JP2009098978A - Merchandise sales system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new merchandise sales system capable of allowing a customer to pleasantly perform online shopping by changing a value feeling in response to the operation method of the customer which is performed when the customer purchases the merchandise on a network. <P>SOLUTION: One of respective kinds of merchandise image information displayed on a display means is clicked with the use of the information input means of an information terminal connected to a server via the network, dragged onto bag image information, and dropped on the bag image information. With the above processing as a condition, the sum of virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped merchandise is compared with an upper limit numerical value concerning the virtual capacity information. When the sum of numerical values concerning the virtual volume information is equal to or less than the upper limit numerical value, one of a plurality of kinds of expansion bag image information and settlement display information are displayed. When the sum of the numerical values concerning the virtual volume information exceeds the upper limit numerical value, breaking bag image information is displayed on the display means. When the settlement display information is clicked by the information input means, the display means displays payment money amount information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales system used when selling merchandise on a network.

  In so-called online shopping that sells products using a network such as the Internet, a customer accesses a homepage operated by a specific seller and selects and pays for various products posted on the homepage. The customer accesses the homepage operated by a specific sales manager, and then accesses the homepage of the merchant opening the store on the homepage, and selects various products posted on the homepage for settlement / There is a way to buy. In any of these product sales systems, the customer is concerned with the purchase of the product, such as the name of the product displayed / published on the homepage, the photo of the product, the price, details of the seller or manufacturer, and delivery costs. While referring to various information, the customer places an order for the product through the operation of a mobile terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone used by the customer. In this case, there is a system in which a customer can purchase a plurality of the same product other than the case where the number of products purchased is single, and a plurality of different products can be purchased. Some have. The amount of transactions is increasing year by year because the product sales system using such a network does not require the customer to actually go to the store of the seller and can easily purchase the product.

On the other hand, when a product is purchased through such a network, there is a product that is sold in a state where various products are bundled, such as a mid-year gift and a year-end gift. However, in the case of such set sales, it is not a set product customized by a customer freely selecting a product. Based on these points, a product order receiving system has been proposed (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). These merchandise order receiving systems include means for selecting a container in which a frame for storing each merchandise is formed and filling a desired merchandise in the frame to create a gift box merchandise.
JP 2002-24638 A JP 2002-24584 A

  However, in the above-mentioned merchandise sales system adopted as various online shopping, the specific merchandise and its price have a 1: 1 relationship including the systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 that can be customized. The price is automatically determined regardless of the operation method of the customer on the network, and it does not make a change in the joy of shopping, the feeling of cheapness, or the feeling of being expensive. For example, the price of a specific product is determined in advance, and the customer settles and purchases after understanding this price. This is the case when purchasing the same product to be purchased multiple times. This is the same even when a plurality of different products are purchased.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional product sales system, and has a price feeling according to a customer's operation method performed when purchasing a product on a network. New merchandise sales system that takes advantage of the so-called game characteristics of creating a higher sense of discount when given a change and good operation, and that allows you to enjoy online shopping and increase purchase opportunities. Is intended to provide.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a merchandise sales system according to the first invention (the invention described in claim 1) includes a server having storage means and server-side arithmetic means connected to the storage means, An information terminal having an information input means, a display means, and a terminal side arithmetic means connected to the information input means and the display means, and connected to the server via a network; and a storage means constituting the server Is product image information about a plurality of products, price information about the prices of these products, virtual volume information in which the volume of each product is virtually specified by a number, and bag image information about a bag into which each product is packed Payment amount information related to the payment amount paid by the customer corresponding to the bag image information, and an upper limit of the sum of numerical values corresponding to the bag and the virtual volume information. Virtual volume information specified by the upper limit numerical value, a plurality of inflatable bag image information for displaying the inflated state of each bag for each degree of expansion, and a destructible bag image for displaying a state in which the bag is broken or torn Information and clearing display information used for confirming the clearing intention by the customer are stored, and the plurality of product image information, the bag image information or the plurality of expansions are displayed on the display means constituting the information terminal. In the state where any one of the bag image information and the payment amount information is displayed, any of the product image information displayed on the display means by the information input means constituting the information terminal is displayed. A numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product or on the condition that it is clicked and dragged onto the bag image information and then dropped on the bag image information The step of comparing the sum of these numerical values with the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information, and the case where the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values is less than or equal to the upper limit numerical value or If not, one of the plurality of inflatable bag image information instead of the bag image information or the inflated bag image information that has been displayed so far, or another different from the inflated bag image information that has been displayed so far The step of displaying the inflatable bag image information and the liquidation display information on the display means, and the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of the numerical values exceeds the upper limit numerical value or more than the upper limit numerical value If there is, the step of displaying the broken bag image information on the display means in place of the bag image information or the expanded bag image information that has been displayed so far, When the clearing display information is displayed and the clearing display information is clicked by the information input means, the display means displays the payment amount information and the single item dropped The price information or the sum of the price information of a plurality of products is displayed.

  In the first invention, when a customer uses an operation terminal such as a personal computer used by the customer and is connected to a server managed and operated by a seller via a network such as the Internet, the operation terminal is configured. The screen (display means) includes a step of displaying a plurality of product image information, inflated image information of any one of the bag image information or the plurality of inflated bag image information, and payment amount information. The plurality of product image information is a photograph or illustration of a plurality of products, and the bag image information is information such as a figure or a photograph of a bag used when stuffing the product, as will be described later. is there. The plurality of product image information and bag image information are stored in advance in storage means (memory) such as RAM constituting the server, and are displayed on the display means by the server side calculation means (server side CPU). It is what has been.

  Then, in a state where the plurality of product image information and bag image information are displayed on the display unit, the customer clicks on one of the product image information via an information input unit such as a mouse, When it is dropped on the bag image information after being dragged onto the bag image information, the server side CPU makes a numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product or the sum of these numerical values, The upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information is compared. The operation using the information input means by the customer, such as click, drag, and drop, is the production of the work of the customer filling the bag in the virtual store on the display means. And the said virtual volume information is memorize | stored in the memory | storage means which comprises the said server, Comprising: The volume of each product which concerns on the said product image information is specified with the number virtually. For example, the virtual volume information of the A product is “3”, the product B having a volume smaller than the A product is “1”, and the number assigned to each product is the virtual volume information. On the other hand, the virtual volume information is a numerical value that virtually specifies the volume of the bag related to the bag image information with a number, and defines an upper limit of the sum of the virtual volume information.

  And in the product sales system according to the present invention, as a result of comparing the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product or the sum of these numerical values and the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information, When the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values is less than or equal to the upper limit numerical value or less than the upper limit numerical value, the bag image information or the inflated bag image information displayed so far is replaced with the above Any one of the plurality of inflatable bag image information or another inflatable bag image different from the inflated bag image displayed so far and the above-mentioned clearing display information are displayed on the display means. The inflatable bag image information is stored in advance in the storage means, and has a plurality of inflated states as images for each degree. That is, the inflatable bag image information includes, for example, first inflated bag image information that is slightly inflated than uninflated bag image information, and second inflated bag image information that is further inflated from the first inflated bag image information. The third inflatable bag image information is inflated further than the second inflatable bag image information, for example, each piece of image information having different degrees of inflation of the bag in five stages. Therefore, the operation using the information input means by the customer such as click, drag, drop is the second time, for example, and the numerical value related to the virtual volume information of the specific product dropped in the first time and the second time In the case where the sum of the numerical values related to the virtual volume information of the specific product dropped in is less than or equal to the upper limit numerical value or less than the upper limit numerical value, the first inflated bag image information displayed so far Instead, the second expansion bag image information and the clearing display information are displayed on the display means. In this way, if the (virtual) volume of the product packed in the bag is less than or less than the (virtual) volume (upper limit value) of the bag by the click, drag, and drop operations performed by the customer, By displaying different inflated bag image information instead of the bag image information or the inflated bag image that has been displayed up to this point, the bag is virtually inflated. The liquidation display information is information stored in advance in the storage means, and is information (button clicked) used for confirming the customer's intention of liquidation. Character information or image information It consists of

  On the other hand, when the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values exceeds the upper limit numerical value or more than the upper limit numerical value, the bag image information or the inflated bag image information that has been displayed so far is displayed. Instead, the broken bag image information is displayed on the display means. The broken bag image information is information stored in advance in the storage means, and is image information that displays a state in which the bag is broken or torn. Based on the above conditions, the broken bag image information is displayed on the display means instead of the bag image information or the inflated bag image information that has been displayed so far, thereby producing an effect that the bag has been broken.

