JP2007164424A - Method for supplying commodity selection support information, and system for supplying commodity selection support information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a commodity suitable for each consumer, and to effectively support commodity selection by each consumer. <P>SOLUTION: In a commodity selection support information supply process, a card reader/writer accepts an IC card Y set at a predetermined place by the consumer X who comes to a store A, presents card registration information registered in the IC card Y according to desiring of acquisition of commodity selection support information, and requests a shopping site management server to supply the commodity selection support information. The shopping site management server creates the commodity selection support information to be supplied and transmits the information to the card reader/writer using the presented card registration information and the information of commodity to be sold stored in a management server DB according to a selected table for determining the commodity selection support information. The purchased commodity information on the commodity purchased at the store is registered into the IC card Y with a POS register. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention registers purchased product information related to a product purchased by a consumer in a portable information storage medium such as an IC card, and purchases by a consumer based on the registration information of the portable information storage medium. The present invention relates to a product selection support information providing method and product selection support information providing system for providing product selection support information for supporting product selection.

  In general, consumers purchase products based on the contents of advertisements of products distributed by food retailers or by actually seeing products sold at supermarkets or other food retailers. Select.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many systems have been proposed in which an outline of a product to be sold is explained on a shopping site or a product introduction site established on the Internet (see, for example, Patent Document 1-2).

JP 2004-295279 A

JP 2004-272446 A

  However, the conventional system described above only introduces products with common contents to each consumer, and product guidance suitable for each consumer and suits each consumer. There was a problem that it was not possible to propose a product.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, propose products suitable for each consumer, and effectively support each consumer's product selection.

  The product selection support information providing method of the present invention reads a product code given to a product purchased by a consumer, and purchase product information including product information indicated by the read product code is provided to the consumer Registered in a formula information storage medium (for example, an IC card), generates product selection support information in response to a provision request for product selection support information from a terminal device in which the portable information storage medium is set, and generates the product selection support Information is transmitted to the terminal device via a communication network.

  By configuring as described above, it is possible to propose a product suitable for each consumer, and to effectively support each consumer's product selection.

  The product selection support information is at least one of purchased product information registered in the portable information storage medium, pre-created sales product feature information, and consumer feature information registered in the portable information storage medium. Generate based on. This consumer characteristic information includes allergy information registered by the consumer.

  The product selection support information providing system of the present invention also includes a register (for example, a POS register 41) that reads a product code attached to a product purchased by a consumer and outputs a receipt, and registration data in a portable information storage medium. A data read / write device (for example, card reader / writer 30) having a read function for reading data and a write function for writing data to the portable information storage medium, and a product selection support information providing server (for example, shopping) that provides product selection support information A product selection support information providing system provided with a site management server 10), wherein the register reads product code reading means (for example, step S101 in the POS register 41) for reading a product code assigned to a product purchased by a consumer. The product code read by the product code reading means Purchase product information registration means for registering the purchase product information including the product information in the portable information storage medium presented to the consumer (for example, the part that executes step S106 in the POS register 41), and product selection support The information providing server includes product selection support information generating means (for example, in the shopping site management server 10) that generates product selection support information in response to a request for providing product selection support information from a data read / write device in which a portable information storage medium is set. A part for executing step S606) and product selection information transmission means for transmitting the product selection support information generated by the product selection support information generation means to the data read / write device via the communication network (for example, step in the shopping site management server 10) A portion for executing S607) The apparatus includes commodity selection support information display means (for example, a part for executing step S608 in the card reader / writer 30) for displaying the commodity selection support information received via the communication network on a display device provided in the data read / write device. It is characterized by.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the goods suitable for each consumer can be proposed, and it becomes possible to support each consumer's goods selection effectively.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a product selection support information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the product selection support information providing system 100 includes a shopping site management server 10, a store server 20, a card reader / writer 30, POS registers 41 to 4N (N: any positive integer), Consumer terminal 70.

  The product selection support information providing system 100 registers the consumer information related to the consumer in the IC card possessed by each consumer, presents the consumer information registered in the IC card, or is registered in the IC card. This is a system for providing various information based on consumer information.

  The shopping site management server 10 and the store server 20 are each connected to a communication network 60 such as the Internet, for example. Further, the store server 20, the card reader / writer 30, and the POS registers 41 to 4N are connected to a communication network 70 such as a LAN disposed in the store A, for example.

