JP2002269277A - Shop information retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shop information retrieval system capable of retrieving information on an area shop. SOLUTION: This shop information retrieval system is formed by an information providing terminal 3 connected to a communication network NET and a server device 2. The information providing terminal 3 transmits genre information with terminal identification information to the server device 2 by a user in the area where the terminal is installed, and receives shop information transmitted from the server device 2. The server device 2 stores the shop information in association with the genre information and the terminal identification information. When the genre information is input from the information providing terminal 3, the shop information in association with the genre information and the terminal identification information is selected from the stored shop information and transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing store information by a terminal connected to a communication network, and more particularly, to a communication system installed in a place where many users gather, such as a convenience store or around a station ticket gate. The present invention relates to a store information search system that provides information on stores around a region using a terminal connected to a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a user connects from an Internet terminal at home or the like to a website providing specific information via an Internet provider registered by the user using an Internet communication network, I was getting the information provided by the website. And the website that provides this information, from the information provided,
There is a system in which a search system capable of searching for desired information is prepared on a page of a website, and a search system user searches by himself to obtain necessary information.

[0003] For example, in a website that provides information on restaurants, a menu for selecting a particular restaurant from various restaurants is prepared on a home page provided by the website, and furthermore, a store name of the restaurant selected by the menu is displayed. When a desired restaurant name is selected from the displayed and displayed restaurants, detailed information such as the address of the selected restaurant, a food menu, and a telephone number is displayed on the display screen and provided. That is, if the user wants information on a Chinese restaurant, for example,
Connect to this website. Then, the website displays multiple dishes such as Chinese, Italian, French, etc. on the home page, and "select by region",
Search methods such as "station name", "aiueo order", and "select by store name" are displayed. Then, the user selects Chinese food from these displays and clicks with a mouse or the like (hereinafter, click to select with a mouse) to select Chinese food, and also selects “Aaiueo order”. .
Then, the website displays a Chinese restaurant page in which the names of Chinese restaurants, which are lower layers of the home page, are displayed in the order of Aiweo. Therefore, the user selects a desired Chinese restaurant name from the displayed Chinese restaurant names. On the website,
Information about the selected Chinese restaurant, such as the store name, address, telephone number, menu, and recommended dishes, is displayed on the user terminal.

[0004] In the website, for example, taking Chinese food as an example, information such as a store name, an address, a telephone number, a menu, a recommended dish, etc. relating to a Chinese restaurant desired to be registered is registered in advance, and a search system is used. There has been provided a search system that selects and / or sorts in the order of the selected search method.

[0005]

However, in a conventional search system, information to be registered, for example, information on a store is collected by a website operator and registered, so that the target is a store. Such a wide range of store information has to be searched, and there is a problem that it takes time to search and display. In addition, for example, when trying to search from a store name, when there are a plurality of the same store names such as a plurality of branches, all the store names with the same name are displayed, and it may not be possible to perform a sufficient search refinement. There was a problem that. Furthermore, there is a problem in that when searching for a Chinese restaurant around the land when going to a business trip or sightseeing spot, the terminal cannot be used without a terminal, and these search systems cannot be used casually. did.

[0006] In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a store information search system capable of searching for information on a store in a peripheral area where a terminal is installed without carrying the terminal. .

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems Therefore, the present invention provides

[0008] An information providing terminal and a server device are connected to a communication network capable of communicating information.
Installed in a plurality of regions, genre information about a genre input by a user can be transmitted to a server device via a communication network together with terminal identification information for identifying itself, and transmitted from the server device via the communication network Can be received and displayed, the server device stores the plurality of store information in association with the genre information and the terminal identification information, and stores the genre information and the terminal identification information from the information providing terminal. A store information search system, wherein store information associated with genre information and store information associated with terminal identification information are selected from the obtained store information and can be transmitted to an information providing terminal;

And,

[0010] An information providing terminal and a server device connected to a communication network capable of communicating information are provided.
Installed in a plurality of regions, genre information about a genre input by a user can be transmitted to a server device via a communication network together with terminal identification information for identifying itself, and transmitted from the server device via the communication network Can be received and displayed, the desired store information selected by the user can be printed out from the received store information, and the server device associates the plurality of store information with the genre information and the store information. When the genre information and the terminal identification information are input from the information providing terminal and stored, the store information associated with the genre information and the store information associated with the terminal identification information are selected from the stored store information, and the information is transmitted to the information providing terminal. A store information search system characterized by being transmittable,

And,

An information providing terminal connected to a communication network capable of communicating information and a server device. The server device stores a plurality of shop information in association with genre information relating to a genre and terminal identification information different for each information providing terminal. Then, the stored store information is transmitted to an information providing terminal having terminal identification information associated with the store information and stored in the information providing terminal, and the information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions and transmitted from the server device. Store information retrieval system, wherein the store information can be received and stored, and the store information associated with the genre information input by the user can be displayed.

