JP5119188B2 - Purchase support device, purchase support system, purchase support method, and purchase support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a purchase support apparatus, a purchase support system, a purchase support method, and a purchase support program connected to a user terminal via a network.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system is known that includes a user terminal and a server that provides a shopping page to the user terminal via the Internet, and a user purchases a product on the shopping page (see, for example, Patent Document 1). A system for displaying the price of a product on a user terminal is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Patent Literature 1 describes an online shopping system that displays a selectable item display area for displaying selectable items of a product and a selected item display area for displaying a selected item on a customer's display.
In this system, when the product displayed in the selectable item display area is the same as a product that has been purchased in the past, a display that can be identified as having been purchased is attached to the product.
Patent Document 2 accepts and stores the sales prices adopted by each of a plurality of sellers, and extracts the sales prices within the upper predetermined number in the low price order from those sales prices to the user. The configuration to be displayed is described.

JP 2002-24644 A JP 2001-256356 A

However, in the one described in Patent Document 1, whether or not to purchase a once selected product can only be determined based on whether or not the product has been purchased in the past. In order to determine whether the selected product is truly suitable for purchase in terms of price and the like, it is necessary to compare each product in the product list over a certain amount of time.
Moreover, in the thing of patent document 2, only the sales price within a predetermined number can be known, and goods cannot be purchased.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a purchase support apparatus, a purchase support system, a purchase support method, and a purchase support program that support a user to easily purchase an optimal product that meets the requirements.

(1) A purchase support apparatus of the present invention is a purchase support apparatus that provides a web page to a terminal device via a network and supports product purchase performed by the terminal device, and stores information on a plurality of products in each store. A first storage means for storing the information, and a first product that is extracted from the first storage means in response to a search request from the terminal device and displayed as a search result product in the first display area in the web page. Display control means, second storage means for storing one of the products as a search result in response to a purchase request from the terminal device as a product scheduled for purchase, and a second product in the web page. A second display control means for displaying in the display area, and an extractor for extracting the same product as the product scheduled for purchase from the first storage means in accordance with each store in response to a review request from the terminal device When the product extracted by the extraction means, and third display control means for displaying in a different display area from the predetermined rearranged in the order of evaluation by the reference, the second display region in the Web page, the terminal In accordance with a replacement request from the apparatus, the apparatus includes a replacement unit that replaces the product to be purchased with one of the products extracted by the extraction unit .

In the present invention, the third display control means displays the same product as the product scheduled for purchase in the display area in the order evaluated according to the predetermined standard. Therefore, the user satisfies the criteria requested by the product planned for purchase. It can be easily judged whether or not. Therefore, the user can easily purchase the optimal product that meets the requirements.
Thus, for example, in online shopping, a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase can be provided.

(2) Here, in the present invention, the third display control unit is configured such that, among products displayed in a display area different from the second display area, the product to be purchased is different from other products. Is preferably displayed.

  In this invention, since the product scheduled for purchase is shown in a different form from other products, the user can easily distinguish the product scheduled for purchase from the other products. Therefore, the user can more easily determine whether or not the product scheduled for purchase satisfies the standard.

(3) Moreover, in this invention, it has the replacement means which replaces the goods of the said purchase plan with the goods extracted by the said extraction means according to the replacement request from the said terminal device, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. To do .

  In this invention, since the replacement means replaces the purchase planned product with another product, it is possible to easily purchase the optimal product that meets the user's request.

(4) Furthermore, in this invention, the said 1st memory | storage means memorize | stores the product name information regarding the name of goods, and the characteristic information linked | related with this product name information as information regarding the said product, The said extraction means contains the said It is preferable to extract a product to be purchased and a product having the same product name information and different characteristic information from the first storage unit according to each store.

Here, the product information is composed of product name information and characteristic information, and the product name information includes product code information such as JAN code, manufacturer information about the manufacturer name, color information about the color, type information about the type, etc. It may be.
The characteristic information includes, for example, product image information, store information about stores that sell products, delivery date information about product delivery dates, popularity information about product evaluation, store popularity information, and the like.
In the present invention, since the third display control means displays different characteristic information for each store, the third display control means can easily determine whether or not the characteristic requested by the third item is satisfied.

