JP2003178165A - Salesroom information system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a salesroom information system preventing a customer from forgetting to buy a commodity, and at the same time, smoothly guiding the customer to an objective salesroom. <P>SOLUTION: In the salesroom information system guiding a customer to a salesroom of a commodity, an information terminal is provided with a communicating means for exchanging information with a management server, a displaying means for displaying commodity information and salesroom information acquired from the management server and an inputting means for selecting from pieces of information displayed in the displaying means, and the management server is provided with a communicating means for exchanging the information with the information terminal, a proposing means for sending a proposal comprising a combination of a plurality of commodities as an image plane, a commodity presenting means for sending an image plane describing all commodities composing the proposal when the customer accepts the proposal sent by the proposing means and a salesroom information means for sending information of a salesroom displaying a commodity when the customer accepts the commodity described by the commodity presenting means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention assists a store in finding a sales floor for a product purchased by a visitor.
It relates to a sales floor guidance system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in supermarkets and the like, it has often been practiced to post the layout of a store at the entrance of a store, a landing of stairs, or the like, and present the store of each product to visitors. Above the aisle between the shelves and on the shelves themselves,
It is also common to indicate what sales floor.

In addition, in order to get people to shop at their own stores as much as possible, propose a combination of a plurality of products such as a dinner menu at the food section and a total coordination at the clothing section. Is also being actively conducted.

[0004]

However, there are the following problems in the prior art. That is, even if a suggestion is made, some users may forget to purchase some of the necessary products unless they make a memo in advance and check it at the store.

[0005] In addition, at the store that I have been visiting, I know the location of the display shelves, and I can easily see where and what is placed. In a very large store, which has been going on, it is a waste of time to wander around looking for display shelves (sales floors).

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a sales floor guidance system which prevents a customer from forgetting to buy a product and at the same time smoothly guides a visitor to a desired sales floor.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention is to purchase while an information terminal carried by a visitor in a store and a management server installed in the store exchange information. In the sales floor guidance system for guiding the product to the sales floor, the information terminal communicates with the management server to exchange information, display means for displaying the product information and the sales floor guidance acquired from the management server, and the display means. Proposal to provide an input means for selecting a desired product from the product information displayed on the display, a communication means for exchanging information with the information terminal, and a proposal including a combination of a plurality of products as a screen to the management server Means, a product presenting means for transmitting a screen describing all the products that make up the proposal when the store adopts the proposal transmitted by the proposing means, and the product presenting means It is provided with a a sales guide means when adopting the visit who products described in stage the product sends guidance sales being display.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the sales floor guide system according to the first aspect, the sales floor guide transmitted by the sales floor guide means is a map of the display rack or a screen for guiding a route to the display rack. It is configured by.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is an example of the configuration of a sales floor guidance system of the present invention, which includes an information terminal 1, a management server 2, and wireless communication means 3.

The information terminal 1 includes a communication means 3 capable of exchanging information with the management server 1, a proposal combining a product transmitted from the management server, a display device 4 for displaying a list of products, a sales floor guide, a proposal and the like. It is a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile information terminal or a mobile phone that has an input device 5 for selecting a product and has a wireless communication function.

The management server 2 employs a communication means 3 for exchanging information with the information terminal 1, a proposal means 6 for transmitting a proposal including a combination of a plurality of products as a screen, and a proposal transmitted by the proposal means 6 for a visitor to visit. When presenting, a product presenting means 7 for transmitting a screen in which all the goods composing the proposal are displayed, and guidance of a sales floor where the goods are displayed when a visitor selects the goods described in the goods presenting means 7. It has a sales floor guide means for transmitting.

From the viewpoint of the hardware of the computer system, the management server 2 is a recording device (a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.) for a computer that records information, and an input device (keyboard, mouse, bar code) for giving instructions to the computer. CP that performs calculations
U, a display device such as a CRT for displaying the result, and a network and an interface for exchanging information with other systems.

Next, the operation of the sales floor guidance system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the schematic diagram showing the operation of the present invention in FIG.

The store records in the management server 2 information such as a food menu using main ingredients such as meat and fish and seasonal recipes and recipes for each menu.

A visitor to the store accesses the management server 2 from the information terminal 1 carried by the communication means 3 and a list of cooking menus proposed by the suggesting means 6 as shown in FIG. 3 (a). And display means 4 of the information terminal 1
To display. FIG. 3A shows an example where the menu is a pan dish.

The visitor selects, for example, "Sukiyaki" from the proposed food menu by the input means 5. The selection result is sent to the management server 2 by the communication means 3.
By sending the food menu from the management server 2,
Since the visitor can obtain the menu after going to the store, there is no need to think about the menu in advance.

