JP2012256190A - Server device, terminal device, and merchandise information selection method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in which it is difficult to purchase surprising merchandise in a conventional method.SOLUTION: A server device which realizes purchase of surprising merchandise comprises: a merchandise-related information storage part for storing one or more pieces of merchandise-related information which include merchandise information having merchandise identification information, unexpectedness which is information about a surprising degree of merchandise and a satisfaction level which is information about a degree of satisfaction of merchandise; a terminal purchase information storage part for storing one or more pieces of terminal purchase information including user identifiers and condition information which is information about conditions for selecting the merchandise information and is information about conditions about the unexpectedness and the satisfaction level; a merchandise information selection part for acquiring one or more pieces of the merchandise information paired with the unexpectedness and the satisfaction level which satisfy conditions, according to the conditions shown by the condition information paired with a user identifier, for each user identifier, from the merchandise-related information storage part; and a merchandise information output part for outputting one or more pieces of the merchandise information selected by the merchandise information selection part, for each user identifier.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information system for acquiring and outputting product information.

  In a conventional information system, efficient product and service recommendation information considering the tendency of site users is quickly provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Conventionally, there has been an information system in which an agent purchases a product just by a user inputting a purchase instruction (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2006-65734 A (first page, FIG. 1 etc.) JP 2001-216461 A (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the conventional information system, it is possible to purchase a product that matches the user's preference, but it is difficult to purchase an unexpected product that surprises the user.

  The server device according to the first aspect of the invention is a user identifier for identifying a user and information relating to conditions for selecting product information, and information relating to an unexpected degree that is information relating to the degree of unexpectedness of the product and a degree of satisfaction of the product. A terminal purchase information storage unit that can store one or more terminal purchase information having condition information that is information relating to a condition related to satisfaction, product information including product identification information for identifying a product, and the unexpectedness of the product The condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier for each user identifier from one or more product related information having an unexpected degree that is information regarding the degree of satisfaction and a satisfaction level that is information regarding the degree of satisfaction of the product According to the product information selection unit that acquires one or more product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition, and for each user identifier, A server device including a product information output unit for outputting one or more product information information selection section has selected.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to purchase an unexpected product or the like.

  In the server device according to the second aspect of the invention, in contrast to the first aspect of the invention, the product information also includes amount information indicating the amount of the product identified by the product identification information, and the condition information includes the amount information. The product information selection unit sets the amount information that satisfies a predetermined condition for the amount information included in the condition information that is paired with the unexpectedness and the satisfaction degree that satisfy the condition indicated by the condition information. The server device acquires one or more pieces of product information from one or more pieces of product related information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to purchase an unexpected product or the like in consideration of the planned amount.

  The server device of the third invention further includes a purchase processing unit that performs a purchase process on one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit in the first or second invention. It is a server device.

  With this configuration, an unexpected product or the like can be automatically purchased.

  In the server device according to the fourth aspect of the invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the product information output unit is a terminal corresponding to each user identifier, with one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit. A purchase instruction receiving unit that transmits to the apparatus and receives a purchase instruction for one or more pieces of product information from the terminal device; and the one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit when the purchase instruction receiving unit receives the purchase instruction. On the other hand, the server device further includes a purchase processing unit for performing a purchase process.

  With this configuration, an unexpected product or the like can be purchased after obtaining the user's permission.

  Further, the server device of the fifth invention has a degree of user satisfaction with respect to one or more products corresponding to the one or more product information output by the product information output unit with respect to the third or fourth invention. A server receiving unit that receives user reaction information is further included, and the product information selection unit purchases a terminal corresponding to the user reaction information when a satisfaction level of the user reaction information does not satisfy a predetermined condition. The condition information included in the information is changed at least temporarily, and according to the condition indicated by the changed condition information, one or more pieces of product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition are obtained from the one or more items related information. It is a server device to acquire.

  With this configuration, the condition for selecting a product can be automatically changed at least temporarily according to the degree of user satisfaction.

  The server device according to the sixth aspect of the present invention has an unexpected degree and a satisfaction degree corresponding to one or more pieces of merchandise information to which the purchase processing unit has performed a purchase process, relative to the third or fourth aspect of the invention. Accordingly, the server device further includes a condition information changing unit that changes the condition information included in the terminal purchase information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to automatically change the condition for selecting a product according to the purchase history.

  In the server device of the seventh aspect of the invention, the merchandise information selection unit periodically indicates the condition information paired with the user identifier for each user identifier in the first to sixth aspects of the invention. In accordance with the conditions, the server device acquires one or more pieces of product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the conditions from the one or more pieces of product related information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to regularly select and purchase unexpected products and the like.

  According to the information system of the present invention, an unexpected product can be purchased.

Conceptual diagram of information system 1 according to Embodiment 1 Block diagram of the information system Flow chart for explaining the operation of the server device Flow chart for explaining the operation of the product selection process Figure showing the product related information management table Figure showing the terminal purchase information management table Figure showing the terminal purchase information management table Block diagram of an information system according to the second embodiment Flow chart for explaining the operation of the server device Flow chart for explaining the operation of the terminal device Figure showing the same output example Overview of the computer system in the above embodiment Block diagram of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information system and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

  (Embodiment 1)

  In this embodiment, an information system capable of selecting and automatically purchasing product information that matches a condition will be described. The conditions here are conditions relating to the unexpectedness and satisfaction of the product.

  In the present embodiment, an information system that includes price information as a condition for selecting product information and acquires product information within the price indicated by the price information will be described.

  In the present embodiment, an information system for selecting a product according to a product selection condition that is automatically changed at least temporarily according to the user's satisfaction will be described.

  Also, in the present embodiment, an information system that can automatically change the condition for selecting product information according to past purchase history will be described.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an information system is described in which product information is selected and automatically purchased on a regular basis (for example, once a month).

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information system 1 in the present embodiment. The information system 1 includes a server device 11, one or more terminal devices 12, and an approval server 13. The server device 11 is a device that selects product information and performs automatic purchase processing. The terminal device 12 is a terminal of a user who purchases a product. Furthermore, the approval server 13 is a server that performs an approval process. The product is a purchase target, and includes not only a tangible product but also a so-called intangible service.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information system 1 in the present embodiment.

  The server device 11 includes a product related information storage unit 111, a terminal purchase information storage unit 112, a server reception unit 113, a product information selection unit 114, a product information output unit 115, a purchase processing unit 116, a condition information change unit 117, and product evaluation information. A receiving unit 118 and a product related information updating unit 119 are provided.

  The terminal device 12 includes a terminal reception unit 121, a terminal transmission unit 122, a terminal reception unit 123, and a terminal output unit 124.

  The approval server 13 includes a purchase process reception unit 131, an approval unit 132, and a server instruction transmission unit 133.

  The product related information storage unit 111 constituting the server device 11 can store one or more product related information. The product related information includes product information and evaluation information. The product information is information about the product and includes product identification information for identifying the product. The evaluation information is information related to the evaluation of the product, and has an unexpected degree of the product and a satisfaction level of the product. Unexpectedness is information regarding the degree of unexpectedness of a product. The satisfaction level is information regarding the level of satisfaction of the product. Further, it is preferable that the product information also includes amount information indicating the amount of the product identified by the product identification information. In addition, the product information may include a genre indicating the type of product, a sales number indicating the number of items that can be sold, a priority indicating a degree that the seller wants to sell, and the like. In addition to the unexpectedness (also referred to as “surprise”) and satisfaction (also referred to as “good”), the evaluation information included in the product-related information may include anger. The anger level is a degree related to the anger of the purchased user.

  The terminal purchase information storage unit 112 can store one or more pieces of terminal purchase information. The terminal purchase information includes a user identifier for identifying the user and condition information. That is, the terminal purchase information is information for managing condition information for each user. The condition information is information relating to conditions for selecting product information, and is information relating to conditions relating to unexpectedness and satisfaction. One terminal purchase information may hold two or more pieces of condition information. In such a case, for example, one condition information among two or more condition information may be sequentially selected. Two or more terminal purchase information corresponding to the same user identifier may be stored. The timing at which the terminal purchase information is stored in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 does not matter.

