JP2015001903A - Notification system, notification method, and notification program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consumer with information.SOLUTION: A notification system includes an offer information memory unit in which offer information including provider position information, which represents the position of a provider, and an offer charge of an object to be provided by the provider is stored, a positional information comparison unit that compares consumer position information, which represents the measured position of a consumer terminal, with the provider position information, a charge comparison unit that compares a desired charge of the object to be provided, which is determined by the consumer, with the offer charge, and an output control unit that allows the consumer terminal to output notification information on the basis of a result of comparison performed by the positional information comparison unit and a result of comparison performed by the charge comparison unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a notification system, a notification method, and a notification program.

  A store that sells products according to the conditions transmitted from the consumer terminal via the network when the consumer user inputs the conditions such as the product or area that the user wants to purchase into a consumer terminal such as a PC (Personal computer) Search services that respond to such information are provided. According to such a search service, a consumer can know a familiar store where he / she can purchase a product he / she wants to purchase. In Patent Document 1, when a user registers preference information such as a movie genre, sweets, or a restaurant that indicates his / her preference, an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip provided in his / her portable terminal is read by an IC card reader. It is described that information corresponding to the position of the IC card reader and pre-registered preference information is distributed when the information is received.

JP 2007-26013 A

  However, when using the search service as described above, the user must actively investigate using the consumer terminal, and such a survey may be a burden. On the other hand, when information according to preference is distributed in response to the IC chip included in the portable terminal being read by the IC card reader, the information is distributed because the matching conditions are too wide even if the investigation burden is light The information may not be what you want. Therefore, it is desirable to provide consumers with easier and more useful information.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a notification system, a notification method, and a notification program that provide information to consumers.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an aspect of the present invention provides a provision information storage unit that stores provision information including provider position information indicating a position of a provider and a provision fee to be provided by the provider. The location information comparison unit that compares the consumer location information indicating the location of the consumer terminal that has been measured and the provider location information, and the offer price that is determined by the consumer and the offer fee A notification comparison system comprising: a charge comparison unit; an output control unit that causes the consumer terminal to output notification information based on a comparison result by the position information comparison unit and a comparison result by the fee comparison unit; is there.

  One embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the notification information includes discount information indicating that the provided fee is to be discounted.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, discount information is included in the provided information, and the charge comparison unit performs a process of comparing based on the desired charge determined by the consumer, the provided charge, and the discount information. It is characterized by that.

  Further, one aspect of the present invention includes a provider reception unit that receives input of provision information from a provider, and the position information comparison unit and the price comparison unit respond to input of provision information to the provider reception unit. Thus, the comparison processing is performed based on the input provided information.

  Another aspect of the present invention includes a consumer reception unit that receives an input of a desired fee from a consumer, and an output unit that outputs a desired fee input to the consumer reception unit.

  In addition, according to one aspect of the present invention, a notification method of a notification system including a provision information storage unit that stores provider position information indicating a provider's position and provision information including a provision fee to be provided by the provider is stored. The consumer position information indicating the position of the measured consumer terminal and the position information comparison process for comparing the provider position information, the desired charge for the provision target determined by the consumer, and the charge And a step of outputting a notification information to a consumer terminal based on a comparison result of the location information comparison process and a comparison result of the fee comparison process. This is a notification method.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer of a notification system including a provision information storage unit that stores provision information including provider position information indicating a position of a provider and a provision fee to be provided by the provider. The position information comparison process for comparing the consumer position information indicating the position of the measured consumer terminal and the provider position information, the desired charge for the provision target determined by the consumer, and the provided charge are compared. A notification program that executes a step of performing a charge comparison process, a step of outputting notification information to a consumer terminal based on a comparison result by a position information comparison process and a comparison result by a charge comparison process.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the notification system stores the provision information including the provider location information indicating the location of the provider and the provision fee to be provided by the provider. The location information comparison unit that compares the consumer location information indicating the location of the consumer terminal that has been measured and the provider location information, and the offer price that is determined by the consumer and the offer fee A charge comparison unit, a comparison result by the location information comparison unit, and an output control unit for outputting notification information to the consumer terminal based on the comparison result by the fee comparison unit. Information can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the notification system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen on which the consumer terminal by one Embodiment of this invention displays notification information. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the consumer information by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the delivery conditions by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the shop information by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the merchandise information by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the sales promotion information by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation example of the notification system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary in the case of transmitting delivery conditions with respect to a provider terminal by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary in the case of implementing a time sale by one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a notification system 1 according to the present embodiment. The notification system 1 includes a consumer terminal 100, a provider terminal 200, and a notification server 300.
First, an outline of the present embodiment will be described. The consumer terminal 100 is a mobile terminal that is carried and used by a consumer. The provider terminal 200 is a computer device used by a provider who provides products, services, and the like to consumers. The notification server 300 is a computer device connected to the consumer terminal 100 and the provider terminal 200 via the network 5. The network 5 is an information communication network including a telephone communication network, a mobile communication system, the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a dedicated line, or a combination thereof.

