JP2003067631A - New merchandise information notification system and notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such problems that it is required to gather new merchandise information from advertisements in newspaper, magazines and TV, etc., posters at stores or homepages of many makers or providers or sales companies at the time of purchasing new merchandise, and it takes time and labor and important information is sometimes overlooked. SOLUTION: A notification center system 2 is provided with a new merchandise information DB 25 for storing respective pieces of information of merchandise, a price and a sales schedule for the new merchandise, a customer information DB 26 for storing the specification of the merchandise for which notification is desired, a notification medium and the number of notification times and a period for each customer, a new merchandise information registration processing means 213 for receiving the new merchandise information from an advertiser and registering it in the new merchandise information DB 25, a charging processing means 214 counting, periodically gathering and billing the charge to the advertiser, a customer information registration processing means 215 for receiving the specification of the merchandise for which the notification is desired and a notification method for every customer from a customer terminal 1 and registering them to the customer information DB 26, and a new merchandise information notification processing means for periodically reading the specification of the merchandise for which the notification is desired, and for retrieving the new merchandise information DB 25 and transmitting pertinent information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business system and method for notifying a customer, such as a consumer, who wants to obtain information about a new product, information on a new product that a maker, a provider, or a seller wants to advertise, and particularly to The present invention relates to a system and method for contracting with a maker, a provider, or a seller who wants to advertise information, collecting a wide range of new product information through a network, and notifying a customer of desired new product information through a communication medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a consumer or the like plans to purchase a new product of a certain type and obtains information on new products related to each maker, provider, or seller, it may be an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, TV, or the like.
There is also a method of looking at the poster of the sales notice attached on the shop front or confirming it on the home page, but when there are many manufacturers, providers, or sales companies, it was necessary to find and access each home page.

[0003] Further, when each maker, provider, or seller wants to know the degree of interest or popularity of a consumer's new product, a questionnaire survey is conducted targeting a group of consumers who are supposed to be purchasers. .

[0004]

Therefore, the conventional method of collecting new product information has the first problem that it is troublesome, and the customer has to check it frequently, and there is a high possibility that it will be overlooked.

[0005] In addition, even if you want to know how much you are interested in a new product, a questionnaire survey is carried out.
There is also a second problem that it takes time to select the target and send the survey form.

The present invention provides a system and method capable of analyzing services and data for notifying new product information that solves the above problems.

[0007]

In a first new product information notification system of the present invention, a terminal of a customer who wants to obtain new product information, an advertiser terminal who wants to advertise new product information, and a notification center system are network-connected. In the new product information notification system, the notification center system includes a new product information database that stores new product types, names, provider or seller names, product content information, price information, sales schedules, and customers. For each type of product you want to notify, information that specifies the product series name or provider name, a customer information database that stores notification methods including notification media and destination addresses, notification frequency and period, and new product information from advertisers The new product information registration processing means for receiving and registering in the new product information database, and the charge to the advertiser corresponding to this registration can be counted and set. Billing processing means for collectively requesting, customer information registration processing means for receiving the designation information and notification method of the desired product to be notified for each customer from the customer terminal, and registering it in the customer information database, and the customer information database on a regular basis. The new product information notification processing means for reading the notification desired product specification information of (1) to search the new product information database and transmitting the new product information in the specified communication medium if there is corresponding new product information.

The second new product information notification system of the present invention is a new product information notification system in which a terminal of a customer who wants to obtain new product information, an advertiser terminal who wants to advertise new product information, and a notification center system are network-connected. And
The notification center system stores a new product information database that stores new product types, names, manufacturers or sellers' names, functions or specifications information, price information, sales schedules, and types of desired products, models or manufacturers for each customer. Customer information database accumulating notification information including specified information, notification media, destination address, notification frequency and period, and new product information registration processing means for receiving new product information from an advertiser and registering it in the new product information database And a billing processing unit that counts and bills the advertiser corresponding to this registration on a regular basis, and receives the designation information and the notification method of the desired product to be notified for each customer from the customer terminal, and receives the customer information. The customer information registration processing means to be registered in the database and the notification desired product designation information in the customer information database are read out periodically. Find the new product information database, characterized in that it comprises a new product information notification processing means for transmitting at appropriate communication media new product information is specified, if any.

