JP2002342471A - 'suitable present' by parcel delivery service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suitable item for a person who has an intension and a purpose to give a present or a gift but cannot decide the item and to deliver it to a desired place. SOLUTION: A service is provided by showing several proper presents on a home page based on a condition such as 'the combination of character types' concerning a person to take the present and a person to give it, 'the purpose of a present' and 'a budget' and permitting the person to select the suitable present and to purchase it. When the person cannot decide the present even in the situation, a present consultant gives an advice and provides a present selecting and purchasing service which satisfies the present giving person. The present is delivered to the house and the office of a sender and also to the house of the person to take it and also the merchandise is delivered to a predetermined place in predetermined time. Then even a person who wants to give the present by himself or herself but cares the eyes and the ears around easily gives the present so that the service is used for smoothing human relationship.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a purchasing business system using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, it has been customary to exchange gifts from close friends such as family, friends, and partners on birthdays, Valentine's Day, and the like. The traditionally celebrated wedding anniversary, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Respect for the Elderly, etc.
Among them are listed. In addition, there are many gift opportunities such as customary gifts, gifts, and cheerful celebrations.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, focusing on the young women in recent years, it is possible to make a specific day a small anniversary as "reward to yourself" or "memorial to the event", even if it is a modest one. A phenomenon has started to appear. The reason for the anniversary is diversification of individuals, such as “salad anniversary”. However, close parties (eg, lovers) who give presents often tend to forget that the day is an anniversary, and even if they remember, prepare for the gifts and message cards. It is often seen that gifts and gifts cause bad relationships with men and women with poor senses. Therefore, a support system was needed as a business system to give a perfect gift to the other party in response to diversifying gift opportunities, and not to forget it.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is as follows.
First, launch a homepage for “Customer-friendly delivery service” on the Internet. The customer for whom the item to be ordered is determined selects and presents a gift posted on the homepage, and purchases the product by performing a procedure for delivering the present to the product at the date and time designated by the customer.

[0005] For customers for whom a present to be ordered is not determined, a present can be selected on a screen on which a recommended present is picked up by answering a flowchart on a homepage.

[0006] These personal data are stored in a database and a present selection service fee is charged. The user pays the billed amount.

[0007] In the invention according to claim 2, a customer who cannot narrow down a gift even after answering the flow chart fills out a consultation sheet and sends it to the consultant to give advice on what kind of present to choose. Can be selected. According to the present selection, a present selection service fee is charged. The user pays the billed amount.

[0008] In the invention according to claim 3, the customer sends the present destination to his / her desired location, in addition to the general destinations such as home, personal office, partner's home, and partner's office. Delivery can be booked at the desired time (for example, to a restaurant or skyscraper observation room).

In the invention according to claim 4, data obtained from the customer is made into a database by a homepage management company, and based on this, an e-mail magazine or an e-mail to the individual customer is sent according to the annual customer event. Notify the customer of "anniversary" etc. This is expected to have the effect of encouraging orders to be placed throughout the year or for multiple anniversaries.

In the invention according to claim 5, when a gift order is reserved in addition to a message, the customer optionally produces an original or processes it according to a design specified according to the number of days until the present date. To be able to give gifts.

[0011] In the invention according to claim 6, if a customer specifies in advance, a gift presentation is combined with a present gift.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a business system according to the present invention, which is a business model of “giving a bouquet of roses”.

As an example, a lover B2 of A1 (early women in her early twenties) 1 celebrating her birthday on April 15 ponders what to do with a present on her birthday, but without a good idea, The personal computer (PC) 4 accessed the homepage 6 of "Tightly Present Courier Service" via the Internet 11. B2 did not decide on a present, so he requested consulting for a “delivery courier service” 13.

First, B2 answers and inputs personal data of "the person to be given" B2 and "the person to be given" A1 on the screen of the home page, which serve as references for consulting a present. In contrast, the homepage selectively presented three types of presents as "recommended perfect presents".

However, among them, B2, who cannot get down to one type of present to be given to A1 and wishes to consult with a consultant 8 of "Tight Delivery Service" 13. As a result of consulting 12, B2 has decided to order 14 a "bouquet of roses" 32. At this time, B2 also wishes to provide consulting for the production of the bouquet 32 on April 1513, and for this, the consultant 8 also provides 16 consulting 12 such as attaching a message, and the fee including this consulting service fee is charged to B2. Claim 18 and B2 paid.

