JP2002215887A - Information management system by shopping data which is effective for quality of life improvement support - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide, as a subject of this invention, an information management system which makes it easy for a customer who comes to a store to keep household accounts by providing shopping data in the store to the customer and also promotes coming to the store by providing information to support a life of the customer based on the customer's purchase trend. SOLUTION: The subject of this invention is achieved by the information management system to support the life of a liver by providing the information helpful for keeping the household accounts which is constituted with a shopping data management means to manage the information for each one of the livers received from the store related with the shopping purchased by the liver and the information management system with a household accounts generation means to generate the household accounts based on the shopping data managed by the above-mentioned shopping data management means corresponding to the liver in accordance with a request for keeping the household accounts from the liver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides shopping data at a store, thereby facilitating household management of a customer who has visited the store, and based on the purchase trend of the customer.
By providing information that supports the lives of customers,
The present invention relates to an information management system for promoting visits to stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the passage of the times, personal options have been widened, and the lifestyles of housewives who take care of their homes have also become diverse. Focus on individual life, work, study, or
Active in the world of hobbies.

[0003] On the other hand, maintaining the family budget while protecting the health of the family is also an important task. In a limited time,
Efforts to have their own time while working for the family are not uncommon.

[0004] In such a situation, the housewife, food expenses,
Today, in order to manage the balance of household expenses such as utility bills, housing loans, and education expenses in line with the growth of children,
Various kinds of household account book software have been sold. Housewives use such household account book software,
It is now possible to easily manage households simply by inputting income such as salary, and entering monthly expenses such as utility expenses and loans and daily expenses such as food expenses in predetermined items. .

[0005]

However, the conventional household management method has the following problems.

[0006] It is easy to input income such as salary and predetermined monthly expenditures such as utility bills and loans. In order to manage, it cannot be solved only by using household account book software. In other words, housewives must always make a habit of managing receipts of purchased items, categorize them into item categories managed by household account book software based on the item name on the receipt, and enter the corresponding amount. Must. These daily purchases are for fixed costs such as rent and taxes, food,
They are broadly classified as flowing expenses such as clothing, food and shelter, and educational expenses, which are replaced as needed, such as clothing or daily necessities, and are the most complicated expenditures for management. Also, 1
According to a household survey in 999, the average monthly consumption expenditure per household was 323,008 yen, of which food and beverage expenses were 76,590 yen, and the Engel coefficient was 23.7.
%Met. Further, the Engel coefficient shows a decrease of 0.1% compared with the previous year, and the trend is a decreasing trend. Therefore, in order to effectively manage household expenses, it is not enough to just spend food expenses as liquid expenses.

[0007] In order to manage the household without waste, it is important to manage the flowing expenses related to the clothing, eating and living. However, inputting into the household account book software each time based on a receipt purchased daily puts a heavy burden on the housewife.

In recent years, there has been a discount service as a service for stores and the like. For example, when a store issues a point ticket (service ticket or discount ticket) to a customer according to the purchase price as shown in FIG. 1 (A), and the customer submits a service ticket at the time of subsequent purchases A discount service such as discounting a predetermined amount, or registering a customer, issuing a card with a customer number uniquely corresponding to the customer to the customer, and submitting the card for each purchase. Points according to the purchase amount (see FIG. 1 (B)).
There is a discount service in which a service can be received according to accumulated points. Stores are devising such a discount service to increase the number of customers (repeaters) who come to shopping again.

[0009] However, such a service can only provide a discount from the purchase price in accordance with points accumulated in accordance with the purchase price, and does not provide product information or the like based on purchase trends of individual customers. .

[0010] Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide shopping data at a store, thereby facilitating household management of a customer who has visited the store, and at the same time, based on the purchase trend of the customer, the customer's life. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information management system that promotes visits to stores by providing information to support the store.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the processing in the above system.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned first problem, the present invention, as described in claim 1, supports the life of a resident by providing information useful for household management. In an information management system, shopping data received from a store and indicating information related to shopping purchased by a consumer is managed in accordance with shopping data management means for managing each consumer and a household account book generation request from the consumer. Household account book generating means for generating a household account book based on the shopping data managed by the shopping data managing means corresponding to the consumer.

In such an information management system, a household account book can be generated based on shopping data received from a store.

