JP2002288561A - Article sales method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article sales method capable of timely providing an article desired by a traveller and doubling pleasure of a trip. SOLUTION: A stock of the article for purchase input by a customer is checked, when there is no stock of the article for purchase, it is ordered from a supplier, the article for purchase is loaded at a riding station on a riding date to a train of the passenger to receive the article for purchase or a station on the way to an arriving station, the article for purchase is delivered to a reserved seat of the passenger when the passenger desires to receive the article for purchase at the reserved seat and it is delivered at a store in the train when the passenger desires to receive it at the store in the train.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales system capable of providing desired merchandise in a train or an arrival station at a train or station used by an unspecified number of travelers for the purpose of travel or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, travelers (station lunches,
To obtain souvenirs), there is a way to set up a dedicated sales person in the train and wait for the sales person to sell the goods, or a traveler goes to the train shop directly to buy it. General. In addition, in the expectation that the desired product cannot be purchased on the train, it has been adopted that the traveler himself purchases the product at the station where the traveler departs and brings it to the train.

On the other hand, as a system for directly ordering desired products from within a vehicle such as a train, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-281 is disclosed.
Although Japanese Patent Publication No. 67 is disclosed, the merchandise itself is a system of only post-delivery, not a system that can be directly obtained in a vehicle.

[0004] In the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-334323, a system in which a user can apply for a train and obtain it directly in the train is used. It is not designed to be able to purchase products other than menus. Since the application is accepted only after getting on the train, it is difficult to load the additional portion at the station on the way, and when the stock runs out, the system displays the transaction failure on the display.

[0005]

The conventional merchandise selling method has the following problems because of the above-mentioned method. (1) The method of providing goods, such as lunch boxes and souvenirs, on the train must be selected from limited goods for travelers, since the type and quantity of goods sold are limited. It was hard to say that they really got the product they wanted. (2) In addition, it is hard to say that the time provided by the traveler is the time desired by the traveler, and the traveler has to convince even if he / she is dissatisfied. For example, when a traveler wants to eat a lunch box, it may not be available at a desired time in a crowded time zone, and everyone has experienced getting it just before arrival time. (3) In addition, in anticipation of the above, tourists may purchase products themselves at the station where they depart and bring them into the train. However, the desired products may not always be available at that station, and extra The trouble of having a lot of luggage also caused the fun of the original trip.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to provide a product desired by a traveler in a timely manner and to double the enjoyment of traveling. It is intended to provide.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a merchandise selling method, comprising the steps of: checking stock of purchased merchandise inputted by a customer; if there is no stock of the purchased merchandise, place an order with a dealer and receive the purchased merchandise Loading the purchased product at the station on the day of boarding or getting off the train to the passenger on the train, and if the passenger wishes to deliver at the reserved seat, deliver the product to the reserved seat of the passenger and the passenger When the delivery at the stand in the train is desired, the delivery is performed at the stand.

