JP2002170049A - Information providing support system, information providing support server, information providing support method, and computer-readable storage medium with program for executing the method by computer stored therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing support system, information providing support server, and information providing support method capable of efficiently providing information desired by a consumer to the consumer and allowing a provider to develop an efficient advertisement action at a low cost, and a computer-readable storage medium with a program for executing the method by a computer stored therein. SOLUTION: When providing information received from a provider terminal 2 provided on a provider side, which is the information related to a commodity or service held by the provider, is matched to the desired information preliminarily stored in a database 5, which is the information related to a commodity or service desired by the consumer, the providing information is immediately delivered to the consumer terminal 1 of the consumer who transmitted the desired information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information provision that enables consumers to efficiently provide desired information to consumers and also enables the providers to develop low cost and efficient advertising activities. The present invention relates to a support system, an information provision support server, an information provision support method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a provider who provides goods or services to consumers uses a homepage provided on the Internet or a shop in a town as a place where the goods or services are provided. In addition, since the provider needs to guide the consumer to the providing place and provide his / her own goods or services to the consumer in order to obtain economic benefits, the website of another person, e-mail, The company actively conducts advertising activities using flyers, posters, direct mail, TV commercials, etc. to provide information on its own products or services. Here, the information on the product refers to the type of the product held by the provider, discount information of the product, and the like. Further, the information on the service indicates, for example, the price of the concert, the period of the concert, and the like. On the other hand, the consumer obtains information on a desired product or service from the information developed by the advertising activity of the provider, goes to the providing place, and purchases the desired product or service. For example, the consumer accesses the Internet, searches using the name of a desired product or service, or the name of a provider as a key, obtains information corresponding to the desired product or service, and goes to the providing location. Purchase desired goods or services.

[0003]

As described above, it is necessary for a provider to conduct efficient advertising activities in order to obtain economic benefits. However, there has been a problem that a great amount of labor is required for a provider to perform an efficient advertising activity.

[0004] In addition, the information on goods or services developed by the advertising activity is mainly scheduled information. That is, since information about a suddenly occurring product or service is information that occurs at the providing place, it is possible to notify information that suddenly occurred at the providing place,
It takes time to put information on the advertisement. Therefore, obtaining information on products or services that occurred suddenly by the consumer may not be possible when the consumer goes to the location or when the consumer inquires the provider over time. Because it is possible information, it has been difficult to obtain information on a suddenly occurring product or service that does not know when it will occur. Here, the information relating to a product that suddenly occurs refers to, for example, information that a product that has been out of stock has been delivered. In addition, the information on the suddenly occurring service corresponds to, for example, information on time sales of fresh foods suddenly held in a supermarket, a failure of a vehicle in an amusement park, and the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides consumers with the desired information efficiently, and provides the provider with low cost and efficient advertising activities. Information support system that can be deployed
An object of the present invention is to provide an information provision support server, an information provision support method, and a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to execute the method.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The first invention of the present application for solving the above-mentioned problems comprises a consumer terminal provided on the consumer side,
A provider terminal provided on a provider side that provides goods or services to the consumer, and information on a desired product or service received by the consumer from the consumer terminal (hereinafter, desired information) and the consumer It has a database that stores consumer information including an identifier that identifies the possessor, and upon receiving information on goods or services held by the provider itself from the provider terminal (hereinafter, provided information),
Distribution means for extracting the desired information corresponding to the provider information from the database, and immediately distributing the provided information to a consumer who has transmitted the desired information extracted by the extraction means; An information providing support system characterized by being connected to a server having means via a network.

[0007] With this configuration, the information about the goods or services desired by the consumer is immediately notified to the consumer when it occurs, so that the consumer can suddenly know when it will occur. Even with information, it is possible to easily obtain information on a desired product or service.
On the other hand, providers can reliably provide information on their own products or services to consumers who are interested in their own products or services, so they can develop efficient advertising activities can do. The provided information is information on goods or services held by the provider, for example, a providing place (store or the like) where the goods or services are provided to the consumer, the contents of the goods or services, and the name of the store. , And the contact information of the store.

Further, in the second invention of the present application, the consumer information includes confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed by a consumer who has received the provided information, and the server A number generating unit that generates a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the consumer that transmitted the confirmation information and the provided information that is the target of the confirmation information, wherein the distribution unit distributes the confirmation number to a consumer terminal At the same time, in response to a request from the provider terminal installed at a place where goods or services are provided, the confirmation number to be compared with a confirmation number held by a consumer is distributed.

[0009] With this configuration, the provider compares the notified confirmation number with the confirmation number held by the consumer, and can achieve a desired customer attraction effect by advertising activity of distributing the provided information to the consumer. It is easy to know whether the player has played.

[0010] In the third invention of the present application, the provider terminal has a collation information notifying means for notifying a server of a confirmed confirmation number to the server, and the extracting means includes a collating information notification means for collating from the provider terminal. Triggered by receiving the notice of the confirmed confirmation number, the identifier corresponding to the confirmed confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the delivery unit determines the consumption specified by the extracted identifier. In response to a request from a provider who has transmitted a verified confirmation number to a provider, information provided by the provider is distributed.

Therefore, an identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the provided confirmation number transmitted to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier is transmitted. The provider distributes the provided information in response to the request of the provider, so that the provider can perform an efficient advertising activity for the consumer who has purchased the confirmation of the product or service held by the provider, that is, the prospective customer. .

Further, in the fourth invention of the present application, the consumer information includes confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed by a consumer who has received the provided information, and the server A number generating unit for generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the provided information targeted for the confirmation information, wherein the distribution unit distributes the confirmation number to the consumer terminal Including the means to provide, the provider terminal installed in the place of providing goods or services,
A confirmation number transmitting unit for transmitting a confirmation number presented by a consumer to a server, wherein the server further comprises a collation unit for collating the confirmation number generated by the number generation unit with the confirmation number received from the provider terminal. Means for distributing the matching result to the provider terminal.

[0013] By adopting such a configuration, the provider can easily collect and collate the confirmation number, and furthermore, how much the effect of attracting customers can be achieved by the advertising activity of distributing the provided information to the consumer. It is easy to grasp whether the operation has been performed.

[0014] In a fifth aspect of the present invention, the extraction means may include, when the server receives the confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal in a database. The distribution means distributes, to the consumer identified by the extracted identifier, the information provided by the provider in response to the request of the provider who transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. It is characterized by the following.

