JP2001084458A - Method and device for sales management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily distribute proceeds in the case of selling a commodity by plural enterprisers in cooperation. SOLUTION: A commodity plan number of each commodity and a medium number of each medium are combined to manage commodity plan management numbers in a commodity planning site 10. Sales management numbers corresponding to commodity plan management numbers are managed in a business management site 11. Sales management numbers are used for advertisement in magazines or broadcasting. The business management site 11 uses sales management numbers to take reservations and reports reservation numbers. A consumer goes to a retail shop to make a proposal on the basis of a reservation number and pays money. A payment report is sent to the business management site 11 together with the reservation number to generate a liquidation completion record. The commodity planning site 10 receives this record from the business management site 11 to calculate distribution of proceeds to mediums.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales management method and apparatus, and more particularly to a method for easily sharing profits when a plurality of businesses cooperate in selling merchandise. The present invention is also applicable to providing services.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The superiority of a product does not immediately create much demand for the product. In many cases, product planning takes into account consumer preferences, trends, etc.
Products will be sold for the first time by selecting suppliers and conducting advertising that attracts consumers using media such as broadcasts and publications. In addition, in order to deliver a product to a consumer, it is necessary to use a sales channel such as a store and a distribution system such as home delivery. In addition, it is necessary to receive reservations and orders from consumers and manage these. It is difficult for a new product to satisfy all of the above resources. In addition, opening up new markets involves risks. Therefore, it was difficult to successfully plan a new product.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is easy to diversify risks when a new product is put on the market, and moreover, the product is put on the market. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales technology that makes it easy to give an incentive to a company that participates in the product and that makes it easy to commercialize the product.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the constitution described in the claims is adopted. Hereinafter, a supplementary explanation will be given for the claims.

According to the present invention, at the time of settlement of merchandise sales, a settled record including an identifier assigned to a business entity that performs a predetermined role for merchandise sales and receives a distribution of revenue is generated and assigned to the business entity. The profit to be distributed to the business entity is determined based on the obtained profit sharing ratio and the settled record.

[0006] In this configuration, the profit can be easily distributed to the business entities participating in the product sales.

The present invention will be described in more detail.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in a merchandise sales management method, a profit distribution ratio is stored for an enterprise which performs a predetermined role for merchandise sales and receives a profit distribution. Generating a settled record including monetary information related to sales and the identifier of the business entity in response to the settlement process; and monetary information included in the settled record and the identifier of the business entity; Calculating and executing a profit distribution of the business entity based on the profit sharing ratio.

[0009] In this configuration, at the time of settlement, that is, at the time of payment, the identifier of the business entity is incorporated in the settled record, so that the profit can be easily distributed to the entity participating in the product sales.

[0010] A consumer who reserves and orders a product can know the management number (product code) including the identifier of the business entity together with the product information when contacting the advertisement. The identifier of the business entity may be directly included in the management number as a part of itself, or may be converted into a management number by some method. By making a reservation using this management number, the identifier of the business entity is included in the reservation record, and finally, the identifier of the business entity is included in the settled record. At the time of reservation, the consumer is notified of the reservation identifier.
Consumers use this to make payments. A payment completed record is generated based on the reservation identifier of the payment processing. The settled record may simply change the flag information of the reserved record, or may be newly generated and managed as a settled record.

As the above-mentioned conversion method of the identifier of the business entity, replacement (transposition) of digits (numeric characters), conversion of a digit to another digit (substitution), or use of a simple cryptographic function is used. Can be. In short, any conversion can be used as long as a business entity identifier or a product identifier can be extracted from the management number. If it is not desired to directly disclose the business entity identifier to consumers or the like, it is preferable to use a management number in a conversion form.

[0012] The above-mentioned business entity may be an independent business person (natural person, corporation, other organization) or a section within one organization.

The reservation identifier may be notified as voice information from a CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) center, or may be notified as text information from a website. Of course, it may be notified by e-mail.

Further, the present invention may be configured as a sales management device or a system or a subsystem constituting them.

[0015] The present invention can also be applied to providing services. Also in this case, the management number displayed to the consumer who receives the service may directly include the identifier of the business entity, or may be converted by some method and included. This is the same as the case where the sales management of goods is performed.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention as a whole. In FIG. 1, a merchandise sales system according to this embodiment includes a merchandise planning site 10, a business management site 11,
TI Center 12, Reservation Website 13, Retail Store 14
And so on.