Further, in the commodity sales system, when the clearing display information is clicked by the information input means in the state where the inflatable bag image information is displayed and the clearing display information is displayed, the display means The payment amount information is displayed, and either the price information of the dropped single product or the sum of the price information of a plurality of products is displayed. The payment amount information is information stored in advance in the storage means in relation to the bag image information, and relates to the payment amount paid by the customer corresponding to the bag image information. For example, in relation to a specific bag, the number “5,000 yen” or “10,000 yen” displayed on the display means is information corresponding to this payment amount. Such payment amount information (for example, “5,000 yen”) is the price information (for example, “2,500 yen”) of a single product dropped in the bag image information or the sum (for example, price information of a plurality of products). , “4,000 yen” or “5,500 yen”), the customer compares these and recognizes the difference.
And in this merchandise sales system, the upper limit of the sum of the virtual volume information specified by the corresponding relationship with each product and the virtual volume information in which the volume of the bag related to the bag image information is virtually specified by a number Virtual volume information, which is a specified numerical value, is not displayed on the display means at all. Further, the upper limit that can be packed in the bag is the upper limit value related to the virtual volume information, and has no relationship with the price amount of the products packed in the bag or the total amount thereof.

Therefore, according to this product sales system, the relationship between the virtual volume information (the upper limit value of the sum of the virtual volume information of individual products) and the payment amount or the price amount of the product has the following modes.
A) When the upper limit (virtual volume information) of the virtual volume information of individual products packed in a bag is not substantially satisfied (when greatly lower), the sum of the price amount of each product is In this case, the product is in a state where the product can be further packed (made), and is in a state where the product is purchased at a high price (a loss state) in relation to the payment amount.
B) When the sum of the virtual volume information of the individual products packed in the bag is the same as the upper limit (virtual volume information), and the sum of the price amounts of the individual products is considerably lower than the payment amount. In this case, the merchandise cannot be further packed in the bag, while the merchandise is purchased at a higher price (loss) in relation to the payment amount.
C) When the upper limit (virtual volume information) of the virtual volume information of individual products packed in a bag is not substantially satisfied (when greatly lower), and the sum of the price amount of each product is In this case, the product is in a state where the product can be further packed (made), while it is in a state where the product is purchased at a reduced price (profitable state) in relation to the payment amount.
D) When the sum of the virtual volume information of each product packed in the bag is the same as the upper limit (virtual volume information), and the sum of the price amount of each product greatly exceeds the payment amount In this case, the product cannot be further packed into the bag, and is in a state where the product is purchased at a discount (gained state) in relation to the payment amount.
As is clear from the above four aspects, in this merchandise sales system, the numerical value related to the virtual volume information that is not informed to the customer is low, and the price displayed as price information can be packed in a bag. , Leading to cheaper purchases.

  Therefore, according to the first invention, whether the product is purchased at a low price or at a high price depending on the relationship between the virtual volume information and the virtual volume information and the price information and payment amount information of the product displayed to the customer. The price-related result is determined depending on which product image information displayed on the display means has been dropped on the bag image information. The price information of a single item dropped or the sum of the price information of multiple items can be recognized by the customer, and the above virtual volume information and virtual volume information are not known to the customer. Can give the customer a game-like sensation.

More specifically, if the sum of the price information of a single product or the price information of multiple products is less than the payment amount displayed on the display means, the individual items actually packed in the bag Even if it is about the same as the upper limit (virtual volume information) of the virtual volume information of the product, it may be recognized that the product may have been further packed into the bag, If the sum of the price information of multiple products exceeds the payment amount, there is a possibility of being able to pack more products within the range where the destruction bag information is not displayed on the display means as well as being cheap. It can be predicted that it may have been.
In other words, according to the first aspect of the invention, an operation using information input means such as clicking, dragging, and dropping by a customer, and a process of displaying inflated bag image information and broken bag image information by repeating these operations ( In the step process), it is possible to virtually produce an action in which a customer actually packs a product in a bag at a supermarket etc. Further, payment amount information, price information about each dropped product or information about the sum Relying on the information displayed on the display means, the customer can further pack any product, imagine which virtual volume information and virtual volume information are not disclosed to the customer, and can pack any product. It becomes possible to acquire empirically that it is impossible (destructive bag information is displayed). This is particularly complicated as the number of products increases, leading to the motivation to purchase more expensive products more efficiently, and inducing the motivation to purchase products more cheaply next time. it can.

  According to a second invention (invention of claim 2), in the first invention, the storage means stores retry information, and the retry information is stored in the destruction bag image information. Displayed on the display means, or displayed when the payment amount information and the price information of the dropped single product or the sum of the price information of a plurality of products are displayed on the display means. And the step of displaying the plurality of product image information and bag image information on the display means again on condition that the retry information is clicked by the information input means. It is what.

  In this invention, the retry information is a button clicked by the information input means by the customer so that the display means can be switched to a state where the plurality of product image information can be clicked and dragged and dropped again. Say. The retry information includes, for example, character information such as “retry”, “re-challenge”, “re-challenge”, “again”, or image information displayed together with these character information. The retry information is displayed when the destruction bag image information is displayed on the display means, or the payment amount information and the price information of the dropped single product or the price information of a plurality of products. It is displayed when the sum is displayed on the display means. After such information is displayed on the display means, when the retry information is clicked by the information input means, the plurality of product image information and bag image information are displayed again on the display means, and again as described above. Click, drag, and drop operations are possible.

  Therefore, according to the second invention, when the broken bag image information is displayed, when all of the processes performed so far must be wasted, or when the settlement display information is clicked, When the information and the price information of the dropped single product or the sum of the price information of a plurality of products are displayed on the display means, it does not have to be settled as it is. It becomes possible to drag and drop. Of course, when the destruction bag image information is displayed, as described above, the price information of a single product or the sum of price information of a plurality of products is lower than the payment amount displayed on the display means. If the customer realizes that they could have packed more items into the bag and wants to try again, and if the sum of price information for multiple items exceeds the payment amount, At the same time as having a sense of cheapness, it is predicted that there may have been a possibility that the product could be further stuffed within the range where the destruction bag information is not displayed on the display means, and would like to try again. This second invention responds to such customer demands and can further enhance the game sensation, and from the complicated relationship between virtual volume information and virtual volume information given to each product, In the process of repeating the customer's imagination and retry, it is possible to contribute to the improvement of skills for purchasing products in excess of the payment amount.

  According to a third invention (invention of claim 3), in the first or second invention, the storage means stores a graph generation means, and the settlement display information is stored in the storage means. When clicked, the display means generates graph information indicating the ratio of the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product to the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values. And the step of displaying the graph information on the display means.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the graph generating means causes the display means to display the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the commodity dropped with respect to the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values. Since the graph information indicating the ratio of the product is generated and the graph information is displayed on the display means, it is possible to determine how the virtual volume information related to the product selected by the customer is related to the virtual volume information. It functions as a (hint) and helps to improve skills for purchasing more expensive products more efficiently. In particular, when the second invention is premised, by clicking the retry information while referring to the graph information, it is possible to speed up the prediction of the virtual volume information related to each product. It is possible to suggest to the customer the shortcut to purchase the product.

  According to the fourth invention (the invention according to claim 4), the payment amount paid by the customer can be selected as appropriate in relation to a plurality of bag image information. It becomes possible to purchase, and the purchase opportunity of goods can be increased further.

