JP2007233466A - Information processing apparatus, method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise for changing the information of a shopping cart on a Web page only by registering the change of merchandise information such as the correction of merchandise information or the reduction of the number of stocks accompanied with the sales of merchandise at a server side without directly correcting the HTML of a Web page where merchandise is introduced. <P>SOLUTION: This information processing apparatus is configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal which requests the acquisition of merchandise identification information and cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page by executing the acquired cart generation program. The information processing apparatus is provided with: a means for storing merchandise identification information and merchandise information associated with this; a means for receiving the acquisition request of the merchandise identification information and the cart generation program from the user terminal; a means for extracting the merchandise information relating to the received merchandise identification information and generating a generation program for generating a shopping cart for merchandise purchase based on the merchandise information; and a means for transmitting the cart generation program to the user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for generating a shopping cart for purchasing a product on a Web page, and particularly when the price of a shopping site is changed or when the same product is exhibited on many shopping sites. And a mechanism suitable for maintenance of the product information.

In recent years, a shopping site on the Internet has been used as a means for easily shopping.
In this shopping site, product information can be provided and sold simply by accumulating information related to the product on the server, so that it has a great effect on reducing store facilities and labor costs.

Recently, when a shopping site is constructed, it is common to set a link to a so-called shopping cart system for purchasing a product together with a product description.
This shopping cart has a function that assumes a shopping cart used in a supermarket or the like. By using this shopping cart, the user who accesses the site on the product provider side selects the desired product from the product information on the provider side, registers it in the shopping cart, and selects the desired product. When all are registered, final settlement processing can be performed. According to this shopping cart method, the user only has to select one or more products that he / she wishes to purchase and then perform the final checkout process. It is more convenient than

  As a technology related to an electronic commerce system adopting such a shopping cart system, a shopping basket function is provided by a window separate from the main body of the electronic shop, and the window is linked with the movement of a pointing device such as a mouse, and a pointer is provided. By displaying it next to the product, consumers can easily perform operations such as adding products to the purchase schedule list while viewing the catalog while effectively using the electronic shop screen to display the product catalog. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

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However, in such a shopping cart according to the conventional example, the product price, product attribute, product code passed to the data, etc. that are written together with the product introduction are the product name, price in HTML when creating the web page for the shopping site. It was necessary to write an image to be displayed.
For this reason, when the product price, product attribute, or the like is changed after the creation of the Web page, it is necessary to change all of the corresponding HTML itself, and it has been necessary to rewrite this.
For example, if the status of a product posted on a shopping site changes due to being sold out, price discounts, etc., you must edit the homepage and change the display each time, or temporarily discount the price. Even when setting the above, it was necessary to rewrite the HTML of the Web site itself.
Such a problem, especially when there was a change in consumption tax, required the correction of all product prices, and a large number of homepage correction work costs were required.
Furthermore, if the homepage correction technology is not available, the merchandise data cannot be changed, which may hinder shop management, and there is a problem in convenience.

In addition, the merchandise provider may exhibit the same merchandise on a plurality of shopping sites.
In this case, if the price of the product, the tax rate, etc. fluctuate, it is necessary to rewrite all the HTML of these sites, and there is a problem that this effort becomes enormous as the number of sites posting increases. .

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to correct product information on the server side or sell a product without directly correcting the HTML of the Web page introducing the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism capable of changing shopping cart information on a Web page simply by registering a change in merchandise information such as a decrease in the number of stocks associated with the product.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and an access destination that represents a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. Based on the information, the apparatus is configured to request acquisition of the product identification information and the cart generation program, and to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, Product identification information for identifying products to be provided for electronic commerce, product information storage means for storing product information associated therewith, and a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data from the user terminal Product identification information and cart generation program based on access destination information indicating request destination A receiving means for receiving an acquisition request for the product, and an acquisition request for the cart generation program, so that the product information relating to the received product identification information is extracted with reference to the product information storage unit. A program generation unit that generates a cart generation program for generating a shopping cart for purchasing a product based on information, and a transmission unit that transmits the generated cart generation program to the user terminal. .