The product planning site 10 is used for product development, supplier development, promotion development, product information, supplier information,
It manages various information such as promotion company information. The product planning site 10 manages distribution of profits.

The business management site 11 is a product planning site 1
In response to the commission from the company, the management of reservation, product information, distribution, etc. is performed. The CTI center 12 receives reservations for purchasing products from consumers by telephone. The reservation website 13 accepts reservations for purchasing products from consumers via the Internet. Retail store 1
Numeral 4 denotes a convenience store which is developed in a chain, for example, for making reservations and making payments for merchandise purchases.
Note that, in this example, the reservation of the product is performed at the store terminal (14 in FIG.
The payment is made at 1), and the payment is made at a POS (point of sales) terminal (140 in FIG. 4). The in-store terminal also prepares payment for a reservation using the CTI center 12 and the reservation website 13. The preparation for payment will be described later.

Note that at least a part of the CTI center 12 and the reservation website 13 may be located in the business management site 11. The product planning site 10 and the business management site 11 may be on the same site.

The business management site 11 is a product planning site 1
0, a CTI center 12, a reservation website 13, a retail store 14, and the like, for example, using a public line. Although only one retail store 14 is shown in the figure, many retail stores are actually involved in the sales management system of this embodiment. Note that a drug store, a gas station, a bank, a post office, or the like may be used instead of the retail store 14 such as a convenience store. In short, any resource that can receive payment from a consumer and make a payment may be used.

The merchandise planned by the merchandise planning site 10 is advertised by a promotion company 15 using a magazine, a broadcast program, or the like. The promotion company 15 may be a corresponding publisher or broadcaster, or may be an advertisement planning company. The consumer who has been motivated to purchase the product after seeing the advertisement is the CTI center 12, the reservation website 1
3. Make a reservation using the store 14. Thereafter, the consumer pays (settlement) at the retail store 14, and the order is completed. The distributor 16 delivers the ordered product to the consumer's home or office. The business management site 11 performs reservation, payment, distribution management, and the like. The logistics company 16 may be an entity in charge of the logistics of the retail store 14, and may deliver the goods to the retail store 14, and the consumer may receive it at the retail store 14 (retention service). The retail store 14 for storing goods is basically a retail store that has made payment. Of course, the retail store 14 that holds the detention
May be separately instructed by the consumer.

FIG. 2 shows a product planning system of the product planning site 10. In this figure, the product planning system includes a product planning server 100, a LAN 104, and a communication control device 105. Although not shown in the figure, a person in charge of product planning performs product planning using a client. The product planning server 100 is a product master 101,
The company master 102 and the media master 103 are maintained and managed. The communication control device 104 is connected to the business management site 11 via the public line 18. The Internet or the like may be used instead of the public line 18.

The product planning server 100 also has a function of calculating a profit distribution from the settled record. This will be described later.

The product master 101 manages a product planning number (four digits), a product name, a supplier, and the like. The company master 102 manages information on supplier companies and the like. The media master 103 manages information on media such as magazines and broadcast programs that promote advertisements and the like, and holds media numbers (two digits), media names, and the like.

The merchandise planning site 10 determines which media is to be promoted with which merchandise, and manages the merchandise planning management number by combining the corresponding media number and merchandise planning number. This will also be described later.

FIG. 3 shows a business management system of the business management site 11. In this figure, the business management system includes a business management server 110, a help desk server 111,
It is configured to include a communication server 113, a LAN 114, and the like. The communication server 113 is connected to the public line 18.

The business management server 110 holds product information, and also performs inventory management, product number management, reservation management, distribution management, payment management, customer master management, mileage management, and the like. The help desk server 111 manages from order receipt to delivery, returns management, and refund management.

FIG. 4 shows a related system in the retail store 14.
0, a store terminal 141, a store computer 142, a communication control device 143, a LAN 144, and the like. The communication control device 143 is connected via the public line 18 to the business management site 11 and the host 14a of the management center for managing the store.

Store terminal (multimedia kiosk) 14
Reference numeral 1 denotes a device that can be directly operated by a customer using a user interface such as a touch panel, and includes a printer so that a ticket issuing process can be performed. In this embodiment, a reservation is made using the store terminal 141 and an application ticket can be received. Further, after making a reservation using the CTI center 12 or the web page of the reservation website 13 as described later, the store terminal 141 is made based on the reservation number.
You can receive application tickets from.