[0008] In addition, the customer who purchases the goods input by the customer orders the trader and delivers the goods to the disembarkation station by the estimated arrival time at the disembarkation station on the day of the boarding of the passenger who receives the purchase goods and trains the passengers. The above purchased product is delivered at the getting off station.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram for explaining a first embodiment of this product selling method. The thin solid line in the figure indicates the flow of information, and the thick solid line indicates the flow of goods. In addition, the traveler who is a passenger may be the same as or different from the applicant as a customer. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a management center for supervising and managing the merchandise sales system, and 2 denotes a computer system installed in the management center 1, which collectively processes an order from an applicant and an order to a trader. Reference numeral 3 denotes a networked digital public communication network. 4 is a personal home of a customer to be a user,
Reference numeral 4a denotes a display unit of a personal computer which is installed in the private residence 4 and is connected to the public communication network 3 and displays product information as an electronic menu. Reference numeral 4b denotes a personal computer body integrated with the display unit 4a. Reference numeral 4c denotes a terminal such as a mobile phone capable of transmitting and receiving, for example, a traveler can apply for a product while traveling to the station.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a departure station from which a traveler departs. 5a is a display unit provided at a station departure from which the traveler departs, for example, at a shop, for displaying product information as an electronic menu, and 5b is provided near the display unit 5a. It is a terminal that allows you to enter the desired product. 6 is a reserved seat reservation system that executes and manages reservations for trains to be boarded. 7 is a financial institution that manages and executes all collections and payments related to product sales. Reference numeral 8 denotes an assortment company that executes an assortment of commodities requested by the traveler according to instructions from the system, and arranges them based on order information from the management center 1.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a database that stores a history of transaction contents transacted by this system.
Used for discounting product prices.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a specified train on which a traveler related to this system gets on. Reference numeral 10a denotes a shop in the train 10 which prepares and sells products according to an instruction from the assortment trader 8, and 10b denotes the trains. This is the reserved seat of the requested traveler. 11 is a manufacturer or a wholesaler who secures the product according to the instruction of the assortment company 8 when the assortment company has no product stock, and 12 is a carrier that transports the product according to the instruction of the manufacturer or the wholesaler 11. It is. Reference numeral 13 denotes an arrival station at which the traveler arrives, and reference numeral 13a denotes a sales floor such as a premises of the arrival station 13 when the traveler designates the receiving location as the arrival station 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a carrier for transporting goods according to the instruction of the assortment trader 8 when the traveler does not wish to receive a shop or a designated train seat, and reference numeral 15 denotes a specific delivery destination delivered by the carrier 14. Reference numeral 15a denotes, for example, a private home serving as a specific delivery destination, and 15b denotes, for example, a convenience store serving as a specific delivery destination.

Next, the flow of an embodiment of the product sales system will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in FIG. 2, the flow from when an applicant (which may be the same as a traveler) sets necessary conditions such as a receiving place using the system, and orders a desired product from a menu of the desired product will be described. In FIG. 2, (1) First, using either one terminal of the private house 4 and the departure station 5 shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. S1). (2) If the seat is a designated seat, seat designation information such as a reserved seat designation number is input (step S2). (3) The inputted seat designation information is sent to a designated seat reservation system 6 provided separately, and the contents are collated. If the result of the collation is OK, the process proceeds to the step of inputting the personal information of the applicant, and if the result is NO, the applicant is prompted to change the conditions relating to the boarding train (step S3). (4) If the seat is an unreserved seat in step S1, information relating to a boarding train is input (step S4). (5) In the case of OK in the reserved seat reservation system 6 or in the case of any of the unreserved seats, the personal information of the applicant is input. The personal information here means the applicant's name, address, account number, product receiving location, product receiving time,
Payment conditions and the like (step S5).

Next, in FIG. 3, (6) When the input of the personal information is completed, whether or not the goods requested by the applicant are stocked, whether the goods can be loaded at a station on the way even if they are not in stock, or replenishment is possible In addition, a simulation of an assortment of goods is executed by the computer 2 and the database 9 of the commodity sales system to determine whether the required commodity can be secured by the arrival time of the train (step S6). (7) As a result of the simulation of the assortment in step S6, the display unit 4a of FIG.
5a is output and displayed as an assortable product in the form of an electronic menu. The figure shows an example of the product information.
This is an example of displaying in stages (Step S7). Specific examples are shown in FIGS. In the first screen of FIG. 5, when 1 is selected, food items are displayed as in the second screen, and when 1 is selected here, the third screen in FIG. 6 is displayed. When 4 is selected on the third screen, an enlarged photograph and detailed information of the selected bento can be obtained. (8) The applicant sees the product menu and inputs a desired product from the screen (step S8). (9) The system displays necessary information such as a reception number, and the information is simultaneously printed out from the terminal (step S9). (10) At the same time, the information is sent to the financial institution 7, and the payment of the account transfer is performed for the payment (step S10).