  For example, the consumer inputs to the consumer terminal 100 a distribution condition that defines a product he / she wants to purchase (e.g., chocolate) and a desired price range (e.g., within 100 yen) where he / she wants to purchase the product. The consumer terminal 100 transmits the input distribution condition to the notification server 300, and the notification server 300 stores the distribution condition transmitted from the consumer terminal 100. On the other hand, a provider who is a business operator who sells a product provides provider location information indicating the location of his / her store, a product sold by himself (for example, chocolate), and a price for selling the product (for example, 100 yen). ) And the like are input to the provider terminal 200. The provider terminal 200 transmits the input provision information to the notification server 300, and the notification server 300 stores the provision information transmitted from the provider terminal 200.

  The consumer terminal 100 has a function of positioning consumer position information indicating its current position by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, and while the consumer is carrying the consumer terminal 100 and moving, The consumer position information thus measured is continuously transmitted to the notification server 300. When the notification server 300 receives the consumer location information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100, the notification server 300 determines the predetermined location from the location of the consumer terminal 100 based on the received consumer location information, the distribution conditions and provision information stored in advance. It is determined whether or not there is a store that sells the product desired by the consumer in the desired price range within the range of. Then, when there is a store that matches the distribution conditions of the consumer, the notification server 300 transmits notification information to notify the fact to the consumer terminal 100 for display. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which the consumer terminal 100 displays notification information. In this way, the consumer terminal 100 displays the notification information in a push-type manner on the standby screen of the mobile terminal by pop-up.

  Thereby, the consumer can know during the movement that there is a store that matches the delivery condition he desires within a predetermined range, and shopping becomes easy. In addition, for the provider, information can be provided to consumers who wish to purchase products for sale, and more sales opportunities can be obtained. Further, the provider can collect marketing information by referring to consumer trends and desired distribution conditions to know consumer needs, and can analyze purchase requests. Further, based on such analysis, if the provider provides a service according to the consumer's needs, the consumer can make shopping more easily and more efficiently. Hereinafter, the configuration of the notification system 1 will be described in detail.

  The consumer terminal 100 is a computer device used by a consumer, and is a mobile terminal such as a tablet PC, a smartphone, or a notebook PC. In the present embodiment, the consumer terminal 100 will be described as a smartphone. A storage unit 110, a communication unit 120, a control unit 130, an input unit 140, a display unit 150, and a positioning unit 160 are provided.

The storage unit 110 stores various types of information that are referred to when the consumer terminal 100 operates. For example, the storage unit 110 stores a client application program for executing the notification service according to the present embodiment.
The communication unit 120 communicates with the notification server 300 via the network 5.
The control unit 130 controls each unit included in the consumer terminal 100.

The input unit 140 is a device that receives input of information from a consumer, and is, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, a button, a mouse, or the like. The input unit 140 receives an input of distribution conditions such as a desired fee for a product to be purchased from a consumer.
The display unit 150 is a display that displays various types of information. In the present embodiment, the display unit 150 and the input unit 140 will be described assuming an example in which they are integrally configured as a touch panel.
The positioning unit 160 measures the position of the consumer terminal 100 on the earth. For example, the positioning unit 160 measures the current position of its own device using a satellite positioning system such as GPS, and outputs consumer position information indicating the latitude and longitude indicating the current position of the consumer terminal 100.