The POS 140 is a bar code reader 140a
The barcode reader is used to read the barcode (ticket number) of the application ticket, acquire the reservation information from the business management site 11, and make a payment. After the settlement, the POS 140 issues a voucher and a receipt.

FIG. 5 shows the CTI center 12. In this figure, the CTI center 12
0, an automatic answering device 121, a client 122, a telephone 123, a communication control device 124, and the like. The communication control device 124 is connected to the business management site 11 via the public line 18. As described above, the CTI center 12 may be provided in the business management site 11. In this case, the system of the CTI site 12 is connected to the LAN 114 of the business management site 11.

The CTI server 120 also has a function of a private branch exchange (PBX), and accepts a reservation from the telephone 170 of the consumer. The response to the consumer is basically performed by the automatic response device 121, and the operator additionally responds to the consumer 170 using the telephone 123. The operator can respond while viewing customer information and transaction history using the client 122.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the reservation website 13. The reservation website 13 includes a web server 13.
0, an application server 131, a router 132, a communication control device 133, and a LAN 134. The router 132 is connected to the Internet 20 so that a consumer can browse a web page to the web server 130 using the web browser 171. The application server 131 performs a reservation process in cooperation with the web server 130. The communication control device 133 is connected to the business management site 11 via the public line 18. The application server 131 is the business management site 1
1 to obtain product information, stock information, etc., and send reservation information to the business management site 11.

FIG. 7 illustrates a product plan number, a sales management number, a reservation number, and the like in this embodiment.
The product planning site 10 manages a product by assigning a product planning number to each product when planning the product. In this example, four-digit numbers are assigned to commodities A1, A2, B1, B2, and C1, such as suppliers A, B, and C, respectively. Also, a media number is given to a promotion medium such as a TV program A, a magazine B, or the like such as promotion companies A, B, and C that perform the advertisement. The media number is, for example, a two-digit number. Then, the product planning management number is determined based on the combination of the product and the media. For example, when the product A2 is promoted in the TV program A, the media number of the TV program A is 01, and the product A2 is
If the product planning number of No. 2 is 0002, 01-0002 is assigned as the product planning management number. Media number,
The number of digits of the product planning number and the product planning management number are not limited to those described above. Further, in addition to numbers, alphabets and symbols may be included.

Next, the business management site 11 performs sales management using the sales management number. The sales management number includes a media number and a product sales number. The media number used at the product planning site 10 is used as it is. Of course, they may be separately numbered. The product sales number is, for example, a four-digit number, and is newly numbered at the business management site 11 based on the product planning number numbered at the product planning site 10. In this way, the business management site 11 can independently manage the numbers. The correspondence between the product sales number of the sales management number and the product planning number of the product planning management number is also managed. The media number may be different as long as it is associated with the media number of the product planning site 10. Product sales number,
The number of digits of the sales management number and the media number is not limited to the above. Further, in addition to numbers, alphabets and symbols may be included.

The promotion companies A, B, and C receive the sales management number and the product information (including the image information) from the business management site 11 and perform the advertisement. The product information may be stored in a dedicated file server of another site. When advertising, the sales management number will be clarified in addition to the product information. In the case of a magazine, "Product code 01-0012: Please make a reservation using a sales code" attached to the product information is displayed. In a TV program or the like, a sales management number (product code) is displayed in a telop or the like. In a radio broadcast program, the sales management number (product code) is notified to the viewer by voice.

When a consumer intends to purchase a corresponding product by an advertisement, the consumer makes a reservation using the sales management number. The business management site 11 generates and manages a reservation record based on the reservation.

Thereafter, the consumer goes to the retail store 14, makes an application based on the reservation number, and makes a payment. Then, the payment notice is sent to the business management site 11 together with the reservation number, and a payment completed record is generated.
After this, arrange for product delivery. For example, the business management site 11 sends a corresponding completed record to the product planning site 10 on a monthly basis, and the product planning site 10 calculates profit distribution. The calculation of the profit distribution will be described later.

The sales management number displayed to the consumer in the advertisement may be different from that of the business management site 11 as long as it is associated with the sales management number managed by the business management site 11 on a one-to-one basis. Good. If you don't want your media numbers to be directly visible to consumers,
The sales management number may be converted by exchanging (transposing) numbers or substituting (simple encryption). A cryptographic function may be used. In the above example, for example, a six-digit number is converted to a six-digit number by transposition or substitution. Hyphens or the like may be included halfway so that consumers can easily remember.