  According to the commodity sales system according to the first aspect of the present invention (the invention described in claim 1), the relationship between the virtual volume information and the virtual volume information and the price information and payment amount information of the commodity displayed to the customer, The price-related result of whether to purchase the item at a lower price or the higher price is determined by which product is dropped on the bag image information. The customer can purchase the product because the virtual volume information and the virtual volume information are not informed to the customer because the price information of the single product or the sum of the price information of the plurality of products can be recognized. Can give you a game-like sensation, and you can enjoy online shopping and increase your chances to purchase products.

  Further, according to the second invention (the invention described in claim 2), when the broken bag image information is displayed, all the processes performed so far must be wasted, or the checkout display information. Is clicked and the payment amount information and the price information of the dropped single product or the sum of the price information of multiple products are displayed on the display means, it must be liquidated as it is. In addition, it becomes possible to purchase further products. Of course, when the destruction bag image information is displayed, as described above, the price information of a single product or the sum of price information of a plurality of products is lower than the payment amount displayed on the display means. If the customer realizes that they could have packed more items into the bag and wants to try again, and if the sum of price information for multiple items exceeds the payment amount, At the same time as having a sense of cheapness, it is predicted that there may have been a possibility that the product could be further stuffed within the range where the destruction bag information is not displayed on the display means, and would like to try again. This second invention responds to such customer demands, and further enhances the game sensation, and from the complicated relationship between virtual volume information and virtual volume information given to each product, In the process of repeating the customer's imagination and retry, it can contribute to the improvement of skills to purchase products in excess of the payment amount, and more enjoyable online shopping, increasing product purchase opportunities Can be made.

  Further, according to the third invention (invention of claim 3), the graph generating means causes the display means to display virtual volume information corresponding to the product dropped with respect to the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information. Since the graph information indicating the numerical value or the ratio with the sum of these numerical values is generated and the graph information is displayed on the display means, the virtual volume information related to the product selected by the customer is related to the virtual volume information. It serves as a material (hint) for determining what kind of relationship there is and helps to improve skills for purchasing more expensive products more efficiently. In particular, when the second invention is premised, by clicking the retry information while referring to the graph information, it is possible to speed up the prediction of the virtual volume information related to each product. This makes it possible to suggest to customers a shortcut to purchasing products, and makes online shopping even more enjoyable.

  According to the fourth invention (the invention according to claim 4), the payment amount paid by the customer can be selected as appropriate in relation to a plurality of bag image information. It becomes possible to purchase, and the purchase opportunity of goods can be increased further.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a merchandise sales system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The merchandise sales system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as shown in FIG. 1, and the merchandise sales system 1 selects a customer 11 who makes a purchase with the merchandise sales system 1 and a product that the customer 11 intends to purchase. The seller 12 who sells the product participates. The customer 11 uses a computer 21 when purchasing a product using the product sales system 1. The computer 21 is an information terminal constituting the present invention, and is the same as a commonly used computer. Although details are omitted, a customer 11 such as a mouse 22 or a keyboard inputs information to the computer 21. Information input means for display, display means for the customer 11 such as the display 23 to obtain information from the computer 21, and communication with other computers such as Ethernet (registered trademark of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.) Communication means and other terminal-side computing means 24 such as a CPU necessary for the operation of the computer 21 and storage means. Since the communication means of the computer 21 is connected to the Internet 41 which is a network constituting the present invention, the customer 11 gives an instruction using the mouse 22 or the like to specify an unspecified number including the server 31 described later. Information can be obtained from other computers and servers, and information on web pages and e-mails can be displayed on the display means. Further, the seller 12 uses the server 31 for management and operation of the product sales system 1. The server 31 is also similar to a commonly used server, and details thereof are omitted. However, the server 31 includes an information input unit, a display unit, and a communication unit, and in particular, a storage unit 32 and a server-side operation constituting the present invention. Means 33 are provided. Since the communication means of the server 31 is connected to the Internet 41, the computer 21 or the like used by the customer 11 provides a web page for the product sales system 1 managed by the server 26 via the Internet 41. When transmission of data for display is requested, necessary data of the commodity sales system 1 is transmitted (returned) via the Internet 41. Of course, innumerable computers and servers (not shown) are connected to the Internet 41.

  The server 31 reads various information requested via the Internet 41 from the storage means 32 as necessary and outputs it to the Internet 41 by the server-side computing means 33 that operates based on a program that will be described later using a flowchart. However, if it is possible to read out various information stored based on the instruction from the server-side computing means 33, the storage means 32 is built in the same housing as the server 31. Or may be physically connected and connected to each other. In particular, the Internet is located in a completely different place from the storage means 32 and the server-side arithmetic means 33. 41 may be connected. In the description of the commodity sales system 1, the operation of the server 31 will be described below. When the server 31 reads information from the storage means 32, the information stored in the storage means 32 is stored on the server side. It means that it can be read out to the calculation means 33 (main memory connected to the calculation means 33) and used for necessary processing, and the computer 21 of the customer 11 sends information sent from the server 31 in this way. If it is related to the display of the web page, the terminal side calculation means 24 automatically displays this web page on the display 23 or the like. Further, in the operation of the merchandise sales system 1, a program (for example, a purchase list generation unit described later) that calculates numerical values and generates a character string is used. This program is read from the storage unit 32 of the server 31. Thereafter, the server-side computing means 33 may perform the computation using this program, or the server 31 sends the program itself to the computer 21 of the customer 11, and the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 uses this program. An operation may be performed.

  Further, the storage means 32 of the server 31 stores product image information 72, 73, 74, category information, payment amount information, price information, bag images, which are information necessary for the operation of the product sales system 1 described below. Information 62, virtual volume information, total virtual volume information, virtual volume information, inflatable bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, destruction bag image information 90, clearing display information 83, retry information 104, 113, 123, Graph information 102, product purchase cancellation image information 124, current purchase content display information 77, purchase list information 103, character information 55, 68, 75, 76, 106, 115, 116, 125, 126, accounting information 105, end information 114, a filling variable, a graph generation unit, a current purchase content generation unit, a purchase list generation unit, and the like are stored in particular. The product image information 72, 73, 74 stored in the storage means 32 of the server 31 is made up of image information that can specify a product, such as a photograph or illustration of each product. These product image information 72, 73, and 74 are displayed on the display means as objects to be dragged and dropped by the customer 11, as will be described later. The category information is information indicating that the plurality of products are divided into categories. When the category information is displayed on the display 23 which is information display means used by the customer 11, the category information is displayed. This is a target to be clicked by the mouse 22 as information input means. Further, the payment amount information is independent of the price of individual products packed in a bag (bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89) described later or the total amount of the price, This is the amount that the customer 1 should finally pay. The price information is information relating to the price of each product specified in the corresponding relationship with each product related to the product image information 62 or the expanded bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89. In the product sales system 1, as described above, the total amount obtained by integrating the prices of each product is not the payment amount of the customer 11, but the payment amount (information) is the amount that the customer 11 finally pays. is there. Therefore, this price information is information used when integrating the total amount of products that can be packed in a bag (bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89). This total amount is used as a reference for evaluation of whether it is overpriced or overpriced compared to the above-mentioned payment amount. The bag image information 62 is image information relating to a bag in which products are stuffed on the display 23 by a series of operations performed by the customer 11 using a mouse 22 as a drag-and-drop operation described later. In the product sales system 1 according to the embodiment, as will be described later, a plurality of pieces of image information (expanded bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89) are stored in the storage unit 32 for each size of the bag inflated. Yes. The bag image information 62 and the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 are metaphors of shopping bags that are used when actually purchasing products, and are virtual versions of actual shopping bags. Similarly, the product image information 72, 73, 74 described above is a metaphor of a product actually purchased. For this reason, in the product sales system 1, “the product image information 72, 73, 74 is dragged and dropped into the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89” 11 is also a metaphor of the act of putting a product into a shopping bag when actually purchasing the product at a store. Therefore, in the following description, when the operation of the customer 11 is “putting a product into a bag (packing)”, in the product purchase system 1, “the product image information 72, 73, 74 is stored in the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image “Drag and drop operation on information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89”. Further, in the processing in the server 31, in the case of “putting (packing) products in a (virtual) bag”, product image information 72 and 73 for which the customer 11 has been dragged and dropped at that time. , 74 is added to the information on the product image information 72, 73, 74 that has been newly dragged and dropped.