  For example, the server reception unit 113 receives an instruction to purchase a product from the terminal device 12. The purchase instruction may include, for example, a user identifier and condition information. In addition, the server reception unit 113 may receive a product purchase instruction from the approval server 13, for example. In addition, the server reception unit 113 may receive user reaction information having satisfaction from the terminal device 12, for example. The user reaction information is information indicating a user's reaction to one or more purchased products or one or more products proposed from the server device 11. The degree of satisfaction is information indicating the degree of satisfaction of one or more products by the user. In addition, the degree of satisfaction is indicated by, for example, an integer from 1 to 10, characters from A to E, or the like. The satisfaction level is different from the satisfaction level. The degree of satisfaction is the degree of satisfaction with respect to the product selection action in the product information selection unit 114, and the degree of satisfaction is the degree of satisfaction with the product selected by the product information selection unit 114. Moreover, it is suitable that user reaction information has a terminal purchase information identifier which identifies terminal purchase information. Further, the user reaction information may have a user identifier.

  The product information selection unit 114 acquires one or more product information from the product related information storage unit 111 for each user identifier. The merchandise information selection unit 114 sets one or more pieces of merchandise information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier included in the purchase instruction received by the server receiving unit 113. get. Here, “for each user identifier” may be considered for each terminal purchase information.

  In addition, the product information selection unit 114 has amount information that is paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction that satisfy the condition indicated by the condition information, and that satisfies a predetermined condition for the amount information included in the condition information. It is preferable to acquire one or more pieces of product information from the product related information storage unit 111. In such a case, the product information selection unit 114 usually acquires one or more product information within the budget.

  In addition, the product information selection unit 114 pairs, for each user identifier, regularly (for example, once a month) with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier. It is preferable to acquire one or more pieces of product information from the product related information storage unit 111.

  Further, the product information selection unit 114 changes at least temporarily the condition information included in the terminal purchase information corresponding to the user reaction information according to the degree of satisfaction of the user reaction information received by the server reception unit 113, and According to the conditions indicated by the changed condition information, it is preferable to acquire one or more pieces of product information from the product related information storage unit 111. More specifically, the merchandise information selection unit 114 determines whether or not the satisfaction level of the user reaction information received by the server reception unit 113 satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, the product information selection unit 114 does not satisfy the condition. If the degree of satisfaction is low, the condition information included in the terminal purchase information corresponding to the user identifier included in the user reaction information is changed at least temporarily, and the degree of unexpectedness that satisfies the condition according to the condition indicated by the changed condition information and One or more pieces of product information paired with the satisfaction level are acquired from the product related information storage unit 111. In such a case, the product information selection unit 114 stores conditions in advance. The merchandise information selection unit 114 may store the conditions in association with one or more user identifiers for each user or for each of two or more user groups, or store conditions common to all users in advance. May be. Note that, for example, the product information selection unit 114 changes the condition information at least temporarily according to the degree of satisfaction of the user with the recently purchased product or the like, and changes the changed condition information to the next product information. Use as an opportunity for selection. In addition, for example, the product information selection unit 114 changes the condition information at least temporarily according to the user's satisfaction degree of two or more items purchased at the latest two or more occasions. The condition information is used as an opportunity for selecting the next product information.

  The merchandise information selection unit 114 changes the condition information as follows, for example, according to the satisfaction level. The first specific example of changing the condition information is as follows. That is, the merchandise information selection unit 114 has a condition in which the satisfaction level of the user reaction information is determined in advance (for example, when the satisfaction level can take any integer from 1 to 10, “satisfaction level> = 5”). When it is determined that the condition is not satisfied, the condition information corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier included in the user reaction information is read from the terminal purchase information storage unit 112. And the merchandise information selection part 114 judges whether the said terminal purchase information gives priority to satisfaction or unexpectedness from the read condition information. That is, for example, if the product information selection unit 114 is “minimum satisfaction level included in condition information> minimum unexpected level included in condition information”, the terminal purchase information gives priority to satisfaction. If it is determined that “the minimum value of satisfaction included in the condition information <= the minimum value of unexpectedness included in the condition information”, it is determined that the terminal purchase information prioritizes the unexpectedness. Next, the product information selection unit 114 temporarily changes the condition information so as to select a product with a higher degree of satisfaction with respect to terminal purchase information in which satisfaction is prioritized. In addition, the product information selection unit 114 temporarily changes the condition information so as to select a product with a higher degree of surprise for terminal purchase information in which the degree of surprise is prioritized. Furthermore, the second specific example of changing the condition information is as follows. The merchandise information selection unit 114 determines whether the terminal purchase information prioritizes satisfaction or unexpectedness according to the same determination method as described above. Next, the product information selection unit 114 temporarily changes the condition information so as to select a highly unexpected product for the terminal purchase information that gives priority to satisfaction. In addition, the product information selection unit 114 temporarily changes the condition information so as to select a product with a high degree of satisfaction for the terminal purchase information in which the unexpectedness is prioritized. The merchandise information selection unit 114 may change the condition information in any way according to the degree of satisfaction.

  The product information output unit 115 outputs one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit 114 for each user identifier. The output here is usually transmission to the terminal device 12 corresponding to the user identifier. Note that output refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, storage on a recording medium, output to another processing apparatus or another program (for example, the purchase processing unit 116), and the like. There may also be cases where processing results are delivered. Here, “for each user identifier” may be considered for each terminal purchase information.

  The purchase processing unit 116 performs a purchase process on one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit 114. Here, the purchase process is a process of transmitting one or more pieces of product information to the approval server 13, for example. Further, the purchase process may be a process of transmitting one or more pieces of product information to a server that manages the purchased product. The purchase process may be a process for printing a purchase slip. That is, the purchase process may be a process related to purchase.

  The condition information changing unit 117 changes the condition information included in the terminal purchase information according to the degree of surprise and the degree of satisfaction corresponding to one or more product information that is the target of the purchase processing performed by the purchase processing unit 116. The change of the condition information may be temporary.

  In the terminal purchase information storage unit 112, when one terminal purchase information includes two or more condition information, the condition information changing unit 117 uses a predetermined algorithm among the two or more condition information, One condition information may be selected, and a flag that can identify condition information to be used next may be written in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112. For example, when one terminal purchase information includes two pieces of condition information, the condition information changing unit 117 is configured so that the second condition information is used after the first condition information is used. A flag that can identify the condition information to be used next is written in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112.

  In addition, for example, the condition information changing unit 117 indicates that the information indicating the degree of surprise and the degree of satisfaction corresponding to one or more pieces of product information for which the purchase processing unit 116 has performed the purchase process is so large that the degree of unexpectedness satisfies the condition. In this case, the condition information of the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 is changed so as to increase the satisfaction level, and the unexpectedness and the satisfaction level corresponding to one or more pieces of product information for which the purchase processing unit 116 has performed the purchase process. If the degree of satisfaction is large enough to satisfy the condition, the condition information in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 is changed so as to increase the degree of surprise. In such a case, the condition information changing unit 117 changes the condition information so as to purchase a safe product with a high degree of satisfaction after purchasing a highly unexpected product. On the other hand, the condition information changing unit 117 changes the condition information so as to purchase a highly unexpected product after purchasing a safe product with a high degree of satisfaction. The terminal purchase information here is terminal purchase information corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier or the user identifier.

  The condition information changing unit 117 may change the condition information according to the purchase history of the product twice or more. That is, for example, when a product with a satisfaction level smaller than the threshold value is purchased twice in succession, the condition information changing unit 117 may change the condition information to a condition where the unexpected degree is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

  The product evaluation information receiving unit 118 receives product evaluation information from the terminal device 12. The product evaluation information includes product identification information, an unexpected degree, and a satisfaction level. Further, the product evaluation information may include product identification information, an unexpected level, a satisfaction level, and an anger level. Further, the product evaluation information may include other evaluation information.

  The product related information update unit 119 reflects the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit 118 in the product related information in the product related information storage unit 111. That is, the product related information update unit 119 may simply add the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit 118 to the product related information storage unit 111, or each evaluation information (exception, satisfaction, The average value of the anger level and the like is added to each evaluation information included in the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit 118 and recalculated, and the calculated average value of each evaluation information is calculated as the product identification information. Alternatively, the product related information storage unit 111 may accumulate the information. When the product related information storage unit 111 exists in an external device (product related information management server), the product related information update unit 119 receives the product evaluation information reception unit 118 from the product related information management server. The product evaluation information is used to instruct to change the product related information.

