TWI803808B - The dynamic discount process system and method with the multi-level - Google Patents

Abstract

The dynamic discount process system and method with the multi-level are provided. The process system comprises a smart tag, an input end, a first server, a second server and a mobile device. The smart tag record a commodity information. The input end fetches the commodity information form the smart tag. The first server connect to the input end via Internet. The first server generates a multi discount information according to the commodity information and the inventory quantity. The first server generate a selling price according to the multi discount information and the current time. The second server connect to the first server via Internet. The second server generate a discount information by fetching the selling price. The mobile device connect the second server via Internet. The second server push the discount information to the mobile device.

Description

Multi-level dynamic discount processing system and method

An online information processing system and method, in particular to a multi-level dynamic discount processing system and method.

With the rapid expansion of convenience stores, more and more people will choose to buy all kinds of food in convenience stores. In order to ensure food safety, convenience stores will strictly control the food put on the shelves every day. For the food that is about to be immediately available, most of the current methods are discounted to promote sales before the shelf life.

Therefore, in order to remind consumers that the product has been discounted, the staff needs to repost the price tag. And the checkout system also modifies the price of the product at the same time, so it may cause inconsistencies between the prices of the front and back ends.

In view of this, according to some embodiments, the multi-level dynamic discount processing system provides a method that can synchronously adjust commodity prices in the server, so that sales commodities have corresponding discounts in different time periods. Furthermore, smart tags with dynamic discounts can also be used to display relevant information corresponding to different discount offers. For store staff, there is no need to repeatedly stick labels on sales items, and there is no need to enter additional discounts at checkout. Moreover, the developers in the background do not need to frequently modify the checkout system, and can automatically notify consumers of the discounts of each entry, so as to speed up the sales of fresh food products and avoid waste.

In some embodiments, a multi-level dynamic discount processing system includes a smart label, an input front end, a first server, a second server and a mobile communication device. The smart label is used to record product information; the input front end obtains the product information of the smart label; the first server network is connected to the input front end, and the first server generates the inventory quantity corresponding to the product information according to the product information, and generates a score based on the product information. segment discount information, the first server generates the sales price based on the segment discount information and the current time, and when the sales price is lower than the preset price in the corresponding product information, sends the product information, inventory quantity and sales price; the second server network The network is connected to the first server, and the second server obtains product information, inventory quantity and sales price and generates a discount notification accordingly; the mobile communication device is connected to the second server, and the second server pushes the broadcast to the mobile communication device Discount notice.

In some embodiments, the smart tag is a radio frequency identification tag, a near field communication tag, a quick response code, a color changing tag, or a selected combination.

In some embodiments, the smart tag displays a discount information based on the current time.

In some embodiments, the product information further includes product serial number, product name and shelf life of the product.

In some embodiments, the first server generates at least one discount period and discount information for each discount period according to the storage period of the product information, and the first server packages the discount period and the associated promotion information into segmented discount information.

In some embodiments, the physical store further includes at least one product for sale and an input front end, and each product for sale has a corresponding smart tag.

In some embodiments, the first server counts the inventory quantity of each commodity for sale in the physical store according to the smart communication tags acquired by the input front end.

In some embodiments, the second server obtains the geographic location information of the physical store, and the second server pushes the discount notification to the communication range of the geographic location information.

In some embodiments, the second server pushes the discount notification to the mobile communication device during the discount period.

In some embodiments, the mobile communication device sends a purchase request to the second server according to the discount notification, and the purchase request includes at least one commodity information of the discount notification.

In some embodiments, a multi-level dynamic discount processing method includes acquiring product information of smart labels, and generating inventory quantities corresponding to the product information; generating segmented discount information according to the product information and inventory quantities; Segmented discount information and the current time generate the sales price; when the sales price is lower than the preset price in the corresponding product information, push the discount notification. The discount notification includes the product information and the sales price and inventory quantity of the corresponding product information.