[0016] The "Customer-Delivery Courier" receives the order 14 of B2, orders the "bouquet of roses" 32 as specified by the PC 21 of the flower shop 20, and sends a message card 34 from B2 to A1. The “Customer Delivery Service” 10 received the order confirmation 18 from the florist 20 and confirmed that the order was correct.

The bouquet 32 and the shipping fee are charged to the user from the affiliated shop and the designated transporter through the “just present delivery service”. This means that “Customer-friendly courier service” is mainly made up of consulting fees and advertising fees of affiliated shops, and makes the price of gift items transparent to customers. In response to the request from the florist 20 and the designated courier company 28, B2 is “a perfect gift courier service” 1
0 through 25 affiliated florists 20 and designated courier service 28 charge 2
I paid 5.

On April 15th, on the day of Miss A's birthday, Florist 2
0 made a "bouquet of roses" 32 as specified, packed it 26 with a message card 34 entrusted to it, and the designated delivery company 28 delivered the "bouquet of roses" 32. B2 is A
Move to the place of date with Miss 1, that is, the destination of rose bouquet 32 "Shibuya Restaurant OO" 36 on time 30 and B
2 and Miss A enjoyed dinner. At 8:00 pm, when the main dish was over and only desserts were left, a "bouquet of roses" 32 arrived from the delivery company 28 as per the consulting directed by the director, and was given to Miss A 1 from B2.

As described above, a series of data such as personal data of B2 and A1 and presents, effects of the present day, and the like were stored in the database 40 as customer data by the homepage management company of the "just present courier service".

The above example is a specific use example of a customer who is willing to give a present but does not know what to give.

FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

[0021] Of the customers 42 who are willing to give a present, a customer 43 for whom a specific present has been decided inputs his / her personal data 44 and personal data 50 of the partner to be given on the "Tightly Present Courier" HP. Then, the process proceeds to the item selection 64. A product is selected 64, a gift message is input 68, and a present date and place of the present are designated 70. When presenting gifts, especially if there is a request for directing, or if there is a request for an original design specified by the customer, a gift presenting directing option 7
2 services are available. As described above, when the input contents are confirmed 74, the "delivery courier service"
Pays a service charge of 75. The customer jumps to the “Customer-Delivery Courier Service” or the partner shop HP, and purchases the present 76. The above series of data is stored as data in the customer database 40, and an e-mail magazine or an individual anniversary notification e-mail is delivered to the desired customer.
8 These have the effect of helping repeat use.

The above is a flowchart of the customer 43 for whom a specific present has been determined. Next, a case 45 in which the customer does not know the purpose and desired product of the purchased present even if there is a will 42 to give the present will be described below. . In the flow of 46 for men and 48 for women, the user first inputs his / her personal data 47 on the HP screen. Next, the personal data 51 of the other party is input according to the flow of 52 if the recipient is a male and 54 if the recipient is a female. When the input of the personal data is completed, the HP screen moves to the present gift purpose 58 column, and the customer selects the purpose. On the next HP screen, the budget 60 is similarly selected. When the data has been input so far, “Tightly Present Courier” presents 62 several kinds of recommended “Tightly Present” from the given data. The customer selects a present 64 from the presented product, but the customer who is still unable to narrow down to one consults a consultant 66 and selects a present 64. After the selection of the product, the same as the customer 43 for whom the specific present shown above has been determined, the message 68, the delivery place, the time designation 70, the staging option 72, the reservation confirmation 74, the service fee payment 75, the product purchase 76, It is a setup. This series of data of the customer is also accumulated in the customer database 40, and a mail magazine and an anniversary notification mail 78 are distributed as desired.

Used when choosing a present

FIG. 2 illustrates a data sheet used in the above flowchart.

FIG. 3

FIG. 4 shows an example.

[Fig.3] "Select the perfect gift" data sheet (for the presenter)

[FIG. 4] The data sheet (for the gift recipient) is entered along the entry fields, but the input fields include both names, readings, age, gender, date of birth, E-mail address, postal code, address ( Apartment name), phone number, fax number, occupation, blood type, "your own image type", "other person's image type", "other person's color image"
Is input for the orderer as far as the recipient is known. As data to be used for gift selection, for example, by filling in "your type" and "type of partner",

FIG. 5 shows a computer program that can be used to provide a “just present” from a combination of the type of oneself and the other party. This is an example of the present selection, and the other options may be "just present data, so that the entry items may be variously changed in addition to being described here.

