JP2012141811A - Product information provision device and product information provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product information provision device capable of easily providing a user with information on products that are seen on the street.SOLUTION: A product information provision device 10 for providing product information to a user terminal connected through a network comprises a purchased product management unit 12 and a product information transmission unit 13. The purchased product management unit 12 stores a user ID and information on products purchased by the user in a product database 80. The product information transmission unit 13 acquires other users' IDs for identifying other users around the user having the user terminal, obtains information on products corresponding to the other users' IDs from the product database 80, and transmits the information to the user terminal. Therefore, each user can see information on products purchased by other users around the user having the user terminal, which enables each user to easily obtain information on other people's items that are seen on the street.

Description

  The present invention relates to a product information providing apparatus and a product information providing system that provide users with information on products purchased by others.

There has been proposed a product information providing system for a user who visits an actual store to obtain information on the product of the store from a Web service (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this product information providing system, the user transmits the product tag code attached to the product together with the user ID from the portable user terminal to the equipment device installed in the store. The facility-side apparatus transmits an electronic tag including a product code corresponding to the transmitted product tag code and the URL of the service center to the mobile-side user terminal.
The service center receives the product code in the electronic tag from the mobile side user terminal that has been accessed with the URL, and provides information on the product corresponding to the product code to the mobile side user terminal.

JP 2001-283094 A

  In the product information providing system described in Patent Document 1, it is assumed that a product tag code is attached to a product. For this reason, product information can be acquired only at an actual store where items such as clothes and bags are handled as products, such as when a user visually acquires a tag code.

By the way, a user often wants product information not only when looking at a product at a store but also when looking at clothes or bags of people passing by in the city and getting interested.
However, information about items of people who passed in such a city could not be obtained. Even if you know the brand name, you do not know the product code, so you must access a web service that introduces the product of that brand, search only for information such as item type and color, and browse the results. It was difficult to obtain product information.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a product information providing apparatus and a product information providing system capable of easily providing information on products seen in a city to a user.

  The product information providing device of the present invention is a product information providing device that provides product information to a user terminal connected via a network, and includes a user ID that identifies the user and information on the product purchased by the user. The purchased product management unit stored in the storage unit and another user ID for identifying other users around the user who owns the user terminal are acquired, and information on the product corresponding to the other user ID is obtained from the storage unit. A product information transmission unit that obtains and transmits the product information to the user terminal.

In the present invention, the purchased product management unit stores information on products purchased by each user in the storage unit together with the user ID. The product information transmission unit acquires another user ID, which is a user ID of another user around the user, and acquires product information whose user ID matches the other user ID from the storage unit. Then, the product information transmission unit transmits the acquired product information to the user terminal.
Thereby, each user can see the product information purchased by other users in the vicinity on the user terminal. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain information on items possessed by others seen in the city without using a product tag code or the like.

  In the product information providing apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the other user ID is a user ID that the user terminal has received from another user terminal located around the user terminal and transmitted to the product information providing apparatus.

Here, as a means for communicating with other user terminals, a system capable of directly communicating between user terminals such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or an ad hoc mode of a wireless LAN can be used. For example, by setting the user terminal to a mode that allows communication with other user terminals, when other user terminals that are similarly set approach within a communicable distance (for example, 10 to 30 m), A system that automatically communicates between user terminals can be used.
In this invention, a user terminal receives other user ID from the other user terminal located in the circumference | surroundings, and transmits this other user ID to a merchandise information provision apparatus. Therefore, since the product information transmission unit receives and acquires the other user ID from the user terminal, it is not necessary to acquire the other user ID on the product information providing apparatus side, and the other user ID can be easily acquired.

  In the product information providing apparatus of the present invention, a user terminal specifying unit that acquires position information of a user terminal, and a peripheral terminal that specifies other user terminals located around the user terminal based on the position information of the user terminal A product corresponding to the other user ID from the storage unit, acquiring the user ID of another user terminal identified by the peripheral terminal identifying unit as another user ID. It is preferable that the information is acquired and transmitted to the user terminal.

In this invention, a user terminal specific | specification part acquires the positional information on a user terminal, and based on this positional information, a peripheral terminal specific | specification part specifies the other user terminal located around a user terminal. Since the terminal ID can be acquired when the terminal is specified, the product information providing apparatus can also acquire the user ID by associating the user ID with the terminal ID. Therefore, it is not necessary to transmit / receive the user ID between the user terminals, and the product information corresponding to the other user IDs can be obtained even in a terminal that does not include communication means between the user terminals.
Furthermore, since the position of the user terminal can be grasped, the user terminal situation such as whether the user terminal is moving or stopped can be grasped. For this reason, the peripheral terminal specifying unit can specify an appropriate peripheral terminal according to the situation.
For example, if the user is walking, the peripheral terminal specifying unit can specify only the user's terminal coming from the traveling direction as the peripheral terminal and exclude the user's terminal moving away. In this case, it is possible to provide only information on products purchased by users who are passing each other to the user terminal, and the user can easily confirm the products. On the other hand, when checking a product after passing each other, a user terminal on the side opposite to the user's traveling direction may be specified as a peripheral terminal.

  In the product information providing apparatus of the present invention, the purchased product management unit is a public product information specifying unit that specifies a product whose information is disclosed to other users among the information on the purchased products of each user stored in the storage means. It is preferable that the product information transmitting unit transmits only the information specified as the product to be disclosed by the published product information specifying unit to the user terminal.