In some embodiments, the step of generating segmented discount information includes generating at least one discount period and discount information for each discount period according to the shelf life of the commodity information; packaging the discount period and associated discount information as segmented discount information.

In some embodiments, the step of generating segmented discount information includes counting the inventory quantity of sales commodities; packaging the segmented discount information according to the inventory quantity, discount time period, and associated discount information.

In some embodiments, the step of pushing the discount notification includes acquiring geographic location information of the physical store; and pushing the discount notification within the communication range of the geographic location information.

In some embodiments, the step of pushing the discount notification includes receiving the discount notification by the mobile communication device; the mobile communication device sends a purchase request, and the purchase request includes at least one commodity information of the discount notification.

In some embodiments, the step of sending the purchase request includes setting a transaction period according to the purchase request; judging whether the transaction required by the purchase is completed within the transaction period; if the transaction is completed within the transaction period, sending a transaction completion report; Complete the transaction within the transaction period and cancel the transaction.

The multi-level dynamic discount processing system and method provide a dynamic discount processing system whose price can change with time, and it is further used with smart labels, and the online shopping platform can also simultaneously provide information about the purchaseable products that have already entered the discount. processing system. The prices of commodities in physical stores can change over time. Consumers can also be notified of the existing discounted products and quantities in physical stores in real time, so that consumers can go to buy, speed up the sales of fresh food products in physical stores, and avoid expired waste .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , which are a schematic diagram of an application field and a schematic diagram of a system architecture of this embodiment. The application field of this embodiment includes a first server 130 , a second server 140 , a mobile communication device 150 and at least one physical store 160 , as shown in FIG. 1 . The physical store 160 has at least one input front end 120 and several sales items 170 . Each sales commodity 170 is configured with a corresponding smart label. In other words, each sale item 170 has its own smart tag.

In some embodiments, the multi-level dynamic discount processing system 100 includes a smart label 110 , an input front end 120 , a first server 130 , a second server 140 and a mobile communication device 150 . The input front end 120 is network connected to the first server 130 . The second server 140 is network-connected to the first server 130 and the mobile communication device 150 , as shown in FIG. 2 . The first server 130 can be set in the physical store 160, and can also be built in the cloud network. The first server 130 and the second server 140 may be the same server, or two independent servers. In order to clearly illustrate the sources of different services, two servers are used as illustrations here. In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the arrow blocks represent the transmission of network signals, and the line segment arrows represent the connection of electrical signals.

The smart label 110 is a radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) label, a near field communication label (Near Field Communication, NFC), a barcode (Barcode), a quick response code (Quick Response Code, QR code), a color-changing label or any other selected combination. In addition to recording product information 111, the smart label 110 can also display discount information (no label). The discount information may include the discount rate and/or the discounted price, and the discount information changes according to the current time. The product information 111 may include the manufacturing time, preset price, product number, product name, manufacturer or shelf life of the product 170 for sale.

The input front end 120 is used to read the product information 111 of the smart tag 110 and to record the time when the product 170 is on the shelf. The input front end 120 may be a point of sale (POS), a tablet computer (personal digital assistant, PAD) or a graphic order terminal (Graphic Order Terminal, GOT). When the sales commodity 170 with the smart label 110 is on the shelves, the staff can read the smart label 110 through the input front end 120 and set the time information of the sales commodity 170 on the shelf. The input front end 120 transmits the product information 111 and the release time information to the first server 130 , and the first server 130 generates an inventory quantity corresponding to the product information 111 according to the product information 111 . After the sales commodity 170 is sold, the input front end 120 can also return the inventory quantity of the remaining sales commodity 170 to the first server 130 or return the sales information to the first server 130, so that the first server 130 can change the inventory quantity. The sales commodity 170 is sold at a preset price before the discount is calculated.

