JP2002056240A - Device and method for receiving order - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to order an article in a dedicated virtual store matched to his/her own taste. SOLUTION: When a store construction request is sent from a client terminal 40 to a web server 100 of an article order receiving site 10, a store construction/ reconstruction processing program 10c returns a web page for store construction to the client terminal 40. When the user successively selects a selection object on a web picture on the client terminal 40, correspondent article selection information is sent to the store construction/reconstruction processing program 10c. Finally, information for constituting the virtual store is generated for each user, stored and managed on a member information database 106 under a user ID and a store name.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order receiving technique for conducting electronic commerce using a network such as the Internet, and more particularly, to enabling a user to set an assortment by himself / herself.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic commerce using the Internet has been performed. The user accesses the electronic commerce site, purchases a desired product, and receives the product through a home delivery service or the like. In addition, a virtual store may be built on the Internet in connection with a convenience store that has a franchise, and products purchased at the virtual store may be received at the nearest convenience store or delivered by the convenience store staff. It is becoming possible.

[0003] It is convenient for a user to select and purchase a product at a virtual store according to his / her preference. It is extremely cumbersome to individually select products from an assortment of products unrelated to oneself. In particular, in a portable information terminal having a small display screen and not having a normal keyboard, for example, an intelligent mobile phone (such as an i-mode (trademark) mobile phone of NTT Mobile Communication Network Co., Ltd.) is often used. It is difficult to select your favorite product from the assortment.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows an assortment to be set for each user or for each group. The purpose is to provide technologies to build.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a configuration as described in the claims is adopted. Here, the description of the claims will be supplementarily described.

That is, according to one aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, to an order receiving device: means for receiving an assortment setting start request sent from a user device via a network; Means for transmitting information on items that can be ordered based on the request for starting assortment setting to the user device via the network; assortment by the user device sent from the user device via the network Means for receiving information about the item selected to set the information; selection item storage means for storing the received information about the selected item under a corresponding user identifier; Means for receiving a user identifier and an item display request sent via the network; and Means for reading information for displaying the selected item from the selected item storage means and transmitting the information to the user device via the network; and the selected device sent from the user device via the network. Means for receiving information on the item ordered with reference to the display of the item.

[0007] In this configuration, the user can make an assortment of merchandise according to his / her own preference and use it to conduct electronic commerce, which is very convenient.

The items that can be ordered are goods and services.
The service is, for example, cleaning of clothes. The information on the orderable item includes the name of the item and the name of the classification of the item. For example, the classification includes a classification of a simple cooked food, a classification of a beverage, and the like. The item is, for example, an individual product. The above-mentioned classification may be configured in a hierarchical manner, for example, a hierarchy of a small classification, a large classification, or a hierarchy of a small classification, a middle classification, and a large classification.

[0009] The information on the selected item may be stored and managed as virtual shop information. The user can register one or more pieces of virtual shop information, and the information about the selected item is associated with each piece of virtual shop information. The virtual store information may include information such as the name and appearance of the virtual store. A plurality of users may share one or a plurality of virtual shop information. That is, virtual shop information may be registered in units of groups.

[0010] The information on the selected item may have a tree structure including the item and the classification. By doing so, it is possible to easily trace items such as products by referring to the display of the classification.

[0011] The information on the selected item may include information on one or more items and a single selected item representing it. That is, a plurality of products and the like may be packaged as a basket of the products and the like, and a plurality of products may be ordered by one selection operation. The products included in the basket may be individually designated and deleted from the order. The number of individual products can also be specified.

[0012] The network may include the Internet. Of course, a personal computer communication network may be used, or a network such as an IP network provided by a communication carrier may be used. An IP network provided by a communication carrier is suitable for receiving an order from a limited number of users.

[0013] Further, the user selects an item on an information terminal such as a personal computer without employing a configuration in which a procedure for selecting an item for setting an assortment is performed between a user device and an order receiving device. The item selection information generated as a result may be uploaded to the order receiving device. In this case, the user sends a setting program (including information on selectable items) via a network or C
It can be obtained using a recording medium such as a D-ROM. The item selection information to be uploaded may be, for example, an HTML document or an XML document, data in CSV format, or various other forms.