  The terminal accepting unit 121 constituting the terminal device 12 accepts a purchase instruction having a user identifier and condition information. The user identifier here may be stored in the terminal device 12 in advance. Further, the terminal receiving unit 121 may receive product evaluation information having product identification information, unexpectedness, and satisfaction. In addition, the terminal reception unit 121 may receive user reaction information having satisfaction. The user reaction information may include a terminal purchase information identifier for identifying terminal purchase information and a user identifier. And the terminal reception part 121 may read a terminal purchase information identifier from a recording medium, and may receive satisfaction from a keyboard, a mouse | mouth, etc. In other words, here, reception means reception of information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, reception of information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, an optical disk, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc. This is a concept including reception of information read from the recording medium. The means for inputting purchase instructions and product evaluation information may be anything such as a keyboard, mouse, or menu screen. The terminal reception unit 121 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a keyboard, menu screen control software, or the like.

  The terminal transmission unit 122 transmits a purchase instruction, product evaluation information, user reaction information, or the like to the server device 11. Further, it is preferable that the terminal transmission unit 122 also transmits the user identifier to the server device 11. In addition, the terminal transmission unit 122 may transmit a purchase instruction including a user identifier and condition information to the approval server 13.

  The terminal receiving unit 123 receives one or more product information from the server device 11. Here, the terminal reception unit 123 receives one or more pieces of product information transmitted by the product information output unit 115.

  The terminal output unit 124 outputs one or more product information received by the terminal receiving unit 123. The product information output here is product information of the purchased product. The terminal output unit 124 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a speaker. The terminal output unit 124 may be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The purchase process reception unit 131 constituting the approval server 13 receives a user identifier and one or more product information. The purchase processing reception unit 131 may receive only the user identifier and information on the total amount of purchased products. The purchase process receiving unit 131 may receive information necessary for making a decision. The purchase process reception unit 131 may receive a purchase instruction having a user identifier and condition information from the terminal device 12.

  The approval unit 132 performs an approval process using the user identifier received by the purchase processing reception unit 131 and one or more product information. Since the approval process is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The server instruction transmission unit 133 transmits a purchase instruction to the server device 11. The purchase instruction usually includes a user identifier. The purchase instruction may include amount information, for example. It is preferable that the server instruction transmission unit 133 periodically transmits a purchase instruction to the server device 11 for each user identifier.

  The product related information storage unit 111 and the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized by volatile recording media. The process in which product related information etc. are memorize | stored in the product related information storage part 111 grade | etc., Is not ask | required. For example, the product related information or the like may be stored in the product related information storage unit 111 or the like via a recording medium, and the product related information or the like transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the product related information storage unit 111. The product related information input via the input device or the like may be stored in the product related information storage unit 111 or the like.

  The server receiving unit 113, the product evaluation information receiving unit 118, the terminal receiving unit 123, and the purchase processing receiving unit 131 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by means for receiving broadcasts. .

  The product information selection unit 114, the purchase processing unit 116, the condition information change unit 117, the product related information update unit 119, and the decision unit 132 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the merchandise information selection unit 114 and the like is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The terminal transmission unit 122, the product information output unit 115, the terminal transmission unit 122, and the server instruction transmission unit 133 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by broadcasting means.

  The terminal output unit 124 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a speaker. The terminal output unit 124 may be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  Next, the operation of the information system 1 will be described. First, operation | movement of the server apparatus 11 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S301) The server device 11 determines whether or not it is the timing for starting the product selection. If it is the product selection start timing, the process goes to step S302, and if it is not the product selection start timing, the process goes to step S307. Here, when the server reception unit 113 receives an instruction to start product selection from the terminal device 12 or the approval server 13, it may be determined that it is the timing for starting product selection. Further, when the product information selection unit 114 determines that it is a time that matches a predetermined condition, it may be determined that it is the timing for starting the product selection. That is, the timing for starting the product selection is not limited. Further, it is assumed that a user identifier for identifying a user corresponding to the product selection has been acquired at this stage. For example, the product selection start instruction has a user identifier. Further, for example, the product information selection unit 114 reads the user identifier when determining that it is the timing for starting the product selection.

  (Step S302) The product information selection unit 114 selects product information from the product related information storage unit 111, and acquires one or more product information. Such processing is called product selection processing. The product selection process will be described using the flowchart of FIG. A user identifier is passed to the product selection process.

  (Step S303) The purchase processing unit 116 performs a purchase process on the one or more pieces of product information acquired in Step S302.

  (Step S304) The product information output unit 115 transmits the one or more product information acquired in Step S302 to the terminal device 12.

  (Step S305) The condition information changing unit 117 configures new condition information. For example, it is assumed that the condition information changing unit 117 stores a condition 1 that places importance on satisfaction and a condition 2 that places importance on unexpectedness. If the condition information used in step S302 is condition 1, the condition information changing unit 117 acquires condition 2. If the condition information used in step S302 is condition 2, the condition information changing unit 117 acquires condition 1. The condition 1 is, for example, “satisfaction> = 7 (7 out of 10 points)”, “satisfaction> = 7 AND unexpected degree <= 3 (3 out of 10 points)”, or the like. The condition 2 is, for example, “unexpected degree> = 8” or “unexpected degree> = 8 AND satisfaction degree == 4”. In such a case, the purchase behavior emphasizing unexpectedness and the purchase behavior emphasizing satisfaction are alternately repeated, and the user satisfaction can be improved as a whole.

  (Step S306) The condition information changing unit 117 sets the condition information acquired in step S305 as the next condition information. The process returns to step S301.

  (Step S307) The product evaluation information receiving unit 118 determines whether or not product evaluation information is received from the terminal device 12. If the product evaluation information is received, the process goes to step S308, and if not received, the process goes to step S312.

  (Step S308) The product related information update unit 119 forms new product related information using the product evaluation information received in step S307.

  (Step S309) The product related information update unit 119 overwrites the new product related information configured in step S308 with the old product related information, and changes the product related information.

  (Step S310) The condition information changing unit 117 configures new condition information based on the product evaluation information received in Step S307. For example, if the degree of satisfaction of the product evaluation information received in step S307 is lower than a threshold, condition information with a high degree of satisfaction (for example, condition 1 described above) is configured. For example, if the unexpectedness degree which the merchandise evaluation information received by step S307 has is lower than a threshold value, condition information (for example, the above-mentioned condition 2) with a high unexpectedness degree will be comprised. The process returns to step S301.

  (Step S311) The condition information changing unit 117 accumulates the condition information configured in step S310 in the condition information area corresponding to the user identifier. The condition information changing unit 117 accumulates the condition information in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112.

  (Step S <b> 312) The server reception unit 113 determines whether user response information having satisfaction is received from the terminal device 12. If the user reaction information is received, the process goes to step S313, and if the user reaction information is not received, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S313) The merchandise information selection unit 114 acquires the degree of satisfaction that the user reaction information received in Step S312 has. Here, the product information selection unit 114 may also acquire one or more past satisfaction levels stored in a recording medium (not shown). Note that the past satisfaction level of one or more is a past satisfaction level for the same terminal purchase information as the satisfaction level for the terminal purchase information corresponding to the received user reaction information.

  (Step S314) The merchandise information selection unit 114 reads the pre-stored conditions relating to the satisfaction level, and determines whether one or more satisfaction levels acquired in Step S313 satisfy the condition. If the condition is not satisfied, the process goes to step S315, and if the condition is satisfied, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S315) The merchandise information selection unit 114 reads out condition information corresponding to the user reaction information received in step S312 from the terminal purchase information storage unit 112. And the merchandise information selection part 114 changes the said condition information with a predetermined algorithm, and produces | generates new condition information. Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 temporarily stores the generated new condition information in association with the user identifier. Note that the recording medium in which the new condition information is stored is the terminal purchase information storage unit 112, but is normally not overwritten on the condition information set by the user. The process returns to step S301.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Next, the product selection process in step S302 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S401) The product information selection unit 114 reads out the condition information corresponding to the user identifier from the terminal purchase information storage unit 112. In this step, the product information selection unit 114 determines whether or not the condition information temporarily stored in step S315 exists, and when the condition information temporarily exists, it is preferable to read the condition information. It is. Moreover, it is suitable for the merchandise information selection part 114 to delete the temporary condition information once used. Further, the merchandise information selection unit 114 holds a condition for deleting the temporary condition information, and even if the condition information of one or more matches the deletion condition, the temporary condition information may be deleted. good.

  (Step S402) The merchandise information selection unit 114 substitutes 1 for a counter i.

  (Step S403) The product information selection unit 114 determines whether or not the i-th product related information exists in the product related information storage unit 111. If the i-th product related information exists, the process returns to step S404.