The first server 130 has a store database 131. The store database 131 is used to record the store information of each physical store 160, the category and stock quantity of the sales commodity 170 (that is, the remaining quantity of the sales commodity 170). The store information includes geographic location information of the physical store 160 or activity information being executed by the physical store 160 . The first server 130 generates segmented discount information 132 according to the product information 111 . In some embodiments, the first server 130 obtains the manufacturing time or shelf life of the selling commodity 170 according to the commodity information 111 , and the first server 130 generates at least one discount period according to the manufacturing time or shelf life. The first server 130 sets corresponding preferential information for each discount period. The first server 130 packages all the discount periods and offer information into segmented discount information 132 . The first server 130 can calculate and generate the sales price according to the segment discount information 132 and the current time.

For example, the first server 130 takes the storage period as a basis, and sets at least one set of discount periods before the storage period. The first server 130 sets corresponding preferential information for each discount period. Wherein, the duration of the discount period may not only be a fixed duration, but may also dynamically adjust the duration of the discount period with time. Preferential information can be but not limited to price discounts, and can also be ways of increasing bonus points or discounting points into cash.

When any piece of product information 111 among the multiple pieces of product information 111 stored in the first server 130 enters the discount period, and the calculated sales price is lower than the preset price in the corresponding product information 111, the product will be sent Information 111 , inventory quantity and sales price are sent to the second server 140 . The second server 140 has a discount notification program 141 and an online shopping program 142 . The second server 140 is network connected to the first server 130 . When the second server 140 obtains the product information 111 , stock quantity and selling price from the first server 130 , it generates a discount notification accordingly. The discount notification program 141 is used to push (push) the discount status of the sales commodity 170 (ie discount notification) to the mobile communication device 150 . The mobile communication device 150 may be, but not limited to, a computer device with communication capabilities such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer. The online shopping program 142 provides a shopping page, and displays relevant information of the selling product 170 on the shopping page. For example: product information 111 , inventory quantity, sales price (or preferential information such as point rewards) of a product 170 for sale, and physical stores 160 where the product can be purchased. The mobile communication device 150 can access the shopping page through a browser or an application program (APP).

In order to clearly illustrate this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of this embodiment. The multi-level dynamic discount processing method in this embodiment includes the following steps: Step S310: Acquiring the product information of the smart label, and generating the inventory quantity corresponding to the product information; Step S320: Generate segmented discount information according to product information; Step S330: Generate sales price according to segment discount information and current time; and Step S340: When the sales price is lower than the preset price in the corresponding product information, broadcast a discount notification, which includes the product information and the sales price and inventory quantity of the corresponding product information.

When the sales product 170 is shipped, the factory can set the product information 111 of the smart label 110 and configure the sales product 170 with a corresponding smart label 110 so that the smart label 110 records the relevant information of the sales product 170 . The preset price of the selling commodity 170 can be displayed on the outer layer of the smart label 110 . For the convenience of explaining the discounted prices at different stages, the price of the sales commodity 170 when it leaves the factory is the default price, that is, the price without discount.

Smart tags 110 may be RFID tags, QR tags, NFC tags, color changing tags, or a selected combination. RFID tags, QR tags, and NFC tags can record product information 111 . And color-changing labels are used to show the price of an item at different times. The color-changing label is composed of stacked layers of color-changing paint, and each layer of color-changing paint corresponds to a different action time. After a predetermined time, the corresponding color-changing paint will change its color. For example: the color-changing paint on the upper layer will turn transparent after a predetermined time, so that the text on the next layer can be seen through, as shown in Figure 4. Therefore, when each discount period passes, the smart tag 110 can display the corresponding price. In addition, the color change can also be used to indicate whether the commodity 170 for sale is on demand.

