JP2002032455A - Method for article management and sale using purchase and payment information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selling method for efficiently reselling and additionally selling articles by efficiently storing and using the articles for their sale and use and a device for efficiently storing and buying the articles. SOLUTION: A purchaser adds information needed for article management and repurchase to purchase article information read out of a characteristic article code assigned to each article when the article is sold to generate purchaser article management information, which is communicated to an information terminal device of the purchaser to perform efficient article management and use; and information on a necessary article is communicated to a communication terminal of a seller according to the purchaser article management information or the purchase article information obtained by using an article code reader fitted to the information terminal device of the purchaser to receive the order, thereby selling the article that the purchaser requires.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of providing information necessary for a purchaser to purchase product information read from a unique product code assigned to the product in advance at the time of product sale, and enabling the purchaser to manage the product. The present invention relates to a method for facilitating repurchase of a product, and to a home information terminal device for a purchaser to manage and repurchase the product.

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2. Description of the Related Art A product seller reads a product code such as a barcode used for product management assigned by a seller in advance at the time of sale, and converts the sales information into data, thereby improving product inventory management and product accounting efficiency. Sales management, purchasing of missing products,
The company forecasts sales and achieves more efficient and labor-saving sales. In addition, the product seller reads information such as the address, age, and telephone number of the product purchaser from the barcode and magnetic card unique to the purchaser, and records and stores the purchase history of the purchaser.
The product is used for reselling and expanding sales by grasping the top selling products, selecting products for sale and predicting sales, and contacting buyers with catalogs, direct mail, and product information by mail or telephone.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned merchandise sales management method is not only useful for merchandise management of sellers, but is not useful for management of merchandise purchased by buyers. In addition, when the purchaser repurchases the product or purchases the same product again, it is necessary to go to the store to purchase the product, and when the purchaser needs the product, get the product in a timely manner Could not. In addition, the method of mail-ordering goods using communication means such as the Internet is widely used, but the payment of the goods is made by credit card payment on the Internet, or by transferring personal information such as the address and name of the purchaser to the Internet. The problem was that it was necessary to disclose the information above and that this information might be known to a third party. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-302126, electronic currency used for settlement of shopping and commercial transactions on the Internet is converted into a prepaid card that can be purchased at a convenience store or the like, and information required as an electronic currency such as a 10- to 16-digit personal identification number is stored. For the first time at the point of sale when the information is printed with a bar code and the information is read by a POS terminal etc., the PIN and the amount of the prepaid card are validated as electronic currency,
A method has been devised to increase the security of transactions, but it was not possible to communicate the purchase information and purchaser information to the purchaser and use it as data for the purchaser's product management, repurchase, and additional purchase. A refrigerator with a food management function has been devised in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-65465 as a method of product management by a product purchaser. A memory label is attached to an article such as food, and information indicating the expiration date of the food is attached to the memory label. When storing items in the refrigerator and storing them in the refrigerator, the system monitors the expiration date information by reading the expiration date information on the memory label by non-contact wireless communication using the reader / writer of the food management system mounted on the refrigerator. However, when the expiration date is approaching, this is a method of warning the user with a display device or the like and managing it, and it is not possible to manage the product using the information when the purchaser purchased the article at the store. In addition, there has been an inconvenience that a product purchaser re-enters product information using a reader / writer. Also, JP-A-2000-12224
Although a refrigerator with a communication function has been devised, the refrigerator has been used only as a home information terminal device such as an Internet terminal and cannot be used for managing purchased products such as food. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-104927 proposes a refrigerator with a communication function and proposes a method of managing and replenishing foods by using a communication function such as the Internet. It was necessary, inconvenient, and the information was only useful for food storage.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a product sales method which manages the stock and usage status of products purchased easily by a product purchaser, and facilitates repurchase and additional purchase of purchased products. It is an object of the present invention to provide household goods provided with an information communication device, an information display device, an information input device, an information processing device, and a product code reader for a product purchaser to realize the product management and product purchase.