  In FIG. 1, the store server 20, the card reader / writer 30, and the POS registers 41 to 4N installed in the store A are shown. However, the store server, card reader / writer, A POS register may be included in the product selection support information providing system 100. Moreover, although one consumer terminal 70 is shown in FIG. 1, there may be any number of consumer terminals connected to the communication network 60.

  The shopping site management server 10 and the store server 20 are each configured by an information processing device such as a WWW server.

  The shopping site management server 10 is a server managed by a system administrator of the product selection support information providing system 100, for example, and executes various processes for the operation of the shopping site opened on the communication network 60. The shopping site management server 10 includes a management server DB 11 in which product purchase information related to products purchased using a shopping site operated is stored. In the production history information DB 11, for example, product purchase information related to products purchased at a shopping site using the consumer terminal 70 is stored. The management server DB 11 may be inside or outside the shopping site management server 10.

  The store server 20 is managed by, for example, a store manager who manages the store A, and exchanges information with the card reader / writer 30 and the POS registers 41 to 4N via the communication network 60.

  The card reader / writer 30 has a card setting mechanism for setting an IC card, and has a function of reading data registered in the IC card and a function of writing data in the IC card. The card reader / writer 30 includes an input device for inputting various information such as a keyboard and a display device for displaying various information such as an LCD. The card reader / writer 30 can be connected to the communication network 60 via the store server 20 and can communicate with the shopping site management server 10 and the like.

  Each of the POS registers 41 to 4N is a register installed in a purchase amount payment place provided in the store A. For example, the POS registers 41 to 4N read a barcode attached to a product and specify the barcode based on the read barcode. Various functions, such as the function to print the purchase details on the receipt using the product name and the product price, and the function to register the purchased product information such as the product name and product price specified based on the read barcode on the IC card It has the function of. Since the POS registers 41 to 4N have the same configuration, the POS register 41 will be mainly described in the following description.

  The consumer terminal 50 is configured by an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal, for example, and includes an environment including software and hardware for connecting to the communication network 60.

  In this example, consumer information related to the consumer is registered in the IC card possessed by each consumer. In this example, the IC card is a credit card that is generally used.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of card registration information registered in an IC card possessed by a consumer. As shown in FIG. 2, the card registration information includes a customer number uniquely assigned to each IC card (each consumer), a card number as a credit card, an expiration date as a credit card, a purchase Product information and customer characteristic information are included.

  Note that the content of the card registration information shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and other information such as the date of birth of the corresponding consumer may be included.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of purchased product information. As shown in FIG. 3, the purchased product information includes, for example, a product category indicating the category of the purchased product, a product name of the purchased product, a traceability code assigned to the purchased product, and the purchased product information. The price, the purchase date of the product, the quantity of the purchased product, and the purchase store name indicating the store name from which the product was purchased are included.

  The traceability code is a code that can specify the production / history information of the corresponding product, and is a code printed on the product or product packaging as a search key in the traceability system. Note that the number of digits of the traceability code may be any number, and the number of digits may be different depending on the type of product.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of customer characteristic information. As shown in FIG. 4, the customer characteristic information includes, for example, allergy information and two types of preference information.

  The allergy information is information for specifying allergies of the consumer designated by the consumer, and for example, allergens such as “soba” and “wheat” are registered. In addition, you may make it register the disease name accompanying a meal restriction, such as "diabetes mellitus."

  In the present example, the preference information 1 is information indicating the consumer's favorite food designated by the consumer. In addition, the preference information 2 is information indicating a food that the consumer dislikes specified by the consumer. The preference information may include other information such as a favorite food menu and a disliked food menu.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a product selection support information determination table stored in the management server DB 11. As shown in FIG. 5, the product selection support information determination table determines any information among purchased product information, allergy information, preference information 1, preference information 2, and sales product information when determining product selection support information. It is a table for determining whether to refer to.

  For example, when the product selection support information determination table 1 is a use table, the product selection support information is determined based only on purchased product information.

  “Sales product information” is information about products sold at the corresponding store, and includes various information such as sales price, whether it is a special sale item, whether it is a popular item, etc. . In this example, since an example of purchasing a product at a specific store A is described, sales product information about the store A is always referred to. When a product is purchased at any of a plurality of stores, the sales product information of each of the plurality of stores may be referred to.