When the sales commodity 170 is delivered to the physical store 160 , the staff can obtain the commodity information 111 and the shelf time of the smart label 110 through the input front end 120 . The input front end 120 transmits the commodity information 111 and the shelf time to the first server 130 . The first server 130 counts the inventory quantity of each product 170 for sale in the physical store 160 (ie, the inventory quantity corresponding to the commodity information 111 ). When the input front-end 120 checks out the goods 170 for sale, the input front-end 120 will obtain the product information 111 of the smart tag 110 . The input front end 120 returns the product information 111 to the first server 130 . Therefore, the first server 130 can update the inventory quantity of the sales commodities 170 in each physical store 160 in real time.

The first server 130 sets several discount periods, and sets corresponding preferential information for each discount period. The first server 130 calculates the sales price corresponding to each discount period of the sales commodity 170 according to the preferential information. The first server 130 packages the discount time period and the associated preferential information into segmented discount information 132 . Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of the discount period and preferential information in this embodiment. The horizontal axis in Figure 5 is the time axis, and it is divided into three discount periods as an example. In FIG. 5 , the discounted sales price of the sales commodity 170 is the vertical axis, and the number above the bar is the preferential information, and the preferential information is an example of price discount and sales price. Assume that the on-shelf time of the product 170 for sale is 0:00 AM on 1/30/2021, and the storage period is 24 hours (that is, it expires at 11:59 PM on 1/30/2021). The discount periods are 2021/1/30 PM9:00~PM10:00 (10% discount for discount information), PM10:00~PM11:30 (30% discount for discount information), PM11:30~PM11:59 (10% discount for discount information) 50% off).

In addition, the first server 130 may further determine the preferential information of various types of products 170 for sale according to factors such as the type of products 170 for sale, the location of the store, or the current time. For example: the discount period for fresh food can be every ten minutes, while the fast food can be every day. Alternatively, the discount period of the physical store 160 in the suburbs may be greater than the discount period of the physical store 160 in the city center.

The first server 130 determines whether to generate a new sales price according to the current time. If the current time is in the discount period, the first server 130 generates a new sales price according to the section discount information. And when the sales price calculated by the first server 130 is lower than the preset price in the corresponding product information 111 , send the product information 111 , stock quantity and sales price to the second server 140 . The second server 140 receives the commodity information 111 , the inventory quantity and the selling price and executes the discount notification program 141 to generate a discount notification 143 . Taking FIG. 5 as an example, if the current time is 2021/1/30 PM9:00, the first server 130 performs a 10% discount on the price of the product 170 for sale. When the discount notification program 141 receives a notification from the first server 130 that the sales commodity 170 has entered a 10% discount (that is, the product information 111, inventory quantity and sales price of the corresponding commodity 170 are received), the discount notification program 141 will be based on This information generates a discount notification 143 . In this embodiment, the sales price of each discount period is calculated based on the default price and the segmented discount information 132 . In other embodiments, the sales price of the previous discount period and the segmented discount information 132 of the next discount period can also be used to generate a new sales price.

The discount notification program 141 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150 . In some embodiments, besides the second server 140 can push the broadcast to the mobile communication device 150 through the network, the second server 140 can also push the broadcast to a specific area. In some embodiments, the second server 140 can obtain the geographic location information of the physical store 160 from the first server 130 , such as the coordinates of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

In some embodiments, the second server 140 can proactively send a discount notification 143 to the mobile communication devices 150 within the communication range of the geographic location information, as shown in FIG. 6 . In Fig. 6, the dotted circle is used as the communication range. The size of the communication range can be determined by the second server 140 or set by the mobile communication device 150 . Taking FIG. 6 as an example, the second server 140 selects any physical store 160 and takes the selected physical store 160 as the center of a circle, and the second server 140 sets a communication range. The second server 140 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication devices 150 within the communication range. In FIG. 6 , an arrow indicates that the discount notification 143 is sent to the mobile communication device 150 .

The second server 140 can also provide the discount notification 143 in a passive manner. In the passive push discount notification 143 method, when the mobile communication device 150 is connected to the second server 140, the second server 140 searches for the sales commodity 170 with the discount price according to the current time. If there is a discount notification 143 at the current time, the second server 140 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150 . The discount notification 143 includes the product information 111 and the sales price and stock quantity corresponding to the product information 111 .

