JP2002223426A - Animal trade system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet animal trade system that buys and sells animals through a network such as the Internet, especially provides a moving picture or the like of parents of a child pet animal whose purchase is desired and provides much more parent information to customers so as to provide pet animals in matching with the desire of customers to the customers. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a database of parents of object pets and distributes and provides the database to customers on the Internet. In this configuration, a person desiring to purchase a pet animal can estimate what character and form a child pet animal has when it grows up into an adult animal resulting in improving the service. The system capable of providing even the parent information to customers can reduce the occurrence of problems where a child pet animal grows up into an adult animal having a character and a form that cannot have been expected from the child pet animal, decrease sales trouble of pet animals and lead to enhance the pet animal trade service.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for buying and selling animals via a network such as the Internet, and more particularly to a system for buying and selling pet animals such as dogs and cats.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in buying and selling an animal, a purchaser has studied the purchase of the animal by observing the real thing of the animal or obtaining various information from the seller. For example, pet animals are familiar.

[0003] In the case of pet animals, there are pet shops that sell pet animals. Usually, a customer who wants to purchase a pet animal and raise the pet animal goes to a pet shop and makes a purchase request by looking at, for example, a puppy in a showcase or the like.

[0004] On the other hand, even animals that are not in a pet shop can be exhibited and sold with photographs and the like.
In addition, mail order has been conventionally performed. However, it is important to observe the real thing, and it is also necessary to avoid regrets later. Recently, a lot of information can be obtained due to the development of network technology such as the Internet, and pet shop companies are utilizing the information. In particular, on the websites of traders, there are also traders who distribute images of pet animals using previously photographed images or real-time images.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining such a conventional system. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote a pet shop. In each of the pet shops 1 and 2, an image of a dog to be sold is taken by a video camera 1a, 1b or a video camera 2a, 2b. These images are written in the database 1c or 2c of each pet shop. 2d is a monitor television provided in the pet shop 2.

[0006] These pieces of information are sent to the database of the center server 3 and stored in the database. Users 5a, 5b, 5c, ... who wish to purchase pet animals
Uses a terminal device such as a personal computer to access the center server 3 using the Internet 4. Then, the purchase decision is made by looking at the image of the desired pet animal. In such a method, the customer does not have to go to the pet shop, and can purchase the product from a distance.

[0007]

However, pets are usually purchased in the form of a puppy or a kitten, and are usually pretty cute in a kid's state. Generally unknown.

In this case, there is usually a pedigree book (certified by an external pedigree registration agency), but only a certain amount of information can be known. Therefore, even if a puppy or a kitten is purchased, it may be unfavorable when becoming a parent and may be incompatible with the owner. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention distributes information of a parent in a moving image, thereby giving information to a customer and avoiding the purchase of an undesired pet animal. The purpose is to provide a system.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, information on an animal to be sold is stored in a customer terminal via a network so that the information can be output to a customer terminal. A server provided to intervene, wherein the server stores information on animals to be bought and sold in a database in an input / output manner, and the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal family. Inputting and storing moving image information of an animal to be sold at the animal store, and inputting moving image information of at least a parent having a blood relationship with the animal to be sold at the animal store Parent moving image information input storage means for reading and storing data from the selling animal input storage means, outputting the data to the customer terminal, and reading the data from the parent moving image information input storage means. Can be achieved by providing the output data control means for controlling so as to output the read parent data to the customer terminal which communicates, animal trading system with a.

[0010] With this configuration, the customer can view the moving image information of the parent of the animal to be purchased, and can avoid the purchase of an undesirable pet animal. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, at least parental moving image information related to an animal to be sold at the animal store is input from a breeding company.