According to a third new product information notification system of the present invention, in the first or second new product information notification system, the notification center system conducts a new product interest level survey from a customer terminal or an advertiser terminal. When the request is received, the input screen information is sent, the survey target, the period, the display format of the results are acquired,
It is also provided with an interest level aggregation / editing unit that aggregates the designated information of the products that the customer wants to notify using the acquired survey target range and period, and displays the aggregation result on the requesting terminal in the acquired format. And

According to a fourth new product information notification system of the present invention, in the first or second new product information notification system, the new product information registration processing means of the notification center system is newer than the advertiser terminal. The address information of the homepage that provides detailed new product information as product information is also acquired and registered in the new product information database, and the new product information notification processing means sends it to the customer as a part of the corresponding new product information, and the notification center system. When the customer terminal requests new product detailed information, it acquires product identification information, searches the new product information database with this, acquires the corresponding home page address, and switches the access destination of the customer terminal to the corresponding address. It is characterized in that it also has detailed information transmitting means.

According to a fifth new product information notification system of the present invention, in the first or second new product information notification system, the new product information registration processing means of the notification center system is newer than the advertiser terminal. As the product information, the address information of the homepage that provides information for simulating the new product is also acquired, registered in the new product information database, and sent to the customer as part of the new product information by the new product information notification processing means. At the same time, the notification center system acquires the product identification information when the customer terminal is requested to simulate the new product, searches the new product information database with this, acquires the corresponding home page address, and determines the access destination of the customer terminal as the corresponding address. It is also characterized by having a new product experience information transmitting means for switching to.

According to a sixth new product information notification system of the present invention, in the first or second new product information notification system, the new product information notification processing means of the notification center system stores a new product information database. The notification count is performed for the corresponding product information when the search is performed, and the billing processing means periodically adds up the notice count for each advertiser code, adds it to the billing count for the new product information registration, and bills. It is characterized by having done.

According to a seventh new product information notification system of the present invention, in the first or second new product information notification system, the new product information registration processing means of the notification center system registers new product information. Or, when the edition is revised, the date and time is also recorded in the new product information database, and the new product information notification processing means reads out the designated information of the desired product to be notified from the customer information database every time the retrieval is performed by using it as the date and time. Will be recorded as the confirmation date and time, and the previous confirmation date and time will be read together with the next reading, and the new product information database will be searched for only new product information registered or revised after the previous confirmation date and Alternatively, it is characterized in that the customer is notified of the relevant new product information whose contents have been changed.

An eighth new product information notification system of the present invention is the first or second new product information notification system according to the first or second new product information notification system, wherein the notification center system sends a mail on a web network, and a destination. It also has a fax model which receives information and digital image information and sends it by fax to a facsimile machine of the other party through a public telephone line or an ISDN line, and the customer information registration processing means of the notification center system is either an electronic mail or a facsimile machine as the notification medium. Select the customer to register it in the customer information database, and send the corresponding new product information to the customer terminal or the customer's facsimile machine through the mail server or fax model according to the registered registration of the new product information notification processing means. It is characterized by doing.

The first new product information notifying method of the present invention is a new product information notifying method of receiving new product information of an advertiser through a network and notifying a customer who wants to obtain new product information through the network. New product information registration processing procedure for receiving new product information including new product type, name, provider name or seller name, product content information, price information, sales schedule from the new product information database The billing procedure for counting the billing to the advertiser corresponding to the registration of this new product information and periodically billing, and the information specifying the type of product desired to be notified, the product series name or the provider name from the customer side, A customer information registration processing procedure for receiving customer information including a notification medium, a destination, the number of notifications or a period of notification, and registering and accumulating it as a customer information database; Read the notification desired product specification information from the customer information database, search the new product information database with this, and if there is corresponding new product information, send the new product information notification processing procedure to the customer side with the specified communication medium. It is characterized by being provided.

A second new product information notifying method of the present invention is a new product information notifying method of receiving new product information of an advertiser through a network and notifying a customer who wants to obtain new product information through the network. New product information registration processing procedure for receiving new product information including new product type, name, manufacturer or seller name, function or specification information, price information, sales schedule from the new product information database The billing procedure for counting the billing to the advertiser corresponding to the registration of new product information and periodically billing, the information specifying the type of product desired to be notified, the model or manufacturer from the customer side, the notification medium and the destination Customer information registration processing procedure for receiving customer information including the number of notifications or period and registering and accumulating as a customer information database, and the customer information regularly. A new product information notification processing procedure for reading out the desired product specification information from the database and searching the new product information database for this, and transmitting the corresponding new product information to the customer through the specified communication medium Is characterized by.

A third new product information notification method according to the present invention is the first or second new product information notification method, wherein when a new product interest level survey request is received from a customer side or an advertiser side,
The input screen information is sent, the survey target, the period, and the display format of the results are acquired, the specified information of the product that the customer wishes to notify is aggregated using the acquired survey target range and period, and the aggregated result is the obtained format. It is also characterized in that it also has an interest level aggregation / editing procedure for transmitting information to be displayed at the request source side.