(5) A purchase support system according to the present invention includes a terminal device, and a purchase support device that provides a web page to the terminal device via a network and supports product purchase performed by the terminal device. And the said purchase assistance apparatus extracts the goods from the said 1st memory | storage means according to the search request | requirement from the 1st memory | storage device which stores the information regarding a some goods according to each store, and the said terminal device, First display control means for displaying in the first display area in the web page as a search result product, and storing one of the search result products as a purchase planned product in response to a purchase request from the terminal device A second storage means, a second display control means for displaying the product to be purchased in a second display area in the web page, and the purchase schedule in response to an examination request from the terminal device. The extraction means for extracting the same product as the product from the first storage means according to each store, the products extracted by the extraction means are rearranged in the order evaluated according to a predetermined criterion, and the web page in the web page Third display control means for displaying in a display area different from the second display area, and in response to a replacement request from the terminal device, the product to be purchased is replaced with one of the products extracted by the extraction means. Replacement means .
In the present invention, for example, in online shopping, it is possible to provide a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase.

(6) The purchase support method of the present invention is a purchase support method for providing a web page to the terminal device via the network by the calculation means, and supporting the product purchase performed by the terminal device, wherein the calculation means includes: A first storage step for storing information about a plurality of products in the first storage unit according to each store; a product is extracted from the first storage unit in response to a search request from the terminal device; As a first display control step for displaying in the first display area in the web page, and in response to a purchase request from the terminal device, store any one of the search result products as a product to be purchased in the second storage means A second storage step, a second display control step for displaying the product to be purchased in a second display area in the web page, and a previous request in response to an examination request from the terminal device. Extracting the same products as the products scheduled to be purchased from the first storage unit according to each store; rearranging the products extracted by the extraction step in the order evaluated according to a predetermined standard; A third display control step for displaying in a display area different from the second display area, and in response to a replacement request from the terminal device, any of the products extracted by the extraction means for the product to be purchased And a replacement step of replacing the crucible .
In the present invention, for example, in online shopping, it is possible to provide a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase.

(7) The purchase support program of the present invention is characterized in that the calculation means functions as the purchase support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .
In the present invention, for example, in online shopping, it is possible to provide a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase.

(8) A purchase support program according to the present invention causes a calculation means to execute the purchase support method according to claim 5 .
In the present invention, for example, in online shopping, it is possible to provide a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase.

1 is a configuration diagram of a purchase support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the structure of the merchandise information memorize | stored in the memory | storage means of the said embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows the state which displayed the selection area | region and candidate area | region on the shopping page of the said embodiment, (B) is a figure which shows the state which displayed merchandise information in the candidate area | region of the said embodiment. (A) It is a figure which shows the replacement goods page displayed on the terminal device of the said embodiment, (B) is a figure which shows the state which displayed the merchandise information in the candidate area | region of the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of a purchase assistance system. The figure which shows the shopping page of other embodiment. The figure which shows the replacement goods page of other embodiment. The figure which shows the merchandise information memorize | stored in the memory | storage means of other embodiment.

  An embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a shopping system (purchase support system) in which a user can purchase a product at a user terminal via a network is illustrated.

[Configuration of shopping system]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shopping system 1 accesses the server 2 via the shopping server 2 (hereinafter abbreviated as “server 2”) (purchase support device) that provides the shopping page 10 and the Internet 3. And a user terminal 4 that displays the shopping page 10.

  The Internet 3 is the Internet 3 based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP, but is not limited to this. For example, an intranet such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium, the Internet 3 such as a communication line network or a broadcast network that constitutes the Internet 3, and also for directly receiving data Any configuration for transmitting and receiving data, such as a wireless medium itself serving as the medium, can be used.

[User terminal configuration]
The user terminal 4 is a terminal device that can purchase products on the shopping page 10. The user terminal 4 is connected to the server 2 via the Internet 3 and transmits / receives information regarding the product.
The user terminal 4 is, for example, a personal computer, and includes a terminal display unit 41, a terminal operation unit 42, a terminal control unit 43, and the like.
The terminal display unit 41 is connected to the terminal control unit 43 and displays the image data transmitted from the terminal control unit 43 on the screen. As the terminal display means 41, various display devices such as a liquid crystal panel, a PDP, an organic EL panel, and a CRT can be used.
The terminal operation means 42 is provided such that it can be input by a user using, for example, a mouse or a keyboard. The terminal operation means 42 is connected to the terminal control means 43 and sets and inputs various information according to the input operation.
The terminal control unit 43 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and various programs developed on an OS (Operating System) that controls the entire user terminal 4 are constructed.