The present invention can be realized not only as an apparatus or a system but also as a method. In addition, it goes without saying that a part of such an invention can be configured as software. Also, it goes without saying that a software product (recording medium) used for causing a computer to execute such software is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. This embodiment realizes a virtual store associated with a convenience store (retail store) that is being franchised, and allows a user to have his own virtual store individually. Of course, it may be irrelevant to existing convenience store affiliates, or may be a virtual store such as a pharmacy or a liquor store. Also,
What is sold is not limited to commodities but may be services.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention as a whole. In this figure, a commodity order receiving site 10, a commodity center 20, a delivery station 30, and a client terminal 4 are shown.
0, 50, etc. are connected to the Internet 60. Although only one merchandise center 20 and delivery station 30 are shown, usually a plurality of merchandise centers 20 and delivery stations 30 are provided. The client terminal 40 is, for example, an information terminal arranged in a residence or an office, and although only one is shown, a plurality of client terminals are usually arranged. The client terminal 50 is a portable information terminal such as an intelligent portable telephone (with a web function), and only one is shown. Product Order Site 1
0, the merchandise center 20, the delivery station 30, the connection between the client terminal 40 and the Internet 60 can be in various forms such as a dedicated line, a subscriber line (dial-up connection), and the like. The client terminal 50 (intelligent mobile phone) is connected to the Internet 60 via, for example, a packet switching network or a gateway (not shown).

The product order receiving site 10 receives an order for a product or service on a web basis, and displays the contents of the order on the product center 2.
0 and the delivery station 30. Details of the product order receiving site 10 will be described later.

The goods center 20 is, for example, a food processing center, a food collection center, a miscellaneous goods center, a small goods center (see FIG. 2), and the like. The collection center of the delivery station 30 may be used. The product center 20 has a host 200 and can exchange data (e.g., send and receive e-mail) with various servers at the product order receiving site 10.

The delivery station 30 is provided for each region and serves as a base for delivering goods to the orderer's home or office. The delivery target product is, for example, the product center 20.
From the delivery station 30. The delivery station 30 is provided with a delivery vehicle (a relatively small vehicle is preferable, but a large vehicle may be required depending on the product to be delivered. For example, home electric appliances such as a refrigerator). It is also possible to receive products from the center 20 and deliver them to the orderer. The delivery station 30 may be dedicated to delivery, or may be an existing convenience store, gas station, pharmacy, or the like. The delivery station 30 also has a host 300, and can exchange data (e.g., send and receive e-mail) with various servers such as the commodity order receiving site 10.

The client terminals 40 and 50 access a web page of the product order receiving site 10 to construct / remodel a store or to order a product / service.

The commodity order receiving site 10 is a web server 10
0, an application server 101, a database management system 102, a mail server 103, and the like.
Of course, it may have a server that provides other application services. The web server 100 and the like are connected to a private network (LAN) 104 and are connected to the Internet 60 via a router 105.

The web server 100 provides an interface for store construction / remodeling, product ordering, and the like.
The application server 101 processes information exchanged via the web server 100 and the like. If the web server 100 has sufficient processing capacity, the web server 100 is used instead of the application server 101.
For example, a processing program such as CGI (Common Gateway Interface) may be used. The main processes executed by the application server 101 are a member registration process, a member authentication process, a store construction / remodeling process (assortment setting process), a product order receiving process, and an order receiving notification process.
Member registration processing program 10a, member authentication processing program 10b, store construction / remodeling processing program 10
c, a product order processing program 10d and an order notification processing program 10e. The database management system 102 manages a database related to the processing of the application server 101. The database includes a member information database 106, a product information database 107, a sales information database 108, and the like. The member information database 106 also stores authentication information (user ID and password) and information on assortment (product selection information described in detail later). The product information database 107 stores information on unit prices of products and services, product centers that handle them, and the like. Sales information database 1
08 stores and manages information on sales. The information on the merchandise center 20 and the information on the delivery station 30 are also managed by the database management system 102.