  The provider terminal 200 is a computer device used by the provider, and for example, a PC, a notebook PC, a tablet PC, a smartphone, or the like can be applied. In this embodiment, the provider terminal 200 will be described as a PC. The provider terminal 200 includes a storage unit 210, a communication unit 220, a control unit 230, an input unit 240, and a display unit 250. Although the provider terminal 200 and the consumer terminal 100 have the same configuration, the provider terminal 200 may not include a functional unit corresponding to the positioning unit 160 of the consumer terminal 100. The storage unit 210, the communication unit 220, the control unit 230, the input unit 240, and the display unit 250 are the storage unit 110, the communication unit 120, the control unit 130, and the input unit 140 included in the consumer terminal 100. The configuration is the same as that of the display unit 150. For example, the input unit 240 receives input of provision information regarding a provider and a product to be provided from the provider.

  The notification server 300 includes a storage unit 310, a communication unit 320, and a control unit 330. The storage unit 310 stores various types of information that are referred to when the notification server 300 operates. The storage unit 310 includes a consumer information storage unit 311, a distribution condition storage unit 312, and a provision information storage unit 313.

  The consumer information storage unit 311 stores consumer information related to consumers. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of consumer information data stored in the consumer information storage unit 311. The consumer information includes, for example, information on a member ID (Identifier), name, gender, age, home address, work address, and occupation. The member ID is information for identifying a consumer. The name is the name of the corresponding consumer. Gender is the gender of the corresponding consumer. Age is the age of the corresponding consumer. The age may be a specific value, but here, an example in which the age is represented by the age will be described. The home address is the address of the corresponding consumer. The work address is the address of the corresponding consumer's work place. Occupation is the corresponding consumer occupation.

  The distribution condition storage unit 312 stores distribution conditions including a desired charge to be provided determined by the consumer. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of distribution condition data stored in the distribution condition storage unit 312. The distribution conditions include a distribution condition ID, a member ID, a desired purchase item genre, a desired price range, and a distance range designation. The distribution condition ID is information for identifying the distribution condition. The member ID is information for identifying a consumer who has designated a corresponding distribution condition.

  The purchase desired product genre is information indicating the genre of the product that the consumer desires to purchase. The desired price range is information indicating a desired price that a consumer desires to purchase a product of the desired product category. This desired charge can be specified as a desired price range having a certain range, for example, within 100 yen (˜100 yen). In this range, only an upper limit may be set, an upper limit and a lower limit may be set (for example, “80 to 100 yen”), or only a lower limit may be set (for example, “100 yen to”). . The distance range designation is information indicating a range of distance that a consumer desires to receive a notification when approaching a store that sells products of a desired purchase item genre. For example, it can be specified to receive a notification when a product that matches the distribution conditions approaches within 500 m of a store that sells at a desired price range.

  Here, for example, the distribution condition ID is “CD000001”, the member ID is “C00001”, the purchase desired product genre is “chocolate”, the desired price range is “˜100 yen”, and the distance range designation Shows an example of a distribution condition where “within 500 m”.

  The provision information storage unit 313 stores provision information including provider position information indicating the position of the provider, a provision fee to be provided by the provider, and discount information indicating that the provision fee is to be discounted. The The provision information stored in the provision information storage unit 313 includes store information, product information, and sales promotion information. The provision information storage unit 313 includes a store information storage unit 314, a product information storage unit 315, And a sales promotion information storage unit 316.

  The store information storage unit 314 stores store information about stores where products are sold by providers (sellers). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data example of store information stored in the store information storage unit 314. The store information includes information on the seller ID, the seller name, the store address, the store position, and the classification. The seller ID is information for identifying the seller. The seller name is the name of the seller. The store address is an address of a store where the seller sells a product to be provided (sales target). The store position is provider position information indicating the position of the provider, and here is information indicating the position of the store selling the product. The store position is information indicating the position of the store using, for example, latitude and longitude. Here, an example is shown in which the latitude is “x1”, the longitude is “y1”, and the like. The classification is information indicating the classification of the store based on the properties of the products sold by the store.