  (Step S404) The product information selection unit 114 reads the i-th product related information from the product related information storage unit 111.

  (Step S405) The product information selection unit 114 acquires evaluation information such as an unexpected degree and a satisfaction level included in the i th product related information. Here, the information acquired by the product information selection unit 114 is evaluation information related to the condition information.

  (Step S406) The merchandise information selection unit 114 determines whether or not the unexpectedness degree and the satisfaction degree acquired in step S405 match the condition information read in step S401. If they match, go to step S407, and if they do not match, go to step S413.

  (Step S407) The merchandise information selection unit 114 acquires amount information included in the i-th merchandise related information.

  (Step S408) The merchandise information selection unit 114 determines whether or not the amount information acquired in step S407 matches the condition information. If they match, go to step S409, and if not, go to step S413.

  (Step S409) The product information selection unit 114 acquires other information included in the i-th product related information. Here, the information acquired by the product information selection unit 114 is other information related to the condition information. The other information is information excluding evaluation information and money amount information. Moreover, it is not necessary to acquire information at this step. If no other information is acquired, the process goes to step S411.

  (Step S410) The product information selection unit 114 determines whether the other information acquired in Step S407 matches the condition information. If they match, go to step S411, otherwise go to step S413.

  (Step S411) The product information selection unit 114 temporarily stores the product information included in the i-th product related information in the buffer. Note that the product information accumulated here is information on a product to be purchased.

  (Step S412) The merchandise information selection unit 114 determines whether or not to end the selection of merchandise information. If the selection of merchandise information is to be terminated, the process returns to the upper process, and if not, the process proceeds to step S413. For example, the product information selection unit 114 determines that the sum of the amount information corresponding to each product identifier included in the one or more product information accumulated in the buffer in step S411 is the upper limit of the amount of money included in the condition information, or the condition When the amount of information exceeds the amount of money, or when the amount of money is within the threshold up to the upper limit of the amount of money of the condition information, it is determined that the selection of the product information is finished. Further, for example, the product information selection unit 114 may determine that the selection of the product information is to be ended when the number of product information accumulated in the buffer in step S411 matches the number of product information included in the condition information. .

  (Step S413) The merchandise information selection unit 114 increments the counter i by 1. The process returns to step S403.

  Next, the operation of the terminal device 12 will be described. The terminal reception unit 121 of the terminal device 12 receives a purchase instruction for a product having a user identifier. Or the terminal reception part 121 receives the product evaluation information which has product identification information, an unexpected degree, and satisfaction. Or the terminal reception part 121 receives the user reaction information which has satisfaction. Then, the terminal transmission unit 122 transmits the accepted purchase instruction, product evaluation information, or user reaction information to the server device 11. Further, the terminal receiving unit 123 receives one or more pieces of product information from the server device 11 in response to the purchase instruction. The product information is information on purchased products. Then, the terminal output unit 124 outputs one or more product information received by the terminal receiving unit 123. It is preferable that the terminal reception unit 121 of the terminal device 12 does not receive a product purchase instruction. In such a case, the user can automatically purchase a product without inputting a product purchase instruction. However, even in this case, the user needs to notify the condition information once by some means (such as mailing the condition information).

  Next, the operation of the approval server 13 will be described. The purchase process reception unit 131 constituting the approval server 13 receives a user identifier and one or more product information. Then, the approval unit 132 performs an approval process using the user identifier received by the purchase process reception unit 131 and one or more product information.

  In addition, the server instruction transmission unit 133 of the approval server 13 may transmit a purchase instruction to the server device 11. When a purchase instruction is received from the terminal device 12, the purchase instruction may be transmitted to the server apparatus 11, or the purchase instruction may be transmitted to the server apparatus 11 by another trigger.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information system 1 in the present embodiment will be described. A conceptual diagram of the information system 1 is shown in FIG.

  Now, the product related information storage unit 111 of the server device 11 stores the product related information management table shown in FIG. The product related information management table stores one or more records having “ID”, “product name”, “genre”, “price”, “priority”, and “evaluation information”. Here, “evaluation information” has “unexpectedness”, “satisfaction”, “anger”, and “number of people”. In the merchandise related information management table, each value of “unexpectedness”, “satisfaction”, and “anger” is a numerical value from 0 to 10, and is an average value of purchasers of “number”. In other words, in FIG. 5, the lip balm with the product ID “001” is purchased by 8 people, the average unexpectedness of the purchaser is “1”, the satisfaction level is “8”, and the anger level is “2”. Indicates. Note that the product-related information management table in FIG. 5 is appropriately updated with product-related information, replacement of product-related information, and the like.

  The terminal purchase information storage unit 112 stores a terminal purchase information management table shown in FIG. The terminal purchase information management table stores one or more records having “ID”, “user identifier”, and “condition information”. The “condition information” includes “amount of money”, “number of products”, “evaluation information”, and “genre”. The “evaluation information” has “unexpectedness” and “satisfaction”. In the record with ID “1”, select a product with an amount of up to “10000 yen”, the number of products is one point, an unexpected degree of “3 or less”, a satisfaction level of “7 or more”, and a genre “alcohol”. Show. In addition, in the record of ID “3”, it indicates that a product of 3 items, a satisfaction level “7 or more”, and a genre “toy” is selected up to an amount of “3000 yen”. Then, as indicated by the records of ID “1” and ID “3” in FIG. 6, the terminal purchase information management table may manage a plurality of terminal purchase information corresponding to one user. In FIG. 6, “−” of the attribute value such as the number of products, “unexpectedness”, and “satisfaction” indicates that the attribute value such as the number of products does not matter.

  Further, here, it is assumed that the server apparatus 11 automatically performs purchase processing on the fifth day of every month.

  The terminal device 12 includes a user identifier (for example, “001”), an upper limit amount (for example, “10000 yen”), the number of products (for example, “1”), and evaluation information (for example, “unexpectedness <= 3”). “Satisfaction> = 7”) and a purchase instruction having a genre (for example, “alcohol”) is received from the user. Here, the user identifier is, for example, a credit card number. Then, the terminal transmission unit 122 transmits the accepted purchase instruction to the approval server 13.

  Then, the purchase processing receiving unit 131 of the approval server 13 receives the purchase instruction and accumulates it in a storage medium (not shown) (for example, a purchase instruction storage unit). And the server instruction | indication transmission part 133 transmits a purchase instruction | indication to the server apparatus 11 on the 5th of every month, for example.

  Then, the server reception unit 113 of the server device 11 receives the purchase instruction and accumulates it in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112. With the above processing, the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. 6 is constructed.

In this situation, the following two specific examples will be described.
(Specific example 1)

  Specific example 1 is an example in which the condition information is temporarily changed according to the degree of satisfaction input by the user.

  Here, it is assumed that the degree of satisfaction input by the user can take any integer from 1 to 10. The product information selection unit 114 temporarily changes the condition information to be used next as follows when the satisfaction level input by the user is 5 or less twice. In other words, if the user gives priority to satisfaction, the satisfaction condition is made stricter by one. In addition, if the user prioritizes the unexpectedness, the unexpectedness condition is further stricted to 1. For example, the product information selection unit 114 is a user who gives priority to satisfaction, and when the satisfaction level of the condition information is “7 or more”, the product information selection unit 114 temporarily sets the satisfaction level to “8 or more”. Further, for example, the product information selection unit 114 is a user who prioritizes the unexpectedness, and when the unexpectedness included in the condition information is “8 or more”, the satisfaction information is temporarily set to “9 or more”.

  In the above situation, since it was March 5, 2011, the approval server 13 determines that it is the timing for starting the product selection. Then, the server instruction transmission unit 133 of the approval server 13 transmits a purchase instruction including a user identifier (for example, “001”) to the server device 11.

  In such a situation, it is assumed that the server apparatus 11 determines that it is the timing for starting the product selection. It is assumed that it is currently March 5, 2011.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 sequentially reads records from the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. First, the merchandise information selection unit 114 records “ID = 1” in the terminal purchase information management table “user identifier: 001, amount: 10,000 yen, number of merchandise: 1, unexpectedness: 3 or less, satisfaction: 7 The above reads “genre: liquor”.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 selects the condition information “amount: 10,000 yen, number of products: 1, unexpectedness: 3 or less, satisfaction: 7 or more, genre: One piece of product information matching “sake” is selected from the product related information management table of FIG. Then, the purchase processing unit 116 performs purchase processing on the selected one piece of product information. This process completes the automatic purchase of the selected product. Then, the selected product is mailed to the user with the user identifier “001”.