FIG. 19 shows an apparatus for generating such an encrypted sales management number. That is, the normal sales management number stored in the first storage unit 200 is encrypted by the encryption unit 201 and stored in the second storage unit 202. At the time of reservation, the original sales management number is decrypted by using the corresponding decryption unit 203 or decryption table, and is written into the reservation record. The encrypted sales management number itself may be written in the reservation record. In this case, it is necessary to obtain the media number by decrypting the cryptographic sales management number before calculating the profit distribution on the product planning site 10.

The apparatus shown in FIG. 19 is arranged, for example, at the business management site 11.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a reservation management table (database) managed by the business management server 110 of the business management site 11, wherein the reservation records are “serial number”, “reservation number”, “sales management number”. (Product code), "customer number", "quantity", "status", and the like. “Serial number” is a serial number unique to the reservation management table. The “reservation number” is a combination of a four-digit number such as “0324-0111” and a four-digit number. The first four digits are the date. The second half is a sequential number assigned to that day. The “customer number” is formed by connecting a three-digit number and a three-digit number, and is a number unique to a customer. Customer information is separately managed by a customer master. “Number” is the number of reserved products. "Status" includes "Reservation", "
It has a value of "waiting for cancellation". “Reservation” indicates a state where the product is in stock and the reservation has been accepted. “Payment standby” indicates a state in which after the “reservation”, payment is prepared using the store terminal of the store and the ticket is received. The reservation person who has received the ticket further performs payment at the POS 140 and exchanges a voucher,
The state in which the receipt is received is the state of “payment completed”, and the record in this state is managed not by the reservation management table but by another table. "Waiting for Cancellation"
This shows a state in which the reservation is not completed due to lack of stock, and a wait for cancellation is desired.

FIG. 9 illustrates a completed record. Settled records are used for distribution of revenue and distribution management. The settled record has a field of a sales management number (combination of a media number and a product sales number), and from these, calculates a commission to a promotion company as a media and a payment amount to a supplier. In the example of the figure, there are two media 01 and the corresponding product 000
Calculate 2,0003 advertising fees. In addition, product 000
2 is two, and pays this purchase value to the supplier.

FIG. 10 shows how a reservation record, a settled record, and the like are used. In this figure, first, a reservation management number (A) is generated in the business management site 11 by reservation. You. Next, retail store 1
The payment is made in step 4, and the completed record shown in FIG. The settled record is sent to the product planning site 10 on a monthly basis. The product planning site 10 holds a table (C) of the profit sharing ratio of the media. In the example of the figure, the profit sharing ratio of all media is set to 5% of the retail price for convenience. Of course, various settings can be made by contract, and the distribution rate may be determined based on the purchase price or gross margin instead of the retail price. The product planning site 10 also holds, for example, product price information as shown in (D), and distributes revenue to media from the media number of the sales management number of the settled record and the media distribution ratio product price information (for example, retail price). Is calculated. Similarly, the payment amount to the supplier is calculated from the product sales number (product planning number) of the sales management number of the settled record and the product price information.

Next, the flow of processing in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 shows a procedure for making a reservation at the store terminal 141 and preparing for payment. Details of this procedure S1
Since 0 to S22 are clear from the drawing, only a supplementary explanation will be given. Note that the blocks indicated by double vertical lines indicate processing in the business management server 110. The same applies to FIGS. 12 to 16.

The dedicated reservation screen in step S10 is displayed by selecting a reservation service from the menu screen, for example. Consumers who have already registered customers and have entered information such as addresses, telephone numbers, names, etc.
At 11, the customer number is entered. Consumers who have not registered customers register on the customer registration screen. The authentication in step S14 is performed using a telephone number and a password.

In step S15, a reservation management number (product code: 01-0002, etc.) obtained from a TV program or a magazine and the number of desired purchases are entered in the input fields of the reservation screen.

In step S18, the shop terminal 141 assigns a ticket number (transaction number) in association with the reservation number, and issues a ticket in which the ticket number is displayed in a bar code. The ticket number enables consistent management at the store.

When the reservation record is generated in step S18, the "state" is "payout". Then, a time stamp is added when the reservation record is generated. The time stamp and a later-described time stamp are written in a reservation record, not shown. The time stamp is represented by, for example, date and time. The reservation record is invalidated, for example, when the payment has not been completed after one day has passed after the shift to the payment standby state. A time stamp described later invalidates a record that does not shift to the payment standby state even after a predetermined period of time, for example, three days, has elapsed since the reservation was made.