[0014] Therefore, the consumer, especially the housewife who manages the household, does not need to input data into the household account book software, so that the burden on the housewife can be reduced.

The shopping data includes, for example, a date written on a receipt issued at a cash register of a store, a product code for identifying a product, a product name, and a price.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information management system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the household account book generating means includes a predetermined cost category. Based on the rules, each product indicated by the shopping data can be configured to be classified for each expense item.

In such an information management system, each commodity indicated by the shopping data is classified for each cost item based on a predetermined cost item classification rule, so that accurate cost item classification can be performed regardless of the amount of money. it can.

[0018] Therefore, even for a small amount of food or daily necessities which are difficult to manage, the cost items are automatically classified, so that the consumer can verify the expenditure for each cost item more accurately.

[0019] From the viewpoint of providing information that supports the life of a resident, the present invention provides, in a third aspect, an information management system according to the first or second aspect.
The shopping data has living support information for supporting the resident based on the purchasing trend of the resident, and further manages the living support information for each resident, and requests generation of a household account book from the resident. Sometimes, it can be configured to have information providing means for providing life support information to the resident.

In such an information management system, lifestyle support information for supporting the consumer based on the purchasing trend of the consumer is provided to the consumer when the consumer requests generation of a household account book.

Therefore, the consumer can refer to the household account book, and can also acquire the life support information for supporting the life according to the consumer's purchasing tendency. In addition, the store can provide information according to the needs of consumers who have purchased products at the store.

The above-mentioned life support information indicates information on the area and life in general, cooking information, news from stores, store information, and the like.

[0023] From the viewpoint of having consumers effectively shop, the present invention provides, as described in claim 4,
4. The information management system according to claim 3, wherein the information providing means is configured to provide the life support information and, when the life support information includes product information, provide sales floor information indicating a sales floor of the product. can do.

In such an information management system, when providing lifestyle support information to a consumer, it is possible to provide shop information indicating a counter of a product indicated in the lifestyle support information.

[0025] Therefore, a resident, particularly a resident with children or an elderly resident, can know in advance the location of a desired product at a store, and can effectively search without searching for a product. You can do shopping.

From the viewpoint of providing shopping data,
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information management system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in response to a shopping data acquisition request from a consumer, the information management system responds to the consumer. Shopping data may be acquired from the shopping data management means and provided to the shopping data providing means.

In such an information management system, shopping data corresponding to a consumer can be provided in response to a shopping data acquisition request from the consumer.

Thus, the consumer can use the acquired shopping data with other household account book software used by the consumer.

[0029] In order to solve the second problem, the present invention provides an information management system for supporting the life of a consumer by providing information useful for household management, as described in claim 6. In a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing, a shopping data management procedure for managing, for each consumer, shopping data indicating information on shopping purchased by a consumer received from a store; A storage medium storing a program having a household account book generation procedure for generating a household account book based on shopping data managed by the shopping data management procedure corresponding to the consumer in response to a household account book generation request Is done.

A computer in which the program is installed from a storage medium storing such a program can generate a household account book based on shopping data received from a store. This eliminates the need for data input and reduces the burden on consumers for household management.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network configuration.

In the network configuration shown in FIG. 2, a life support system 100 corresponding to the information management system described in the claims is connected to each shop terminal 30 via the Internet 25, and Get purchase data. In addition, the life support system 100 includes each consumer terminal 40 and the Internet 25.
And provides household account book information based on shopping data at a store desired by the consumer.

Each store such as a shopping center, a supermarket, a hypermarket, an outlet mall, a shopping street, a market, a department store, etc., is used when a customer purchases a product, for example, by a POS system, a point system, or an FSP (Frequent Shoppers). (Program) The customer purchase data input and managed by the cashier terminal such as a system is transferred from the shop terminal 30 to the life support system 100. The transferred customer purchase data is stored in the shopping history DB 111 by the life support system 100.
, And manages the date, the product code for identifying the product, the product name, and the price in the customer purchase data as shopping data.

After shopping at a store as a customer, the consumer connects to the lifestyle support system 100 from each consumer terminal 40 used by the consumer, downloads desired shopping data, and expands it in the household account book. Or, refer to the household account book homepage provided by the life support system 100.