And

An information providing terminal connected to a communication network capable of communicating information and a server device. The server device stores a plurality of store information in association with genre information relating to a genre and terminal identification information different for each information providing terminal. Then, the stored store information is transmitted to an information providing terminal having terminal identification information associated with the store information and stored in the information providing terminal, and the information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions and transmitted from the server device. Can store the received shop information, store the shop information associated with the genre information input by the user, and print out desired shop information selected by the user from the displayed shop information. Store information search system,

Is provided. Therefore, in the present invention, the store information provided by the server device is provided in association with each information providing terminal, so that when the genre information is input by the user at the information providing terminal, the store information is associated with the information providing terminal. The stored store information can be displayed on the information providing terminal.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram at the time of store registration in the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the search for
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an update flowchart of the second embodiment.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a store information search system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The store information search system 1 includes a server device 2 and an information providing terminal 3. Server device 2
Collects and stores shop information, and the information providing terminals 3 are installed in a plurality of regions to provide shop information to terminal users, and different terminal identification information is given to each terminal 3. In this embodiment, the information providing terminal 3 is installed and used in a convenience store in each region. However, the information providing terminal 3 may be installed in a station yard, a theme park, a department store, or the like. May be installed at a place where many people gather or come and go. The server device 2 and the information providing terminal 3 are connected to a communication network capable of information communication such as the Internet communication network. In this embodiment, the communication network is an Internet communication network NET. Therefore, although not described in detail, the server device 2 and the information providing terminal 3 are connected to a telephone line,
It is connected to the Internet communication network NET via an Internet provider by an optical cable or the like. Of course, the server device 2 itself may be an Internet provider, and the server device 2 may be directly connected to the Internet communication network NET. Alternatively, the information communication network may be a telephone line communication network, and the server device 2 and the information providing terminal 3 may be connected by a dedicated line.

The server device 2 comprises a computer system 21 having an input / output device, and comprises a storage device 22 capable of storing shop information. The server device 2 stores store information in association with preset genre information and terminal identification information that differs for each information providing terminal 3. The genre information is information relating to the genre of the store to be searched, and is information serving as a search key. Genre information is
High-level genres, such as “restaurants”, “boutiques”, “movies”, “sports”, “beauty salons”, “others”, etc., are set in detail, and “restaurants”
Includes "French food", "Italian food", "Spanish food", "Thai food", "Chinese food", "Indian food", "Korean food", "Japanese food", "Sushi", "Yakiniku restaurant" It is set separately for each genre of “Izakaya”, “Bar”, and “Cafe”. Similarly, “boutique” is divided into details such as “men's clothing”, “women's clothing”, and “children's clothing”, and “cinema” is divided according to the series of screening movies (displays like a series). , “Sports” are divided into “fitness clubs”, “bowling alleys”, “pools”, and the like, and “beauty salons” are classified into “beauty”, “barbers”, and the like, and are classified into genre information. In addition, "Others" refers to retailers
"Fruit shop", "Electronic store", "Supermarket", etc. are classified into genre information by dividing them in more detail, and the stores registered in the store information search system 1 are easily classified and classified into a form that is easy for the user to search. Genre information. The store information stores information on stores registered in the store information search system 1 in association with genre information and terminal identification information. In this embodiment, the information on the store in the store information is, regardless of the genre, the address, telephone number, fax number, business hours, nearest station, regular holiday, available credit card company of the store to be registered.・
Necessary / unnecessary for reservations. Consists of information such as maps from the nearest station.
In addition to this information, information that varies by genre, such as "restaurants", menus and price lists, and "cinemas" shows screening menus and screening times depending on the period.
In the case of "beauty salon", it is a basic various fee such as a general cut, a child cut, a permanent, etc., and includes information specific to a genre. Of course, the information on the store does not require all of the information, and may be appropriately selected and registered, such as not using a map from the nearest station of the store depending on the display speed of the information providing terminal 3. Is enough. In the store information, services provided by each registered store such as a discount service provided by the store are stored, and the service is displayed or provided at the time of search and display. That is, for example, the printer 33 of the information providing terminal 3 prints out a coupon that allows the user to receive the service, and the user can receive the service by bringing the received coupon to the store. By declaring the password displayed on the providing terminal 3, a privilege such as receiving a service is provided. These benefits include specific discounts and souvenir gifts, or after-meal coffee services at restaurants, 30-minute free coupons at fitness clubs, discount gift certificates at retail stores, etc. Through all genres, or by various genres,
There are various possibilities.