[0011] With this configuration, it is possible to obtain reliable parent moving image information, which leads to an improvement in service at a store and an improvement in customer satisfaction. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the animal to be sold is a pet animal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the animal store, the customer, and the breeding and breeding company are:
It is a configuration connected to the network. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, information on an animal to be sold is stored so as to be output to a customer terminal via a network, and is used in a server provided between the animal store and the customer. A program which has a function of storing information of animals to be bought and sold in a database so as to be able to input and output, wherein the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal family, A moving animal information inputting and storing function for inputting and storing moving image information of an animal to be sold at the same time, and a parent moving image for inputting and storing at least moving image information of at least a parent related to an animal to be sold at the animal store The data stored by the image information input storage function and the sales animal input storage function are read out, output to the customer terminal, and recorded by the parent moving image information input storage function. Read the parent data related to the information,
A program including an output data control function of controlling output to the customer terminal, which can be achieved by providing a recording medium for recording a computer-executable program.

According to the present invention, a program including the above functions is stored in a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a CD-ROM. You can see the parent's moving image information and carry the recording medium freely,
For example, it can be used at a place where a personal computer is installed.

[0014] The above object is attained according to the sixth aspect of the present invention.
A program used to store information on animals to be sold in a customer terminal via a network so as to be output therefrom, and is used in a server provided to intervene between an animal store and a customer. Has a function of storing in a database so that input and output can be performed, the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal family, and inputs moving image information of an animal to be sold at the animal store. A storage animal input storage function for storing, a parent moving image information input storage function for inputting and storing at least moving image information of at least a parent having a blood relationship with an animal to be sold at the animal store, and the sales animal input storage function The parent data related to the information stored by the parent moving image information input storage function. It can be achieved by providing a program for implementing the output data control function of controlling so as to output to the customer terminal.

[0015] The present invention is an invention of a program having the above-mentioned functions. With such a configuration, the customer can view the moving image information of the parent of the animal to be purchased, and the service of the store can be improved. It also leads to higher customer satisfaction.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the pet animal trading system of the present embodiment. The center server 6 is connected to pet shops 7a, 7b,... Via a dedicated line. The center server 6 is, for example, a pet shop general center that has a contract with each of the pet shops 7a, 7b,.

The center server 6 is a breeder 8,
It is also connected to an external pedigree registry 9. For example, a well-known club or council for dogs and cats corresponds to the pedigree registration agency 9. The breeding company 8 may be a personal company or a company organization company. Note that the connection between the center server 6 and the pet shops 7a, 7b,..., The breeding company 8, and the pedigree registration agency 9 may be made via the Internet.

The center server 6 has the Internet 10
Are connected to the center server 6 from terminal devices of the customers 11a, 11b, 11c,.... The pet shop 7a has a video camera 7a-
1, 7a-2, for example, to shoot moving pictures of puppies to be sold The puppy photographed by the video camera 7a-1 at this time is D. The pet shop 7a has a storage device, and the information of the video cameras 7a-1 and 7a-2 is
It is recorded in the storage device 7a-3.

Similarly, in the pet shop 7b,
The camera has video cameras 7b-1 and 7b-2, captures a moving image of a puppy to be sold (for example, puppy E), and stores image information captured by the video cameras 7b-1 and 7b-2 in a storage device 7b- 3 recorded. Note that the pet shop 7b is provided with a monitor television 7b-4, so that the pet shop 7b can display image information recorded in the storage device 7b-3.

The center server 6 has a large-capacity storage device and a large-capacity database 13. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a part of the configuration of the database 13 of the center server 6, and shows pet animals (puppies and kittens in this example).
Information is recorded every time. That is, in FIG.
The center registration number of the puppy is recorded in a storage area (hereinafter simply referred to as an area) 13a, the registration number of the moving image data of the puppy is recorded in the area 13b, and an instruction to view a moving image of the puppy is provided. If there is, the moving image data is read from the registration number.

The area 13c has a puppy dog name, the area 13d has a dog breed, the area 13e has a gender, the area 13
f, coat color, pedigree registration number of pedigree registration agency 9 in area 13g, trader name of breeder 8 in area 13h, area 1
The owner name is recorded in 3i, the date of birth of the puppy in area 13j, brother dog registration information in area 13k, and parent dog registration information in area 13l. Further, although not shown, various other information is recorded in the database 13.