  Then, it is assumed that the user inputs the degree of satisfaction “3” to his / her terminal device 12 after drinking the selected product (alcohol). It is assumed that the terminal purchase information identifier “1” for identifying the record of the terminal purchase information management table in FIG. 6 is managed on the input screen.

  Next, the terminal reception unit 121 receives user reaction information having a satisfaction level “3” and a terminal purchase information identifier “1”. Then, the terminal transmission unit 122 transmits the user reaction information to the server device 11.

  Next, the server reception unit 113 of the server device 11 receives user reaction information having the satisfaction level “3” and the terminal purchase information identifier “1” from the terminal device 12.

  In addition, the product information selection unit 114 acquires the satisfaction level “3” included in the received user reaction information and the past level of satisfaction corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”. It is assumed that there is no past satisfaction level corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”. In the case of this specific example, the past satisfaction level is, for example, the satisfaction level for the product selected on February 5, 2011. The merchandise information selection unit 114 configures information “−, 3” indicating the latest satisfaction degree corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 reads the pre-stored condition relating to the satisfaction level “the user's input level of satisfaction is 5 or less twice” and the acquired satisfaction level “−, 3”. Determines whether or not the condition is satisfied. Then, the product information selection unit 114 determines that the condition is not satisfied.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 processes the records after “ID = 2” in the terminal purchase information management table in the same manner as the record of “ID = 1”.

  Then, on April 5, 2011, the server device 11 determines that it is the timing for starting the product selection, as in the process on March 5, 2011.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 sequentially reads records from the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. First, the product information selection unit 114 reads a record of “ID = 1” in the terminal purchase information management table.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 selects one product information that matches the condition information in the record of “ID = 1” from the product related information management table of FIG. 5. At this time, it is assumed that the merchandise related information management table of FIG. 5 is changed from the time of March 5, 2011. Further, the product information selection unit 114 has a restriction condition that the product information once selected for one user is not selected, and even if the product information is selected so as to match the restriction condition, good.

  Then, the purchase processing unit 116 performs purchase processing on the selected one piece of product information. This process completes the automatic purchase of the selected product. Then, the selected product is mailed to the user with the user identifier “001”.

  Then, it is assumed that the user inputs the satisfaction level “4” to his / her terminal device 12 after drinking the selected product (alcohol). It is assumed that the terminal purchase information identifier “1” for identifying the record of the terminal purchase information management table in FIG. 6 is managed on the input screen.

  Next, the terminal reception unit 121 receives user reaction information having a satisfaction level “4” and a terminal purchase information identifier “1”. Then, the terminal transmission unit 122 transmits the user reaction information to the server device 11.

  Next, the server reception unit 113 of the server device 11 receives user reaction information having the satisfaction level “4” and the terminal purchase information identifier “1” from the terminal device 12.

  Further, the product information selection unit 114 acquires the satisfaction level “3” included in the received user reaction information and the previous level of satisfaction “3” corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”. In the case of this specific example, the previous satisfaction level is the satisfaction level “3” for the product selected on March 5, 2011. The merchandise information selection unit 114 configures information “3, 4” indicating the latest two satisfaction levels corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 reads the pre-stored condition regarding the satisfaction level “the user's input level of satisfaction is 5 or less twice” and the acquired satisfaction level “3, 4”. Determines whether or not the condition is satisfied. Then, the product information selection unit 114 determines that the condition is satisfied.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 selects the condition information “amount of money: 10,000 yen, the number of merchandise: 1, the unexpectedness: 3 or less, the satisfaction: 7 or more, the genre: liquor corresponding to the received user reaction information. Is read from the terminal purchase information management table of FIG.

  Then, the product information selection unit 114 obtains “minimum satisfaction level = 7” and “minimum unexpectedness value = 1” from the evaluation information “unexpected degree: 3 or less, satisfaction level: 7 or more” included in the condition information. . Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 selects “minimum satisfaction level = 7”, “unexpectedness level = 1” to “minimum satisfaction level included in condition information> lowest unexpected level included in condition information”. Value ". And the merchandise information selection part 114 judges that satisfaction is given priority in this terminal purchase information.

  Then, the product information selection unit 114 further tightens “satisfaction level: 7 or higher”. That is, the merchandise information selection unit 114 tightens “satisfaction: 7 or more” by 1, and obtains “satisfaction: 8 or more”.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 generates condition information that is condition information corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1” and is used at the time of the next purchase (at the time of purchase on May 5, 2011). . That is, the product information selection unit 114 generates the condition information “Price: 10,000 yen, Number of products: 1, Unexpectedness: 3 or less, Satisfaction: 8 or more, Genre: Liquor”.

  Then, the product information selection unit 114 sets the condition information “Price: 10,000 yen, Number of products: 1, Unexpectedness: 3 or less, Satisfaction: 8 or more, Genre: Liquor” as the terminal purchase information identifier “1”. It accumulates in association with. The accumulated condition information is an area of a storage medium different from the area of the record “ID = 1” in FIG.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 processes the records after “ID = 2” in the terminal purchase information management table in the same manner as the record of “ID = 1”.

  Then, on May 5, 2011, the server apparatus 11 determines that it is the timing for starting the product selection, as in the case of the process on April 5, 2011.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 sequentially reads records from the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. First, the product information selection unit 114 reads a record of “ID = 1” in the terminal purchase information management table. Here, the product information selection unit 114 determines that there is temporary condition information corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”, and the temporary condition information “amount: 10,000 yen, number of products: 1, Unexpectedness: 3 or less, satisfaction: 8 or more, genre: liquor ”is read.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 selects one product information that matches the condition information “Price: 10,000 yen, Number of products: 1, Unexpectedness: 3 or less, Satisfaction: 8 or more, Genre: Liquor”. , Selected from the product related information management table of FIG. At this time, it is assumed that the product related information management table in FIG. 5 is changed from the time of April 5, 2011.

  Then, the purchase processing unit 116 performs purchase processing on the selected one piece of product information. This process completes the automatic purchase of the selected product. Then, the selected product is mailed to the user with the user identifier “001”.

  Then, it is assumed that the user inputs the satisfaction level “8” to his / her terminal device 12 after drinking the selected product (alcohol).

  Next, the terminal reception unit 121 receives user reaction information having a satisfaction level “8” and a terminal purchase information identifier “1”. Then, the terminal transmission unit 122 transmits the user reaction information to the server device 11.

  Next, the server reception unit 113 of the server device 11 receives user reaction information having the satisfaction level “8” and the terminal purchase information identifier “1” from the terminal device 12.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 satisfies the satisfaction level “8” included in the received user response information with respect to the level of satisfaction “the satisfaction level input by the user was 5 or less twice”. The temporary condition information “Amount: 10,000 yen, Number of products: 1, Unexpectedness: 3 or less, Satisfaction: 8 or more, Genre: Liquor” is deleted. In this case as well, when the satisfaction level is “5 or less”, the product information selection unit 114 sets the temporary condition information as “amount: 10,000 yen, number of products: 1, surprising level: 3 or less, satisfied. It is preferable to use more severe conditions as “degree: 9 or more, genre: liquor”.

  Further, the product information selection unit 114 acquires the satisfaction level “8” of the received user reaction information and the past satisfaction level “4” corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”. Then, the merchandise information selection unit 114 configures information “4, 8” indicating the latest two satisfaction levels corresponding to the terminal purchase information identifier “1”.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 reads the pre-stored condition relating to the satisfaction level “the user's input level of satisfaction is 5 or less twice” and the acquired satisfaction level “−, 3”. Determines whether or not the condition is satisfied. Then, the product information selection unit 114 determines that the condition is not satisfied.

Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 processes the records after “ID = 2” in the terminal purchase information management table in the same manner as the record of “ID = 1”.
(Specific example 2)

  Specific example 2 is an example in which the condition information changing unit 117 automatically changes the condition information. Here, the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 stores a terminal purchase information management table shown in FIG. In the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. 7, the record with “ID = 1” has two pieces of condition information. And in the specific example 2, two condition information is used in order. Further, the record of the terminal purchase information management table shown in FIG. 7 further has an attribute “usage flag” as compared with the record of the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. The “use flag” is a flag for specifying condition information to be used when two or more pieces of condition information exist in one record. In addition, it is assumed that the condition information whose “use flag” is “1” is selected.

