JP2003016296A - System and method for collecting stores for consumer participation type shopping mall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a shopping mall on a communication line by collecting superior traders for providing articles suited to the needs of consumers. SOLUTION: A consumer participation type shopping mall system (1) has an idea receiving means (4) for receiving an idea prepared in respect to a theme declared concerning the trader of a store on the shopping mall from each of consumers through the communication line, an idea declaring means (6) for declaring the received idea to the trader, a store request receiving means (8) for receiving the information of store articles in relation to the declared idea from the store requesting trader through the communication line, an article/ service declaring means (10) for declaring the information of the received store articles, a voting means (12) for consumers to vote for desired store articles out of the declared articles or services through the communication line, and a trader selecting means (14) for selecting the trader having a large number of votes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for recruiting stores in a shopping mall, and more particularly to a system and method for recruiting stores in a shopping mall in which consumers participate in recruiting stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, a large number of so-called online shops are opening virtual stores on communication lines such as the Internet. A consumer who wants to shop at these online shops connects to the Internet or the like from his / her own personal computer or the like, and, for example, searches for the product name of the product he / she wants to purchase with a search engine. The consumer finds an online shop handling the product or the like he or she is looking for from the search results of the search engine, and connects to the online shop to purchase the product. Alternatively, consumers
You can also access the home page of the link collection that collects a large number of online shops and search for the desired online shop among them. In addition, collecting a large number of online shops,
There are also sites that form virtual shopping malls on the Internet.

[0003]

However, nowadays, there are an enormous number of online shops, and among them, a consumer can provide a shop which provides a desired product or service with various methods as described above. There is a problem that it is very difficult to find in. In addition, as the number of online shops has increased, the number of fraud cases by malicious companies who have abused this has also increased. Therefore, there is also a problem that consumers are forced to find a good dealer from many online shops.

On the other hand, from the point of view of the operator who opens an online shop, as the number of shops increases, it becomes difficult to differentiate one's own online shop from other shops, and it is difficult to differentiate the shop from other shops. There is a problem that the sales of products or the provision of services are insufficient for a large business opportunity.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to form a shopping mall on a communication line that collects excellent traders who provide goods or services that meet the needs of consumers, or to put such traders on the communication line. Is to introduce in.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problem] Regarding an operator who should open a store in a shopping mall, an idea receiving means for receiving an idea applied for a theme announced to the consumer from the consumer through a communication line, and an idea receiving means. At the time of opening a store in a shopping mall, an idea publicizing means for publishing the idea received by the means to the trader, and a trader who wishes to open a store in the shopping mall applied according to the idea announced by the idea publicizing means. The information about the product or service to be provided to the store is received from the vendor who wants to open the store through the communication line, and the information about the product or service received by the store desired reception means is disclosed to the consumer. To publish products / services and to publish products / services Via voting means for consumers to vote through a communication line, and voting means for the vendor who provides the product or service that the consumer wants to open based on the announced product or service that the vendor plans to provide. A consumer participation type shopping mall store recruitment system, which has a trader selecting means for collecting the number of votes voted from consumers and selecting a trader with a large number of votes.

[0007] In this configuration, the shopping mall operator publishes the theme regarding the dealer to be opened in the shopping mall. Consumers apply for ideas in line with published themes. The idea receiving means of the shopping mall branch store recruiting system receives an idea applied by a consumer. The ideas submitted by each consumer are
The idea is announced to the trader by means. A vendor who wants to open a store in a shopping mall sends information about a store-opened product or service according to the published idea.
The store opening request receiving means receives the information about the store opened product or service transmitted from the trader, and the product / service announcement means,
Disclose the information to general consumers. A general consumer votes by voting means for a product or service that he / she wants to open from the announced products or services. The trader selection means selects a trader with a large number of votes and permits opening a store in a shopping mall.

According to this structure, only a trader that meets the needs of consumers can be opened in the shopping mall.

Further, the store opening request receiving means receives the number of prize points planned to be provided to the consumer who has provided the idea when the store can be opened in the shopping mall together with the product or service information from the trader who desires to open the store. / The service announcement means may select and announce a predetermined number of companies in descending order of number of prize points. According to this configuration, the higher the prize points provided, the higher the possibility of opening a store in a shopping mall. Therefore, a trader who wishes to open a store will provide the high prize points. Also, according to this configuration, the consumer who applies for the idea can obtain more benefits as he / she provides a good idea, so
It can motivate you to come up with better ideas.

