JP2017045149A - Information providing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing device and the like that, when a commodity or particular store desired by a user is input, can provide information on a shop carrying the commodity or information on commodities registered with a memorandum carried by the particular store, and as a result, can prevent the user from forgetting to purchase the commodity and let the user purchase the commodity without fail.SOLUTION: An information providing system 1 identifies a commodity category including each purchase planned commodity included in memorandum information made by a user on the basis of information recorded in a commodity management information management database 333, identifies a store carrying commodities belonging to the commodity category or commodities carried by the identified store on the basis of information recorded in a sales commodity management database 334 and a store management database 332, generates commodity related information including store position information on the store carrying the commodities and information on the carried commodities, and distributes the information to a portable communication terminal device 10 of a creation user who made the memorandum information or a user sharing the information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and a program for providing product information about various products to a user.

  In recent years, with the improvement and popularization of functions of portable information communication terminals (hereinafter simply referred to as “portable communication terminal devices”) such as smartphones and tablet information communication terminals, users use their own portable communication terminal devices. Thus, information related to various products (hereinafter referred to as “product related information”) can be acquired and browsed from a server device on WWW (World Wide Web).

  In addition, recently, when a user notes a product to be purchased, it counts the number of times that each item is written, and displays the number of times the note is taken when the note is displayed. An apparatus for preventing forgetting has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-094572 A

  However, in the apparatus described in Patent Document 1, although it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to buy the noted product, a store (hereinafter referred to as “handling store”) or a specific place where the noted product can be obtained. It is difficult to provide users with information on products that can be purchased at other stores.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide information on a store handling a product desired by a user or information on a product registered in a memo handled at a specific store. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus or the like that can prevent the user from forgetting to purchase the product and can purchase the product reliably.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a recording unit in which store information including at least a store name and product information that is information related to a product available at each store are recorded in association with each other. Management means for managing, acquisition means for acquiring the input product information as input information, and store specifying means for specifying corresponding store information based on the acquired input information and information recorded in the recording means And providing means for outputting the specified store information.

  With this configuration, the present invention generates product related information including store position information of a handling store that handles the product based on the product instructed by the user, and provides the generated product related information to the user. it can.

  Therefore, the present invention, when a user notes a product to be purchased, as not only the product information related to the noted product, but also, for example, a map of a store that handles the product to be purchased, Since information on the store handling the product can also be provided, when a product desired by the user is input, it is possible to motivate the purchase of the product and prevent forgetting to purchase the product. And, the product can be purchased with certainty.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides an information providing device that provides information related to various products to a user as product-related information, and includes product information including product names corresponding to each of a plurality of products. , A first management unit that manages a product information recording unit that records product category information indicating a product category to which the product belongs, and a store corresponding to each of a plurality of stores existing in the real space Managing store information recording means in which store information including at least store name information indicating the name and location of the store and the product category information corresponding to the product available at the store are recorded in association with each other A user-related information management means for managing a second management means for managing and a user-related information recording means for registering information of one or more products to be purchased by the user as product registration information Acquisition means for acquiring input information indicating that a store handling the registered product included in the product registration information is input as a designated store by the user, the acquired input information, and the store information record Category specifying means for specifying a product category handled by the designated store as a handling product category based on information recorded in the means, and a registered product included in the product registration information based on information recorded in the product information recording means A matching means for extracting the specified handling product category that matches the specified product category as a specific product category, and at least information on registered products having the extracted specific product category Generate product related information and provide the generated product related information to the user It has a configuration comprising a test means.

  With this configuration, the present invention generates product related information including information on registered products handled at a designated store designated by the user via a product category, and provides the generated product related information to the user. it can.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when a user makes a note of a product to be purchased and designates a specific store such as a store near the current position, information on the memorandized product handled at the store is used as product related information. Therefore, when the store desired by the user is input, it is possible to motivate the purchase of the product at the store, prevent forgetting to purchase the product, and reliably The product can be purchased.

  The information providing apparatus or the like according to the present invention provides a motivation for purchase of the product or purchase of the product at the store when the user inputs a product or store desired by the user such as taking notes of the product to be purchased. Can be motivated, and can prevent the user from forgetting to purchase the product and can purchase the product reliably.

It is a system configuration figure showing the composition in one embodiment of the information service system concerning the present invention. 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 user management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the shop management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the merchandise information management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is an image figure explaining an example of the merchandise information recorded on the merchandise management database of one embodiment. It is a figure (the 1) which shows an example of the data recorded on the sales merchandise management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure (the 2) which shows an example of the data recorded on the sales merchandise management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on the memo information management database provided in the information provision server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the merchandise related information creation delivery process in the information provision system of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the purchaseable product information creation delivery in the information provision system of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the deletion process of the memo information purchase planned goods in the information provision system 1 in the information provision system 1 of one Embodiment. It is a modification (the 1) in an example of the store management database of one embodiment. It is a modification (the 2) in an example of the store management database of one embodiment. It is an example of the data currently recorded on the keyword database in the modification of one Embodiment.