  And since the server receiving part 113 of the server apparatus 11 received the purchase instruction | indication, it is judged that it is the timing of goods selection start.

  Next, the product information selection unit 114 selects product information for each user according to the terminal purchase information management table of FIG. That is, for the user with the user identifier “001”, the product information selection unit 114 uses the condition information “upper limit amount“ 10000 yen ”, the number of products“ 1 ”, the evaluation information (unexpectedness“ 3 ” Product information that matches the following ", satisfaction" 7 or more "), and genre" alcohol "is selected from the product related information management table of FIG. That is, the merchandise information selection unit 114 has a record of “ID = 004” in the merchandise related information management table with an amount “10000 yen”, an unexpected degree “3 or less”, a satisfaction degree “7 or more”, and a genre “alcohol”. Judge that the condition is met. Then, the product information selection unit 114 acquires product information (ID: 004, product name: delicious shochu, genre: liquor, price: 10000) that constitutes the record of “ID = 004” in the product related information management table. . Then, the product information selection unit 114 accumulates such product information in a buffer.

  Next, the purchase processing unit 116 of the server device 11 performs a purchase process on the acquired product information (ID: 004, product name: delicious shochu, genre: liquor, price: 10,000). Then, a product with product information (ID: 004, product name: delicious shochu, genre: liquor, price: 10000) is delivered to the user with the user identifier “001”.

  Next, the product information output unit 115 transmits the acquired product information (ID: 004, product name: delicious shochu, genre: alcohol, price: 10000) to the terminal device 12 of the user with the user identifier “001”. To do. Here, for example, it is mail transmission. That is, the user is notified of information on the automatically purchased product by e-mail. It is assumed that the product information output unit 115 manages user identifiers and notification destination information (for example, email addresses, telephone numbers, IP addresses, etc.) in association with each other.

  Next, the condition information changing unit 117 rewrites the first use flag “1” of “ID = 1” in FIG. 7 to “0” and rewrites the second use flag “0” to “1”. With this processing, the condition information to be used next is “upper limit amount“ 10000 yen ”, the number of products“ 1 ”, evaluation information (unexpected degree“ 9 or more ”), and genre“ alcohol ”.

  Next, it is assumed that the user inputs evaluation information (unexpectedness: 3, satisfaction: 10, anger: 1) of the purchased product (ID = 004) to the terminal device 12. And the terminal reception part 121 of the terminal device 12 receives merchandise evaluation information. The product evaluation information is information having a user identifier “001”, a product “ID = 004”, and evaluation information (unexpectedness level: 3, satisfaction level: 10, anger level: 1).

  Next, the terminal transmission unit 122 sends the product evaluation information (user identifier “001”, product “ID = 004”, evaluation information (unexpectedness: 3, satisfaction: 10, anger: 1)) to the server device 11. Send to.

  Next, the product evaluation information receiving unit 118 of the server device 11 receives product evaluation information (user identifier “001”, product “ID = 004”, evaluation information (unexpectedness: 3, satisfaction: 10, anger: 1). ).

  Next, the product related information update unit 119 updates the number of people constituting the evaluation information of the product “ID = 004” from “58” to “59”. In addition, the product related information update unit 119 updates the unexpectedness, the satisfaction, and the anger so that the opinion of the user with the user identifier “001” is reflected. Here, for example, the product related information update unit 119 updates the unexpectedness to “(2 × 58 + 3) / 59”. For example, the product related information update unit 119 updates the satisfaction degree to “(8 × 58 + 10) / 59”. Further, for example, the product related information update unit 119 updates the unexpectedness to “(1 × 58 + 1) / 59”.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to automatically purchase an unexpected product or a highly satisfied product.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to automatically purchase an unexpected product or the like in consideration of the planned amount of money.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, the conditions which select merchandise information can be changed automatically according to the past purchase history. For this reason, it is possible to purchase highly satisfying products or purchase highly unexpected products, and variations in purchasing behavior can be secured.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, products can be automatically purchased periodically (for example, once a month). Therefore, for example, it is possible to purchase a product that automatically and regularly surprises the user within the range of pocket money.

  In addition, according to the specific example of the present embodiment, the condition information changing unit 117 performs a process of switching a plurality of condition information set by the user, and switches a plurality of conditions with a variation while changing a product with a variation. Made a choice. When the condition information set by the user is a condition that places importance on satisfaction, for example, the condition information change unit 117 may generate condition information that places importance on the degree of unexpectedness and change the condition information to the generated condition information. . On the other hand, when the condition information set by the user is a condition that places importance on the degree of unexpectedness, the condition information changing unit 117 generates, for example, condition information that places importance on satisfaction, and changes the condition information to the generated condition information. You may do it.

  In the present embodiment, when the product information selection unit 114 changes the condition information according to the satisfaction level history (one satisfaction level may be input) input by one or more users, it is a temporary change. Was mainly explained. However, the merchandise information selection unit 114 may change the condition information registered by the user according to the satisfaction level history.

  In the present embodiment, the server device 11 includes a product related information storage unit 111. However, the product related information storage unit 111 may be included in one or more other external devices (product related information management server). In such a case, the server device 11 is information relating to a user identifier for identifying a user and conditions for selecting product information, and is information relating to an unexpected degree that is information relating to the degree of unexpectedness of the product and a degree of satisfaction of the product. A terminal purchase information storage unit 112 that can store one or more terminal purchase information having condition information that is information related to a condition related to satisfaction, product information including product identification information for identifying a product, and the unexpectedness of the product From one or more product related information having an unexpected degree that is information about the degree and a satisfaction degree that is information about the degree of satisfaction of the product, according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier for each user identifier , A product information selection unit 114 that acquires one or more product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition, and a user identifier Bets on a server device for and a product information output unit 115 outputs one or more product information the product information selection unit selects. Note that the server device does not have to include the product-related information storage unit 111 in the same manner in other embodiments.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the satisfaction level input by the user is low enough not to satisfy the condition, the condition information having unexpectedness and satisfaction is temporarily changed. In the present embodiment, the product selection is performed using the temporarily changed condition information, and as a result, when the satisfaction level input by the user is improved (when the condition is improved, it is temporarily improved). The condition information in the terminal purchase information storage unit 112 may be changed so that the condition information that has been changed automatically is used for the next product selection. The same applies to other embodiments.

  Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. In addition, the software which implement | achieves the server apparatus 11 in this Embodiment is the following programs. In other words, this program purchases one or more terminals having, on a storage medium, a user identifier for identifying a user and information on conditions for selecting product information, and condition information that is information on conditions regarding unexpectedness and satisfaction. Information, product information including product identification information for identifying the product, unexpectedness that is information about the degree of unexpectedness of the product, and satisfaction that is information about the degree of satisfaction of the product For each user identifier, one or more items of product information paired with an unexpectedness degree and a satisfaction level satisfying the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier from one or more items related information having a degree As a product information output unit for outputting one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit for each product identifier selection unit and user identifier to be acquired Program for ability is.

  In the above program, the product information also includes amount information indicating the amount of the product identified by the product identification information, the condition information also includes amount information, and the product information selection unit includes: One or more pieces of product information that are paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction that satisfy the conditions indicated by the condition information, and that have amount information satisfying a predetermined condition with respect to the amount information included in the condition information. It is preferable to make a computer function as what is acquired from the above product-related information.

  In the above program, it is preferable to further cause the computer to function as a purchase processing unit that performs a purchase process on one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit.

  In the above program, the product information output unit transmits one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit to a terminal device corresponding to each user identifier, and issues a purchase instruction for one or more product information. As a purchase processing unit that performs purchase processing on one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit when the purchase instruction reception unit received from the terminal device and the purchase instruction reception unit receive the purchase instruction It is preferable to make the computer further function.

  The program further includes a server reception unit that receives user reaction information having user satisfaction with respect to one or more products corresponding to the one or more product information output by the product information output unit, and the product information When the satisfaction level of the user reaction information is low enough to satisfy a predetermined condition, the selection unit changes the condition information included in the terminal purchase information corresponding to the user reaction information at least temporarily and changes the condition information. In accordance with the condition indicated by the condition information, it is preferable to cause the computer to function as one or more items of product information that are paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction level that satisfy the condition, from the one or more items related information.

  In the above program, the condition information change for changing the condition information of the terminal purchase information according to the degree of surprise and the degree of satisfaction corresponding to one or more product information for which the purchase processing unit has performed the purchase process. It is preferable that the computer further functions as the unit.