  In this invention, each user can specify a product to be disclosed to other users. For this reason, each user can also publish only the items worn on the day. In this case, since only items that other users can actually see and confirm are disclosed, the product can be effectively advertised as an advertising tower, and it is effective for obtaining affiliate rewards described later. is there.

  In the product information providing apparatus of the present invention, an affiliate management unit that gives a reward to a user of another user ID when a product is purchased based on product information corresponding to the other user ID transmitted to the user terminal The affiliate management unit includes: a purchase history acquisition unit that acquires a purchase history including an ID of the purchased product and another user ID that provides the product information; an other user ID included in the purchase history; An affiliate information specifying unit that specifies affiliate information based on the product ID, and a reward processing unit that performs a reward granting process according to the number of purchases of the product to the affiliate information specified by the affiliate information specifying unit. preferable.

  In this invention, since the affiliate management unit is provided, the user who disclosed the information of the purchased product, when another user purchases the product based on the product information, is rewarded from a shop that sells the product. Can be obtained. For this reason, it is possible to give each user a motivation to become an advertising tower, and to introduce products purchased by many users.

  In the product information providing apparatus according to the present invention, the product information transmitting unit is configured to display the product information in a list format on the user terminal, or display the product information in a map format based on the position information of another user terminal. It is preferable to transmit product information for map display for displaying information.

In the present invention, product information can be displayed as a list or a map. Here, the list display has an advantage that the product information can be easily confirmed in a list. On the other hand, if it displays in map format, since the position of the user who purchased the product can be grasped, the product can be easily confirmed directly.
Note that it is more preferable that the list display and the map display can be switched and displayed. For example, if product information of interest is selected from a list of product information displayed in a list, the location of the user who provides the product information is displayed on a map, so that convenience can be improved.

  The product information providing system of the present invention is a product information providing system including a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network, and the user terminal is located around A user ID is received from another user terminal, the received user ID is transmitted to the product information providing apparatus as another user ID, and the product information providing apparatus is configured to receive a user ID and a user specified by the user ID. The purchased product management unit that stores the information of the purchased product in the storage unit, the other user ID transmitted from the user terminal is acquired, and the information of the product corresponding to the other user ID is obtained from the storage unit And a merchandise information transmitting unit for transmitting to the user terminal.

According to this invention, a user terminal receives other user ID from the other user terminal located around, and transmits this other user ID to a merchandise information provision apparatus. Therefore, since the product information transmission unit receives and acquires the other user ID from the user terminal, it is not necessary to acquire the other user ID on the product information providing apparatus side, and the other user ID can be easily acquired.
The purchased product management unit stores information on products purchased by each user in the storage unit together with the user ID, and the product information transmission unit obtains product information purchased by the user of the other user ID from the storage unit. To the user terminal.
Thereby, each user can confirm easily the information of the item which the other person who sees in the city possesses, if it approaches other persons and performs the transmission / reception process of user ID between user terminals.

  The product information providing system of the present invention is a product information providing system comprising a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network, wherein the product information providing device has a user ID. And a purchased product management unit that stores information on products purchased by the user specified by the user ID in a storage unit, a user terminal specifying unit that acquires location information of the user terminal, and the product information. Based on the location information of the user terminal, the peripheral terminal specifying unit that specifies other user terminals located around the user terminal, and the user ID of the other user terminal specified by the peripheral terminal specifying unit are set as other user IDs. And a product information transmission unit that obtains product information corresponding to the other user ID from the storage unit and transmits the product information to the user terminal. To.

In this invention, since the user terminal specific | specification part has acquired the positional information on each user terminal, it can specify the other user terminal located around a certain user terminal. Therefore, it is not necessary to transmit / receive the user ID between the user terminals, and the product information corresponding to the other user IDs can be obtained even in a terminal that does not include communication means between the user terminals.
Furthermore, since the position of each user terminal can be grasped, the user terminal situation such as whether the user terminal is moving or stopped can be grasped, and appropriate product information corresponding to the situation can be provided.
The purchased product management unit stores information on products purchased by each user in the storage unit together with the user ID, and the product information transmission unit obtains product information purchased by the user of the other user ID from the storage unit. To the user terminal.
Thereby, each user can confirm easily the information of the item which the other person who saw in the city has has access to a merchandise information provision apparatus.

  The product information providing system of the present invention is a product information providing system including a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network, and the user terminal is located around The user ID and the information of the product purchased by the user specified by the user ID are received from another user terminal, and the product information providing apparatus is purchased by the user specified by the user ID and the user ID. A purchased product management unit is provided that stores product information in a storage unit.

According to this invention, a user terminal receives a user ID and product information from other user terminals located in the vicinity. Therefore, if it is possible to communicate with other user terminals, product information purchased by other users can be obtained without accessing the product information providing apparatus.
Thereby, each user can confirm easily the information of the item which the other person who sees in the city possesses if it approaches other persons and performs transmission / reception processing between user terminals.

Schematic which shows the network structure of the merchandise information provision system concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the user terminal concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the merchandise information provision process of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the purchase history process of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning the said 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the user terminal concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning the said 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the function structure of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the merchandise information provision process of the merchandise information provision apparatus concerning the said 3rd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the product information providing system 1 has a configuration in which a product information providing apparatus 10 and a user terminal 30 are connected via the Internet 2. An online shopping site 20 is also connected to the Internet 2.

Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.
The Internet 2 is the Internet based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP. Each user terminal 30 is preferably connectable to the Internet 2 while moving. For this reason, the user terminal 30 is connected to the Internet 2 via a mobile phone network or connected to the Internet 2 via a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).
Note that the configuration for connecting the user terminal 30 to the product information providing apparatus 10 is not limited to the Internet 2, and a communication line network or a broadcast network in which a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium constitute a network. Any configuration for transmitting and receiving data, such as a wireless medium itself, which is a network for receiving data directly, and further, can be used.