[Shopping server configuration]
The server 2 is a device that manages a shopping page 10 managed by an ISP (Internet Service Provider) provider.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the server 2 is a terminal device including a calculation unit 20 and a storage unit 21, and accesses the user terminal 4 periodically or in response to a request from the user terminal 4. Various types of information related to products are transmitted / received via the Internet 3.
The storage unit 21 includes a first storage unit 21A and a second storage unit 21B, and the first storage unit 21 stores product information 210A, 210B, and 210C related to a product set in advance by an administrator terminal (not shown). It is built with a table structure. These product information 210A, 210B, and 210C are distinguished for each store information.
The product information 210A, 210B, 210C sells the product name information 211 including the product code information and the manufacturer name, the product image information 212 as the characteristic information, the price information 213 regarding the price of the product as the characteristic information, and the product. Store information 214 is associated as one piece of data. For example, in the product information 210A, product name information 211 (123 A × Δ □ company A portable personal computer), product image information 212 (company A portable personal computer .jpg), price information 213 (¥ 198,000), store Information (A store) is associated.
In addition to the price information 213, the characteristic information includes delivery date information about the delivery date until the product reaches the user, popularity information about the evaluation of the product, color information about the color of the product, and store information about the store that sells the product. It may be postage information about the postage of the product.
Further, the first storage means 21A may be configured to be connected to a plurality of dealer terminals 6 via the Internet 3 so that the merchandise information 210A and the like can be updated or deleted by operating each dealer terminal 6. .
On the other hand, in the second storage means 21B, product information relating to products as purchase planned products is stored.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the first storage means 21 </ b> A includes various form information relating to the web page. The form information includes, for example, page information for creating the form of the shopping page 10, the shopping page 10. Selection form information for creating the selection area 12 as the first display area, candidate form information for creating the candidate area 13 as the second display area, examination form information for creating the examination product page 14, etc. It is.

The calculation means 20 is composed of various programs, and as shown in FIG. 1, the first display control means 22, the second display control means 23, the extraction means 24, the third display control means 25, Purchasing means 26 and replacement means 27 are provided.
When recognizing a disclosure request that is a request for disclosure of the shopping page 10, the first display control unit 22 extracts page information from the first storage unit 21 </ b> A. The first display control unit 22 transmits the page information extracted from the first storage unit 21 </ b> A to the user terminal 4 and causes the terminal display unit 41 of the user terminal 4 to display the shopping page 10 on the screen. A search area 11 is formed in the shopping page 10, and the search area 11 is associated with a phrase information input unit 11 A in which search phrase information can be input by the terminal operation means 42 and the input search phrase information. A search request unit 11B that requests the server 2 to search for product information 210A and the like is provided.
Here, the search term information is, for example, a product name including a manufacturer name such as “Company A portable computer” as shown in FIG. 3A, a product abbreviation, a product trademark, and the like.

When the first display control unit 22 recognizes the search request by the search request unit 11B, the first display control unit 22 acquires the search phrase information (Company A portable personal computer) input to the phrase information input unit 11A. Then, the first display control unit 22 extracts the product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ A portable personal computer) including the acquired search phrase information from the first storage unit 21A. The first display control means 22 includes product image information 212 (Company A portable computer.jpg) associated with the product name information 211 (Company A portable computer), price information 213 (¥ 198,000, ¥ 169,000, ¥ 182,000), store information (A store), selection form information of the selection area 12, and candidate form information of the candidate area 13 are extracted from the first storage means 21A.
Here, product name information 211 (123 A × A □ portable personal computer), product image information 212 (Company A portable personal computer.jpg), and price information 213 (¥ 198,000) are bundled together. Extracted in association with 210A. Product name information 211 (123 ○ × △ □ Company A portable personal computer), product image information 212 (Company A portable personal computer.jpg), and price information 213 (¥ 169,000) are also bundled as product information 210B. Associated and extracted. Furthermore, product name information 211 (123 ○ × △ □ Company A portable personal computer), product image information 212 (Company A portable personal computer.jpg), and price information 213 (¥ 182,000) are also bundled as product information 210C. Associated and extracted.