[0015] In the sixth invention of the present application, the server specifies the consumer from the identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number, and identifies the specified consumer by goods or services specified by the provided information. It is characterized in that it has a result holding means for holding the result of giving and receiving the result in order to give an incentive according to the result.

Here, the incentive is, for example, a product or a service held by a provider, which can be exchanged for a record held by a consumer. Therefore, by giving an incentive according to the performance to the consumer who holds the performance, the consumer's willingness to purchase can be promoted. Here, the performance is a history of the actual exchange of the desired product or service by the consumer, and the number of transactions of the product or service performed between the consumer and the provider, or the consumer in accordance with the transaction. This is indicated by points or the like corresponding to money exchanged between the provider and the provider.

Further, in the seventh invention of the present application, the achievement is
It is generated by transmitting, to a server, that a consumer has confirmed the provided information from a consumer terminal that has received the provided information transmitted in response to a request from a provider that has transmitted a confirmation number. And

[0018] By adopting such a configuration, since the performance of the consumer is generated in exchange for the confirmation of the provided information, the desire of the consumer to confirm the advertisement is increased, and the provider can keep the goods or services held by the provider. The consumer who made the purchase,
That is, efficient advertising activities can be performed for prospective customers.

The eighth invention of the present application is characterized in that the provider terminal is provided with a confirmation number reading means for reading a confirmation number presented by a consumer.

By employing such a configuration, the provider can easily obtain the confirmation number presented by the consumer, and the labor involved in the verification can be reduced.

The ninth invention of the present application is characterized in that the distribution means distributes the confirmation number distributed to the consumer terminal as a barcode.

Since the confirmation number distributed to the consumer terminal is distributed as a barcode, when the barcode is displayed on display means provided on the consumer terminal having received the barcode, The bar code displayed on the display means can be directly read by the confirmation number reading means provided in the provider terminal, and the confirmation number can be easily collected from the read bar code. Here, a consumer terminal having a display means for displaying a barcode is a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digit
al Assistant) and a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile device. The bar code displayed on the display (display means) is read by a confirmation number reading means such as a bar code reader provided at the provider terminal. Thus, it is possible to easily collect the confirmation numbers. In the case where the consumer terminal is a desktop personal computer device or the like that is difficult to carry, the bar code is displayed on a display (display means) once, and the bar code is printed. The confirmed confirmation number can be easily carried. on the other hand,
The provider can easily collect the confirmation numbers by causing the confirmation number reading means such as a bar code reader to read the printed barcode. The collection of such confirmation numbers may be performed by a POS (Point Of Sales) system or the like. Therefore, by adopting the above-described configuration, it is possible to more easily and quickly collect and collate the confirmation information.

In the tenth invention of the present application, the distribution means distributes the confirmation number distributed to the consumer terminal as a bar code, and displays a bar code on a display means provided in the consumer terminal. The confirmation number reading means directly reads a bar code displayed on the display means presented by a consumer.

[0024] Further, the eleventh invention of the present application provides, via a network, a consumer terminal provided on a consumer side and a provider terminal provided on a provider side for providing goods or services to the consumer via a network. A database that is connected and stores consumer information including information relating to desired products or services received by the consumer from the consumer terminal (hereinafter referred to as desired information) and an identifier for identifying the user possessed by the consumer. Extracting means for extracting the desired information corresponding to the provider information from the database in response to receiving information on a product or service held by the provider itself (hereinafter, provided information) from the provider terminal. To the consumer who has transmitted the desired information extracted by the extracting means,
An information providing support server having a delivery unit for delivering the provided information immediately.

[0025] In the twelfth invention of the present application, the consumer information includes confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed from the consumer who has received the provided information, and transmits the confirmation information. A number generating means for generating a confirmation number in association with the provided consumer identifier and the provided information targeted for the confirmation information, and the distribution means distributes the confirmation number to a consumer terminal, a product or In response to a request from the provider terminal installed at a service providing location, the confirmation number to be collated with a confirmation number presented by a consumer is distributed.

According to a thirteenth invention of the present application, the provider terminal has a collation information notifying means for notifying a server of a confirmed confirmation number, and the extracting means includes a collation information notification means for collating from the provider terminal. Triggered by receiving the confirmed confirmation number, the identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the distribution unit transmits to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier. On the other hand, in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the verified confirmation number, information provided by the provider is distributed.

Further, in the fourteenth invention of the present application, the consumer information includes confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed from the consumer who has received the provided information, and transmits the confirmed information. Having a number generating means for generating a confirmation number in association with the provided consumer identifier and the provided information targeted for the confirmation information, wherein the distribution means includes means for distributing the confirmation number to the consumer terminal. Receiving the confirmation number presented by the consumer from the provider terminal installed at the place where the product or service is provided, and comparing the confirmation number generated by the number generation means with the confirmation number received from the provider terminal It has a collation means.

[0028] In the fifteenth invention of the present application, the extraction means stores the identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal in a database when the server receives the confirmation number from the provider terminal. The distribution means distributes, to the consumer identified by the extracted identifier, the information provided by the provider in response to the request of the provider who transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. It is characterized by the following.

[0029] Further, according to the sixteenth invention of the present application, a consumer is specified from an identifier corresponding to a collated confirmation number, and the specified consumer has been given and received the goods or services specified by the provided information. In order to provide an incentive according to the result.

[0030] In the seventeenth invention of the present application, the record of the provided information is transmitted from a consumer terminal that receives the provided information transmitted in response to a request from the provider that transmitted the confirmation number. It is characterized in that it is generated by transmitting the fact that the confirmation has been made to the server.

[0031] Also, in the eighteenth invention of the present application, the distributing means is a bar readable by the confirmation number reading means for reading the confirmation number provided on the provider terminal. It is characterized by being distributed as a code.

Further, the nineteenth invention of the present application provides the provision information received from desired information received from a consumer terminal provided on the consumer side and consumer information including an identifier possessed by the consumer and identifying the user. And a step of storing the provider information including the information on the goods or services held by the provider itself from a provider terminal provided on the provider side that provides goods or services to the consumer (hereinafter referred to as “ When the received provided information corresponds to the desired information stored in the database, the provided information is immediately delivered to the consumer who transmitted the desired information. An information providing support method, comprising the step of:

[0033] The twentieth invention of the present application is directed to a consumer that transmits the confirmation information upon receiving confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provision information indicating that the provision information has been confirmed. Generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the person and the provided information that is the object of the confirmation information,
Delivering the confirmation number to the consumer terminal, and, in response to a request from the provider terminal installed at the location where the product or service is provided, having the step of distributing the confirmation number, wherein the provider provides A step of identifying the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information by comparing the confirmation number distributed to the consumer terminal with the confirmation number presented by the consumer.