  The product information providing apparatus 10 includes, as hardware configurations, storage means (not shown) such as RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory) and control means such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The RAM has a temporary area where data and the like can be temporarily stored, and the ROM stores an OS (Operating System: basic software), programs for controlling various servers, various applications, various data, and the like. The CPU reads programs stored in these storage means and performs various processes according to the programs.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a product database 80 and an affiliate database 90 are stored in the storage unit of the product information providing apparatus 10.

  The product database 80 stores information (purchase history) of products purchased by each user. For example, as shown in Table 1 below, a purchase history ID for managing a purchase history, a user ID for specifying a purchased user, a product ID for specifying a purchased product, product information, a disclosure flag, Are related to each other and stored as one record.

The purchase history ID is a code for identifying each purchase information, and is given when the purchase information is stored in the product database 80.
When each user purchases a product at the online shopping site 20 or the store, the purchased user ID and the purchased product ID are transmitted to the product information providing apparatus 10 as purchase history information from the purchase site 20 or the store. These data are additionally stored in the product database 80.
The product information is information related to the product and is transmitted to the user terminal 30 as described later. In this product information, for example, various information related to products such as product information described in the online shopping site 20, product images, videos, brand names, actual store locations, and prices are stored.
The public flag is a flag for setting whether or not the purchase history can be disclosed to others. For example, “1” is set when the release is permitted, and “0” is set when the release is not allowed. Remembered. This disclosure flag is set by the designation of the user who purchased the product.

The affiliate database 90 stores affiliate information for each user. For example, as shown in Table 2 below, an affiliate ID, a user ID, a product ID, a URL with user ID authentication, a reward rate / point for a reward granting user, and the number of purchases are associated with each other. The table structure is stored as one record.
The affiliate ID is a code for managing the affiliate information, and is set for each combination of the user ID and the product ID. For this reason, the same code as the purchase history ID of the product database 80 is used.
The user ID specifies a user who gives a reward. The product ID identifies the product purchased by the user.

The URL with user ID authentication describes the URL of an online shopping site where the product with the product ID is purchased with the authentication of the user ID. By using this URL (access information), the product information providing apparatus 10 can grasp which user purchase information is used to purchase the product.
The reward rate / point is a reward that is given to an introducing user when a user who accesses an online shopping site through the URL purchases the product. For example, the rate of reward is set with respect to the sales price of the product. For example, if the reward rate is set to 1% for a product of 10,000 yen, a reward of 100 yen will be awarded. In some cases, rewards are set as points. The points are, for example, points that can be used for purchasing products on the online shopping site.
As the number of purchases, the quantity of products purchased by accessing the online shopping site using the URL with user ID authentication is stored. Therefore, the reward given to each user is obtained by multiplying the reward rate / point by the number of purchases.

  The product information providing apparatus 10 includes a receiving unit 11, a purchased product management unit 12, a product information transmission unit 13, and an affiliate management unit 14 as a functional configuration of the control unit. The product information providing apparatus 10 includes a transmission / reception unit (not shown) that transmits / receives various data to / from various apparatuses via the Internet 2.

  The receiving unit 11 receives the user ID transmitted from the user terminal 30 and the other user ID (hereinafter also referred to as the introduction user ID) that is the user ID of the other user terminal 30 received by the user terminal 30 by passing communication. Accept.

The purchased product management unit 12 includes a purchase history acquisition unit 121 and a public product information identification unit 122.
The purchase history acquisition unit 121 searches the user ID of the product database 80 with the introduction user ID, and acquires purchase history information of the corresponding user ID.
The public product information specifying unit 122 refers to the public flag in the purchase history information acquired by the purchase history acquisition unit 121 and specifies the product information that may be disclosed.
Therefore, the purchased product management unit 12 can extract the product information permitted to be released from the product information purchased by the user with the introduction user ID.

  The product information transmission unit 13 transmits the product information extracted by the purchased product management unit 12 to the user terminal 30. At this time, the URL with user ID authentication corresponding to the introduction user ID and the product ID is acquired from the affiliate database 90 via the affiliate management unit 14 and transmitted to the user terminal 30 together with the product information.

The affiliate management unit 14 includes a purchase history acquisition unit 141, an affiliate information specifying unit 142, and a billing processing unit 143.
When the user who has received the product information transmitted by the product information transmission unit 13 and the URL with user ID authentication purchases a product based on the information, the purchase history acquisition unit 141 receives the information from the purchased online shopping site 20 or the store. The purchase history information is acquired.

The affiliate information identification unit 142 identifies which affiliate ID corresponds to the purchase history information acquired by the purchase history acquisition unit 141. That is, since the introduction user ID and the product ID that introduced the product can be specified by the URL with user ID authentication, these data are searched in the affiliate database 90, and if there is applicable data, the data is specified. If there is no data to be registered, it is registered as new data.
The billing processing unit 143 adds and updates the number of purchases of the affiliate ID specified by the affiliate information specifying unit 142 to the number of purchases this time.

  Similar to the product information providing apparatus 10, the online shopping site 20 has a hardware configuration such as RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), and other storage means, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) control. Means. The storage means stores a user database storing data including a user ID for identifying a user and a product database storing data including a product ID for identifying a product. Moreover, as a function structure of a control means, the process means which performs a series of processes regarding online shopping is provided.