Further, the store opening request receiving means may be configured to receive the number of prize points equal to or more than a predetermined minimum number of points from a trader who desires to open a store. In this configuration, the consumer who applies for the idea is guaranteed a minimum prize point, which can incentivize the consumer to apply for the idea.

The idea publicizing means or the product / service publicizing means is broadcast, or the idea or the product / service is transmitted through any communication line including a home page on the Internet.
It can also be configured to advertise the service. With this configuration, ideas and votes can be collected from more consumers.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the system of the present invention, first, an operator of a shopping mall on the Internet presents a theme regarding a store to be opened through media such as TV, radio, newspapers and homepages on the Internet, and solicits ideas from general consumers. For example, a TV program gives the consumer the theme of, for example, "What kind of product do you want the company that provides new year-end gifts to feature?" On the other hand, consumers apply for the idea of new year-end gifts that they desire through the Internet, for example, the idea of "I would like to introduce a company that provides food that is good for the body as year-end gifts."

The operator of the shopping mall reviews a large number of applied ideas and publishes the ideas selected from them on, for example, a home page. It also announces the minimum number of prize points that a merchant must provide to an applicant for an idea. Here, the prize point is a privilege that allows the user to shop for the amount of money corresponding to the number of points in the shopping mall. A business operator who wants to open a store in a shopping mall on the Internet applies for a product that can be provided by himself / herself according to a consumer's idea through a communication line. At the same time, the trader also transmits the number of bid prize points to be provided to the consumer who has applied the idea when the shop can open the shop in the shopping mall. The number of bid prize points must be at least the minimum number of prize points.
If there are many companies that have applied, the shopping mall operator can
Focus on 10 companies. Therefore, in order to increase the possibility that the company will be selected, the vendor who wants to open a store bids with the highest possible prize points. The operator of the shopping mall selects a predetermined number of vendors, for example, 10 vendors, in the descending order of the number of prize points from the numerous vendors who have applied, and publishes them on the homepage. At this time, the characteristics of the products applied by each trader will be announced at the same time.

[0014] From among the traders announced on the home page, general consumers vote on the traders who want to open a store in the shopping mall. A predetermined number of vendors are allowed to open a shopping mall in descending order of the number of votes, and the consumers who provided the idea from the vendors allowed to open the store are paid the prize points bid by the selected vendor. Consumers can use the acquired reward points to shop at the mall. The consumer may shop at any store in the mall.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a consumer participation type shopping mall branch store recruitment system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The consumer participation type shopping mall branch store recruitment system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a theme publication means 2 for the shopping mall operator to publish the theme to the consumer C, and a consumption to the published theme. The person C has an idea receiving means 4 for receiving an idea applied by the person C, and an idea publicizing means 6 for publicizing the idea received by the idea receiving means 4 to a shop B wishing to open a store in a shopping mall.

Furthermore, the store opening recruitment system 1 includes a store opening request receiving means 8 for receiving information on goods or services and information on prize points from the trader B according to the published idea, and a store opening request receiving means 8. A product / service announcing means 10 for announcing the received information on the goods or services to the consumer C, and a voting means 12 for receiving a vote from the consumer C on the goods or the like announced by the goods / service announcing means 10. , A vendor selecting means 14 for selecting a vendor B having a large number of votes.

The theme publication means 2, idea publication means 6, and product / service publication means 10 are a computer and a communication line such as a homepage on the Internet, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, cable broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, etc. Can be realized by The idea receiving unit 4, the store opening request receiving unit 8, the voting unit 12, and the trader selecting unit 14 can be realized by a computer, a home page on the Internet, a communication line such as E-mail, and the like.

2 to 5, the operation of the consumer participation type shopping mall branch store recruiting system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the store recruitment system 1, and FIGS.
Shows an example of a screen displayed when a consumer accesses the home page of the system 1.

First, a consumer C who wants to participate in the system 1 is a user registration page of the system 1 (not shown).
Access your name, address, occupation, login name,
Register the password etc. in the system 1. As a result, general consumers can access the home page of the system 1.

