JP2014052748A - Information service system and information service program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server device capable of providing food material producers with information about consumers who are the main targets for each product as well as information useful for the development of various merchandise such as processed foods using such products.SOLUTION: An information service server device 30, when communication terminal devices for producer 10 designates a food material, specifies information about food product quality related to a food product using the food material and about attributes of a consumer who consumed the food product. The information service device 30, when a food material of the same quality exists, specifies a food product using the food material of the same quality. The information service server device 30, based on the specified information, generates and provides food material-related information to a related communication terminal device for producer 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system and program for providing information on how to use food materials and supporting the development of new products (food products) using various food materials.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, producers of foodstuffs such as agricultural products (that is, “food ingredients”) and foods containing cooked foods and processed foods (hereinafter referred to as “foodstuffs”) by cooking or processing the foodstuffs. Various producers and producers (hereinafter collectively referred to as “producers”) conduct market research on consumers on the street or on the network using various questionnaires, etc., and use it for product development. doing.

  In addition, recently, in order to increase the collection rate of questionnaires for market research, when a consumer performs user registration in advance and the consumer purchases a product in a store, the consumer's mobile phone, etc. A system for automatically transmitting a questionnaire to a communication terminal device registered in advance has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-269089 A

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, it is possible to provide consumers with opinions and opinions about products, but to provide information linked to the development of new products. difficult.

  In addition, in the above system, in the case of foods consumed daily, there is no disclosure of means for using food and beverage history such as the history of each consumer to develop new products. History cannot be used for product development. In particular, in the above system, it is difficult to identify a consumer group interested in a specific food and assist in product development targeting the consumer group.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system that provides information useful for developing new products using ingredients specified by the producer to the producer. There is.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the information providing system and the like according to the present invention is an information providing system that provides a user with food-related information related to food, and the food designation information indicating the designated food designated by the user is externally provided. Foods related to foods that contain at least information on the ingredients that serve as the ingredients of the food for each food that represents the food or processed food obtained by cooking or processing the foods, and (A) the obtaining means used for obtaining A food database in which information is recorded; and (B) a management means for managing a food database in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded; and based on the specified food specified by the acquired food specification information Homogeneous food that searches the food database and identifies the quality of the designated food, and identifies the same quality food as the designated food A food search means for searching foodstuffs using at least one of the specified foodstuff and the specified homogenous foodstuff from the food database; and the foodstuff-related item having at least the searched food information It has the structure provided with the foodstuff relevant information generation means which produces | generates information, and the provision means which provides the said foodstuff relevant information to the said user.

  Since the information providing system and the program according to the present invention can provide a user such as a producer with a method for using ingredients based on the quality of each ingredient such as the functions of ingredients and nutritional value, for example, production It is possible to provide information useful for the development of new products, such as target consumer information in product forms using ingredients specified by users such as consumers.

It is a system configuration figure showing the composition of the information service system in one embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the information provision system in one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal device for producers in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the foodstuff utilization information management table recorded in the communication terminal device for producers in one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information provision server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the consumer management database in the information provision server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the foodstuff quality information database in the information provision server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the food information database in the information provision server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the food-drinking history information database in the information provision server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows each process performed in the information provision system of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows each process performed in the information provision system of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the homogeneous food specific process performed in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following embodiment has an information providing system that has a communication terminal device for producers and provides information useful for developing new products using various ingredients to the communication terminal device for producers. On the other hand, it is an embodiment when the information providing system and program according to the present invention are applied.

[1] Information Providing System First, the configuration and outline of the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of the information providing system 1 in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an operation outline of the information providing system 1 in the present embodiment. In order to prevent the figure from becoming complicated, FIGS. 1 and 2 show only some producers, consumers and producer communication terminal devices, and consumer communication terminal devices. That is, in the actual information providing system 1, there are more producers, consumers and producer communication terminal devices, and consumer communication terminal devices than display.

The information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, when a producer develops a new product using a predetermined food,
(1) Foods that contain the ingredients as food materials, or foods that contain processing methods and food information related thereto, and
(2) Consumer attribute information indicating the attributes (gender, age group, occupation, residence, etc.) of the consumer that is the main target of the food,
Information on the use of ingredients including at least one of the above (hereinafter referred to as “food use information (food-related information)”) is provided to the communication terminal device 10 for producers to support the development of products using the ingredients. It is a system for.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 includes a producer communication terminal device 10 possessed by a producer or a user such as an employee (hereinafter referred to as “producer”), According to the request from the network 20 and the communication terminal device 10 for producers, the information provision server apparatus 30 which produces | generates foodstuff utilization information and provides to the communication terminal device 10 for producers concerned, and each consumer possesses, information It is comprised from the communication terminal device 40 for consumers which provides the provision server apparatus 30 with the food-drinking history information which shows each consumer's food-drinking history.

  The network 20 is configured, for example, by connecting a public telephone network including a mobile telephone network and an IP (Internet Protocol) network. However, the configuration of the network 20 is not limited to this. The consumer communication terminal device 40 is connected to the network 20 via the base station BS while establishing a radio communication channel with the base station BS.

  The producer communication terminal device 10 is, for example, a host computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, and is a communication terminal device used by a producer. The producer communication terminal device 10 does not need to be constructed as a single host computer, and may be realized by a single computer network (for example, an intranet) including a plurality of computers.

  Further, the producer communication terminal device 10 receives the ingredient designation information to which the ingredient ID for identifying the ingredient (hereinafter referred to as “designated ingredient”) is added when one ingredient is designated by the producer. The information is transmitted to the information providing server device 30.

  And the communication terminal apparatus 10 for producers will record the said foodstuff utilization information, if necessary, if the foodstuff utilization information corresponding to the designated foodstuff specified by foodstuff designation information is provided from the information provision server apparatus 30, and it is required In response, it is displayed in a format that can be viewed by the producer.

  The consumer communication terminal device 40 is a communication terminal device that can be carried by a user, such as a portable music player, a portable game machine, a tablet information terminal device, a smartphone, or a portable telephone.

  In addition, the consumer communication terminal device 40 includes resource data for the WWW system described in a markup language such as XML (extensible Markup Language) and a unique URL (Uniform Resource) indicating a network address of the resource data. And a browsing function for performing data communication with the information providing server device 30.

  In particular, the consumer communication terminal device 40 according to the present embodiment uses the browsing function according to the user's (that is, consumer) instruction, and the information providing server device displays the food / beverage history information indicating the user's own food / beverage history. 30 (post upload). For example, the consumer communication terminal device 40 uses each barcode of a JAN (Japinese Article Number) code or the like, or in conjunction with a predetermined website having a questionnaire format, each consumer attribute information, and eating and drinking history It has a configuration capable of registering information.