FIG. 12 shows the settlement at the POS 140. Since the details S30 to S37 of this procedure are also apparent from the drawing, only a supplementary explanation will be given. In step S34, the payment is received, but the payment may be performed using a prepaid securities, credit card, debit card, or the like.

In this example, the consumer operates the store terminal 141 to issue a ticket to prepare for payment, and then the PO
Although settlement was performed using the ticket in S140, the store terminal 141 may be operated by store staff. Also, POS
It is also possible to directly input the sales management number (product code) using 140 and directly settle the payment without going through the stage of preparing for payment.

When the payment is prepared using the store terminal 141, the settlement of the present embodiment can be performed using the conventional system as it is.

FIG. 13 shows a reservation procedure using the CTI center 120. After this reservation, payment is prepared by the store terminal 141 shown in FIG.
The settlement processing indicated by is performed. Details of the procedure in FIG.
S51 is apparent from the figure and will not be described. In addition,
The authentication in step S44 is performed, for example, by comparing the incoming telephone number obtained by the telephone number notification service or the like with the registered telephone number. When a reservation record ("state" is "reserved") is generated in step S48, a time stamp is written in the reservation record. A reservation record that is not ready for payment even after a predetermined period of time, for example, three days from the time of the time stamp is invalidated.

FIG. 14 shows the preparation for payment at the store terminal 141 after the reservation (FIG. 13) by the CTI center 120. This payment preparation is also performed after the reservation on the reservation website 13 described in FIG. The details S60 to S68 of the procedure in FIG. 14 are clear from the figure, and thus will not be described. The authentication in step 63 is performed by inputting a telephone number or an authentication number.

FIG. 15 shows a reservation procedure on the reservation website 13. The reservation website 13 is provided with a page specialized for the service of this embodiment, and displays a screen for inputting a sales management number and the number of products. Details of this procedure S70 to S81 are also apparent from the figure, and therefore will not be described. After the reservation shown in FIG. 15 is made, payment preparation is performed at the store terminal 141 as shown in FIG.

Although a dedicated reservation page is provided in this example, a commodity may be selected (added to a cart) on an EC web page of a normal electronic mall or the like, and a reservation may be made by using this. In this case, instead of directly making a reservation for a product by using a publicity advertisement of a magazine or a TV program, an EC web page is a kind of media. In this case, a media number may be given to the web page. Note that the detailed procedure S9 is also shown in FIG.
Since 0 to S101 are clear, a detailed description will not be given.

FIG. 17 shows distribution of profits to media. FIG. 18 shows a procedure for calculating a payment amount to a supplier. Since the procedures in these figures have already been described and are apparent from the figures themselves, their details S110 to S114 and S120 to 123 will not be described.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the product planning site 1
Although the profit distribution calculation is performed at 0, it may be performed at the business management site 11. In the above-described embodiment, the commission for promotion is calculated based on the media number. However, numbers are assigned to payment resources (such as convenience stores), distribution resources, and business management resources, and revenue distribution is performed based on the numbers. You may do so. The identifiers of multiple participating entities may be included in the record. An identifier representing a combination may be used. In the above-described example, the commission (distribution rate) to the business management site and the retail store is fixed. Of course, individual values can be selected by contract, including the distribution rate to the media.

The present invention is applicable not only to the sale of goods but also to the provision of services. For example, a media number is assigned to a company that performs advertising in connection with content transmission services and lending services of communication resources and information processing resources, and when making payments using it, revenue distribution to the media is allocated. Can be calculated.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the identifier of the business entity involved in the sale of goods is incorporated in the settled record, it is possible to easily distribute the revenue to the business entity. Providing services has the same effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire sales management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a product planning site 10 of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a business management site 11 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a retail store 14 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a CTI center 12 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a reservation website 13 of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a product planning management number and a sales management number in the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a reservation management table managed by the business management server according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a completed record used in the product planning site of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating calculation of revenue sharing to media.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating reservation / preparation preparation in a store terminal.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a payment process by a POS terminal.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation application by a CTI center.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating payment preparation by a store terminal.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation application by a reservation website.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation application on the EC website.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a procedure for calculating a profit sharing amount.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a procedure for calculating a payment amount to a supplier.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating encryption / decryption of a sales management number.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Product planning site 11 Business management site 12 CTI center 13 Reservation website 14 Retail store 14a Management center host 15 Promotion agency 16 Distributor 17 Consumer 18 Public line 19 Public line 20 Internet 100 Product planning server 101 Product master 102 Company Master 103 Media master 104 LAN 105 Communication control device 110 Business management server 111 Help desk server 113 Communication server 114 LAN 120 CTI server 121 Automatic answering device 122 Client 123 Telephone 124 Communication control device 125 LAN 130 Web server 131 Application server 132 Router 133 Communication Control device 134 LAN 140 POS 140a Barcode reader 141 Store terminal 142 Store controller Computer 143 Communication control device 144 LAN 170 Consumer telephone 171 Web browser 200 First storage unit 201 Encryption unit 202 Second storage unit 203 Decryption unit

