JP2001005868A - Food material order system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support the idea of various menus at home and to order the delivery of materials required for preparing respective dishes constituting the menu just for a required quantity from home. SOLUTION: Concerning the food material order system in which a server provided with a means for storing the recipe of cooking and information concerning food materials to be used for it is connected through an Internet to one or plural clients, this system is provided with a means for selecting the recipe of cooking by setting and retrieving conditions from clients and a means for ordering the food materials written in the recipe of cooking from clients.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food ordering system, and more particularly to helping a household to consider various menus.
The present invention can be suitably used to place an order from a home to deliver a necessary amount of a necessary material for each of the dishes constituting the menu that has been conceived.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, home cooking was taught from grandmother to granddaughter, mother to daughter, and mother-in-law to bride. However, many families now find it difficult to give home cooking and to consider menus because of the advancement of the nuclear family and the increase in mutual marriage, and many families do not have time to go shopping. Can be seen. Services for such homes include:
The following are known.

[0003] The first service is to distribute a catalog in which menus are described to a member's home, select a menu from the catalog at home, and place an order by telephone, facsimile, or the like. They deliver the necessary materials in the required quantity to make them. However, this service has a drawback in that the menu that can be selected is limited due to the use of the catalog.

[0004] The second service is to put ingredients and their recipes on a Web page, select the ingredients by searching, and accept orders for the ingredients via the Internet, FAX, or the like. However, since this service is based on ingredients, it has a drawback that it can only search for ingredients and can only see recipes of dishes using the ingredients. Another disadvantage is that it is not possible to order only the necessary amount of ingredients required to make a dish.

[0005] A third service is to open a large number of cooking recipes on a Web page so that they can be searched. However, this service has the drawback that, because the purpose is to provide information, it is necessary to procure the necessary ingredients for cooking.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and is intended to help a family to think about various menus and to prepare ingredients necessary for making each of the dishes constituting the menu that he has conceived. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to place an order from a home so that only a required amount can be delivered.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object in the present invention, first, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a server having means for storing information on a recipe of a dish and ingredients used for the recipe is provided via the Internet. A system connected to one or more clients,
A food ordering system comprising means for selecting a recipe of a dish by setting and searching for a condition from a client, and means for ordering ingredients described in the recipe for the dish from the client. .

In the invention of claim 2, there is provided a food ordering system according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting a recipe of a dish suitable for the main dish by searching from a client.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the apparatus according to the first or second aspect, further comprising means for selecting from a client a recipe of a dish made using surplus generated when the main dish is made from a client. This is a food ordering system.

[0010] The invention according to claim 4 further comprises means for automatically totalizing orders from each client and re-ordering the food supplier. This is the food ordering system described.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the foodstuff ordering system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, further comprising means for settling an order from each client.

In the invention according to claim 6, the server includes means for storing the special sale information of the food in association with the information on the recipe of the food using the food, and the server displays the special sales information of the food associated with the special sales information of the food from the client. The food ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising means for selecting a recipe by searching for the recipe.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

1: Physical Basic Configuration of the System of the Present Invention As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is a system in which a client and a server are connected via the Internet. The client is a computer, and includes a display device such as a display and an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard. Similarly, the server is a computer with an auxiliary storage device. In the auxiliary storage device of the server, a database of information on cooking recipes and ingredients used therein is stored. Hereinafter, this database is referred to as a recipe database for convenience. The information on the recipe of the dish and the ingredients used in the recipe is represented by a Web page and image data and audio data linked to the Web page, and can be viewed from a client by a Web browser.

In the auxiliary storage device of the server, information on members is also stored in a database. This database is called a member database for convenience. Only homes registered in the member database are set so that clients in the home can access the recipe database. Hereinafter, it is assumed that a client is simply a client in a member's home.

Further, the auxiliary storage device of the server also stores information relating to ordering of foodstuffs made by the client.

2: Basic Process Flow Hereinafter, a member selects a cooking recipe by setting conditions and searching from a client, and orders basic ingredients described in the cooking recipe. The flow will be described.

2-1: Searching a Recipe Database A client searches a recipe database under various conditions. For example, the search is performed based on the genre of cuisine, such as Japanese food, Western food, Chinese food, dessert, and confectionery. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, staple food, main dish, side dish, garnish, soup, hot pot,
Search by type of dish, such as confectionery or other. The search screen of FIG. 2 indicates that the user is trying to search by setting a condition of a confectionery as the type of dish.
In addition, CGI (Common Gateway Inte
(rface) may be used to search for a keyword.

2-2: Selection of Cooking Recipes When the recipe database is searched, a list of recipes that match the search conditions is displayed on the display device of the client. Members can select their favorite recipes from this list,
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a photograph of a dish and ingredients necessary for making the dish are displayed. In addition, the cooking method is a We which describes a photograph of a dish and ingredients necessary for making the dish.
It may be described on page b or on a different web page. When describing on different Web pages, a Web page describing a photograph of a dish and ingredients necessary for making the dish, and a Web page describing a cooking method are provided.
Create a link with page b. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a Web page describing a cooking method is displayed on a display device of a client using a Web browser. If a printer is attached to the client, the recipe can be printed out using the print function of the Web browser.