  As the user terminal 30, for example, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a mobile computer, a personal computer, or the like can be used. A storage means such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) ) And other control means.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 30 includes a first communication means 31 that can access the product information providing apparatus 10 and the online shopping site 20 via the Internet 2, and a second communication terminal that can directly communicate with other user terminals 30. And communication means 32.
As the first communication means 31, known communication means such as means capable of communicating with a mobile phone base station and means capable of connecting to a wireless LAN access point can be used.

The second communication means 32 can use various wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) that can directly communicate with each other (passing communication).
The user terminal 30 uses the second communication unit 32 to transmit a user ID to another user terminal 30 in the vicinity, and a user ID transmitted from the other user terminal 30. Is introduced as an introduction user ID.

  Further, the user terminal 30 includes an input unit 35 such as a touch panel or a key that can be input by the user, and a product information acquisition unit 36 that accesses the product information providing apparatus 10 via the first communication unit 31 and acquires product information. A product information display unit 37 that displays the acquired product information on the display of the user terminal 30.

[Operation of product information provision system]
Next, processing of the product information providing system 1 will be described. In particular, the processing of the product information providing apparatus 10 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

[User terminal operation: Introduction user terminal operation]
A user who introduces the purchased product operates the user ID transmission unit 33 in the user terminal 30. Then, the user terminal 30 continues to transmit the user ID using the second communication unit 32. The product information providing system 1 has an advantage that a user who introduces a product can receive a reward from an affiliate if the user who receives the information purchases the product. Therefore, participation of many users is anticipated and it is highly possible that user IDs can be received at various places.

In addition, the user who transmits the user ID accesses the purchased product management unit 12 of the product information providing apparatus 10 from the user terminal 30 in advance, sets the disclosure flag of the product database 80, and specifies the products that may be disclosed. I can keep it.
For this reason, only clothes, shoes, and bags that are actually worn when going out can be made public products.

[Operation of user terminal: Operation of user terminal receiving product information]
A user who wants to obtain information on merchandise such as clothes and bags worn by others seen in the city operates the introduction user ID receiving unit 34 in the user terminal 30. Then, the user terminal 30 activates the second communication means 32 to obtain a user ID transmitted by another user terminal 30 located within a certain communicable range, for example, a radius range of about 10 m around the own device. Received as an introduction user ID. That is, the user ID is received by performing so-called passing communication with another user terminal 30.
The second communication means 32 confirms the orientation of the user terminal 30 using the sensor of the user terminal 30 and the like, and within a fan-shaped range having directivity in a predetermined direction based on the own device according to the orientation of the user terminal 30 A user ID transmitted by another user terminal 30 located at the location may be received as an introduction user ID. That is, the user receives the user ID of the other user terminal 30 in the predetermined direction by pointing the user terminal toward the other user who is seen in the city.

  When the product information acquisition unit 36 of the user terminal 30 receives the introduction user ID from another user terminal 30, the product information providing apparatus uses the first communication unit 31 to obtain the received introduction user ID and its own user ID. 10 to send.

[Operation of Product Information Providing Device: Product Information Providing Process]
The accepting unit 11 accepts the user ID and the introduction user ID transmitted from the user terminal 30 (step S11).

Next, the purchase history acquisition unit 121 of the purchased product management unit 12 searches the product database 80 for the introduction user ID received by the reception unit 11, and acquires purchase history information of the user ID (step S12).
Further, the published product information specifying unit 122 specifies the product information to be disclosed in the purchase history information acquired by the purchase history acquiring unit 121 (step S13).

Next, the product information transmitting unit 13 transmits the product information specified by the published product information specifying unit 122 to the user terminal 30 (step S14). At this time, as described above, the product information transmission unit 13 acquires the URL with user ID authentication via the affiliate management unit 14 and transmits it to the user terminal 30 together with the product information. At this time, if there is a plurality of product information, the information may be transmitted so that the product information is displayed in a list format on the user terminal 30.
In addition, when there is no purchase history information in step S12, or when there is no product information to be disclosed in step S13, the product information transmission unit 13 transmits that there is no product information to be displayed.

[User terminal operation: product information display processing]
The user terminal 30 to which the product information is transmitted from the product information providing apparatus 10 acquires the product information by the product information acquisition unit 36, and displays the information on the display by the product information display unit 37. For example, a product image, brand name, actual store location, price, etc. are displayed on the display as product information.
For this reason, the user can immediately obtain information on a product he / she is interested in in the city.

[User terminal operation: product purchase processing]
The user who has obtained the product information can purchase the product displayed on the online shopping site 20 using the user terminal 30. That is, the information on each product includes the URL with user ID authentication. By using this access information, the online shopping site 20 can be accessed and the product can be purchased.
It should be noted that the actual product cannot be confirmed in normal online shopping, so if you purchase a product that emphasizes not only function but also design, such as clothes and bags, the color and texture will differ between the photo and the actual product. The purchase user may be dissatisfied. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the user can acquire and purchase information after looking at the actual product in the city, the satisfaction level can be increased even for online shopping.

[Operation of Product Information Providing Device: Purchase History Processing]
Processing when the user purchases a product based on the product information transmitted from the product information providing apparatus 10 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
When the user purchases a product at the online shopping site 20, the product information providing apparatus 10 receives purchase information from the site 20 (step S21). The purchase information includes the introduction user ID that introduced the product, the user ID of the purchaser, the product ID of the purchased product, and the number of purchases. These data are automatically transmitted to the product information providing apparatus 10 simultaneously with the purchase process by purchasing the product at the online shopping site 20 using the URL with user ID authentication.
In addition, even when a product is purchased at an actual store instead of the online shopping site 20, purchase information may be automatically transmitted to the product information providing apparatus 10 by using a POS system or the like. At this time, if the introduction user ID and the purchaser's user ID are received from the user terminal 30 on the POS system side, these pieces of information can also be automatically transmitted.