In step S1 of FIG. 2, the registered consumer C accesses the theme announcement page (FIG. 3), which is the theme announcement means 2, which is the theme announcement means, and the theme and idea for which the idea is currently being recruited. Check the deadline date. Then, the consumer C clicks on a theme for which the idea is applied. For example, if you click on the theme "About new year-end gifts," a list of ideas (not shown) that other consumers have already submitted for that theme will be displayed, and then a page for writing ideas (Fig. 4) will be displayed. It The announcement of the theme of step S1 may be performed by television broadcasting or the like in addition to the announcement on the homepage, or may be performed only by television broadcasting.

In step S2, the consumer C writes his / her idea for the theme on the page and "sends" it.
Click the button to submit your idea. In this example, the idea of the consumer C is written as "I would like you to introduce a trader who provides food that is good for the body as a year-end gift." The computer, which is the idea receiving means 4 of the system 1, receives the transmitted idea and stores it in the storage device. The consumer C may send the idea by using E-mail in addition to writing on the home page, or may be sent only by E-mail.

After the idea deadline has passed, the shopping mall operator reviews a number of ideas submitted by Consumer C and selects a good idea.
The examination may be performed, for example, by a scoring system by a plurality of judges. In addition, depending on the application, all the applied ideas may be published in step S3 without selection by examination.

In step S3, the idea selected by the examination is published by the home page (not shown) on the Internet which is the idea publishing means 6. The idea may be announced by television broadcasting or the like in addition to or in place of the announcement on the homepage. Also, a contractor B wishing to open a store in a shopping mall
The minimum number of prize points that must be provided to Consumer C who has submitted the idea will be announced together. However,
This minimum prize point number does not necessarily have to be set.

[0024] In step S4, the trader B who wishes to open a store in the shopping mall handles his or her own product that matches the idea announced in step S3, and its characteristics,
The prize points to be given to the consumer C who has provided the idea are transmitted from a page (not shown) for writing products to be opened. The store opening request receiving means 8 of the system 1 receives the store opened products, prize points, etc. transmitted from the trader and stores them in the storage device. The transmission from the trader B may be performed by e-mail or the like in addition to or instead of writing on the home page.

In step S5, after the deadline for opening a store has passed, the computer / homepage, which is the product / service announcement means 10, selects 10 vendors B and their products from the vendor B wishing to open a store in descending order of prize points. , Will be announced on the homepage (not shown). The selection of the trader B is not limited to the order of the prize points, and may be performed by the examination by the operator. Alternatively, depending on the application, all vendors B who wish to open a store may be announced. Further, the announcement of the selected store opener B may be performed by television broadcasting or the like in addition to or in place of the announcement on the homepage.

In step S6, the general consumer C accesses the item voting page, which is the voting means 12, and votes from the vendor B selected in step S5 to the vendor B who wants to open a store in the shopping mall. On the product voting page, as shown in FIG. 5, a list of ideas provided by the consumer C, and products and features of the products that each trader B wishes to open is displayed. In this example,
When "Company A" on the home page is clicked, the desired product for store opening of Company A and its characteristics are displayed. Consumer C who accessed the product voting page,
Select the product you like from the list and vote. The vote from the general consumer C may be sent by e-mail or the like in addition to or instead of the transmission from the product vote page. Depending on the application, the consumer C who voted
Prizes, prizes, prize points, etc. may be won by lottery.

In step S7, the computer, which is the trader selection means 14, selects a predetermined number of traders B in descending order of the number of votes.
Authorize the store to open a mall. In addition, the prize points presented by the dealer B who is permitted to open a store are given to the consumer C who provided the idea. The consumer C who has obtained the prize points can shop for an amount of money corresponding to the number of points in the shopping mall operated by the operator. Also, the login name of the consumer C who has won the prize points, the number of points earned, the cumulative total of the number of points earned by the consumer C so far, etc. may be published on the website.
Furthermore, the top ranking of the accumulated points of each consumer C may be announced on the homepage. Depending on the application, the company B permitted to open a store may be interviewed and introduced by TV broadcasting or the like.