Next, the flow from when the applicant places an order for a product to when the traveler receives the product will be described. In FIG. 4, (11) when the reception is completed, the system instructs the assortment agent 8 to assort the specified products (step S11). (12) The designated assortment trader 8 starts the assortment, and the ordered product is a product treated as a train 10 (A), a product treated as an arrival station 13 (B), and a designated delivery destination 15 is treated. It is distinguished from the product (C) (step S12). (13) Further, the assortment traders 8 are (A), (B), (C)
In each case, the products are assorted while confirming whether or not the stock is specified by the system (steps S13, S14, S15). (14) For products that are not in stock or for which the quantity is insufficient according to instructions from the system, the manufacturer or wholesaler 11
In particular, when the receiving location is the product (A) treated as 10 in the train, loading at the departure station 5 and loading at the intermediate station (not shown) via the carrier 12 as necessary. Perform (Steps S16, S17, S18). (15) After securing the product, the assortment trader 8 reports to the system that the requested product has been secured and the assortment has been completed (steps S19, S20, S21). (16) In the case where the product is a product (A) treated as 10 in the train, for example, the sales clerk at the shop 10a in the train will
Whether the delivery is the delivery b or the delivery in the train store 10a is confirmed based on an instruction from the system side (step S22). (17) In the case of the reserved seat 10b treatment, the sales clerk of the shop 10a in the train confirms that he is the person who delivers the product at the designated designated seat 10b and hands the product. Whether the user is a principal is confirmed by checking whether the user is a traveler holding a reception information piece indicating a reception number or the like provided by the system at the time of application (steps S23 and S24). (18) Similarly, in the case of handling in the train store 10a, the user is confirmed to be the same person, and the goods are handed over at the train store 10a (steps S25 and S26). (19) In the case of the commodity (B) treated as the arrival station 13, the same person is confirmed in the same way, and the commodity is handed over, for example, at the arrival station shop 13a (steps S27 and S28). (20) In the case of the product (C) treated as a specific delivery, when the delivery is separately requested to the carrier 14, the person is confirmed at the private home 15 a or the convenience store 15 b and the product is handed (steps S 29 and S 30). ).

Although not shown in FIG. 6 on the electronic screen on which the product information shown in step S7 is output, the fourth screen has a decision button for deciding whether to apply for the product. In addition, at least a cancel button, a return button for returning to the previous screen, and the like are provided. Embodiment 2 FIG. In the first embodiment, the electronic menu is provided from the computer system 2 of the management center 1 to order the product. However, after applying from an unspecified terminal, a fax or mail is sent to the address specified by the management center 1 after applying. A procedure may be such that a product menu is provided as a product, and a desired product is applied from the product menu using the mobile phone 4C or the like. The procedure for receiving goods after application is the same as in the first embodiment.

[0016]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

If there is no stock of the purchased product, loading the purchased product at a station on the way to the boarding station or alighting station on the day of the passenger who receives the purchased product by placing an order with a trader; If you wish to deliver at a seat, you can deliver to the designated seat of the passenger above, and if the passenger wants to deliver at a stand in the train, deliver it at the stand. Can be provided.

[0018] In addition, the customer who purchases the merchandise input from the customer is ordered to a trader and delivered to the disembarkation station by the scheduled arrival time at the disembarkation station on the day of the passenger boarding the train to receive the purchased merchandise. Since the above-mentioned purchased goods are configured to be delivered at the disembarkation station, the passengers do not have to transport the desired goods themselves and can provide the goods in a timely manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for implementing a product sales method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow until ordering a desired product for implementing the product sales method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow up to ordering a desired product for implementing the product sales method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow until a passenger receives a desired product for implementing the product selling method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a screen display diagram that is a specific example of a product menu provided by a system for performing the product sales method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a screen display diagram that is a specific example of a product menu provided by a system for implementing the product sales method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Departure station (ride station), 8 merchandise assortment (trader), 10a stand, 10b reserved seat, 13 arrival station (disembarkation station).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A step of checking stock of purchased goods input by a customer. If there is no stock of the purchased goods, place an order at a dealer and receive the purchased goods at a boarding station or alighting day of a passenger on a train. Step of loading the purchased product at the station on the way to the station, if the passenger wants to deliver at the reserved seat, deliver to the designated seat of the passenger, and if the passenger wants to deliver at the stand in the train, stand A method for selling goods, comprising the steps of: 2. Delivering to the disembarkation station by the scheduled arrival time at the disembarkation station on the day of boarding of the passenger who receives the purchased merchandise from the customer, ordering the merchandise input from the customer and receiving the purchased merchandise, A method for selling goods, wherein the above-mentioned purchased goods are delivered at an alighting station.