JP2001184361A - Computer readable recording medium with recorded article display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To read article data at high speed, to smoothly reproduce the data in a short time even in the case of mass multimedia data, which contain animation or audio data in article data, to freely enjoy the comparative check of articles even on the condition disabled in Internet communication and to remarkably improve the appeal of articles to customers. SOLUTION: This device is composed of an article data base 30, in which article data are recorded for each of article ID, a retrieving instruction input screen 40 for inputting the retrieving instruction of desired conditions, a retrieval execution program 50 for retrieving article data from the article data base 30 by executing the retrieving instruction, an article display screen 60 for displaying the article data on a display screen, an Internet connection program 70 for connecting a computer 10 to the Internet, and an article application page connection program 80 for starting a WWW browser and displaying a web page for article application on the Internet on the screen of this WWW browser.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium on which a product display program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In department stores, shopping malls, supermarkets, and the like, various products are displayed throughout the stores in order to stimulate consumers' willingness to purchase. Consumers look at the products displayed in the store and purchase the products they want. On the other hand, in the case of mail-order sales, products are printed on a catalog and displayed. Consumers look at the products displayed in the catalog and order the products they want from a mail-order business. In the case of mail-order sales, a large store unlike store sales is not required, so there is no need for store maintenance costs, which is advantageous for management. However, there are the following problems.
First, in mail-order sales, when ordering the products that consumers want, fill in the necessary information on a special application form and send
AX sent to mail order company. For this reason, it is necessary to convert the items entered in the application form into digital data as seen by OCR or human eyes. Secondly, in catalogs for mail-order sales, products are statically displayed as images and photographs, so their appeal to consumers is still weak. Furthermore, catalogs for mail-order sales are paper-based, so no sound or voice is produced. For this reason, musical instruments and the like are often excluded as mail-order products.

[0003] In recent years, there has been a so-called Internet mail order product display form. This is a sales form in which product data is displayed on a web page such as a homepage on the Internet, and a consumer who views the web page orders a desired product from a mail order company through the Internet. In the Internet mail order sales form, since the order can be made directly from the web page or by e-mail, the order data is always digital data, so that there is no need for digital conversion work. Also,
Since the product data is multimedia data such as moving image data and audio data, the degree of appeal to consumers is high.

[0004]

However, the conventional Internet mail-order sales form has the following problems. First, in online shopping, large amounts of image data are displayed on the display screen of a personal computer from a web page on the Internet, so image data cannot be displayed in a short time, and if there is a large amount of image data, it can be frustratingly enjoyable. There is no problem. Second, in Internet shopping, if you cannot communicate over the Internet, you cannot even view product data. For this reason, there is a problem that in a situation where communication is not possible even when a notebook computer is carried, for example, in an airplane or a hospital, it is not possible to compare and examine products while looking at product data and enjoy them.

[0005] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is intended for situations where commodity data can be read at a high speed and smoothly reproduced in a short time even if the commodity data is large-capacity multimedia data including moving picture and audio data, and Internet communication is not possible. To provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a product display program is recorded, which makes it possible to freely compare and examine products even underneath, and to dramatically improve the degree of appeal of products to consumers. With the goal.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium on which a commodity display program is recorded, wherein a commodity database in which commodity data is recorded for each commodity ID and a search command for a desired condition are inputted. And a search means for executing the search command and searching for the product data from the product database, and a display means for displaying the product data on a display screen. . The computer readable recording medium on which the commodity display program of claim 2 is recorded is an Internet connection means for connecting a computer to the Internet, a WWW browser is started, and a screen of the WWW browser is used. And a product application page connection means for displaying a product application web page on the Internet. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the computer-readable recording medium storing the product display program according to the third aspect, the product data is multimedia data including moving image data. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which the commodity display program is recorded, wherein the commodity data is multimedia data including audio data. . A computer-readable recording medium on which the commodity display program of claim 5 is recorded is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, the recording medium is a DVD medium.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a search command of a desired condition can be input by the search command input means. Therefore, the search means searches the product database for desired product data for each product ID. Can be. For this reason, it is possible to search the product database for product data that satisfies desired conditions by using search commands with various different conditions. Moreover, since the product data is recorded in the product database, the product can be compared and examined more freely without connecting to the Internet, and the appeal of the product to consumers can be dramatically improved. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the computer can be connected to the Internet by the Internet connection means, and a product application web page on the Internet is displayed on the display screen of the computer by the product application page connection means. Since the WWW browser can be activated, the consumer can immediately apply for a desired product. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the commodity data is multimedia data including moving image data, multimedia data including moving image data can be searched by various search commands, so that comparison can be performed happily. The degree of appeal to consumers can be dramatically improved. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the commodity data is multimedia data including audio data, multimedia data including audio data can be searched by various search commands, so that comparison can be enjoyed and consumption can be performed. The degree of appeal to people can be dramatically improved. According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to store a large amount of product data, and even if the product data is multimedia data including moving image data and audio data, the product data can be read at a high speed and read in a short time. It can be played smoothly.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a product display program of the present invention.
It is a logical block diagram of 20P. Figure 2 shows the product display program 20
FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer 10 that operates P 1. 1 and 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a storage medium, and the storage medium 20 has a product display program 20P.
Is recorded. The recording medium 20 is a DVD medium, and can be read by the computer 10 having the DVD reading device 14. Reference numerals 11, 12K, 12M and 13 denote a main body, a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor, respectively. Note that the computer 10 can use the DVD reading device 1 irrespective of the type such as a tower type or a notebook type.
4, the specifications of the CPU, memory, hard disk, etc. are not particularly limited. The OS, which is the basic software of the computer 30, is UNIX, Windows NT,
Windows 98/95, LINUX, in-house developed OS, etc. are not particularly limited.