In the consumer participation type shopping mall store opening system recruitment system according to the present embodiment, the idea for the store opened product is provided by the consumer, so that a shopping mall that meets the needs of the consumer can be formed. Also, since we have adopted a bidding system in which it is highly likely that the supplier who provided the higher prize points will be selected, the supplier will provide more prize points, and accordingly,
The more prize points consumers get, the more incentives they can get. In addition, the consumer who provided the idea is given a privilege by the prize points, the minimum prize points is predetermined by the operator, and the minimum prize points that the consumer can receive are guaranteed, so come up with a better idea. And incentives for more consumers to participate. In addition, a store-opening requester is allowed to open a store by voting by presenting a good product, which is an incentive for the store to provide a good product. Moreover, since the name recognition of the trader is increased by opening the store by voting, it is possible to expect more customers. Furthermore, the operator of the shopping mall interviews and introduces the store operator, so that it is possible to exclude a malicious operator.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. Can be changed. In particular, what is provided at the shopping mall is not limited to products, and may be the provision of arbitrary services such as reservations for restaurants and hotels. Further, what is recruited by the system of the present invention is not limited to the opening of a store in a shopping mall, and the system of the present invention is recruited by a provider who provides a product or service that meets the needs of consumers, and A vendor may be selected by a consumer vote and used to introduce it. Further, it is not always necessary to determine the minimum prize points, and the prize points may be freely determined.

[0030]

According to the present invention, a shopping mall on a communication line is formed, in which excellent vendors who provide products or services that meet the needs of consumers are gathered, or such vendors are placed on the communication line. Can be introduced at.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a consumer participation type shopping mall store opening system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a store recruitment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a theme announcement page for recruiting ideas, which is displayed on the homepage of the store recruitment system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of an idea writing page displayed on the home page of the store recruitment system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a product voting page displayed on the home page of the store recruitment system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

B Trader C Consumer 1 Consumer Participatory Shopping Mall Store Recruiting System 2 Theme Announcement Means 4 Idea Receiving Means 6 Idea Announcement Means 8 Store Opening Hope Means 10 Merchandise / Service Announcement Means 12 Voting Means 14 Merchant Selection Means