[0034] Further, the twenty-first invention of the present application extracts an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal from a database upon receiving the collated confirmation number from the provider terminal, In response to a request from the provider who transmitted the verified confirmation number to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier, the method includes the step of distributing the information provided by the provider.

[0035] The twenty-second invention of the present application is directed to a consumer device that transmits the confirmation information upon receiving confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provision information indicating that the provision information has been confirmed. Generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the person and the provided information that is the object of the confirmation information,
Having the step of delivering the confirmation number to the consumer terminal, and reading the confirmation number presented by the consumer by the confirmation number reading means provided in the provider terminal installed at the place where goods or services are provided. Receiving the read confirmation number from the provider terminal, collating the confirmation number generated by the number generation means with the confirmation number received from the provider terminal, and distributing the collation result to the provider terminal. It is characterized by having a step.

Further, in the twenty-third invention of the present application, upon receiving the confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database and extracted. In response to a request from a provider that has transmitted a confirmation number corresponding to the identifier to a consumer specified by the identifier, the method includes a step of distributing information provided by the provider.

Further, the twenty-fourth invention of the present application provides a method of specifying a consumer from an identifier corresponding to a verified confirmation number, and providing the specified consumer with a product or service specified by the provided information. Holding the
The method includes a step of giving an incentive according to the predetermined amount of performance to a consumer holding a predetermined amount of performance.

Further, the twenty-fifth invention of the present application has a step of distributing a confirmation number as a barcode to the consumer terminal, causing the display means of the consumer terminal to display the confirmation number as a barcode, The method further includes a step of directly reading the barcode by a confirmation number reading means provided in the provider terminal.

[0039] The twenty-sixth invention of the present application is directed to providing information provided from desired information received from a consumer terminal provided on the consumer side and consumer information including an identifier possessed by the consumer and identifying itself. And a step of storing the provider information including the information on the goods or services held by the provider itself from a provider terminal provided on the provider side that provides goods or services to the consumer (hereinafter referred to as “ When the received provided information corresponds to the desired information stored in the database, the provided information is immediately delivered to the consumer who transmitted the desired information. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute an information providing support method, comprising the steps of:

Further, the twenty-seventh invention of the present application relates to a consumer that transmits the confirmation information upon receiving confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provision information indicating that the provision information has been confirmed. Generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the person and the provided information that is the object of the confirmation information,
Delivering the confirmation number to the consumer terminal, and, in response to a request from the provider terminal installed at the location where the product or service is provided, having the step of distributing the confirmation number, wherein the provider provides A step of identifying the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information by comparing the confirmation number distributed to the consumer terminal with the confirmation number presented by the consumer.

Also, in the twenty-eighth invention of the present application, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from a database upon receiving the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal, In response to a request from the provider who transmitted the verified confirmation number, the information provided by the provider is distributed to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier.

Further, the twenty-ninth invention of the present application relates to a consumer that transmits the confirmation information upon receiving confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provision information indicating that the provision information has been confirmed. Generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier of the person and the provided information that is the object of the confirmation information,
Having the step of delivering the confirmation number to the consumer terminal, and reading the confirmation number presented by the consumer by the confirmation number reading means provided in the provider terminal installed at the place where goods or services are provided. Receiving the read confirmation number from the provider terminal, collating the confirmation number generated by the number generation means with the confirmation number received from the provider terminal, and distributing the collation result to the provider terminal. It is characterized by having a step.

Also, in the thirtieth invention of the present application, upon receiving the confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database and extracted. In response to a request from a provider that has transmitted a confirmation number corresponding to the identifier to a consumer specified by the identifier, the method includes a step of distributing information provided by the provider.

Further, according to the thirty-first aspect of the present invention, the consumer is identified from the identifier corresponding to the confirmed confirmation number, and the identified consumer is given or received the goods or services specified by the provided information. Holding the
The method includes a step of giving an incentive according to the predetermined amount of performance to a consumer holding a predetermined amount of performance.

[0045] Also, in the thirty-second invention of the present application, the consumer can receive the provided information transmitted in response to the request of the provider who sent the confirmation number, and It is characterized in that it is generated by transmitting the fact that the confirmation has been made to the server.

Also, the thirty-third invention of the present application has a step of distributing a confirmation number as a barcode to the consumer terminal, and causing the display means of the consumer terminal to display the confirmation number as a barcode; The method further includes a step of directly reading the barcode by a confirmation number reading means provided in the provider terminal.

[0047]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An information providing support system, an information providing support server, an information providing support method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method are described below. This will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an information providing support system according to this embodiment. The information provision support system, the information provision support server, the information provision support method, and the computer-readable recording medium that records the program for causing a computer to execute the method are provided by the consumer terminal 1 provided on the consumer side, This is realized in an environment in which a provider terminal 2 that provides its own product or service to the consumer and a server 3 provided on the manager side are connected via a network 4.

Here, it is desirable that the network 4 is a network 4 using, for example, the Internet. In addition, the network 4 is a network through which information is transmitted between the consumer terminal 1 and the provider terminal 2 and the server 3, that is, between the consumer and the provider via the server 3 irrespective of wired or wireless. Should be fine.

The consumer terminal 1 is a terminal used by the consumer, and has access means such as a WWW (World Wide Web) browser that enables access to a home page via the network 4. Specifically, the consumer terminal 1 is a terminal such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a mobile computer that can be connected to the network 4 such as the Internet. Further, the consumer terminal 1 is provided with means for transmitting and receiving e-mail and the like to and from the server.

The provider terminal 2 is a terminal used by the provider, and has access means such as a WWW (World Wide Web) browser that enables access to a home page via the network 4. Specifically, the provider terminal 2 is a terminal such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a mobile computer that can be connected to the network 4 such as the Internet. In addition, the provider terminal 2
It is provided in a place where goods or services held by the provider itself are provided, for example, in a store. The provider terminal 2 is provided with means for transmitting and receiving electronic mail and the like to and from the server.