Upon receiving an instruction to download shopping data from the consumer terminal 40, the living support system 100 acquires shopping data desired by the consumer from the shopping history DB 111 and transfers the data to the consumer terminal 40.

Therefore, since the shopping data can be obtained, the consumer does not need to manually input the data from the receipt distributed at the cash register of the store.

The lifestyle support system 100 also provides a home account book homepage provided to the consumer terminal 40 via the Internet 25 in response to an information provision request from the consumer terminal 40 and based on customer purchase data. Information on the general lifestyle such as the region and ingredients from a regional / life information database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 112 according to customer needs, recipe information from the recipe DB 113 according to the season and the type of menu, and a store from the announcement DB 114 Provide information about

Therefore, the store has a life support system 1
Since the customer can be provided with more effective information from 00 to the consumer, the customer can be encouraged to visit the store again.

In FIG. 3, the life support system 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a memory unit 12, an output unit 13, and an input unit 1.
4, display unit 15, auxiliary storage device 16, CD-RO
It has an M drive unit 17 and a communication unit 18. These units 11, 12, 13, 14, 1
5, 16, 17 and the communication unit 18 are connected to the bus B.

The CPU 11 operates the life support system 1 according to a program stored in the memory unit 12.
00 as well as performing processing in the life support system 100 as described below. The memory unit 12
A program constituted by a RAM and a ROM, executed by the CPU 11, data necessary for processing by the CPU 11,
The data and the like obtained by the processing in the CPU 11 are stored.
Further, a part of the memory unit 12 is
It is allocated as a work area used for processing in.

The output unit 13 has a printer or the like, and outputs a processing result or information specified by an administrator of the life support system 100 or the like. The input unit 14 has a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and changes data for performing a household management process as described later by an administrator.
It is used to input various necessary information. The display unit 16 displays various information necessary for the administrator under the control of the CPU 11.

The auxiliary storage device 16 is composed of, for example, a hard disk unit, and stores various files, a database (DB), and a program.

A program related to the household management process is provided to the system by, for example, the CD-ROM 20. That is, the CD-ROM 20 storing the program related to the household management process is stored in the CD-ROM drive unit 17.
Is set to the CD-ROM drive unit 17
Reads the program from the CD-ROM 20, and the read program is installed in the auxiliary storage device 16 via the bus B. Then, when the household management process is started, the CPU 11 starts the process according to the program installed in the auxiliary storage device 16. A CD is used as a medium for storing the program.
-Not limited to the ROM 20, but may be any computer-readable medium.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the life support system.

In FIG. 4, the life support system 10
0 is a communication control processing section 67, an input / output control section 68, a display control section 69, a shopping data reception processing section 101, a shopping data provision processing section 121, and a household account book processing section 122.
And a household account book homepage processing unit 120 having an information provision control unit 123. Further, the life support system 100 includes a shopping history DB 111, a region / life information DB 112, a recipe DB 113, and a notification DB 11
4 and a store DB 115.

The communication control unit 67 is the communication unit 18 shown in FIG.
And the consumer terminal 40 via the Internet 25
In addition to controlling the respective processing units based on the information provision request from, the information to be provided from the processing unit in response to the information provision request is transmitted to the consumer terminal 40. Input / output control unit 68
Controls the output unit 13 and the input unit 14 of FIG. The display control unit 69 controls the display unit 15 of FIG.

The shopping data reception processing unit 101 receives customer purchase data from each store terminal 40 and stores the customer purchase data in the shopping history DB 11 for each customer number specifying a customer.
It is managed by 1. For example, the customer purchase data from the store terminal 40 using the FSP system includes a customer number specifying a customer, a purchase date and time, a product code identifying a product, a product name, and shopping data indicating a price. It has customer information indicating the customer's address, age, gender, and the like, and purchase analysis data indicating the number of uses, purchase trends, and the like. In the case of a store that uses another system that does not include the customer number or customer information that specifies the customer, the data obtained by the other system, the customer number and the customer information that specify the customer, The associated customer purchase data may be transferred to the lifestyle support system 100 by software or the like for associating the customer purchase data.

Also, the shopping data reception processing unit 101
Based on additional information such as purchase analysis data included in customer purchase data, a region / life information DB 112 and a recipe DB
The customer purchase data is managed in association with the provided information managed by the information DB 113, the notification DB 114, and the store DB 115.