Next, the purchased product management unit 12 registers the received purchase information, specifically, the purchaser's user ID and product ID in the product database 80 (step S22).
In addition, the affiliate management unit 14 registers the affiliate information, specifically, the introduction user ID, the product ID, and the number of purchases in the affiliate database 90 (step S23). At this time, if the combination of the user ID and the product ID has been registered, the number of purchases this time is added to update the data.

  This completes the purchase history process. Therefore, the product information providing apparatus 10 executes the product information providing process of FIG. 4 when the user terminal 30 has accessed by the product information acquisition unit 36, and when the product is purchased at the online shopping site 20 or the like. Performs the purchase history process of FIG.

[Effects of First Embodiment]
According to the above 1st Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
The product information providing apparatus 10 stores product information purchased by each user in the product database 80 together with the user ID, and the product information transmitting unit 13 transmits product information purchased by other users around the user. To do. Thereby, each user can view the product information purchased by other users in the vicinity on the user terminal 30. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain information on items possessed by others seen in the city without using a product tag code or the like.

  Furthermore, since the introduction user ID is received from other user terminals 30 located in the vicinity, it is not necessary to grasp the surrounding user terminals 30 on the product information providing apparatus 10 side. In addition, since receiving the introduction user ID also means that there is product information purchased by the user, the user terminal 30 can reliably acquire product information from the product information providing device 10 and perform useless communication processing. Not to do.

  A user who introduced a product can receive a reward from an affiliate if the product is purchased based on the introduction information. For this reason, it can be expected that each user actively works as an advertising tower. For this reason, the shop which sells goods can perform large-scale marketing only by paying the expense of the affiliate and the usage fee of the product information providing system 1. In particular, a large number of consumers will advertise using the actual product, and can be advertised to consumers who have seen the product in the city, so potential users who do not know the product or brand Can be effectively approached and can conduct very effective and efficient marketing activities.

Second Embodiment
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that purchased product information is also stored in the user terminal 30A and the purchased product information is transmitted together with the introduction user ID.
For this reason, the product information providing apparatus 10A and the user terminal 30A of the second embodiment are partially different from the first embodiment in the configuration. Note that, in the product information providing apparatus 10A and the user terminal 30A, configurations that perform the same functions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the user terminal 30 </ b> A according to the present embodiment stores a purchase history database 39 that stores past purchase product information of a user who owns the user terminal 30 </ b> A, and a purchase that updates the purchase history database 39. A history update unit 38 is provided. The user ID transmission unit 33A of the user terminal 30A transmits not only the user ID but also the purchased product information stored in the purchase history database 39 using the second communication unit 32.
On the other hand, the introduction user ID receiving unit 34A receives not only the user ID but also purchased product information. Thus, since the user terminal 30A of the second embodiment receives the product information from the other user terminal 30A, it is not necessary to receive the product information from the product information providing apparatus 10A. For this reason, the product information acquisition unit 36 of the first embodiment is not provided in the user terminal 30A.

Here, the purchase history database 39 stores at least a user ID, a product ID, and a URL with user ID authentication, and further stores product information such as a product name, a photograph, and a store name.
The purchase history database 39 is updated when the purchase history update unit 38 accesses the purchased product management unit 12A of the product information providing apparatus 10A.

As shown in FIG. 7, the product information providing apparatus 10 </ b> A includes a reception unit 11, a purchased product management unit 12 </ b> A, and an affiliate management unit 14. On the other hand, the merchandise information transmission unit 13 of the first embodiment is not provided.
The receiving unit 11 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment in that it receives access from the user terminal 30A.

  The purchase product management unit 12A stores purchase history information stored in the product database 80 in order to update the purchase history acquisition unit 121 that stores the purchase history of products purchased by the user in the product database 80 and the purchase history database 39. And a purchase history transmitting unit 123 that transmits the information to the user terminal 30.

  That is, when a user purchases a product, not only the user terminal 30 but also, for example, purchases may be made at an online shopping site 20 using a personal computer at home, or may be made at an actual store. The purchased product management unit 12A registers various purchase history information of each of these users in the product database 80, and when there is an update request for the purchase history database 39 from the purchase history update unit 38 of the user terminal 30, The purchase history of the user ID is extracted from the product database 80 and transmitted to the user terminal 30.

  Since the affiliate management part 14 is the same structure as the said 1st Embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted.

In the second embodiment, since the product information is directly transmitted from the user terminal 30A to the other user terminal 30A, the product information transmission process of the first embodiment is not performed in the product information providing apparatus 10A.
On the other hand, in order to store the purchase history of the user in the purchase history database 39 of each user terminal 30A, when a purchase history update request is sent from the purchase history update unit 38 of the user terminal 30A, purchased product management The purchase history transmission unit 123 of the unit 12A performs processing for transmitting the purchase history information of the user to the user terminal 30A.
Further, the purchase history process at the time of product purchase is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
According to the above 2nd Embodiment, while exhibiting the effect obtained by the structure similar to the said 1st Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
Since the purchased product information of other users can be directly received from the other user terminal 30A, the purchased product information of other users can be acquired even in an environment where the product information providing apparatus 10A cannot be connected, such as underground.
In addition, since the product information is stored in the user terminal 30A of the user who introduces the product information, it is possible to set which product is to be disclosed without being connected to the product information providing apparatus 10A. Can do. For this reason, for example, it is also possible to easily set only the products worn when going out.