  In the following embodiments, the information of the present invention is provided for an information providing system having a portable communication terminal device used by a user and an information providing server device connected to the portable communication terminal device via a network. It is an embodiment in the case of applying a processing device and a program.

[1] Outline of Information Providing System First, the configuration and outline of the first embodiment in the information providing system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of the information providing system 1 in the present embodiment. In order to prevent the figure from becoming complicated, only some users are shown in FIG. That is, in the actual information providing system 1, there are a larger number of portable communication terminal devices 10 than those displayed in FIG.

  The information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a user purchases a product, inputs information such as a product name of a product planned to be purchased as a shopping memorandum (that is, a shopping memo). Not only the content of the product registered by the shopping memo (hereinafter referred to as “scheduled product” or “specific product”) but also location information indicating the location of the store handling the planned product (hereinafter “store location information”). It is a system for providing (distributing) information having purchase planned products that can be purchased at a specific store to the user as product related information.

  In particular, the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment includes information related to products sold in stores in the real space (hereinafter referred to as “product management information”) and position information indicating the location of the stores in the real space (hereinafter referred to as “product management information”). Information for managing each store (hereinafter referred to as “store management information”) and providing product related information to the user based on the store management information. Can be done.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of portable communication terminal devices 10 used by a user, a portable communication via a base station BS and a network 20. The terminal device 10 is communicatively connected to manage product management information, store management information, and shopping memo information (hereinafter referred to as “memo information” or “product registration information”), as well as purchase planned products included in the memo information. And an information providing server device 30 that generates product-related information and distributes the product-related information to the portable communication terminal device 10.

  The portable communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment is a portable information communication terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet information terminal device, or a portable telephone used by a user, and is connected to the network 20 via a base station BS. It has a configuration for connecting and exchanging various data with the information providing server device 30.

  The portable communication terminal device 10 has various functions such as an e-mail transmission / reception function and a voice call function, and a markup language such as XML (extensible Markup Language) and JSON (JavaScript (registered trademark) Object Notation). The browser has a browsing function for acquiring the resource data described by the URL based on the URL and performing image display, sound reproduction, and data communication based on the acquired resource data.

  In particular, the portable communication terminal device 10 has a display function constituted by a liquid crystal panel or the like, a function of detecting a touch operation on the liquid crystal panel or the like, and a storage function of storing each information. Then, the portable communication terminal device 10 executes an application in conjunction with the information providing server device 30 and stores shopping memo information (hereinafter referred to as “memo information”) including a product to be purchased in accordance with a user operation. The generated memo information is stored, and the generated memo information is stored in association with identification information (hereinafter referred to as “user ID”) corresponding to the user of the own device recorded in advance. It has a configuration for uploading to the providing server device 30.

  In addition, the portable communication terminal device 10 receives a GPS signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite 40 at a predetermined time interval (for example, every 5 minutes), and based on the GPS signal, A function of detecting position information (hereinafter referred to as “user position information”) indicating the current position (latitude and longitude) of the machine, the user ID corresponding to the user of the own machine, and the detected user position information; The information is uploaded to the information providing server device 30 while being associated.

  Furthermore, the portable communication terminal device 10 is equipped with an application for displaying a map, and when browsing display of memo information is executed according to the application, the current position of the user (that is, the own device) on the map, An image obtained by plotting the location of the store handling the product to be purchased included in the memo information can be displayed as product related information.

  Note that the portable communication terminal device 10 may have a function of installing a navigation application and guiding a user from the current position to a store handling a purchase planned product displayed as product related information. .

  On the other hand, the portable communication terminal device 10 has a function for sharing the generated memo information with other users in order to make a purchase request (use request) of the product to be purchased to other users such as family members and friends. have.

  In particular, the portable communication terminal device 10 shares the memo information corresponding to the memo when the shopping memo is created or after the creation through the information providing server device 30 by executing the application. It has a configuration that can be provided to power users (hereinafter referred to as “shared users”).

  Specifically, the portable communication terminal device 10 uses the URL corresponding to the dedicated page of the information providing server device 30 at a predetermined timing such as when the memo information is uploaded in order to share the memo information as described above. Or providing the URL to the portable communication terminal device 10 of another user.

  In addition, the portable communication terminal device 10 that has received the URL is registered in the information providing server device 30 with another user as a shared user on the assumption that a predetermined registration operation is performed. At this time, the portable communication terminal device 10 that has received the URL may download and store the memo information registered as a shared user.

  The information providing server device 30 has various databases (hereinafter abbreviated as “DB”), manages store management information corresponding to each store, and information on various products sold in each store ( Hereinafter, it has a configuration for managing “product information”.

  Further, the information providing server device 30 manages the memo information uploaded by the portable communication terminal device 10 and, when the memo information is shared by a plurality of users, the user ID of the shared user is recorded as a memo. The information is registered in the DB while being associated with the information, and the memo information and the product related information related to the product registered in the memo information are provided to the shared user.