The server device 2 receives the store information from each store to be registered via the Internet communication network NET or in a form such as a document, and sequentially stores the information in the storage device 22. The stored information is sequentially updated and registered at predetermined time intervals or when the content is changed. For example, the content is updated and registered once a week or once a month, or the content is updated and registered when the service content is changed.
Then, the registered store information is searched by the genre information and the terminal identification information received from the information providing terminal 3 by the server device 2, and selects the genre information and the store information associated with the terminal identification information, and the genre information It can also be transmitted to the information providing terminal 3 to which the terminal identification information has been transmitted. The server device 2 can search the store information stored in the storage device 22 in association with the genre information and the terminal identification information received from the information providing terminal 3 via the Internet communication network NET, and can transmit the search result through the Internet communication. Via the network NET, the genre information and the terminal identification information can be transmitted to the input information providing terminal 3.

The information providing terminal 3 comprises a computer system 31 provided with an input unit 32, a printer 33, and a display 34. The information providing terminal 3 can be input by the user from the input unit 32. In the normal state, the information providing terminal 3 always displays the upper genre on the display 34 and waits for an input from the input unit 32 by the user. When the user selects and inputs a desired genre from the display of the upper genre of the input unit 32, the information providing terminal 3 displays the display 34.
The genre information belonging to the selected higher genre can be displayed, and the user selects the genre information desired by the user from the displayed genre information and inputs the genre information from the input unit 32. When the genre information is input from the input unit 32, the input genre information is transmitted together with the terminal identification information for identifying itself. Further, the information providing terminal 3 can receive the store information transmitted from the server device 2, and the computer system 31 can take in the store information and display it on the display 34. The information to be displayed at this time is not all of the store information, but only a part of the information. Other information is displayed only on the type of information on the display 34, and the user inputs desired information from the input unit 32. The information may be displayed by selecting and inputting. That is, for example, map information or the like has a large amount of data, so it takes time to display it, and when the user does not need the map information, it takes time. To do it. These series of operations are performed by a program of the store information search system recorded in the computer system 31 in advance.

Next, a store information search system will be described by taking as an example a case where a user searches for a Chinese restaurant using the information providing terminal 3 installed in a convenience store. First, store information about stores near the area where the information providing terminal 3 is installed is registered in the server device 2. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, from stores A, B, C,... Which desire to be registered in the search system 1, through the Internet communication network NET, or by other means such as facsimile. Store address, telephone number, fax number, business hours, nearest station, regular holiday, available credit card companies, reservation required / unnecessary, map information from the nearest station, and information that varies by genre, The server device 2 receives it.
In this case, the information that differs according to genre is, for example, when the registered store A is a “Chinese restaurant”, is store-specific information such as a menu, recommended dishes, and a price list, and is information on a service ticket. .

The state where the store information is received is step a in the flowchart shown in FIG. Server device 2
Receives the store information, determines the genre information corresponding to the received store information as shown in step b. That is, in the example, it is “Chinese restaurant”. When the genre information is determined, in the next step c, the information providing terminal 3 covering the location of the store in the store information is selected, and the terminal identification information of the selected information providing terminal 3 is determined. Next, as shown in step d, the determined terminal identification information and genre information are stored in the storage device 22 in association with the store information as search keys. As described above, the information of the store to be registered is stored in the storage device 22 of the server device 2 as the store information.