The order notification processing program 10e transmits the order information received via the web server 100 to the product center 2
0 or to the delivery station 30. The transmission of this order information is executed via the Internet 60 in this example. This transmission requires some security method, for example, S
Preferably, a secure socket layer (SL) is employed. Instead of the Internet 60, a dedicated line may be used, or a VPN (Virtual Private Network) on the Internet or an IP provided by a communication carrier may be used.
A network VPN or the like may be used.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of ordering and delivery in this embodiment. In FIG.
0 and 50 are the store product information (HT
An ML document or XML document) is received, and an order is made with reference to the store merchandise information (HTML document or XML document). The order is sent to the web server 100 (web server 100) of the product ordering site 10 as an argument of a POST request of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
Via the application server 101).
The product order receiving site 10 transmits this order information to the product center 20.
Or to the delivery station 30. The product order receiving site 10 confirms the order by using the e-mail or the like on the client terminal 4.
Preferably, it is sent to zero. The goods center 20 sends the goods to the delivery station 30 near the user location of the client terminal 40 based on the order information. Alternatively, the inventory of the delivery station 30 is predicted, and the product is delivered to the delivery station 30 as necessary. It is preferable that the delivery of the goods from the goods center 20 to the delivery station 30 be performed in a batch manner (sending the goods collectively) from the viewpoint of efficiency. As mentioned earlier, the delivery staff at delivery station 30 may go to merchandise center 20 to receive the merchandise. The delivery mode is determined by the nature of the product and the like, and it is preferable that information indicating such a situation be included in the order information. The staff at the delivery station 30 who has delivered to the user's home and delivered the product receives the price in exchange for the product. In the case where payment is made with a credit card, a debit card, or the like on the Internet 60, there is no need for the delivery staff to make payment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 shows an outline of the services requested by the client terminals 40 and 50 to the web server 100 of the commodity order receiving site 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the client terminals 40 and 50 (hereinafter simply referred to as 40) Can be used for member registration, store construction / remodeling (setting / modification of product lineup), ordering, etc. from the start screen (default page of the web server 100). A user ID, a password, and the like are registered by member registration. At the time of store construction / remodeling or ordering, member authentication is performed based on the member registration information.

The display of the start page of the commodity order receiving site 10 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, and a corresponding service can be received by selecting each option such as “member registration”. Next, each service will be described sequentially.

[Member Registration] FIG. 5 shows the operation of member registration. This process is performed as follows.

[Step S10]: Client terminal 4
Web server 100 using web browser 400
The web page of the member registration screen is taken out (the “member registration” button (see FIG. 4) is operated). The member registration screen is, for example, as shown in FIG. [Step S11]: User ID, password, address,
Enter the postal code, e-mail address, etc. using the input form. [Step S12]: Transmit the input data. [Step S13]: The web server 100 receives the input data and passes the data to the member registration processing program 10a of the application server 101. The member registration processing program 10a stores the member registration information in the member information database 106. [Step S14]: Registration is completed, and the client terminal 40 is notified.

[Store Construction / Renovation] Here, the store construction will be described. 7 and 8 show the operation of building a store. The user can input a desired store name and freely set an assortment of the virtual store within a range of products / services that can be ordered by the system. In addition to assortment, you can freely set the design (look) and name of the virtual store. Since settings other than the product selection can be executed by selecting an option (parts constituting a web page) and inputting a name, detailed description will not be given. The process of building a store is performed as follows.

[Step S20]: Client terminal 4
Using the web browser 400, the user operates the “store construction / remodeling” button on the start screen (FIG. 4). As a result, the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c of the commodity order receiving site 10
Is started. [Step S21]: Store building / remodeling processing program 1
0c activates the member authentication program 10b, and the member authentication program 10b transmits a web page of the authentication screen to the client terminal 40. [Step S22]: The client terminal 40 is the user I
D and the password are input using the authentication screen, and these are sent to the member authentication processing program 10b via the web server 100. [Step S23]: The member authentication processing program 10b stores the user ID and the password in the member information database 1
06, verification is performed, and after the verification, the processing is terminated and control is returned to the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c. If the verification result fails, the process ends. If successful, the process proceeds to step S24. [Step S24]: Store construction / remodeling processing program 1
0c transmits the web page of the option screen shown in FIG. [Step S25]: When the store name is input on the client terminal 40 and the option button is selected, when the selection instruction and the store name are passed to the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c, the corresponding processing is performed. Here, it is assumed that the option of “store construction” has been selected and the store name “MyStore” has been input. [Step S26]: When the option of “store building” is instructed, the store building / remodeling processing program 10c displays a web page displaying a list of large-class store product items as shown in FIG. Send to [Step S27]: The client terminal 40 selects a category to which the selected product belongs from a list of large-scale store product items. Here, “beverage” is selected for convenience. Then, a "beverage" selection instruction is sent to the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c. [Step S28]: When "beverage" selection is instructed, the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c transmits to the client terminal 40 a web page displaying a list of small-classified store product items as shown in FIG. . [Step S29]: The client terminal 40 selects a category to which the product to be selected belongs from a list of small category store product items. Here, “liquor” is selected for convenience. Then, the “alcohol” selection instruction is sent to the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c. [Step S30]: When "alcohol" selection is instructed, the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c transmits to the client terminal 40 a web page displaying a list of products belonging to "alcohol" as shown in FIG. . [Step S31]: The client terminal 40 selects a desired product from a product list. A plurality of products can be selected at the same time. The selected product information is sent to the store construction / remodeling processing program 10c. [Step S32]: Store building / remodeling program 10c
Registers the selection information in the member information database 106. [Step S33]: After that, if “small category” is selected, the process returns to step S28, and if “major category” is selected, the process returns to step S26. When “complete” is selected, the process ends.

