JP2002259447A - Commodity search system using the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity search system that enables a commodity purchase wisher to easily search for the desired commodity. SOLUTION: If the commodity purchase wisher connects a client terminal 3 to a server machine 1 having a commodity information database 4, and designates the commodity that he/she desires to purchase, a plurality of search conditions corresponding to the commodity are displayed and he/she is required to set the order of priority for the search conditions. If the order of priority for the search conditions is set, the server machine 1 sorts, for every search condition, the desired commodities in the commodity information database 4, gives, for each search condition, a high mark to a high ranking commodity successively in descending order, and weights the grade according to the priority order that the commodity purchase wisher has set for the search condition. Then, depending on the composite mark of the weighted search condition, the commodities are again sorted, and the commodity of the high mark of the first-ranking of the sort results is outputted and displayed as a recommended commodity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system in which a purchaser of a product accesses a site such as an electronic shopping site via the Internet to search for information on a product to be purchased.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a purchaser of a certain product accesses an electronic shopping site using the Internet to search for a product, a product database is sorted based on a certain condition, for example, a price, and a list of displayed products is displayed. Searching for a favorite product while browsing.

[0003]

However, by simply browsing the list of products sorted and displayed by price as described above, it is not possible to determine conditions other than price, for example, the rank of a function. In many cases, if you do not have enough knowledge about the product, it will not lead to purchase.
Eventually, the customer goes directly to the store to ask a sales clerk for an explanation, and purchases "recommended products".

[0004] In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product search system using the Internet, which makes it easier for a purchaser of a product to search for the desired product.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a product search system based on the Internet, in which a product purchaser accesses a product information database using the Internet to search for product information. If the product purchaser specifies a product to be purchased, a plurality of search conditions corresponding to the product are displayed, and if the product purchaser prioritizes the plurality of search conditions, the purchase desired product in the product information database is displayed. Are sorted for each search condition, points are assigned in order from the top product for each search condition, and the points are weighted in accordance with the priority given to the search condition by the product purchaser, and this weighting is performed. The product has the function to sort the products again by the total score of the search condition and output and display the products ranked first as recommended products. There.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to a product search system using the Internet according to the present invention, when a product purchaser accesses a product information database via the Internet using a customer terminal to search for product information, the product When a product to be purchased is specified on the information menu screen, a plurality of search conditions corresponding to the product are displayed, and a request is made to prioritize the plurality of search conditions.

[0007] For example, if the product is a home appliance, the search condition such as price, hot selling, function, and sales time is displayed as the search condition of the product. Decide. When a purchaser wants to make a search and gives a call, the server machine creates a table A in which desired products in the product information database are grouped for each search condition, sorts each table A, and sorts the table A. Goods (products with good conditions), such as low-priced products for price, well-sold products for top sellers, full-featured products for functions, and the latest products for sales time The points are assigned sequentially. Next, the points are weighted in accordance with the priority given to the search condition by the product purchase applicant, and the points are assigned in consideration of the priority.

[0008] Then, a higher order product is extracted from each table A for each condition to create a higher order table B, and the total score obtained by adding all the points for each search condition of each product is sorted again. Is output and displayed on the customer terminal as a recommended product.

[0009] Thus, a product purchase applicant can search for a recommended product based on the priority while appropriately changing the priority of the search condition of the product, and it becomes easier to search for the desired product.

[0010]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, a product search system using the Internet according to the present invention has a server machine 1 for providing product information connected to the Internet 2. 2, the server machine 1 can be accessed and product information can be searched and browsed.

The server machine 1 comprises a product information database 4 for storing various product information in a database for each product and storing the database, a database server 5 for accessing the product information database and searching for data, and a WWW server 6. . The merchandise information database 4 stores the merchandise in a database for each merchandise and stores the merchandise. Each merchandise includes merchandise information unique to the merchandise, such as a price, a selling item, a function, and a sales time for home electric appliances. A plurality of product information is provided, and the products can be sorted in the order of priority based on the product information. The database server 5 and the WWW server 6 may be constituted by one computer.

The server machine 1 is provided with a program for searching for and outputting recommended products by accessing from the customer terminal 3. The procedure of the product search system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the figures, S1 to S1
S19 represents the steps of each processing procedure.

When a product purchaser activates the WWW browser of the customer terminal 3 and connects to the WWW server 6 of the server machine 1 via the Internet 2 (S1), the server machine 1 displays a product information menu screen on the customer terminal 3. It transmits (S2). The customer terminal 3 receives this product information menu screen and displays it on the screen (S3). When the product purchaser selects and inputs a product to be purchased, for example, a refrigerator in response to a request for the product information menu (S4), the product selection information is transmitted to the server machine 1 (S5). When receiving the product selection information (S6), the server machine 1 transmits a search screen corresponding to the desired product (S7).