Further, the virtual volume information is numerical information in which the volume of the product is given by number for each product related to the product image information 72, 73, 74. Further, the total virtual volume information refers to the product image information 72, the customer put in the bag (bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89) by drag and drop operation. The numerical value information is the sum of the numerical value information given to 73 and 74. The virtual volume information corresponds to the bag (bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89) and is an upper limit that is an upper limit of the sum of numerical values related to the virtual volume information. Numerical information specified by numerical values. The virtual volume information is compared with the sum of the virtual volume information related to each product, and various information processing is performed based on the result. Further, the inflatable bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 is, as will be described later with reference to FIG. The inflated bag image information further expanded from the inflated bag image information, the expanded inflated bag image information, and so on. A plurality of such pieces of expanded image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 are stored for each of a plurality of payment amount information having different sizes.
The broken bag image information 90 is image information indicating a state in which a bag (bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89) is broken or torn, and has the above size. A plurality of different payment amount information is stored. Further, the settlement display information 83 is information (buttons to be clicked) used for confirming the intention of settlement by the customer 11, and is information including character information or image information. Further, the retry information 104, 113, 123 indicates that the customer 11 can change the display contents of the display 23 to a state where a plurality of product image information can be dragged and dropped again. 22 is information (buttons) clicked by 22, and is information that is displayed when the broken bag image information 90 or the settlement display information 83 is displayed on the display means. The graph information 102 is information indicating the ratio of the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product to the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values, which will be described later. This is information generated by the graph generation means. The product purchase cancellation image information 124 is displayed on the display content of the display 23 on the condition that the retry information 104, 113, 123 is clicked, as will be described later. This is image information indicating the position where the product is clicked and dragged and dropped as the contents of the bag image information 62 or the expanded bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 after being stuffed. In the embodiment of the product purchase system 1, the product purchase cancellation image information 124 is an image of a trash can metaphor. The category information, product name, product price information, and virtual volume information are stored in the storage means 32 in the information correspondence table shown in FIG.

  Further, the current purchase content display information 77 is information generated by a current purchase content generation means to be described later, and when any one of a plurality of bag image information having different payment amount information is clicked, This is information for displaying the product name corresponding to the product display image on which the drag-and-drop operation is performed and the number of times of the operation on the display 23 which is a display means. The purchase list information 103 is information generated by a purchase list generation unit to be described later, and is information displayed on the display 23 that is a display unit on the condition that the clearing display information 83 is clicked. This is information indicating the product name corresponding to the product display image on which the drag-and-drop operation has been performed, the number of times, and the total price of the price information related to the product. The character information 55, 68, 75, 76, 106, 115, 116, 125, 126 corresponds to the contents of each screen display in order to instruct or explain the next operation to the customer 11. It is information displayed on the display 23 which is a display device. The transaction information 105 is information displayed together with the purchase list information 103. The customer 11 finishes the drag-and-drop operation, and the contents of the product displayed in the purchase list information 103 are the customer information. This is information (buttons) that the customer 11 is clicked with the mouse 22 when the content to be purchased is confirmed. The end information 114 is information for confirming the intention to end the purchase of the product. As will be described later, the total virtual volume information n described later is larger than the virtual volume information of the virtual bag. This information is displayed on the display means when it is determined. Further, the above-mentioned stuffing variable means that the customer 11 performs a drag-and-drop operation on the bag image information 62 of the product image information 72, 73, 74 or the expansion bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, and the bag. This is a variable for counting the number of times the product has been packed. The graph generation means is a drag-and-drop operation on the upper limit value related to the specific bag image information 62 selected by the customer 11 and the specific bag image information 62 or the expanded image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89. This is a program having a function of generating the graph information based on the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the product display images 72, 73, 74 on which the drop operation has been performed or the sum of these numerical values. The current purchase content generation means is based on the fact that product image information 72, 73, 74 is dropped on specific bag image information 62 or expanded image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89. From the product name and the number of products corresponding to the product image information 72, 73, 74 that have been dragged and dropped on the bag image information 62 or the expanded image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 This is a program having a function of generating the current purchase content display information 77. In addition, the purchase list generation means includes a product name corresponding to the product image information 72, 73, 74 that has been dragged and dropped on the condition that the settlement display information 83 is clicked, the number thereof, and the product. This program generates the purchase list information based on the total price information.

  In addition, the connection between the computer and the server via the Internet 41 is generally open and may be connected to any number of people, or only a member of an organization organized by the seller 12 is permitted using a password or the like. It is also good. Although the network is described as the Internet 41 here, the network may be connected only within a limited range such as an intranet. Hereinafter, the information output from the server 31 is displayed by a browser application displayed on the display 23 of the computer 21 of the customer 11, and the customer 11 uses the mouse 22 and the keyboard to display the information on the display 23 of the computer 21. An instruction to output information to the server 31 is given by clicking or dragging information on the displayed link, button, or image, or by inputting character information using the keyboard.

  Next, the operation of the merchandise sales system 1 when the customer 11 purchases merchandise from the seller 12 using the merchandise sales system 1 will be described first with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the customer 11 purchases a product using the product sales system 1, the customer 11 operates information input means such as the mouse 22 and directly inputs the URL of the seller's web page in the URL field of the browser application. Alternatively, by clicking a search result of a web page of a search engine and clicking a link of another web page such as a collection of links, the computer 21 of the customer 11 sends a web page to the server 31 via the Internet 41. Request data needed to display. On the other hand, the server 31 reads out data necessary for displaying the web page 51 such as the category image information 52, 53, 54 and the character information 55 from the storage unit 32, and then uses the computer 21 of the customer 11 via the Internet 41. The display 23 of the computer 21 displays the web page 51 shown in FIG. 4 which is the top page of the product sales system 1 managed by the seller 12 (step St1). Although details are omitted, before the web page 51 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed by the above-described method, the customer 11 is requested to input the ID and password determined in advance between the customer 11 and the seller 12. It is assumed that the server 31 sends out the requested web page information to be displayed and displayed on the display 23 of the computer 21 of the customer 11, and the web page 51 shown in FIG. 4 is shown only when this ID and password are appropriate. May be displayed. In the description of the product sales system 1, the screen display of the web page of the computer 21 of the customer 11 is illustrated as shown in FIG. 4, but the screen of the web page illustrated in the description of the product sales system 1 is shown below. The display schematically shows only elements necessary for the description of the commodity sales system 1. That is, in order to display the web page in the product sales system 1 that is actually used, the logo of the seller 12, the greeting to the customer 11, the explanation about the product sales system 1, or the following customer 11 Although a cancel button or the like that is clicked when canceling the purchase procedure is also displayed, such display is not shown. Further, the customer 11 operates the computer 21 by using the mouse 22 as information input means, and a mouse pointer (mouse cursor) is displayed on the display 23 of the computer 21 in response to the operation of the mouse 22. This mouse pointer is not shown. In the web page 51 shown in FIG. 4 displayed in step St1, the three category image information 52, 53, 54 and the category image information 52, 53, 54 displayed on the web page 51 by the customer 11 are displayed. Character information 55 that prompts the user to select a category as to which item of merchandise is to be purchased is displayed. In the product sales system 1 described in this embodiment, the seller 12 classifies the products into three categories of “vegetables”, “miscellaneous goods”, and “cosmetics”. As shown in FIG. Information 52, 53, 54 is displayed so as to correspond to the three categories.