With the above processing, the user registers the product selection information having a tree structure as shown in FIG. 13 in the member information database 106 for each store name. In this example, the large classification of “simple cooked food” and “drink” is integrated into the large classification of “foods” by the integration processing described later. The actual data structure can have various configurations. When ordering a product or service, the product is selected using this product selection information, so that the product can be easily selected.

Note that "store renovation" can be performed in the same manner. In this case, "major category", "small category", "individual product"
Items are added or deleted at each level of
You only have to decide.

[Integration Processing] The items of the large classification and the small classification may be integrated. An example will be described below using the appearance of a web screen. First, a hierarchy to be integrated is selected on the initial screen of the integration processing as shown in FIG. In this example, "all" can be selected in addition to "large classification" and "small classification". When "all" is selected, there is no hierarchy and only a list of products is provided. When the "large classification" hierarchy is selected, the web screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, the items to be integrated are selected. For example, “simple cooking food” and “drink” are selected. Then, a web screen display as shown in FIG. 16 appears, and here, for example, "foods" is input as an item name and determined. Then, the items that should originally be “simple cooked food” and “drink” in the product selection information become “foods” as shown in FIG.

[Construction of Commodity Basket] Next, construction of a commodity basket will be described. The product basket is for selectively registering one or more products under the name of the product basket, and thereafter specifying the name of the product basket so that the selected products can be ordered collectively.

FIGS. 9 and 17 to 20 show web screen displays used for constructing a product basket. The user first inputs a basket name instead of a store name on the web screen of FIG. 9 and operates the “product basket” option. Then, the large classification (FIG. 18) and the small classification (FIG. 1)
9) is displayed as appropriate to reach the list of individual products (FIG. 20), and a desired product is selected. List of individual products (Fig. 2
When the “Complete” option is selected in 0), the selection of the product basket is completed and registered in the member information database 106.

To correct the product basket, the name of the existing product basket to be corrected is input in FIG. 9 and "product basket" is selected. Then, the currently selected product is displayed as shown in FIG. If "add" is selected here, a product can be added in the same manner as the processing described with reference to FIGS. If a product is marked and a “delete” operation is performed, the product can be deleted from the basket.

[Order Receiving Process] Next, the order receiving operation of a product will be described with reference to FIG. This process is performed as follows. Here, it is assumed that selection information as shown in FIG. 22 is prepared as virtual shop information. In the example of FIG. 22, the small classifications belonging to the same large classification are integrated, and as a result, the product can be selected immediately without going through the hierarchy of the small classifications.
Of course, it is not necessary to omit the sub-class hierarchy.

[Step S40]: Client terminal 4
0, enter the user ID and password on the initial screen of the product order
Send to 00. [Step S41]: The member authentication processing program 10b of the application server 101 performs member authentication using the user ID and password received by the web server 100 (using the member information database 106. Even if member authentication is performed on another screen) Good). [Step S42]: If the member authentication is successful, a store registered under the user ID of the member is searched.
If there are a plurality of stores, the process proceeds to step S43. If there is only one store, the process proceeds to step S45. 1 store
If not, a default store is designated and the process proceeds to step S45. [Step S43]: Information about the store is extracted from the member information database 106, and a web page for selecting the store is created and sent to the client terminal 40. [Step S44]: The client terminal 40 selects a store on the display screen of the web page, and sends the selected information to the web server 100. [Step S45]: The product order processing program 10d extracts information on the store to be displayed, for example, the name, background image, and initial selection item information from the member information database 106, and generates a web page for the virtual store based on the information. , To the client terminal 40. [Step S46]: The client terminal 40 displays a web page for the virtual shop (FIG. 23), and transmits selection information to the web server 100 based on a user's selection operation. [Step S47]: Product order processing program 10d
Receives the selection information via the web server 100, and if the selection target is a product, proceeds to step S48; otherwise, proceeds to step S49. FIG. 24 shows an example of a screen of a web page displaying a product list. [Step S48]: Add the selected product to the order list. Proceed to step S50. [Step S49]: Information on lower-level selection targets included in the current selection target is extracted from the member information database 106, a web page displaying a list of selection targets is generated and sent to the client terminal 40, and step S4 is performed.
Return to 6. [Step S50]: If "small category" or "major category" is selected, the process returns to step S45, and if "complete" is selected, the process is shifted to the order notification processing program. When the order is completed, a web screen for confirming the order content may be displayed, and the order may be transmitted after confirmation.