  Furthermore, since the purchase history update unit 38 is provided in the user terminal 30A and the purchase history transmission unit 123 is provided in the product information providing apparatus 10A, information on products purchased by the user with other devices such as a personal computer is also collected. The purchase history database 39 can be updated. For this reason, it is not necessary for each user to register the purchased product in the purchase history database 39, and the purchase history database 39 can be easily updated.

<Third Embodiment>
The third embodiment is different from the first and second embodiments in that purchased product information of other users is received without communication between the user terminals 30.
For this reason, the product information providing apparatus 10B is partially different from the first and second embodiments. Note that, in the product information providing apparatus 10B, the same reference numerals are given to configurations that perform the same functions as those in the first and second embodiments, and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 8, a location information database 70, a product database 80, and an affiliate database 90 are stored in the storage means of the product information providing apparatus 10B.
Since the product database 80 and the affiliate database 90 store the same information as in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  In the position information database 70, for example, as shown in Table 3 below, the user ID, the terminal ID that identifies each user terminal 30, and the position information of the user terminal 30 are associated and stored as one record. It has a table structure.

Here, the user ID is assigned so as to be uniquely identifiable when user registration is performed in order to use the product information providing system 1.
The terminal ID is an ID uniquely assigned to the user terminal 30. The terminal ID may be, for example, an individual identification number of a mobile phone, or an IP address set for each user terminal 30. This terminal ID can be grasped on the product information providing apparatus 10 side by being transmitted from the user terminal 30 when the user terminal 30 accesses the product information providing apparatus 10.

The position information represents the current position of the user terminal 30 and is updated every time the user terminal 30 accesses the product information providing apparatus 10. The position information is, for example, latitude and longitude data.
In the present embodiment, the user terminal 30 may acquire position information calculated by receiving a GPS signal, or acquire position information corresponding to the IP address from the IP address of the user terminal 30. Also good. For example, when the user terminal 30 communicates by connecting to a wireless LAN access point, it can be confirmed by associating the location information of the access point with the IP address of the access point.
Further, the location information may be acquired based on the location of the base station that communicates directly with the user terminal 30.

The product information providing apparatus 10B includes a receiving unit 11, a purchased product management unit 12, a product information transmission unit 13, and an affiliate management unit 14, as well as a user terminal status specifying unit 16, a target range, as a functional configuration of the control unit. A specifying unit 17 and a peripheral terminal specifying unit 18 are provided.
Here, the purchased merchandise management unit 12, the merchandise information transmission unit 13, and the affiliate management unit 14 have the same configurations as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The receiving unit 11 receives the terminal ID and position information transmitted from the user terminal 30 and stores the terminal ID and position information in the position information database 70. Note that the storage of the terminal ID and the position information is performed not only by the terminal of the user who wants to acquire the purchased product information of another user, but also by the user terminal that discloses the product information to others. For this reason, the position information database 70 stores the position information of all the user terminals 30 that use the product information providing system 1.

Since the user ID and the terminal ID are stored in advance in the location information database 70 at the time of user registration, the user ID is also identified by searching the location information database 70 with the transmitted terminal ID. The location information corresponding to the user ID and terminal ID is updated with the received data. This position information is transmitted from the user terminal 30 at regular time intervals (for example, every 5 minutes).
In addition, a user who wants to acquire purchased product information of another user operates the user terminal 30 to transmit a peripheral terminal information request to the product information providing apparatus 10.

  Based on the transition of the position information received from the user terminal 30, the user terminal status specifying unit 16 is a terminal indicating whether the user having the user terminal 30 that has transmitted the peripheral terminal information request is moving or stopped. Identify the situation.

The target range specifying unit 17 specifies a target range to be detected as a peripheral terminal based on the terminal status specified by the user terminal status specifying unit 16. For example, if the user terminal 30 has been stopped for a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) or longer, the range in which other people's products can be confirmed is narrow, so the detection target range may be set to a narrow range (for example, about 5 to 10 m). . On the other hand, if the user terminal 30 is moving, it may be set in a wider range than when the user terminal 30 is stopped.
Further, the target range is not limited to a circular range centering on the user terminal 30. For example, if the user terminal 30 is moving, the range may be set according to the moving direction. For example, when the user is walking, it is easy to check other people's products coming from the user's moving direction toward the user. Therefore, it is effective to widen the target range on the moving direction side of the user and narrow the range on the rear side of the user. In this way, the target range specifying unit 17 specifies the size and position of the detection target range for detecting the other user terminals 30 according to the terminal status.

  The peripheral terminal specifying unit 18 refers to the location information database 70, specifies another user terminal 30 located in the range specified by the target range specifying unit 17 as a peripheral terminal, and the user ID of the user terminal 30 Is output to the purchased product management unit 12 as an introduction user ID.

  The purchased product management unit 12 acquires purchase history information of the introduction user ID by the purchase history acquisition unit 121 based on the acquired introduction user ID, and releases it by the published product information identification unit 122, as in the first embodiment. Product information is specified and output to the product information transmission unit 13.