A fourth new product information notification method according to the present invention is the same as the first or second new product information notification method, wherein the new product information registration processing procedure is new product information from the advertiser side. The address information of the homepage that provides detailed product information is also acquired, registered and stored as the new product information database, and transmitted to the customer side as a part of the new product information corresponding to the new product information notification processing procedure. When new product detailed information is requested, product identification information is acquired, the new product information database is searched with this, the corresponding home page address is acquired, and the access side on the customer side is switched to the corresponding address. It is also characterized by having.

A fifth new product information notification method of the present invention is the same as the first or second new product information notification method, wherein the new product information registration processing procedure is updated as new product information from the advertiser side. The address information of the homepage that provides information for simulating the product is also acquired, registered and accumulated as the new product information database, and the new product information notification processing procedure is transmitted to the customer as a part of the corresponding new product information, The notification center system acquires the product identification information when the customer requests a pseudo experience of a new product, searches the new product information database with this, acquires the corresponding home page address, and sets the access destination of the customer terminal to the corresponding address. It is also characterized by having a procedure for transmitting new product experience information that can be switched.

A sixth new product information notifying method of the present invention is the method of notifying the new product information notifying process according to the first or second new product information notifying method, when the new product information notifying process searches the new product information database. The notification count is performed for the corresponding product information, and the charging processing procedure periodically adds up the notification count for each advertiser code, adds it to the charging count for the new product information registration, and charges. Characterize.

A seventh new product information notification method of the present invention is the method of notifying the first or second new product information when the new product information registration processing procedure registers or updates new product information. The date and time is also recorded in the new product information notification processing procedure, and the new product information notification processing procedure reads the specified information of the desired product for notification from the customer information database and records the date and time as the confirmation date and time each time a search is performed using it as a key. In the next read, the previous confirmation date and time will also be read, and only the new product information registered or revised after the previous confirmation date will be searched, and only the corresponding new product information that is new or changed will be given to the customer after the second time. It is characterized by notifying.

An eighth new product information notification method according to the present invention is the first or second new product information notification method, wherein the customer information registration processing procedure is an electronic mail or a facsimile device as the notification medium. The customer designates one of them and stores it as a customer information database, and the new product information notification processing procedure is registered and accumulated according to the specified registration, and the corresponding new product information is sent to the customer terminal or the customer side through a mail server or fax model. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to a facsimile machine.

[0023]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall system configuration of a new product information notification system of the present invention. The new product information notification system includes a customer terminal 1, a notification center system 2, an advertiser terminal 3, and the Internet 100 interconnecting them, and the customer fax 11
PSTN / ISD that connects the notification center system 2 with
N (public telephone line / total digital service line) 10
Including 1.

The customer terminal 1 is an information processing device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone, and has a browser function. That is, the notification center system 2 has a function of accessing the new product notification information provided on the Internet 100 and displaying the new product notification information on the screen. The new product notification information is, for example, information about a new product such as a mobile phone, a personal computer, or software as shown in FIG. 5, and the type, manufacturer, model, etc. of the product can be selected.

The customer terminal 1 further has a function of inputting information about a new product, selecting a period and the number of times for which notification is desired as shown in FIG. 6, and transmitting it to the notification center system 2 via the Internet 100. .

When the customer is an individual, the customer terminal 1 and the Internet 100 are connected via a dial-up server of an internet communication connection service provider, and are also connected to a mail server having a mailbox for the customer.

If the customer terminal 1 is a mobile phone, it is connected to the Internet 100 via a wireless network and a server of an access point, and is also connected to a mail server on the Internet 100 having a mail box corresponding to the customer.

The notification center system 2 is used by a new product information service provider, and as shown in FIG. 2, the web server 21, the advertiser management DB 24, and the new product information DB 2
5, a customer information DB 26, a mail server 22, a fax model 23, and the like.

The notification center system 2 receives the information about the new product transmitted from the advertiser terminal 3 in advance or at any time and registers it in the new product information DB 25 as new product information. Further, it has a function of receiving the designation information and the notification method information of the product for which the customer terminal 1 sends a notification, and registering it in the customer information DB 26 as customer information.

Further, it is provided with a function of periodically searching for new product information requested by the customer and transmitting it to the customer terminal 1, and the contents of the customer information DB 26 accumulating the new product information requested from the customer terminal 1 are totaled. It has a function of analyzing and transmitting the interest level information of the new product as shown in FIG. 10 to the customer terminal 1 and the advertiser terminal 3 via the Internet 100.