The household account book homepage processing section 120 activates the shopping data providing processing section 121, the household account book processing section 122, and the information providing control section 123 based on the information providing request from the consumer terminal 40, and executes the database ( DB) 11
Information is extracted from 1 to 115, and data is transferred from the communication control unit 67 to the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer selects download of shopping data from the household account book homepage provided by the lifestyle support system 100 at the consumer terminal 40, the shopping data provision processing unit 121 sends the consumer to the consumer from the shopping history DB 111. The related shopping data is retrieved and provided to the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer starts the household account book from the household account website on the consumer terminal 40, the household account processing unit 122 stores the shopping history DB based on the consumer number of the individual.
The customer purchase data is acquired from 111, expanded into a predetermined household account book, and displayed on the consumer terminal 40. In this case, the life support system 100 is an ASP (ApplicationSer
vice Provider). On the other hand, consumer terminal 4
If the download of the predetermined household account book is selected from 0, the household account book software 12 that can be activated on the consumer terminal 40 is selected.
7 is provided.

The information provision control section 123 responds to the information purchase request from the household account book homepage or the household account book started from the household account book homepage at the consumer terminal 40, and The information associated with the data is stored in the area / life information DB 112, the recipe DB 11
3. Search and provide from the notification DB 114 or the store DB 115.

Information associated with consumer purchase data provided by each database (DB) is displayed on the consumer terminal 40 as shown in FIG. 5, for example, as information provision corresponding to customer needs.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information provision corresponding to customer needs.

The area / life information menu screen 1120 shown in FIG. 5A is an example in which an information menu provided from the area / life information DB 112 is displayed. The area / life information menu screen 1120 is, for example, an annual event 1
121, local events 1122, health and ingredients 112
3, and menu items such as a bulletin board 1125.

When the annual event 1121 is selected, knowledge on traditional events and traditional food is introduced.

When the local event 1122 is selected,
Provide local event information.

When health and food 1123 are selected, information on health effects of food and safety of food is provided.

When the housekeeping / childcare support 1124 is selected, childcare information, saving information, housework support information, and the like are provided.

When the bulletin board 1125 is selected, information exchange through participation of the consumers themselves and creation of a local community are performed.

The recommended recipe screen 1130 shown in FIG. 5 (B) is an example showing a recipe search screen provided from the recipe DB 113. Recommended recipe screen 113
0 has, for example, a search item 1131 to search by season, a search item 1132 to search by recipe type, and a search item 1133 to search by main ingredients, and further, a recipe for recruiting recommended recipes from consumers. And an input 1134. From the recommended recipe screen 1130 displayed on the consumer terminal 40, the consumer can search items 1131, 1132
By selecting one search item from the search items and 1133, and further clicking on a desired item from the search items, the information provision control unit 123 of the household account book homepage processing unit 120 of the life support system 100, for example, Based on information indicating a purchasing trend based on customer purchase data of a consumer and menu recipe information attached to the customer purchase data, recipe information suitable for the consumer is searched from the recipe DB 113, and the search result is obtained. Is provided to the consumer terminal 40.

Thus, since the information indicating the purchase trend based on the consumer purchase data of the consumer and the recipe information based on the menu recipe information attached to the customer purchase data are searched, it is adapted to the needs of the consumer. Recipe information can be provided.

The notice screen 1140 from the store shown in FIG. 5C is an example showing the notice from the store provided from the notice DB 114. Notification screen 114
0 is an item 1141 indicating information such as, for example, “Opening this month without holidays”, “Opening the New Year from January 2nd”, “New Year's Sale on January 2nd to 15th”, and stores. Input 1142 for inputting opinions, requests, questions, and the like. When the consumer selects desired information from the notification screen 1140 displayed on the consumer terminal 40, the household account book homepage processing unit 12 of the life support system 100
The information provision control unit 123 of “0” searches for the corresponding notification information from the notification DB 114, and provides the search result to the consumer terminal 40.

Therefore, the store has a life support system 1
It is possible to provide store information to consumers using 00, that is, consumers who have purchased products at the store. This differs from providing information for indiscriminate access from arbitrary consumers, which is provided on a homepage that introduces the store's unique store, consumers who have purchased and can return to the same area , The store information can be provided, so that effective information can be provided.