[0052] The server 3 may be a server 3 managed by an intermediary that mediates commercial transactions between the consumer and the provider. The server 3 includes the consumer information including the identifier, the desired information, and the confirmation information received from the consumer terminal 1 that identifies the consumer and the provider terminal 2 provided on the provider side that provides the consumer with the product or service. And a database 5 for storing the provider information including the provided information received from the company and the confirmation number. The confirmation number is preferably stored in the database in association with the provided information confirmed by the consumer and the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information to the server 3. Further, the server 3 has an extracting unit (not shown) for extracting various information from the database 5. Further, the server 3 has a number generation means (not shown) for receiving the confirmation information of the consumer and generating a confirmation number for the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information. In addition, the server 3 has a unit (not shown) that distributes the confirmation number generated by the number generation unit to the consumer terminal 1 and the provider terminal 2. Such a distribution means may be one that enables distribution of information by e-mail or the like. Here, the distribution means is a file in a hypertext (HTML) format and / or a cHTML (compact Hyper Text Marku) which enables a home page in the server 3 to be established.
A configuration including means for distributing a file in the (p Language) format on the network 4 may be employed. Further, the server 3 identifies the consumer from the identifier corresponding to the confirmed confirmation number received from the provider terminal 2 and records the result of the identified consumer giving and receiving the product or service specified by the provided information. In order to provide an incentive according to the result. The result held by the result holding means is added to the consumer information stored in the database 5.

Here, the record given to the consumer information is the history of the actual delivery or receipt of the desired product or service by the consumer, and the product or service performed between the consumer and the provider. And the accumulation of points according to the money exchanged between the consumer and the provider following the transaction. For example, if the achievement is displayed as points, 10 points are given for a product or service of 1,000 yen. In this way, an incentive equivalent to the predetermined amount of performance may be given to the consumer who has reached the predetermined amount of performance. For example, the form of the product or service targeted for the incentive is stored in the database 5 in a referable manner, and when the consumer selects the product or service targeted for the incentive, the selected product or service is regarded as an incentive by the consumer. Provided to Here, the goods or services given to the consumer as an incentive are preferably the goods or services held by the provider.

Next, the operation of the information provision support system, the information provision support server, and the information provision support method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the information providing system of the present embodiment. Here, the consumer terminal 1 is a mobile phone, and the identifier is an e-mail address. The interface between the consumer terminal 1, the provider terminal 2, and the server 3 is configured by a home page distributed by the server 3. For example, the consumer accesses the server 3 from the consumer terminal 1 by accessing the homepage. Also, the provider terminal 2
Is the location of the goods or services held by the provider (hereinafter,
Store). Furthermore, the performance of the consumer shall be displayed in points.

(Step A) First, the consumer accesses the home page from his / her mobile phone. Next, the consumer selects the member registration menu 7 from the menu provided on the top page 6 of the home page shown in FIG. By such an operation, the member registration screen 8 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display means provided on the consumer's mobile phone. The member registration screen 8 is provided with an identifier input field 9 and a name input field 10. The consumer inputs his / her mobile phone's e-mail address in the identifier input box 9 and his / her name in the name input box 10. Next, by selecting the transmission button 11 provided on the member registration screen 8, the information input to the identifier input field 9 and the name input field 10 is transmitted to the server 3. Thus, the member registration is performed.

(Step B) Next, the consumer selects the desired information registration menu 12 from the menus provided on the top page 6 shown in FIG. In response to such an operation, an identifier input screen (not shown) is displayed on a display means (not shown) provided on the mobile phone. The user logs in to the identifier input screen by inputting his / her own e-mail address transmitted to the server 3 at the time of the member registration performed in step A.

Next, the identifier and the name of the consumer are stored in the server 3.
As a result, the desired information search screen 13 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display means provided on the mobile phone. The desired information search screen 13 includes a product / service search field 14 for searching for a desired product or service, a store search field 15 for searching for a desired store, information registered on the member registration screen 8, and registered A setting change column 16 in which information can be changed is provided. In addition, the desired information refers to information on a desired product or service and a place where the desired product or service is provided, which is a favorite store or an area where exchange is desired.

Here, the consumer inputs a desired product or service name in the product / service search field 14 and selects a search button 42 provided on the desired information search screen 13. For example,
Enter "Izakaya" as the name of the desired product or service. As a result of this operation, the display means of the mobile phone shown in FIG.
Is displayed as shown in FIG. In the region selection screen 17, a region selection column 1 in which a region for limiting a region in which a desired product or service is desired to be given or received can be selected.
8 are provided. The region displayed in the region selection column 18 is, for example, a prefecture name. Here, the consumer selects “Tokyo”. Next, the consumer selects the refinement button 19 provided on the area selection screen 17. As a result of this operation, an area narrowing screen 20 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display means of the mobile phone. The region narrowing screen 20 is provided with a region narrowing column 21 for further limiting the region selected on the region selecting screen 17. The consumer selects the region displayed in the region narrowing column 21. I do. The region displayed in the region narrowing column 21 changes depending on the region selected on the region selection screen 17. Specifically, when "Tokyo" is selected on the area selection screen 17, the name of the 23 wards of Tokyo is displayed. For example, “Shibuya-ku” is selected. Next, the consumer selects the determination button 22 provided on the area narrowing screen 20. Through the operations described above, the name of the desired product or service input by the consumer and the regional information for which the desired product or service is to be transferred are transmitted to the server 3. Specifically, the name of the desired product or service “bar” and the regional information “Tokyo, Shibuya-ku” for which the desired product or service is requested are transmitted to the server 3. In this way, the consumer's desired information is
Registered in.

(Step C) On the other hand, the provider accesses the home page from the provider terminal 2. Next, the provider selects the provider registration menu 23 from the menus provided on the top page 6 shown in FIG. By such an operation, a provider registration screen 24 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display means (not shown) provided in the provider terminal 2. The provider registration screen 24 is configured to allow input of provider information, and includes a desired ID input field 25, a store name input field 26, a store address input field 27, a store contact telephone number input field 28, Store email address input field 29
Is provided. Next, by selecting the send button 11 provided on the provider registration screen 24, the information input to each input field provided on the provider registration screen 24 is transmitted to the server 3. Finally, the server 3 sends the password associated with the desired ID to the provider by e-mail. In this way, the registration of the provider is performed.