The advertiser terminal 3 is an information processing device such as a personal computer equipped with a browser which is used by a product maker or a seller. The advertiser terminal 3 has a function of accessing the new product registration information provided by the notification center system 2 on the Internet 100 and displaying the new product registration information on the screen as shown in FIG. After inputting the latest information about the new product, the main terminal 3 sends the notification center system 2 via the Internet 100.
It has a function to send to.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a concrete example of the configuration of the notification center system 2. The web communication means 211 of the web server 21 holds an address corresponding to the representative URL of the notification center system 2, and when accessed by the customer terminal 1 or the advertiser terminal 3, calls and receives the corresponding processing means in accordance with the lower order destination of the URL. Information is passed, and transmission information from the processing means is transferred and transmitted to the terminal. Each of the plurality of internal communication ports holds the address of the communication destination terminal of the corresponding processing means.

The advertiser registration processing means 212 is the advertiser terminal 3
When a registration request is received from the user, registration screen information 2121 (screen information and procedure for registration input, and the following screen information also includes procedures such as tags and applets associated with it) is transmitted, and corporate or personal information is sent. (Company name-department name / individual name, address, communication address), payment method, card identification (card company name, number) are acquired, and the advertiser code and password are decided and sent to the advertiser terminal 3 and acquired. The information is registered in the advertiser management DB 24.

Upon receipt of a new product information registration request from the advertiser terminal 3, the new product information registration processing means 213 transmits registration screen information 2131, and advertiser code, password, product type, product name, price information, function information. , HP (homepage) address of new product experience simulation, detailed information HP address of new product, maker name are acquired, and it is confirmed that the advertiser code-password is already registered in the advertiser management DB 24. If already registered, information below the product type is registered in the new product information DB 25, and the charging processing means 214
Call.

The billing processing means 214 is an advertiser management DB 24.
The corresponding advertiser's charge count is updated, and the valid period of the corresponding product information on the new product information DB 25 (when the charge count for two months is taken, the date after two months) is set.

The customer information registration processing means 215 is the customer terminal 1
Upon receiving a notification request for new product information, registration screen information 2
Send 151 to obtain the type, maker name, and model of the new product you want to be notified of, and also acquire the notification method, and obtain the customer information DB
Register at 26.

The new product information notification processing means 218 reads out the desired product specification information for notification of each customer in the customer information DB 26 and the previous confirmation date / time in a predetermined cycle (for example, daily), and the new product information corresponding to the product specification information is the last time. New product information DB25 about whether the product was registered or revised after the confirmation date and time
And the confirmation date and time is updated to the date and time at that time after the search.

As a result of the search, if there is relevant information, a notification mail or fax image information is created and a transmission request is made to the mail server 22 or fax model 23 together with the destination information.

The notification mail and the fax image information are created by embedding the product information in the mail template 2181 and the fax template 2182.
For example, the recipient's email address is embedded in a part of the header, and the product name, maker name, model name, main functions and specification outline, planned sales date, sales price information, detailed information HP address, and experience are included in each item column of the text. HP address, HP address of manufacturer or seller are embedded, subject, sender address,
The fixed information of the template 2181 is left unchanged as the item name of the body and the sender name, and the notification mail is used.

Upon receipt of a request from the customer terminal 1, the new product details / experience information transmitting means 217 transmits the input screen information 2171 to acquire the product name, and the new product information DB 25 with the product name.
To obtain the HP address or SIM address, reply to the input screen information 2171 under the browser of the customer terminal 1, and disconnect the communication when received.

At the customer terminal 1, the home page address received by the procedure of the input screen information 2171 under the browser is accessed and detailed information is displayed or a new product experience simulation is executed.

When the interest level totalizing / editing means 216 receives an interest level survey request from the customer terminal 1 or the advertiser terminal 3, it transmits the input screen information 2161 and sends the survey contents (product name, manufacturer name, product name and manufacturer-specific designation). The survey method and the display method are acquired, the product information desired to be notified in the customer information DB 26 is totaled, edited according to the display specification, and transmitted to the requesting browser.

The mail server 22 has a function of transmitting mail to the Internet. The fax model 23 receives the destination number and the image information to be transmitted from the new product information notification processing means 218 and has a function of automatically dialing the destination and scanning the image information and converting it into a serial signal when the automatic reception of the other party's fax is detected. It has a function of performing modulation such as QAM, PSK or FSK and transmitting it to the partner fax via PSTN or ISDN.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 3 and 4 are sequence charts showing the operation of the new product information notification system. Referring to FIG. 3, the product maker / seller makes an advertiser registration request from the advertiser terminal 3 to the notification center system 2 and the registration screen information 21.
When 21 is received, the displayed contract conditions are understood, and then the corporate information (advertiser name, address, communication address) of the advertiser, payment method, and card identification field on the screen are input and transmitted (step 1).

The notification center system 2 assigns an advertiser code, decides a password, transmits it, and registers these and the received information in the advertiser management DB 24 (step 2).