  The information providing server device 30 is a server device that provides the user with food use information related to food. And the information provision server apparatus 30 manages various databases (henceforth "DB") in order to manage the attribute of each consumer, the eating and drinking history, various foodstuffs, or the information regarding the foodstuffs which use the said foodstuffs as a material. The food and beverage history information posted from the consumer communication terminal device 40 possessed by each consumer is registered (recorded) in various DBs in cooperation with the consumer communication terminal device 40. ing.

  When the information providing server device 30 requests the producer communication terminal device 10 to generate the ingredient use information together with the ingredient designation information, the information provision server apparatus 30 generates the ingredient use information corresponding to the designated ingredient, and performs the corresponding production. It is comprised so that it may provide to the communication terminal device 10 for persons.

Specifically, the information providing server device 30
(1) Obtaining ingredient designation information indicating designated ingredients designated by the user from the communication terminal device 10 for producers,
(2) For each food showing cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing food, a food database in which food information related to food including at least information on the food serving as the material of the food is recorded; Each of the ingredients database that records the ingredients quality information indicating the quality of the ingredients is managed,
(3) Search the database for ingredients based on the designated ingredients included in the acquired ingredient designation information, specify the quality of the designated ingredients, identify the same quality ingredients as the designated ingredients,
(4) Search the food database for foods that use at least one of the designated ingredients and the specified homogeneous ingredients,
(5) generating food use information having at least the searched food information;
(6) Providing the user with the generated food usage information,
It has a configuration.

In particular, the information providing server device 30
(A) Obtaining the ingredient designation information indicating the designated ingredient designated by the user from the outside,
(B) For each food showing cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing food, a food database in which food information related to food including at least information on the food serving as the material of the food is recorded; For each consumer of food, a consumer information database in which consumer attribute information indicating the consumer's attributes is recorded, and for each consumer, the food and drink history of the consumer eaten and consumed by the consumer Managing a database for food and beverage history in which history information is recorded and a database for food in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded;
(C) Searching the database for ingredients based on the designated ingredients included in the acquired ingredient designation information, specifying the quality of the designated ingredients, identifying the same quality ingredients as the designated ingredients as homogeneous ingredients,
(D) Search for foods in which at least one of the designated ingredients and the identified homogeneous ingredients is used from a food database;
(E) A consumer having a history of eating and drinking of the searched food is searched from a database for eating and drinking history,
(F) searching the consumer attribute information of the searched consumer from the consumer information database;
(G) generating food use information including at least the searched consumer attribute information;
(H) Providing the user with the generated food usage information,
It has a configuration. And the information provision server apparatus 30 has the structure which produces | generates the foodstuff utilization information containing the food information regarding the food searched with consumer attribute information in the process of (G).

  Moreover, the information provision server apparatus 30 has the structure which acquires the eating / drinking history information from the consumer communication terminal device which a consumer has, and updates the database for eating / drinking history based on the acquired history information. .

Then, the information providing server device 30
(A) The ingredient quality information includes at least ingredient function information indicating the function of the ingredient contained in the ingredient, and the ingredient having the ingredient function information satisfying a predetermined condition with respect to the ingredient function information of the designated ingredient, Identified as the same quality ingredients as the specified ingredients,
(B) The food quality information includes nutritional value information indicating the nutritional value of the foodstuff, and the foodstuff having the nutritional value information having a predetermined condition with respect to the nutritional value information of the designated food material is the same quality as the designated food material. Identified as homogeneous ingredients,
(C) The food quality information includes taste information indicating the taste of the food, and the food having the taste information satisfying a predetermined condition with respect to the taste information of the designated food is regarded as a homogeneous food having the same quality as the designated food. It has a specific configuration.

  In particular, the taste information includes one or more components quantified based on a predetermined criterion, and the information providing server device 30 stores each of the information stored in the food database based on the designated designated food While comparing each component contained in the taste components of the ingredients, identify the taste information having a predetermined condition for the taste information of the designated ingredients, and the ingredients having the identified taste information are the same quality as the designated ingredients It has the structure specified as a homogeneous food.

  In addition, in the food database, processing information indicating a processing method when cooking or processing food is further recorded for each food, and the information providing server device 30 processes the processing information in addition to the food designation information. Is retrieved from the food database that has the same processing information as the acquired processing information that is at least one of the specified specified food and the specified homogenous food Has a configuration.

  The consumer attribute information includes at least one of the sex, age, place of residence, occupation, preference, educational background, birthplace, annual income, and family structure of the consumer. In addition, the food information includes food quality information indicating the quality of the food used in the food, the processing method, the function information, the nutrition value information, and the taste information.

  With such a configuration, when the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment acquires the food specified by the user from the communication terminal device 10 for producers, the information provided by the user is used as the food using the specified food or the same quality of the specified food. It is possible to identify the attributes of consumers who are likely to use the food provided by the specified ingredients, because it is possible to search for the attributes of consumers who are likely to like the food. It can be done.

  Therefore, since the information providing system 1 can provide a user such as a producer with a method of using the ingredients based on the quality of each ingredient such as the function of components and the nutritional value, for example, to the users such as producers. It is possible to provide information useful for the development of new products such as target consumer information in a product form using specified ingredients.

  In particular, when the information providing system 1 identifies a designated ingredient that a producer desires to use when developing a food using the designated ingredient, not only the designated ingredient but also a similar ingredient (that is, the same quality as the designated ingredient) is specified. It is possible to provide information on foods using ingredients, and information useful for the development of new products such as product forms using ingredients specified by users such as producers. .

  Moreover, since the information provision system 1 can specify similar foodstuffs (namely, foodstuffs of the same quality as a designated foodstuff) based on the content component, nutritional value, and taste function of each foodstuff, it is based on the quality of each foodstuff. The method of using the ingredients can be presented to the producer. For example, the information providing system 1 is a new food product specializing in the functionality of dietary supplements (supplements), diet foods, and foods having a taste similar to the exclusion of foods with completely different tastes. It is possible to provide information useful for the development of new products using ingredients specified by the user, such as identification of items.

  Furthermore, the information providing system 1 searches the food database for foods having the same processing information as the processing information stored together with the information on the ingredients, so that the production facility of the producer, the target of the specific consumer, etc. It is possible to provide information useful for the development of new products using ingredients that take into account the situation desired by the user.

  And since the information provision system 1 can generate | occur | produce the foodstuff utilization information which can grasp | ascertain a consumer attribute and the quality of food accurately, since it can always keep the eating / drinking history information in the newest state, Information useful for the development of new products using ingredients specified by the user can be provided accurately.