And the 1st display control means 22 transmits selection form information and candidate form information to the user terminal 4, and displays the selection area | region 12 and the candidate area | region 13 on the shopping page 10. FIG. Further, the first display control means 22 transmits the extracted product information 210A, 210B, 210C to the user terminal 4 and displays it on the selection area 12 as product information regarding the search result product. In the selection area 12, a product display 51 composed of product information 210A extracted from the storage means 21 and a product display 52 composed of product information 210B are displayed. The product display 51 and the product display 52 are displayed separately for each store information 214.
In addition, although the product code information included in the product name information 211 is not displayed on the product displays 51 and 52, the product code information may also be displayed.
On the other hand, the candidate area 13 is provided with a purchase unit 132 that makes a purchase decision request to the server 2. Further, in the candidate area 13, the “order history” tag can be selected by the terminal operation means 42 so that the order history that the user has ordered in the past can be displayed.
In addition, the product displays 51 and 52 in the selection area 12 are provided so as to be selectable. A purchase request is made to the server 2 by superimposing a mouse pointer on the product display 51 and performing a drag-and-drop operation to the candidate area 13.

When the second storage means 21B recognizes the purchase request, the product image information 212 (Company A portable computer.jpg), product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ Company A portable computer) included in the product display 51, The price information 213 (¥ 198,000) is acquired and stored in the second storage means 21B. Here, the stored product image information 212 (Company A portable computer .jpg), product name information 211 (123 ○ × □□ Company A portable computer), and price information 213 (¥ 198,000) are scheduled to be purchased. Stored as product information of the product.
Then, the second display control means 23 extracts product information 210A, 210B, 210C including the same product name information 211.
That is, the second display control means 23 has the product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ A company mobile phone) that matches the product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ A company portable personal computer) stored in the second storage means 21B. Type personal computer), product image information 212 (A company portable personal computer.jpg) matching the product image information 212 (A company portable personal computer.jpg), and price information 213 (¥ 198,000) matching the price information 213 ( ¥ 198,000), price information 213 (¥ 198,000) and different price information 213 (¥ 169,000, ¥ 182,000) are associated with each other and extracted from the first storage means 21A.
That is, the second display control means 23 extracts the product information 210A, 210B, 210C from the first storage means 21A.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the second display control means 23 transmits the product information 210A extracted from the storage means 21 to the user terminal 4 and stores the product information in the candidate area 13 of the shopping page 10. Display 51 is displayed.
Further, when the second display control means 23 extracts the product information 210B and 210C, a product review display unit 131 is provided in the vicinity of the product display 51. When the product review display unit 131 is selected, a review request is made to the server 2.

When the extraction means 24 recognizes the examination request, the product information 210A, 210B, 210C extracted by the second display control means 23 is extracted.
The extracting unit 24 also extracts the examination form information for creating the examination product page 14 from the first storage unit 21A.
The third display control unit 25 transmits the extracted examination form information to the user terminal 4 and causes the terminal display unit 41 to display the examination product page 14. Further, the third display control means 25 transmits the extracted product information 210A, 210B, 210C to the user terminal 4 and causes the terminal display means 41 to display it on the considered product page 14.
Here, the 3rd display control means 25 displays merchandise information 210A, 210B, 210C in the order evaluated based on the price information 213. FIG. That is, the products whose price information is small are rearranged and displayed in order from the top.
On the examination product page 14, a product display 52 configured with the product information 210B, a product display 53 configured with the product information 210C, and a product display 51 configured with the product information 210A are displayed. ing. Also, replacement parts 51A, 52A, and 53A are displayed in the vicinity of the product displays 51, 52, and 53, respectively, so as to be selectable. Here, it is preferable that the product display 51 already displayed in the candidate area 13 is highlighted so that it can be clearly distinguished from the other product displays 52 and 53. That is, it is preferable to adopt a mode different from that of the other product displays 52 and 53, for example, the display color of the product display 51 such as the background or the window frame is different from that of the other product displays 52 and 53. is there. When the replacement unit 52A is selected, a replacement request is made to the server 2.