Next, in order for the user to operate the information providing terminal 3 to select the information of “Chinese restaurant” in the area of the information providing terminal 3, in step e shown in FIG.
“Restaurant” is selected from the rough genres displayed on the display 34 of the information providing terminal 3. "restaurant"
Is selected, in step f, the information providing terminal 3
Displays the genre information relating to "restaurants" on the display 34.
To be displayed. The user selects the genre information of “Chinese restaurant” from the genre information displayed on the display 34. Selection of these rough genres and genre information is performed by inputting from the input unit 32. In the present embodiment, a rough genre displayed on the display 34 and a touch panel type input which is input by touching a corresponding position of the genre information are used, but the corresponding portion is clicked and selected by a normal mouse operation. Other methods may be used. Although the rough genre describes the operation from the state where it is always displayed on the display 34, since the information providing terminal 3 can be used for other purposes as a terminal device, the information providing terminal 3 displays various provided services. And leave
When the store information search service is selected in a state where the store information search service is displayed as one of the services, the store information search system may be performed and the search operation may be started. The store information search service provides “location selection” to select from areas other than the location of the convenience store, “selection of the nearest station” to select from stations other than the location of the convenience store, and does not limit the area, etc. The display 3 is used as “selection of a store name” to search from a desired store name and “search around” to search for store information of the area to which the convenience store belongs.
4, and by selecting "Search around", the store information search system may be performed and the search operation may be started.

When the genre information is selected, the information providing terminal 3 sends terminal identification information for identifying itself together with the genre information to the server device 2 to the Internet communication network N.
Send via ET. The server device 2 receives the genre information and the terminal identification information from the information providing terminal 3. When the server device 2 receives the genre information and the terminal identification information, the server device 2 searches the store information stored in the storage device 22 using the received genre information and the terminal identification information as a search key, and retrieves the genre information and the terminal identification information. Is selected and transmitted via the Internet communication network NET to the information providing terminal 3 that has received the genre information and the terminal identification information. This step is step g. Since the store information transmitted at this time may have a plurality of stores as a result of the search, the information to be transmitted may be about the store name, location, and telephone number in the stored information. Of course, other information may be transmitted.

The information providing terminal 3 receives the store information selected by the server device 2 from the server device 2. This step is Step h. In step h, since the shop information associated with the genre information and the terminal identification information selected by the user has been received, the shop information is displayed on the display 34. The store information displayed at this time is
Store name, location, and phone number. The user appropriately selects a store for which a detailed display is desired from the displayed store information, touches the store name, and inputs the name by a touch panel. In the information providing terminal 3, since the user selects and inputs a store, the user is requested to transmit information about the store to the server device 2 in order to display store information on the selected store. Is transmitted to the server device 2 via the Internet communication network NET. Next, the server device 2 receives the selected store information and the terminal identification information for identifying itself, and executes step i. In the server device 2, the selected store information and the terminal identification information for which the detailed display is desired are performed. And the store information desired to be displayed in detail is searched, and the detailed information of the store information, that is, the address, telephone number, fax number, business hours, nearest station, regular holiday, Credit card companies that can be used, reservations required / unnecessary, maps from the nearest station, menus, tariffs, recommended dishes, information on coupons that can receive services, etc., to the information providing terminal 3 represented by the terminal identification information The data is transmitted via the Internet communication network NET.

Next, in the information providing terminal 3, since the detailed information is received from the server device 2, step j is executed,
The received detailed information is displayed on the display 34. The user refers to the displayed shop information, and requests the issuance of the input coupon ticket of the touch panel input method when the coupon information is required. This step is step k. When there is an issuance request, a coupon is issued by the printer 33, a series of operations of the search system is completed, and an initial screen is displayed on the display.

The above is the description of the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, since the store information to be searched is not stored in the information providing terminal 3, the information providing terminal 3 Internet communication network NET to server device 2
, And the server device 2 provides the store information to the information providing terminal 3 via the Internet communication network NET, so that information exchange time is required.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the storage section 35 is provided in the information providing terminal 3 so that the store information registered in association with the information providing terminal 3 itself can be rewritten periodically or the store information can be rewritten. Each time it is performed, it is formed to be transmitted from the server device 2 via the Internet communication network NET,
When performing a "peripheral search", the shop information is always searched for. When the system is constructed, all the store information stored in the storage device 22 of the server device 2 is transmitted to the associated information providing terminal 3 via the Internet communication network NET. The store information is stored in the storage unit 35. Further, when there is a change in the store information, it is updated and registered for each information providing terminal 3 as shown below.