Next, the advertiser registers the new product information in the new product information DB 25 in advance or at any time in the notification center system 2 so that the information about the new product can be promptly provided to the customer, and the latest information is stored.

That is, when the new product information registration processing means 213 of the homepage prepared by the notification center system 2 is accessed, the registration screen information 2131 is transmitted and the registration screen of the new product information as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. . After inputting the new product information from the advertiser terminal 3 and clicking the "send" button, the new product information is sent to the notification center system 2 via the Internet 100 (step 3).

In the example of FIG. 7, the merchandise manufacturer / seller who can register information can be entered by the person who received the advertiser code in advance in the contract of steps 1 and 2, and the merchandise manufacturer / seller without the advertiser code. The seller can get the advertiser code and password by clicking the "Advertiser registration screen" button, entering personal information, and contracting with the notification center.

After that, information about the new product is input, and when all items are input, the "send" button is clicked to send to the notification center system 2 via the Internet 100.

The notification center system 2 includes the advertiser terminal 3
When the information on the new product sent from the product is received (step 4), it is automatically judged that the received data is not defective, and if there is a problem, the product manufacturer / seller is notified of the re-entry, and if there is no problem. The latest information on the new product is registered in the new product information DB 25 (step 5).

At this time, the contracted company is discriminated by the advertiser code transmitted from the advertiser terminal 3, and one registration is charged to bill the advertisement fee. The above is the description of the operation of registering new product information. Next, the customer sets the notification center system 2 to the Internet 10 via his / her customer terminal 1.
Access the customer information registration processing means 215 of the new product information notification homepage established on the Internet (step 6).
In response to this, the customer information registration processing means 215 sends the product information and the notification method information that can be notified to the Internet 100.
It is transmitted to the customer terminal 1 via (step 7).

Next, the product information as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 1 (step 8). The customer looks at various product information displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 1 and, if there is information about a new product, selects the product to be notified and registers it on the screen (step 9). In the example of Fig. 5, when the customer wants to notify the mobile phone of new product information, when the customer clicks the "mobile phone" button for product selection, the target manufacturer is displayed in the manufacturer specification field. To be done.

When the customer wants to know the product information of a particular maker, he / she can click the corresponding maker name, and when he / she wants to select by model, the target model is displayed by clicking the "Specify" button in the model designation. You can select the applicable model.

Next, when the "notification method" button on the screen of FIG. 5 is clicked, a screen for selecting the notification method as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the customer terminal 10 (step 1).
0). In the example of FIG. 6, the information selected by the user is displayed in the upper part of the screen, and if the information is incorrect, the user can return to the product information screen of FIG.

If there is no error, either the number of times designation or the period designation is selected as the number of notifications. When the number of times designation is selected, the customer can freely set the number of times, for example, from 01 to 99 times. If you select the period specification, specify the start date and end date as the target period. The period that can be input is provided with a function of designating, for example, one year from now. Further, a FAX (facsimile device) or an electronic mail can be selected as a notification method, and a FAX number or a mail address is inputted (step 11). When the customer can input all the items, the product information and the notification method information are transmitted to the notification center system 2 via the Internet 100 by clicking the "send" button in FIG. 6 (step 12).

When the notification center system 2 receives desired product information and notification method information from the customer (step 13), the notification center system 2 automatically determines that the received data is not defective, and if there is a problem, the customer is requested to re-input. If it is notified and there is no problem, it is registered in the customer information DB 26 (step 14). The registration date and time is also recorded during registration.

The new product information notification processing means 218 of the notification center system 2 reads out the desired notification contents of the customer information DB 26, and determines whether or not a new product satisfying these conditions is registered in the new product information DB 25 in which the latest information is stored. The search is automatically executed on a regular basis (step 15), and when there is the corresponding data, the customer is automatically notified of the information on the new product by FAX or e-mail according to the notification method specified by the customer (step 15). 16).

When there is no corresponding data, the search is continued until the number of notifications or the notification period designated in FIG. 6 is reached. Further, when the number of notifications and the notification period have passed, the customer terminal 1 is notified via the Internet 100 that the number of requests or the period requested by the customer is completed by FAX or e-mail according to the notification method.

When the customer confirms the notified contents and wants to know the detailed information or when the product can be simulated, he / she accesses the new product details / experience information transmitting means 217 on the homepage of the notification center system 2 (step 1
7). The new product details / experience information transmitting means 217 transmits the input screen information 2171, acquires the manufacturer name and the product name, searches the new product information DB 25 with this, obtains the corresponding detailed product information home page address, and acquires the detailed product information home page address. It transmits to the input screen information 2171 under the browser to switch the access destination and display the detailed information.

