JP2002015241A - Distribution system, server computer, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a distribution system which makes it possible to cook by using an easy-to-understand cooking recipe and specific food materials. SOLUTION: In this distribution system 1, a gas supplier 5 opens a cooking site 19 on the Internet 17. A user 3 orders food materials 25 used for a recipe 21 and requests the lending of a cooking navigator 23 having a way of making the recipe 21 inside. The gas supplier 5 delivers the food materials 25 and navigator 23 to the user 37 by home delivery 37 through an affiliated convenience store 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a distribution system that allows a user to receive necessary home delivery from a convenience store or the like via an Internet site established by a trader.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the relationship between a gas supplier and a user has been such that the gas supplier always provides gas safely, and the user is required to withdraw from the financing company who has contracted for the price. Some gas suppliers may provide users with information magazines, institutional magazines, etc. for promoting understanding of gas, or those additionally describing cooking information and the like. Alternatively, a unique cooking site may be opened on the Internet to provide cooking information to the user.

[0003]

However, depending on the user, it may be difficult for a user to understand a cooking recipe posted on a cooking site, or the user may not have at hand the ingredients required for a menu to be cooked.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide a cooking recipe that is easy to understand and a distribution system that can perform cooking using predetermined ingredients. It is in.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server computer connected to a distributor's computer via a network, the terminal computer storing predetermined information. Receiving means for receiving a request from the user to send the material necessary for using the predetermined information to the user, and transmitting means for transmitting the request to a computer of the distributor. A server computer characterized by the following.

In the first invention, the server computer comprises:
Upon receiving a request to send a terminal storing the predetermined information and materials necessary for using the predetermined information to the user, the request is transmitted to the computer of the distributor.

[0007] In a second aspect of the present invention, the first to seventh aspects are provided.
Is a recording medium on which a program for realizing the server computer is recorded.

A second invention is a recording medium on which a program for realizing the server computer according to the first invention is recorded. This recording medium can be distributed, and the program can be distributed via a network.

A third invention is a distribution system in which a server computer and a computer of a distributor are connected by a network, wherein the server computer stores a terminal storing predetermined information, and stores the predetermined information in the terminal. Materials used in the case of use, a request from the user to send to the user, send to the distributor computer,
The distribution system sends the terminal device and the material to the user in response to the request.

[0010] In a third aspect, the server computer comprises:
A request to send a terminal device storing predetermined information and a material necessary for using the predetermined information to a user,
The information is sent to the distributor's computer, and the distributor sends the terminal and the material to the user as requested.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a distribution system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The distribution system 1 includes a gas company 5, a cooking site 19 which is an Internet site established by the gas company 5, a user 3 who can access the cooking site 19 via a network, and a convenience business in which the gas company 5 cooperates. The store 9 includes a financial company 7 used by the user 3 to pay a fee to the gas company 5.

In FIG. 1, the trader is described as a gas trader 5, but the trader is a public company, a communication company, a broadcasting company, or the like, and a product (electricity, gas, water, communication,
(E.g., broadcasting) and an Internet site.

The server computer 13 is a computer of the gas supplier 5, and establishes and manages a cooking site 19. The cooking site 19 includes a plurality of cooking recipes 21. The cooking recipes 21 include recipes created by the gas supplier 5, recipes provided by the user 3, recipes of famous cooks, and the like. The computer 11 is a computer of the user 3 and can be connected to a network such as the Internet 17 and the cooking site 1 established by the gas company 5.
9 can be accessed. Although the computer 11 is used to connect to the cooking site 19 here,
It does not need to be a computer in particular, and may be any medium that can be connected to the Internet. Media that can be connected to the Internet include, for example, web television, game machines with a communication function, mobile phones, PHS, and home PDA.
(Personal Digital Assistan
t) and the like.

The gas 27 is a product supplied by the gas trader 5 to the user 3. And gas supplier 5 and user 3
Receives a request from the gas company 5 and withdraws the gas usage fee from the user's 3 deposit account. As will be described later, the gas company 5 adds
The user 3 is charged with a recipe usage fee, a fee for ingredients, and a home delivery fee added. Alternatively, it is charged after deducting the recipe provision fee.