[2] Producer Communication Terminal Device Next, the configuration of the producer communication terminal device 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the producer communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 shows a food material use information management recorded in the producer communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of data storage of a table.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the producer communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment generates food designation information in accordance with a recording unit 100, a network communication unit 110 connected to the network 20, and an instruction input by the producer. And an application processing unit 120 that executes various application programs (hereinafter referred to as “applications”), a display unit 140, a display control unit 150, an operation unit 160, and a terminal management control unit 170. Yes.

  The application processing unit 120 may be realized as a function when the CPU that configures the terminal management control unit 170 executes various applications. The above-described units are connected to each other by a bus B, and data transfer is performed between the components.

  The recording unit 100 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as “HDD”), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a nonvolatile memory such as a NAND type or a NOR type. The recording unit 100 includes an application recording unit 101 and a food material usage information recording unit 102. The recording unit 100 also includes an application processing unit 120 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory) as work areas of the terminal management control unit 170.

  In the application recording unit 101, various applications executed by the application processing unit 120 and the terminal management control unit 170 are recorded.

  In the ingredient use information recording unit 102, the ingredient ID and the ingredient name of each ingredient provided from the information providing server device 30, the ingredient use information including the processing method of the food using the ingredient as the material, and the information provision in the food The foodstuff usage information management table T is recorded while associating with the consumer attribute information generated by the server device 30.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the food usage information of the present embodiment is associated with the food ID and the food name,
(1) a food ID for identifying the food;
(2) The food name of the food,
(3) Ingredient use information including a use method corresponding to all ingredients used in the food (specifically, use ingredient ID) and a processing method for cooking or processing the food;
(4) Consumer attribute information of the gender and age range of the consumer selected by the producer when the information providing server device 30 is requested to generate food use information is recorded.

  This food material usage information is supplied to the display control unit 150 and displayed on the display unit 140 in accordance with an input operation performed by the producer on the operation unit 160. The consumer attribute information is not limited to the above, and may be various information described later.

  The network communication unit 110 exchanges various data with the information providing server device 30 via the base station BS and the network 20.

  The application processing unit 120 is configured by a central processing unit (CPU) that is provided independently or by a central processing unit (CPU) that is shared with the terminal management control unit 170, and recorded in the application recording unit 101. Each processing is realized based on the above.

  Specifically, the application processing unit 120 uses the browsing function when the user desires acquisition of the ingredient usage information, and designates the basis of the ingredient usage information to be acquired according to the input operation to the operation unit 160 An ingredient designation information generating process for generating ingredient designation information indicating the ingredient is executed. At this time, the application processing unit 120 adds a food ID corresponding to the designated food.

  In addition, in the communication terminal device 10 for producers, the method for determining the ingredient ID is arbitrary. For example, the producer may input the ingredient ID directly to the operation unit 160, or the ingredient name may be input. In such a case, the information may be acquired from the information providing server device 30 via the network 20.

  In addition, the application processing unit 120 transmits the generated ingredient designation information to the information providing server device 30 and requests the generation of the ingredient use information based on the ingredient designation information. When the application processing unit 120 receives the food usage information provided from the information providing server device 30, the application processing unit 120 records the food usage information management table T of the food usage information recording unit 102 while using the browsing function, and performs display control. In cooperation with the unit 150, the food usage information recorded in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 160 is displayed on the display unit 140.

  Further, when the application processing unit 120 receives information (list information of consumer attributes described later) transmitted from the information providing server device 30 during the generation of the ingredient use information of the information providing server device 30, the display control unit 120 The received information is displayed and the information selected by the operation unit 160 (a consumer layer to be described later) is transmitted to the information providing server device 30 in cooperation with the information processing server 150 while using the browsing function.

  The display unit 140 is configured by, for example, a panel of a liquid crystal element or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) element, and displays a predetermined image based on display data generated by the display control unit 150.

  The display control unit 150 generates display data necessary for display on the display unit 140, and outputs the generated display data to the display unit 140.

  The operation unit 160 includes various confirmation buttons, operation buttons for inputting each operation command, a number of keys such as a numeric keypad, and a touch panel, and is used when performing input of a specified food and other operations. .

  The terminal management control unit 170 is mainly configured by a central processing unit (CPU), and has a function of performing integrated control of each unit of the producer communication terminal device 10 by executing a program.

[3] Information Providing Server Device Next, the configuration of the information providing server device 30 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing server device 30 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows the data recorded in the consumer information management DB 341 in the information providing server device 30 of the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of data recorded in the food quality information DB 342 in the information providing server device 30 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 8 is recorded in the food information DB 343 in the information providing server device 30. It is a figure which shows an example of the data performed. Further, FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of data recorded in the eating and drinking history information DB 344 in the information providing server device 30.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the information providing server device 30 of the present embodiment includes a communication control unit 310 connected to the network 20, a ROM / RAM 320 functioning as various memories, and a timer 330 for specifying the current date and time. Data processing for generating food use information when the food designation information is acquired from the recording device 340 having various DBs, the server management control unit 350 that controls the entire device, and the communication terminal device 10 for producers Part 360.

  The above-described units are connected to each other by a bus B, and data transfer is performed between the components.

  The communication control unit 310 is a predetermined network interface, and establishes a communication channel with the producer communication terminal device 10 and the consumer communication terminal device 40 via the network 20 to exchange various data.

  Various programs necessary for driving the information providing server device 30 are recorded in the ROM / RAM 320. The ROM / RAM 320 is used as a work area when the server management control unit 350 and the data processing unit 360 execute various processes.

  The recording device 340 includes an HDD, and includes a consumer information management DB 341, a food quality information DB 342, a food information DB 343, and a food history information DB 344. Note that the consumer information management DB 341 of this embodiment constitutes an attribute database of the present invention, and the food quality information DB 342 constitutes a food database of the present invention. In addition, for example, the food information DB 343 of the present embodiment constitutes a food database of the present invention, and the eating and drinking history information DB 344 constitutes a history database of the present invention.

  The consumer information management DB 341 is a database in which consumer attribute information indicating attributes such as a consumer's name, residence, sex, age, and occupation is recorded. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the consumer information management DB 341 records each consumer name, residence, sex, and age information in association with the consumer ID for identifying each consumer. ing. In addition to the above, the consumer attributes may include consumer preference, educational background, birthplace, annual income, and family structure.

The food quality information DB 342 is a database in which a food material ID and a food material name corresponding to each food material, and food quality information indicating the quality of the food material are recorded as food material information related to each food material. For example, in the ingredient quality information DB 342, as shown in FIG. 7, the ingredient quality information associated with the ingredient ID and the ingredient name is as follows.
(1) functional information indicating the function of the ingredients contained in the food,
(2) Nutritional value information indicating the nutritional value of the food,
(3) taste information indicating the taste of the ingredients;
Is recorded.