Further, from the recommended recipe screen 1130 shown in FIG. 5B, according to the item selected by the consumer, the information provision control unit 123 proposes a search result as content, for example, as shown in FIG. I do.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a search criterion by a recipe search.

From FIG. 6, for example, in the search for recipes, if the middle-aged and elderly generations are concerned about lifestyle-related diseases, cooking that facilitates the intake of foods and nutrients that are effective in recovering from fatigue and preventing illnesses is shown. Method as a search criterion, recipe D
The corresponding recipe is searched from B113.

Also, if the resident is an elderly household,
For the elderly who tend to lose color in their dietary habits, a relevant recipe is searched from the recipe DB 113 using a meal that can take in effective nutrients such as calcium, which is likely to be lacking, as a search criterion.

If the housewife is a young housewife who has infants, it introduces a simple and nutritionally balanced baby food to the housewife who has become a nuclear family and is likely to be troubled by himself, and information for suggesting a way to make it. Is a recipe DB
The corresponding recipe is searched from 113.

Further, if the family has a lot of children to eat, the recipe DB is used as a search criterion based on a device that the child is willing to eat and a simple and delicious meal.
The corresponding recipe is searched from 113.

If the mother is a working mother of a dual-income household, the recipe DB 113 uses the HRM (home meal replacement) that only needs to be warmed and the ingredients and cooking methods that become full-fledged foods as a search criterion. Search for a recipe.

If the family has children with allergies or atopy, or a family with a high interest in ecology, recipes for dishes and cakes that do not use eggs and milk, and
Using the information providing the topic of pesticide-free / reduced pesticide vegetables and improvement of the constitution as a search criterion, the corresponding recipe and information are searched from the recipe DB 113.

If the family prefers seasonal recipes, the recipe DB1 may be searched using seasonal ingredients, seasonal dishes, and information introducing Japanese traditions and cultures as search criteria.
13 to search for the corresponding recipe and information.

If the household prefers recipes using cheap ingredients, recipe DB 113 is used as a search criterion by using information that introduces products that have been purchased in large quantities and cheaply.
To find the corresponding recipe.

Further, if the family prefers to produce by cooking, the recipe D is used as a search criterion based on information that assumes a scene such as a cooking method and a way of enjoying instead of a price appealing type.
The corresponding recipe is searched from B113.

The recipe information managed by the recipe DB 113 may include information indicating which search criteria corresponds to the above.

Thus, since the information provision control unit 123 has the above search criteria, it is possible to perform an effective recipe search adapted to the needs of consumers.

Next, when a consumer accesses the lifestyle support system 100 from the consumer terminal 40, the operation procedure of the consumer will be described using an example of a screen displayed on the consumer terminal 40.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show examples of screens operated by the consumer.

When the consumer connects to the lifestyle support system 100 from the consumer terminal 40, the household account book homepage processing unit 120 displays a screen 200 as shown in FIG. . Screen 200
Indicates a menu that supports household chores, and includes menu items 201 “Provision of shopping data and creation of household account book” selectable by consumers, menu item 202 “Provision of general life information such as area and foodstuff”, and menu item 203. “Recipe proposal” and menu item 204 “news from store” are displayed.

When the consumer selects menu item 201, household account book homepage processing section 120 activates household account book processing section 122. Consumers have menu item 20
When 2, 203 or 204 is selected, the household account book homepage processing unit 120 activates the information provision control unit 123. When the consumer selects the menu item 202, the information provision control unit 123 displays the area / life information menu screen 1120 shown in FIG. When the consumer selects the menu item 203, the information provision control unit 123 sets the recommended recipe screen 1 shown in FIG.
130 is displayed on the consumer terminal 40. When the consumer selects the menu item 204, the information provision control unit 123
A notice screen 1140 from the store shown in FIG. 5C is displayed on the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer selects the menu item 201, the household account book processing section 122 started by the household account book homepage processing section 120 causes the household account book initial screen 210 to be displayed.
Is displayed on the consumer terminal 40.