Next, the operation of the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example will be described.
First, the purchase product information registration process executed by the POS register 41 will be described by taking as an example the case where the consumer X presents the IC card Y at the store A and purchases the product. In the purchased product information registration process, a process of registering purchased product information for each product purchased by the consumer X in the IC card Y possessed by the consumer X is executed. It is assumed that a customer number is registered in advance in the IC card Y. The registration of the customer number may be performed in advance before giving the IC card Y to the consumer X, or may be done by the card reader / writer 30 after giving the IC card Y to the consumer X. Good.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of card information registration processing executed by the POS register 41 in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example. In the card information registration process, first, the POS register 41 reads a product code attached to a product that the consumer X selects in the store A in response to the cashier's operation (step S101).

  The product code is a code such as a barcode attached to each product. The POS register 41 executes processing for reading a product code by a code reading device such as a barcode reader.

  Next, the POS register 41 searches for product information associated with the read product code (step S102), and temporarily stores it in the storage medium (step S103). In the storage medium provided in the POS register 41, a product information table in which the product code of each product is associated with the product information of the product indicated by the product code is registered. The merchandise information includes, for example, the merchandise classification, merchandise name, traceability code, and price of the corresponding merchandise. Note that the product information may be a single traceability code. In this case, information such as product classification, product name, and price can be specified by the traceability code.

  The POS register 41 stores product information about all products that the consumer X desires to purchase in a storage medium by performing steps S101 to S103 for all products that the consumer X desires to purchase.

  When the consumer X has finished reading the product codes for all the products that he / she wishes to purchase and the end of the processing is specified by the cashier, the POS register 41 receives an instruction to end the product code reading processing. (Y in step S104), the IC card Y presented by the consumer X is received (step S105), the product information temporarily stored in the storage medium, the purchase date, the quantity, and the store name are The purchased product information is registered in the memory of the IC card Y (step S106).

  Then, the POS register 41 outputs a receipt in which predetermined information is posted on the register paper based on the product information temporarily stored in the storage medium (step S107).

  When the consumer X goes to the store A and purchases a product, the purchased product information is registered in the IC card Y of the consumer X by the POS register as described above.

  Next, the purchase is performed in the case where the consumer X purchases a product by presenting the customer number registered in the IC card Y using the consumer terminal 50 at the shopping site operated by the shopping site operation server 10. The product information temporary storage process will be described. In the purchased product information temporary storage process, a process of temporarily storing the purchased product information about each product purchased by the consumer X in the management server DB 11 provided in the shopping site management server 10 is executed. It is assumed that a customer number is registered in advance in the IC card Y. The registration of the customer number may be performed in advance before giving the IC card Y to the consumer X, or may be done by the card reader / writer 30 after giving the IC card Y to the consumer X. Good.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of purchased product information temporary storage processing in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example. In the purchase product information temporary storage process, first, when there is an access from the consumer terminal 50 (step S201), the shopping site management server 10 provides the consumer terminal 50 with a product selection page on the shopping site (step S201). S202).

  The consumer terminal 50 operates the shopping site via the communication network 60 with the product code associated with the product desired to be purchased selected by the consumer X on the product selection page according to the operation of the consumer X. It transmits to the server 10 (steps S203, S204).

  When receiving the product code, the shopping site administration server 10 searches for product information associated with the received product code (step S205) and stores it in the management server DB 11 (step S206). Note that the product information table described above is registered in the management server DB 11. In this way, the shopping site management server 10 stores product information about all products that the consumer X desires to purchase in the management server DB 11.

  Next, the shopping site management server 10 transmits a card information input page to the consumer terminal 50 via the communication network 50 (step S207).

  The consumer terminal 50 transmits the card information input by the consumer X on the card information input page to the shopping site operation server 10 via the communication network 60 in accordance with the operation of the consumer X (Step S208, S209). Here, the customer number, the card number, and the expiration date are transmitted.

  When the authentication based on the card information is performed, the shopping site management server 10 charges the consumer X, and purchase date, quantity, and purchase are added to the product information temporarily stored in the management server DB 11. The purchased product information with the store name added is stored in the management server DB 11 (step S210).

  And the shopping site management server 10 transmits the process completion page which shows completion of the process which concerns on purchase of goods to the consumer terminal 50 via the communication network 50 (step S211). The consumer terminal 50 displays the processing completion page from the shopping site management server 10 on the display device provided for itself (step S212).