  In particular, in FIG. 7, the food ID “101” is assigned to the food “Aronia”, and the functional information includes “anthocyanin (recovered eyestrain)”, nutrition value information “30 kcal”, and taste information “sweetness: 10”. , Sourness quality: 20 bitterness: 2, salty taste: 9, umami: 20 "indicates that the food quality information is associated and recorded in the food quality information DB 342.

  In addition, food quality information shows the function per unit quantity (for example, 100 g) of the said food, nutrition value, and taste. In particular, as nutritional value information, nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, and vitamins may be used in addition to calories indicating calorie, and numerical values are used. Further, as taste information, numerical values such as astringency, tastelessness, fat taste, alkaline taste, metallic taste, or electrical taste are used in addition to sweetness, sourness, bitterness, salty taste, and umami. Furthermore, as the food quality information, in addition to nutritional value information, component function information, and taste information, texture information such as “hard” or “soft”, and fragrance information such as “lavender” or “mint” may be used. .

The food information DB 343 is a database in which a food ID for identifying each food, a food name, and food quality information of the food are recorded as food information regarding each food. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the food information DB 343 is associated with the food ID and the food name,
(1) Use ingredient ID which shows ingredient ID corresponding to all ingredients used as ingredients of food,
(2) Processing information indicating a processing method when cooking or processing the food;
(3) Nutritional value information indicating the nutritional value contained in the food,
(4) functional information indicating the functions of the ingredients contained in the food,
(5) Taste information indicating the taste of the food;
Food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded.

  In addition, about nutrition value information, function information, and taste information, since it is the same as that of food quality information, description is abbreviate | omitted. Moreover, this food quality information shows the function per unit quantity (for example, 100g), a nutritional value, etc. similarly to foodstuff quality information. And food information does not need to be registered about all items, and some information may not be registered as food information. In this case, the corresponding information is registered as “Null”. Furthermore, the used ingredient ID has, for example, a hierarchical structure for each ingredient such as potato mame queen (potato variety), and nutrition value information, function information, and taste information are recorded for each ingredient. Also good.

  The eating and drinking history information DB 344 is a database in which consumer IDs and food history information are recorded in association with each other. For example, in the eating and drinking history information DB 344, as shown in FIG. 9, in association with the consumer ID corresponding to each consumer, the food ID of the food consumed by the consumer (food consumption), the food name, and Eating and drinking history information including the eating and drinking date and time is recorded.

  The eating and drinking history information is posted from the consumer communication terminal device 40 at a given timing via the network 20 and recorded in the eating and drinking history information DB 344. This posting timing is specified by the timer 330 and is recorded in the eating and drinking history information DB 344 as the eating and drinking date and time. In addition to the above, the eating and drinking history information includes the purchaser, the purchase place, the purchase date and time, the provided meal format (such as breakfast, lunch or dinner), the eating place and the popularity at the time of eating and drinking.

  The server management control unit 350 is mainly configured by a central processing unit (CPU), and has a function of integrally controlling each unit of the information providing server device 30 by executing a program.

  The data processing unit 360 is acquired from the producer communication terminal device 10 via the network 20 by executing a predetermined application recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 under the control of the server management control unit 350. Based on the ingredient designation information, a food related information generation process for generating ingredient usage information is executed.

  In addition, the data processing unit 360 executes a predetermined application in order to realize such various types of processing, so that the homogeneous food specifying unit 361, the food search unit 362, the consumer information search unit 363, An information generation management unit 364 is constructed.

  For example, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 of the present embodiment constitutes the homogenous food specifying unit of the present invention, and the food search unit 362 constitutes the food search unit of the present invention. In addition, for example, the consumer information search unit 363 of the present embodiment constitutes the consumer search unit and attribute search unit of the present invention, and the information generation management unit 364 includes the food related information generation unit, the provision unit, and the present invention. Configure communication means.

  The homogenous food specifying unit 361 specifies a homogenous food specifying process for specifying another food that is the same as the specified food specified by the food specifying information acquired from the producer communication terminal device 10 (that is, “homogeneous food”). Execute.

  Specifically, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 searches the food information DB 343 and specifies the homogenous food by comparing three pieces of information including functional information, nutritional value information, and taste information included in the food quality information. . However, it is arbitrary about the specification standard of a homogeneous food, For example, a homogeneous food is specified according to the following references | standards.

<Function information>
The homogenous food specifying unit 361 sets a component range (for example, up to + XXX% to −ΔΔΔ% per 100 g) that can be determined as the same predetermined function for each functional component, and more component ranges. Is set as a highly functional food, and a food having a lower component range is set as a low functional food.

And the homogeneous food specific part 361 is based on the functional component of the designated food,
(1) A food having a functional component belonging to the range is identified as a food having a homogeneous functional component (that is, a homogeneous food),
(2) Specify a food having a higher component range as a food having a high-functional component in the corresponding functional component,
(3) A food material having a lower component range is specified as a food material having a low-functional component in the corresponding functional component.

  Note that the homogenous food specifying unit 361 can provide a food with a high-functional component or a low-functional component with respect to the designated food as a comparison target for the food with the same functional component according to the demand of the producer. It can be done. However, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 may use a high-functional ingredient food as the homogenous food for the designated food. In addition, the component range that can be determined as the same predetermined function is set based on the operation of the administrator of the information providing server device 30 or the operation input through the producer communication terminal device 10 of the producer in advance. Is possible.

<Nutritional information>
The homogenous food specifying unit 361 sets in advance an ingredient range that can be determined as the same nutritional value (for example, up to + XXX% to -ΔΔΔ% per 100 g), and an ingredient having a more ingredient range, A foodstuff set as a high nutritional value food and having a component range below that is set as a low nutritional value food having a low nutritional value.

And the homogeneous food specific part 361 selects other food based on the nutritional value of the designated food,
(1) Identify a food having a nutritional value belonging to the range as a food having a homogeneous nutritional value (homogeneous food),
(2) A food material having a higher component range is specified as a food material having a high nutritional value, or (3) a food material having a lower component range is specified as a food material having a lower nutritional value.

  In addition, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 can provide the foodstuff having a high nutritional value or a low nutritional value for the designated foodstuff as a comparison target for the foodstuff having the same nutritional value according to the producer's request. It can be done. However, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 may use a high-nutrient-value food as a homogenous food with respect to the designated food. In addition, the component range that can be determined as the same predetermined nutritional value is based on the operation of the administrator of the information providing server device 30 or the operation input through the producer communication terminal device 10 in advance. It can be set.