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Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have intensively studied a method for facilitating management and repurchase of a product purchased by a product purchaser, and as a result, a product code previously allocated to the product at a store or the like. By adding the information necessary for product management to the product information read from the product information and communicating with the product purchaser, the product buyer can use and manage the product easily, repurchase the product, and easily purchase additional products. It was found that household goods equipped with an information communication device, an information display device, an information input device, an information processing device, and a product code reader that facilitate product management by a product purchaser achieve the object of the present invention. Completed the invention.

That is, according to the present invention, a product seller adds information necessary for product management and repurchase to purchased product information read by a unique product code assigned to each product in advance when selling the product. The purchaser merchandise management information is communicated to the information terminal device of the purchaser by using the information of the purchaser obtained in advance as the purchaser merchandise management information. The purchaser manages the purchased merchandise based on the received purchaser merchandise management information, and the purchaser uses the purchased merchandise efficiently without waste according to a signal from the information terminal device. Based on purchaser merchandise management information or purchase merchandise information obtained using a merchandise code reader attached to the buyer's information terminal device, the seller communicates necessary merchandise information to the seller's communication terminal to receive orders. This is a merchandise management and sales method characterized by selling goods required by the purchaser upon receipt. Further, the present invention is a household article provided with an information communication device, an information display device, an information input device, an information processing device, and a product code reader for realizing the above product management and sales methods. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The products targeted by the present invention are not particularly limited, and refer to tangible and intangible products purchased at ordinary households. For example, it refers to agricultural products, forestry products, fisheries products, industrial products, or general services received by ordinary households. More specifically, clothing, food, housing-related goods, and services represented by entertainment, medical care, and education can be exemplified. More specifically, clothing is clothing,
Examples include underwear, shoes, and jewelry, but are not limited to these products. Food includes beverages, meat,
Examples include fish, eggs, vegetables, processed foods, seasonings, alcohols, and pharmaceuticals, but are not limited to these products. Examples of house-related products include electrical appliances, cosmetics, car care supplies, stationery, books, building materials, flowers, fuel, pet supplies, household goods, tableware, and household sanitary goods, but are limited to these products. is not. Examples of services received by families include travel, educational and cultural activities, medical treatment, theater, concerts, watching sports, games in theme parks, games in playgrounds, etc., but are not limited to these products. .

The unique product code used in the present invention includes a bar code, a number, a character, a symbol, and a product code for identifying a product by a picture. Here, the barcode is a barcode used in a merchandise store as a POS system, a barcode used by the manufacturer for merchandise management, a two-dimensional barcode, a personal computer manufacturer, or the like. Dimensional barcodes and the like. More specifically, for example, JAN / EAN / U
PC, JAN / EAN / UPC (AE), ITF, C
ODE39, NW-7, CODE128, Industrial 2of5, COOP2of5, CODE93, EA
N-128, IATA, and the like can be given, but are not limited to these codes. Examples of the two-dimensional barcode include CODE49, SymbolTechnology, published by Intermec.
PDF417, published by Veritec, Vericode, published by Veritec, Inc .; D. MATR
Examples include, but are not limited to, DATACODE published by IX, QR codes published by Denso Corporation, micro QR codes, cyber codes published by Sony Corporation, and the like. The numbers, characters, symbols, and pictures used as product codes refer to those given to products for the purpose of identifying the products, and these may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

[0009] The purchased merchandise information includes, in addition to the merchandise information recognized by the numbers, alphabets, symbols, and computer control characters included in the merchandise code, merchandise sellers and purchasers can sell, store, use, and order merchandise. Points to useful information. For example, country of origin, supplier, seller, product name, production lot, raw material name, content, shelf life, storage method, precautions for using the product, efficacy, nutritional value, type of product target regulation, product target The contents required by law, purchase price, sales price, sales volume, sales date, purchase date, inventory in store, inventory storage location, supplier contact, seller contact, sales person, etc. Yes, but not limited to this information. The purchased merchandise information is used as information on the merchandise identified by the merchandise code, and can be easily used by being input to an information processing device represented by a computer. The method of inputting the purchased product information to the information processing device is not particularly limited, but a method of inputting visually confirmed information through an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen mouse, a touch panel, and the like, a voice recognition input A known method such as a method of inputting via an apparatus can be used.