In particular, the information providing server device 30
(1) Based on the user location information uploaded from the portable communication terminal device 10 and the store location information included in the store management information, product related information relating to the store that handles the product registered in the memo information is generated. Or
(2) Based on the specified store and memo information, generate product related information related to the product registered in the memo information handled in the store specified by the user,
The generated product related information is distributed to the portable communication terminal device 10 of the user who created the memo information (hereinafter referred to as “creating user”) or the sharing user who shares the memo information.

  By having such a configuration, in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, when the user registers the product to be purchased as a memo, not only the product information but also the product related information regarding the memored product. For example, it is possible to provide the user with a map of a handling store that handles the planned purchase item, such as a map of a handling store that handles the planned purchase item.

  Moreover, in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment, when a user notes a product to be purchased and designates a specific store such as a store near the current position, the information providing system 1 relates to the noted product handled at the store. Information can be provided as product related information.

  Therefore, in the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a product or a store desired by the user is input, such as when the user notes a product to be purchased, the motivation for purchasing the product or the store In addition to being able to motivate the purchase of a product, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to purchase the product and to purchase the product reliably.

[2] Information Providing Server Device Next, the information providing server device 30 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing server device 30 of the present embodiment. FIGS. 3 to 5 are a user management DB 331, a store management DB 332, and a user management DB 331 provided in the information providing server device 30, respectively. It is a figure which shows an example of the data recorded on merchandise information management DB333. FIG. 6 is an image diagram conceptually showing the product management information of the present embodiment, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are examples of data recorded in the sales product management DB 334 provided in the information providing server device 30. FIG. Furthermore, FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of data recorded in the memo information management DB 335 of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, 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 recording device 330 having various DBs. A management control unit 340 that controls the entire device, a data processing unit 350 that generates and provides (distributes) product-related information based on the memo information acquired from the portable communication terminal device 10, and specifies the current date and time The above-described units are connected to each other by a bus 391.

  For example, the communication control unit 310 according to the present embodiment constitutes the acquisition unit according to the present invention in conjunction with the data processing unit 350, and the recording device 330 includes the store information recording unit, the product information recording unit, the sales according to the present invention. Commodity management information recording means and user related information recording means are configured. Further, for example, the data processing unit 350 of the present embodiment constitutes each management means, each specifying means, providing means, deleting means, and matching means of the present invention.

  The communication control unit 310 is a predetermined network interface, and exchanges data with the portable communication terminal device 10 via the network 20.

  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 management control unit 340 and the data processing unit 350 execute various processes.

  The recording device 330 is configured by an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive), and at least a user management DB 331, a store management DB 332, a merchandise information management DB 333, a sales merchandise management DB 334, and the like in the recording area. And a memo information management DB 335.

  For example, the store management DB 332, the product information management DB 333, the sales product management DB 334, and the memo information management DB 335 of the present embodiment are respectively a store information recording unit, a product information recording unit, a sales product management information recording unit, and User-related information recording means is configured.

  The user management DB 331 is a DB in which user information for managing users is recorded as data. For example, in the user management DB 331, as shown in FIG. 3, user information including a user ID for identifying each user and attributes such as the user's name, account name, password, address, telephone number, and mail address. Are recorded in association with each other.

  For example, in FIG. 3, as user information of the user corresponding to the user ID “U001”, the name “Taro”, the account name “taro”, the password “***”, and the address “Tokyo ...” , User information of a telephone number “03 ******” and a mail address “***@OO.co.jp” is recorded.

  The store management DB 332 is a DB in which store management information for managing each store existing in the real space is recorded as data. For example, in the store management DB 332, as shown in FIG. 4, store IDs assigned to the stores and store management information indicating the attributes of the stores are recorded in association with each other.

In particular, in the store management information, as shown in FIG.
(1) a store category to which the store belongs;
(2) Store information including store name, store group name, address / location, telephone number, store URL,
(3) Store location information of the store,
Is included.

  The store category is a category related to the business category to which the store belongs, and indicates a category classified for each business category such as GMS (general merchandise store), food supermarket, drug store, convenience store, and the like.

  For example, in FIG. 4, in association with the store ID “S001”, as the store management information, the store category “general supermarket”, the store group name “xx store”, the store name “xx store Toyosu”, the address “ Tokyo, ... ", phone number" 03 *** "and a predetermined URL are recorded, and store location information includes latitude" N35 ° 39 minutes 10 seconds "and longitude" E139 ° 48 minutes " An example in which store management information including information “1 second” is recorded is shown.

  The merchandise information management DB 333 is a DB in which various types of information related to merchandise sold at a store and a merchandise category to which the merchandise belongs are recorded as data. For example, in the product information management DB 333, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the product ID assigned to each product and the product information of the product are recorded in association with each other.

In particular, as product information recorded in the product information management DB 333, as shown in FIG.
(1) A plurality of product category tags (product category tags from 1 to 5 in the case of FIG. 5) indicating product categories to which the product belongs,
(2) The product name of the product,
Is included.

  In the product information management DB 333, as product categories to be recorded, as shown in FIG. 6A, each product category is recorded according to the hierarchy.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6B, the product information of this embodiment is actually a plurality of product names and product categories corresponding to each product category, regardless of whether it is higher or lower in the hierarchy. Are recorded in the product information management DB 333 in a state in which the product category tags are associated with each other.