The cooking site 19 is a two-way cooking site using the Internet, and is planned and operated by the gas supplier 5 using the server computer 13. Cooking site 1
9 is a self-made recipe 39 of the user 3.
(Explanatory text, photos, videos, etc.), recipes prepared by the gas supplier 5 (explanatory texts, photos, videos, etc.), or recipes provided by a cook, etc. Other cooking sites 19 include know-how and essays of cooking. And also used as a place for collecting opinions and questionnaires from users. Note that the user 3 can download the recipe 21 to be used. The recipe 21 is charged or free, and if charged, the usage fee of the gas 27 is added to the recipe usage fee. In addition, the user 3 provides the self-made recipe 39, so that the recipe provision fee is reduced from the gas 27 usage fee.

Further, the user 3 requests, through the cooking site 19, an order for the ingredients 25 of the dishes listed in the recipe 21 and a lending of the cooking navigator 23 in which a procedure for making the recipe 21 is built. be able to.
As for the cooking navigator 23, the present applicant has already filed a patent application (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-243962).

The cooking navigator 23 is a terminal device (computer) having a liquid crystal display screen. User 3
Uses this cooking navigator 23 to prepare recipe 2
According to 1, the procedure for cooking can be reproduced on the screen.

The gas supplier 5 receiving the order selects the nearest convenience store 9, and selects the nearest convenience store 9.
Then, text data and moving image data indicating the cooking procedure of the recipe 21 are transferred 35 to the computer 15 via the Internet 17. The convenience store 9 transfers the transmitted data to the cooking navigator 23 for storage, and delivers the product to the user 3 by home delivery 37 together with the food 25. The user 3 is provided with the price of the food 25, the rental fee of the cooking navigator 23, and the home delivery 37 fee.
It is charged in addition to the usage fee of the gas 27.

The cooking navigator 23 is an in-home liquid crystal terminal, and the user 3 receives a display and explanation of a cooking method while playing back a moving image recipe using the cooking navigator 23 in the kitchen. In the present embodiment, the cooking navigator 23 has the necessary recipes transferred and stored each time, but may store some basic recipes in advance.

Further, the user 3 operates the cooking navigator 2
While the user 3 is rented (for example, one week), text data and video data of a cooking method using another recipe are downloaded directly to the cooking navigator 23 at hand of the user 3 via the cooking site 19. You can also. The download fee in this case is gas 27
User 3 is charged in addition to the fee.

FIG. 2 shows the contents of the payment 29 of the user 3. This will be described in conjunction with FIG.

If the user 3 does not use the cooking site 19, the gas supplier 5 is charged 31 only for the gas fee 201 as the gas 27 usage fee. The user 3 pays the fees 29 and 33 through the financier 7 who has a transaction.

The user 3 receives the recipe 2 from the cooking site 19
If you download 1 to your computer 11,
If the recipe 21 is charged, the gas charge 201
, A recipe download fee 202 is added and charged.

The user 3 sends the self-made recipe 39 to the gas trader 5
Provided, and the recipe provision fee 203 when adopted,
The bill is deducted from the gas charge 201. The self-made recipe 39 may be sent directly to the gas company 5 by mail or the like, or may be provided to the gas company 5 via the Internet 17.

When the user 3 receives the purchase of the food 25 or the lending of the cooking navigator 23 through the cooking site 19, the cooking navigator borrowing price 204, the food price 205, and the home delivery price 206 become the gas charge 201.
And the user 3 is charged. Among them, a part 207 of the fee paid by the user 3 is paid to the gas company 5 as an intermediary fee.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts of the distribution system 1 and will be described in conjunction with FIG.

The gas supplier 5 establishes a cooking site 19 on the Internet 17 (step 301). User 3
Provides the self-made recipe 39 to the gas supplier 5 (step 303). The gas supplier 5 posts the recipe 21 created by the proposal of the gas supplier 5 and the user 3 on the cooking site 19 (Step 302).

The user 3 connects to the Internet 17 by using the computer 11 and
9 is used (step 304).