The household account book initial screen 210 includes, for example, an input area 211 for inputting a date of shopping, a click area 212 for downloading shopping data, and a click area 213 for using the household account book on the Web. Click area 214 for downloading household account book software
And a display area 215 for displaying a message.

When the consumer inputs a desired shopping date in input area 211 and clicks on click area 212, shopping data providing processing unit 12 of life support system 100
1 starts, and a household account data setting screen 220 for setting household account data as shown in FIG. 8A is displayed on the consumer terminal 40. In the same manner, the resident enters the input area 2
11. Enter the desired shopping date in 11 and click area 213
When the user clicks, the household account book processing unit 122 of the life support system 100 is activated, and a household account book data setting screen 22 for setting household account book data shown in FIG.
0 is displayed on the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer clicks the click area 214 to download the household account book software, the household account book processing unit 122 of the life support system 100 is activated, and the household account book software 127 is transferred to the consumer terminal 40. . Thereafter, the consumer can start the household account book software on the consumer terminal 40 and manage the household by downloading the shopping data.

In the display area 215, each database (DB) is controlled by the information provision control unit 123 of the life support system 100 on the basis of the season, the purchase trend, the attributes of the consumers, and the like.
The messages extracted from 112 to 114 are displayed.

On the household account book initial screen 210 shown in FIG.
The household account data setting screen 220 displayed on the consumer terminal 40 when the click area 212 or 213 is clicked by the consumer includes a button 221 for selecting all data items and a selection button for selecting an expense item. Area 222
A selection area 223 for selecting data to be displayed;
b It has a button 224 for activating a household account book and a display area 225 for displaying a selectable message.

When the consumer clicks button 221 to select all of the data items, download of shopping data is started by shopping data provision processing unit 121, or Web household account book is processed by It is displayed on the terminal 40.

For example, when the consumer selects “meal expenses” from the selection area 222 as an expense item, selects “expenditure breakdown” from the selection area 223 as data display, and clicks a button 224, the user selects an item based on the selected item. The download of shopping data is started by the shopping data provision processing unit 121, or the Web household account book is displayed on the user terminal 40 by the household account book processing unit 122.

When the download of shopping data is started, the data format of spreadsheet software or other household account book software may be selectable.

[0092] In the display area 225, messages extracted from the databases (DB) 112 to 114 by the information provision control unit 123 of the life support system 100 are displayed.

The button 215 of the household account book initial screen 210 shown in FIG. 7B or the display area 225 of the household account book data setting screen 220 shown in FIG. 8A is, for example, shown in FIG. 8B. Such a message 230 is displayed. In the message 230, the messages extracted by the information provision control unit 123 include, for example, "Tomorrow is a mandarin orange sale date", "How about replenishing a stock toothbrush soon?"
"Tofu is the best miso soup for breakfast!", "Christmas cake reservation started!"

By clicking the button 224 on the household account book data setting screen 220 shown in FIG. 8A, the household account book processing unit 122
Based on the information such as the customer number input at the time of connection to 0 or the like, the corresponding shopping data is extracted from the shopping history DB 111, and the Web household account book is displayed on the consumer terminal 40. W
The eb household account book is, for example, W as shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the eb household account book screen 240.

The Web household account book screen 240 includes a display area 241 for displaying a Web household account book, a display area 242 for referring to a recommended recipe, a button 243 for printing the Web household account book, and a displayed screen. Has to be stored in the consumer terminal 40, a button 245 for performing tallying, and a button 246 for displaying a graph.

The information provision control unit 123 is displayed in the display area 242.
The selection display 2 of the recipe as shown in FIG.
50 is displayed. In the selection display 250, based on the recipe information extracted from the recipe DB 113 by the information provision control unit 123, for example, selectable "Winter production! It is season of pot. Tonight is Ishikari pot", "Immediately before entrance examination. "This is a clear menu", "Easy handmade snacks in the afternoon of winter", etc. are displayed. Here, the consumer, for example, "winter production!
It is the season of the pot. Click on "Ishikari Hot Pot tonight"
A recipe screen 260 as shown in (C) is displayed.

The recipe screen 260 includes, for example, a display area 261 for displaying recipe information such as a material and a recipe, a button 262 for displaying a place where a material is arranged, and a recipe 261 displayed in the display area 261. It has a button 267 for printing information and a button 268 for storing the material shown in the display area 261.