  The sales merchandise management DB 334 is a DB in which information for managing merchandise sold (that is, available merchandise) is recorded as data at stores belonging to each store category.

For example, in the sales merchandise management DB 334, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a plurality of divided tables are recorded for each store category, and each table data includes, for each corresponding store category,
(1) The store group name belonging to the store category,
(2) The product category to which the product sold in the store group belongs,
Is recorded as a handling product category.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of table data related to general supermarket sales products, FIG. 8A illustrates food supermarket sales products, and FIG. 8B illustrates convenience store sales products.

  For example, in FIG. 7, “Dry noodles”, “Meat”, “Vegetables”, etc. are sold as “food” in “XX Supermarket and Supermarket” belonging to the store category “General Supermarket”. An example of data recording when “shampoo” or the like is sold as “daily miscellaneous goods” is shown.

  The memo information management DB 335 is a DB for managing memo information created by each user.

For example, in the memo information management DB 335, as shown in FIG.
(1) a user ID corresponding to the user who created the memo information (hereinafter referred to as “created user ID”);
(2) In order to identify each memo information, a memo ID assigned at the time of upload;
(3) the body of memo information;
(4) The planned product name to be included in the memo information,
(5) a user ID corresponding to the shared user of the memo information (hereinafter referred to as “shared user ID”);
(6) Reminder notification timing;
Are recorded in association with each other.

  For example, in FIG. 9, the user of “U001” sets “Memo 001” as “M001” memo information with “○ 500 ml”, “Ra no Michi”, and “Omi Sukiyaki” as planned purchase items. An example of creating and redistributing product-related information as a reminder at “2015/2/10 to 2/12” from “19:00 to 23:00” is shown while “U001, U003, U005” are shared users ing.

  In the present embodiment, the memo information recorded in the memo information management DB 335 is stored in the portable communication terminal device 10 of the creating user who created the memo information and the sharing user. However, the memo information may not be stored in the portable communication terminal device 10 of the creating user who created the memo information and the sharing user.

  The management control unit 340 is mainly configured by a central processing unit (CPU), and integrally controls each unit of the information providing server device 30 by executing a program.

The data processing unit 350 operates in conjunction with the portable communication terminal device 10 under the control of the management control unit 340.
(1) Processing for acquiring the created memo information from the portable communication terminal device 10 and registering it in the memo information management DB 335;
(2) Processing for creating and distributing merchandise related information including information on a store handling the designated merchandise (hereinafter referred to as “commodity related information creating and delivering process”),
(3) In a designated store, a process for creating and distributing a product list of products that can be purchased in the product to be purchased registered in the memo information (hereinafter referred to as “purchasable product information creation and distribution”),
(4) Processing for retransmitting product related information as a reminder (hereinafter referred to as “product related information retransmission processing”),
(5) a process of deleting purchased purchase planned products from the memo information to be excluded from the reminder notification target (hereinafter referred to as “purchase planned product deletion process”), and
(6) Other processes different from (1) to (5),
Execute.

In particular, the data processing unit 350 performs the product related information creation / distribution process.
(A1) When acquiring input information indicating that a product for which product-related information is desired is input as a designated product by the user,
(A2) Based on the acquired input information and each information recorded in the product information management DB 333, specify the product category to which the designated product belongs,
(A3) Based on the specified product category and each information recorded in the sales product management DB 334, the store category corresponding to the product for which the product belonging to the product category can be obtained is specified,
(A4) generating product related information including at least store position information corresponding to stores belonging to the specified store category;
(A5) The generated product related information is provided to the user.

In addition, the data processing unit 350 performs the purchase product information creation distribution.
(B1) When acquiring input information indicating that a store that handles a purchase planned product included in the memo information is input as a designated store by the user,
(B2) Based on the acquired input information and the information recorded in the store management DB 332, the store category to which the designated store belongs is specified,
(B3) Based on the specified store category and the information recorded in the product information management DB 333, specify the product category handled in the store category as the handling product category,
(B4) Based on the information recorded in the merchandise information management DB 333, the merchandise category of the merchandise to be purchased included in the memo information is identified, and the identified handling merchandise category that matches the identified merchandise category is extracted as the specific merchandise category. And
(B5) Product related information including at least information on a purchase planned product having the extracted specific product category is generated, and the generated product related information is provided to the user.

  Specifically, the data processing unit 350 executes an application, and executes a DB management control unit 351 that manages each DB 331 to DB 334 in order to execute a product related information creation / distribution process, a purchased product information creation / distribution process, and the like. The product category specifying unit 352 for specifying the product category to which the product to be purchased belongs, the store specifying unit 353 for specifying the handling store, and the product related information providing unit 354 for generating and distributing the product related information are realized.

  Note that, for example, the DB management control unit 351 of the present embodiment constitutes each management unit, acquisition unit, and deletion unit of the present invention, and the product category identification unit 352 includes the first category identification unit and the fourth category of the present invention. The category specifying means is configured. Further, for example, the store specifying unit 353 of the present embodiment constitutes the second category specifying unit, the third category specifying unit, the category specifying unit, and the store specifying unit of the present invention, and the product related information providing unit 354 includes: The providing means and the matching means of the present invention are configured.