When the replacement means 27 recognizes the replacement request, product image information (Company A portable personal computer .jpg) and product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ Company A portable type) corresponding to the replacement unit 52A. PC) and price information 213 (¥ 169,000).
Then, the replacement means 27 uses the acquired product image information 212 (Company A portable computer.jpg), product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ Company A portable computer) and price information 213 (¥ 169,000) The information 210B is stored in the second storage means 21B.
And the replacement means 27 deletes the product information 210A previously stored in the second storage means 21B.
Here, if the product displayed in the candidate area 13 is truly a product requested by the user, the purchase unit 132 is selected. By selecting the purchase unit 132, the server 2 makes a purchase decision request.
When the purchase unit 26 recognizes the purchase request, the purchase unit 26 extracts the product information 210B stored in the second storage unit 21B and performs a purchase process on the product having the product information 210B.

[Shopping system operation]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the shopping system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the user operates the terminal operation means 42 of the user terminal 4 to access the server 2 and make a request for disclosure of the shopping page 10. Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the first display control means 22 displays the shopping page 10 on the terminal display means 41 (S1). A search area 11 is displayed on the shopping page 10.

Then, when a user inputs “Company A portable personal computer”, which is search phrase information, to the phrase information input unit 11A by the terminal operation unit 42, and when the search request unit 11B is selected, the first display control unit 22 is selected. However, the product information 210A, 210B, 210C is extracted (S2).
And the 1st display control means 22 displays the selection area | region 12 and the candidate area | region 13, and displays the merchandise display 51,52 based on merchandise information 210A, 210B on the selection area | region 12 (S3).
That is, the selection area 12 has product image information 212 (Company A portable notebook computer.jpg), product name information 211 (123 A × Δ □ Company A portable computer), and price information 213 (¥ 198,000). Product display 51, product image information 212 (Company A portable notebook computer.jpg), product name information 211 (123 A × Δ □ Company A portable computer), product display 52 having price information 213 (¥ 169,000), etc. Is displayed. These product displays 51 and 52 are provided so that they can be selected and moved.
Then, the user causes the terminal operation means 42 to superimpose the mouse point on the product display 51 in the selected area and perform a drag and drop operation to the candidate area 13, whereby the second storage means 21B stores the product information 210A. Store (S4). As shown in FIG. 3B, the second display control means 23 displays the product display 51 in the candidate area 13 (S5).
When the user wants to examine the same product as the product displayed in the candidate area 13 and wants to consider a cheaper product, when the product review display unit 131 is selected by the terminal operation unit 42, the extraction unit 24 examines the product. The request is recognized (S6), and product information 210A, 210B, 210C is extracted (S7). And the 3rd display control means 25 displays the examination goods page 14 on the terminal display means 41 newly, as shown to FIG. 4 (A) based on the extracted goods information 210A, 210B, 210C.
Here, the 3rd display control means 25 displays goods with a cheap price in an order from the top (S8).
And if the replacement part 52A of the product display 52 which is the cheapest product is selected among the product displays 51, 52 and 53 displayed on the examination product page 14, the replacement means 27 recognizes the replacement request. Then, the product information 210A in the second storage means 21B is replaced with 210B (S9). As shown in FIG. 4B, the third display control means 25 replaces the product display 51 in the candidate area 13 with the product display 52 and displays the product display 52 in the candidate area 13.
And if the purchase part 132 is selected, the purchasing means 26 will perform a purchase process with respect to the goods of the goods display 52 (S10).
If the user wants to purchase the product displayed in the candidate area 13 without replacing it, the purchase means 26 displays the product display 52 when the purchase unit 132 is selected without selecting the product review display unit 131. The purchase process is performed for the product (S11).

[Effect of the embodiment]
The server 2 of the embodiment rearranges the product information 210A, 210B, 210C extracted by the extraction unit 24 in the order evaluated according to a predetermined standard, and displays the third display control unit 25 on the consideration product page 14; Is provided.
Therefore, since the third display control means 25 displays the same product as the product scheduled for purchase on the consideration product page 14 in the order evaluated according to the predetermined standard, the user satisfies the standard requested by the product planned for purchase. It can be easily judged whether or not. Therefore, the user can easily purchase the optimal product that meets the requirements.
Thus, for example, in online shopping, a user interface that simplifies and speeds up the process from product selection to purchase can be provided.

Moreover, the 3rd display control means 25 displays the said goods to be purchased in the aspect different from another goods among the goods displayed on the examination goods page 14. FIG.
Therefore, the user can easily identify the product to be purchased from other products. Therefore, the user can more easily determine whether or not the product scheduled for purchase satisfies the standard.