The product information transmission unit 13 acquires the URL with user ID authentication corresponding to the peripheral user ID and the product information from the affiliate database 90 via the affiliate management unit 14 to the public product information acquired from the purchased product management unit 12, It transmits to the user terminal 30 which transmitted the periphery terminal information request | requirement with merchandise information.
In addition, since the affiliate management part 14 is the same structure as the said 1st Embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The user terminal 30 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment. However, since it is not necessary to directly communicate with other user terminals 30 in the vicinity, a terminal that does not include the second communication unit 32, the user ID transmission unit 33, and the introduction user ID reception unit 34 can be used as the user terminal 30.

[Operation of product information provision system]
Next, the processing of the third embodiment will be described. In particular, the processing of the product information providing apparatus 10B will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

[User terminal operation]
Each user terminal 30 transmits a terminal ID and position information to the product information providing apparatus 10B at regular time intervals.
In addition, a user who publishes a product purchased by another user may access the purchased product management unit 12 of the product information providing apparatus 10B from the user terminal 30 in advance, set the publish flag of the product database 80, and publish it. Identify the product.
Further, a user who wants to obtain purchase product information of another user transmits a peripheral terminal information request from the user terminal 30 to the product information providing apparatus 10B.

[Operation of Product Information Providing Device: Product Information Providing Process]
The receiving unit 11 receives the terminal ID and position information transmitted from the user terminal 30, and stores the terminal ID and position information in the position information database 70 (step S31).
In addition, the reception unit 11 confirms whether a peripheral terminal information request is issued from the user terminal 30 (step S32).

If the reception unit 11 has not received the peripheral terminal information request (S32: No), the reception unit 11 repeats the reception processing (S31) of the terminal ID and position information of the user terminal 30.
On the other hand, when the reception unit 11 receives the peripheral terminal information request (S32: Yes), the user terminal status specifying unit 16 specifies the status of the user terminal 30 (S33).

Next, the target range specifying unit 17 specifies a target range for detecting peripheral terminals (step S34).
Then, the peripheral terminal specifying unit 18 specifies the user terminal 30 within the specified target range with reference to the position information database 70 (step S35).

Next, the purchase history acquisition unit 121 of the purchased product management unit 12 searches the product database 80 for the user ID (introduction user ID) of the peripheral user terminal 30 specified by the peripheral terminal specification unit 18, and purchase history of the user ID Information is acquired (step S36).
Further, the published product information identification unit 122 identifies the product information to be disclosed in the purchase history information acquired by the purchase history acquisition unit 121 (step S37).

Next, the product information transmitting unit 13 transmits the product information specified by the published product information specifying unit 122 to the user terminal 30 (step S38).
At this time, as in the first embodiment, the product information transmission unit 13 acquires a URL with user ID authentication via the affiliate management unit 14 and transmits it to the user terminal 30 together with the product information. At this time, if there is a plurality of product information, the information may be transmitted so that the product information is displayed in a list format on the user terminal 30.
If there is no purchase history information in step S36, or if there is no product information to be disclosed in step S37, the product information transmission unit 13 transmits information that there is no product information to be displayed.

[User terminal operation: product information display processing]
The user terminal 30 to which the product information is transmitted from the product information providing apparatus 10B acquires the product information by the product information acquisition unit 36, and displays the information on the display by the product information display unit 37. For example, a product image, brand name, actual store location, price, etc. are displayed on the display as product information.
Furthermore, since the product information providing apparatus 10B can grasp the location information of the peripheral terminal, the product information of each user is converted into the location information of the user terminal 30 by transmitting the location information of the user together with the product information. Can be displayed on the map based on.

[Operation of Product Information Providing Device: Purchase History Processing]
Since processing when the user purchases a product based on the product information transmitted from the product information providing apparatus 10B is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

[Effects of Third Embodiment]
According to the above 3rd Embodiment, while having the effect obtained by the structure similar to the said 1st Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
In the third embodiment, unlike the first and second embodiments, it is not necessary to directly exchange information between the user terminals 30, and thus it is possible to use a user terminal 30 that does not include such direct communication means between terminals. It is possible to increase the types of user terminals 30 that can be used.
Further, since direct communication between the user terminals 30 is limited in communication distance, it is not possible to communicate with other user terminals 30 that are more than the distance, and purchase information of the user cannot be acquired. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, since it is not necessary to communicate directly between terminals, the user terminal 30 in a wider range is specified without being restricted by the distance during direct communication, and the purchased product of the user Can receive information.

Further, the user terminal situation specifying unit 16, the target range specifying unit 17, and the peripheral terminal specifying unit 18 can set the target range according to the situation of the user terminal 30 and specify the peripheral terminal. For this reason, it is possible to provide information on the user terminal 30 that facilitates direct confirmation of products, such as displaying only product information of other users approaching the user.
Furthermore, since the peripheral terminal specifying unit 18 can also grasp the position information of the peripheral terminal, the product information can be displayed on the map by transmitting the location information to the user terminal 30 together with the product information. Therefore, the user can easily confirm who is in the vicinity of the product and can easily confirm the actual product.

[Modification]
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, In the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, the deformation | transformation shown below is also included.
For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the ID of the user who purchased the product and the product ID are automatically registered in the affiliate database 90, and the affiliate right is automatically granted to the user who purchased the product. On the other hand, the user may select a product to be registered in the affiliate database 90 from among the purchased products, and make only the product registered in the affiliate database 90 available to others.
When all the products purchased by each user are to be disclosed, there is a large amount of product information to be provided, and it may be difficult for the user who receives the information to find the target product information.
In contrast, if only the products registered by the user in the affiliate database 90 are disclosed, only the carefully selected products that the user wants to introduce to others can be disclosed. For this reason, only information with high utility value for the user who received the product information can be disclosed.