Now, the product display program 20P of the present invention will be described. The storage medium 20 has a product display program
20P is recorded. This product exhibition program 20P
Is composed of a product database 30, a search command input screen 40, a search execution program 50, a product display screen 60, an Internet connection program 70, and a product application page connection program 80.

First, the product database 30 will be described.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the product database 30. As shown in the figure, the product database 30 records product data for each product ID. Product data includes product name,
It includes multimedia data such as genre name, price, manufacturer name, character type data such as size, still image data, moving image data data, and audio data. The recording medium 20 on which the product database 30 is recorded is a DVD medium, and can record data of at least 5 GB and at most 17 GB, so that a large amount of data can be recorded.

Next, the search command input screen 40 will be described. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the search command input screen 40. As shown in the figure, the search command input screen 40 is a screen for inputting a search command for searching product data from the product database 30 under desired conditions. The search command input screen 40 has an input field 41 and a search start button 42. Search command input field 4
1 is for the user to input a search command. The search start button 42, when clicked, is a button for sending the search command input to the search command input field 41 to the search execution program 50 described below.

Next, the search execution program 50 will be described. The search execution program 50 is a program for executing the search command input by the user to search the product database 30 for product data.

Next, the product display screen 60 will be described. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams of the product display screen 60. FIG. 5A is an index screen 60A, and FIG. 5B is a detailed display screen 60B. As shown in the figure, the product display screen 60 includes an index screen 60A and a detail display screen 60B. The index screen 60A is a screen for displaying main data of a plurality of products for each product ID, for example, in a table format. When a button indicating a product ID on the index screen 60A is designated and clicked, a detailed display screen 60B is displayed. This index screen 60
A is a screen for displaying all product data recorded in the product database 30 or product data searched by the search execution program 50 for each product ID as long as it is product data. . Detail display screen 6
0B is a screen for displaying detailed data, for example, a photograph or the like, of the product selected on the index screen 60A.

Next, the Internet connection program 7
0 will be explained. The Internet connection program 70
This is a program for connecting the computer 10 to the Internet. For example, when connecting to an Internet server such as a provider by a dial-up method, various information regarding the Internet connection such as an IP address, a telephone number, and a password may be set in advance.

Next, the product application page connection program 8
0 will be explained. The product application page connection program 80
This program activates a WWW browser and causes the WWW browser to display a product application web page on the Internet. The WWW browser has a URL designating function such as Microsoft (trade name) Internet Explorer, Netscape (trade name) Netscape Communicator, etc.
Any browser that can read a web page may be used.

Next, the product display program 20P of the present invention
The operation and effect of the computer-readable recording medium 20 in which is recorded will be described. First, the recording medium 20 is set in the recording medium reading device 14 of the computer 10, and the commodity display program 20P is read. Then, the product data of the product database 30 is displayed on the monitor 1 of the computer 10 by the product display screen 60 of the product display program 20P.
3 is displayed. These product data include, for each product ID, a product name, a price, a size, a photograph, an image, character data such as a product description, still image data such as a photo, moving image data such as a video or animation, and audio data. It is multimedia data. Moreover, the recording medium 20 is a DV
Since it is a D medium, even if the commodity data is large-capacity multimedia data, the DVD reading device 14 can read the data at high speed and smoothly reproduce the data in a short time.