  You may further have an update means to update the merchandise information memorize | stored in the said merchandise information storage means.

  An information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and identifies a product based on access destination information indicating a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. In order to request acquisition of information and a cart generation program, and to identify a product that is configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, and is provided by electronic commerce The product is executed by a computer having product information storage means for storing product identification information and product information associated therewith, wherein the computer includes a shopping cart included in the Web page data from the user terminal. Based on access destination information that indicates the request destination of the generated program The product information related to the received product identification information with reference to the product information storage unit by receiving the acquisition request of the product generation information and the cart generation program and the acquisition request of the cart generation program And a process of generating a cart generation program based on the elegant information and a process of transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal.

  A computer program according to the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and also generates product identification information and cart generation based on access destination information indicating a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. Product identification information for requesting acquisition of a program and configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program to generate a cart on a Web page, and for identifying a product provided by electronic commerce A computer program for causing a computer having product information storage means for storing product information associated therewith to function as an information processing device, which is included in the Web page data from the user terminal to the computer. Shopping cart generator Based on the access destination information indicating the request destination of the program, the product information storage unit is referred to by receiving the product identification information and the cart generation program acquisition request, and receiving the cart generation program acquisition request. The product information related to the received product identification information is extracted, and a process of generating a cart generation program based on the refined information and a process of transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal are executed. It is characterized by making it.

Thereby, since a cart is generated based on the data stored in the information processing apparatus, data management can be performed in a unified manner, and product information stored in the information processing apparatus can be updated. The product information can be updated without rewriting the HTML of the shopping site.
Even when a mirror site is provided, the cart information can be updated in a batch because the cart is generated using the product information stored in the information processing apparatus.
As a result, when there is a correction or change in the product information, the corrected or changed product information is automatically reflected in the cart without bothering to rewrite HTML.

According to the present invention, even if there is a change in the product information such as the unit price of the product or the number of stocks, the change is easily reflected by changing the product information on the information processing apparatus side without rewriting the HTML of the Web page itself. can do.
Even when a mirror site is provided to sell products, it can be changed in a batch without changing the product information on the shopping site individually.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The overall configuration of the system according to this embodiment is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, this system includes an information processing apparatus 1, a trader terminal 2, a Web server 3, and a user terminal 4, which are configured to be able to communicate with each other via the Internet.

The trader terminal 2 is a terminal used by a trader who sells products. This trader terminal 2 can be configured by, for example, a so-called personal computer, and may be at least a computer capable of executing Internet communication by executing a Web browser.
Further, the trader terminal 2 has input or output means such as a display, a mouse, and a keyboard for inputting and outputting data via the Internet.

The Web server 3 is a computer that distributes HTML data and the like of Web pages in a WWW (World Wide Web) system.
The Web server 3 can open an HP (homepage) of a store that provides a product on the Internet, and distribute product information provided on the HP to the user terminal 4.

  The user terminal 4 is a terminal used by a user who purchases a product on the Internet by accessing the HP of a store established on a Web server. The user terminal 4 can be constituted by, for example, a so-called personal computer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a mobile phone, etc., and at least Internet communication by a predetermined Web browser is possible, and data can be transmitted via the Internet. It has a display, a mouse, a keyboard, etc. for performing input / output.

The information processing apparatus 1 is a computer that manages product information in online shopping. The information processing apparatus 1 has functions shown in FIG. 2 by an external storage device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that stores the computer program and predetermined data, and a hard disk drive. Blocks can be configured.
That is, the functional block shown in FIG. 2 includes a product information storage unit 11, a vendor information storage unit 12, a cart information storage unit 13, an update processing unit 14, a program generation unit 15, and a communication processing unit 16.