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According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in a merchandise sales management method, a profit sharing ratio is stored for a business entity which performs a predetermined role for merchandise sales and receives profit distribution. Generating a settled record including monetary information related to sales and the identifier of the business entity in response to the settlement process; and monetary information included in the settled record and the identifier of the business entity; Calculating and executing the profit sharing of the business entity based on the profit sharing ratio.

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The present invention is applicable not only to the sale of goods but also to the provision of services. For example, a media number is assigned to a company that performs advertising in connection with content transmission services and lending services of communication resources and information processing resources, and when making payments using it, revenue distribution to the media is Can be calculated.

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[Claims] A step of storing a profit sharing ratio for an entity that performs a predetermined role for selling goods and receives a profit distribution; Generating a reservation record including the identifier of the business entity specified based on the instruction; and, in accordance with the settlement processing, setting a completed record including monetary information related to sales and the identifier of the business entity, Generating from the reservation record; and calculating a revenue distribution of the business entity based on the money information and the identifier of the business entity contained in the settled record and the revenue distribution ratio. Sales management method. 2. A step of storing a profit sharing ratio for a business entity that performs a predetermined role for selling goods and receives a profit distribution; customer information according to a reservation process for product purchase; Receiving the converted sales management identifier obtained by converting the identifier and the product identifier of the business entity; reversing the converted sales management identifier to restore the identifier of the business entity and the product identifier; Generating a reservation record including the identifier of the business entity and the product identifier; and, in accordance with the settlement process, setting the completed record including the monetary information related to sales and the identifier of the business entity to the reservation record. Generating the business entity based on the financial information and the identifier of the business entity included in the settled record and the revenue sharing ratio. Sales management method characterized by a step of calculating the revenue sharing. 3. A step of storing a profit sharing ratio for an entity that performs a predetermined role for product sales and receives a profit distribution; a reservation identifier, customer information, Generating a reservation record including the identifier of the business entity specified based on the instruction of the reservation person; receiving the reservation identifier inputted by the reservation person via the store terminal, and allocating a ticket identifier; Issuing a ticket in which the ticket identifier is displayed as a bar code; reading the bar code of the ticket during the payment processing, and associating the payment processing with the reservation record of the corresponding reservation identifier based on the ticket identifier; According to the payment process, a payment completed record including the monetary information related to the sales and the identifier of the business entity, Generating from a reservation record associated with the settlement processing; and calculating a revenue distribution of the business entity based on the money information and the identifier of the business entity included in the settled record and the revenue distribution ratio. A sales management method characterized by that: 4. The sales management method according to claim 3, wherein the ticket identifier is a store transaction identifier. 5. The reservation record includes information on the attribute of the reservation person, the attribute of the reservation person is also input to the shop terminal, and the information on the attribute of the reservation person of the reservation record and the information of the input reservation person are entered. 5. The sales management method according to claim 1, wherein the reservation is collated based on the attribute. 6. The inputted attribute of the reservation person is a telephone number, the information on the attribute of the reservation person is an identifier of the reservation person, and a telephone number is obtained from a predetermined table based on the identifier of the reservation person. 6. The sales management method according to claim 5, wherein the table is looked up, and the input telephone number is compared with a telephone number obtained from the table. 7. The sales management method according to claim 1, wherein said reservation processing is executed by a CTI system. 8. The sales management method according to claim 1, wherein the reservation processing is executed by a web server on the Internet. 9. The sales management according to claim 1, wherein the reservation processing is performed by using the identifier of the business entity and the identifier of the product, or their conversion data. Method. 10. The business entity according to claim 1, wherein the business entity is an entity that provides information on products to be sold to consumers.