  Then, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 determines in step St2 that any of these three category image information 52, 53, 54 has been clicked, and the three category image information 52, 53, 54 is determined. If none of them has been clicked, the process returns to step St2 again to repeat the determination as to which of the three category image information 52, 53, 54 has been clicked. If any of the three category image information 52, 53, 54 is clicked in step St2, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 communicates that fact to the server 31, and in step St3, the server The server-side calculation means 33 of 31 reads specific category information corresponding to any of the clicked three category image information 52, 53, 54 from the storage means 32. In the merchandise sales system 1 described in this embodiment, it will be described below that the customer 11 clicks the category image information 52 in step St2, selects the category “vegetables”, and performs the current purchase procedure.

  Next, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 reads out the information related to the above-mentioned category information related products, and also reads out and sends out information necessary for displaying the new web page 61 from the storage means 32, whereby the customer 11 The terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 changes the screen display and displays the web page 61 shown in FIG. 5 (step St4). In the web page shown in FIG. 5 displayed in this step St4, three bag image information 62, 63, 64, payment amount information 65, 66, 67 corresponding to each of the bag image information 62, 63, 64, and customer 11 is the purchase of a product using a bag size corresponding to any payment amount from the bag image information 62, 63, 64 or payment amount information 65, 66, 67 displayed on the web page 61. Character information 68 that prompts the user to select the size of the bag is displayed. In the merchandise sales system 1 described in this embodiment, the seller 12 has three types of virtual bags with payment amounts of “5,000 yen”, “3,000 yen”, and “2,000 yen”. Is prepared. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the size of the bag image information 62, 63, 64 is displayed in a size proportional to the amount of these payments. The payment amount information 65, 66, 67 is not image information but text information and is displayed in a positional relationship corresponding to the bag image information 62, 63, 64, respectively.

  Then, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 determines in step St5 that any one of the three bag image information 62, 63, 64 or the three payment amount information 65, 66, 67 is clicked. If none of the three bag image information 62, 63, 64 or the three payment amount information 65, 66, 67 is clicked, the process returns to step St5 again to return the three bag image information 62, 63, The determination as to whether 64 or three of the payment amount information 65, 66, 67 is clicked is repeated. Further, when the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 determines that any one of the three bag image information 62, 63, 64 or the three payment amount information 65, 66, 67 is clicked in step St5. The terminal-side computing means 24 communicates that fact to the server 31, and in step St6 shown in FIG. 6, the server 31 clicks on the three clicked bag image information 62, 63, 64 or the three payment amount information 65, 66. , 67, information related to the bag selected by the customer 11, that is, virtual volume information and the like is read from the storage means 32. Note that a plurality of types of inflatable bag image information and broken bag image information are prepared corresponding to the three bag image information 62, 63, 64, respectively. Since the expansion bag image information and the destruction bag image information used in the operation are specified, the server 31 may previously extract the expansion bag image information and the destruction bag image information from the storage unit 32 at this time. Here, the virtual volume information read out from the storage means 32 is an upper limit of the sum of numerical values (total virtual volume information n described later) related to virtual volume information described later in which the volume of the product is virtually specified by a number. It is specified by the upper limit numerical value. This numerical value is a large numerical value in proportion to the size of the payment amount information. For this reason, the virtual volume information corresponding to the bag whose payment amount information is “3,000 yen” has the payment amount information “ Similarly, the virtual volume information corresponding to the bag whose payment amount information is “5,000 yen” is the same as the virtual volume information corresponding to the bag of “2,000 yen”. The virtual volume information corresponding to the bag of “3,000 yen” is larger. The inflatable bag image information 82 corresponds to specific bag image information, and a plurality of inflated bag image information 82 are provided with different degrees of expansion. The plurality of inflatable bag image information corresponding to the specific bag image information selected from the bag image information 62, 63, 64 are dragged and dropped (packed) into the virtual bag as will be described later. In proportion to the sum of the virtual volume information of one or a plurality of products (total virtual volume information n described later), it is assumed to correspond to an image that is larger and expanded from the inside (that is, The bag image information is information of an image in which nothing is put in the bag, and the inflated bag image information is the total virtual volume information n of the products packed in the virtual bag. As the value increases, the information of the image inflated from the bag is used). In the product sales system 1 listed in this embodiment, the customer 11 clicks the bag image information 62 in step St2, selects the bag of “5,000 yen” as a virtual bag, and performs the purchase procedure this time. This will be described below.

  Next, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 reads out information relating to the above-mentioned bag from the storage means 32 and also reads out information necessary for displaying a new web page 71 from the storage means 32 and sends it out. The terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 changes the screen display and displays the web page 71 shown in FIG. 7 (step St7). In step St7, on the web page 71 shown in FIG. 7, the product image information 72, 73, 74 read from the storage means 32 in step St3 and the bag image which is the bag selected by the customer 11 in step St5. Information 62 and character information 75 that prompts the user to pack the product into the bag are displayed. Further, below the character information 75, as shown in FIG. 7, an explanation about operations that the customer 11 can perform when the web page 71 is displayed, that is, the customer 11 has the product image information 72, 73. , 74 is clicked and dragged to the bag image information 62, and the product image information 72, 73, 74 is dropped on the bag image information 62, the product can be purchased in the product sales system 1. Character information 76 explaining that is displayed (details are omitted). Further, below the product image information 72, 73, 74, the product dragged and dropped into the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 by the method described later, that is, the customer 11 Displays a list of products packed in the virtual bag and current purchase content display information 77 indicating the quantity of each product. The current purchase content display information 77 is generated by the current purchase content generation means stored in the storage means 32. In this product sales system 1, the seller 12 prepares three types of vegetables, “pumpkin”, “green pepper”, and “daikon” as the products belonging to the “vegetable” category selected by the customer 11 this time. As shown in FIG. 7, the image contents of the product image information 72, 73, and 74 all display these vegetables “pumpkin”, “green pepper”, and “radish”. Further, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 performs a drag-and-drop operation to the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 of the product image information 72, 73, 74 described below. The variable for counting the number of times the product has been stuffed into the bag (hereinafter referred to as the stuffing variable) is defined as m, and a numerical value 0 is substituted for m, and the current value is obtained by drag and drop operation. Then, a variable (referred to as total virtual volume information) for totaling the virtual volumes of the products packed in the bag is defined as n, and a numerical value 0 is substituted for n (step St8). The stuffing variable m used here is for the customer 11 not to carry out the clearing process without any product being packed in the bag. For this reason, the stuffing variable m is 0. The web page 71 displayed in this case does not display the settlement display information 83 shown in FIG. 8 for starting the settlement process described later. However, in the web page 71 shown in FIG. 7, in addition to the product image information 72, 73, 74, the bag image information 62, and the character information 75, the settlement display information 83 shown in FIG. 8 may be displayed. If the display information 83 is clicked, the process may proceed to step St18, which will be described later, and be operated so that the web page 101 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. In this case, the settlement process will be described later. In the web page 101 shown in FIG. 11, the transaction information 105 for starting the transaction process may not be displayed when the customer 11 does not pack any product in the bag.

  Then, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 selects one of the three product image information 72, 73, 74 with respect to the bag image information 62 on the web page 71 displayed in step St7, or described later. It is determined whether or not a drag-and-drop operation has been performed on the inflatable bag image information 82 on the web page 81 displayed in step St15 (step St9). Note that the drag-and-drop operation here is an operation generally used for operations on files and folders on a computer, and the mouse pointer is moved to a file or folder icon on the screen and a mouse button is pressed ( Click), and while holding down the mouse button (while clicking), move to the target position and release the mouse button. That is, in the product sales system according to this embodiment, the drag-and-drop operation is specifically performed by three product images displayed on the web page 71 shown in FIG. The mouse pointer is placed on any of the information 72, 73, 74, the mouse 22 is clicked, and the mouse 22 is moved to the bag image information 62 or the inflatable bag image information 82 while pressing the button of the mouse 22 as it is (clicked). This is an operation in which the mouse 22 button is released (dropped).