  When the consumer X purchases a product from a shopping site operated by the shopping site management server 10, the purchased product information is temporarily stored in the management server DB 11 provided in the shopping site management server 10 as described above.

  Next, a process of registering the purchased product information temporarily stored by the shopping site management server 10 by the above-described process in the IC card Y possessed by the consumer X will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the purchased product information registration process for registering the purchased product information temporarily stored in the management server DB 11 in the IC card Y in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example.

  In the purchased product information registration process, the card reader / writer 30 first receives the IC card Y set at a predetermined location by the consumer X who has visited the store A (step S301). Next, the card reader / writer 30 displays a predetermined initial screen on the display screen of the display device provided therein (step S302). For example, a selection area for various services that can be provided is provided on the initial screen.

  When the consumer X selects “download purchased product information” on the initial screen, the card reader / writer 30 receives a download instruction for the purchased product information (step S303), and reads the customer number registered in the IC card Y. The read customer number is presented, and the shopping site management server 10 is requested to download purchased product information (step S304).

  Upon receiving the download request, the shopping site management server 10 checks whether or not the purchased product information associated with the presented customer number is temporarily stored (step S305). The purchased product information is transmitted to the card reader / writer 30 (step S306).

  When the purchased product information is received, the card reader / writer 30 registers the received purchased product information in the IC card Y (step S307). Then, the shopping site management server 10 is notified that registration has been completed (step S308). Upon receiving this notification, the shopping site management server 10 deletes the purchased product information transmitted in step S306 (step S309).

  As described above, the purchased product information temporarily stored in the management server DB 11 included in the shopping site management server 10 is registered in the IC card Y.

  Next, customer feature information registration processing in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the customer feature information registration process executed by the card reader / writer 30 in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example.

  In the customer characteristic information registration process, the card reader / writer 30 first receives the IC card Y set at a predetermined location by the consumer X who has visited the store A (step S401). Next, the card reader / writer 30 displays a predetermined initial screen on the display screen of the display device provided therein (step S402).

  When the consumer X selects “registration of customer feature information” on the initial screen, the card reader / writer 30 accepts the registration request of the customer feature information (step S403), and the customer feature information is displayed on the display screen of the display device provided therein. An input screen is displayed (step S404). In this example, the customer characteristic information input screen is provided with an allergy information input area, a preference information 1 input area, a preference information 2 input area, and the like.

  The card reader / writer 30 receives customer characteristic information such as allergy information and preference information input by the consumer X by operating an input device provided in the card reader / writer 30 (step S405). When the consumer X presses the input end button indicating that the input of the customer feature information is finished, the card reader / writer 30 registers the entered customer feature information in the IC card Y (step S406). Then, the card reader / writer 30 displays the registration result of the customer characteristic information on the display screen (step S407).

  As described above, the customer characteristic information designated by the consumer X is registered in the IC card Y presented by the consumer X.

  Next, registration information display processing in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of registration information display processing executed by the card reader / writer 30 in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example.

  In the registration information display process, the card reader / writer 30 first accepts the IC card Y set at a predetermined location by the consumer X who has visited the store A (step S501). Next, the card reader / writer 30 displays a predetermined initial screen on the display screen of the display device included in the card reader / writer 30 (step S502).

  When the consumer X selects “display registration information” on the initial screen, the card reader / writer 30 accepts a request to display the registration information (step S503), and reads the card registration information registered in the IC card Y. (Step S504), the read card registration information is displayed on the display screen of the display device provided in itself (Step S505). Information that may cause inconvenience due to leakage, such as a card number or expiration date, may not be displayed.

  As described above, the card registration information registered in the IC card Y can be displayed and browsed. Note that the display format in step S505 may be any format, for example, a list of card registration information may be displayed. For example, information purchased within a predetermined period (for example, the past January) may be displayed as purchased product information. Further, the total purchase price based on the purchased product information may be displayed.

  Next, the product selection support information providing process in the product selection support information providing system 100 of this example will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of product selection support information provision processing in the product selection support information provision system 100 of this example.

  In the product selection support information providing process, the card reader / writer 30 first receives the IC card Y set at a predetermined location by the consumer X who has visited the store A (step S601). Next, the card reader / writer 30 displays a predetermined initial screen on the display screen of the display device included in the card reader / writer 30 (step S602).