  The DB management control unit 351 manages reading and writing of data with respect to each DB. In particular, when memo information is uploaded from the portable communication terminal device 10, the DB management control unit 351 assigns a memo ID to the memo information, and obtains the memo ID and information on the main body of the memo information. The association is recorded in the memo information management DB 335.

  At this time, when a shared user is set in the uploaded memo information, the DB management control unit 351 records the shared user's user ID in the memo information management DB 335 while associating it with the memo information.

  When the sharing user accesses the URL of the information providing server device 30 notified to the sharing user as described above and the access right is registered, the DB management control unit 351 performs the sharing. The user ID of the user is registered.

  On the other hand, when the access right in the memo information is registered by the sharing user, the DB management control unit 351 causes the sharing user's portable communication terminal device 10 to download the memo information in accordance with the instruction of the sharing user.

  Further, the DB management control unit 351, when the memo information or a part of the memo information is deleted by the creating user who created the memo information, the memo information recorded in the memo information management DB 335 or a part thereof, and Then, the memo information downloaded to the shared communication terminal 10 of the sharing user or a purchase planned product deletion process for deleting a part thereof is executed.

  At this time, when receiving a deletion instruction from the creation user, the DB management control unit 351 is registered in association with the user who has instructed the deletion instruction information after the elapse of a predetermined period (for example, one minute later). The information on the current product is deleted from the memo information management DB 335.

  The product category specifying unit 352 is in a state where the memo information is registered in the memo information management DB 335, and specifies the purchase planned product in the memo information while specifying the user ID (including the shared user ID) and the memo information. When the product related information acquisition request is received, the product category to which each purchase planned product included in the memo information belongs is specified based on the information recorded in the product information management DB 333.

  For example, in the state where the information illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 9 is recorded in each of the store management DB 332, the product information management DB 333, and the sales product management DB 334, the purchase planned product is “○ 500 ml”. The product category specifying unit 352 includes 1 “daily goods”, (2) “shampoo”, (3) “body shampoo”, (4) “○”, (5) The product category “Manufacturer XX” is specified.

  Note that the product category specifying unit 352 may specify a plurality of product categories at different levels as described above, or a product category at a specific level such as a product category at the lowest level or a product category at the highest level. A category may be specified.

  In addition, when receiving an acquisition request for product related information, the product category specifying unit 352 acquires input information in which a product for which product related information is desired is input regardless of the memo information, and specifies the product category. May be.

  As described above, the store specifying unit 353 receives the product-related information acquisition request, and when the product category is specified, the location information of the portable communication terminal device 10 that has made the product-related information acquisition request Based on the table data recorded in the sales product management DB 334, the store category and the store group corresponding to the handling store of the product category specified by the product category specifying unit 352 are specified.

  And the store specific | specification part 353 specifies the store which belongs to the said store category and a store group as a handling store based on the information recorded on the specified store category and store group, and store management DB332.

  For example, in the state where the information illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6 is recorded in the store management DB 332, the product information management DB 333, and the sales product management DB 334, the purchase planned product “○ 500ml” Assume that the above five product categories are specified. Further, it is assumed that a store that handles a purchase planned product within a range of 1 km from the current position of the portable communication terminal device 10 that has requested acquisition of product related information is provided as product related information.

  In this case, the store specifying unit 353 sells “shampoo” and “body shampoo” based on the table data recorded in the sales merchandise management DB 334, “general supermarket”, “xx supermarket, supermarket”. And “Convenience store” and “△ Mart”, stores belonging to these store categories and store groups, and within 1 km from the current position of the portable communication terminal device 10 that has requested acquisition of product related information The store inside is specified as a handling store.

  As described above, the merchandise related information providing unit 354 receives the merchandise related information acquisition request, and when the handling store is identified, the merchandise related information providing unit 354 stores the store location information of the store identified by the store identifying unit 353. While reading from DB332, the goods relevant information containing the said shop location information and shop name is produced | generated, and it distributes to the portable communication terminal device 10 which received the acquisition request of goods relevant information.

  The product related information includes store address information, store name, store address, telephone number, opening time, closing time, and the like.

  On the other hand, the product related information providing unit 354, contrary to the above, is a product that can be purchased at the designated store from among the purchase planned products registered in the memo information from the store designated by the user (that is, the designated store). (Hereinafter referred to as “purchasable product” or “handled product”).

  The product related information providing unit 354 is in a state where the memo information is registered in the memo information management DB 335, and is specified from the portable communication terminal device 10 while specifying the user ID (including the shared user ID) and the memo information. When the store information of the store (hereinafter referred to as “designated store information”) is acquired, the store identification unit 353 identifies the store category to which the designated store belongs based on the information recorded in the store management DB 332, Based on the information recorded in the sales merchandise management DB 334, the merchandise category of the identified store category (hereinafter referred to as “handled merchandise category”) is identified.

  Further, the product related information providing unit 354 causes the product category specifying unit 352 to specify the product category to which each planned purchase product included in the memo information belongs based on the information recorded in the product information management DB 333.