The management server 2 receives the selection result "Sukiyaki", and the product presenting means 7 displays a list of the ingredients necessary for making the recorded "Sukiyaki", for example, 4
The communication amount is transmitted to the information terminal 1 by the communication means 3 as a serving amount.

As for the necessary amount, it is possible to record the foodstuff for each menu for one person, input the number of people at the time of selecting the menu, and calculate and transmit the necessary amount by the management server 2.

The visitor receives the list of "Sukiyaki" ingredients and displays them on the display means 4. FIG. 3B is an example of a list of ingredients of "Sukiyaki". Since the visitor can obtain a list of ingredients for the menu from the management server 2 and check the list of ingredients required for menu while shopping, it is possible to prevent forgetting to buy the necessary ingredients.

Next, the visitor selects "beef" from the list of ingredients of "Sukiyaki" by the input means 5, and requests the management server 2 to guide the sales floor by the communication means 3.

The management server 2 uses the sales floor guide means 8 to
A "sales floor map" showing the display location of "beef" in Fig. 4 (a),
Or FIG. 4 (b) similar to a car navigation system.
The screen in the form of “guidance from the current position to the target sales floor” shown in is created and transmitted to the information terminal 1 by the communication means 3.

The visitor displays the above-mentioned "map" or "guide map" received by the information terminal 1 on the display means 4. This "map" or "guide map" enables the visitor to quickly reach the desired sales floor even if he / she does not know the location in the store.

The store can prevent the visitor from forgetting to buy by providing the menu and the list of ingredients necessary for the menu from the management server 2. Also, by providing "maps" and "guidance maps", visitors can be smoothly guided to the desired sales floor.

As a method of leading to a desired sales floor, 1) displaying the order in which a plurality of foodstuffs can be efficiently purchased,
2) It is also possible to attach a non-contact IC tag or the like to each food item or display shelf unit and notify an alarm when the food item displayed on the information terminal 1 passes near the display shelf.

The present invention has been described above in detail based on the embodiments. The sales floor guidance system according to the present invention is as follows.
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Depending on the storage capacity of the information terminal, the information terminal itself can be provided with sales floor information.

Further, the basic concept of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the use in the field of selling ingredients for cooking, but in the field of selling various products such as clothing, interior (interior decoration), tableware, and furniture. Can be applied to.

That is, the basic concept of the present invention is that, in a store, when a plurality of products are combined and proposed to an information terminal, and a visitor adopts the proposal, a list of individual products constituting the proposal is presented. And, there is a method of guiding the sales floor of individual products, and this method can be provided not only for the ingredients of food at one store but also for the sale of some combination products.

For example, the present invention can be applied to a plurality of clothing retailers in a shopping district. We provide sample photos of dresses, and when one photo is selected, a list of products such as coats, suits, shirts, ties, shoes, bags, etc. in the photo is displayed, and the products are guided to each sales floor or store. As described above, the present invention can be widely used in the field of combining and selling a plurality of products under some intention.

[0029]

As described above, according to the sales floor guidance system of the present invention, information about a product is provided to an information terminal carried by a visitor, and at the same time, the customer can be guided to the sales floor of the product. Therefore, it is possible to avoid forgetting to buy the products that make up the proposal, and to avoid wasting time to search for a desired product section.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a proposal of a combination of a plurality of products of the present invention and a list of products composing the proposal.

FIG. 4 is an example of sales floor guidance of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Information terminal 2 Management server 3 communication means 4 Display means 5 Input means 6 Proposal means 7 Product presentation means 8 sales floor guidance means

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sales floor guidance system for guiding a customer to a sales floor of a product to be purchased while exchanging information between an information terminal carried by a visitor and a management server installed in the shop, wherein the information terminal is the The system includes a communication unit for exchanging information with the management server, a display unit for displaying product information and a sales floor guide acquired from the management server, and an input unit for selecting a desired product from the product information displayed on the display unit. When the management server employs the communication means for exchanging information with the information terminal, the proposal means for transmitting a proposal composed of a combination of a plurality of products as a screen, and the proposal transmitted by the proposal means A product presenting means for transmitting a screen in which all the products constituting the proposal are described,
A sales floor guidance system comprising: a sales floor guidance means for transmitting a guidance of a sales floor where the product is displayed when a visitor adopts the product described in the product presentation means. 2. The sales floor guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the sales floor guidance transmitted by the sales floor guidance means comprises a map of the display shelves or a screen for route guidance to the display shelves. A characteristic sales floor guidance system.