<Taste information>
The homogenous food specifying unit 361 specifies a homogenous food to select only foods with similar tastes. In particular, the homogenous ingredient specifying unit 361 uses a numerical evaluation as a reference, and a component range in which a taste of the same quality is obtained in advance for a taste component measured in advance by a predetermined measurement method (for example, + XXX% to −XXX% per 100 g for each taste). △△△%) is set, and the food material having the taste information in which each taste component belongs to the range is specified as the food material having the same taste (homogeneous food material).

  For example, when the taste information of the designated food is “sweetness: 10, sourness: 20, bitterness: 2, salty taste: 9, umami: 20”, the homogenous food specifying unit 361, for the taste information, Whether or not there is a homogenous food is determined by whether each numerical value indicating each taste falls within a predetermined percentage as described above.

  By this determination, for example, even if the ingredients contain the same functional ingredient, it is possible to exclude ingredients with completely different tastes from homogeneous ingredients, such as one having a strong sweet taste and the other having a strong pungency. It has become. In addition, the component range that can be determined as the same predetermined taste is set based on the operation of the administrator of the information providing server device 30 or the operation input through the producer communication terminal device 10 in advance. Is possible.

  The food search unit 362 searches for food information based on the specified food specified by the food specifying information acquired from the corresponding producer communication terminal device 10 and the homogeneous food specified by the homogeneous food specifying unit 361, and the specified food Or the foodstuff which uses a homogeneous food material as a material is extracted from the said food information DB343. In particular, when there is no homogeneous food, the food search unit 362 searches the food information DB 343 only for food information corresponding to the food for which the designated food is used.

  Note that the food search unit 362 scores the highest-functioning food, high-nutrition-valued food, and taste information with respect to the designated food (food with the smallest average difference value of each taste, etc.) and has the most similar taste. You may use the existing foodstuff as a homogeneous foodstuff.

  In addition, when there is a homogenous food, the food search unit 362 reads the food quality information of the food using the designated food or the homogenous food from the food information DB 343 and temporarily stores it in the ROM / RAM 320. Let

  The consumer information search unit 363 searches the eating history information DB 344 for consumers who have eaten or eat the food corresponding to the food quality information temporarily recorded in the ROM / RAM 320, and sets the consumer ID of the consumer who has eaten or consumed the food. The information is read and provided to the information generation management unit 364.

  In addition, when a consumer attribute is specified based on a producer's instruction or by a predetermined process, the consumer information search unit 363 searches the consumer information management DB 341 and consumes the consumer attribute having the specified consumer attribute. The person ID is extracted, and the food and beverage history recorded in association with the extracted consumer ID is read from the food and beverage history information DB 344 and provided to the information generation management unit 364.

  When the information generation management unit 364 receives a request for generating food use information from the producer communication terminal device 10, the information generation management unit 364 performs the above-described processes on each unit of the data processing unit 360 based on the food designation information acquired together with the generation request. Let it run. In addition, the information generation management unit 364 generates food material usage information based on the food quality information and consumer attribute information temporarily recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 by the above units.

  Specifically, when the information generation management unit 364 receives a request for generating food usage information from the producer communication terminal device 10, the information generation management unit 364 includes a homogenous food specifying unit 361, a food search unit 362, and a consumer information search unit 363. Based on the consumer attribute information identified as described above by each process, list information that lists the consumer attribute information is generated as food use information, and the generated list information is the corresponding communication terminal device for producers. 10 to provide. In particular, the information generation management unit 364 counts the number of times of eating and drinking for each consumer or the entire corresponding consumer, and the number of times of eating and drinking of the corresponding food for each consumer ID or the corresponding food for all the consumers. List information including the number of times information is generated, and the generated list information is provided to the corresponding producer communication terminal device 10.

  Further, the information generation management unit 364 selects the selection when the consumer attribute is selected by the producer based on the provided list information or when the consumer attribute is specified based on a predetermined process. Based on the consumer attribute specified or the identified consumer attribute, food usage information including information on the food read out by the consumer information search unit 363 is generated, and the generated food usage information is applicable. Provided to the communication terminal device 10 for producers. In particular, the information generation management unit 364 obtains a predetermined number of food usage information (for example, the top 10) in a ranking format for foods with a high frequency of eating and drinking in the attributes specified by the producer or predetermined processing (for example, age group). Generate information that can be aggregated according to consumer attribute information, such as extraction. For example, the information generation management unit 364 generates food use information for each age group, sex, or occupation, such as “Iceed for teenagers and men” and “A cake for women in their 40s”.

[4] Operation of Information Providing System [4.1] Overall Operation of Information Providing System Next, an overall operation process of the information providing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. 10 and 11 are flowcharts showing each process executed in the producer communication terminal device 10 and the information providing server device 30 of the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment.

  Prior to this processing, it is assumed that each consumer has posted food and beverage history information corresponding to his / her food and beverage history using the consumer communication terminal device 40, and the SNS user management DB 341 of the information providing server device 30. In the food information DB 343 and the food quality information DB 342, it is assumed that various types of information are already registered. In addition, this operation provides both the food quality information as the food information and the consumer attribute information to the producer as the food usage information, but only the name of the food, only a part of the food quality information or the front part. Alternatively, only consumer attribute information may be provided as food related information.

  First, in the communication terminal device 10 for producers, when the application processing unit 120 detects an instruction input for designating a predetermined food (for example, aronia) via the operation unit 160 (step S100), it is designated by the producer. Ingredient designation information generation processing for generating ingredient designation information to which the ingredient ID of the designated ingredient is added is executed (step S101).

  Next, the application processing unit 120 transmits the generated ingredient designation information (that is, information having Aronia as the designated ingredient) to the information providing server device 30, and shifts to a reception standby state (step S102).

  Next, in the information providing server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 detects reception of the food designation information (step S200), the information generation management unit 364 sets the food ID of the designated food added to the food designation information. Extracted and temporarily recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 (step S201), and the homogeneous food specifying process is executed in cooperation with the homogeneous food specifying unit 361 (step S202). For example, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 specifies “blueberries” containing anthocyanins in a predetermined range as the same food as the same food based on the nutrition value information of “anthocyanin” included in the designated food “Aronia”. .

  At this time, the ROM / RAM 320 is temporarily recorded with food quality information corresponding to foods using the specified food ingredients and food quality information of foods using the same food ingredients. Moreover, the homogeneous food specification process (refer FIG. 12) which the homogeneous food specific | specification part 361 performs is mentioned later.

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 causes the food information DB 343 to search the food information DB 343 for foods that use the designated ingredients and the homogeneous foods in conjunction with the food search unit 362 (step S203). Food quality information corresponding to (for example, black tea) is read to the food search unit 362 (step S204). At this time, the food search unit 362 temporarily records the read food quality information (that is, food quality information corresponding to the designated food material) in the ROM / RAM 320.