  Then, the product related information providing unit 354 includes the product category specified by the product category specifying unit 352 (hereinafter referred to as “purchased product category”) and the handling product category included in the store category specified by the store specifying unit 353. And the matching product category is specified as the specific product category, and the planned purchase product included in the memo information having the matched specific product category is specified.

  Further, the product related information providing unit 354 distributes the specified purchase planned product as purchaseable product information to the portable communication terminal device 10 that has received the acquisition request.

  On the other hand, the product related information providing unit 354 is linked with the product category specifying unit 352 and the store specifying unit 353 and periodically uploads from the portable communication terminal device 10 of the creating user who created the memo information and the sharing user who shares it. The user location information is compared with the reminder notification timing recorded in the memo information management DB, and based on the comparison result, the reminder notification for delivering the product related information is executed.

  For example, if the recorded notification timing is “time zone from 19:00 to 23:00”, the product related information providing unit 354 may make a note as described above in the time zone of the creating user or the sharing user. The product category is specified by the product category specifying unit 352 for each planned purchase product in the information, and the store specifying unit 353 is specified by the store. Then, the product related information providing unit 354 executes a reminder notification that distributes the product related information in each purchase planned product in the memo information to the creating user who created the memo information and the shared user who shares the memo information.

[3] Operation of Information Providing System [3.1] Product Related Information Creation / Distribution Processing Next, the operation of product related information creation / delivery processing in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 10 is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the merchandise related information creation delivery process in the information provision system 1 of this embodiment.

  In this operation, the user management DB 331, the store management DB 332, the merchandise information management DB 333, and the sales merchandise management DB 334 of the information providing server device 30 have recorded various information including memo information and illustrated in FIGS. Shall.

  In this operation, the portable communication terminal device 10 is in a state of waiting for an instruction for product related information creation / distribution processing by the user while displaying a predetermined home screen. In FIG. 30, it is assumed that the user has already logged in with a user ID or password. Note that the following processing is the same whether the user who created the memo information or the shared user registered in the memo information (that is, if there is an access right to the memo information).

  Furthermore, it is assumed that the portable communication terminal apparatus 10 is constantly receiving GPS signals at a predetermined timing.

  First, when the portable communication terminal device 10 detects an instruction input in a product-related information distribution request while designating memo information and a product to be purchased based on a user instruction (step Sa100), the received GPS is received. User position information corresponding to the current position of the own device calculated based on the signal is acquired (step Sa101).

  Next, the portable communication terminal apparatus 10 transmits a product-related information distribution request instruction including the acquired user position information to the information providing server apparatus 30 and shifts to a reception standby state (step Sa102). The product related information includes a user ID, a memo ID, a planned purchase product, and user position information.

  Next, in the information providing server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 receives the distribution request instruction for the product related information including the user position information transmitted from the portable communication terminal device 10 (Step Sa <b> 200), the product related information is provided. The unit 354 extracts each information (user ID, memo ID, purchase planned product, and user location information) included in the received distribution request instruction, and records the extracted information in the ROM / RAM 320 (step Sa201). .

  Next, the product category specifying unit 352 specifies the product category to which the purchase planned product recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 belongs based on the information recorded in the product information management DB 333 (step Sa202).

  Next, the store specifying unit 353 searches the table data in the sales product management DB 334 based on the specified product category, and specifies the store category and store group of the store handling the product belonging to the product category. While (step Sa203), based on the information recorded in the store management DB 332, stores that handle the products planned for purchase are extracted (step Sa204).

  Next, the merchandise related information providing unit 354 has a predetermined store (for example, within a radius of 1 km) based on the user location information based on the information recorded in the store management DB 332 out of the extracted stores. Is identified (step Sa205), and each piece of information including store location information of the identified handling store (that is, handling store information) is acquired from the store management DB 332 (step Sa206).

  Next, the merchandise related information providing unit 354 distributes the read handling store information as the merchandise related information to the corresponding portable communication terminal device 10 (step Sa207), and ends this operation.

  Next, when the portable communication terminal device 10 receives the product related information (step Sa103), based on the received product related information, along with the product to be purchased, the current location of the user, the location of the handling store, and the relevant store The information about the handling store and an image obtained by plotting the information (an image obtained by imaging the product related information) are displayed (step Sa104), and this operation is terminated.

  In the case where a navigation application is installed in step Sa104, the portable communication terminal device 10 guides the user while changing the route display on the map in real time according to the user's movement. Display.

[3.2] Purchaseable Product Information Creation / Distribution Next, the operation of purchaseable product information creation / distribution in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 11 is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the purchaseable product information creation delivery in the information provision system 1 of this embodiment.

  In this operation, the user management DB 331, the store management DB 332, the merchandise information management DB 333, and the sales merchandise management DB 334 of the information providing server device 30 have recorded various information including memo information and illustrated in FIGS. Shall.