The flowchart of the gift purchase has already been

The outline is shown in FIG. 2. In particular, if you wish to consult a consultant,

FIG. 6 is a flowchart diagram as shown in FIG. To explain this, I would like to consult for gifts 80
And already

FIG. 2

FIG. 3 shows the personal data 47 and 51 of the person and the partner input in

FIG. 7 is automatically entered on the consultation sheet of FIG. Further, the customer manually inputs 82 along with the consultation sheet to narrow down the present. The present consultant extracts 84 a keyword from the input and given data, and provides consulting 66 based on the extracted data. After that, the “recommended perfect gift” 62 is presented again, and the customer selects the present again 64 from among them. A series of data is stored in the customer database 40.

Here, examples of items that the consultant inputs on the consultation sheet are as follows.

FIG. 7 is a manual input portion of the consultation sheet. First, it is a measure of intimacy based on whether or not you know the other person's family. If you have given a gift to the same person before, you will be able to understand the direction of the sender's preference. "Why do you get lost this time?" Is asked by everyone, but the goal is to have the effect of recognizing oneself and why to give a gift. Based on these answers, the giver will be consulted by a consultant. This sheet is merely an example, and the contents of the sheet are fluid because the contents of the manually entered questions include other effective questions.

Overall flowchart

[Fig. 2]

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation in detail. Once the purchase of the present is determined, there is an attachment 68 of the gift message. Next

FIG. 9 shows an input or selection on a screen as shown in FIG.
In particular, if there is a desire to send a handwritten message, this is also accepted. After message creation 68, the destination of the present is selected. Send the present to the other party 9
0, sent to home or work place 94, "Other places" 9
6 can be requested as the destination. The user inputs the destination data 92, and then inputs the destination data 92 and the desired transmission date 98. In particular, when presenting a gift, if you want to produce 100, a separate flow chart

[Figure 10] Entry sheet

FIG. 11 will be described later. When the input is completed up to this point, the input data list 102 screen is displayed. By confirming 74 that there is no mistake in the input, the present purchase is established and the service fee is paid. The input data list 102 is stored in the customer database. Orders 104
In response to this, the procedure is to purchase a product by purchasing the product 106 during the “just present delivery service” or by performing an affiliate shop HP jump 108.

Overall flowchart

[Fig. 2] Of the present delivery procedures

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation in detail. When the present 110 is desired to be specially given, the user first selects the indoor 112 or the outdoor 114. More indoors

FIG. 1 shows a restaurant 116, another partner's house 118, an observatory 120 of a high-rise building, and the like.
On the other hand, there are date spots and meeting places such as parks 122, ports 124, and theme parks 126 outdoors. When the delivery location is determined, the present delivery date and time is also selected 128.

FIG. 11: Enter a desired date and time, a place, and “particularly want to produce” on a present effect request sheet, and make a concrete agreement with a consultant, and if possible, accept as input data. The customer confirms the input 74 and pays the service charge 75. These data are stored in the customer database. At a later date, the “Customer-Delivery Courier” arranges with the partner shop and the designated transporter to schedule the delivery of the present as scheduled 130. The above is the “just-in-time gift courier service”
Details of a series of services. Of course, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various application developments can be considered.

As we live in modern society, we are exposed to stress every day, and without knowing, we give warmth to the "healing" and "love" from close people as "form". Asking for confirmation. A system that accumulates customer anniversaries in a database and periodically notifies customers by e-mail from the database leads to “healing” as “small anniversaries” especially seen by young women. In addition, the present invention, which has a system for giving accurate advice on gifts for the year, which tends to lack appreciation due to recent trends, is a business system model that matches such a situation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

[Figure 1] An example of this business model "Send a bouquet of roses"

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the entire business system.

[Fig. 3] Data sheet for "Select the perfect gift" (for the presenter)

[Fig. 4] "Select perfect gift" data sheet (for gift recipients)

[Fig. 5] Combination table of “Select perfect gift”

[Figure 6] Flowchart of "Consultation with a present consultant"

[Fig. 7] Consultant consultation sheet for “Nice gift”

FIG. 8 is a detailed flowchart of a purchase procedure.