When the consumer clicks button 262,
The information provision control unit 123 acquires the sales floor information in which the material is arranged from the store DB 115 based on the material indicated in the display area 261 and obtains the sales floor information as the sales floor layout diagram.
0 is displayed.

When the consumer clicks button 267,
The recipe information displayed in the display area 261 is output to a printer designated by the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer clicks button 268,
An input screen for applying to reserve the material displayed in the display area 261 is displayed. The information regarding the reserve input on the input screen may be directly transmitted to the store by e-mail, for example.

In FIG. 9 (A), the consumer clicks the button 24
When 3 is clicked, the Web household account book displayed in the display area 241 is output to the printer designated by the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer clicks button 244,
The Web household account book displayed in the display area 241 is stored in a file designated by the consumer.

When the consumer clicks button 245,
A selection screen 247 for selecting the tally is displayed. The selection screen 247 includes, for example, a weekly total for performing weekly totalization, a monthly total for performing monthly totalization, and an annual total for performing totalization for each year. It is displayed on the consumer terminal 40.

When the consumer clicks button 246,
A selection screen 248 for selecting a graph is displayed. The selection screen 248 includes, for example, a transition by expense item in which the transition by expense item is graphed, a transition by breakdown in which the transition by item is graphed,
It has an expense ratio in which the expense ratio is graphed, and the graph is displayed on the consumer terminal 40 according to the selection of the consumer.

Next, the development of shopping data into household account data will be described.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of development from shopping data to household account data.

FIG. 10A shows an example of a receipt (receipt) received when a consumer purchases a product at a store.

In the receipt 300 shown in FIG. 10A, a product code 301 for identifying a product and a product name 30
The purchased merchandise is described by 2 and the amount 303. Conventionally, consumers have been required to provide such a receipt 300
Are classified according to the judgment of the consumer, and the commodity name 302 and the corresponding amount 303 are input to the household account book software used by the consumer according to the classified expenses.

[0109] The life support system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention has a product code 3 described in the receipt 300.
01, the product name 302, and the price 303 are managed in the shopping history DB 111 as shopping data.

FIG. 10B is a diagram showing an example of the breakdown of the cost items into which each data of the shopping data is classified.

Referring to FIG. 10B, the shopping data 310
For example, items such as cereals, breads, meat, fresh fish, dairy products, bean products, fresh products, fruits, confections, beverages, dry matter, seasonings, housing costs, clothing costs, education costs, entertainment costs, entertainment costs, etc. Each item has a breakdown, and each item name 302 and amount 303 are classified according to the item code 301.

Shopping data 310 shown in FIG.
Is developed into household account data 320 as shown in FIG. 10C in order to adapt to household account book software.

Referring to FIG. 10C, the shopping data 310
Further, based on the product code 301, the shopping data is classified according to predetermined rules according to a predetermined rule. For example, the cost items “cereals”, “bread”, “others”, and the like are classified into the cost items “staple food costs”.
In addition, the breakdown of expenses is "meat", "seafood", "dairy",
"Bean products", "fresh products", "fruits", "confectionery",
“Others” and the like are categorized into the cost item “side meal cost”. If necessary, the cost items “staple food cost”, “secondary food cost”, “seasoning cost” and the like may be classified into one cost item “food cost”.

Further, the shopping data is classified for each item in which the breakdown of the cost item is finely classified. For example, the breakdown of expenses "meat"
Are further finely classified by specific items such as chicken, pork, and beef.

For example, a product code 301 “001035”, a product name 302 “Kindoufu”, a price 303 “$ 100”, a product code 301 “001035”, and a product name described in a receipt as shown in FIG. 302 "Yakidoufu
In the case of “350G” and the amount 303 “$ 108”, FIG.
In the shopping data 310 of (B), it is classified into the expenditure breakdown “bean products”. Further, the household account data 3 shown in FIG.
In 20, the cost item “bean product” is classified into the cost item “sub-meal cost” in the cost item “meal cost”.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a Web household account book in which shopping data is expanded into household account book data. Figure 1
In FIG. 1, the same portions as those of FIG. 9A are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

From FIG. 11, Web household account book screen 2401
Is displayed in a display area 241 for displaying a Web household account book, a display area 247 for displaying an expense item, and a display area 248 for showing a breakdown of the expense item.
And a display area 249 for displaying details.