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 eats or drinks the food corresponding to the food quality information temporarily recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 (that is, the food (tea) specified by the corresponding food information) in the consumer information search unit 363. While identifying the consumer, the consumer attribute information of the identified consumer is searched (step S205). At this time, the consumer information search unit 363 temporarily records, in the ROM / RAM 320, information hit by the search, for example, consumer attribute information such as regions such as Hokkaido or Kanto, age, or occupation.

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 generates list information processing for causing the producer to select consumer attributes such as age, region or occupation based on the consumer attribute information stored in the ROM / RAM 320 (step S206), the list information generated via the communication control unit 310 is transmitted to the communication terminal device 10 for producers, and the process shifts to the reception standby state (step S207).

  At this time, the information generation management unit 364 calculates the number of consumers for each attribute or a combination of a plurality of attributes by summing up for each attribute, or lists all the specified attributes. Listed list information may be generated.

  Next, in the communication terminal device 10 for producers, when the network communication unit 110 receives the list information transmitted from the information providing server device 30 (step S103), the application processing unit 120 cooperates with the display control unit 150. The list information is displayed on the display unit 140, and an operation input is waited (step S104).

  Next, when the application processing unit 120 detects an instruction input indicating that the producer selects a predetermined consumer attribute (for example, Hokkaido, 40s, a married person and a housewife) according to the list displayed via the operation unit 160. (Step S105), the selected consumer attribute is transmitted to the information providing server device 30, and the process shifts to a reception standby state (Step S106).

  On the other hand, in the information providing server device 30, when the information generation management unit 364 detects reception of consumer attributes (that is, Hokkaido, 40s, married persons and housewives) via the communication control unit 310 (step S211), data processing In cooperation with the unit 360, the consumer information management DB 341 is searched for a consumer ID corresponding to the consumer that matches the received consumer attribute (step S212).

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 reads out the food / beverage history information registered in the food / beverage history information DB 344 in association with the consumer ID searched by the data processing unit 360 and temporarily records it in the ROM / RAM 320 ( Step S213). At this time, the information generation management unit 364 may total the read food / beverage history information and may temporarily record the information including the totaled information in the ROM / RAM 320.

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 causes the food search unit 362 to extract the food ID included in the food history information (step S214) and specifies the corresponding food name (for example, “cookie” is included) (step S215). ). In particular, in the process of step S210, the information generation management unit 364 tabulates the extracted food IDs and identifies the top ten food names.

  Next, the information generation management unit 364 uses the specified food name and the consumer attribute information included in the list information to make the food use information (a product “cookie” targeted at Hokkaido, 40s, married and housewives). (Information indicating the use of aronia) is generated (step S216), and transmitted to the corresponding producer communication terminal device 10 (step S217), and this operation is terminated.

  Next, in the producer communication terminal device 10, when the application processing unit 120 receives the food usage information via the network communication unit 110 (step S107), the application processing unit 120 updates the food usage information management table T (step S108).

  Finally, when detecting a display instruction via the operation unit 160 (step S109), the application processing unit 120 displays the received food usage information on the display unit 140 (step S110), and ends this operation. Note that the application processing unit 120 may display the food usage information recorded from the food usage information management table T when the instruction to display the food usage information is given to the operation unit 160 so that the producer can view the food usage information. Good.

[4.2] Process example of this embodiment For example, when the foodstuff "aronia" is designated by the producer by executing each process described above,
(1) Based on the nutritional value information (anthocyanin) in the range indicating the same foodstuff, the foodstuff quality information DB 342 is searched and identified as a homogeneous food ingredient of “blueberry”
(2) Based on the designated ingredient “Aronia” and the homogeneous ingredient “Blueberry”, the food information DB 343 is searched to identify the food “Tea”,
(3) The eating and drinking history information DB 344 is searched based on “tea”, and the highest list information of the combination of the attributes “Hokkaido”, “40's”, “Married” and “Housewife” is generated. Presented to producers.

Further, based on the list information presented to the producer, when the producer selects a combination of attributes of “Hokkaido”, “40's”, “Married” and “Housewife”
(4) The consumer information management DB 341 is searched based on the attributes of “Hokkaido”, “40's”, “Married” and “Housewife”, and “Hokkaido”, “40's”, “Married” and “ Individual consumers with all the attributes of “housewives” are identified,
(5) The food history information DB 344 is searched based on the identified individual consumers, and the food history information is aggregated to identify the upper food “cookie”.
(6) Eventually, information on “cookies” targeting “Hokkaido”, “40's”, “Married” and “Housewife” is provided to producers as food usage information.

[4.3] Homogeneous food specifying process Next, the homogenous food specifying process in the homogenous food specifying unit 361 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 12 is a flowchart which shows the homogeneous food specific process performed in the homogeneous food specific | specification part 361 of this embodiment. In addition, this homogeneous food specifying process is a process performed in conjunction with the homogeneous food specifying unit 361 of the information providing server device 30.

  First, the homogeneous food material specifying unit 361 reads the food quality information of the designated food material based on the food material ID of the designated food material (step S21).

  Next, the homogenous ingredient specifying unit 361 extracts function information from the read ingredient quality information (step S22), and other ingredients having the same function as the function indicated by the function information (that is, candidates for homogeneous ingredients) ) Exists (step S23). At this time, if it is determined that there is no food having the same function, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 ends this operation and proceeds to step S203.

  In addition, when it is determined that there is another food having a function of the same quality, the homogeneous food specification unit 361 extracts nutrition value information from the food quality information of the food that is a candidate for the homogeneous food (step S24). .

  Next, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 determines whether the nutritional value information and the nutritional value information corresponding to the designated food satisfy a predetermined condition (step S25). For example, it is determined whether the predetermined condition for the nutrition value information falls within a predetermined range (percentage) with respect to the nutrition value of the designated food as described above.

  At this time, if it is determined that the nutritional value information and the nutritional value information corresponding to the designated foodstuff do not satisfy the predetermined condition, the homogeneous food material specifying unit 361 ends this operation and proceeds to step S203. In addition, when it is determined that the nutrition value information and the nutrition value information corresponding to the designated food material satisfy the predetermined condition, the homogeneous food material specifying unit 361 provides the food quality information of the homogeneous food material candidate satisfying the predetermined condition. Taste information is extracted from (step S26).

  Next, the homogeneous food material specifying unit 361 determines whether or not the extracted taste information satisfies a predetermined condition (step S27). Similar to the nutrition value information, it is determined whether or not the predetermined condition for the taste information falls within a predetermined range (percentage) with respect to the taste information of the designated food as described above, for example.