In some embodiments, when the second server 140 is in the discount period, the second server 140 can broadcast the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication devices 150 in the whole area. In this embodiment, the second server 140 can push the discount notification 143 to relevant members of the online shopping program 142 . Alternatively, add the sales item 170 to the member in the tracking list. The second server 140 can also push the sales commodity 170 to the aforementioned members and mobile communication devices 150 .

In some embodiments, when the mobile communication device 150 receives the discount notification 143 , the mobile communication device 150 can connect to the second server 140 and the associated online shopping program 142 according to the discount notification 143 . The online shopping program 142 generates a shopping page 144 , and the shopping page 144 at least includes sales items 170 with sales prices, item information 111 and inventory quantities. In other words, all the sales items 170 in the discount notification 143 will be included in the shopping page 144, as shown in FIG. 7 . In the upper frame of FIG. 7 , in addition to displaying the sales price, the list of sales items 170 on the shopping page 144 also provides information such as spot time, available physical stores 160 and stock quantity (purchasable quantity).

The consumer browses the shopping page 144 through the mobile communication device 150 , and selects the sales item 170 to be purchased from the shopping page 144 . After the consumer completes the selection of the sales commodity 170 , the mobile communication device 150 generates a purchase request 151 according to the selected sales commodity 170 . The mobile communication device 150 sends the shopping request to the second server 140 , and the second server 140 sends the shopping request to the physical store 160 through the first server 130 , so as to temporarily store the selected sales items 170 of the shopping request. Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of the purchase request 151 in this embodiment. The operational process in Purchasing Requirement 151 includes the following steps: Step S810: Set the transaction period according to the purchase requirements; Step S820: Determine whether the transaction required by the purchase is completed within the transaction period; Step S830: If the transaction is completed within the transaction period, send a transaction completion report. as well as Step S840: If the transaction is not completed within the transaction period, cancel the transaction.

After the second server 140 receives the purchase request 151, the second server 140 will set a transaction deadline. The transaction period can be a fixed value, or can be determined according to the distance between the mobile communication device 150 and the physical store 160 . The lower layer frame of FIG. 7 is information such as the sales commodity 170 requested by shopping and the physical store 160 for picking up the goods. When the second server 140 receives the purchase request 151, the second server 140 will start timing and judge whether the consumer arrives at the store to pick up the goods within the transaction period.

If the consumer finishes picking up the goods at the store within the transaction period, the mobile communication device 150 sends a transaction report to the second server 140 . The second server 140 forwards the transaction report to the first server 130 for updating the inventory quantity of the selling commodities 170 in each physical store 160 . If the consumer fails to pick up the goods at the store within the transaction period, the second server 140 will cancel the purchase request 151 transaction, so as to allow other consumers to purchase.

The multi-level dynamic discount processing system 100 and method provide a dynamic discount processing system whose price can change with time, and can be further used with the smart label 110, and the online shopping platform can also synchronously provide discounts that are currently available. A processing system for purchasing goods. The sales price of commodities in the physical store 160 can change with time, and the existing discounted commodities and quantities in the physical store 160 can also be notified to consumers in real time, so that consumers can go to buy and accelerate the sales of fresh food commodities in the physical store 160 , to avoid overdue waste.

100: Multi-level dynamic discount processing system 110:Smart label 111: Commodity information 120: input front end 130: The first server 131: store database 132: Segment discount information 140:Second server 141:Preferential notification procedure 142: Online shopping program 143: Discount notice 144: Shopping page 150:Mobile communication device 151: Purchase requirements 160:Physical store 170: Sales of goods S310, S320, S330, S340: steps S810, S820, S830, S840: steps

[FIG. 1] is a schematic diagram of the application field of this embodiment. [FIG. 2] is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of this embodiment. [Fig. 3] is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of this embodiment. [FIG. 4] It is a schematic diagram of the operation of the color-changing label of this embodiment. [ FIG. 5 ] is a schematic diagram of the discount period and preferential information in this embodiment. [FIG. 6] is a schematic diagram of the communication range of this embodiment. [FIG. 7] is a schematic diagram of the shopping page and purchase requirements of this embodiment. [Fig. 8] is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of the purchase request in this embodiment.