A known method can be used to read the purchased product information from the product code. For example, when a product is sold, the product code is visually recognized, and a keyboard,
A method of inputting a product code through a well-known input device such as a mouse, a pen mouse, a touch panel, and a voice recognition input device and reading the purchased product information using software of an information processing device can be used. Further, for example, a method of recognizing a product code using a known barcode recognition device and reading purchased product information using software of an information processing device can be used. As the barcode recognition device, a known device can be used. For example, a video camera having a CCD light receiving element or a laser bar code reader that uses laser light for a light source and a light receiving element that uses an LED or a light source that uses an LED and a CCD image sensor that receives light with a light receiving element. Or two or more types can be mentioned.

The purchaser merchandise management information in the present invention refers to one or more types of information of the purchased merchandise information and information necessary for the merchant to manage and use the merchandise.
For example, the country of origin, supplier, seller, product name, production lot, raw material name, content, shelf life, storage method,
Precautions for use of products, indications, nutritional value, types of applicable product regulations, contents required by applicable product regulations, purchase price, sales price, sales volume, sales date, purchase date, in-store inventory, inventory storage location , Contact information of a supplier, contact information of a seller, a sales person, and the like, a recommended use method of a product, a recommended quality retention period of the product, a method of coping with a product misuse, and the like.

The information of the purchaser used in the present invention is, for example, the name, age, place of birth, annual income, family composition, permanent address, current address, product delivery destination, work place, use place of the main product, educational background, credit of the purchaser. Information, savings amount, bank account number for product settlement, credit card number, balance of borrowed money, health condition, hobby, qualification for acquisition, map to address, identification code of information terminal device of purchaser, and the like.

[0013] The identification number of the information terminal device indicates the identification code of the information terminal device for the purchaser to receive the purchaser merchandise management information from the seller. The identification code can be exemplified by an identification code that combines numbers, characters, signals by sound, signals by light, symbols, pictures, etc. More specifically, telephone numbers, Internet mail addresses, Internet homepage addresses, voice prints, fingerprints , Retina map, personal identification number,
A driver's license number, a health center number, and the like can be exemplified. The buyer's information is stored in an IC card before the product is sold.
By inputting the information to an information processing device represented by a magnetic card or a computer by a known method, and reading the information from an IC card or a magnetic card when purchasing a product, the product can be associated with the purchased product information and the purchaser product management information. Also,
The purchaser's information is obtained by reading the purchaser code, which is exemplified by a bar code, a number, a character, a symbol, and a picture, visually or by using a known reading device, extracting the purchaser information from the information processing device, and obtaining the purchase product information and the purchaser product described above. It can also be associated with management information.

The information terminal device of the purchaser used in the present invention comprises a known device, and includes a modem, a network terminal represented by a LAN, an optical communication terminal represented by the IrDA system or the ASK system, an RS-232C, and the like. Information communication devices such as communication interfaces and the like, a cathode ray tube, a liquid crystal display, a display device exemplified by a touch panel and the like, a keyboard, a mouse, a pen mouse, a touch panel,
Refers to an information terminal device provided with an information input device exemplified by a voice recognition input device and the like and a product code reader exemplified by a scanner, a barcode reader and the like. Here, the information processing device refers to a known device, which is a device including an information processing processor, an information processing program, a memory for storing purchaser merchandise management information, and / or a hard disk. be able to. For example, personal computers include Sharp Corporation, Apple Computer, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Fujitsu Limited, IBM IBM Corporation, NEC Corporation,
Devices sold by manufacturers such as Sony Corporation under trademarks such as Mobius and VAIO, as well as general home amusement devices sold by Sony Corporation under the trademark PlayStation 2, etc. The present invention is not limited to these devices, but may be a device in which constituent elements of the illustrated device are divided and embedded in household articles to function as a part of the information terminal device. Examples of the portable information terminal include a hand-held personal computer having no hard disk, such as a Zaurus sold under the trademark of Sharp Corporation, or a mobile phone having an Internet communication function and an e-mail transmission / reception function. The present invention is not limited to the above-described device, but may be a device in which constituent elements of the illustrated device are divided and embedded in household articles to function as a part of the information terminal device.