Next, a search command input screen 40 is activated, a user inputs a desired search command in a search command input field 41, and clicks a search start button 42. Then, the search command is executed by the search execution program 50, and the product database 30 is searched for product data that meets the conditions of the search command. For this reason, for example, narrow down the product data by genre name such as skirt or shirt, further narrow down the product data by manufacturer name such as Tiffany or Hermes, or narrow down by various items such as price or size. It can be carried out. As described above, since the product data is recorded in the product database 30, it is possible to freely compare and examine the products without connecting to the Internet, and to dramatically improve the degree of product appeal to consumers. It has the effect of being able to.

If there is a product to be purchased in the product database 30, the computer 10 is connected to the Internet by the Internet connection program 70. And product application page connection program 8
With 0, a WWW browser displaying a product application web page on the Internet can be activated. For this reason, there is an effect that the consumer can immediately apply for a product from the product application web page.

According to the recording medium 20 of the present invention, a product display can be displayed not only as a still image or a photograph but also as a moving image such as a video or an animation. As a result, the degree of appeal to consumers will increase dramatically,
This has the effect of increasing product sales.

Since the recording medium 20 of the present invention is a DVD medium, it has a weight of 10 to 20 even though it is a large capacity recording medium.
g, which is advantageous in that mailing (shipping) can be performed at low cost.

As described above, according to the recording medium 20 of the present invention, even if the product data is large-capacity multimedia data including moving image and audio data, the product data is read at high speed and smoothly reproduced in a short time. This makes it possible to freely compare and examine products, make it possible to dramatically improve the degree of appeal of products to consumers, and to apply for products immediately from the product application web page.

In the product display program 20P,
The product database 30, the search command input screen 40, the search execution program 50, and the product display screen 60 are required items, but the Internet connection program 70 and the product application page connection program 80 need not be optional items. That is, the product exhibition and sales program 20 shown in FIG.
As shown in P (2), the product database 30, the search command input screen 40, the search execution program 50, and the product display screen 6
0, and the Internet connection program 70 and the product application page connection program 80 may be omitted. In this case, it is not possible to apply for a product by connecting to the Internet, but it is possible to freely compare and examine the product. Therefore, according to the recording medium 20 on which the product exhibition program 20P (2) is recorded, even if the product data is large-capacity multimedia data including moving images and audio data, the product data can be read at high speed for a short time. This makes it possible to play smoothly and smoothly, and even in a situation where Internet communication is not possible, it is possible to freely and freely compare and examine products, and it is possible to dramatically improve the degree of appeal of products to consumers.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a search command with desired conditions can be input by the search command input means, so that the search means searches the product database for desired product data for each product ID. can do.
For this reason, it is possible to search the product database for product data that satisfies desired conditions by using search commands with various different conditions. Moreover, since the product data is recorded in the product database, the product can be compared and examined more freely without connecting to the Internet, and the appeal of the product to consumers can be dramatically improved.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the computer can be connected to the Internet by the Internet connection means, and a product application web page on the Internet is displayed on the display screen of the computer by the product application page connection means. Since the WWW browser can be activated, the consumer can immediately apply for a desired product. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the commodity data is multimedia data including moving image data, multimedia data including moving image data can be searched by various search commands, so that comparison can be performed happily. The degree of appeal to consumers can be dramatically improved. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the commodity data is multimedia data including audio data, multimedia data including audio data can be searched by various search commands, so that comparison can be enjoyed and consumption can be performed. The degree of appeal to people can be dramatically improved. According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to store a large amount of product data, and even if the product data is multimedia data including moving image data and audio data, the product data can be read at a high speed and read in a short time. It can be played smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a logical configuration diagram of a product display program 20P of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a computer 10 that operates a product display program 20P.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a product database 30,
(A) is an index screen 60A, and (B) is a detailed display screen 60B.

4 is an explanatory diagram of a search command input screen 40. FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a product display screen 60.

FIG. 6 is a logical configuration diagram of a product display program 20P (2) of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Computer 20 Recording medium 20P Product exhibition program 30 Product database 40 Search command input screen 50 Search execution program 60 Product display program 70 Internet connection program 80 Product application page connection program

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A product database in which product data is recorded for each product ID, a search command input means for inputting a search command of desired conditions, and executing the search command. Search means for searching;
A computer-readable recording medium on which a product exhibition program is recorded, the display medium comprising display means for displaying the product data on a display screen. 2. An Internet connection means for connecting a computer to the Internet, and a product application page connection means for activating a WWW browser and displaying a Web page for product application on the Internet on a screen of the WWW browser. A computer-readable recording medium on which the product display program according to claim 1 is recorded. 3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the product data is multimedia data including moving image data. 4. The product data according to claim 1, wherein said product data is multimedia data including audio data.
Or a computer-readable recording medium on which the product display program according to 3 is recorded. 5. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a DVD medium.