  Then, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 performs a drag-and-drop operation on the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82 for any of these three product image information 72, 73, 74 in step St9. If it is determined that the stuffing variable m has not been performed, in step St10, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 determines whether or not the stuffing variable m is 0, and the stuffing variable m is 0. (If it is not yet determined that the drag and drop operation determined in step St9 has been performed), the process returns to step St9 again, and any of the three product image information 72, 73, 74 is a bag image. The determination as to whether or not a drag and drop operation has been performed on the information 62 or the inflatable bag image information 82 is repeated. In step St10, if the stuffing variable is not 0 (when it is determined that the drag and drop operation determined in step St9 has been performed once or more), in step St11, a web page, which will be described later. It is determined whether or not the settlement display information 83 displayed in 81 is clicked, and when the settlement display information 83 is clicked, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 informs the server 31 to that effect. Communication is performed, and the process proceeds to a settlement process (payment of the payment amount) of the commodity after step St16 described later. If it is determined in step St11 that the settlement display information 83 has not been clicked, the process returns to step St9 again, and any of the three product image information 72, 73, 74 is the bag image information 62. Alternatively, the determination as to whether a drag and drop operation has been performed on the inflatable bag image information 82 is repeated. The settlement display information 83 is information stored in the storage means 32 in advance, and is information (button clicked) used for confirming the customer's intention of settlement. Character information or It consists of image information.

  If it is determined in step St9 that any of the three product image information 72, 73, 74 has been dragged and dropped with respect to the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, the computer The terminal-side computing means 24 of 21 communicates that fact to the server 31, and the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 adds 1 to the stuffing variable m (step St12). In the merchandise sales system 1 listed in this embodiment, the customer 11 performs a drag-and-drop operation on the merchandise image information 72 to the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82 to place the merchandise “pumpkin” in a virtual bag. It will be described below as stuffed.

  Subsequent to step St12, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 adds the virtual volume information of any of the product image information 72, 73, 74 on which the drag-and-drop operation has been performed to the total virtual volume information n. Add (step St13). That is, the virtual volume information (numerical value) “9” of the product “pumpkin” related to the product image information 72 is added to the total virtual volume information n. Then, the new total virtual volume information n obtained in step St13 is compared with the virtual volume information read in step St6 (step St14). Here, when the total virtual volume information n is larger than the virtual volume information of the virtual bag (for example, when the virtual volume information is “8”), the product “pumpkin” enters the virtual bag. It is assumed that it has been destroyed without fail, and the process proceeds to a retry screen process after step St21 for displaying the destruction bag image information 90 described later.

  Further, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 stores necessary information in the new web page 81 when the total virtual volume information n is the same as or smaller than the virtual volume information of the virtual bag in step St14. The computer 11 of the customer 11 changes the screen display and displays the web page 81 shown in FIG. 8 (step St15). As shown in FIG. 8, the web page 81 displayed in step St15 has substantially the same configuration as the web page 71, and includes product image information 72, 73, 74, inflatable bag image information 82, character information. 75, 76, currently purchased content display information 77 is displayed. Further, the current purchase content display information 77 is the name of the product and the number of the products that have been dragged and dropped (packed in a virtual bag) into the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82 so far. It is displayed about. Further, on the right side of the web page 81, settlement display information 83 is displayed. When the settlement display information 83 is clicked, a display indicating that the settlement process is to be performed (the purchase procedure of the customer 11 on the web page 71 is ended) is displayed.

  The expansion bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88 and 89 are stored in the storage means 32 with a difference in the degree of expansion as described above. The inflatable bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 used for the inflatable bag image information 82, 86 having a size proportional to the size of the total virtual volume information n at the time when the web page 81 is displayed. , 87, 88, 89 are judged and output by the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31, and the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 displays the web page 81 using this. That is, a virtual bag with payment amount information “5,000 yen” and virtual volume information 50 will be described as an example. Image information corresponding to this virtual bag is as shown in FIG. One piece of bag image information 62, five levels of inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 from a slightly inflated state to a state immediately before the destruction, and a broken bag image. Information 90 is stored in the storage means 32 of the server 31. The bag image information 62 and the expansion bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 have expansion bag image information corresponding to the size of the total virtual volume information n when displayed on the web page 81. For example, when the total virtual volume information is 0 <n <10, the inflatable bag image information 82 is used, and the total virtual volume information is 11 <n <10. In the case of 20, the inflatable bag image information 86 is used. In the case where the total virtual volume information is 21 <n <30, the inflatable bag image information 87 is used, and the total virtual volume information is 31 <. The inflatable bag image information 88 is used when n <40, and the inflatable bag image information 89 is used when the total virtual volume information is 41 <n ≦ 50. When the total virtual volume information n is 0 (when no product is put in a virtual bag and the web page 71 is displayed), the bag image information 62 is used. Further, when the total virtual volume information n is larger than 50 (when the virtual volume information product exceeding the virtual volume information is put in the virtual bag), the destruction bag image information 90 described later is used. The process proceeds to the retry screen processing after step St21 to be displayed. In addition, in the web page 81 as an example of the state in which the product is put in the virtual bag, the inflated bag image information 82 is displayed, but at the time when the web page 81 is displayed in this way. In accordance with the total virtual volume information, the web page 81 is displayed using the expansion bag image information 86, 87, 88, 89 instead of the expansion bag image information 82 as appropriate. In the above description of the web page 81, only the inflatable bag image information 82 is described as the image information of the inflated bag, but this is appropriately inflated bag image information 86, 87, 88, It should be displayed in place of any of 89. The bag shown in FIG. 9 is a virtual bag whose payment amount information is “5,000 yen”. However, another virtual bag used in the product sales system 1, that is, this embodiment will be described. For the virtual bags of “3,000 yen” and “2,000 yen”, inflated bag image information having a plurality of inflating stages as described above is prepared and stored in the storage means 32. It is selected as necessary and displayed on the display means.

  When the screen transition is made to the web page 81 in step St15 as described above, the process returns to step St9 again, and the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 selects any of the three product image information 72, 73, 74. However, it is determined that a drag-and-drop operation has been performed on the inflatable bag image information 82 on the web page 81. As described above, in the merchandise sales system 1, the settlement display information 83 is clicked by the customer 11 in step St11 and the process proceeds to step St16 described later, or the merchandise image information 72, 73,. 74, as a result of the drag-and-drop operation being performed on the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, it is determined that the total virtual volume information n is larger than the virtual volume information of the virtual bag. Unless it proceeds to step St21, which will be described later, the operation of the commodity sales system 1 is repeated between step St9 and steps St12 to St15.