Hereinafter, the update registration work of the store information in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5 showing a flowchart of the second embodiment. In this embodiment,
When the store information of the server device 2 has been rewritten,
The case where the store information stored in the information providing terminal 3 is immediately rewritten when updated is described. However, the store information may be updated and registered in the information providing terminal 3 every predetermined period. There is a change in the store information, and the store information to be updated from the store shown in FIG. 2 is transmitted to the server device 2 via the Internet communication network NET. Then, in the store information search system, the server device 2 performed in step l
It is determined whether or not the store information has been input, and the input is performed, so that step m is executed. In step m, the inputted store information is analyzed, and the same information as the inputted store information is searched from the stored store information. And
In step n, existing store information identical to the inputted store information is overwritten and rewritten. The overwriting performed at this time may be formed so that only specific information such as service coupon information in the store information is rewritten, instead of all the store information, or all may be rewritten. . Next, the rewritten store information is transmitted to the information providing terminal 3 of the terminal identification information associated with the information via the Internet communication network NET.

The information providing terminal 3 that has received the changed store information overwrites the information with the original information.
In the second embodiment, when a user searches for store information, the search is performed in the same manner as the search flowchart shown in FIG. 4 except that the user searches for information stored therein.

[0031]

According to the present invention, since the information providing terminal installed at a place where the user can easily use the information providing terminal, such as a convenience store, searches for information on the installed area as a search target, the information providing terminal is installed. Can contribute to the commercial development of the region. Further, the store providing the store information can be prompted to register the store information because it can contribute to the commercial development of the area to which the store belongs. Further, when the information providing terminal stores the store information associated with itself, only the information stored by the information providing terminal becomes a search target, so that the search time is short and the information providing terminal is easy to use. Furthermore, since the user does not need to carry a search terminal, it can be used easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram at the time of store registration according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a search according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an update flowchart according to the second embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 NET Internet communication networks A to C stores a to o Step 1 store information search system 2 server device 21 computer device 22 storage device 3 information providing terminal 31 computer system 32 input unit 33 printer 34 display 35 storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information providing terminal connected to a communication network capable of communicating information and a server device, wherein the information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions and transmits genre information relating to a genre inputted by a user. It can be transmitted to the server device via the communication network together with the terminal identification information to be identified, and can receive and display store information transmitted from the server device via the communication network. The information is stored in association with the genre information and the terminal identification information, and when the genre information and the terminal identification information are input from the information providing terminal, the stored store information is associated with the genre information and the store associated with the terminal identification information. A store information search system wherein information can be selected and transmitted to an information providing terminal. 2. An information providing terminal connected to a communication network capable of communicating information and a server device, wherein the information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions, and transmits genre information relating to a genre inputted by a user. The information can be transmitted to the server device via the communication network together with the terminal identification information to be identified, and the store information transmitted from the server device via the communication network can be received and displayed. Can print out the desired store information selected by the user, the server device stores the plurality of store information in association with the genre information and the store information, and stores the genre information and the terminal identification information from the information providing terminal. Select the store information associated with the genre information and the terminal identification information from the stored store information and send it to the information providing terminal. Store information retrieval system, which is a possible signal. 3. An information providing terminal and a server connected to a communication network capable of communicating information, wherein the server associates a plurality of shop information with genre information relating to a genre and terminal identification information different for each information providing terminal. The store information is transmitted to an information providing terminal having terminal identification information associated with the store information and stored in the information providing terminal. The information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions, A store information search system capable of receiving and storing transmitted store information and displaying store information associated with genre information input by a user. 4. An information providing terminal and a server connected to a communication network capable of communicating information, wherein the server associates a plurality of store information with genre information relating to a genre and terminal identification information different for each information providing terminal. The store information is transmitted to an information providing terminal having terminal identification information associated with the store information and stored in the information providing terminal. The information providing terminal is installed in a plurality of regions, The transmitted store information can be received and stored, the store information associated with the genre information input by the user can be displayed, and desired store information selected by the user from the displayed store information can be printed. A store information retrieval system characterized by being able to output.