JP2003122916A - System for supporting housekeeping book input and managing housekeeping book data utilizing portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide housekeeping book service by automatically calculating and managing housekeeping book data through an Internet. SOLUTION: When a consumer (a common housewife, for example) takes a picture of a certification item such as a receipt and the like utilizing a potable telephone provided with a camera or a scanner and sends the picture to a housekeeping book service server through an E-mail, the housekeeping book server converts this picture to text data and stores in database therefore providing a housekeeping book service which automatically calculates and manages housekeeping book data.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a business account automation management service through the Internet. 2. Description of the Related Art Household account book management has conventionally been used by housewives of ordinary households in Japan as a means of planning a household balance. Unlike the United States, Japan rarely uses a credit card to pay for regular shopping and meals. After finishing shopping, a general housewife uses a receipt (receipt) to check each shopping item, and writes each line in a notebook called a household account book. In this way, the household is checked for income and expenditure every certain period (for example, one month), and a shopping plan for the next period is made. Recently, with the spread of home computers, software for household accounts has been marketed, and this has been used to simplify calculations and statistics. Recently, a site that provides a household account book service by using the Internet has appeared. [0003] The conventional notebook-type household account book is very inconvenient to fill in, calculate, and manage, for example, tallying for each product item, and causes the housewife of a general household not to be able to continue easily. It becomes. Software-type household books are calculated,
While automated in terms of administration, the purchase price of software and hardware, or the burden of Internet service charges, and the knowledge of using a computer, make it difficult for homemakers to use it. I have. The most difficult cause is that the receipt of each retailer such as supermarket, mass retailer, retail store etc. is not standardized, for example, due to the difference in format, the absence of barcode printing,
In the current situation, it is necessary to manually input product items one by one. A household account book service server automates the calculation and management of household account book data and provides a household account book service through the Internet. Consumers (housewives in ordinary households) can easily refer to and input data from mobile phones and personal computers, and use mobile phones with cameras or scanners, which are rapidly spreading,
Simple and immediate data entry becomes possible. Retail company,
Reduce the burden on consumers by partnering with marketing information service providers and making service fees free. Referring to FIG. This business model invention is a web server application, "receipt analysis and input engine", "data analysis and processing engine",
It consists of a “data analysis and statistics engine” and a “household account database” and implements a household account book service provider system. The key point is that the consumer takes a photo of the shopping receipt using a mobile phone with a camera or scanner and sends it to the service server via email. The sent e-mail is processed in the "receipt analysis and input engine" through the "receipt analysis and input engine", and is stored in the "household account database" as text data. The stored data is subjected to calculation processing through a “data analysis and processing engine”, and is disclosed to a corresponding consumer via a web server or e-mail. Consumers can access the web server and check their household balance for a certain period of time. On the other hand, the data stored in the "household account database" is provided to marketing information service providers and retailers who have contracted through the "data analysis and statistical engine". DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Input of consumer household data. See FIG. Consumers provide three ways to make entry simple and instant using a popular mobile phone. Using a camera or a mobile phone with a scanner, take a picture of the shopping receipt and send it via e-mail to the e-mail account specified on the service server. Access and enter the homepage provided on the service server. Using a Java application for mobile phones prepared in the service server, input is performed. "Receipt analysis and processing engine". See FIG. [0006] In the case of input using a specific form, the input data is stored as it is in a "household account database". In the case of a receipt photograph, it is temporarily stored in an image database. Then, the image data is converted into text data through a “receipt analysis / processing engine”, which mainly includes OCR (Optica).
(Character Recognition). Since the receipts of each retailer are not standardized, conversion is assisted by referring to the receipt template database. If there is an unrecognizable or new receipt format, it is processed manually and the new format is registered in the receipt template database. [0008] "Household account database". See FIG. Store personal information, shopping information, etc. A general receipt contains the following information:・ Retailer name ・ Store logo, store name ・ Phone number ・ Date of issue, time ・ Cash register person in charge, responsible person ・ Purchased item number, name, price ・ Subtotal price ・ Tax price ・ Total price [0009] "Data Analysis and processing engine. " See FIG. In order for individual consumers to check information such as monthly income, expenditures such as food expenses and utility charges, and saving status, analysis and processing and repair of data stored in the "household account database" are performed. [0010] A consumer accesses a household account service provider. See FIG. Providing a homepage for accessing from a personal computer or a mobile phone Browser that provides two access methods. Report from email. "Data analysis and statistics engine". See FIG. Purchase information (retailers, stores, merchandise, prices) and statistical information (regional, date / time, age and gender, and other attributes, popular items, etc.) for contracted marketing information service providers and retailers. To provide
Analyze and process the data in the "Household Database". Provide consumer personal information to the merchant only if the consumer has consented,
Receive services such as discount services from suppliers. According to the business model invention, the household account book service server automates the calculation and management of household account data via the Internet, and provides a household account book service. Consumers (housewives in ordinary households) will be able to access data more easily from mobile phones and PCs, and will be able to input data easily and immediately using mobile phones with cameras and scanners that are rapidly spreading. Become. Reduce the burden on consumers by partnering with retailers and marketing information service providers to free service fees.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the business model invention system.

Claims (1)

Claims 1. Using a mobile phone that supports a camera or a scanner, consumers can shop anywhere after shopping.
Easily and conveniently take photos of receipts and other proofs,
Send it as a mail to the household account book Internet service provider. The household account book internet service server converts the received photo image into an OCR (Optical C)
The data is converted into text data using the technology of "Character Recognition" and stored in a database. These series of processes.