In FIG. 22, when a product basket is selected, an order is made for the products contained in the selected basket. The product basket specifies the name and number of products. Also in this case, it is preferable that a confirmation screen be displayed and then the order be sent.

[Order Notification Processing] Next, the order notification processing will be described with reference to FIG. [Step S60]: The order notification processing program 10e receives order information from the product order processing program 10d. [Step S61]: An e-mail containing user information (name, telephone number, delivery destination, etc.) and an order list is sent to the delivery station 30. The delivery station 30 may be registered in advance at the time of member information registration, or may be dynamically determined based on a delivery destination. [Step S62]: The merchandise center 20 related to the merchandise included in the order list is determined with reference to the merchandise information database 107, and an e-mail containing information on the pertinent merchandise and user information is transmitted to the merchandise center. I do. If there is no related product center 20, nothing is performed. [Step S63]: End.

Note that the order notification may be sent by facsimile using a facsimile server instead of e-mail. The contents may be notified by an HTTP POST request. In addition, the notification can be made by any method.

This is the end of the description of the embodiment.

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 example, virtual stores and product baskets are registered for each user.
D. A group password may be provided so that users belonging to one group use the same virtual store and product basket. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the staff of the delivery station 30 performs the delivery. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the case where the goods are delivered using the home delivery service as in general Internet mail-order sales. Further, the present invention is also applicable to a case where an orderer goes to a store and receives a product or the like.

The store construction process (FIGS. 7 to 13), the integration process (FIGS. 14 to 16) and the product basket setting process (FIGS. 17 to 20) are performed by an information terminal such as a personal computer on the user side. It may be. For example,
A program for performing such processing is made available to a user via a network or a CD-ROM, and product selection information (service selection information) is created using the program and sent to the product order receiving site 10. It is preferable to upload the product selection information to the order receiving site 10 via a network. For uploading, for example, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) can be used. The user may send a recording medium or a paper medium on which the product selection information is recorded to the product order receiving site 10 and record the information in the member information database 106. The product selection information can be prepared in the form of an HTML document, an XML document, a CSV, or the like. Of course, the information prepared in these forms may include information other than the product selection information. Regarding the store construction process, for example, each step (except step S32) in FIGS. 7 and 8 may be performed by the user's information terminal. Integration processing and product basket setting processing
Similarly, it is easy to understand what can be done on the user side.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can construct a virtual store according to his / her preference, and therefore can easily select products and services.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flow of order information and a product in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a service according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a start screen of a commodity order receiving site according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a member registration of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the above-described member registration screen (halftone image displayed on a display).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the store construction operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of building a store in the above embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the store construction.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the store construction operation described above.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the above-described store construction.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the above-described store construction.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an item integration process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the item integration processing of the above embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating the item integration processing of the above embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an item integration process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating the setting of a product basket according to the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating the setting of a product basket according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the setting of a product basket according to the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating the setting of a product basket according to the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining a product ordering process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining the product order processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining the product order processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for explaining the product order processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating an order notification process according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Commodity Order Receiving Site 10a Member Registration Processing Program 10b Member Authentication Program 10b Member Authentication Processing Program 10d Commodity Order Processing Program 10e Order Notification Processing Program 10c Store Construction / Remodeling Processing Program 20 Merchandise Center 30 Delivery Station 40 Client Terminal 50 Client Terminal 60 Internet 100 Web server 101 Application server 102 Database management system 103 Mail server 104 LAN 105 Router 106 Member information database 107 Product information database 108 Sales information database