On the other hand, the breeder 8 gives birth to a puppy for the parent dog,
For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 1, puppies C to E born between parent dogs A and B are bred, puppy D is sold to the above-described pet shop 7a, and puppy E is a pet shop. 7b. The breeding company 8 is also provided with video cameras 8a-1, 8a-2, and 8a-3 to capture moving images of the parent dogs A and B. The moving image information of the parent dogs A and B is recorded in the database 8a-4,
It is also sent to the database 13 of the center server 6.
The pedigree chart shown in FIG. 3 is a view showing a pedigree relationship including the parent dogs A and B and the puppies C to E. In the above configuration, the processing operation of this example will be described below.

First, a customer who wants to purchase a puppy accesses the center server 6 using his / her own terminal device, for example, 11a. FIG. 4 shows a menu screen when the center server 6 is accessed. As shown in the figure, first, a list of each pet shop is displayed.

Next, the customer operates the scroll bar to select a desired pet shop. For example, when the above-mentioned pet shop 7a is the “pet shop” shown in the figure and the pet shop is selected, the position of the “pet shop” is clicked. In addition, the pet shop 7b is “□ △ kennel Co., Ltd.” shown in the figure, and when selecting the pet shop, the position of the “□ △ kennel KK” is clicked. It is assumed that new pet shop data is always input to the center server 6.

Next, for example, when "pet shop" in the list is selected, a screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. Then, the customer inputs a desired dog name in the search area.
It should be noted that the pet search screen shown in FIG. 7 also displays information on the type, dealer and price of various dogs.

Here, when the customer selects and searches for "Labrador Retriever", for example, puppy information shown in FIG. 6 is obtained. The puppy information is obtained by reading out the corresponding puppy information from the database 13 of the center server 6 according to the specification of the customer, and the corresponding puppy information of “Labrador Retriever” is displayed. That is, information such as the sex, date of birth, etc. of the corresponding puppy is read from the database 13 and displayed.

If the user wants to know the puppy's parent information, he or she clicks the "Go to parent information page" button. Then, the pedigree (parent) information shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and when the father or mother is further selected, the parent information is displayed. For example, FIG.
Is an example of specifying the mother, and this parent dog information includes
Like the puppy information, the date of birth, the name of the pet shop owned, and the like are displayed, and the moving image display unit 20 displays a moving image of the parent dog. When the area 21 is clicked, an image of the current parent dog is displayed.

For example, as a specific example, when the puppy D of the pet shop 7a is selected, the video camera 8 of the breeder 8 is displayed on the display of the customer's terminal device.
The moving images of the parent dogs A and B captured by the a-2 and 8a-3 and recorded in the database 13 are displayed. When the puppy E of the pet shop 7b is selected, the moving images of the parent dogs A and B photographed by the video cameras 8a-2 and 8a-3 of the breeder 8 are displayed on the display of the terminal device of the customer in the same manner as described above. Is displayed.

Therefore, when purchasing a puppy, the customer can view the state of the parent dog in a moving image, and can purchase the puppy in anticipation of the growth of the desired puppy and becoming a parent dog. Therefore, it is possible to purchase a pet that matches the wishes of the customer. In the business of the present example, the breeding company 8 needs an equipment burden for photographing and recording the parent information and a photographing operation. However, the breeding company 8 becomes additional data (service) for selling the breeding animal to the pet shop, and performs a billing operation. It may be configured. Alternatively, the registration fee may be paid to the center server 6.

In the above pet animal trading system, the center server 6 may be constructed in the pedigree registration agency 9. In the above description, the pet shops 7a, 7b,..., The center server 6, the breeding company 8, and the pedigree registration agency 9 have been described. However, the pet shop and the breeding company may be the same business entity. Alternatively, the pet shop may construct the center server described above.

There are also the following cases. That is, an individual may be a breeder at the same time as raising a pet. In such a case, the breeder may be configured to shoot the parent's moving image, for example, as a home video, send it to the center server 6, and register it online or offline. In this case, since it is a breeder, it is appropriate to charge a fee for registration.

Incidentally, the age as an adult dog at the time of shooting a moving image and the moving image shooting time are appropriately determined. Further, in the above example, at least the moving image of the parent has been described. However, it is preferable that data such as uncles and aunts be stored in the database as needed. In this case, for example, if a regular customer (a person who only keeps animals but a regular customer who does not become a breeder) buys a dog at a shop, raises the dog, and at a certain time, raises a dog as described above. In the case of shooting a moving image with a video or the like and sending it to the center, there is also a business development that gives a data provision reward.