  Further, in this operation, the portable communication terminal device 10 is in a state of waiting for a user's instruction for creating and distributing purchaseable product information while displaying a predetermined home screen. In FIG. 30, it is assumed that the user has already logged in with a user ID or password. Note that the following processing is the same whether the user who created the memo information or the shared user registered in the memo information (that is, if there is an access right to the memo information).

  Furthermore, it is assumed that the portable communication terminal apparatus 10 is constantly receiving GPS signals at a predetermined timing.

  First, the portable communication terminal device 10 designates memo information and a designated store that requests a product list of products that can be purchased in the product scheduled for purchase registered in the memo information, based on a user instruction. When the instruction input in the distribution request for the purchaseable product information at the designated store is detected (step Sa300), the distribution request instruction for the purchaseable product information is transmitted to the information providing server device 30 and shifts to the reception standby state (step Sa302). . The purchaseable product information includes a user ID, a memo ID, and designated store information (location information and store name).

  Next, in the information providing server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 receives the distribution request instruction for the purchaseable product information transmitted from the portable communication terminal device 10 (step Sa400), the product related information providing unit 354 Information (user ID, memo ID and designated store information) included in the received distribution request instruction is extracted and recorded in the ROM / RAM 320 (step Sa401).

  Next, the store specifying unit 353 specifies the store category to which the designated store belongs based on the information recorded in the store management DB 332 (step Sa402), and based on the information recorded in the sales merchandise management DB 334. The handling product category of the specified store category is specified (step Sa403).

  Next, the product category specifying unit 352 refers to the memo information 335 by the memo ID based on the information recorded in the product information management DB 333, and determines the product category of the planned purchase product to which each planned purchase product included in the management memo information belongs. Specify (step Sa404).

  Next, the product related information providing unit 354 matches the product category to be purchased specified by the product category specifying unit 352 with the handling product category included in the store category specified by the store specifying unit 353 by matching. Is identified (matching processing is executed), and the product to be purchased included in the memo information having the matched product category (that is, the specific product category) is specified as purchaseable product information (step Sa405).

  Next, the product related information providing unit 354 distributes the information of the specified purchaseable product as the product related information to the corresponding portable communication terminal device 10 (step Sa407), and ends this operation.

  Next, when the portable communication terminal device 10 receives the purchaseable product information (step Sa303), along with the received purchaseable product information, the current location of the user and the location of the designated store (that is, the designated store information) on the map. ) Are plotted (step Sa304), and this operation is terminated.

  If a navigation application is installed in step Sa304, the portable communication terminal device 10 guides the user while changing the route display on the map in real time according to the user's movement. Display.

[3.3] Deletion process of purchase planned product Next, the operation of the deletion process of the purchase planned product of memo information in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the memo information purchase planned product deletion process in the information providing system 1 in the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment.

  In this operation, the user management DB 331, the store management DB 332, the merchandise information management DB 333, and the sales merchandise management DB 334 of the information providing server device 30 have recorded various information including memo information and illustrated in FIGS. Shall.

  Further, in this operation, the portable communication terminal device 10 is in a state of waiting for a user's instruction for creating and distributing purchaseable product information while displaying a predetermined home screen. In FIG. 30, it is assumed that the user has already logged in with a user ID or password. Note that the following processing is the same whether the user who created the memo information or the shared user registered in the memo information (that is, if there is an access right to the memo information).

  Furthermore, in this operation, it is assumed that memo information is stored in each of the portable communication terminal devices 10 of the creating user and the sharing user.

  First, when the portable communication terminal device 10 detects an input instruction for a deletion request for deleting a planned purchase product (hereinafter referred to as a “purchase planned product deletion request”) while specifying the memo information (step Sb100), It is determined whether or not the deletion is canceled within a predetermined period (for example, within one minute) (step Sb101).

  At this time, when it is determined that the deletion request for the purchase planned product has been canceled within the predetermined period, the portable communication terminal device 10 ends this operation, and the deletion request for the purchase planned product is within the predetermined period. If it is determined that it has not been cancelled, a request to delete the product scheduled for purchase is transmitted to the information providing server device 30 (step Sb101), and this operation is terminated.

  Note that the deletion request for the purchase planned product in the present embodiment includes a user ID and a memo ID in addition to the request.

  Next, in the information providing server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 receives a request to delete a planned purchase product transmitted from the portable communication terminal device 10 (step Sb 200), the DB management control unit 351 From the information management DB 335, the user ID is set as a creation user or a shared user, and memo information having the corresponding memo ID is specified (step Sb201).

  Next, the DB management control unit 351 deletes the item of the corresponding purchase planned product from the specified memo information, and updates the memo information (step Sb202).

  Next, the DB management control unit 351 selects another user (that is, a shared user in the case of a request from the creation user, or another shared user or a creation in the case of a request from the shared user). If there is a user), the mobile communication terminal device 10 is instructed to delete the product to be purchased with the memo information (step Sb203), and this operation is terminated.

  In addition, when the corresponding portable communication terminal device 10 receives an instruction to delete a purchase planned product of memo information, the mobile communication terminal device 10 deletes the purchase planned product for the recorded memo information and performs the memo information.

  As described above, the information providing system 1 of the present embodiment generates product related information including store position information of a handling store that handles the product based on the product instructed by the user, and the generated product related information Information can be provided to the user.