(Step D) Next, the provider selects the provided information registration menu 30 from the menus provided on the top page 6 shown in FIG. With such an operation, an ID input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display means provided on the provider terminal 2. The user logs in to the ID input screen by inputting the desired ID transmitted to the server 3 and the password received from the server 3 at the time of the provider registration performed in step C. With this operation, the provider is specified, and the display means provided on the provider terminal 2 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Is displayed as shown in FIG. The provided information registration screen 31 is configured so that a product or service held by the provider can be input. Specifically, a product / service name input field 32 and an advertisement input field 33 are provided.
The provider inputs the name of the product or service handled by the provider in the product / service name input field 32, and inputs information on the product or service that the consumer wishes to specifically advertise to the consumer in the advertisement input field 33. I do. For example, a discount service or time sales of a product or service handled by the user is applicable. Next, by selecting the transmission button 11 provided on the provided information registration screen 31, the information input to the product / service name input field 32 and the advertisement input field 33 is transmitted to the server 3 and registered. .

(Step E) On the other hand, the server 3 stores the desired information received from the consumer, the consumer information including the personal information such as the e-mail address and the name of the consumer and the provided information received from the provider in the database 5. Store and register.
When the server 3 receives the provided information from the provider,
The desired information stored in the database 5 is searched. Here, if there is desired information corresponding to the product or service of the provider that has transmitted the provided information, the received provided information is immediately transmitted to the e-mail address of the consumer that has transmitted the desired information. Specifically, when the store address of the provider who transmitted the provided information is “Shibuya-ku, Tokyo” and the product or service of the provider is “Izakaya”, the desired information registered in advance is searched. , The desired product or service is “Izakaya”, and the area where
The desired information of "Shibuya Ward" is searched. If the desired information exists, the provided information received from the provider, for example, an advertisement saying "I will provide a 100 yen beer service to the first 30 people who saw this advertisement today" and the provider The product or service name “Izakaya” is immediately transmitted to the consumer who has transmitted the relevant desired information. Here, it is desirable to transmit the provided information such as the address of the provider, the contact telephone number, the e-mail address, and the store name to the consumer. Further, the provided information received from the provider terminal 2 is stored in the database 5.

(Step F) Next, the provided information screen 34 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display means of the portable telephone of the consumer who has received the provided information. On the provided information screen 34, provided information, for example, a store name and an advertisement are displayed. Here, if the consumer is interested in the advertisement, the consumer checks the content displayed on the provided information screen 34, and then checks the provided information screen 3
4 is selected. With such an operation, a consumer confirmation screen 38 as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display means of the mobile phone. Here, the consumer enters an e-mail address that is his own identifier,
The transmission button 11 is selected. Through the above operation, the mobile phone transmits to the server 3 the confirmation information indicating that the consumer has confirmed the provided information and the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information.

When the consumer does not show interest in the provided information, the user selects the reception refusal button 45 provided on the provided information screen to display the information of the provider who transmitted the provided information to the server 3. A request to reject the reception is transmitted, and it is possible to reject the reception of the provided information of the provider who has transmitted the provided information to the server in the future. by this,
On the consumer side, information is prevented from being distributed excessively or unilaterally.

When the consumer is interested in the provided information and wants to know the detailed information of the provider who is the sender of the provided information, the store selection button 47 provided on the provided information screen 34 is selected. . By such an operation, a detailed information screen 36 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display means of the consumer's mobile phone. On the detailed information screen 36, the address of the store, the contact telephone number, the URL, and the like are displayed. Further, on the detailed information screen 36, a map of the store and the desired ID may be displayed together.

(Step G) Next, upon receipt of the confirmation information from the portable telephone held by the consumer, the server 3 specifies the consumer by the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information, that is, the e-mail address. A confirmation number is generated in association with the provided information targeted for the confirmation information. Next, the server 3 sends the generated confirmation number by e-mail to an e-mail address that is a consumer identifier.

(Step H) The confirmation number display screen 39 as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display means of the portable telephone of the consumer who has received the confirmation number from the server 3. It is desirable that the confirmation number display screen 39 displays the name of the consumer, the name of the store that provides the goods or services to be confirmed, and / or a character trademark or a graphic trademark together with the confirmation number. Next, after confirming the confirmation number displayed on the confirmation number display screen 39, the consumer holds the confirmation number,
Go to a store that provides the product or service specified by the provided information. After going to the store, the consumer presents a confirmation number to a provider such as a clerk of the store. The provider who has received the confirmation number from the consumer selects the visitor confirmation menu 37 provided on the top page 6 shown in FIG. In response to such an operation, a login screen (not shown) is displayed on the display means of the provider terminal. On the log-in screen, the provider logs in to the server 3 by inputting his / her desired ID and password, and logs in to the visitor confirmation page 40 as shown in FIG. The visitor confirmation page 40 is a page on which the name of the consumer who transmitted confirmation information related to the information provided by the provider to the server 3 and the confirmation number of the consumer are displayed. The provider inputs the confirmation number received from the consumer into the confirmation number input field 41 provided on the visitor confirmation page, and presses the search button 42. With this operation, a confirmation number corresponding to the confirmation number input in the confirmation number input field 41 is extracted from the visitor confirmation page 40. Next, the confirmation number distributed from the server 3 to the provider terminal is compared with the confirmation number presented by the consumer, so that the consumer presenting the confirmation number transmits confirmation information to the server 3. Identify the consumer who sent it. After the verification, the consumer who presented the confirmation number is
If it is determined that the consumer has transmitted the confirmation information to the consumer, the product or service specified by the provided information is provided to the consumer who has presented the confirmation number.

(Step I) Also, at the time of verification number verification, the provider sets a flag in a check box 44 adjacent to the verification number, and presses an information verification button 35 provided on the visitor verification page 40. As a result, the confirmed confirmation number is transmitted to the server 3.

(Step J) The server 3 that has received the collated confirmation number from the provider terminal 2 identifies the consumer from the confirmation number and gives points to the identified consumer. Such points are stored in the database 5 as a part of the consumer information. In addition, the number of points may be one point per confirmation purchase. The method for setting points is not particularly limited. Here, the points and the accumulated points given to the consumer who purchased the desired product or service after transmitting the confirmation information to the server 3 are transmitted from the server 3 to the e-mail address which is the identifier of the consumer by e-mail. You. In the e-mail with the points described, a point redemption page 43 (see FIG. 1) for inquiring and redeeming goods or services that can be redeemed by the points.
The URL linked to 5) is attached.