A known method can be used as a method of communicating the purchaser's product management information. Specifically, a method of communicating using a priority telephone line in analog or digital format. A method of communicating using radio communication represented by shortwave, mediumwave, and longwave using a communication satellite and a terrestrial antenna. A method of performing communication using an optical communication cable and a signal by laser light can be exemplified. More specifically, a communication method using a telephone line, a mobile telephone line, amateur wireless communication, commercial wireless communication, a cable TV line, satellite communication, or the like can be exemplified. The seller and the buyer, who are the sender and the seller, not only communicate directly with the same communication medium, but also select the communication method typified by the Internet so that the seller and the buyer communicate indirectly via separate communication media. Can also be done.

As a method of managing product purchase, for example, a purchase date in purchaser product management information sent from a store,
Indicate the expiration of the quality retention period by a method for efficiently storing and using purchased products based on information such as the quality retention period and preservation method, more specifically, a program installed in the information terminal device of the purchaser. This is realized by transmitting a signal at an arbitrarily set date and time before the quality retention period.
In addition, a method of calculating the calorie intake of food by using a program incorporated in an information terminal device using information such as content, nutritional value, and raw materials in the purchaser's product management information and displaying the information using an information display device. . A method in which household account book calculation is performed by using a program incorporated in an information terminal device using information such as a selling price, a sales amount, and a sales date in purchaser product management information, and displayed using an information display device. In addition, using the precautions for using the product in the purchaser's product management information, the recommended usage of the product, the effect, etc., the optimal usage of the product is searched by the program incorporated in the information terminal device,
A method of displaying information requested by a purchaser using an information display device. More specifically, cooking recipes, selection of over-the-counter medicines,
Coordination of clothing, interior coordination of a living room, a method of displaying a cleaning method of a living room or household utensils, and the like can be given. In addition, a method for avoiding an emergency caused by misuse of a product by displaying information such as a coping method at the time of misuse of the product in the purchaser product management information using an information display device as necessary. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described method of using the purchaser product management information.

The signal from the information terminal device includes not only a signal from light from the information display device and a signal from a sound from the information processing device but also information to the portable telephone at a frequency and time set arbitrarily by the user. However, it can also be transmitted by emitting a ring tone or light of a portable telephone.

The commodity code reader used in the present invention is a known scanner, a video camera having a CCD light receiving element, a laser bar code reader which uses a laser beam as a light source and receives light with the light receiving element, and an LED as a light source. However, a CCD bar code reader that receives light with a light receiving element of a CCD image sensor can be exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this. The reading method may be a contact type or a non-contact type. A known method is used for transmitting the read information between the product code reader and the information terminal device. More specifically, keyboard interface, RS-232C, USB terminal, IEEE13
94 terminals, an optical communication terminal represented by the IrDA system or the ASK system, a non-volatile recording medium represented by a smart media or a smart card, a compact flash memory or a memory stick which is a trademark of Sony Corporation, but are not limited thereto. Not something. Specific examples of the product code reading machine include BL-700 series and BL-6 manufactured by KEYENCE CORPORATION.
00 series, BL-180 series, BT-300 series, BL-80 series, BL-120, BT-1
00, TL-600, TL-30, TL-40, BL-
500, BC1372-3030 manufactured by Neuron, B
C1372-1010, OPT-3125 manufactured by Optoelectronics, TCD-5570-1 manufactured by Token
A, TCD-5570-2A, TCD-5570-3
A, FFTA-18, FFTA- manufactured by Niei Intec
15, FFRA-14, FFRA-15, FFTA-1
9, FFRA-16, ST630, ST640, Touch7Σ by Wellcat, MA by Technical
C BAR Scan, MO manufactured by Welcom Design Inc.
DEL1067, MODEL1090, ST2380 / QDY, ST2380 / QLS, S manufactured by Ainix
Examples include, but are not limited to, T6180 / SKW. Using this product code reader, the user of the information terminal device can delete unnecessary product information and register a new product that has not been purchased in the future.