  When the consumer X selects “acquisition of product selection support information” on the initial screen, the card reader / writer 30 accepts an acquisition request for the product selection support information (step S603), and the card registration registered in the IC card Y is performed. The information is read, the read card registration information is presented, and the shopping site management server 10 is requested to provide product selection support information (step S604). Of the card registration information, the card number or the like may not be presented. Moreover, you may make it show some (for example, for the past January, the past one week, etc.) instead of all the purchase merchandise information.

  Upon receiving the product selection support information provision request, the shopping site management server 10 selects a product selection support information determination table to be used (step S605). The selection method of the product selection support information determination table may be any method, for example, may be determined in advance on the shopping site management server 10 side, or may be determined in advance on the consumer X side. It may be included in the credit card registration information.

  When the product selection support information determination table to be used is selected, the shopping site management server 10 stores some or all of the presented card registration information or the management server DB in accordance with the selected product selection support information determination table. The product selection support information to be provided is generated using the sales product information that is being sold (step S606).

  In step S606, for example, first, products sold in the store A specified by the sales product information are extracted, and when allergy information is used, products containing allergens registered in the allergy information are extracted. When using preference information 2, the disliked food registered in the preference information 2 is excluded, and when using the purchased product information, the food purchased within the past predetermined period (for example, one week) is excluded. By excluding it, the ingredients to be included in the product selection support information may be selected. In addition, when the preference information 1 is used, only the favorite food registered in the preference information 1 is selected, or the favorite food registered in the preference information 1 is proposed as product selection support information. Or higher.

  In addition, based on sales merchandise information, you may be made to select as a foodstuff included in merchandise selection support information only among special sales goods or popular goods among the goods currently sold in the store A. Moreover, you may make it make high-order the foodstuffs proposed as goods selection support information as a sale item or a popular product.

  Further, recipe information may be included in the sales product information, and a recipe for a menu using ingredients included in the product selection support information determined according to the product selection support information determination table may be included in the product selection support information.

  Then, the shopping site management server 10 transmits the generated product selection support information to the card reader / writer 30 (step S607).

  When the product selection support information is received, the card reader / writer 30 displays the received product selection support information on the display screen of the display device provided therein (step S608). In step S608, ingredients and recipes proposed to the consumer X as product selection support information are displayed. Note that priorities may be set for the ingredients and recipes.

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the POS register 41 reads the product code given to the product purchased by the consumer, and purchase product information including the product information indicated by the read product code. The shopping site management server (product selection support information providing server) 10 responds to a request for providing product selection support information from the card reader / writer 30 in which the IC card is set, while registering with the IC card presented to the consumer. The product selection support information is generated, and the generated product selection support information is transmitted to the card reader / writer 30 via the communication network 60. Therefore, a product suitable for each consumer can be proposed, Each consumer's product selection can be effectively supported.

  In particular, when the product selection support information is generated using the purchased product information, an appropriate product can be proposed based on the product selection support information. For example, if you have purchased the same product in the past in the past, you can propose a product that excludes that product, or if the product you have purchased in a certain period in the past is biased to another category Or suggesting a product.

  In addition, when the product selection support information is generated using the allergy information, an appropriate product can be proposed based on the allergy information. For example, it is possible to propose a product excluding a product containing the allergen registered in the allergy information.

  In addition, when the product selection support information is generated using the preference information, it is possible to propose an appropriate product based on the preference information. For example, it is possible to propose a product that excludes disliked ingredients registered as preference information, or to propose a product by raising the priority of a favorite ingredient registered as preference information. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the product selection support information is generated using the sales product information. Therefore, the product sold at a predetermined store can be proposed, and the special product or the popular It will also be possible to propose products focusing on products.

  In the embodiment described above, when the consumer submits the product to be purchased to the cashier, the POS register 41 registers the purchased product information in the IC card held by the consumer. Therefore, when merchandise sold in the store is purchased, the purchased merchandise information can be registered in the IC card without forcing the consumer to perform special work.

  In the above-described embodiment, since the purchased product information is registered in the credit card, there is almost no burden on the consumer (the burden of carrying the card) for using the system 100, and the product is stored in the store. Selection support information can be easily acquired.

  In the above-described embodiment, a credit card is used as the IC card. However, a card dedicated to the system 100 different from the credit card may be used. Further, the invention is not limited to the card shape, and an IC memory mounted on the mobile communication terminal or a single IC memory may be used.