(Step K) Upon receiving the e-mail describing the points from the server 3, the consumer accesses the point redemption page 43 shown in FIG. 15 from the URL attached to the e-mail. The point redemption page 43 displays the name of the product or service and the points that can be exchanged adjacent to the name of the product or service. Here, the consumer who has reached the predetermined amount of points sets a flag in the check box 44 provided adjacent to the name of the product or service that can be exchanged for the predetermined amount of points, and presses the determination button 22. select. By such an operation, the points held by the consumer are exchanged for the goods or services selected by the consumer. It is desirable that the goods or services displayed on the point redemption page 43 are the goods or services held by the provider.

(Step L) When the server 3 receives the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal 2, the server 3 extracts an identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number from the database 5, and consumes the identifier according to the extracted identifier. Identify the person. Here, when the provider desires to conduct an advertising activity for the specified consumer, the provider accesses the top page 6 shown in FIG. Select 46. In response to this operation, the display means of the provider terminal 2 displays the provided information registration screen 3
1 is displayed. Next, the provider inputs information into the product / service name input field 32 and the advertisement input field 33,
By pressing 1, the information input to the product / service name input field 32 and the advertisement input field is transmitted to the server 3.
Next, the server 3 distributes the provided information received from the provider terminal 2 to an e-mail address of a consumer who has experienced receiving or receiving goods or services held by the provider who transmitted the provided information.

(Second Embodiment) In contrast to the first embodiment described above, a second embodiment of the present invention is a confirmation number reading means (not shown) capable of reading a confirmation number on the provider terminal 2.
The confirmation number is transmitted to the server 3 by causing the confirmation number reading unit to read the confirmation number after the consumer presents the confirmation number in step H described above. For example, when the confirmation number reading means is an OMR (Optical Mark Reader), after writing the confirmation number on a mark sheet,
By causing the OMR to read the confirmation number written on the mark sheet, the confirmation number is transmitted to the server 3. Here, the server 3 that has received the confirmation number instantaneously checks the received confirmation number with the generated confirmation number, thereby identifying the consumer who has transmitted confirmation information to the server 3 to the server 3. Alternatively, the matching result may be notified to the provider. By doing so, the server 3 holds the confirmed confirmation number, so that step I described above can be omitted. Further, the labor for the provider to actively search and check the confirmation number by himself is reduced. Therefore, by reading the confirmation number held by the consumer by the confirmation number reading means, the provider can easily collect and collate the confirmation number, and furthermore, the advertising activity of distributing the provided information to the consumer. This makes it easy to grasp the effect of attracting customers.

(Embodiment 3) In contrast to Embodiments 1 and 2 described above, Embodiment 3 of the present invention provides a confirmation number generated in step G described above and distributed to the consumer terminal. Is distributed as a barcode. Here, for example, a consumer terminal having a display means for displaying the barcode 48 is a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital
Assistant) and a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile device, and the confirmation number reading means will be described below as a barcode reader. First, in step G described above,
The server 3 generates a confirmation number, and transmits the confirmation number as a barcode 48 to an e-mail address that is a consumer identifier. Next, in step H described above, FIG.
After confirming the bar code 48 displayed on the confirmation number display screen 39 as shown in FIG.
Go to a store that provides the product or service specified by the provided information. After going to the store, the consumer presents the bar code 48 displayed on the mobile communication terminal together with the mobile communication terminal held by the consumer to a provider such as a clerk of the store. The provider who has received the barcode 48 together with the mobile communication terminal from the consumer displays the barcode 48 on the confirmation number display screen 39 displayed on the display (display means) of the mobile communication terminal as shown in FIG. The bar code reader provided in the terminal is directly read, and the confirmation number is transmitted to the server 3. In this way, the operation of checking the confirmation number after transmitting the confirmation number presented by the consumer to the server 3 is performed in the same manner as the operation described in the first or second embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to collect and analyze the confirmation information more easily and quickly.

(Embodiment 4) In contrast to Embodiments 1, 2 and 3 described above, Embodiment 4 of the present invention is obtained by the consumer in step J described above. Points are generated by transmitting to the server 3 that the consumer has confirmed the provided information from the consumer terminal 1 that has received the provided information transmitted in response to the request of the provider that transmitted the confirmation number. It is to let. That is, the server 3 that has received the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal 2 identifies the consumer from the confirmation number and transmits new provision information to the identified consumer. Next, the consumer confirms the new provided information, and transmits a message to the effect that the new provided information has been confirmed from the consumer terminal 1 to the server 3. Lastly, the server 3 identifies the consumer who has transmitted the confirmation of the new provided information, and gives points to the identified consumer.

When the consumer terminal is a desktop personal computer device or the like that is difficult to carry, the received bar code is printed so that the consumer can easily carry the confirmation number displayed as the bar code. it can.
On the other hand, the provider can easily collect the confirmation numbers by causing the confirmation number reading means such as a barcode reader to read the printed barcode. The collection of the confirmation number by reading the barcode described above may be performed by a POS (Point Of Sales) system or the like.

Further, the provided information screen 34, the detailed information screen 36, the consumer confirmation screen 38, and the confirmation number display screen 3
For the store name displayed at 9, a store trademark or the like as shown in FIG. 16 may be used. Further, a hyperlink may be set to the graphic trademark so that the detailed information of the store can be browsed.

A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information providing support method of the present invention in each of the above-described embodiments realizes the operations of the above-described embodiments. -ROM, DVD-ROM with recorded program
And a medium including an auxiliary storage medium such as a flexible disk or a main storage medium such as a hard disk.