The product information storage unit 11 is a database of information about products provided by the online shopping service. As shown in FIG. 3, the product information storage unit has a product ID 21, product name 22, product description 23 such as product specifications, etc. The image data 24 such as appearance, the unit price 25 of the product set by the supplier, the number of available stocks 26, and the supplier ID 27 for identifying the supplier who registered the product information are stored in association with each other.
The image data may be moving image data such as Flash in addition to image data such as jpeg and gif.
The number of stocks that can be sold is stored each time a quantity set by a product provider is stored, and is updated each time it is sold.

  The trader information storage unit 12 is a storage unit that can store information related to traders who sell products. As shown in FIG. 4, the supplier information storage unit 12 has a supplier ID 31 issued for each supplier to identify each supplier, a password 32 for authenticating the supplier, an e-mail address 33, a supplier name 34, Address 35, telephone number 36, and the like are stored.

The cart information storage unit 13 is a storage unit that can store information related to a product purchase application by a user in a database for each user. As shown in FIG. 5, the cart information storage unit 13 stores the session ID 41 issued for each user terminal 4, the product ID 42 of the product stored in the cart by the user's purchase selection, and the number 43 of the product. can do.
Therefore, the cart information storage unit 13 stores the product ID of the product purchased by the user and the number of purchases in association with the session ID 41 for each user.

  The update processing unit 14 performs a process of storing the product information related to the update request received from the supplier by overwriting the corresponding data in the product information storage unit 11. Further, the product information that has been changed by the user purchasing the product is overwritten on the corresponding data in the product information storage unit 11 and stored.

The program generation unit 15 performs processing for generating a cart generation program based on a cart generation program generation request from the user terminal 4.
In this embodiment, the cart generation program is generated by JavaScript (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter). The cart generation program is generated by preparing a basic program for cart generation in advance and extracting product information as information constituting the cart by referring to the product information storage unit 11 based on a request from the user. Then, a product cart program is generated by inserting product information as a parameter value of the cart generation program.
And this cart production | generation program is run by the browser program of the user terminal 4, and the shopping cart in which the inserted merchandise information was reflected is produced | generated on a web page.

  The communication processing unit 16 performs data transmission / reception processing with the vendor terminal 2, the Web server 3, and the user terminal 4 according to a predetermined protocol via the Internet. For example, the communication processing unit 16 performs processing of transmitting program data generated by the program generation unit 15 and receiving data input by the user terminal 4 with the user terminal 4.

Next, the HTML tag of the Web page used in the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 shows an example in which shopping card information is directly described in HTML of a Web page of a conventional example. As shown in FIG. 6, conventionally, when a cart is generated on a Web page, all tags for generating a shopping cart, and tags for specifying the unit price and the number of inventory of products are specified.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, an address for accessing the information processing apparatus 1 and a product code for identifying the product are described.
In the example of FIG. 7, as a JavaScript import statement, http: // cart. jp is an address for accessing the information processing apparatus 1, and the subsequent S001 is a product ID for identifying the product. With this product ID, product information (text data such as product name, image data, etc.) corresponding to “S001” of the product ID is extracted with reference to the product information storage unit 11 which is a database storing product information. be able to.
Therefore, the HTML data of the web page of this shopping site is downloaded by the user terminal 4, and the user terminal 4 executes the HTML data of this web page with the browser program, whereby the address included in the web page And the product ID are transmitted. As a result, a request for a cart generation program for generating a merchandise cart corresponding to the merchandise ID is made to the information processing apparatus 1 via the Web server 3 and acquired from the information processing apparatus 1 based on this request. By acquiring the cart generation program and executing the acquired cart generation program, a product cart is generated on the shopping site.

Next, in the system according to the present embodiment, a processing flow until the user purchases a product will be described with reference to FIGS.
In addition, the information processing apparatus 1 stores in advance the information related to the products sold by online shopping in the product information storage unit 11. This may be received from the dealer terminal 2 via the Internet, or information written on a predetermined sheet or the like may be directly input from the information processing apparatus 1 and stored.

With reference to FIG. 8, a process from opening a Web page to generating a cart will be described.
First, the user terminal 4 requests the Web server 3 to access the shopping site by inputting the URL of the shopping site (S101).