  In each of the above embodiments, the product information is provided from another user terminal 30 or the product information providing device 10, but an IC tag that can communicate with the user terminal 30 is attached to the product, Based on the information, product information of items such as clothes and bags worn by the user may be obtained.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the product information provision apparatus 10 and the online shopping site 20 were comprised as a separate apparatus, it is not restricted to this, 1 which has the function of the product information provision apparatus 10 and the function of the online shopping site 20 You may comprise as one apparatus.
Further, as the product information providing device, all the functions of the product information providing devices 10, 10A, 10B of the first to third embodiments are provided, and processing is performed according to the content of the transmission data from the accessing user terminal 30. You may choose.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the affiliate database 90 has memorize | stored the affiliate information with respect to each user, it is not restricted to this, The affiliate database 90 has posted affiliate information with respect to each user who participated in the affiliate. You may memorize a page. The affiliate introduction web page can be edited by a user who has joined the affiliate, thereby making the affiliate introduction web page look like a pseudo personal store.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a product information providing apparatus and a product information providing system that can provide product information that a user has seen on the go to the user.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Merchandise information provision system 10, 10A, 10B ... Merchandise information provision apparatus, 11 ... Reception part, 12, 12A ... Purchased product management part, 121 ... Purchase history acquisition part, 122 ... Published product information identification part, 123 ... Purchase History transmission unit, 13 ... Product information transmission unit, 14 ... Affiliate management unit, 141 ... Purchase history acquisition unit, 142 ... Affiliate information specification unit, 143 ... Billing processing unit, 16 ... User terminal status specification unit, 17 ... Target range specification , 18 ... Peripheral terminal specifying part, 20 ... Online shopping site, 30, 30A ... User terminal, 31 ... First communication means, 32 ... Second communication means, 33, 33A ... User ID transmission part, 34, 34A ... Introduction User ID receiving unit 36 ... Product information acquisition unit 37 ... Product information display unit 38 ... Purchase history update unit 39 ... Purchase history database 70 ... Location information data Database, 80 ... product database, 90 ... affiliate database.

Claims (9)

A product information providing device that provides product information to a user terminal connected via a network,
A purchased product management unit that stores a user ID for identifying a user and information on products purchased by the user in a storage unit;
A product for acquiring another user ID for identifying another user around the user who owns the user terminal, obtaining information on a product corresponding to the other user ID from the storage means, and transmitting the product to the user terminal A product information providing device comprising: an information transmitting unit. The product information providing apparatus according to claim 1,
The said other user ID is a user ID which the said user terminal received from the other user terminal located in the circumference | surroundings, and transmitted to the merchandise information provision apparatus. The merchandise information provision apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The product information providing apparatus according to claim 1,
A user terminal specifying unit for acquiring position information of the user terminal;
A peripheral terminal specifying unit that specifies other user terminals located around the user terminal based on the position information of the user terminal, and
The product information transmission unit acquires a user ID of another user terminal specified by the peripheral terminal specifying unit as another user ID, obtains information on a product corresponding to the other user ID from the storage unit, The merchandise information provision apparatus characterized by transmitting to the said user terminal. In the merchandise information provision device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The purchased product management unit includes a public product information specifying unit that specifies a product whose information is disclosed to other users among the information on the purchased products of each user stored in the storage unit,
The product information transmitting unit transmits only information specified as a product to be disclosed by the published product information specifying unit to a user terminal. In the merchandise information provision device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When a product is purchased based on product information corresponding to the other user ID transmitted to the user terminal, an affiliate management unit is provided that gives a reward to the user of the other user ID,
The affiliate management department
A purchase history acquisition unit for acquiring a purchase history including the ID of the purchased product and the other user ID that provided the product information;
An affiliate information specifying unit for specifying affiliate information based on the other user ID and the product ID included in the purchase history;
A merchandise information providing apparatus comprising: a reward processing unit that performs a reward granting process in accordance with the affiliate information specified by the affiliate information specifying unit according to the number of purchased products. In the merchandise information providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The product information transmission unit is a list display product information that displays product information in a list format on a user terminal, or a map display product that displays product information in a map format based on position information of another user terminal. A product information providing apparatus characterized by transmitting information. A product information providing system comprising a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network,
The user terminal receives a user ID from other user terminals located in the vicinity, and transmits the received user ID as the other user ID to the product information providing apparatus,
The product information providing device includes:
A purchased product management unit that stores, in a storage unit, a user ID and information on products purchased by a user identified by the user ID;
A product information transmission unit that obtains another user ID transmitted from the user terminal, obtains information on a product corresponding to the other user ID from the storage unit, and transmits the product information to the user terminal. Product information provision system featuring A product information providing system comprising a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network,
The product information providing device includes:
A purchased product management unit that stores, in a storage unit, a user ID and information on products purchased by a user identified by the user ID;
A user terminal specifying unit for acquiring position information of the user terminal;
Based on position information of the user terminal provided with the product information, a peripheral terminal specifying unit that specifies other user terminals located around the user terminal,
A product for acquiring a user ID of another user terminal specified by the peripheral terminal specifying unit as another user ID, obtaining information on a product corresponding to the other user ID from the storage means, and transmitting the product information to the user terminal A product information providing system comprising: an information transmission unit; A product information providing system comprising a user terminal and a product information providing device connected to the user terminal via a network,
The user terminal receives a user ID and information on a product purchased by the user specified by the user ID from other user terminals located around the user terminal,
The product information providing device includes:
A product information providing system comprising: a purchase product management unit that stores, in a storage unit, a user ID and information on a product purchased by a user identified by the user ID.

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