If a simulation experience is further selected,
The same operation is performed and a screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 1 (step 18).

Next, a method of using the simulation screen on the computer will be described. In the example of FIG.
Although it is a "mobile phone" simulation screen, if you click the "Listen to ringtone 1" button, you can hear the ringtone from the mobile phone 81 in a simulated manner (customer terminal 1 receives a voice file and outputs it to a speaker). By pressing each button 82 attached to the mobile phone on the screen, each movement can be confirmed on the homepage.

Further, the notification center system 2 uses the customer information D.
Information about the degree of interest in new products can be provided to customers, product manufacturers, and sellers by totalizing and analyzing the data in B26. As a totaling method, from the total number stored in the customer information DB 26, it can be sorted by month, product, maker, and model, and can be displayed in descending order of access count. By specifying it, more detailed information is displayed.

The method will be described below. First, when a customer or a product maker / seller operates the customer terminal 1 or the advertiser terminal 3 to access the interest level aggregation / editing means 216 on the homepage of the notification center system 2, the input screen information 2161 is sent and displayed. Therefore, when the item of interest degree is clicked on the screen, a screen for selecting the aggregation method as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed.

In the example of FIG. 9, for example, composite display is selected,
When the number of products is 1 and the number of manufacturers is 2, it is possible to know the number of items in the order of the most accessed products and in the order of the most accessed manufacturers.

Next, as a method of displaying the totalized result, it has a function of selecting numerical display or graph display.
When all items have been entered, the "send" button is clicked to send to the notification center terminal 20 via the Internet 100 (step 19).

The interest level totalizing / editing means 216 of the notification center system 2 receives the data of the interest level survey transmitted from the customer terminal 1 or the advertiser terminal 3 (step 2).
0) Automatically judge that the received data is not defective, and if there is a problem, notify the customer or the product maker / seller of re-input, and if there is no problem, read the customer information DB 26,
The customer information is analyzed according to the content of the request from the customer or the product maker / seller, and the result is displayed as a screen image as shown in FIG. 10, and is sent to the customer terminal 1 or the advertiser terminal 3 which has made a request via the Internet 100. Send (Step 2
1).

The example of FIG. 10 is a screen image in which numerical values for each product (mobile phone) and each manufacturer in the composite display are displayed in a table format. In the case of "mobile phone", the number of inquiries about mobile phones out of all the products is displayed and the rank is ranked. In addition, since the manufacturer is also specified, the question is asked by the mobile phone manufacturer. It is displayed in the order of the largest number of cases.

When the information continues, clicking the "Forward" button displays the next information, and clicking the "Return" button returns the display to the previous information.

When the new product information notification processing means 218 searches the new product information DB 25, the notification count of the corresponding product information is incremented, and the charging processing means 21
4 may periodically add up the notification counts for each advertiser code, add it to the billing count on the advertiser management DB 24, and charge the fee.

That is, in addition to the basic charge for registering new product information, a variable charge corresponding to the number of times of notifications is also charged to collect communication costs and operation costs and secure profits.

Also, for the interest degree information service to the advertiser, the charge count of the advertiser management DB 24 may be updated and included in the charge target.

Further, in the case of the hardware product of the new product information, the appearance photograph of the product may be registered as an attached file, and if applicable, the new product information notification processing means 218 may attach it to the mail or incorporate it in the image information. .

In the above description, the new product information is described as an example of new product information of TV, personal computer, mobile phone, car navigation system, game software, etc., but new products of financial products such as stocks and investment trusts, travel services, facilities, etc. It may be new product information of a service-provided product such as a usage service, maintenance and repair service, various education and training services.

In the case of targeting new products of these financial products and services, the above manufacturer is replaced with the provider, the model designation is replaced with the product series (product series) designation, and the function and specification information is the outline of the financial product. And features or the outline and features of the service.

[0075]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the customer can be notified as soon as the information about the new product is entered, the customer is less likely to miss the information about the new product, and the advertising effect and the customer's Early capture can be expected.

Since the customer can experience the simulation of the operation and function of the product that can be experienced on the homepage, the customer can trial use the new product on the computer before purchasing.

For the product maker, the product provider, or the seller, since an advertisement of the product can be posted on the Internet and the customer who is likely to purchase the product can be notified, the information is collected and selected, and the direct mail or the like is mailed to the customer. You can save time. Also, since the advertisement fee is automatically added up, no special management is required.