  In response to this, the Web server 3 transmits Web page data related to the acquisition request to the user terminal 4 (S102). In the Web page data, as shown in FIG. 7 described above, a JavaScript import statement is inserted at an arbitrary position within <body> to </ body> of the source.

The browser program of the user terminal 4 accesses the information processing apparatus 1 specified according to the JavaScript import statement in the received Web page data, and sends an acquisition request for the cart generation program described in Java Script to the information processing apparatus 1. (S103). At this time, the user terminal 4 transmits the product ID of the product included in the Web page designated by the user to the information processing apparatus 1.
In response to this, the information processing apparatus 1 generates a cart generation program for generating the requested merchandise cart (S104).
The cart generation program is generated by the program generation unit 15 of the information processing apparatus 1 referring to the product information storage unit 11 to extract product information corresponding to the requested product ID, and using the product information as a parameter value. This is done by generating a cart generation program.
Note that, when the cart is generated, if the stock quantity of the corresponding product is 0 in the product information storage unit 11, the program generation unit 15 uses the “Add to Cart” button 57 as shown in FIG. Instead, “SOLD OUT” is displayed to indicate that the item has been sold out, and a message is displayed to prevent purchase.
Then, the information processing apparatus 1 transmits the generated cart generation program and the HTML data of the product purchase site from the communication processing unit 16 to the user terminal 4 (S105).

The browser program of the user terminal 4 executes the received cart generation program to generate a product cart on the Web page 50 as shown in FIG. 10 (S106).
As shown in FIG. 10, the generated product cart includes a product name 51, a product image 52, a product description 53, a unit price display 54, a stock quantity display 55, a quantity input field 56, and product information related to the purchase application along with the input contents. "Add to cart" button 57 for transmitting.

If Javascript cannot be used by the browser, the <noscript> tag can be used for purchase with the alternative display shown in FIG. 12 or FIG. 13, respectively.
FIG. 12 shows an example of a Web page displayed as an alternative using a <noscript> tag, and the purchase can be made possible by displaying a link 71 enabling purchase instead of the cart.
FIG. 13 shows an example of a Web page displayed as an alternative display using a <noscript> tag. An <iframe> tag is described in this manner, whereby a unit price display 54, an inventory display 55, a number input field 56, a “cart” in FIG. "Add to" button 57 is replaced with <iframe> tag as unit price display 73, inventory display 74, quantity input field 75, and "add to cart" button 76, and can be purchased by displaying the cart. You can also

Next, referring to FIG. 9, processing until the product is settled using the cart generated by the above processing will be described.
When the user inputs a desired numerical value in the number input field 56 (S107) and makes a purchase application by pressing the “Add to Cart” button 57, the user terminal 4 displays the numerical value, product ID, If the session ID has been issued, the session ID is transmitted to the information processing apparatus (S108).

  The information processing apparatus 1 receives the numerical value and the product ID input in the number input field 56 from the user terminal 4 (S109). Then, it is determined whether or not a session ID is included in the received content (S110), and if it is not included, a session ID is issued to the user terminal 4 that is the transmission source (S111). Then, the purchase application quantity and the product ID are stored in the cart information storage unit 13 together with the session ID (S112).

On the other hand, when the session ID is received in the processing of S110, the cart information storage unit 13 is referred to, the cart information related to the session ID is extracted, and the newly received purchase application number and the product ID are additionally stored. (S112).
Then, the information processing apparatus 1 transmits the cart information related to the session ID to the user terminal 4 (S113). The cart information is displayed as a web page as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14, the Web page 80 is for requesting addition of a product name 81, a unit price 82, an order quantity 83, a subtotal 84 for each product, a total amount 85 of products in the cart, and a product purchase application information. A “Continue shopping” button 86 and a “Proceed to order screen” button 87 for requesting an order for the product in the cart are included.