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As described above, an information provision support system, an information provision support server, an information provision support method, and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to the embodiment of the present invention. According to this, the following advantages can be obtained. Consumers are immediately notified of information on goods or services desired by consumers when they occur. Information on services can be easily obtained. On the other hand, the provider provides information on the product or service to consumers who are interested in the product or service held by the provider, that is, the prospective customer,
An efficient advertising activity can be developed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation of the information providing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a top page of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a member registration screen of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage desired information search screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a region selection screen of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a region narrowing screen of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage provider registration screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage provision information registration screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage provision information screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage detailed information screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of a homepage consumer confirmation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation number display screen of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of a visitor confirmation page of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration of a point redemption page of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation number display screen of a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Consumer terminal 2 Provider terminal 3 Server 4 Network 5 Database 6 Top page 7 Member registration menu 8 Member registration screen 9 Identifier input field 10 Name input field 11 Send button 12 Desired information registration menu 13 Desired information registration screen 14 Product / service Search field 15 store search field 16 setting change field 17 area selection screen 18 area selection field 19 narrowing down button 20 area narrowing screen 21 area narrowing down field 22 decision button 23 provider registration menu 24 provider registration screen 25 desired ID input field 26 Store name input field 27 Address input field 28 Contact telephone number input field 29 E-mail address input field 30 Provided information registration menu 31 Provided information registration screen 32 Product / service name input field 33 Advertisement input field 34 Provided information screen 35 Information confirmation Button 36 Detailed information screen 37 Visitor confirmation menu -38 Consumer confirmation screen 39 Confirmation number display screen 40 Visitor confirmation page 41 Confirmation number input field 42 Search button 43 Point reduction page 44 Check box 45 Rejection button 46 Advertising activity menu 47 Store confirmation button 48 Barcode

Claims (34)