As described above, according to the present system, a lot of information is provided to the customer so that trading can be smoothly performed.
The trouble of purchasing pets can also be prevented. In the above description, pet animals have been described, but the present invention can also be applied to livestock animals such as cows and horses and other animals.

FIG. 9 is a schematic system diagram of the center server 6. The center server 6 has a ROM (Read
Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and store programs and data used for processing. Also, the CPU executes the program,
Perform necessary processing.

The portable recording medium 22 includes a memory card, a memory stick, a floppy disk, and a CD.
-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), optical disk, magneto-optical disk, DVD (Digital Versatile Diode)
sk) or any other computer-readable recording medium. The above-mentioned program and data can be stored in the portable recording medium 22, and can be loaded and used as needed.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, parent information such as pet animals can be confirmed by a moving image.
For example, a pet animal can be purchased assuming that the puppy has become an adult dog, and an animal that meets the customer's wishes can be purchased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a pet animal trading system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a part of a database of a center server.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a blood lineage relationship of a dog.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a menu screen.

FIG. 5 is a screen example of a pet search screen.

FIG. 6 is an information screen of a selected puppy.

FIG. 7 is a display screen of pedigree information.

FIG. 8 is an information screen of a parent dog corresponding to a puppy.

FIG. 9 is a schematic system diagram of a center server.

FIG. 10 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional pet animal trading system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Center server 7a, 7b, ... Pet shop 7a-1, 7a-2 Video camera 7a-4 TV monitor 8 Breeder 9 Pedigree registration institution 10 Internet 11a, 11b, 11c, ... Customer 13 Database 13a to 131 Area 20 Moving image display unit 21 Area 22 Portable recording medium

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Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A server provided to store information of an animal to be sold at a customer terminal via a network so as to be interposed between an animal store and a customer, wherein the server is used for buying and selling. The animal information is stored in a database in an input-output manner, the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal register, and the moving image information of the animal to be sold at the animal store is input. Selling animal input storage means for inputting and storing at least moving image information of at least a parent having a blood relationship with an animal to be sold at the animal store; and selling animal input storage means Means for reading out the data from the means, outputting the data to the customer terminal, reading out the related parent data from the parent moving image information input storage means, and outputting the data to the customer terminal. Animals trading system comprising: the output data control means for controlling, the. 2. The animal buying and selling system according to claim 1, wherein at least parental moving image information relating to an animal to be sold at the animal store is input from a breeding and breeding company. 3. The animal trading system according to claim 1, wherein said animal to be sold is a pet animal. 4. The animal trading system according to claim 1, wherein said animal store, customer, and breeder are connected to said network. 5. A program used in a server provided to store information of an animal to be sold on a customer terminal via a network so as to be interposed between an animal store and a customer. Has the function of storing the information of the animal to be input / output in a database so that the animal information can be input and output, the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal family, and a moving image of the animal to be sold at the animal store. A selling animal input storage function for inputting and storing image information; a parent moving image information input storing function for inputting and storing moving image information of at least a parent having a blood relationship with an animal to be sold at the animal store; The data stored by the selling animal input storage function is read and output to the customer terminal and the parent related to the information stored by the parent moving image information input storage function. Reads over data, the output data control function of controlling so as to output to the customer terminal, a program including a recording medium for recording a computer-executable program. 6. A program used in a server provided to store information of an animal to be sold at a customer terminal via a network so as to be interposed between an animal store and a customer. Has the function of storing the information of the animal to be input / output in a database so that the animal information can be input and output, the animal information includes a moving image associated with each animal family, and a moving image of the animal to be sold at the animal store. A selling animal input storage function for inputting and storing image information; a parent moving image information input storing function for inputting and storing moving image information of at least a parent having a blood relationship with an animal to be sold at the animal store; The data stored by the selling animal input storage function is read and output to the customer terminal and the parent related to the information stored by the parent moving image information input storage function. Reads over data, program characterized thereby realizing an output data control function of controlling so as to output to the customer terminal.