The notification center collects the collected data,
By having a function of analyzing, it is possible to provide an analysis result such as the degree of interest of a new product to a customer, a product maker, a product provider, or a seller.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall system configuration of a new product information notification system of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a notification center system 2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing the operation of the new product information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing the operation of the new product information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for specifying desired new product information displayed on the customer terminal 1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for designating a notification method of new product information displayed on the customer terminal 1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen of new product information displayed on the advertiser terminal 3.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a simulated experience screen of a new product displayed on the customer terminal 1.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for designating a counting method displayed on a request source terminal in a request for a survey of interest in a new product.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of an interest level survey result of a new product displayed on the request source terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Customer terminal 100 Internet 101 PSTN / ISDN 11 fax 2 notification center system 21 Web server 211 Web communication means 212 Advertiser Registration Processing Means 213 New product information registration processing means 214 Charge processing means 215 Customer information registration processing means 216 Interest level compilation means 217 New product details / Experience information transmission method 218 New product information notification processing means 22 Mail server 23 Fax Modem 24 Advertiser management DB 25 New product information DB 26 Customer Information DB 3 advertiser terminals

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[Claims] 1. A new product information notification system in which a terminal of a customer who wants to obtain new product information, an advertiser terminal who wants to advertise new product information, and a notification center system are network-connected, and the notification center system is a new product. Types of
Name, provider name or seller name, product content information, price information, new product information database accumulating sales schedule, type of desired product for notification for each customer, information specifying product series name or provider name, A customer information database accumulating a notification method including a notification medium, a destination address, a notification count and a period, new product information registration processing means for receiving new product information from an advertiser and registering it in the new product information database, and this registration To the corresponding advertiser, and the billing processing means for periodically billing collectively, and the designation information and the notification method of the desired product for notification for each customer are received from the customer terminal and registered in the customer information database. The customer information registration processing means and the notification desired product specification information in the customer information database are read out periodically to search the new product information database. , New product information notification system, comprising a new product information notification processing means for transmitting at appropriate communication media new product information is specified, if any. 2. A new product information notification system in which a terminal of a customer who wants to obtain new product information, an advertiser terminal who wants to advertise new product information, and a notification center system are network-connected, and the notification center system is a new product. Types of
New product information database that stores name, maker or seller name, function or specification information, price information, sales schedule, information of desired product type for each customer, information specifying model or maker, notification media and destination address A customer information database accumulating a notification method including a notification frequency or a period, new product information registration processing means for receiving new product information from an advertiser and registering it in the new product information database, and an advertiser corresponding to this registration Billing processing means for counting billing to the customer and periodically billing, and customer information registration processing means for receiving designation information and a notification method of a desired product for notification for each customer from a customer terminal and registering it in the customer information database. , Read the notification desired product specification information from the customer information database on a regular basis, and search the new product information database with this New product information notification system, comprising a new product information notification processing means for transmitting by the communication media new product information is specified, if any. 3. When the notification center system receives a new product interest level survey request from a customer terminal or an advertiser terminal, the input screen information is transmitted, the survey target, the period, and the display format of the result are acquired, and the acquired survey target is acquired. 7. An interest level aggregation / editing unit that aggregates the designated information of the products that the customer wants to notify by using the range and the period, and displays the aggregation result on the requesting terminal in the acquired format. The new product information notification system according to 1 or 2. 4. The new product information registration processing means of the notification center system also acquires address information of a homepage providing new product detailed information as new product information from the advertiser terminal and registers it in the new product information database. The notification processing means sends it to the customer as a part of the corresponding new product information, and the notification center system acquires the product identification information when the new product detailed information is requested from the customer terminal and searches the new product information database with this. 3. The new product information notification system according to claim 1, further comprising new product detailed information transmitting means for acquiring the corresponding home page address and switching the access destination of the customer terminal to the corresponding address. 5. The new product information registration processing means of the notification center system also obtains the address information of the homepage that provides information for simulating the new product as new product information from the advertiser terminal and registers it in the new product information database. Then, the new product information notification processing means sends it to the customer as a part of the corresponding new product information, and the notification center system obtains the product identification information when the simulated experience of the new product is requested from the customer terminal, and the new product information is received. The new product information according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: new product experience information transmitting means for searching the product information database to obtain the corresponding homepage address and switching the access destination of the customer terminal to the corresponding address. Notification system. 6. The new product information notification processing means of the notification center system counts notifications for corresponding product information when the new product information database is searched, and the billing processing means periodically notifies the advertiser of the notification count. The new product information notification system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the code is totaled for each code, added to the billing count for the new product information registration, and billed. 7. When the new product information registration processing means of the notification center system registers or updates new product information, the date and time is also recorded in the new product information database, and the new product information notification processing means stores the customer information database. Each time you retrieve the specified information of the product you want to be notified and perform a search using it as a key, the date and time will be recorded as the confirmation date and time, and the previous confirmation date and time will be read together with the next readout,