[Claims] 1. A consumer terminal provided on a consumer side, a provider terminal provided on a provider side for providing goods or services to the consumer, and a consumer himself / herself received from the consumer terminal. Information on desired products or services (hereinafter, desired information)
And having a database that stores consumer information including an identifier that identifies the self possessed by the consumer, and that information (hereinafter referred to as “provided information”) relating to goods or services held by the provider itself has been received from the provider terminal. Triggered by the extracting means for extracting the desired information corresponding to the provider information from the database, and immediately transmitting the provided information to a consumer who transmitted the desired information extracted by the extracting means. An information providing support system characterized by being connected via a network to a server having distribution means for distributing the information. 2. The consumer information includes, from the consumer who has received the provided information, confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, and wherein the server has a A number generation unit for generating a confirmation number in association with the identifier and the provided information to be provided with the confirmation information, wherein the distribution unit distributes the confirmation number to a consumer terminal, and provides a location where a product or service is provided. The information providing support system according to claim 1, wherein, in response to a request from the provider terminal installed in the service provider, the confirmation number to be compared with a confirmation number provided by a consumer is delivered. 3. The provider terminal includes verification information notifying means for notifying the server of the verified confirmation number to the server, and the extracting means receives a notification of the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal. As a trigger, the identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the distribution unit, for the consumer specified by the extracted identifier, 3. The information providing support system according to claim 2, wherein the information provided by the provider is distributed in response to a request from the provider that transmitted the confirmation number. 4. The consumer information includes, from a consumer who has received the provided information, confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, and wherein the server has a A number generating unit that generates a confirmation number in association with an identifier and provided information to be provided with the confirmation information, wherein the distribution unit includes a unit that distributes the confirmation number to the consumer terminal; The provider terminal installed at the providing place has a confirmation number transmitting means for transmitting a confirmation number presented by the consumer to the server, and further, the server has a confirmation number generated by the number generating means, 2. The information providing support system according to claim 1, further comprising matching means for checking the confirmation number received from the provider terminal, and distributing the matching result to the provider terminal. 5. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server receives the confirmation number from the provider terminal, and extracts from the database an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal. And distributing information provided by the provider to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. Information support system described in. 6. The server identifies a consumer from an identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number, and displays a record of the fact that the identified consumer has given or received the goods or services specified by the provided information. The information provision support system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising a result holding means for holding an incentive according to the information. 7. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server confirms that the consumer has confirmed the provided information from a consumer terminal having received the provided information transmitted in response to a request from the provider having transmitted the confirmation number. 7. The information providing support system according to claim 6, wherein the information provision is generated by transmitting. 8. The information providing support system according to claim 2, wherein said provider terminal is provided with a confirmation number reading means for reading a confirmation number presented by a consumer. 9. The information providing support system according to claim 8, wherein said distribution means distributes said confirmation number distributed to said consumer terminal as a barcode. 10. The delivery means delivers the confirmation number delivered to the consumer terminal as a barcode,
The bar code is displayed on a display unit provided in the consumer terminal, and the confirmation number reading unit directly reads a bar code displayed on the display unit presented by a consumer. Information support system. 11. A consumer terminal provided on a consumer side and a provider terminal provided on a provider side for providing a product or service to the consumer are connected via a network. The received consumer has a database for storing information on desired products or services (hereinafter referred to as desired information) and consumer information including an identifier for identifying the user possessed by the consumer. Upon receipt of information about a product or service held by the user (hereinafter referred to as provided information), the information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts the desired information corresponding to the provider information from the database, and the extracting unit extracts the desired information. An information providing support server, comprising: a delivery unit that immediately delivers the provided information to a consumer who has transmitted the desired information. 12. The consumer information includes, from the consumer who has received the provided information, confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the confirmation thereof. A number generation unit that generates a confirmation number in association with provision information to be provided with the information, wherein the distribution unit distributes the confirmation number to a consumer terminal and is installed at a place where goods or services are provided. 12. The information providing support server according to claim 11, wherein, in response to a request from the provider terminal, the confirmation number to be compared with a confirmation number presented by a consumer is delivered. 13. The provider terminal includes verification information notifying means for notifying the server of the verified confirmation number, and the extracting means receives the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal. As an opportunity, the identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the distribution unit outputs the verified confirmation number to the consumer specified by the extracted identifier. The information providing support server according to claim 12, wherein the information provided by the provider is distributed in response to a request from the provider that has transmitted the information. 14. The consumer information includes, from the consumer who has received the provided information, confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the confirmation thereof. A number generation unit that generates a confirmation number in association with the provided information to be provided with the information, wherein the distribution unit includes a unit that distributes the confirmation number to the consumer terminal; It has a matching unit that receives a confirmation number presented by a consumer from the installed provider terminal and compares the confirmation number generated by the number generation unit with the confirmation number received from the provider terminal. The information providing support server according to claim 11, wherein: 15. The extraction means extracts, from the database, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal when the server receives the confirmation number from the provider terminal. And distributing, to a consumer specified by the extracted identifier, information provided by the provider in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. Information providing support server described in. 16. A consumer is identified from an identifier corresponding to the confirmed confirmation number, and the result of the specified consumer giving or receiving the product or service specified by the provided information is provided as an incentive according to the result. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a result holding unit for holding the result.
The information providing support server according to any one of claims 2 to 15. 17. The server according to claim 1, wherein the consumer terminal having received the provided information transmitted in response to a request from the provider having transmitted the confirmation number informs the server that the consumer has confirmed the provided information. 17. The information providing support server according to claim 16, wherein the server is generated by transmitting. 18. The delivery means for delivering the confirmation number delivered to the consumer terminal as a bar code readable by a confirmation number reading means for reading a confirmation number provided on the provider terminal. Claim 12
Or the information providing support server according to claim 14. 19. A database which stores desired information received from a consumer terminal provided on the consumer side and consumer information including an identifier possessed by the consumer and identifying the user, and provider information including provided information received from the consumer. Having received the information (hereinafter, provided information) on the goods or services held by the provider itself from a provider terminal provided on the provider side that provides the goods or services to the consumer. In the case where the provided information received corresponds to the desired information stored in the database, the method further comprises a step of immediately distributing the provided information to the consumer who transmitted the desired information. Information providing support method. 20. Upon receipt of confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed from the consumer who has received the provided information, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the identification of the confirmation information A confirmation number is generated in association with the provided information to be provided, and the confirmation number is delivered to the consumer terminal, and in response to a request from the provider terminal installed at the location where the product or service is provided, the confirmation number is generated. Having the delivering step, wherein the provider specifies the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information by comparing the confirmation number delivered to the own provider terminal with the confirmation number presented by the consumer. 20. The information providing support method according to claim 19, further comprising: 21. Upon receipt of a confirmed confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database and specified by the extracted identifier. 21. The information providing support method according to claim 20, further comprising a step of distributing information provided by the provider to the consumer in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the verified confirmation number. 22. Upon receipt of confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provided information, indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the identification of the confirmation information. A step of generating a confirmation number in association with the provided information to be provided, and distributing the confirmation number to the consumer terminal; and a confirmation provided on the provider terminal installed at a place where goods or services are provided. Reading the confirmation number presented by the consumer by the number reading means, receiving the read confirmation number from the provider terminal, and confirming the confirmation number generated by the number generation means and the confirmation received from the provider terminal. 20. The information providing support method according to claim 19, further comprising a step of collating with the number and distributing the collation result to the provider terminal. 23. Upon receipt of the confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the consumer identified by the extracted identifier is sent to the consumer. 23. The information provision support method according to claim 22, further comprising the step of distributing information provided by the provider in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. 24. A method comprising the steps of: identifying a consumer from an identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number; and holding a record of the specified consumer receiving or receiving a product or service identified by the provided information; 21. The method according to claim 20, further comprising the step of giving an incentive according to the predetermined amount of performance to a consumer holding the predetermined amount of performance.
An information providing support method according to any one of claims 23 to 23. 25. The server according to claim 25, wherein the consumer terminal receives the provided information transmitted in response to a request from the provider having transmitted the confirmation number, and informs the server that the consumer has confirmed the provided information. 25. The information providing support method according to claim 24, wherein the method is generated by transmitting. 26. Distributing a confirmation number as a bar code to the consumer terminal, displaying the confirmation number as a bar code on display means of the consumer terminal, and displaying the bar code on the provider terminal. 23. The information providing support method according to claim 20, further comprising a step of directly reading by a provided confirmation number reading unit. 27. A database which stores desired information received from a consumer terminal provided on the consumer side and consumer information including an identifier possessed by the consumer and which identifies the user, and provider information including provided information received from the consumer. Having received the information (hereinafter, provided information) on the goods or services held by the provider itself from a provider terminal provided on the provider side that provides the goods or services to the consumer. In the case where the provided information received corresponds to the desired information stored in the database, the method further comprises a step of immediately distributing the provided information to the consumer who transmitted the desired information. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute an information providing support method is recorded. 28. Upon receiving, from the consumer who has received the provided information, confirmation information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the identification of the confirmation information A confirmation number is generated in association with the provided information to be provided, and the confirmation number is delivered to the consumer terminal, and in response to a request from the provider terminal installed at the location where the product or service is provided, the confirmation number is generated. Having a delivering step, wherein the provider identifies the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information by comparing the confirmation number delivered to the own provider terminal with the confirmation number presented by the consumer. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the information provision support method according to claim 27. 29. An identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database upon receipt of the verified confirmation number from the provider terminal, and specified by the extracted identifier. The information providing support method according to claim 28, wherein the information provided by said provider is delivered to the consumer in response to a request from the provider who transmitted the verified confirmation number to the consumer. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program to be recorded is recorded. 30. Upon receipt of confirmation information from the consumer who has received the provided information indicating that the provided information has been confirmed, the identifier of the consumer who transmitted the confirmation information and the identification of the confirmation information A step of generating a confirmation number in association with the provided information to be provided, and distributing the confirmation number to the consumer terminal; and a confirmation provided on the provider terminal installed at a place where goods or services are provided. Reading the confirmation number presented by the consumer by the number reading means, receiving the read confirmation number from the provider terminal, and confirming the confirmation number generated by the number generation means and the confirmation received from the provider terminal. The method according to claim 27, further comprising a step of collating the number with the number and distributing the collation result to the provider terminal. A computer-readable recording medium a program. 31. Upon receipt of the confirmation number from the provider terminal, an identifier corresponding to the confirmation number received from the provider terminal is extracted from the database, and the consumer identified by the extracted identifier is sent to the consumer. 31. The information providing support method according to claim 30, further comprising the step of distributing information provided by the provider in response to a request from the provider having transmitted the confirmation number corresponding to the identifier. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program to be executed by a computer. 32. A method comprising the steps of: identifying a consumer from an identifier corresponding to the verified confirmation number; and holding a record of the result of the specified consumer giving or receiving a product or service specified by the provided information; 28. The method according to claim 27, further comprising the step of giving an incentive according to the predetermined amount of performance to a consumer holding the predetermined amount of performance.
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information providing support method according to any one of claims 31 to 31. 33. The server according to claim 28, wherein the result of the confirmation is transmitted from the consumer terminal which has received the provided information transmitted in response to the request of the provider having transmitted the confirmation number, to the server that the consumer has confirmed the provided information. 33. The information providing support method according to claim 32, wherein the method is generated by transmitting. 34. Distributing a confirmation number as a bar code to the consumer terminal, displaying the confirmation number as a bar code on display means of the consumer terminal, and displaying the bar code on the provider terminal. 31. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the information provision support method according to claim 28, further comprising a step of directly reading by a provided confirmation number reading unit.