  If the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 determines in step St11 that the customer 11 has clicked the settlement display information 83 displayed on the web page 81, the terminal-side computing means of the computer 21 24 communicates to that effect to the server 31, and the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 reads information relating to the graph generating means and the purchase list generating means from the storage means 32 (step St16 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 10). . Then, the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 uses the virtual volume information corresponding to the bag image information selected by the customer 11 previously read in step St6, and the customer 11 sends the bag image information 62 or the inflatable bag in step St9. Based on the total virtual volume information n, which is the sum of virtual volume information of products for which a drag-and-drop operation has been performed on the image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, the virtual volume information and the total are calculated by the graph generation means. Graph information 102 indicating the ratio with the virtual volume information n is generated, and the customer 11 drags to the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 at the step St9 by the purchase list generating means. The purchase list which is the total price of the product name and the number of times the product has been subjected to the AND drop operation and the price information related to the product Generating a broadcast (step St17). In other words, this graph information 102 indicates how much volume the customer 11 has put in the bag and how much product has been put in the bag when the customer 11 purchases the product this time. It can be understood at a glance. Then, along with the generation of the graph information 102, the server 31 reads out and sends out information necessary for displaying the new web page 101 from the storage means 32, whereby the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 The screen display is changed to display the web page 101 shown in FIG. 11 (step St18). In the web page 101 displayed in step St18, as shown in FIG. 11, the graph information 102 generated by the graph generation means read from the storage means 32 in step St16, the purchase list information 103, and the retry are shown. Information 104, transaction information 105, and character information 106 explaining that the purchase list information 103 is a list of products packed in a bag (bag image information) are displayed. In this web page 101, explanations about the retry information 104 and the accounting information 105 are also displayed, but illustration thereof is omitted. Note that the purchase list information 103 is dragged and dropped by the customer 11 into the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 when the checkout display information 83 is clicked in step St11. It displays the name (product name) of the operated product, the price information of the product, the quantity for each product, and the customer 11 calculated in step St17 performs a drag-and-drop operation. The total price information of the price information of the item is displayed. For this reason, before clicking the retry information 104 or the accounting information 105, the customer 11 pays the payment amount information that is the amount that the customer 11 pays at the time of accounting (clearing) and the price of the product actually purchased by the customer 11. Since the total amount can be compared, the game feeling of the customer 11 as described above can be enhanced, and the customer 11 determines which of the retry information 104 or the accounting information 105 is to be clicked. It can be used as a reference. Further, the retry information 104 can be returned to the above-described step St7 by clicking this (returning to the web page 71 shown in FIG. 7 again), whereby the product image information is added to the bag image information 62 from the beginning. 72, 73, 74 can be packed by drag and drop. The accounting information 105 is clicked to determine the content and quantity of the product purchased by the customer 11 based on the content of the purchase list information 103, and remittance for the product on a web page not shown. It is possible to open a web page for accounting processing for inputting the method, the address and name of the customer 11, or the address of the shipping destination of the purchased product.

  Then, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 determines that either of the retry information 104 or the accounting information 105 is clicked in Step St19 and Step St20, respectively, and these retry information 104 or accounting If none of the information 105 has been clicked, the process returns to step St19 and step St20 again to repeat the determination as to whether any of the retry information 104 or the accounting information 105 has been clicked. When the retry information 104 is clicked in step St19, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 communicates that fact to the server 31, and the server side computing means 33 of the server 31 reads from the storage means 32. Information necessary for displaying the web page 71 is sent out, and the process returns to step St7 again as described above. When the accounting information 105 is clicked in step St20, the server side computing means 33 of the server 31 sends information necessary for displaying the web page for accounting processing from the storage means 32 as described above. The accounting web page is the same as the accounting web page used in many existing web pages for selling products. Omitted.

  When the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 determines that the total virtual volume information n is larger than the virtual volume information of the virtual bag selected by the customer 11 in step St4 in step St14, In step St25 shown in FIG. 12, the server 31 displays the new product web page 111 such as the retry information 113 and the end information 114 together with the product image information 72, 73, 74, and the broken bag image information 90 read out earlier. Necessary information is read out from the storage means 32 and sent out, whereby the computer 21 of the customer 11 changes the screen display and displays the web page shown in FIG. 13 (step St22). The web page 111 shown in FIG. 13 displayed in step St22 has a configuration that is quite similar to the web pages 71 and 81 described above, and includes product image information 72, 73, and 74, destruction bag image information 90, and character information. 115 and 116 and current purchase content display information 77 are displayed. The current purchase content display information 77 is information generated by the current purchase content generation means as described above, and has been dragged and dropped in the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82 so far (virtual The name of the product (packed in the bag) and the number of the product are displayed. Further, retry information 113 and end information 114 are displayed on the right side of the web page 111. The character information 115 displays that the bag has been torn because the product has been packed too much into the virtual bag, and the character information 116 is displayed in the current purchase content display information 77. Click the retry information 113 to repack the product based on the product packed in the virtual bag, and if you want to end this product purchase procedure, It is displayed that the end information 114 should be clicked. Although not shown, if the server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 determines that the end information 114 has been clicked, the bag image information that has been stored in the storage means 32 (clicked by the customer 11). 62, (each) name (product name), price information and product of the product that has been dragged and dropped to the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 Each information such as the total amount and the total amount of the price information of the product for which the customer 11 has performed the drag-and-drop operation calculated in step St17 is deleted.

  And the terminal side calculating means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 displays the said web page 111 in step St22, and judges whether the said retry information 113 was clicked (step St23). If it is determined in step St23 that the retry information 113 has not been clicked, it is determined in step St24 that the end information 114 has been clicked. If it is determined in step St24 that the end information 114 has not been clicked, it is determined again whether or not the retry information 113 has been clicked (step St23). Therefore, when the web page 111 is displayed, the steps St23 and St24 are repeated unless the customer 11 clicks the retry information 113 or the end information 114. If it is determined in step St23 that the retry information 113 has been clicked, the process proceeds to step St25 described later. If it is determined in step St24 that the end information 114 has been clicked, the customer 11 does not continue purchasing the product by the product sales system 1, and thus ends.

  If the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 determines that the retry information 113 has been clicked in step St23, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 informs that fact. The server 31 communicates with the server 31, and the server 31 reads out necessary information of the new web page 121 such as the retry information 123 and the product purchase cancellation image information 124 from the storage unit 32 (step St25). The terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 changes the screen display and displays the web page 121 shown in FIG. 14 (step St26). In the web page 121 displayed in step St26, as shown in FIG. 14, the destruction bag image information 90 and the destruction bag image information 90 are displayed so as to overlap each other, and the bag image information 62 or the expansion bag has been displayed so far. One or more product image information 127 that has been dragged and dropped into the image information 82 (packed in a virtual bag), retry information 123, product purchase cancellation image information 124, text Information 125 and 126 are displayed. Further, retry information 123 is displayed on the right side of the broken bag image information 90, and product purchase cancellation image information 124 is displayed on the further right side of the retry information 123. Further, although the character information 126 displayed above the destruction bag image information 90 is not shown in detail, one or a plurality of product image information 127 displayed so as to be superimposed on the destruction bag image information 90 is replaced with the product information. By performing a drag and drop operation on the purchase cancellation image information 124, it can be removed from the broken bag image information 90, the product packed in the virtual bag can be taken out, and the retry information 123 is clicked. By doing so, the screen is again displayed on the web page where the product (product image information 72, 73, 74) can be stuffed into the virtual bag (on the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89). It is displayed that the transition can be made and the stuffing can be retried. The one or more product image information 127 displayed superimposed on the broken bag image information 90 of the web page 121 is the same as the product image information 72, 73, 74 displayed on the web page 71. Something is used.

  Then, after the server 31 sends the necessary information to the web page 121 in step St25, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 indicates that the product image information 127 is on the web page 121 and the product image information 127 is the product purchase cancel. In step St27, it is determined that a drag-and-drop operation has been performed on the image information 124. This drag-and-drop operation is the same as that described in the determination in step St9 described above. If it is determined in step St27 that the drag-and-drop operation has been performed, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 communicates to that effect to the server 31, and the server 31 is required to display the web page 121 again. In step St28, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 performs a drag-and-drop operation again on the product image information 127 other than the product image information 127 dropped on the product purchase cancellation image information 124. Thus, the product image information 127 dropped on the product purchase cancellation image information 124 is removed and displayed. After the display in step St28, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 returns to step St27 again and determines whether or not a drag and drop operation has been performed.

  Then, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 determines that none of the product image information 127 has been dragged and dropped on the product purchase cancellation image information 124 in this step St27. In step St29, it is determined whether the retry information 123 has been clicked. If the retry information 123 has not been clicked in step St29, the process returns to step St27 and returns to the product image information. The determination of whether or not any of 127 is a drag-and-drop operation on the product purchase cancellation image information 124 is repeated.