2-3: Ordering of Foodstuffs After selecting a recipe for a dish, the ordering of foodstuffs necessary for the dish described in the recipe is performed by selecting a rank and an order form. The rank indicates the quality of the ingredients, and the price varies depending on the quality. For example, it is expressed in three stages: pine, bamboo, and plum. The order form is, for example, a prepared amount of only a required amount, or a raw material of 500 g or one raw material. The latter order for raw materials is an order in the minimum unit that satisfies the required amount, and therefore, surplus may occur. When an ingredient is ordered from a client, the order information is stored in an auxiliary storage device of the server.

3: Selection of a side dish that matches the main dish When the recipe of the selected dish is the main dish, a search is performed from the screen displaying the recipe under the condition of a side dish that matches the recipe, and a list of the search results is displayed. You may be able to select a side dish recipe from the menu.

4: Selection of Cooking Recipes Using Surplus of Ingredients Produced When Making Main Dish As described above, when ingredients necessary for making dishes are ordered with raw materials, surplus may occur. . In this case, a search may be performed from the screen displaying the recipe of the main dish under the condition that the dish can be made using the surplus ingredients of the main dish, and the recipe of the dish may be selected from a list of the search results.

5: Reordering to Food Supplier The order information from each client stored in the auxiliary storage device of the server is provided by the server for each food supplier.
For each type of food, it is automatically counted on a daily basis. Then, a re-order is made to the food supplier based on the result of the aggregation.

6: Settlement of Food Ingredient Order The system of the present invention uses various electronic settlement means.
You may settle the order for the ingredients from each client. For example, withdrawal from a bank account, use of a credit card, use of electronic money can be cited.

7: Provision of food special sale information A link is provided between the Web page describing the special sale information of the food and the Web page describing the recipe of the dish using the food, and the auxiliary storage device of the server is provided. May be stored. By doing so, it is possible to search for a recipe of a dish using the ingredient from the special sale information of the ingredient, select and browse the recipe. Conversely, if there is special sale information on ingredients used in the dish from the recipe of the dish, the special sale information can be browsed.

8: Others Since the information regarding the ingredients is stored in the auxiliary storage device of the server, the ingredients are selected by directly searching the information from the client without going through the cooking recipe, and the selected ingredients are ordered. You may be able to.

[0027] A client may be allowed to apply a recipe for cooking to a server via the Internet.

Due to the time constraints of reordering from the server to the food supplier and delivering the food to the members, ordering from the client is done on a weekly basis, and only orders received at least one week before are accepted. Is also good.

[0029]

As a result, the present invention has the following effects.

First, since abundant cooking recipes stored in the auxiliary storage device of the server can be searched from a client in the member's home under various conditions, even a person who has little knowledge of cooking can use various cooking recipes. There is an effect that a menu can be prepared and cooking can be actually performed. In addition, there is also an effect that a trader who accepts and delivers orders for food materials does not need to provide printed materials such as catalogs and flyers to member homes.

Second, the client in the member's home can order and deliver the ingredients described in the searched and selected recipe, so that there is no need to procure the ingredients by themselves. .

Third, in the case of prepared ingredients, only the required quantity can be ordered, and when ordering ingredients with raw materials, the surplus can be used to search for a dish that can be used, so that the ingredients can be used without waste. is there.

Fourth, orders from households of each member are automatically totaled on a daily basis for each food supplier and each type of food, so that reordering to the food supplier is easy. There is an effect that can be.

Fifth, since various electronic settlement means can settle orders from each member's home, there is an effect that collection of money is facilitated.

Sixth, since the sale information of the food and the recipe of the dish using the food can be linked, there is an effect that the sales of the food can be promoted.

Seventh, there is an effect that a cooking recipe can be recruited from the member's home via the Internet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a physical basic configuration of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a search screen.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen displaying a recipe.

FIG. 4 is an example of a screen displaying a cooking method.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a server having means for storing a recipe of a dish and information on ingredients used therein is connected to one or a plurality of clients via the Internet. A food ordering system, comprising: means for selecting a recipe for a dish by performing a search; and means for ordering ingredients described in the recipe for the dish from a client. 2. The food ordering system according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting from a client a recipe for the dish that matches the main dish by searching. 3. The food ordering system according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting from a client a recipe of a dish made using surplus generated when the main dish is made from a client. 4. The foodstuff ordering system according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically totalizing orders from each client and reordering the foodstuff supplier. 5. The foodstuff ordering system according to claim 1, further comprising means for settling an order from each client. 6. The server according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing the special sale information of the foodstuff in association with information on a recipe of the foodstuff using the foodstuff, and searching for a recipe of the foodstuff associated with the special sale information of the foodstuff from the client. The foodstuff ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising means for selecting.