  Further, in the above program, the condition information changing unit includes information indicating an unexpectedness degree and a satisfaction degree corresponding to one or more product information that is a target for which the purchase processing unit has performed a purchase process, and the unexpectedness satisfies the condition. If it is so large, the condition information of the storage medium is changed so as to increase the degree of satisfaction, and the degree of surprise and satisfaction corresponding to one or more pieces of product information for which the purchase processing unit has performed the purchase process are When the information to be shown is so large that the degree of satisfaction satisfies the condition, it is preferable to make the computer function as changing the condition information of the storage medium so as to increase the unexpectedness.

  In the above program, the product information selection unit is paired with an unexpectedness degree and a satisfaction degree that satisfy the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier periodically for each user identifier. It is preferable to make a computer function as what acquires the above merchandise information from the merchandise related information storage part.

  In the above program, the product evaluation information receiving unit that receives the product evaluation information from the terminal device and the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit are reflected in the product related information in the product related information storage unit. It is preferable to further cause the computer to function as the product related information update unit to be executed.

  In the above program, it is preferable that the computer further function as a condition information update unit that updates the condition information paired with the user identifier using the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit. .

  (Embodiment 2)

  In this embodiment, an information system that automatically selects product information that matches a condition, presents the selected product information to the user, obtains the user's permission, and then purchases the product will be described. The conditions here are conditions relating to the unexpectedness and satisfaction of the product.

  In the present embodiment, an information system that includes price information as a condition for selecting product information and acquires product information within the price indicated by the price information will be described.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an information system for purchasing merchandise after selecting merchandise information on a regular basis (for example, once a month) and obtaining user permission will be described.

  The conceptual diagram of the information system 2 in this Embodiment is the same as that of FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the information system 2 in the present embodiment. The information system 2 includes a server device 21, a terminal device 22, and an approval server 13.

  The server device 21 includes a product related information storage unit 111, a terminal purchase information storage unit 112, a server reception unit 113, a product information selection unit 114, a product information output unit 115, a purchase instruction reception unit 211, a purchase processing unit 216, and condition information change. Unit 117, product evaluation information receiving unit 118, and product related information updating unit 119.

  The terminal device 22 includes a terminal reception unit 221, a terminal transmission unit 222, a terminal reception unit 223, and a terminal output unit 224.

  The purchase instruction receiving unit 211 of the server device 21 receives a purchase instruction for one or more pieces of product information from the terminal device 22. The purchase instruction receiving unit 211 may receive a purchase instruction from the approval server 13. The purchase instruction receiving unit 211 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The purchase processing unit 216 performs a purchase process on one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit 114 when the purchase instruction receiving unit 211 receives a purchase instruction. The purchase processing unit 216 may perform purchase processing on one or more pieces of product information included in the purchase instruction. The purchase processing unit 216 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the purchase processing unit 216 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The terminal reception unit 221 of the terminal device 22 receives a purchase instruction from the user. The terminal receiving unit 221 may also receive product evaluation information having product identification information, unexpectedness, and satisfaction. The input means such as a purchase instruction may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The terminal reception unit 221 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The terminal transmission unit 222 transmits the purchase instruction received by the terminal reception unit 221 to the server device 21. The terminal transmission unit 222 may also transmit the product evaluation information to the server device 21. The terminal transmission unit 222 may also transmit the user identifier to the server device 21. Furthermore, the terminal transmission unit 222 may transmit a purchase instruction having a user identifier and condition information to the approval server 13. The terminal transmission unit 222 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  The terminal receiving unit 223 receives one or more pieces of product information from the server device 21. Here, the terminal receiving unit 223 receives one or more product information transmitted by the product information output unit 115.

  The terminal output unit 224 outputs one or more product information received by the terminal receiving unit 223.

  Next, the operation of the information system 2 will be described. First, operation | movement of the server apparatus 21 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 9, the description of the same steps as those in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is omitted.

  (Step S <b> 901) The product information output unit 115 transmits the one or more product information selected in Step S <b> 302 to the terminal device 22.

  (Step S <b> 902) The purchase instruction receiving unit 211 determines whether a purchase instruction has been received from the terminal device 22. If a purchase instruction is received, the process proceeds to step S903, and if no purchase instruction is received, the process returns to step S902. The purchase instruction may be an instruction to purchase all products corresponding to the one or more product information transmitted in step S901, or a part of the products corresponding to the one or more product information transmitted in step S901. An instruction to purchase a product may be used. Note that when the purchase instruction is an instruction to purchase some products, the purchase instruction includes information for identifying the products to be purchased.

  (Step S903) The purchase processing unit 216 performs a process of purchasing one or more products corresponding to the purchase instruction received in Step S902. When the purchase instruction is an instruction to purchase some products, the purchase processing unit 216 performs purchase processing of one or more products corresponding to information for identifying the products included in the purchase instruction.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 9, the process is terminated by power-off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, operation | movement of the terminal device 22 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1001) The terminal receiving unit 221 determines whether an instruction has been received. If an instruction is accepted, the process goes to step S1002, and if no instruction is accepted, the process returns to step S1001. The instruction here is an instruction to purchase a product.

  (Step S1002) The terminal transmission unit 222 transmits the instruction received in step S1001 to the server device 21.

  (Step S1003) The terminal receiving unit 223 receives one or more pieces of product information from the server device 21 in response to the transmission of the instruction in Step S1002. Note that the one or more pieces of product information received here are information on candidate products to be purchased.

  (Step S1004) The terminal output unit 224 outputs the one or more product information received in Step S1003.

  (Step S1005) The terminal receiving unit 221 determines whether or not a purchase instruction, which is an instruction for specifying a product to be purchased, has been received from the one or more pieces of product information output in Step S1004. If a purchase instruction is accepted, the process goes to step S1006, and if no purchase instruction is accepted, the process returns to step S1005.

  (Step S1006) The terminal transmission unit 222 transmits a purchase instruction to the server device 21. The process returns to step S1001. The purchase instruction usually includes information for identifying one or more products to be purchased. However, the purchase instruction may be an instruction to purchase all products identified by all received product information.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 10, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information system 2 in the present embodiment will be described. The conceptual diagram of the information system 2 is the same as FIG.

  Compare the specific operation of the information system 2 and the specific operation of the information system 1 and purchase only the product selected by the user for one or more product information selected by the server device 21. The difference is whether to automatically purchase a product corresponding to the above product information.

  Therefore, in the information system 2, only the process up to purchasing the product will be described. That is, since the process of automatically changing the condition information or changing the evaluation information has been described in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here.

  Now, the product related information storage unit 111 of the server device 21 stores the product related information management table shown in FIG.

  The terminal purchase information storage unit 112 stores a terminal purchase information management table shown in FIG.

  In this situation, it is assumed that the user with the user identifier “002” inputs an instruction including the user identifier “002” to the terminal device 22. Then, the terminal reception unit 221 of the terminal device 22 receives an instruction including the user identifier “002”. Next, the terminal transmission unit 222 transmits an instruction including the user identifier “002” to the server device 21.

  Next, the purchase instruction receiving unit 211 of the server device 21 receives an instruction including the user identifier “002”.

  Next, the merchandise information selection unit 114 acquires the condition information “amount: 5000, unexpected degree: 7 or more” paired with the user identifier “002” from the terminal purchase information management table of FIG.

  Then, the product information selection unit 114 selects product information that matches the condition information from the product related information management table of FIG. Then, the product information selection unit 114, for example, “ID: 003, product name: strawberry shochu, genre: liquor, price: 500, number of sales: 10”, “ID: 011, product name: peach shochu, genre: It is assumed that liquor, price: 900, number of sales: 100 ”,“ ID: 127, product name: wine sake, genre: liquor, price: 3500, number of sales: 50 ”are acquired. Here, it is assumed that the merchandise information selection unit 114 acquires merchandise information that matches the condition information “Price: 5000 (hereinafter), Unexpectedness: 7 or more” for each record.

  Next, the product information output unit 115 transmits the acquired three product information to the terminal device 22.

  Next, the terminal receiving unit 223 of the terminal device 22 has three pieces of product information “ID: 003, product name: strawberry shochu, genre: liquor, price: 500, number of sales: 10”, “ID: 011, product name. : Peach shochu, genre: liquor, price: 900, number of sales: 100 ”,“ ID: 127, product name: wine sake, genre: liquor, price: 3500, number of sales: 50 ”are received from the server device 21. To do. Then, the terminal output unit 224 outputs the received three product information. An output example is shown in FIG.

