421 performs accounting processing for products purchased by the user (customer). The accounting process here includes registration of products to be purchased by the user (customer), calculation of the total amount of the registered products, payment processing of the price paid by the user, calculation of change, and the like.

The purchase confirmation unit 422 purchases the ingredients used for the printing recipe to be printed based on the cooking recipe to be printed acquired from the user terminal device in response to the printing instruction operation and the product registered as the accounting target. Output information about forgetting.
Specifically, the purchase confirmation unit 422 compares the ingredients shown in the printing recipe to be printed with the products registered as the accounting target. In the comparison, the ingredient identifier of the ingredient shown in the cooking recipe is compared with the ingredient identifier of the product (food item) registered as an accounting target.

As a result of the comparison, the purchase confirmation unit 422 determines whether or not there are ingredients (unpurchased ingredients) that are not included in the product registered as the accounting target among the ingredients shown in the cooking recipe to be printed. . When it is determined that there is an ingredient (unpurchased ingredient), the purchase confirmation unit 422 displays an unpurchased ingredient confirmation message for notifying that there is an unpurchased ingredient on the display unit 403, for example. The store clerk verbally informs the user that there are unpurchased ingredients that the user has not purchased in the current shopping among the ingredients indicated in the recipe for which printing has been instructed.
If the user has forgotten to buy the purchased unpurchased food, the user can add the unpurchased food to the product to be purchased again and perform accounting. In other words, in this embodiment, forgetting to buy the ingredients shown in the cooking recipe can be prevented by outputting the unpurchased ingredients confirmation message.

  The print control unit 423 performs control to print a cooking recipe for which printing is instructed by a print instruction operation. In addition, the print control unit 423 performs control to print the cooking recipe on a receipt indicating the accounting result.

The display unit 403 displays an image according to the control of the control unit 402.
The operation unit 404 collectively indicates operators, input devices, and the like provided in the user terminal device 200. For example, when the display unit 403 is configured as a touch panel, the operation unit 404 includes a touch pad that is an input device configuring the touch panel.

  The barcode reader 405 reads a barcode. The barcode to be read by the barcode reader 405 is a barcode indicating information on the product attached to the product. Further, the bar code to be read by the bar code reader 405 is the bar code of the cooking recipe displayed on the user terminal device 200 as described above.

  The printing unit 406 prints the transaction result on a receipt under the control of the print control unit 423. Further, the printing unit 406 according to the present embodiment prints the dish recipe indicated by the barcode read by the barcode reader 405 together with the accounting result on the receipt according to the control of the print control unit 423. The printing unit 406 is loaded with roll paper, and the printing unit 406 performs printing on a receipt by printing on the roll paper.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 12, an example of a processing procedure executed by the dish recipe server 100, the user terminal device 200, and the store terminal device 400 in the present embodiment will be described.
In the figure, steps that are the same as those in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Also in the present embodiment, the product information registration process of the cooking recipe server 100 is performed in response to the product information registration request from the store server 300 as in steps S101 and S102 of FIG. However, in the figure, for the sake of simplifying the illustration, the processing of steps S101 and S102 is omitted.

In the user terminal device 200, when the cooking recipe selected in accordance with the operation in step S109 is displayed, the selected cooking recipe is displayed in step S110.
The intention display notification unit 224 of the present embodiment determines whether or not a barcode display instruction operation has been performed in a state where the cooking recipe selected as described above is displayed (step S121).

On the other hand, the user receives a transaction about his / her shopping at the store terminal device 400. The store terminal device 400 executes a transaction process for the user's shopping in accordance with the operation of the store clerk (step S131).
Then, when the user wants to print the cooking recipe, for example, when the accounting process is completed, the user performs a barcode display instruction operation. When the barcode display instruction operation is performed (step S121—YES), the application processing unit 223 displays the barcode of the selected cooking recipe (step S122).

As described above, the barcode display instruction operation is a print instruction operation in the present embodiment, and the print instruction operation is an intention of cooking using the dish recipe selected by the user corresponding to step S109. It is a display.
Therefore, when the barcode display instruction operation is performed (step S121—YES), the intention display notification unit 224 transmits the intention display notification to the dish recipe server (step S123). The intention display notification transmitted in step S123 includes cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe selected corresponding to step S109.

  In the cooking recipe server 100, the popularity determination unit 124 executes the process of step S117 in response to receiving the intention display notification. That is, the popularity determination unit 124 updates the dish recipe total information so that the dish recipe indicated by the dish recipe information included in the intention display notification received in step S113 is reflected in the dish recipe total information.