The sales management method according to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9. 11. A sales management device in which a settlement device provided in each of a plurality of stores, a profit management device provided in a profit management site, and a reservation management device provided in a reservation management site are connected by a network. The reservation management device, in accordance with the settlement process using the settlement device, the monetary information related to sales, and the identifier of the entity that performs a predetermined role for product sales and receives the distribution of revenue. Means for generating a settled record including: a means for storing a profit sharing ratio of the business entity; a monetary information included in the settled record, an identifier of the business entity; and the profit distribution. Means for calculating a profit distributed to the business entity based on the rate. 12. A sales management device in which a settlement device provided in each of a plurality of stores, a profit management device provided in a profit management site, and a reservation management device provided in a reservation management site are connected via a network. A means for generating a reservation record including customer information and an identifier of a business entity that performs a predetermined role for selling the product and receives an allocation of revenue, in accordance with the reservation process of the product. , According to the payment process using the payment device,
Means for generating, from the reservation record, a settled record including monetary information relating to sales and the identifier of the business entity, wherein the profit management device stores a profit sharing ratio of the business entity And a means for calculating a profit to be distributed to the business entity based on the money information and the identifier of the business entity included in the settled record and the profit distribution ratio. 13. A sales management device in which a settlement device provided in each of a plurality of stores, a profit management device provided in a profit management site, and a reservation management device provided in a reservation management site are connected via a network. The reservation management device stores a reservation record including a reservation identifier, customer information, and an identifier of a business entity that performs a predetermined role for product sales and receives profit distribution in response to a product reservation process. Means for generating, and a means for generating, from the reservation record, a settled record including monetary information related to sales and the identifier of the business entity in accordance with the settlement processing using the settlement apparatus, The profit management device is configured to store a profit sharing ratio of the business entity, and based on the money information and the identifier of the business entity included in the settled record, and the profit sharing ratio. Means for calculating a profit distributed to the business entity, wherein the settlement device issues a ticket with a store transaction identifier corresponding to the reservation identifier, and reads the ticket to correspond to the reservation identifier. Means for notifying the reservation management device that the reservation of the reservation identifier has been settled. 14. The sales management apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the profit management site and the reservation management site are the same. 15. Creating and managing a reservation record including a reservation identifier, customer information, and an identifier of a business entity that performs a predetermined role for selling goods and receives a distribution of revenue in accordance with the reservation processing. Means for issuing a ticket with a store transaction identifier corresponding to the reservation identifier, reading the ticket, extracting the corresponding reservation identifier, and based on the reservation identifier. And a means for notifying the reservation management apparatus that the reservation of the reservation identifier has been settled after the settlement. 16. A profit management device which receives payment-related information from a payment device and calculates a distribution of profits. The profit management device receives money information related to sales and distributes profits by executing a predetermined role for selling goods. Means for receiving a settled record including an entity identifier; means for storing a profit sharing ratio of the entity; the monetary information included in the settled record; the identifier of the entity; and the entity Means for calculating the profit distribution of the business entity based on the profit distribution ratio of the profit management apparatus. 17. A settlement record that includes an identifier assigned to an entity that performs a predetermined role for merchandise sales and receives a revenue share when the merchandise sale is settled,
A sales management method comprising: determining a profit to be distributed to the business entity based on a profit sharing ratio assigned to the business entity and the settled record. 18. A step of storing a profit sharing ratio for a business entity that performs a predetermined role for selling goods and receives profit distribution, monetary information related to sales according to a settlement process, Generating a settled record including the entity identifier; andcalculating the entity's revenue distribution based on the monetary information and the entity's identifier included in the settled record and the revenue share. Sales management method characterized by having. 19. A step of storing a revenue sharing ratio for an entity that performs a predetermined role for providing services and receives a distribution of revenue, and, in accordance with settlement processing, financial information related to consideration for providing services. Generating a settled record that includes the identifier of the business entity; and calculating the profit distribution of the business entity based on the monetary information and the identifier of the business entity included in the settled record and the profit sharing ratio. And a service providing management method. 20. A first identifier for identifying an entity that performs a predetermined role for selling goods or providing services and receives an allocation of revenue, and a second identifier for identifying the goods or services. Means for storing; means for encrypting a combination of the first identifier and the second identifier to generate a consumer presentation identifier for presentation to a consumer; and means for storing the consumer presentation identifier. And a consumer presentation identifier generation device.