The user determines whether or not the purchase application for the product is to be ended (S114), and presses the “Continue Shopping” button 86 to make a purchase application for another product. Then, the user terminal 4 transmits a purchase application continuation request to the information processing apparatus 1, and the information processing apparatus 1 that has received the request transmits a Web page for selecting a product to the user terminal 4. As a result, the user can return to the first step S101 of the processing flow and continue the purchase application again.
On the other hand, if it is determined in S114 that the user has completed the purchase application, the “proceed to order screen” button 87 is pressed. Then, the user terminal 4 transmits an order request together with the session ID to the information processing apparatus 1 (S115).

When receiving the order request together with the session ID (S116), the information processing apparatus 1 transmits a web page 90 for settlement to the user terminal 4 as shown in FIG. 15 (S117).
As shown in FIG. 15, the Web page 90 includes an orderer name input field 91, an address input field 92, a telephone number input field 93, and an e-mail address input field 794, a payment necessary to settle the purchase application product. A method designation field 95, a card number input field 96 and a card expiration date input field 97 which are necessary for payment by credit card, a “send” button 98 for transmitting input contents to the information processing apparatus 1, A “cancel” button 99 is used to cancel the order.
At this time, a storage unit may be provided so that user information can be stored in the information processing apparatus 1 so that member registration can be performed for each user.

  When the user presses the “Cancel” button 99, the user terminal 4 transmits a settlement stop request to the information processing apparatus 1. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 transmits the in-cart information as the previous screen to the user terminal 4, and the user terminal 4 receives the information. The user can confirm the information in the cart again from the screen and can continue the purchase application.

When the user inputs personal information such as the name 91 required for settlement (S118) and presses the “Send” button 99, the information and the session ID are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 (S19). Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 receives the user information and the session ID together with the payment processing request (S120), and performs the payment processing (S121).
For example, in the case of credit card payment, the payment processing is performed by transmitting the card number, expiration date, and payment amount to a financial institution terminal configured to be able to communicate with the information processing apparatus 1 via the Internet. Is settled by the financial institution terminal, and the process is terminated when a process completion notice is received.
When the settlement process is completed in this way, a settlement completion notification is transmitted to the user terminal 4 (S122). The user receives the payment completion notification from the user terminal 4 (S123) and recognizes that the payment has been completed.

  Then, the information processing apparatus 1 uses the update processing unit 14 to refer to the product information storage unit 11 and perform overwriting processing such as reducing the sales quantity from the inventory quantity for the product information related to the product for which settlement has been completed. The product information is updated, and the series of processing ends.

Next, a process in which a trader accesses the information processing apparatus 1 from the trader terminal 2 to newly register or update product information will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17 respectively.
First, the trader accesses the information processing apparatus 1 from the trader terminal 2, transmits a trader ID and password set in advance, and makes a login request (S201). On the other hand, the information processing apparatus 1 refers to the supplier information storage unit 12 based on the received supplier ID, and determines whether the password stored in association with the supplier ID matches the received password. Then, the supplier is authenticated (S202).

  If the passwords do not match as a result of the authentication, the vendor ID and password are again transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 to request login (S203). The trader returns to the process of S201 and transmits the login ID and password to the information processing apparatus 1 again.

  On the other hand, in the process of S202, when the passwords match and the merchant can be correctly authenticated, the merchandise information storage unit 11 is referred to, and only the merchandise information associated with the received merchant ID is extracted. A Web page displaying the list as a list is transmitted to the vendor terminal 4 (S204). The web page is displayed, for example, as a web page 100 shown in FIG. The Web page 100 includes a product information list 101 and a “new registration” button 102 for requesting new product information registration. Note that a link is set in the product name of the product information list 101, and when the product information is updated, the product information is updated to the information processing apparatus 1 from the link attached to the desired product. Can be requested.