  If the barcode display instruction operation is not performed (step S121—NO), the process of step S122 is skipped. In this case, the barcode of the cooking recipe is not displayed on the user terminal device 200.

When the barcode is displayed in step S122, the user presents the barcode to the store clerk operating the store terminal device 400. The store clerk performs an operation of reading the presented barcode by the barcode reader 405. In response to this operation, the print control unit 423 in the store terminal device 400 acquires cooking recipe data (cooking recipe page data) indicated by the barcode read by the barcode reader 405 (step S132).
Next, the purchase confirmation unit 422 performs purchase confirmation processing (step S133). That is, as described above, the purchase confirmation unit 422 compares the ingredients shown in the cooking recipe data acquired in step S132 with the products registered as the accounting target. As a result of the comparison, the purchase confirmation unit 422 displays, on the display unit 403, an unpurchased ingredient confirmation message for notifying that there is an unpurchased ingredient if there are unpurchased ingredients among the ingredients shown in the cooking recipe to be printed. .

  In addition, the print control unit 423 performs control so that the accounting result obtained by the accounting process in step S131 and the contents of the cooking recipe according to the cooking recipe data acquired in step S132 are printed on the receipt (step S134). ).

In the above description, the print instruction operation as the intention display of the user cooking using the cooking recipe is the barcode display instruction operation.
In the present embodiment, the print instruction operation may be an operation other than the barcode display instruction operation. As an example, the user terminal device 200 and the store terminal device 400 are configured to be able to communicate with each other by a predetermined short-range wireless communication method. Then, the user terminal device 200 can transmit a print request instructing printing of the cooking recipe to the store terminal device 400 via the short-range wireless communication. The print request includes cooking recipe data of a cooking recipe to be printed. Under such a configuration, an operation (print request transmission instruction operation) in which the user instructs the user terminal device 200 to transmit a print request is a print instruction operation.
Note that the short-range wireless communication system as described above is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include Bluetooth (registered trademark) and ZigBee (registered trademark).

<Third Embodiment>
[Overview]
Subsequently, the third embodiment will be described.
In the first embodiment, the determination of the cooking recipe recommended to the user is performed as shown in step S103 of FIG. That is, a cooking recipe that includes a food product that is sold at the store 10 or set as a recommendation based on the product sales information corresponding to the store 10 where the user terminal device 200 is located is recommended to the user. Was determined as.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, a dish recommended to the user by further using conditions such as information on the remaining ingredients registered by the user and a menu (dishes name) of the dish recipe data specified by the user. Determine the recipe. Thereby, it becomes possible to determine a different cooking recipe according to each user.

[Example of processing procedure]
With reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 13, an example of a processing procedure executed by the dish recipe server 100 and the user terminal device 200 in the present embodiment will be described. In the figure, steps that are the same as those in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Also in the present embodiment, the product information registration process of the cooking recipe server 100 is performed in response to the product information registration request from the store server 300 as in steps S101 and S102 of FIG. However, in the figure, for the sake of simplifying the illustration, the processing of steps S101 and S102 is omitted.
Further, the configuration of the dish recipe server 100 in the present embodiment may be the same as in FIG. The configuration of the user terminal device 200 in the present embodiment may be the same as that in FIG.

For example, the user performs an operation of registering the remaining ingredients remaining at home in the cooking recipe application of the user terminal device 200 at a stage before using the user terminal device 200 in the store 10. The registration operation of the cooking recipe application is performed, for example, by inputting the name of the remaining food (food name) by an operation on the remaining food registration screen displayed on the user terminal device 200 by the cooking recipe application.
In the control unit 202 of the user terminal device 200, the application processing unit 223 registers the remaining food in accordance with the registration operation (step S141). As the registration of the remaining food, the application processing unit 223 may store the input name of the remaining food in the storage unit 203. Alternatively, the application processing unit 223 may transmit the input ingredient name of the remaining ingredients to the application server corresponding to the cooking recipe application and store them in the application server as registration of the remaining ingredients.

Further, the user can perform an operation (menu input operation) for inputting a menu for which a cooking recipe is desired with respect to the cooking recipe application that operates on the user terminal device 200. The menu input operation is an operation for inputting a menu name, for example.
Therefore, when a menu input operation is performed, the application processing unit 223 of the user terminal device 200 registers the menu specified by the menu input operation (step S142).

And in this embodiment, when the cooking recipe request | requirement part 222 transmits a cooking recipe list request | requirement by step S104, the following information is included in a cooking recipe list request. That is, the cooking recipe list request includes the remaining food registered in step S141 and the menu registered in step S142, in addition to the position information acquired in step S103.
If there is no registration of the remaining ingredients, the cooking recipe list request may not include information on the remaining ingredients. Similarly, if the menu is not registered, the menu information may not be included in the cooking recipe list request.