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A means for receiving an assortment setting start request sent from a user device via a network, and information on items that can be ordered based on the assortment setting start request is transmitted via the network. Means for transmitting to the user device, means for receiving information transmitted from the user device via the network and related to the item selected for setting the assortment by the user device, A selection item storage unit that stores information on the selected item under a corresponding user identifier; a unit that receives a user identifier and an item display sent from the user device via the network; Information for displaying the selected item based on the user identifier is read out from the selected item storage means, and the information is displayed. Means for transmitting to the user device via a network, means for receiving information on items ordered with reference to the display of the selected items, sent from the user device via the network, An order receiving device characterized by having: 2. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the orderable item is at least one of a product and a service. 3. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information on the orderable items includes a name of the item and a name of a classification of the item. 4. The classification according to claim 3, wherein the classification is hierarchically configured.
The order receiving device described. 5. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information on the selected item is stored as virtual shop information. 6. The information on the selected item has a tree structure composed of items and classifications.
An order receiving device according to 4 or 5. 7. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information on the selected item includes information on one or more items and a single selected item representing the one or more items. 8. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said network includes the Internet. 9. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user identifier is an identifier for specifying a single user. 10. The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user identifier is an identifier for specifying a predetermined group of users collectively. 11. A means for receiving an assortment setting start request sent from a user device via a network, and information relating to items that can be ordered based on the assortment setting start request is transmitted to the apparatus via the network. Means for transmitting to the user device, means for receiving information transmitted from the user device via the network and related to the item selected for setting the assortment by the user device, A selection item storing means for storing information on the selected item under a corresponding user identifier, wherein the selection setting device for ordering goods. 12. An assortment setting device for receiving an order from a user device for receiving order information from a user device via a network, comprising: means for storing information on orderable items; and information on the orderable items. Using the means for displaying and the displayed information on the orderable items,
Means for selecting items to be included in the assortment; means for storing information on the selected items; means for transmitting to the user device via the network; Alignment setting device. 13. The assortment setting device for ordering goods according to claim 12, further comprising means for transmitting the stored information on the selected item to the order receiving device and storing the information in the storage section of the order receiving device. . 14. The information on the selected item,
13. The assortment setting device for ordering goods according to claim 12, wherein the assortment setting device records the order on a portable recording medium for copying to a storage unit of the order receiving device. 15. A means for transmitting a document for setting an assortment to a client device, a means for receiving, from the client device, information on an item selected in the client device using the first document; Means for storing information on the selected item under a corresponding user identifier; means for generating an individual order document using the information on the selected item according to the user identifier; Means for transmitting a document for order generated in accordance with the user identifier to the client device; and means for receiving, from the client device, order information generated using the document for order. Server device. 16. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first document and the second document are H
16. The server device according to claim 15, wherein the server device is TML. 17. A means for transmitting a document for setting an assortment to a client device, a means for receiving information on an item selected in the client device using the first document from the client device, Means for storing information on the selected item under a corresponding user identifier; means for generating an individual order document using the information on the selected item according to the user identifier; An assortment-configurable server device characterized by having: 18. A step of receiving an assortment setting start request sent from a user device via a network, and transmitting information on items that can be ordered based on the assortment setting start request via the network. Transmitting to the user device, receiving information sent from the user device via the network, the item being selected by the user device to set an assortment; Storing information on the selected item in a storage device under a corresponding user identifier; and receiving a user identifier and an item display request sent from the user device via the network; Information for displaying the selected item based on the user identifier is read from the storage unit. And transmitting the information to the user device via the network, and receiving information transmitted from the user device via the network regarding the item ordered with reference to the display of the selected item. And receiving the order. 19. An assortment setting method for setting an assortment for receiving an order for use in a receiving apparatus for receiving order information from a user apparatus via a network, wherein the step of storing information on orderable items; Displaying information about available items; and using the displayed information about orderable items,
Selecting an item to be included in the assortment; storing information on the selected item; and transmitting the stored information on the selected item to the order receiving device. Assortment setting method. 20. Information on orderable items in a computer-readable recording medium recording a computer program used to set an assortment for receiving an order when receiving order information from a user device via a network. Storing the information on the orderable item; and using the displayed information on the orderable item,
Causing the computer to execute a step of selecting an item to be included in the assortment, a step of storing information on the selected item, and a step of transmitting the stored information on the selected item to the order receiving device. Computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program used for recording is recorded.