  Here, for example, the seller ID is “S0001”, the seller name is “XX Super”, the store address is “Chiba City, Chiba ...”, and the store location is “x1, y1”. There is an example of store information that is classified as “fresh food supermarket”.

The merchandise information storage unit 315 stores merchandise information related to merchandise to be provided by the seller. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data example of product information stored in the product information storage unit 315. The product information includes a product ID, a seller ID, a product genre, a product name, a price, a sales start date, a sales end date, and supplementary information.
The product ID is information for identifying a product sold by the seller. The seller ID is information for identifying a seller who sells the corresponding product, and corresponds to the seller ID included in the store information stored in the store information storage unit 314. The product genre is information indicating the genre of the corresponding product. The product name is information indicating a unique name of a specific product sold by the seller. The price is the selling price (provided fee) of the product to be sold by the seller. The sales start date is information indicating the date when the corresponding seller starts selling the corresponding product. The sales end date is information indicating a date when the corresponding seller ends the sales of the corresponding product. When the sales end date is not particularly determined, information such as “-” or NULL is associated. The supplemental information is supplementary information related to the sale of the corresponding product, and is associated with, for example, the contents of sale information designated by the seller.

  Here, for example, the product ID is “G000001”, the seller ID is “S0001”, the product genre is “chocolate”, the product name is “XXX milk chocolate”, and the price is “100 yen”. Yes, the sales start date is “2013/4/3” (April 3, 2013), the sales end date is “-” (no designation), and as a supplementary information “ An example of product information in which sale information “!” Is associated is shown.

  The sales promotion information storage unit 316 stores sales promotion information for promoting sales of products by the seller. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data example of the sales promotion information stored in the sales promotion information storage unit 316. The sales promotion information includes a sales promotion information ID, a seller ID, a coupon name, a product ID of a coupon distribution target product, a sales price, a maximum number of distributions, a coupon distribution condition (period), and a coupon distribution condition (weather ) Information.

  The sales promotion information ID is information for identifying the sales promotion information. The merchant ID is information for identifying a merchant who conducts sales promotion, and corresponds to the merchant ID included in the store information stored in the store information storage unit 314. The coupon name is information indicating the name of a coupon for providing a privilege such as a discount on the sales price as a sales promotion for the product. The product ID of the coupon distribution target product is information for identifying the target product for which discount or the like is performed by the corresponding coupon, and corresponds to the product ID included in the product information stored in the product information storage unit 315. The sales price is information indicating the price of the product after the coupon is applied. Here, an example of associating the price after applying the discount as information indicating the discount for the price in this way is shown, but the discount rate for the price can also be associated, or the discount amount is associated You can also

  The distribution number upper limit is information indicating the distribution upper limit of the coupon. For example, it is determined that a corresponding coupon can be issued with an upper limit of 1000 products. Here, an example is shown in which the number of products is associated as the upper limit of the number of distributions, but a budget upper limit of the price to be discounted by coupon distribution can also be determined. For example, it is possible to perform control such as setting the upper limit of the budget of the price discounted by coupons to 30000 yen and distributing 1000 coupons for 30 yen. The coupon distribution condition (period) is information indicating a period during which the coupon is distributed. The coupon delivery condition (period) can be associated with, for example, information of a start date indicating a start time for starting coupon distribution and an end date indicating an end time for ending coupon distribution. Here, for example, when only the start date is associated and the end date is not associated, the distribution of the coupon is started after starting the distribution of the coupon on the start date. If only the end date is associated and the start date is not associated, the coupon is distributed from the time when the promotional information is stored until the end date. You may control to continue. In addition, not only the year, month, day but also a time zone such as hour, minute and second may be designated as the start time and end time. The coupon distribution condition (weather) is information indicating the weather when the coupon is distributed according to the weather. Here, an example in which a period and weather are defined as coupon distribution conditions will be described, but other coupon distribution conditions can also be defined.

  Here, for example, the sales promotion information ID is “SP00001”, the seller ID is “S0001”, the coupon name is “Chocoto Coupon”, and the product ID of the coupon distribution target product is “G000001”, The selling price is “80 yen”, the distribution number upper limit is “1000”, and the coupon distribution condition (period) is “2013/5/1 to 2013/5/10” (from May 1, 2013 to 2013) The example of the sales promotion information is “May 10th of the year” and the coupon distribution condition (weather) is “not specified”.