Here, when the merchant newly registers the product information, the “new registration” button 102 is pressed. Thereby, the trader terminal 2 transmits a new registration request together with the trader ID to the information processing apparatus 1 (S205).
In response to this, the information processing apparatus 1 transmits, for example, the Web page 110 for new registration of product information shown in FIG. 19 to the trader terminal 2 (S206).
The Web page 110 transmits to the information processing apparatus 1 input items and input contents of a product name 111, a product description 112, product image data 113, a unit price 114, and a stock quantity 115 necessary for newly registering. A “Register” button 116 for canceling, and a “Cancel” button 117 for canceling the process.
The merchant inputs product information from the Web page 110 and then presses the “registration” button 116 to transmit a new registration request for the input content together with the input content (S207). Thereby, when the information processing apparatus 1 receives the new product information and the registration request, the product ID is issued for the product information and stored in the product information storage unit 11, and the series of processing flow is finished (S208). ).

On the other hand, after the processing of S204, when the merchant changes or updates the product information from the Web page 100 shown in FIG. 18, the processing flow shown in FIG. 17 is followed. For example, when a change is made to the “digital camera” 101a on the Web page 100, by pressing the “digital camera” 101a, the merchandise ID issued for the digital camera 101a and the information processing apparatus 1 are displayed. The product information update request is transmitted (S301).
In response to this, the information processing apparatus 1 refers to the product information storage unit 11 and extracts the product information related to the received product ID, for example, the Web page 120 for inputting update information shown in FIG. Is transmitted (S302).
For the product selected by the supplier, the Web page 120 displays the setting information display 121 of the product information currently stored in the product information storage unit 11, the input field 122 for inputting update information, and the information input. A “send” button 123 for sending to the apparatus 1 and a “cancel” button 124 for stopping the process are included.

After inputting the update information on the Web page 120, the trader presses a “Send” button 123. Thereby, the trader terminal 2 transmits a product information update request to the information processing apparatus 1 together with the input content and the product ID (S303).
In response to this, the information processing apparatus 1 refers to the product information storage unit 11 based on the product ID, extracts the corresponding product information, overwrites the update information, and ends the update registration process (S304). ).
According to the above processing, the merchant can easily register and update the product from the merchant terminal 4 without the technology for creating the Web page.

  In the present invention, it is possible to provide a storage unit so that the information processing apparatus 1 can store setting information related to the sale of goods such as a consumption tax rate. In this case, if the tax rate is updated according to a change in the tax rate or the like, it is not necessary to rewrite the HTML data one by one, and can be handled easily.

It is a figure showing the whole system composition concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information processor concerning this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data of a merchandise information storage part. It is the figure which showed an example of the data of a trader information storage part. It is the figure which showed an example of the data of a cart information storage part. It is an example of the HTML template in the conventional cart information display. It is an example of the HTML template in cart information display. It is the figure which showed the flow of the process at the time of producing | generating a cart. It is the figure which showed the processing flow of the online shopping by a cart. It is an example of the web page which displayed the produced | generated cart. It is an example of the web page which displayed the cart which concerns on the goods which have no goods stock. This is an example of a Web page that is displayed as a substitute by a <noscript> tag when JavaScript cannot be used by a browser. This is another example of a Web page that is displayed as a substitute by a <noscript> tag when Javascript cannot be used by a browser. It is an example which output the cart information memorize | stored in the cart information storage part as a web page. It is an example of the web page which inputs the information required for the payment process of goods. It is the figure which showed the processing flow in the case of registering new merchandise information. It is the figure which showed the processing flow in the case of updating the merchandise information memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part. It is an example of the Web page which output the information regarding the registered goods as a list. It is an example of the web page for registering merchandise information newly. It is an example of the web page for inputting the update information of goods.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing apparatus, 2 ... Trader terminal, 3 ... Web server, 11 ... Merchandise information storage part, 12 ... Trader information storage part, 13 ... Cart information storage part, 14 ... Update processor, 15 ... Program generator, 16 ... Communication processor

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and an access destination that represents a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. Based on the information, the apparatus is configured to request acquisition of the product identification information and the cart generation program, and to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, Product identification information for identifying products to be provided for electronic commerce, product information storage means for storing product information associated therewith, and a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data from the user terminal Product identification information and cart generation program based on access destination information indicating request destination Receiving means for receiving a request for acquiring beam by receiving the acquisition request of the cart generation program, by referring to the product information storage unit, it extracts the product information related to product identification information thus received, the goods A program generation unit that generates a cart generation program for generating a shopping cart for purchasing a product based on information, and a transmission unit that transmits the generated cart generation program to the user terminal. .