In the display area 247 for displaying the expenses, the total amount of the expenses and the shopping data 310 classified for each expense is displayed as the expenditure.

In the display area 248 showing the breakdown of the cost items, the total amount of the breakdown of the cost items and the shopping data 310 classified for each breakdown of the cost items is displayed as the expenditure.

[0120] In the display area 249 for displaying the item, the total amount of the shopping data 310 corresponding to the item is displayed as expenditure.

As described above, since the shopping data 310 is expanded into the household account data 320, the consumer can
There is no need to input from the receipt as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to automatically reflect a small amount of easily overlooked liquidity cost in the household account book.

Further, since tabulation and graph display are possible, it is possible to analyze the bias of purchased items. Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce the burden of household management on the consumer, especially on the housewife, and to use the portion for family and self.

Further, since information is provided according to the living environment of the resident, effective information can be provided. Since recommended recipes can be provided with information on sales floors, information on sale items is effective as a sales promotion means for stores. In particular, the effect can be further enhanced by using it together with FSP (Frequent Shoppers Program).

Further, the store can provide information such as dietary suggestions to consumers who have shopped at the store, so that it is possible to effectively obtain repeaters who will come back to the store again. Can do it.

In the above example, the processing in the shopping data reception processing unit 101 shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to the shopping data management means in claim 1, and the household account book processing unit 122 shown in FIG.
Corresponds to the household account book generating means of claim 1.

[0126]

As described above, according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, a household account book can be generated based on shopping data received from a store. There is no need to input data into the household account book software, so that the burden of household management can be reduced. In addition, the consumer can also acquire life support information for supporting a life according to the consumer's purchasing trend.
Further, since the store can provide information according to the needs of the consumer who purchased the product at the store, it is possible to effectively encourage the consumer to return to the store.

According to the present invention described in claim 6,
It is possible to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the processing in the automatic evaluation system as described above.

[0128]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a store service.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network configuration.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a life support system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information provision corresponding to customer needs.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search criterion by a recipe search.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen operated by a consumer.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen operated by a consumer.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen operated by a consumer.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of expansion of shopping data into household account data.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a household account book.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 12 memory unit 13 output unit 14 input unit 15 display unit 16 auxiliary storage device 17 CD-ROM driver 18 communication unit 20 CD-ROM B bus 25 internet 30 store terminal 40 consumer terminal 100 life support system 101 shopping data reception processing Section 120 household account book homepage processing section 121 shopping data provision processing section 122 household account book processing section 123 information provision control section

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Atsushi Kurata 2-12-5 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo KRT Aoyama Building Within the Store System Association (72) Inventor Aoi Sato 2-chome, Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 5 KRT Aoyama Building In-store system association

Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims: 1. An information management system for improving the life of a consumer by providing information useful for household management, wherein shopping data indicating information on products purchased by the consumer received from a store is stored for each consumer. Data management means for managing a household account book, and a household account book for generating a household account book based on shopping data managed by the shopping data management means corresponding to the consumer in response to a household account book generation request from a consumer An information management system having a generation unit. 2. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein said household account book generating means classifies each commodity indicated by the shopping data for each cost item based on a predetermined cost item classification rule. . 3. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the shopping data includes living support information for supporting a resident based on a purchase trend of the resident, and further includes the living support information. And an information providing means for providing living support information to the resident when the resident requests generation of a household account book. 4. The information management system according to claim 3, wherein the information providing means provides the lifestyle support information and, when the lifestyle support information includes product information, stores the sales floor information indicating a sales floor of the product. Information management system to provide. 5. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein, in response to a shopping data acquisition request from a consumer, shopping data corresponding to the consumer is transmitted from the shopping data management means. An information management system having shopping data providing means for acquiring and providing the shopping data to the consumer. 6. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in an information management system that supports the life of a consumer by providing information useful for household management, wherein the consumer received from the store A shopping data management procedure for managing, for each consumer, shopping data indicating information on purchases purchased by the consumer, and in response to a household account book generation request from the consumer, the shopping data management procedure corresponding to the consumer. A storage medium storing a program having a household account book generation procedure for generating a household account book based on shopping data to be made.