In step S105 of the present embodiment, the dish recipe providing unit 122 recommends to the user by further using the following information in addition to the product sales information of the store 10 specified by the position information included in the dish recipe list. Determine the cooking recipe. That is, the dish recipe providing unit 122 further uses the remaining food registered in step S141 and the menu registered in step S142.
For example, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 selects a cooking recipe using the registered remaining ingredients from the cooking recipes stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131 as a candidate for determination. In addition, the cooking recipe providing unit 122 selects a cooking recipe that uses a registered menu from the cooking recipes stored in the cooking recipe storage unit 131 as a decision candidate.
Or the cooking recipe provision part 122 may select the cooking recipe containing the registered remaining foodstuff and the registered menu from the cooking recipe memorize | stored in the cooking recipe memory | storage part 131 as a candidate for determination.

In each of the above-described embodiments, store position information including the position indicated by the position information included in the received dish recipe request corresponds to the determination of the dish recipe in step S105 of FIG. 9, FIG. 12, and FIG. The store to be used is specified as the store used by the user of the user terminal device 200. However, in this embodiment, it is also possible to specify a store used by the user of the user terminal device 200 as in the following two examples.
As one example, from the user terminal device 200, the position information indicating the position of the user terminal device 200 acquired by GPS or the like is included in the cooking recipe request and transmitted as in the previous embodiments. In addition, the dish recipe server 100 may specify a shop located within a certain distance range based on the position indicated by the position information included in the dish recipe request as a shop used by the user. Specifically, the dish recipe providing unit 122 of the dish recipe server 100 obtains product information including the position indicated by the store position information within a certain distance range based on the position indicated by the position information included in the dish recipe request. Obtained from the merchandise information storage unit 132.
As another example, the user terminal device 200 transmits position information indicating a pre-registered user's home position as a position related to the user terminal device 200 in a cooking recipe request. And the dish recipe server 100 may specify the shop located in the range of the fixed distance on the basis of the position which the position information contained in the dish recipe request | requirement uses as a shop which a user utilizes.
If the store is in a specific manner as in each of the above examples, the user causes the user terminal device 200 to display a cooking recipe list corresponding to the store to be used even if the user has not yet arrived at the store 10. , You can check the contents of the cooking recipe list.

  In addition, the dish recipe providing unit 122 uses the merchandise sales information of the store 10 from among the decision candidates selected as described above, for example, a dish with a low total amount, a dish with many recommended or special sale items. Select more recipes. Also in this case, a cooking recipe that includes ingredients whose stock flag indicates that they are out of stock may be excluded from the candidates for determination. The cooking recipe provision part 122 in this embodiment can recommend a more suitable cooking recipe corresponding to every user by determining a cooking recipe in this way.

The cooking recipe determination method as the third embodiment can be applied to both the first embodiment and the second embodiment.
In addition, the user's intention to cook using a cooking recipe can be either a store guidance information necessity declaration operation corresponding to the first embodiment or a print instruction operation corresponding to the second embodiment. It may be configured as follows.
Even a user who intends to cook with a cooking recipe selected from a cooking recipe list may not need store guidance information or may not need to print a cooking recipe. Therefore, if the intention display notification is performed in response to both the store guide information necessity declaration operation and the print instruction operation, even the user as described above can display either intention. The possibility of being received increases, and it becomes possible to prevent a decline in the reliability of popularity.

  A program for realizing each function of the above-mentioned dish recipe server 100, user terminal device 200, store server 300, and store terminal device 400 was recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and recorded on this recording medium. You may perform each process as the above-mentioned cooking recipe server 100, the user terminal device 200, the store server 300, and the store terminal device 400 by making a computer system read and run a program. Here, “loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system” includes installing the program in the computer system. The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that is accessible from the distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. Note that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the terminal device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 store, 100 cooking recipe server, 101 communication part, 102 control part, 103 memory | storage part, 121 merchandise information management part, 122 cooking recipe provision part, 123 shop guidance information transmission part, 124 popularity determination part, 131 cooking recipe memory part 132 Product information storage unit 133 Popularity information storage unit 134 Cooking recipe total information storage unit 200 User terminal device 201 Communication unit 202 Control unit 203 Storage unit 204 Display unit 205 Operation unit 221 Position information Acquisition unit 222 Cooking recipe request unit 223 Application processing unit 224 Intention display notification unit 300 Store server 400 Store terminal device 401 Communication unit 402 Control unit 403 Display unit 404 Operation unit 405 Bar code reader 406 Printing Department, 421 Accounting Processing Department, 422 Purchase Confirmation Department, 423 print controller, 500 network