The communication unit 320 communicates with the consumer terminal 100 and the provider terminal 200 via the network 5. The communication unit 320 includes a reception unit 321 and an output unit 322.
The receiving unit 321 receives input of information by receiving information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100 and the provider terminal 200. For example, the reception unit 321 receives input of provision information by receiving provision information that is input and transmitted from the provider to the provider terminal 200. Moreover, the reception part 321 receives the input of delivery conditions by receiving the delivery conditions input and transmitted to the consumer terminal 100 from a consumer. The provision information and the distribution conditions that the reception unit 321 has received the input are stored in the storage unit 310 by the control unit 330. In addition, the reception unit 321 receives the consumer location information of the consumer terminal 100 transmitted from the consumer terminal 100.

  Based on the control by the control unit 330, the output unit 322 transmits information to the consumer terminal 100 or the provider terminal 200 for display. For example, the output unit 322 is illustrated in FIG. 2 when the control unit 330 determines that there is provided information that matches the consumer location information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100 and a predetermined distribution condition. Such notification information is transmitted to the consumer terminal 100 for display.

The control unit 330 includes a location information comparison unit 331, a charge comparison unit 332, and an output control unit 333, and controls each unit included in the notification server 300.
The location information comparison unit 331 performs location information comparison processing for comparing the consumer location information indicating the location of the consumer terminal 100 measured by the consumer terminal 100 with the store location. Specifically, for example, when the receiving unit 321 receives the consumer location information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100, the location information comparison unit 331 corresponds to the consumer of the consumer terminal 100 that is the transmission source. The distribution condition including the member ID is read from the distribution condition storage unit 312. Further, the position information comparison unit 331 reads store information stored in the store information storage unit 314. Then, the location information comparison unit 331 calculates the range indicated by the distance range designation determined in the delivery condition read from the delivery condition storage unit 312 with the consumer location information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100 as the center. The location information comparison unit 331 determines whether there is store information in which store locations included in the calculated range exist. Thereby, the position information comparison unit 331 determines whether or not there is a store within a predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100.

  The charge comparison unit 332 performs a charge comparison process for comparing the desired charge to be provided determined by the consumer with the provided charge. Specifically, for example, when the price comparison unit 332 determines that the store exists within a predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100 by the location information comparison unit 331, the product information corresponding to the store is obtained from the product information storage unit 315. read out. Further, the fee comparison unit 332 reads from the distribution condition storage unit 312 a distribution condition including a member ID corresponding to the consumer of the consumer terminal 100 that is the transmission source of the consumer location information. The price comparison unit 332 determines a product genre determined in the purchase desired product genre included in the distribution condition read from the distribution condition storage unit 312 and a price within the range of the desired price range included in the distribution condition. It is determined whether or not there is product information for which is defined. Thereby, the charge comparison unit 332 determines whether or not there is a store that sells products that the consumer desires to purchase in the desired price range.

  The output control unit 333 causes the consumer terminal 100 to output notification information based on the comparison result by the position information comparison unit 331 and the comparison result by the fee comparison unit 332. Specifically, for example, the output control unit 333 determines that the location information comparison unit 331 has a store within a predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100, and the charge comparison unit 332 for the store When it is determined that the desired product is sold in the desired price range, notification information for notifying that is generated, transmitted to the consumer terminal 100, and displayed on the display unit 150 of the consumer terminal 100 Let The notification information is, for example, information as shown in FIG. 2, and includes a store name (seller name), a store address (store address), a product name, a sales price, a sales period, supplementary information, Is included. That is, the output control unit 333 reads the store name (seller name) and the store location (store address) from the store information storage unit 314, and stores the product name, sales price, and the like from the product information storage unit 315. The sales period and the supplementary information are read to generate notification information. Here, a link to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for displaying map information for displaying a corresponding store position may be added to the store location.