The method of selling the goods required by the purchaser can be a known method. That is, a method in which a purchaser visits a store and purchases or a method of delivering necessary products to homes can be cited, but a method of home delivery of goods in consideration of convenience of the purchaser is more preferable. Specifically, from the products displayed on the information display device of the information terminal device, the product, the quantity and the desired delivery date are selected according to the purchaser's preference, and the sales presented from the pre-registered sellers are selected. An example of a method of placing an order for a product by arbitrarily determining a price, a delivery date, and the like and placing an order with a favorite seller can be exemplified. Here, used products as examples of products displayed on the information display device, products whose quality has expired, new products input using a product code reader, etc., new products obtained from information such as the Internet,
The resale desired product selected from the purchase product list can be mentioned. It is preferable that the seller who receives the product order deliver the product to the product delivery destination indicated by the purchaser information by a known method. Various known methods can be used for the delivery form of the product. For example, mail, use of courier service, direct delivery from distribution center, direct delivery from product supplier. A method in which a commissioned agent goes to a store to purchase and deliver products. A method of delivering a product to a convenience store near the purchaser and the purchaser going to the convenience store to purchase the product is exemplified, but the method is not limited to these methods.

The method of collecting the merchandise sales price can be performed by a known method, and examples thereof include cash settlement by collecting money, postal cash exchange mail, use of courier service, bank account withdrawal, and credit card withdrawal. These payment methods are negotiated when registering the buyer's information, so there is no need to confirm each time a product is ordered, and the buyer is identified by the information terminal device. Even if it is performed, it is information that has no value other than the parties involved, and is highly secure. A method of encrypting communication information by a known security management method can be used.

Household items provided with an information terminal device include, for example, a refrigerator, a system kitchen, a tableware storage, a dishwasher, a sideboard, a closet, a closet, a clog box, a table, a chair, a washing machine, a clothes dryer, and an air conditioner. Garbage processing machine, food storage, rice box, range, lighting equipment, door, article storage, and the like.

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EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described specifically with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples, but the present invention is not limited to these Examples.

Example 1 A personal computer manufactured by Sharp Corporation, Mobius MN-5100D (trade name) was used as an information processing device, a BL-80V manufactured by Keyence Corporation was used as a product code reader, and a refrigerator MR-J37N-H manufactured by Mitsubishi was used. Each operation part was disassembled and embedded to form an information terminal device.

Embodiment 2 An information terminal device similar to that of Embodiment 1 was constructed by disassembling and embedding each operating part in a closet. The product code information was obtained via an infrared interface using BT-100 manufactured by Keyence Corporation as a product code reader.

Embodiment 3 A network terminal of 100 BASET standard was provided to the same device as in Embodiment 2, and the terminal was embedded in a shoe rack to obtain an information terminal device. Received purchaser product management using the Internet using cable TV lines.