Fig. 9 Message input sheet

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a production method at the time of present delivery.

[Fig.11] Present production hope sheet

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Customer lover A 2 Customer B 4 Customer personal computer (PC) 5 “Night gift home delivery” 6 See “Night gift home delivery” homepage (HP) 7 “Night gift home delivery” PC 8 Gift consultant 10 “Night gift home delivery” 11) Present gift by access 12 Consulting present 13 Requesting consulting of present 14 Ordering "bouquet of roses" from b to "Delivery courier" 15 From "Delivery courier" to partner flower shop "Rose bouquet" order and sending a message attached to the bouquet 16 Message transmission 17 Order confirmation 18 Service charge request 20 Partner flower shop 21 Partner flower shop PC 22 Request for bouquet fee 24 Payment of fee from B to "Tightly present home delivery" 25 Payment of fees to affiliated florists and designated transporters 26 Packaging and delivery of "bouquet of roses" 28 Designated delivery company 29 Request for transport fee 30 Gift arrival date, Mr. B "Shibuya restaurant ○
Move to “○” 32 “bouquet of roses” 34 Message card 36 Arrival place of bouquet “Shibuya restaurant XX” 40 “Customer courier service” customer database 42 Customers who want to give a present 43 Customers who have decided to buy a present 44 Personal data entry of a gift giver whose purchase gift has been decided 45 Customer who is not sure about the gift present, purpose, etc. 46 If the giver is a male 47 Personal data entry of a gift giver whose purchase gift is not decided 48 If the giver is a woman 50 Personal data entry of the gift giver of the sender whose purchase gift has been decided 51 Personal data entry of the gift giver of the giver whose purchase gift has not been decided 52 When the gift giver is a man 54 When the gift giver is a woman 56 Gift giver and gift Human Relationship 58 Gift purpose 60 Budget 62 Suggested “Nice gift” 64 Product selection 66 Gift consulting 68 Gift message input 70 Gift delivery date, location designation 72 Purchased product, gift gift presentation option 74 Input confirmation 75 Service payment payment 76 Purchase or partner shop HP Jump to 78 Email for notification of an anniversary, etc. 80 Request for present consulting 82 Fill in the consultation sheet for consultants who are "just present" 84 Extract keywords 85 Consultant work part 86 Start purchase procedure 88 Select destination for present 90 Send destination gift to other party 92 Present destination data 94 Send gifts to home or office 96 Send gifts to other places 98 Send date / time designation 100 Gifts Desired delivery effect 102 Input data list 104 Order received 106 Purchase 108 Jump to partner shop 110 Direction request 112 Indoor 114 Outdoor 116 (Example) Restaurant 118 (Example) Opponent's house 120 (Example) High-rise building observation room 122 (Example) Park 124 (Example) ) Harbor 126 (Example) Theme park 128 Confirmation of delivery time and location of specific gifts 130 Direction

Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A business system for ordering a present from a homepage on the Internet for a personal "memorial day" or a customary gift, and delivering the present to a place designated at the date and time designated by the customer. And
On the homepage, the selection flow is different for a person who has a predetermined gift to be given and a person who has not determined a present to be given, and a tool for narrowing down a gift to be given to the person who has not yet determined the present. Business system characterized by that. 2. For a customer who cannot narrow down a present even by using the product narrowing-down tool, consult a consultant on a homepage or another communication method, select a present best suited to the partner, and purchase the present. The business system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. With regard to the delivery date and time, if there is a customer's request and reservation, the delivery date and place can be specified not only in a private home or a company, but also at the place and time desired by the customer. The business system according to claim 1, wherein the business system is characterized in that: 4. When registering as a customer from the homepage, the homepage management company accumulates the registration information in a database, and when near an anniversary or customary gift event throughout the year, the homepage management company stores the registration information through the Internet. 4. The business system according to claim 1, wherein an e-mail magazine or "anniversary notice e-mail" is sent to the customer to increase the number of purchase repeaters. 5. The business system according to claim 1, wherein the present can be optionally processed according to a design designated by a customer through the Internet. 6. The business system according to claim 1, wherein a gift effect is combined with respect to a place and a time when the present gift is given. [0001]