JP2001216419A - Schedule managing software and gift order reception system using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently performing the order reception, sales promotion and advertisement of gift articles. SOLUTION: A storage device on a server is assigned to the user of the relevant system, an environment capable of freely using software for schedule management, data base or address management is provided and the user arbitrarily inputs the date to send a gift such as the birthday, wedding anniversary, childbirth greeting, midyear greeting or year-end greeting of a blood relative, relative, friend or acquaintance, address, name, sex, age, taste and budget amount of the gift or the like while using a picture shown by Figure 5. Preceding to the inputted anniversary for several days, 'notice of birthday or anniversary' showing the approach of the date to send a gift is transmitted to the user himself of the relevant system by e-mail and the advertisement of gift articles suited to the budget amount of a gift or taste of an opposite party can be transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of receiving and receiving gift items using a computer system, and promoting and providing advertisement information. The method is characterized by providing software such as schedule management, database and address management. Have.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, software for schedule management, database, address management, and the like has been sold as software completely unrelated to sales promotion and advertisement of gift items. In addition, the method of promoting and advertising gift items depends on the date of the gift recipient's birthday, wedding anniversary, etc., age,
Many disregarded gender, preferences, etc., and were not necessarily efficient.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for efficiently receiving an order for a gift item, promoting sales promotion, and advertising.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, schedule management is performed by allocating a storage device on a server to a user of the system, and performing collation of an ID by the user of the system and accessing the server. It provides an environment where software such as software, databases and address management can be used freely.

A user of the system should send gifts such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, childbirths, and gifts such as middle-age and year-end gifts of relatives, relatives, friends and acquaintances using software such as schedule management, database, and address management. A date, address, name, gender, age, preference, budget amount of gift, and the like are arbitrarily input.

A few days before the input anniversary, an e-mail is sent to the user of the system to inform the user of the system that the date to send the gift is approaching.
If the user of the system inputs in advance the preferences of the party to whom the gift is to be sent, it is possible to transmit an advertisement for a gift product that matches the budget amount of the gift or the preferences of the party.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments with reference to the drawings. The user of the system accesses the server indicated by 1 from various terminal computers indicated by 3 to 6 in FIG. 1 via a network line such as the Internet, and obtains the name and e-mai.
1. Input necessary information such as an address and an ID number.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server is provided with an input control means 8 for passing a security function such as ID collation to a signal input via a network line such as the Internet 7 and a main program 11. , 12
Schedule management software, 13 database software, storage devices storing the respective software, 10 control means for controlling the storage devices, and 9 output control means for outputting signals to various terminal computers through a network line such as the Internet. Composed of

[0009] The top page on the server is originally a gift shop on the Internet.
By inputting a mail address, an ID number, and the like, a part of the storage device is dedicated to each user of the system, thereby providing an environment in which software such as schedule management, database, and address management can be used freely. After the registration of the ID number, the user directly accesses a part of the storage device to which the user is assigned, and can use the software such as the schedule management software and the database software irrespective of the gift shop.

[0010] A user of the system in which necessary items such as a name, an e-mail address, and an ID number have been registered is referred to as FIG.
And on the input screen of anniversary etc. shown in FIG. 6, the date to send gifts such as birthdays, marriage anniversary, birth celebration, middle year and year-end gift of relatives and relatives, friends and acquaintances, address, name,
If you enter your gender, age, preferences, and the amount of the gift budget, a few days before the entered anniversary, the date to send the gift to the user of the system is approaching, Anniversary Notice "is sent via e-mail.
At that time, according to the request of the user, an advertisement and order form for the gift product that matches the budget amount of the gift and the taste of the other party are provided.
-Attach to mail.

[0011] The advertisement of the gift item attached to the e-mail is carefully selected based on conditions such as the date to send the gift, gender, age, preference, budget amount of the gift, etc., which have been previously input by the user of the system. It is a product that has been placed and an order form is also attached, making it easy to apply.

Also, the address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the friend or acquaintance entered in the gift item order form are automatically registered in the database software managed by the ID number for security, and are used for users of the system. An environment in which the user himself can freely perform operations such as address management on a part of the storage device assigned to the user is prepared, and input of various data is urged.

For anniversaries such as birthdays of friends and acquaintances of registered users, a time is automatically specified by specifying a time, in addition to “notification of anniversary of birthdays, etc.”, a product catalog, and an order form.
A function of transmitting a greeting card by -mail is added.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, an order is placed from a plurality of stores to one gift recipient at the request of the user, and a plurality of gift items are packed together in a packing factory and designated. It also adds a feature that allows gifts to be delivered to gift recipients on a daily basis. With this function, it is possible to bundle multiple gift items such as Niigata's famous sake and Shizuoka string, etc., and it is possible to provide gifts that are many times more pleasing than gift items delivered individually.

[0015]

[Effect] Not only does the user of the system need to go out to buy gift products that match the tastes and budget of the other party, but also schedule management, database, and address management software without using the memory of the terminal itself. Can be used freely, and e-
There are merits such as receiving "notice" by mail.

The management side of the system that manages a gift shop on the Internet stores catalogs and advertisements of gift products that match the taste of the gift recipient and the budget of the gift purchaser, and celebrates the birthday of the recipient of the gift. It is possible to use e-mail and send it at low cost at the right timing.

[0017]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of a user in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a top page screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an input screen according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an operation described in “claim 5” in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server 2 Storage device 3-6 Terminal 7 Network line 8 Input control means 9 Output control means 10 Server control means 11 Main program storage device 12 Schedule management software storage device 13 Database software storage device 14 Explanation part of schedule screen 15 Anniversary "Announcement of birthday etc." input screen description part 16 Anniversary type selection button 17 Link button to schedule management software screen 18 Partner category selection button 19 Selected by anniversary type Anniversary details input screen 20 Details of the partner's category input button 21 Button for selecting the type of gift the partner prefers 22 Anniversary date input button 23 Age of the partner's input button 24 Gift budget setting button

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main program, schedule management software, database software, respective storage devices and control means for controlling the software, and input control means for controlling input to the control means; In the computer network system of the present invention, which includes a server configured by output control means for controlling output, and a communication line such as the Internet and a terminal device such as a mobile terminal and a terminal computer connected to the communication line, the server A few days before the date on which the gift should be sent, such as the birthday of an acquaintance of the user entered in a part of the storage device allocated for the user of the system, the e-mail sends the message "Birthday anniversary". This system sends "notices" to terminals. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the date of the birthday of a friend or acquaintance of the user of the system, the preference, age, sex, This system attaches catalogs, advertisement information, and order forms of gift items most suitable for information such as budget amounts to the “notice of anniversary of birthday etc.” described in “Claim 1” and transmits the information to the terminal. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the address, telephone number, and e-mail address of a friend or acquaintance entered in the order form for gift items are automatically managed by an ID number. The system in which the user can freely perform work such as address management on a part of the storage device allocated for the user of the system. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein a greeting card is automatically transmitted by e-mail by designating a time on an anniversary such as a birthday of a friend of a registered user. . 5. A system according to claim 2, wherein an order is placed at a plurality of stores for one gift recipient, a plurality of gift items are packed into one at a packing factory, and the gift is received on a designated date. The system that made it possible to deliver to people.