  At this time, if the homogenous food specifying unit 361 determines that the extracted taste information does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the operation ends and the process proceeds to step S203. On the other hand, when it is determined that the extracted taste information satisfies the predetermined condition, the homogenous food specifying unit 361 searches and specifies the food quality information of the food (that is, the homogenous food) in the food search unit 362 (step) S28). The food search unit 362 searches the food quality information DB 342 using the food ID corresponding to the homogeneous food as a search key, and specifies the food quality information of the food ID.

  Next, the homogeneous food identification unit 361 temporarily records the identified food ID and the food quality information corresponding to the food ID in the ROM / RAM 320 (step S29), ends the operation, and proceeds to step S204.

  In addition, as a result of executing the above homogenous food specifying process, the ROM / RAM 320 temporarily records the food quality information corresponding to the food using the designated food as the material and the food quality information of the food using the homogenous food as the material. It will be in the state. And the process of step S203 will be performed based on the food quality information corresponding to the designated foodstuff temporarily recorded on ROM / RAM320 and the homogeneous foodstuff.

  In addition, this operation is designed to specify the specified food and the homogeneous food in consideration of the function information, nutrition value information, and taste information, but any one of the function information, nutrition value information, or taste information. It is also possible to identify homogeneous food ingredients only by information. Moreover, although this operation | movement has specified the homogeneous food in the order of functional information, nutrition value information, and taste information, it is not restricted to this order, and even if it is determined that any of these pieces of information are not homogeneous, It can also be determined as a homogeneous food.

  As described above, when the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment acquires the food designated by the producer from the producer communication terminal device 10, the designated food or the food using the same homogeneous food as the designated food is used. In addition to being able to search for the attributes of consumers who are expected to like the food, it is possible to identify the specified food that the producer wants to use when developing food using the specified food. For example, it is possible to identify the attributes of consumers who may use the food provided by the designated food material.

  Therefore, the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment can provide a user such as a producer with a method of using the ingredients based on the quality of each ingredient such as the function of components and the nutritional value. Information useful for the development of new products, such as information on consumers targeted for product forms using ingredients specified by the user, can be provided.

  In addition, when the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment identifies a designated ingredient that the producer desires to use when developing a food using the designated ingredient, not only the designated ingredient but also a similar ingredient (that is, a designated ingredient) In addition to providing information on foods using foods of the same quality as foods, it is also possible to provide information useful for the development of new products such as product forms using foods specified by users such as producers.

[5] Modification [5.1] Modification 1
In the above embodiment, the consumer information management DB 341, the food quality information DB 342, the food information DB 343, and the food history information DB 344 are provided in the information providing server device 30, and the information providing server device 30 manages and controls them. The consumer information management DB 341, the food quality information DB 342, the food information DB 343, and the food history information DB 344 may be provided in separate server devices, and each computer system may be used for management and control of each DB.

[5.2] Modification 2
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the structure which performs a homogeneous food specific process unconditionally was employ | adopted, the communication terminal device 10 for producers and the information provision server apparatus 30 are made to interlock | cooperate, and a producer performs a homogeneous food specific process Whether or not to do so may be set in advance. Also, the producer may set the same quality condition in advance.

[5.3] Modification 3
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although it is not the form which uses a food-drink date, it contributed within the predetermined period (for example, the past one year from the present), for example in the food-drink date from the time of generation | occurrence | production of foodstuff utilization information. You may make it produce | generate foodstuff utilization information based only on food-drinking history information.

[5.4] Modification 4
Moreover, in the information provision server apparatus 30, when performing the homogeneous food specific process, you may make it weight each food quality. In this case, function information, nutrition value information, and taste information included in the ingredient quality information of each ingredient that is a candidate for homogeneous ingredients are weighted, and whether each information satisfies a predetermined condition. In this determination, it is only necessary to determine which food is the homogeneous food according to this weighting.

[5.5] Modification 5
Further, for example, a producer may set an expected consumer attribute in advance by a juice manufacturing company or the like, and retrieve food quality information from the eating and drinking history information of consumers belonging to the attribute. In this case, the list information is distributed from the information providing server device 30, and the process of allowing the producer to select the consumer attribute is omitted, or the consumer attribute corresponding to the assumed customer of the company is given priority in the proposal result. Weighting is also possible.

[5.6] Modification 6
In addition, for example, when the producer can specify the processing method of the foodstuff such as a juice, paste, or flavor oil manufacturing company, an assumed processing method is set in advance, and the food information and the corresponding processing method match. The food quality information may be searched.

  In particular, the information on the processing method may include not only food forms such as juice and stew, but also information on manufacturing equipment and manufacturing processes owned by the producer such as a crusher, a squeezing machine, or a baking machine. In this case, a product that can be easily processed by the producer's own company or a product that does not require processing can be specified.

[5.7] Modification 7
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the structure which distributes list information to the communication terminal device 10 for producers once, and makes a producer select a consumer attribute was employ | adopted, list is not distributed but the said list information is distributed. You may make it produce | generate foodstuff utilization information based on the consumer attribute information (combination of the highest consumer attribute by aggregation) contained in information, and food quality information.

[5.8] Modification 8
In the above embodiment, the food-related use information is provided to the producer communication terminal device 10, but the information is displayed on the display device provided in the information providing server device 30 or the information providing server device 30 or the network 20. The food usage information may be provided by printing with a connected printing device. Moreover, you may provide foodstuff utilization information with an email.

[5.9] Modification 9
Further, in the above embodiment, food information including designated ingredients and homogeneous ingredients is provided to producers as ingredient utilization information, but the designated ingredients and homogeneous ingredients are included, and local ingredients and market unit prices are low. Foods containing ingredients desired by the producer, such as fresh ingredients and ingredients with a large amount of harvest, may be provided as the ingredient utilization information. In this case, the producer may set these pieces of information in advance, or may execute processing for narrowing down the food to be specified in conjunction with the information providing server device 30 during the generation of the food usage information.