100: Multi-level dynamic discount processing system

110:Smart label

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Claims (13)

A multi-level dynamic discount processing system, which includes: a smart label for recording product information; an input front end for obtaining the product information of the smart label; a first server connected to the input In the front end, the first server generates an inventory quantity corresponding to the product information according to the product information, and generates a piece of discount information according to the product information, and the first server generates a piece of discount information based on the piece discount information and a current time. Sales price, when the sales price is less than a preset price in the corresponding product information, send the product information, the inventory quantity and the sales price; a second server, connected to the first server through the network, The second server obtains the product information, the inventory quantity and the sales price from the first server and generates a discount notification accordingly, the second server obtains a geographic location information of a physical store, and the second server The server pushes the discount notification to a communication range of the geographic location information; and a mobile communication device connected to the second server through the network, the second server pushes the discount notification to the mobile communication device, the The mobile communication device sends a purchase request to the second server according to the discount notification, and the purchase request includes at least one piece of product information of the discount notification. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in Claim 1, wherein the smart label is a radio frequency identification label, a near field communication label, a quick response code, a color-changing label or a selected combination. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, wherein the smart label displays a discount information according to the current time. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in Claim 1, wherein the commodity information further includes commodity serial number, commodity name and shelf life of the commodity. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in Claim 1, wherein the first server generates at least one discount period and a preferential information for each discount period according to a storage period of the commodity information, the first server The server packages the discount time periods and the related discount information into the section discount information. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in Claim 1, further includes the physical store, the physical store has at least one product for sale and the input front end, and each product for sale has a corresponding smart tag. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in claim 6, wherein the first server counts the inventory quantity of each sale product in the physical store according to the smart tags acquired by the input front end. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system as described in Claim 1, wherein the second server pushes the discount notification to the mobile communication device during a discount period. A multi-level dynamic discount processing method, which includes: a first server obtains a product information of a smart label through an input front end, and generates an inventory quantity corresponding to the product information accordingly; the first server The server generates a piece of discount information according to the commodity information; the first server generates a sales price according to the piece discount information and a current time; when the sales price is lower than a preset price in the corresponding commodity information, A second server generates a discount notification, the discount notification includes the commodity information and the sales price and the inventory quantity corresponding to the commodity information; The second server obtains a geographic location information of a physical store from the first server; the second server pushes the discount notification within a communication range of the geographic location information; The mobile communication device receives the discount notification; and the mobile communication device sends a purchase request, and the purchase request includes at least one product information in the discount notification. The multi-level dynamic discount processing method as described in Claim 9 further includes the second server pushing the discount notification. The multi-level dynamic discount processing method as described in claim item 9, wherein the step of generating the segmented discount information includes: the first server generates at least one discount period according to a storage period of the product information and each of the a piece of preferential information for discount periods; and the first server packages the discount periods and the corresponding preferential information as the section discount information. The multi-level dynamic discount processing method as described in claim item 11, wherein the step of generating the segmented discount information includes: the first server packages according to the inventory quantity, the discount periods and the preferential information to which it belongs. The segment discount information. The multi-level dynamic discount processing method as described in claim 9, wherein the step of sending the purchase request includes: the second server sets a transaction deadline according to the purchase request; the second server judges the transaction Whether the transaction required by the purchase is completed within the time limit; If the transaction is completed within the transaction period, the mobile communication device sends a transaction completion report; and if the transaction is not completed within the transaction period, the second server cancels the transaction.

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