If the user 3 does not request the cooking navigator 23 or the ingredients 25 (NO in step 305) and wants to obtain the recipe 21 (YES in step 306),
The user 3 downloads the recipe 21 via the Internet 17 (Step 307). Recipes 21 include paid and free recipes.
Is downloaded, the recipe download fee 202 of FIG. 2 is added to the gas fee 201. However, a fee is low, for example, about 5 yen per recipe.

When the user 3 requests the lending of the cooking navigator 23 and the purchase of the food 25 (step 3)
05 YES), the server computer 13 of the gas supplier 5
Selects the optimal convenience store 9 (for example, in the vicinity of the user 3 or according to the wishes of the user 3).
Next, the server computer 13 of the gas supplier 5 transfers the information of the recipe 21 and the request information of the user 3 to the computer 15 of the convenience store 9 (Step 30).
8).

The convenience store 9 delivers the cooking navigator 23 to which the recipe 21 has been downloaded and the ingredients 25 to the user 3 by home delivery 37 (step 3).
09).

The user 3 cooks using the ingredients 25 and the like while reproducing the cooking procedure using the cooking navigator 23.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the cooking navigator 23 can be rented out and the home delivery 37 of the ingredients 25 can be dealt with, based on the cooking site 19 established by the gas supplier 5 and in cooperation with the convenience store 9. The user 3 can effectively enjoy the cooking life. In particular, when it is desired to use foodstuffs 25 which are usually difficult to obtain, for example, spices and seasonings, the effect of using this distribution system 1 is great.

In the above description, the Internet site established by the trader is a cooking site, but it is not limited to a cooking site. Cooking Navigator 2
3 is a loan, the user 3 may purchase the cooking navigator 23.

The order of the ingredients 25 and the lending of the cooking navigator 23 are performed via the Internet 17. However, the user 3 directly orders the gas company 5 by telephone and receives the home delivery 37 from the convenience store 9. You can also.

In addition, the ingredients 25 and the cooking navigator 23
Is not limited to the convenience store 9, but may be performed by any distributor.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an easy-to-understand cooking recipe and a distribution system capable of cooking using predetermined ingredients.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a distribution system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of payment 29 of a user 3;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the distribution system 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the distribution system 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Distribution system 3 ... User 5 ... Gas company 7 ... Financial company 9 ... Convenience store 11 ... Computer of user 3 13 ... Server computer 15 ... Convenience store 9 Computer 17 ・ ・ ・ Internet 19 ・ ・ ・ Cooking site 21 ・ ・ ・ Recipe 23 ・ ・ ・ Cooking navigator 25 ・ ・ ・ Foodstuffs 27 ・ ・ ・ Gas 29, 33 ・ ・ ・ Payment 31 ・ ・ ・ Claim 35 ・ ・ ・Communication line 37 ... Home delivery 39 ... Homemade recipe

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A server computer connected to a distributor's computer via a network, comprising: a terminal storing predetermined information; and a material necessary for using the predetermined information, to the user. A server computer, comprising: receiving means for receiving a request from the user to send; and transmitting means for transmitting the request to a computer of the distributor. 2. The server computer according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information is information on a dish. 3. The server computer according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a cooking navigator. 4. The server computer according to claim 1, wherein the material is a food material. 5. The server computer according to claim 1, wherein the user and the server computer are connected via the network, and a designation from the user is sent to the server computer via the network. 6. The Internet,
The server computer according to claim 5, which is a telephone line or the like. 7. The server computer according to claim 1, wherein a public company, a broadcasting company or a communication company has the server computer. 8. A recording medium on which a program for realizing the server computer according to claim 1 is recorded. 9. A distribution system in which a server computer and a distributor's computer are connected via a network, wherein the server computer stores a terminal storing predetermined information and a terminal for storing the predetermined information. Materials and
A distribution system, wherein a request from the user to be transmitted to the user is transmitted to a computer of the distributor, and the distributor transmits the terminal and the material to the user in response to the request. . 10. The distribution system according to claim 9, wherein the distributor downloads predetermined information from the server computer to the terminal in response to the request.