When the customer terminal receives the desired product search screen, it displays it on the screen (S8). FIG. 3 shows an example of a desired product search screen, in which the priority of the search condition is input according to the desired product. For example, if the desired product is a refrigerator, the product information database is used as the search condition. The price, best-selling item, function, and sales time, which are the unique information of the product stored in No. 4, are displayed. The purchaser of the product determines which search condition is to be prioritized. Is input (S9). When the search start button is clicked, the search condition priority order information is transmitted to the server machine 1 (S10).

When the server machine 1 receives the search condition priority information (S11), the database server 5 creates a table A in which desired products are grouped for each search condition,
Each table A is sorted (S12). For example, in table A sorted by the search condition of the price, the table is sorted in order from the lowest price, and in table A sorted by the search condition of the best seller, the table is sorted in the order of best seller, and the table is sorted by the search condition of the function. In A, the functions are arranged in descending order of function, and in Table A sorted by the search condition of the sales time, the sales times are arranged in order from the newest.

For each of the tables A, a score, for example, a high score, is assigned to a higher-ranking result of the sorting result from the top (S13). Further, the score of the sorting result is weighted according to the search condition priority input by the product purchase applicant. For example, assuming that the search condition priorities are in the order of price, hot seller, function, and sale time, points are assigned in descending order from the price, and points of the priority order are added to the score of the sorting result of each table A. And weighting is performed appropriately (S14).

Next, the high-order products of each table A are extracted to create a high-order table B, and the scores of each search condition are totaled for each product and sorted by the total score (S15). Then, the first-ranked high-scoring products in the sorted table B are extracted as recommended products (S16), and this search result is referred to as WW.
The data is transmitted to the customer terminal 3 via the W server 6 (S17).
Also, as a reference for recommended products, the first-ranked products in each table A for each search condition are extracted and transmitted.

The customer terminal 3 receives the search result and displays it on the screen (S18). FIG. 4 shows an example of the desired product search result screen.
"Buy". The recommended product is a product that best matches the wishes of the product purchaser by searching the product information database 4. In addition, recommended products for each search condition are displayed so that the product purchaser can refer to the product selection. In addition, you may make it possible to browse the second and subsequent recommended products.

[0020] Those who wish to purchase the product, "Best Buy"
The search can be continued by further changing the search condition priority to search for. If the search priority is to be changed, the search redo button on the screen is clicked to return to step 8 (S19). Then, by repeating the procedure described above, it is possible to search for recommended products according to the search priority.

As described above, according to the product search system using the Internet of the present invention, a product purchase applicant can easily find a desired product even if he does not have much knowledge of the product, which can lead to the purchase of the product. The nature is also high.

The products that can be searched include not only home appliances such as refrigerators, but also various products such as computers, and various travel services, and the like. Specific product information suitable for the products is stored in a database. It is realized by making. For example, FIG. 5 shows an example in which a search result is displayed on a screen by treating a hotel as a product. When a hotel is a product, product information as shown in the figure can be used as a search condition.

[0023]

As described above, according to the product search system using the Internet according to the present invention, when a product purchaser specifies a product to be purchased, a plurality of search conditions corresponding to the product are displayed, and the product purchase is performed. When the applicant assigns a priority to a plurality of search conditions, the products desired to be purchased in the product information database are sorted for each search condition, and a high-order product is sequentially scored for each search condition, and the product is purchased according to the score. The applicant performs weighting according to the priority given to the search condition, sorts the products again by the total score of the weighted search condition, and outputs and displays the product ranked first as a recommended product. With the function, the product purchaser can search for recommended products based on the priority while appropriately changing the priority of the search condition of the product,
It makes it easier to find the desired product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a product search system using the Internet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a product search system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a desired product search screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a desired product search result screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a desired product search screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server machine 2 ... Internet 3 ... Customer terminal 4 ... Product information database 5 ... Database server 6 ... WWW server

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product search system based on the Internet in which a product purchaser accesses a product information database using the Internet to search for product information.
If the product purchaser specifies a product to be purchased, a plurality of search conditions corresponding to the product are displayed, and if the product purchaser prioritizes the plurality of search conditions, the purchase desired product in the product information database is displayed. Are sorted for each search condition, points are assigned in order from the top product for each search condition, and the points are weighted in accordance with the priority given to the search condition by the product purchaser, and this weighting is performed. A product search system using the Internet, which has a function of sorting the products again by the total score of the search conditions and outputting and displaying the top ranked product as a recommended product.