A feature that searches the new product information database only for new product information registered or revised after the previous confirmation date and time and notifies the customer of the new product information that is new or changed after the second time The new product information notification system according to item 1 or 2. 8. A mail server for sending a mail on a web network by a notification center system, a public telephone line or ISD for receiving destination information and digital image information.
It also has a fax model which sends a fax to the other facsimile machine through the N line, and the customer information registration processing means of the notification center system allows the customer to select either e-mail or a facsimile machine as the notification medium and stores it in the customer information database. 2. The registered new product information notification processing means transmits the corresponding new product information to a customer terminal or a facsimile machine on the customer side through a mail server or a fax model according to the registered designation. The new product information notification system described in 2. 9. A new product information notification method for receiving new product information of an advertiser through a network and notifying a customer who wants to obtain new product information through the network, wherein the type, name and provider name of the new product from the advertiser. Or new product information registration processing procedure of receiving new product information including seller name, product content information, price information, sales schedule and registering and accumulating as new product information database, and advertisement corresponding to registration of this new product information Includes a billing procedure that counts bills to the main and periodically bills, the type of product desired to be notified by the customer, information specifying the product series name or provider name, notification media, addressee, notification frequency and period Customer information registration processing procedure for receiving customer information and registering and accumulating it as a customer information database, and a desired product instruction for notification of the customer information database periodically A new product information notification processing procedure for reading constant information, searching the new product information database with this, and transmitting the corresponding new product information to the customer side through the specified communication medium Product information notification method. 10. A new product information notification method for receiving new product information of an advertiser through a network and notifying the customer who wishes to obtain new product information through the network,
New product information registration processing procedure for receiving new product information including the type, name, manufacturer or seller name, function or specification information, price information, sales schedule of the new product from the advertiser and registering and accumulating as a new product information database. , The billing process procedure for counting the billing to the advertiser corresponding to the registration of this new product information and periodically billing, and the information specifying the type of the product desired to be notified by the customer, the model or the manufacturer, and the notification media. Customer information registration processing procedure of receiving customer information including address and number of notifications or period and registering and accumulating as customer information database, and periodically reading out notification desired product designation information of the customer information database to search new product information database If there is applicable new product information, the new product information notification processing procedure for sending it to the customer side through the specified communication medium is provided. New product information notification method according to claim Rukoto. 11. When a new product interest level survey request is received from a customer side or an advertiser side, input screen information is transmitted, a survey target and period, and a result display format are acquired, and the acquired survey target range and period are used. 10. An interest level aggregate editing procedure for totaling designated information of products desired by the customer to be notified, and transmitting information for displaying the totalized result in the acquired format to the request source side. Or the new product information notification method described in 10. 12. The new product information registration processing procedure also obtains address information of a homepage that provides new product detailed information as new product information from the advertiser side, registers and accumulates it as the new product information database, and notifies the new product information. The processing procedure is sent to the customer as a part of the applicable new product information, and when the customer requests the new product detailed information, the product identification information is acquired, and the new product information database is searched with this and the corresponding homepage address is acquired. 11. The new product information notifying method according to claim 9, further comprising a new product detailed information transmitting procedure for acquiring the above information and switching the access destination on the customer side to the corresponding address. 13. The new product information registration processing procedure also acquires address information of a homepage that provides information for a pseudo experience of a new product as new product information from the advertiser side, and registers and stores it as the new product information database, The new product information notification processing procedure sends it to the customer as a part of the applicable new product information, and the notification center system acquires the product identification information when the customer side requests a simulated experience of the new product and the new product information 11. The new product information notification according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising a new product experience information transmission procedure of searching the information database, acquiring the corresponding homepage address, and switching the access destination of the customer terminal to the corresponding address. Method. 14. The new product information notification processing procedure performs notification count for corresponding product information when the new product information database is searched, and the billing processing procedure periodically collects the notification count for each advertiser code. The new product information notification method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the new product information registration is added to the charge count for the new product information registration to charge a fee. 15. The new product information registration processing procedure also records the date and time when the new product information is registered or revised, and the new product information notification processing procedure reads the designation information of the desired product to be notified from the customer information database. Each time you perform a search with that as the key, the date and time is recorded as the confirmation date and time, and the previous confirmation date and time will also be read with the next readout, and only new product information registered or revised after the previous confirmation date and time will be the target. 11. The new product information notifying method according to claim 9, wherein the customer is notified only of the corresponding new product information that is new or changed after the second search. 16. The customer information registration processing procedure allows a customer to specify either an e-mail or a facsimile machine as the notification medium, which is registered and stored as a customer information database, and a new product information notification processing procedure is registered and stored. 10. The specified new product information is transmitted to a customer terminal or a facsimile machine on the customer side through a mail server or a fax model according to a specification.
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