Example 4 A JA determined by JIS-X-0501 which is a product code attached to a product when a purchaser purchases a food item.
The N code and the purchaser card are coded with CODE39, and the purchaser's information code described is read using a keyence bar code reader BL-80VN, and the read information is read to a notebook personal computer via a keyboard interface. Transferred. The transferred information is processed by the computer software to complete the accounting using the sales price in the pre-entered purchased product information, and the sales date registered in the purchased product information in advance. , Sales quantity, sales price, shelf life,
Adds contents, raw material name, nutritional value, preservation method, product usage method, precautions for product use to purchaser product management information, reads from purchaser information code, and uses computer to purchaser information and purchaser product The management information was linked and stored on a recording medium. From the purchaser information, the purchaser's product management information was communicated to the purchaser's information terminal device via the Internet using a telephone line using Internet mail, and stored in the recording medium of the purchaser's information terminal device. .
The purchaser who received the information determines the storage location of the food referring to the storage method, saves the food, uses the software stored in the information terminal device to take out the cooking recipe, prepares the food, and prepares the food in the purchaser product management information. The calorie intake was calculated based on the nutritional value and the content, which was useful for health promotion. Further, the purchaser sets the quality retention period of each product to 12 hours before the quality retention period using software stored in the information terminal device from the quality retention period in the purchaser product management information, and sets the time to 6:00 in the morning. At 6 o'clock, a list of expired products was sent to a mobile phone having an Internet communication function, and a ringtone was set so that food was used without waste. The purchaser uses the product list displayed on the information display device of the information terminal device, the product list with expired quality retention, the delivery date of the target product from the product store registered in advance using the list of purchased products so far, I ordered the product referring to the price information and got the product by delivering it to my home. The purchase price of the product is paid by debiting from the bank account specified by the buyer's information every fixed period, and the household account book is calculated using the sales date, sales quantity, sales price, and information in the buyer's product management information Was.

Fifth Embodiment A purchaser prepares purchaser merchandise management information in the same way as in the fourth embodiment when purchasing clothes, and uses the Internet using a digital telephone line for the information terminal device of the second embodiment. And sent. By using the handling information in the purchaser's product management information, the handling method of the clothes is optimized, and the coordination example of the clothes is displayed on the information display device of the information terminal device from the clothes list of the customer, and the result is referred to Clothing to wear. Fill in the buyer's information processing terminal with information such as the weight and height of the purchaser, dispose of the clothing that has become difficult to wear by referring to the product purchase date, and refer to the product information in the purchaser's product management information A product catalog was ordered by requesting a catalog of clothing having the same function or design and displaying it on the information display device of the information terminal device. The goods were received in exchange for money at the nearest convenience store.

Example 6 Furniture, laundry detergent, air freshener, battery, car care product, computer supply, toothpaste, flooring wax, pet food, pet, stationery, magazine, toilet paper, toy, pot, gasoline, kerosene, Paint, wood,
Purchaser's product management information when purchasing bricks, fresh flowers, home remedies, shoes, hairdressing products, and cosmetics, and services to be enjoyed in travel, clinics, theater, concerts, watching sports, games in theme parks, games in amusement arcades And the purchaser's merchandise management information was received by the information terminal device shown in the third embodiment using a cable television line. The purchaser can safely use the product by referring to the precautions for using the product in the purchaser product management information and enjoy the service without delay by the alarm sound from the information terminal device before the reserved service starts. did it. Purchasers ordered their favorite products and service tickets from the purchased and repurchased goods list via the Internet, and received the goods and tickets by COD courier.

As described above, according to the present invention, the purchaser adds information useful for product management and purchase to the product information read at the time of product purchase and transmits the information to the information terminal device of the product purchaser. The purchaser can use the product efficiently, and can efficiently replenish the used product and the favorite product.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims 1. A merchandise seller adds information necessary for merchandise management and repurchase to purchased merchandise information read by a unique merchandise code assigned to each merchandise in advance at the time of merchandise sales. As the management information, the purchaser's product management information is communicated to the purchaser's information terminal device by using the information of the purchaser obtained in advance. The purchaser manages the purchased merchandise based on the received purchaser merchandise management information, and the purchaser uses the purchased merchandise efficiently with a signal from the information terminal device. Based on purchaser merchandise management information or purchase merchandise information obtained using a merchandise code reader attached to the buyer's information terminal device, the seller communicates necessary merchandise information to the seller's communication terminal to receive orders. How to sell products that buyers need by receiving them. 2. An information communication apparatus for realizing claim 1,
Household goods provided with an information terminal device including an information display device, an information input device, an information processing device, and a product code reader.