Next, an operation example of the notification system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the notification system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The input unit 140 of the consumer terminal 100 receives input of consumer information and distribution conditions from the consumer. The control unit 130 of the consumer terminal 100 transmits the consumer information and distribution conditions input to the input unit 140 to the notification server 300 via the communication unit 120 (step S1). When the reception unit 321 of the notification server 300 receives the consumer information and distribution conditions transmitted from the consumer terminal 100, the control unit 330 stores the consumer information received by the reception unit 321 in the consumer information storage unit 311. The distribution condition received by the receiving unit 321 is stored in the distribution condition storage unit 312 (step S2).

  On the other hand, the input unit 240 of the provider terminal 200 receives input of provision information including store information, product information, and sales promotion information from the provider. The control unit 230 of the provider terminal 200 transmits the provision information input to the input unit 240 to the notification server 300 via the communication unit 220 (step S3). When the reception unit 321 of the notification server 300 receives the provision information transmitted from the provider terminal 200, the control unit 330 causes the store information storage unit 314 to store the store information included in the provision information received by the reception unit 321. The product information included in the provided information is stored in the product information storage unit 315, and the sales promotion information included in the provided information is stored in the sales promotion information storage unit 316 (step S4).

  The control unit 130 of the consumer terminal 100 reads and activates the notification service client application program stored in the storage unit 110 in response to an operation from the consumer. The control unit 130 causes the positioning unit 160 to acquire the consumer location information at a predetermined period (for example, 5 minutes), and transmits the acquired consumer location information to the notification server 300 via the communication unit 120. (Step S11). The location information comparison unit 331 of the notification server 300 compares the consumer location information transmitted from the consumer terminal 100 with the store location included in the store information stored in the store information storage unit 314 in step S4. Then, it is determined whether or not the consumer terminal 100 is within a predetermined range from the store. When the location information comparison unit 331 determines that the consumer terminal 100 is within a predetermined range from the store, the charge comparison unit 332 sets the product for which the store is determined as the distribution condition from the consumer as the distribution condition. It is determined whether or not the product is sold at a price range (step S12).

  The output control unit 333 determines that the location information comparison unit 331 determines that the store does not exist within the predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100, or the location information comparison unit 331 determines that the store is within the predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100. If it is determined that the product exists and the price comparison unit 332 determines that the product desired by the consumer is not sold in the desired price range (NO in step S12), the process ends. On the other hand, the output control unit 333 determines that the location information comparison unit 331 has a store within a predetermined range of the consumer terminal 100, and the charge comparison unit 332 selects a product desired by the consumer for the store. If it is determined that the product is sold in the desired price range (step S12: YES), notification information for notifying that is generated, transmitted to the consumer terminal 100, and displayed on the display unit 150 of the consumer terminal 100. It is displayed (step S13).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when there is a store that sells products according to predetermined distribution conditions within a predetermined range of the consumer, the fact is notified to the consumer. Can do. This makes it easy for consumers to use push-type notifications without having to go to a search service on the Internet, enter conditions, and investigate the stores that sell products they want to purchase. , You can know the stores that sell the products you want to buy at the price you want to buy. In addition, since the positioning unit 160 included in the consumer terminal 100 can perform push notification in real time according to the consumer location information acquired in real time, the consumer can obtain useful information in a timely manner. it can. Thereby, a new sales opportunity can be created for the provider.

  Note that the notification information that the output control unit 333 transmits to the consumer terminal 100 via the communication unit 320 includes coupon information that is discount information that is provided in the sales promotion information and indicates that the offer fee is to be discounted. be able to. Thereby, the consumer of the consumer terminal 100 which received the notification information can increase the possibility of coming to the store.

  Further, the fee comparison unit 332 of the notification server 300 may perform the fee comparison process in consideration of discount information such as coupons. That is, the charge comparison unit 332 performs a process of comparing charges based on the desired charge determined by the consumer, the provided charge, and the discount information. Specifically, the charge comparison unit 332 compares the price that the consumer desires to purchase with the sales price after applying the discount based on the discount information, and the price that the consumer desires to purchase is applied to the discount. If it is below the later selling price, notification information is transmitted. Thereby, the range of consumers who transmit the notification information can be expanded, and more sales opportunities can be obtained.