  If the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 determines in step St29 that the retry information 123 has been clicked, the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 informs the server 31 to that effect. The server-side computing means 33 of the server 31 transmits data necessary for displaying the web page, whereby the computer 21 of the customer 11 changes the screen display to the web page 71 shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. A web page (not shown) similar to the web page 81 shown is displayed (step St30). Further, the server side computing means 33 of the server 31 performs the process of step St8, and the terminal side computing means 24 of the computer 21 of the customer 11 again stores the product image in the bag image information 62 or the expanded bag image information 82 by the customer 11. It is determined whether or not the information 72, 73, 74 has been dragged and dropped (step St9). That is, on the web page displayed in step St30, product image information 72, 73, 74, character information 75, 76, and current purchase content display information 77 are displayed, and bag image information 62 or inflated bag image information is displayed. 82 and the settlement display information 83 are displayed. That is, in the web page displayed in step St30, the product image information 127 moved by the customer 11 performing the drag-and-drop operation of the product image information 127 on the product purchase cancellation image information 124 in the above-described steps St27 and St28. The product image information 127 except for is in a state (packed state) in a virtual bag. Therefore, according to the state in the virtual bag, in the web page, the bag image information 62 or Inflatable bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 is selected and displayed as appropriate, and the current purchase content display information 77 is the state (such as the name and number of products in the virtual bag at this point ( From the current purchase content display information 77 when the virtual bag was destroyed in step St14, the above-mentioned step St2 State, except for the information about a product corresponding to the product that has been removed by the operation of dragging and dropping to the product purchase cancellation image information 124) are displayed in. Then, as described above, the server 31 performs the process of step St8, and in step St9, the terminal-side computing means 24 of the computer 21 converts the product image information 72, 73, 74 into the bag image information 62 or the expansion by the customer 11. It is determined whether or not a drag and drop operation has been performed on the bag image information 82.

  Although details are omitted, the server 31 appropriately prepares flag information such as variables when the web page 121 is displayed, and whether or not the drag-and-drop operation has been performed once in step St27. Alternatively, it may be determined from the flag information whether the drag and drop operation has been performed once or more in step St27. In this case, if it is determined by the flag information that the drag and drop operation has not been performed in step St27, the retry information 123 is not displayed on the web page 121. It is possible to repeat Step St27 again without proceeding to Step St29.

  In the operation of the product sales system 1 described above, a configuration in which a new window is displayed on the computer 21 of the customer 11 for each operation of the customer 11, that is, a configuration in which a screen display is transitioned for each operation of the customer 11. However, it is not necessary to have such a configuration. That is, only a part of the display in one web page according to the operation of the customer 11 may newly change the screen display according to the operation of the customer 11. In addition, in the case where only the display of only a part of the web page is changed, a frame in which a part of the web page is nested may be used, or the operation is performed only on a part of the web page. It is good also as what operate | moves by techniques, such as the flash of AJAX, Adobe Systems, Inc., or the silver light of Microsoft Corporation. In particular, when the product sales system 1 is operated by such a technique, the computer 21 of the customer 11 transmits information to the server 31 as necessary in the above description. The server 31 sends (replies) necessary information in response to the request, but when the information of the first web page of the product sales system 1 is first sent to the server 21 to the computer 21 of the customer 11. , Information necessary for the operation of the commodity sales system 1 is sent at a time, and it is assumed that the information is operated independently on the computer 21 of the customer 11 by this information. It is good also as what communicates between 21 and the server 31. FIG. Alternatively, the customer 11 may display a cancel button on each web page so that the customer 11 can order the purchase procedure at any time. In the operation of the product sales system 1, for example, the product image information 72, 73, 74 is dragged and dropped on the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89. The sound may be generated in accordance with the operation of the mouse 22 of the customer 11 so as to make a sound of breaking the object in accordance with the timing when the image information corresponding to the image information becomes the destruction image information 90. Similarly, at the moment when the product image information 72, 73, 74 is dragged and dropped on the bag image information 62 or the inflated bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, for example, It is good also as what displays the animation which a thing enters in the bag image information 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 and bends.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table | surface which shows an information corresponding table. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which selects the category of the goods purchased by the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which selects the magnitude | size of the bag which stuffs the goods purchased by the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which stuffs the goods of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention in a bag. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which stuffs the goods of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention in a bag. It is a schematic diagram which shows the bag image information which stuffs the goods of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention, expansion bag image information, and destruction bag image information. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which performs the liquidation of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen which performs the liquidation of the goods sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen on which the image information for product purchase cancellation of the product sales system which concerns on embodiment of this invention was displayed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Merchandise sales system 11 Customer 21 Computer 22 Mouse 23 Display 24 Terminal side calculation means 31 Server 32 Storage means 33 Server side calculation means 41 Internet 51 Web page 52, 53, 54 Category information 61 Web page 62, 63, 64 Bag image information 65, 66, 67 Payment amount information 71 Web page 72, 73, 74 Product image information 81 Web page 82, 86, 87, 88, 89 Expansion bag image information 83 Clearing display information 90 Destruction bag image information 101 Web page 102 Graph information 104 Retry information 111 Web page 113 Retry information 124 Product purchase cancellation image information

Claims (4)

A server having storage means and server-side arithmetic means connected to the storage means;
An information terminal connected to the server by a customer via a network, and having information input means, display means, and terminal side calculation means connected to these information input means and display means,
The storage means constituting the server includes product image information related to a plurality of products, price information related to the prices of these products, virtual volume information in which the volume of each product is virtually specified by a number, Bag image information relating to a bag for stuffing goods, payment amount information relating to the payment amount paid by the customer corresponding to this bag image information, and an upper limit numerical value corresponding to the bag and serving as an upper limit of the numerical value related to the virtual volume information A plurality of inflatable bag image information for displaying the identified virtual volume information, a state in which the bag is inflated for each degree of inflating, a destruction bag image information for displaying a state in which the bag is broken or torn, and a customer And clearing display information used to confirm the willingness of clearing by
In a state where the display means constituting the information terminal is displaying any one of the plurality of product image information, the bag image information or the plurality of inflatable bag image information, and the payment amount information. Any of the product image information displayed on the display means is clicked by the information input means constituting the information terminal, and after being dragged onto the bag image information, it is dropped on the bag image information Comparing the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product or the sum of these numerical values with the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information,
When the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values is less than or equal to the upper limit numerical value, or less than the upper limit numerical value, instead of the bag image information or the inflated bag image information displayed so far One of the plurality of inflatable bag image information or another inflatable bag image information different from the inflated bag image information that has been displayed so far, and the liquidation display information are displayed on the display means;
When the numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values exceeds the upper limit numerical value or more than the upper limit numerical value, instead of the bag image information or the inflated bag image information displayed so far A step of displaying the destruction bag image information on the display means;
In the state where the expansion bag image information is displayed and the settlement display information is displayed, when the settlement display information is clicked by the information input means, the payment amount information is displayed on the display means. And a step of displaying either the price information of the dropped single product or the sum of the price information of a plurality of products. The storage means stores retry information, and
This retry information is displayed when the destruction bag image information is displayed on the display means, or the sum of the payment amount information and the price information of the dropped single product or the price information of a plurality of products. Is displayed when is displayed on the display means;
2. The step of displaying the plurality of product image information and bag image information on the display means again on condition that the retry information is clicked by the information input means. Product sales system described. The storage means stores a graph generation means,
When the settlement display information is clicked, the display means displays a ratio of the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product to the upper limit numerical value related to the virtual volume information or the sum of these numerical values. 3. The merchandise sales system according to claim 1, further comprising a step of generating graph information to be displayed and displaying the graph information on the display means. The bag image information stored in the storage means is information on a plurality of bags in which the product is packed, and the payment amount information, virtual volume information, inflated bag image information, and destruction bag image information are respectively in the plurality of bags. It is a plurality of things corresponding to
In the state where the display unit displays bag image information related to a plurality of bags and each of the payment amount information in a state corresponding to the bag image information related to the plurality of bags.
On the condition that any one of the bag image information on the plurality of bags is clicked by the information input means, it is compared with the numerical value related to the virtual volume information corresponding to the dropped product or the sum of these numerical values. 4. The commodity sales according to claim 1, wherein the upper limit value related to the virtual volume information is an upper limit value of the virtual volume information of the specific bag related to the clicked bag image information. system.