  In the embodiment described above, the shopping site management server 10 is configured to generate product selection support information (step S606) according to a predetermined processing rule (processing procedure). The processing rule at that time may be registered in the IC card, and the shopping site management server 10 may generate the product selection support information according to the processing rule registered in the IC card. In this case, the processing rule is specified by, for example, a plurality of flags indicating whether or not each type of rule is applied. Specifically, flag 1 indicating whether or not to apply rule 1 “products containing allergens indicated by allergy information are not included in the provided product selection support information”, rule 2 “allergens indicated by allergy information” For products that contain a flag state (set / set) with various rules such as flag 2 indicating whether or not “include in product selection support information to be provided” is applied with a warning. Specified by reset). For example, if the processing rule in which the flag 1 is in the reset state and the flag 2 is in the set state is registered in the IC card, the shopping site management server 10 processes the processing rule registered in the IC card from the card reader / writer 30. In accordance with the state of each flag indicated by the acquired processing rule, the processing rule (rule 2) to be executed is specified, and in accordance with the specified processing rule, here the product containing the allergen indicated by the allergy information is included. Product selection support information with a warning is generated. The registration of the processing rule to the IC card may be performed by the consumer using the card reader / writer 30. Further, the processing rule may be registered in advance in the IC card on the system administrator side. If comprised as mentioned above, the shopping site management server 10 can produce | generate goods selection assistance information easily according to the process rule registered into IC card.

  In the above-described embodiment, provision of product selection support information about food and drink has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to other products such as sundries.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is useful for proposing a product suitable for each consumer and effectively supporting each consumer's product selection.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of a structure of the goods selection assistance information provision system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of card registration information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of purchase merchandise information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of customer characteristic information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the table for merchandise selection assistance information determination. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a card information registration process. It is a flowchart which shows the example of purchase merchandise information temporary preservation | save processing. It is a flowchart which shows the example of purchase merchandise information registration processing. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a customer characteristic information registration process. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a registration information display process. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a goods selection assistance information provision process.

Explanation of symbols

10 Shopping site management server 11 Management server DB
20 store server 30 card reader / writer 41-4N POS register 50 consumer terminal 60, 70 communication network 100 product selection support information providing system

Claims (10)

Read the product code given to the product that the consumer purchases,
Register the purchased product information including the product information indicated by the read product code in the portable information storage medium presented to the consumer,
In response to a request for providing product selection support information from a terminal device in which the portable information storage medium is set, product selection support information is generated,
A method for providing product selection support information, comprising: transmitting the generated product selection support information to the terminal device via a communication network. The product selection support information providing method according to claim 1, wherein product selection support information is generated based on purchase product information registered in a portable information storage medium. The method for providing product selection support information according to claim 1 or 2, wherein product selection support information is generated based on sales product feature information created in advance. The product selection support information providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the product selection support information is generated based on consumer characteristic information registered in a portable information storage medium. The product selection support information providing method according to claim 4, wherein the consumer characteristic information includes allergy information registered by the consumer. A register that reads a product code given to a product purchased by a consumer and outputs a receipt; a read function that reads registration data of a portable information storage medium; and a writing function that writes data to the portable information storage medium; A product selection support information providing system comprising a data read / write device and a product selection support information providing server for providing product selection support information,
The register is
Product code reading means for reading a product code given to a product purchased by a consumer;
Purchased product information registration means for registering purchased product information including product information indicated by the product code read by the product code reading unit in a portable information storage medium presented to the consumer;
The product selection support information providing server includes:
Product selection support information generating means for generating product selection support information in response to a request for providing product selection support information from the data read / write device in which the portable information storage medium is set;
Product selection information transmitting means for transmitting the product selection support information generated by the product selection support information generating means to the data read / write device via a communication network;
The data read / write device is:
A product selection support information providing system, comprising: product selection support information display means for displaying product selection support information received via the communication network on a display device provided in the data read / write device. The product selection support information providing system according to claim 6, wherein the product selection support information generating means generates product selection support information based on the purchased product information registered in the portable information storage medium. The product selection support information providing system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the product selection support information generating means generates product selection support information based on sales product feature information created in advance. The product selection support information generation unit according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the product selection support information generation unit generates product selection support information based on the consumer characteristic information registered in the portable information storage medium. system. The product selection support information provision system according to claim 9, wherein the consumer characteristic information includes allergy information registered by the consumer.

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