  Next, it is assumed that the user inputs a check into two records of product information (ID = 003, 127) and presses the “Purchase” button on the screen of FIG.

  Next, the terminal reception unit 221 receives a purchase instruction having the user identifiers “002” and “ID = 003, 127”. Then, the terminal transmission unit 222 transmits the purchase instruction to the server device 21.

  Next, the purchase instruction receiving unit 211 of the server device 21 receives a purchase instruction having the user identifiers “002” and “ID = 003, 127” from the terminal device 22. Then, the purchase processing unit 216 performs a process of purchasing two products corresponding to the received purchase instruction.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to recommend an unexpected product or a highly satisfied product.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to recommend an unexpected product or the like in consideration of the planned amount.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, since the final decision on the purchase of the product is made by the user, it is possible to purchase a product that meets the user's preference.

  In the specific example of the present embodiment, processing for purchasing a product is started with an instruction from the user as a trigger. However, as described in the first embodiment, processing for purchasing a product may be automatically started.

  Furthermore, the software that implements the server device 21 in the present embodiment is the following program. That is, this program stores one or more terminal purchase information having a user identifier for identifying a user and condition information that is information on conditions for selecting product information and information on conditions regarding unexpectedness and satisfaction. The computer has product information including product identification information for identifying the product, an unexpected degree that is information about the degree of unexpectedness of the product, and a satisfaction degree that is information about the degree of satisfaction of the product. Product information for acquiring one or more pieces of product information paired with the degree of surprise and satisfaction satisfying the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier for each user identifier from one or more pieces of product related information In order to function as a product information output unit that outputs one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit for each selection unit and user identifier Of the program, it is.

  In the above program, the product information output unit transmits one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit to a terminal device corresponding to each user identifier, and issues a purchase instruction for one or more product information. As a purchase processing unit that performs purchase processing on one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit when the purchase instruction reception unit received from the terminal device and the purchase instruction reception unit receive the purchase instruction It is preferable that the program is for causing the computer to further function.

  FIG. 12 shows the external appearance of a computer that executes the program described in this specification to realize the terminal device, the server device, and the like according to the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon. FIG. 12 is an overview diagram of the computer system 340, and FIG. 13 is a block diagram of the computer system 340.

  In FIG. 12, a computer system 340 includes a computer 341 including an FD drive and a CD-ROM drive, a keyboard 342, a mouse 343, and a monitor 344.

  In FIG. 13, in addition to the FD drive 3411 and the CD-ROM drive 3412, the computer 341 stores an MPU 3413, a bus 3414 connected to the CD-ROM drive 3412 and the FD drive 3411, and a program such as a bootup program. A RAM 3416 for temporarily storing application program instructions and providing a temporary storage space; and a hard disk 3417 for storing application programs, system programs, and data. Although not shown here, the computer 341 may further include a network card that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 340 to execute the functions of the terminal device or the like of the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 3501 or the FD 3502, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 3412 or the FD drive 3411, and further stored in the hard disk 3417. May be forwarded. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 341 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 3417. The program is loaded into the RAM 3416 at the time of execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 3501, the FD 3502, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS), a third-party program, or the like that causes the computer 341 to execute the functions of the terminal device according to the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include an instruction portion that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 340 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  In the above program, in the step of transmitting information, the step of receiving information, etc., processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmitting step (only performed by hardware). Not included).

  Further, the computer that executes the program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication units existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information system according to the present invention has an effect that an unexpected product or a highly satisfied product can be purchased, and is useful as a product purchase system on the Web.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Information system 11, 21 Server apparatus 12, 22 Terminal device 13 Approval server 111 Goods related information storage part 112 Terminal purchase information storage part 113 Server receiving part 114 Goods information selection part 115 Goods information output part 116,216 Purchase processing part 117 Condition Information Changing Unit 118 Product Evaluation Information Receiving Unit 119 Product Related Information Updating Unit 121, 221 Terminal Accepting Unit 122, 222 Terminal Transmitting Unit 123, 223 Terminal Receiving Unit 124, 224 Terminal Output Unit 131 Purchase Process Receiving Unit 132 Decision Making Unit 133 Server instruction transmission unit 211 Purchase instruction reception unit

Claims (12)

A terminal purchase information storage unit capable of storing one or more terminal purchase information having a user identifier for identifying a user and information on conditions for selecting product information, which is information on conditions regarding unexpectedness and satisfaction When,
From product information including product identification information for identifying a product, an unexpectedness level that is information about the degree of unexpectedness of the product, and a satisfaction level that is information about the degree of satisfaction of the product For each user identifier, according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier, a product information selection unit that acquires one or more product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition;
A server apparatus comprising: a product information output unit that outputs one or more product information selected by the product information selection unit for each user identifier. The product information is
It also has amount information indicating the amount of the product identified by the product identification information,
The condition information is
Also has monetary information,
The product information selection unit
One or more pieces of product information that is paired with an unexpectedness degree and a satisfaction degree that satisfy the condition indicated by the condition information, and that includes amount information satisfying a predetermined condition with respect to the amount information included in the condition information, The server device according to claim 1, which is obtained from one or more product related information. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a purchase processing unit that performs a purchase process on one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit. The product information output unit
Transmitting one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit to a terminal device corresponding to each user identifier;
A purchase instruction receiving unit that receives a purchase instruction for one or more product information items from the terminal device;
3. The purchase processing unit for performing purchase processing on one or more pieces of product information selected by the product information selection unit when the purchase instruction receiving unit receives a purchase instruction. Server device. A server receiving unit for receiving user reaction information having user satisfaction with respect to one or more products corresponding to the one or more product information output by the product information output unit;
The product information selection unit
When the satisfaction level of the user reaction information does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the condition information included in the terminal purchase information corresponding to the user reaction information is changed at least temporarily, and the condition indicated by the changed condition information 5. The server device according to claim 3, wherein one or more pieces of product information paired with an unexpected degree and a satisfaction level satisfying the condition are acquired from the one or more pieces of product related information. Claim information further comprises a condition information changing unit that changes condition information included in the terminal purchase information in accordance with the degree of surprise and satisfaction corresponding to one or more product information that is the target of the purchase processing by the purchase processing unit. Item 5. The server device according to Item 3 or Item 4. The product information selection unit
For each user identifier, one or more pieces of product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition are periodically extracted from the one or more product related information according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier. The server device according to claim 1, which is acquired. A terminal device constituting an information system comprising the server device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a terminal device,
The terminal device
A terminal receiving unit that receives one or more pieces of product information from the server device;
A terminal device comprising: a terminal output unit that outputs one or more product information received by the terminal reception unit. A terminal device constituting an information system comprising the server device according to claim 4 and a terminal device,
The terminal device
A terminal receiving unit that receives one or more pieces of product information from the server device;
A terminal output unit that outputs one or more product information received by the terminal receiving unit;
A terminal reception unit for receiving a purchase instruction from a user;
A terminal device comprising: a terminal transmission unit that transmits a purchase instruction received by the terminal reception unit to the server device. The terminal reception unit
Also accepts product evaluation information with product identification information, unexpectedness and satisfaction,
The terminal transmitter is
The product evaluation information is also transmitted to the server device,
The server device
A product evaluation information receiving unit that receives the product evaluation information from the terminal device;
10. The terminal device according to claim 8, further comprising: a product related information updating unit that reflects the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit in the one or more product related information. . The terminal transmitter is
A user identifier is also sent to the server device;
The server device
The terminal device according to claim 11, further comprising a condition information update unit that updates condition information paired with the user identifier using the product evaluation information received by the product evaluation information receiving unit. On the storage medium,
Product information including product identification information for identifying a product, one or more product related information having an unexpected degree that is information relating to a degree of unexpectedness of the product, and a satisfaction degree that is information relating to the degree of satisfaction of the product ,
Storing one or more terminal purchase information having a user identifier for identifying a user and information on conditions for selecting product information, and condition information that is information on conditions regarding unexpectedness and satisfaction;
A product information selection unit, and a product information selection method that can be realized by a product information output unit,
For each user identifier, the product information selection unit acquires, from the storage medium, one or more pieces of product information paired with the unexpectedness and satisfaction satisfying the condition according to the condition indicated by the condition information paired with the user identifier. Product information selection step,
A product information selection method, wherein the product information output unit includes a product information output step for outputting one or more product information selected in the product information selection step for each user identifier.