Further, the server 2 includes a replacement unit 27 that replaces a product scheduled to be purchased with one of the products extracted by the extraction unit 24 in response to a replacement request from the user terminal 4.
Therefore, it is possible to easily purchase an optimal product that meets the user's request.

The first storage unit 21A stores product name information 211 related to the name of the product and price information 213 associated with the product name information 211 as information about the product, and the extraction unit 24 stores the product and the product to be purchased. Products having the same name information 211 and different price information 213 are extracted from the first storage means 21A according to each store.
Therefore, since the candidate area 13 displays different price information 213 for each store, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the criteria required by the user regarding the characteristics of the product are satisfied.
In other words, in the past, even if the desired product was found, after considering the same product between each store over time, considering the price etc., select the product and decide to purchase The use form of “Yes” was the mainstream. However, according to the present invention, when a desired product is found, it is first selected as a purchase target without considering the price aspect, etc., and once selected, whether or not the required criteria are satisfied is examined by a simple method. This gives the user the opportunity to do it and to replace it with a more favorable product. In addition, the selection of the product is performed by dragging and dropping the product from the selection region 12 where the product list is displayed to the candidate region 13 (so-called virtual cart) in the same page. We can put product which we confirmed at any time. As a result, the process from product search to selection and purchase decision can be made easy and quick, and an easy-to-use shopping page can be provided.

[Modification of Embodiment]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a shopping page according to another embodiment, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a replacement product page according to still another embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing storage means according to still another embodiment. It is a figure which shows the memorize | stored merchandise information.

In the shopping system 1 according to the embodiment, the configuration in which one product is displayed in the candidate area 13 and the purchase of the product is determined has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as illustrated in FIG. A configuration may be employed in which a plurality of different purchase-scheduled products are displayed in the area 13 and those products are purchased.
First, similarly to the shopping system 1 according to the first embodiment, “B company TV” is input to the phrase information input unit 11A, and the first display control unit 22 displays the product displays 54 and 55 in the selection area 12.
Here, the second display control means 23 displays the product display 55 in the candidate area 13 by moving the mouse pointer on the product display 55 and performing a drag-and-drop operation to the candidate area 13.
Then, when the product replacement unit 133 is selected, the third display control unit 25 can display the considered product page 14 corresponding to the product display 55.
Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the consideration product page 14 includes the price of the product, the delivery date of the product, the popularity of the product, the product image, the product name (product name), and the store of the product (store name). The configuration may be such that the shipping cost of the product is listed in a table form. Further, the third display control means 25 displays the product information in ascending order of the shipping cost of the product. In this case, the 2nd memory | storage means 21B may be constructed | assembled by the structure which memorize | stores the merchandise information 210 as shown in FIG. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, color information may be included in the name information.
The product display 54 and 55 may be displayed in the candidate area 13 by selecting the selection units 54A and 55A displayed in the selection area 12 without being limited to the drag and drop operation.
Furthermore, for example, a collective review unit 15 is provided in the candidate area 13, and when this collective review unit 15 is selected, it matches the product name information 211 (123 ○ × Δ □ company A portable personal computer) of the product display 51. The product information including the product name information 211 is extracted from the first storage unit 21A, and the product name information 211 that matches the name information of the product display 55 (Company B TV) is extracted from the second storage unit 21B. And it is good also as a structure which displays the merchandise information regarding these extracted goods (Company A portable personal computer) and the merchandise information about goods (Company B television) side by side on the examination merchandise page 14.
The candidate area 13 may be provided with a total price display unit 16 for displaying the total price of the products displayed in the candidate area 13.