  Further, the output unit 322 of the notification server 300 can output and transmit the distribution conditions received from the consumer terminal 100 to the provider terminal 200. Thereby, it is possible to show the provider what distribution conditions are specified by the consumer. That is, the provider can know what distribution conditions are specified by the consumer, which can be used for sales planning and sales promotion. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an overview when transmitting distribution conditions to the provider terminal 200. For example, the notification server 300 receives distribution conditions transmitted from each of the consumer terminals 100 of a plurality of consumers in a specific area, and the notification server 300 aggregates the distribution conditions and provides the provider terminal 200 with the distribution conditions. Send. For example, it is possible to inform the provider that there are relatively many consumers who specify that the price range of chocolate is 100 to 120 yen as a delivery condition in an area near the provider. Accordingly, the provider can expect that sales will increase if the price of chocolate is kept within 120 yen.

  In addition, according to the distribution conditions transmitted to the provider terminal 200 in this way, the provider can perform a time sale in real time by registering new sales promotion information. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline when such a time sale is carried out. For example, it is desired to purchase a mask at a price range of 100 yen to 109 yen depending on distribution conditions transmitted from the consumer terminal 100 of each of a plurality of consumers in a specific area to the notification server 300. Consider the case where there are many consumers. The notification server 300 transmits such information to the provider terminal 200. If the provider of the provider terminal 200 determines that profits can be obtained if the mask is sold for 100 yen, the sales promotion information indicating that a time sale for selling the mask for 100 yen is input to the input unit 240. The provider terminal 200 transmits the input sales promotion information to the notification server 300. When the control unit 330 of the notification server 300 stores the newly transmitted sales promotion information in the sales promotion information storage unit 316, the position information comparison unit 331 and the fee comparison unit 332 notify the notification information based on the new sales promotion information. Is sent to the consumer terminal 100 of the consumer that matches the condition. Thereby, it is possible to hold a sale meeting the user's needs in real time.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the distribution condition stored in the distribution condition storage unit 312 includes a distance range specification that is a condition for distributing notification information has been described. You may enable it to designate as a delivery condition. For example, if you specify “5 stores” as the number of stores, the store number that matches the other conditions is extracted in order from the consumer's position at that time, with the specified number of stores as the upper limit. Then, it may be transmitted to the consumer terminal 100.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which sales promotion information such as a coupon distribution campaign is input to the provider terminal 200 from a seller having a store and transmitted to the notification server 300 has been described. Promotion information such as a campaign may be input not only by the seller but also by a product manufacturer that manufactures a product sold in the store. For example, a merchandise maker can conduct a discount sale campaign with a specified period for a specific product sold at a plurality of sellers and a plurality of stores. In this case, the seller ID included in the sales promotion information can be stored in association with the ID for identifying the product manufacturer, not the ID for identifying the seller having the store.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the charge comparison unit 332 performs the charge comparison process after the position information comparison unit 331 performs the position information comparison process has been described. However, the charge comparison unit 332 performed the charge comparison process. Later, the position information comparison unit 331 may perform position information comparison processing.
Moreover, although the positioning part 160 of the consumer terminal 100 measured the position of the own apparatus using the satellite positioning system in the above-described embodiment, the position of the consumer terminal 100 is measured by another method. The consumer location information may be acquired. For example, the position of the consumer terminal 100 can be measured using an SSID (Service Set Identifier) of a base station that can communicate with the consumer terminal 100.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the provision object provided by the provider to the consumer is a product such as chocolate or egg, but the provision object may be a service or the like. For example, it may be a meal providing service at a restaurant or cafe such as a provider, or a beauty service such as a haircut provided by a beauty salon or a beauty salon as a provider. For example, when there are few customers in a store, a beauty salon inputs discount information by inputting sales promotion information specifying a condition including a time zone such as “within 1 hour from now” as a coupon distribution condition (period). Can be attracted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the purchase condition product genre is included as the delivery condition specified by the consumer. However, instead of the genre, a specific product (for example, a specified brand (XXX milk chocolate)) ) Product name may be specified.
Moreover, although the example which designates a distance range was shown in the delivery conditions which a consumer side determines in the above-mentioned embodiment, the provider side may be made to be able to define the distance range which distributes a coupon.