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. An idea receiving unit for receiving an idea applied to a theme published to a consumer from a consumer through a communication line, and an idea receiving unit for receiving an idea about a business to be opened in a shopping mall. Provided at the time of opening a store in a shopping mall, in which an idea publicizing means for publicizing the created idea to a trader and a business operator wishing to open a store in a shopping mall applied according to the idea announced by the idea publicizing means In order to announce to the consumer the store opening request receiving means for receiving the information of the planned product or service from the dealer wishing to open the store through the communication line, and the product or service information received by the store opening request receiving means. Of the product / service announcement means of A voting means for allowing the consumer to vote through a communication line for a supplier that provides a product or service that the consumer wants to open, based on the product or service that the supplier intends to provide; and voting through the voting means. Consumer participation type shopping mall branch store recruitment system, characterized by having a trader selecting means for totaling the number of votes obtained from the consumers and selecting a trader having a large number of votes. 2. The store opening request receiving means receives the number of prize points planned to be provided to the consumer who has provided the idea when the store can be opened in the shopping mall together with the product or service information from the vendor who wants to open the store. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the product / service announcing means selects and announces a predetermined number of vendors in descending order of the number of prize points. 3. The store opening request receiving means further receives a prize point number equal to or more than a predetermined minimum point number from a trader who desires to open a store.
The system described in. 4. The idea publication means or the product / service publication means publishes an idea or a product / service through broadcasting or any communication line including a home page on the Internet. The system according to claim 1. 5. Regarding a trader who should open a store in a shopping mall, a step of receiving an idea applied to a theme announced to a consumer from a consumer through a communication line, and a step of receiving the idea. The idea of the proposed idea is disclosed to the vendor, and the operator who wants to open a store in the shopping mall applied according to the idea announced in the step of publishing the idea. Disclose to the consumer the information of the product or service received in the step of receiving the information of the product or service from a trader who desires to open a store and the step of receiving the information of the product or service opened in the store. Steps, and steps of publishing information on the goods or services Based on the goods or services announced by the vendor, the step of allowing the consumer to vote through the communication line for the vendor providing the goods or services that the consumer wants to open, A method of recruiting a store for opening a store in a consumer participation type shopping mall, comprising: totaling the number of votes from consumers in the step of voting for services, and selecting a business operator with a large number of votes. 6. In the step of receiving the information of the product or service, the number of prize points scheduled to be provided to the consumer who has provided the idea when the store can be opened in the shopping mall together with the information of the product or service, The method according to claim 5, wherein in the step of receiving the information of the product or service received from a desired trader, a predetermined number of traders are selected and announced in descending order of the number of prize points. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein in the step of receiving the information on the product or service, the number of prize points equal to or more than a predetermined minimum number of points is received from a dealer who desires to open a store. The method described. 8. In the step of disclosing the idea or in the step of disclosing the information of the product or service, the idea or the product / product is transmitted through broadcasting or any communication line including a home page on the Internet.
Method according to claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the service is advertised. 9. An idea receiving procedure for receiving an idea applied to a theme announced to a consumer from a consumer through a communication line, and a procedure for receiving the idea by the idea receiving procedure with respect to a business to be opened in a shopping mall. Provided at the time of opening a store in a shopping mall, in which an idea publishing procedure for publishing the created idea to the vendor and a company wishing to open a store in the shopping mall applied according to the idea published by the above-mentioned idea publishing procedure In order to announce to the consumer the store opening request receiving procedure for receiving the information of the planned product or service from the dealer who desires to open the store through the communication line, and the product or service information received by the above store opening request receiving procedure. Product / service announcement procedure and the product / service announcement procedure , A voting procedure for consumers to vote through a communication line for a provider that provides a product or service that the consumer wants to open based on the product or service that the vendor plans to provide, and votes through the voting procedure. This is a program for recruiting stores to open stores at a consumer participation type that allows a computer to perform the following steps: selecting the vendor with the most votes, and counting the votes from the consumers. 10. Further, in the store opening request receiving procedure, the number of prize points planned to be provided to the consumer who has provided the idea when the store can be opened in the shopping mall together with the product or service information is received from the vendor who wants to open the store. 10. The program according to claim 9, wherein a predetermined number of vendors are selected and announced in descending order of the number of prize points in the product / service announcement procedure. 11. The program according to claim 10, wherein, in the store opening request receiving procedure, a prize point number equal to or more than a predetermined minimum point number is received from a trader who desires to open a store. 12. The idea publication procedure or the product /
12. The program according to claim 9, wherein in the service announcement procedure, the idea or the product / service is announced through broadcasting or an arbitrary communication line including a home page on the Internet. 13. A company to be introduced on a communication line,
Idea receiving means for receiving an idea applied to the theme announced to the consumer from the consumer through a communication line, and an idea publishing means for publishing the idea received by the receiving means to the trader Then, the company that wants to introduce receives the information of the product or service that will be offered when introduced by applying for the idea published by the idea publishing means from the company that wants to introduce through the communication line. Introducing request receiving means, a product / service announcing means for announcing to the consumer the information on the product or service received by the introducing request receiving means, and a trader announcing by the aforesaid product / service announcing means Based on the products or services planned to be provided by the A voting means for a consumer to vote through a communication line, and a vendor selection means for aggregating the number of votes from the consumers voted through the voting means and selecting a vendor with a large number of votes And a consumer participation type referral agency recruitment system. 14. A company to be introduced on a communication line,
Introducing the idea applied for the theme announced to the consumer from the consumer through the communication line, and publishing the idea received in the step of receiving the idea to the trader, The step of receiving the information of the product or service to be provided when introduced by the trader desiring to apply the idea based on the idea published in the step of publishing the idea, through the communication line And the information on the desired product or service received in the step of receiving the information on the desired product or service for introduction,
Based on the product or service that the vendor intends to provide, which was announced in the step of disclosing the information of the product or service to the consumer, and to the vendor providing the product or service that the consumer wants to introduce. On the other hand, the number of votes voted from consumers in the step of voting by consumers through the communication line and the step of voting for the product or service to be introduced is aggregated, and A method of recruiting a consumer participation type referral agent, comprising: a step of selecting. 15. A company to be introduced on a communication line,
Idea receiving procedure for receiving the ideas applied for the theme announced to the consumer from the consumer through the communication line, and the idea publication for publishing the idea received by the idea receiving procedure to the vendor The procedure and the company that wants to be introduced apply according to the idea published by the idea publishing procedure, and when introduced, receive information on the product or service to be provided from the company that wants to introduce through the communication line. A referral request reception procedure, a product / service announcement procedure for disclosing information on a product or service received by the referral request reception procedure to consumers, and a product / service announcement procedure, Based on the product or service that the company plans to provide, we will provide the product or service that the consumer wants to introduce. On the other hand, a voting procedure for consumers to vote through a communication line, and a vendor selection procedure for aggregating the number of votes from consumers voted by the voting procedure and selecting a vendor with a large number of votes And a recruitment program for consumer participatory referral agencies to make the computer execute.