Further, the product code information included in the product name information 211 is not limited to the JAN code, and may be a product code commonly used in a shopping site.
Further, the characteristic information may include store evaluation information and review information.
Store evaluation information quantifies the impression that a user who has purchased a product has on the store from various aspects such as the quality of the product, the speed of delivery, the politeness of packing, and aftercare. The total information is mentioned. That is, by arranging and displaying on the examination product page 14 in order from the highest store evaluation, the user can easily select a transaction with a more reliable store.
The review information is text information indicating the user's evaluation of the product. The third display control means extracts the evaluation expression from the text information of the review input by the user in advance using the dictionary DB storing the positive expression (good, recommended, etc.) and negative evaluation (bad, not good, etc.). 25, a product with a lot of positive evaluations can be displayed at the top of the study product page 14.
Further, the display position of the selection area 12 and the candidate area 13 in the page can be freely moved by the user, and the display / non-display of the selection area 12 and the candidate area 13 can be freely adjusted by the user. A configuration in which the selection area 12 and the candidate area 13 are displayed in a translucent manner can also be adopted. Thereby, the whole shopping page 10 can be used effectively, and it is suitable, for example, when providing an advertisement display area for displaying advertisements distributed via the Internet 3.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a shopping system such as online shopping in which a desired product can be purchased at a user terminal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shopping system as purchase support system 2 Shopping server as purchase support apparatus 3 Internet as network 4 User terminal 10 Shopping page 12 Selection area 13 as first display area 13 Candidate area 14 as second display area As display area Product page 21 storage means 22 first display control means 23 second display control means 24 extraction means 25 third display control means 26 purchase means 27 replacement means

Claims (7)

A purchase support device that provides a web page to a terminal device via a network and supports product purchase performed by the terminal device,
First storage means for storing information on a plurality of products according to each store;
First display control means for extracting a product from the first storage means in response to a search request from the terminal device and displaying the product as a search result product in a first display area in the web page;
Second storage means for storing any one of the search result products as a purchase-scheduled product in response to a purchase request from the terminal device;
Second display control means for displaying the product to be purchased in a second display area in the web page;
Extracting means for extracting the same product as the product scheduled to be purchased from the first storage unit according to each store in response to the examination request from the terminal device;
Third display control means for rearranging the products extracted by the extraction means in the order evaluated according to a predetermined standard, and displaying them in a display area different from the second display area in the web page;
In response to a replacement request from the terminal device, replacement means for replacing the product scheduled for purchase with any of the products extracted by the extraction means;
A purchase support apparatus characterized by comprising: The purchase support apparatus according to claim 1,
The third display control means includes
A purchase support apparatus, wherein among the products displayed in a display area different from the second display area, the product scheduled to be purchased is displayed in a mode different from other products. The purchase support apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The first storage means
As product information, product name information related to the name of the product and characteristic information associated with the product name information are stored,
The extraction means includes
A purchase support apparatus, wherein a product having the same product name information as the product to be purchased and having different characteristic information is extracted from the storage unit according to each store. A purchase support system comprising a terminal device and a purchase support device that provides a web page to the terminal device via a network and supports product purchase performed by the terminal device,
The purchase support apparatus includes:
First storage means for storing information on a plurality of products according to each store;
First display control means for extracting a product from the first storage means in response to a search request from the terminal device and displaying the product as a search result product in a first display area in the web page;
Second storage means for storing any one of the search result products as a purchase-scheduled product in response to a purchase request from the terminal device;
Second display control means for displaying the product to be purchased in a second display area in the web page;
Extracting means for extracting the same product as the product scheduled to be purchased from the first storage unit according to each store in response to the examination request from the terminal device;
Third display control means for rearranging the products extracted by the extraction means in the order evaluated according to a predetermined standard, and displaying them in a display area different from the second display area in the web page;
In response to a replacement request from the terminal device, replacement means for replacing the product scheduled for purchase with any of the products extracted by the extraction means;
A purchase support system characterized by having A purchase support method for providing a web page to the terminal device via a network by a computing means and supporting a product purchase performed by the terminal device,
The computing means is
A first storage step of storing information relating to a plurality of products in the first storage means according to each store;
A first display control step of extracting a product from the first storage unit in response to a search request from the terminal device and displaying the product as a search result product in a first display area in the web page;
A second storage step of storing any of the products of the search results in a second storage means as a product scheduled for purchase in response to a purchase request from the terminal device;
A second display control step of displaying the product to be purchased in a second display area in the web page;
An extraction step of extracting the same product as the product scheduled to be purchased from the first storage unit according to each store in response to an examination request from the terminal device;
A third display control step of rearranging the products extracted by the extraction step in the order evaluated according to a predetermined criterion, and displaying the product in a display area different from the second display area in the web page;
A replacement step of replacing the product scheduled to be purchased with one of the products extracted by the extraction means in response to a replacement request from the terminal device;
The purchase support method characterized by performing this. A purchase support program characterized by causing the calculation means to function as the purchase support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . A purchase support program that causes a calculation means to execute the purchase support method according to claim 5 .

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