In addition, the control unit 330 stores a member ID corresponding to the consumer of the consumer terminal 100 that is the transmission destination of the notification information, and the consumer terminal 100 that has transmitted the notification information within a certain period of time. Can be controlled not to transmit the same notification information.
In addition, the input unit 240 of the provider terminal 200 has a function of reading a barcode so that designation of a product when inputting product information or sales promotion information can be input by reading the barcode of the product. Also good.

  The notification system 1 may be configured such that the notification server 300 includes functional units similar to the input unit 240 and the display unit 250 included in the provider terminal 200, and the provider operates the notification server 300. . Alternatively, the provider terminal 200 may include each unit included in the notification server 300 so that the consumer terminal 100 and the provider terminal 200 can directly communicate with each other. Alternatively, the consumer terminal 100 includes functional units corresponding to the storage unit 310 and the control unit 330 included in the notification server 300, and the consumer terminal 100 generates and outputs notification information corresponding to its own location information. It can also be configured as follows.

  In addition, a member card or the like issued separately in the store is associated with the member ID in the present embodiment so that the provider can refer to the purchase history of the consumer stored in association with the member card. The sales promotion according to the purchase history may be performed.

  The program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the computer system and executed to transmit the notification information. May be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  In addition, some or all of the functions described above may be realized as an integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each function described above may be individually made into a processor, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. In addition, when an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI appears due to the advancement of semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on the technology may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Notification system 5 Network 100 Consumer terminal 110 Storage part 120 Communication part 130 Control part 140 Input part 150 Display part 160 Positioning part 200 Provider terminal 210 Storage part 220 Communication part 230 Control part 240 Input part 250 Display part 300 Notification server 310 Storage unit 311 Consumer information storage unit 312 Distribution condition storage unit 313 Provision information storage unit 314 Store information storage unit 315 Product information storage unit 316 Promotion information storage unit 320 Communication unit 321 Reception unit 322 Output unit 330 Control unit 331 Location information comparison unit 332 Charge comparison unit 333 Output control unit

Claims (7)

A provision information storage unit that stores provision information including provider position information indicating a position of the provider and a provision fee to be provided by the provider;
A consumer position information indicating the position of the consumer terminal that has been measured, and a location information comparison unit that compares the provider location information;
A charge comparison unit that compares the desired charge determined by the consumer with the desired charge, and the provided charge;
Based on the comparison result by the position information comparison unit and the comparison result by the fee comparison unit, an output control unit that causes the consumer terminal to output notification information;
A notification system comprising: The notification system according to claim 1, wherein the notification information includes discount information indicating that the provision fee is discounted. The provided information includes the discount information,
The notification system according to claim 2, wherein the fee comparison unit performs the comparison based on a desired fee determined by a consumer, the provided fee, and the discount information. A provider reception unit that receives input of the provision information from the provider;
The location information comparison unit and the charge comparison unit perform the process of comparing based on the provided provision information in response to the provision information being input to the provider reception unit. The notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A consumer acceptance unit that accepts input of the desired price from the consumer;
An output unit for outputting the desired charge input to the consumer reception unit;
The notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: A notification method of a notification system comprising a provision information storage unit in which provision information including provider position information indicating a provider's position and provision charges for provision by the provider is stored.
Consumer position information indicating the position of the consumer terminal that has been measured, position information comparison processing for comparing the provider position information, the desired charge for the provision target determined by the consumer, and the provision charge Performing a charge comparison process for comparison;
Based on the comparison result by the location information comparison process and the comparison result by the fee comparison process, the step of outputting notification information to the consumer terminal,
A notification method comprising: In a computer of a notification system comprising a provision information storage unit that stores provision information including provider position information indicating the position of the provider and provision charges for provision by the provider,
Consumer position information indicating the position of the consumer terminal that has been measured, position information comparison processing for comparing the provider position information, the desired charge for the provision target determined by the consumer, and the provision charge Performing a charge comparison process for comparison;
Based on the comparison result by the location information comparison process and the comparison result by the fee comparison process, the step of outputting notification information to the consumer terminal,
Notification program to execute.

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