Claims (10)

A user terminal device used by a user, and a cooking recipe server that provides cooking recipes;
In the cooking recipe server, a merchandise information management unit that acquires merchandise sales information related to sales at a store for each ingredient and merchandise display information indicating a place where the ingredients sold at the store are displayed;
In the user terminal device, a cooking recipe request unit that transmits a cooking recipe request including position information indicating a position related to the user terminal device to the cooking recipe server;
In the cooking recipe server, the user of the user terminal device is selected from the cooking recipes that the cooking recipe server can provide based on the product sales information of the store corresponding to the location information included in the received cooking recipe request. A cooking recipe providing unit that determines a cooking recipe to be recommended and transmits the determined cooking recipe to the user terminal device;
In the user terminal device, when the intention display of cooking using the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server is performed by the user, including cooking recipe information indicating the cooking recipe of the intention display, An intention display notification unit that transmits the intention display notification indicating the presence of the intention display to the cooking recipe server;
In the cooking recipe server, when determining the popularity of the cooking recipe that can be provided by the cooking recipe server, a popularity determination unit that uses cooking recipe information included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device; Equipped cooking recipe system. The intention display notification unit
When an operation for requesting store guide information having content for guiding a place in a store where ingredients used in the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server are displayed as the intention display, the intention display notification is performed. As a store guidance information request including the cooking recipe information,
The said recipe recipe server is further equipped with the shop guidance information transmission part which transmits the shop guidance information created based on the cooking recipe information contained in the received shop guidance information request | requirement, and the said product sales information to the said user terminal device. Item 10. The cooking recipe utilization system according to item 1. Further comprising a store terminal device provided in the store,
The intention display notification unit
As the intention display, when a print instruction operation for instructing the printing of the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server is performed, the intention display notification including the cooking recipe information is transmitted,
The cooking recipe utilization system according to claim 1, wherein the store terminal device includes a printing control unit that performs control to print a cooking recipe for which printing is instructed by the printing instruction operation. The store terminal device is an accounting device used for accounting for products purchased in the store,
The said recipe control part performs control which prints the said recipe on the receipt which shows an accounting result. The cooking recipe utilization system of Claim 3. The store terminal device
Information on forgetting to buy ingredients used in the printing recipe to be printed based on the cooking recipe to be printed acquired from the user terminal device in response to the printing instruction operation and the product registered as an accounting target The cooking recipe utilization system according to claim 4, further comprising a purchase confirmation unit that outputs. The cooking recipe request unit
In addition to the position information, a cooking recipe request further including condition information indicating at least one of a designated menu or a designated ingredient is transmitted to the cooking recipe server,
The cooking recipe providing unit, based on the merchandise sales information and the condition information of the store corresponding to the location information included in the received cooking recipe request, out of the cooking recipes that the cooking recipe server can provide, The cooking recipe utilization system as described in any one of Claim 1 to 5 which determines the cooking recipe recommended to the user of a user terminal device. The cooking recipe providing unit
For a plurality of cooking recipes determined to be recommended to the user of the user terminal device, a presentation order is set based on the product sales information, and the list of the plurality of cooking recipes reflecting the set presentation order is It transmits to a user terminal device. The cooking recipe utilization system as described in any one of Claim 1 to 6. The cooking recipe providing unit
The cooking recipe is determined using cooking recipe information included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device and the popularity of the cooking recipe determined by the popularity determination unit. The cooking recipe use system according to one item. A cooking recipe request unit that transmits a cooking recipe request including position information indicating its own position to the cooking recipe server;
A dish indicating a cooking recipe that is a target of the intention display when the user has made an intention to cook using the cooking recipe received from the cooking recipe server in response to the transmission of the cooking recipe request. A user terminal device comprising: a intention display notification unit that includes recipe information and transmits a intention display notification indicating that the intention has been displayed to the cooking recipe server. A product information management unit for acquiring product sales information related to sales at a store for each product as a food, and product display information indicating a place where a product sold at the store is displayed;
When a dish recipe request transmitted from the user terminal device is received, a dish that can be provided based on the product sales information of the store corresponding to the position information indicating the position related to the user terminal device included in the received dish recipe request A cooking recipe providing unit for determining a cooking recipe to be recommended to a user of the user terminal device from among recipes, and transmitting the determined cooking recipe to the user terminal device;
In determining the popularity of the cooking recipe, the cooking recipe selected by the user terminal device from the cooking recipes included in the intention display notification received from the user terminal device and transmitted by the cooking recipe providing unit A popularity determination unit that uses cooking recipe information indicating

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