[5.10] Modification 10
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the homogenous foodstuff is specified based on a functional ingredient, nutritional value, and taste, For example, producers, such as an energy drink, require the functional ingredient, nutritional value, taste, or These combinations may be set as pinpoints, and foods in which the set information is in the same range may be specified as homogeneous foods. In this case, the producer may set these pieces of information in advance, or may execute processing for narrowing down the food to be specified in conjunction with the information providing server device 30 during the generation of the food usage information.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system 10 ... Producer communication terminal device 30 ... Information provision server device 40 ... Consumer communication terminal device 100 ... Storage part 101 ... Application recording part 102 ... Ingredient information storage part 110 ... Network communication part 120 ... Application Processing unit 140 ... Display unit 150 ... Display control unit 170 ... Terminal management control unit 310 ... Communication control unit 320 ... ROM / RAM
330 ... Timer 340 ... Recording device 341 ... Consumer information management DB
342 ... Food quality information DB
343 ... Food information DB
344 ... Eating and drinking history information DB
350 ... Server management control unit 360 ... Data processing unit 361 ... Homogeneous food specifying unit 362 ... Food search unit 363 ... Consumer information search unit 364 ... Information generation management unit

Claims (14)

An information providing system that provides food related information related to food to a user,
Acquisition means used for acquiring from the outside the ingredient designation information indicating the designated ingredient designated by the user;
(A) A food database in which food information related to food including at least information on the ingredients that are the ingredients of the food is recorded for each food indicating cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing the food, and (B ) Management means for managing a food database in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded;
Homogeneous ingredient specifying means for searching the ingredient database based on the designated ingredient designated by the acquired ingredient designation information and identifying the same quality ingredient as the designated ingredient while identifying the quality of the designated ingredient When,
A food search means for searching the food database for food using at least one of the specified food and the specified homogeneous food;
Food-related information generating means for generating the food-related information including at least the searched consumer attribute information;
Providing means for providing the food-related information to the user;
An information providing system comprising: An information providing system that provides food related information related to food to a user,
Acquisition means used for acquiring from the outside the ingredient designation information indicating the designated ingredient designated by the user;
(A) a food database in which food information related to a food including at least information on the food that is a material of the food is recorded for each food indicating cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing the food; and (b ) For each consumer of the food, an attribute database in which consumer attribute information indicating the attribute of the consumer is recorded; and (c) for each consumer, the consumption history of the consumer eaten and consumed by the consumer Management means for managing a history database in which food history information is recorded and (d) a food database in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded;
Homogeneous ingredient specifying means for searching the ingredient database based on the designated ingredient designated by the acquired ingredient designation information and identifying the same quality ingredient as the designated ingredient while identifying the quality of the designated ingredient When,
A food search means for searching the food database for food using at least one of the specified food and the specified homogeneous food;
A consumer search means for searching a consumer having a food history of food searched by the food search means from the history database;
Attribute search means for searching consumer attribute information of the searched consumer from the attribute database;
Food-related information generating means for generating the food-related information including at least the searched consumer attribute information;
Providing means for providing the food-related information to the user;
An information providing system comprising: In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The information providing system in which the food-related information generating unit generates the food-related information including food information related to the food searched by the food search unit together with the consumer attribute information. In the information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The ingredient quality information includes at least component function information indicating the function of the ingredient contained in the ingredient,
The information providing system in which the homogeneous food specifying unit specifies a food having component function information having a predetermined condition with respect to the component function information of the designated food as a homogeneous food having the same quality as the designated food. In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-4,
The food quality information includes nutrition value information indicating the nutrition value of the food,
The information providing system in which the homogenous food specifying unit specifies a food having nutritional value information having a predetermined condition with respect to the nutritional value information of the designated food as a homogeneous food having the same quality as the designated food. In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-5,
The food quality information includes taste information indicating the taste of the food,
The information providing system in which the homogeneous food specifying means specifies a food having taste information having a predetermined condition with respect to the taste information of the designated food as a homogeneous food having the same quality as the designated food. The information providing system according to claim 6,
The taste information includes one or more components quantified based on a predetermined criterion,
The homogenous food specifying unit compares each component contained in the taste component of each food stored in the food database based on the designated designated food, and a predetermined condition for the taste information of the designated food The information provision system which specifies the taste information which comprises this, and specifies the foodstuff which has the said specified taste information as a homogeneous food of the same quality as the said designated foodstuff. In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-7,
The food database further records processing information indicating a processing method when cooking or processing the food for each food,
The acquisition means acquires the processing information from the outside in addition to the food designation information,
The food search means searches the food database for food having at least one of the specified designated food and the specified homogeneous food and having the same processing information as the acquired processing information Information provision system. In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The information providing system, wherein the consumer attribute information includes at least one of sex, age, residence, occupation, preference, educational background, birthplace, annual income, and family structure of the consumer. In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-9,
The information provision system which is food quality information including the quality of at least any one of the used foodstuff used for the said foodstuff, the processing method, and the food quality information which shows the quality of a foodstuff in food information. In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-10,
Eating and drinking history information obtaining means for obtaining the eating and drinking history information from the consumer communication terminal device possessed by the consumer;
Updating means for updating the history database based on the acquired history information;
An information providing system further comprising: In the information provision system of any one of Claims 1-11,
A user terminal device for inputting the user's instructions;
The acquisition means acquires the ingredient designation information from the user terminal device as the outside,
An information providing system in which the providing means provides the food related information to the user terminal device. An information provision system that provides users with food-related information about food,
Acquisition means used for acquiring from the outside the ingredient designation information indicating the designated ingredient designated by the user;
(A) A food database in which food information related to food including at least information on the ingredients that are the ingredients of the food is recorded for each food indicating cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing the food, and (B ) Management means for managing a food database in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded;
Homogeneous ingredient specifying means for searching the ingredient database based on the designated ingredient designated by the acquired ingredient designation information and identifying the same quality ingredient as the designated ingredient while identifying the quality of the designated ingredient ,
A food search means for searching the food database for a food in which at least one of the designated food and the specified homogeneous food is used;
Food-related information generating means for generating the food-related information having at least the searched food information; and providing means for providing the food-related information to the user;
A program characterized by functioning as An information provision system that provides users with food-related information about food,
Acquisition means used for acquiring from the outside the ingredient designation information indicating the designated ingredient designated by the user;
(A) a food database in which food information related to a food including at least information on the food that is a material of the food is recorded for each food indicating cooking or processed food obtained by cooking or processing the food; and (b ) For each consumer of the food, an attribute database in which consumer attribute information indicating the attribute of the consumer is recorded; and (c) for each consumer, the consumption history of the consumer eaten and consumed by the consumer Management means for managing a history database in which food history information is recorded and (d) a food database in which food quality information indicating the quality of the food is recorded,
Homogeneous ingredient specifying means for searching the ingredient database based on the designated ingredient designated by the acquired ingredient designation information and identifying the same quality ingredient as the designated ingredient while identifying the quality of the designated ingredient ,
A food search means for searching the food database for a food in which at least one of the designated food and the specified homogeneous food is used;
A consumer search means for searching a consumer having a food history of food searched by the food search means from the history database;
Attribute retrieval means for retrieving consumer attribute information of the retrieved consumer from the attribute database;
Food-related information generating means for generating the food-related information including at least the retrieved consumer attribute information; and
Providing means for providing the food-related information to the user;
A program characterized by functioning as

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