An information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and identifies a product based on access destination information indicating a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. In order to request acquisition of information and a cart generation program, and to identify a product that is configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, and is provided by electronic commerce The product is executed by a computer having product information storage means for storing product identification information and product information associated therewith, wherein the computer includes a shopping cart included in the Web page data from the user terminal. Based on access destination information that indicates the request destination of the generated program A process of receiving a request for product identification and cart generation program by receiving the acquisition request of the cart generation program, by referring to the product information storage means, commodity information relating to the product identification information thus received And a process of generating a cart generation program based on the elegant information and a process of transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal.

A computer program according to the present invention displays a Web page based on HTML data, and also generates product identification information and cart generation based on access destination information indicating a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data. Product identification information for requesting acquisition of a program and configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program to generate a cart on a Web page, and for identifying a product provided by electronic commerce A computer program for causing a computer having product information storage means for storing product information associated therewith to function as an information processing device, which is included in the Web page data from the user terminal to the computer. Shopping cart generator Based on the access destination information indicating the grams of the requested, a process of receiving a request for product identification and cart generation program by receiving the acquisition request of the cart generation program, referring to the product information storage means The product information related to the received product identification information is extracted, and a process of generating a cart generation program based on the refined information and a process of transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal are executed. It is characterized by making it.

Claims (4)

A web page is displayed based on the HTML data, and the product identification information and the cart generation program are requested and acquired based on the access destination information indicating the request destination of the shopping cart generation program included in the web page data. An apparatus configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal that executes a cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page,
Product information storage means for storing product identification information for identifying products provided for electronic commerce, and product information associated therewith,
Receiving means for receiving the product identification information and the request for acquiring the cart generation program from the user terminal based on the access destination information indicating the request destination of the shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data;
By receiving the acquisition request of the cart generation program, the product information storage unit is referred to extract product information related to the received product identification information, and a shopping cart for product purchase is obtained based on the product information. Program generation means for generating a cart generation program for generation;
Transmitting means for transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal;
An information processing apparatus comprising: Update means for updating product information stored in the product information storage means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. While displaying a web page based on HTML data, requesting acquisition of product identification information and a cart generation program based on access destination information representing a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the web page data, Product identification information for identifying a product provided by electronic commerce and communicable with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, and product information associated therewith A method executed by a computer having product information storage means for storing
The computer
Processing for receiving the product identification information and the cart generation program acquisition request from the user terminal based on the access destination information indicating the request destination of the shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data;
Processing for extracting product information related to the received product identification information by referring to the product information storage unit by receiving an acquisition request for the cart generation program, and generating a cart generation program based on the refined information When,
Processing for transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal;
An information processing method characterized by: While displaying a web page based on HTML data, requesting acquisition of product identification information and a cart generation program based on access destination information representing a request destination of a shopping cart generation program included in the web page data, Product identification information for identifying a product provided by electronic commerce and communicable with a user terminal that executes the acquired cart generation program and generates a cart on a Web page, and product information associated therewith A computer program for causing a computer having product information storage means to function as an information processing apparatus,
For the above computer
Processing for receiving the product identification information and the cart generation program acquisition request from the user terminal based on the access destination information indicating the request destination of the shopping cart generation program included in the Web page data;
Processing for extracting product information related to the received product identification information by referring to the product information storage unit by receiving an acquisition request for the cart generation program, and generating a cart generation program based on the refined information When,
A process of transmitting the generated cart generation program to the user terminal;
A computer program that executes