  Therefore, when the user provides a note of a product to be purchased, the information providing system 1 according to the present embodiment handles not only the product information but also, for example, a product to be purchased as product-related information related to the noted product. Since information about the handling store of the product, such as a map of the handling store, can also be provided, when the product desired by the user is input, it is possible to motivate the purchase of the product and It is possible to prevent forgetting to buy and to purchase the product with certainty.

[4] Modified Example Next, a modified example in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14 are modified examples of the store management DB 332 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 15 is an example of data recorded in the keyword DB 336 in the modified example of the present embodiment.

[4.1] Modification 1
In this embodiment, the product category and the store category of the product to be purchased are specified and the purchase store that can purchase the product to be purchased is specified, but the product category of the product to be purchased is specified and the store that can be purchased is specified May be.

  In this case, the above-described sales merchandise management DB 334 is unnecessary, and the store management DB 332 shown in FIG. 13 is used. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the store management DB 332 of this modification is associated with store IDs assigned to each store, store management information indicating the attributes of the store, and handling product category tags. Recorded.

  In particular, as the handling product category tag, as in FIG. 5, a plurality of product category tags (the first to third product category tags in the case of FIG. 13) indicating the product category to which the product belongs are recorded.

  In addition, this modification is implement | achieved by the structure similar to this embodiment (FIGS. 1-9) fundamentally except said structure.

  Moreover, about the operation | movement of the merchandise related information creation delivery process in this modification, the process of step Sa203 and Sa204 is integrated, and the shop specific | specification part 353 is a purchase plan goods (acquisition request of merchandise related information) instruct | indicated by the user. Based on the product category identified by the above and the information recorded in the store management DB 332 shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, regarding the operation of creation and distribution of purchaseable product information in this modification, the processing of steps Sa402 and Sa403 is integrated, and the store specifying unit 353 is recorded in the designated store designated by the user and the sales product management DB 334. And the handling product category registered in the designated store based on the stored information.

  With this configuration, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the information providing server device 30 and facilitate the construction of the system.

[4.2] Modification 2
In the present embodiment, the product category and store category of the product planned for purchase are specified and the purchase store where the product planned for purchase can be purchased is specified, but the store that can be purchased directly from the product planned for purchase may be specified.

  In this case, the product information management DB 333 and the sales product management DB 334 described above are unnecessary, and the store management DB 332 shown in FIG. 14 is used. That is, in the store management DB 332 of this modification, as shown in FIG. 14, store IDs assigned to each store, store management information indicating the attributes of the store, and handling products are recorded in association with each other. Is done.

  In addition, this modification is implement | achieved by the structure similar to this embodiment (FIGS. 1-9) fundamentally except said structure.

  Moreover, about the operation | movement of the merchandise related information preparation delivery process in this modification, the process of step Sa202-Sa204 is integrated, and the shop specific | specification part 353 is recorded on the received purchase planned goods and the shop management DB332 shown in FIG. Based on the stored information, a process for extracting a store handling the commodity to be purchased is executed.

  Furthermore, the operations of steps Sa402 to Sa405 are integrated with respect to the purchaseable product information creation / distribution operation in this modified example, and the product related information providing unit 354 includes the designated store designated by the user and the store management shown in FIG. Based on the information recorded in the DB 332, the purchase planned product registered in the designated store is specified.

  With this configuration, it is possible to simplify the configuration of the information providing server device 30 and facilitate the construction of the system.

[4.3] Modification 3
In the above-described embodiment, the portable communication terminal device 10 alone or in conjunction with the information providing server device 30 performs product related information based on an input of a product planned for purchase (that is, full-text input of a product planned for purchase). An instruction for creation / distribution processing or deletion processing of a planned product to be purchased is specified, but based on memo information registered in advance or memo information registered in the information providing server device 30 A part of the product, a product planned for purchase predicted by inputting a product category or a keyword (hereinafter referred to as “predicted product planned for purchase”) is provided to the user in a selectable manner, and product related information is acquired. It may be used as a product scheduled for purchase.

  Specifically, when using a part of the product planned for purchase, the portable communication terminal device 10 uses the character information of the input character or the character when the character has already been input before inputting the character. While comparing the character information composed of a plurality of characters combined with the input characters and the memo information, the purchase planned product having the matching character information or the combination thereof is identified ( In some cases, a plurality of purchase planned products are specified), and the specified purchase planned products are displayed as selectable purchase planned products for the user.

  On the other hand, when using the product category, the information providing server device 30 receives the character information of the input character received from the portable communication terminal device 10 or the character when the character has already been input before the character is input. The character information composed of a plurality of characters combined with the input characters and the product category tag recorded in the product information management DB 333 are compared to identify the product category having the character information.

  Then, the information providing server device 30 identifies each product category (hereinafter referred to as “scheduled purchase product category”) of the planned purchase product registered in the corresponding memo information, and identifies the product identified based on the character information. A purchase planned product category that matches the category is specified, and the purchase planned product belonging to the specified purchase planned product category is displayed as a predicted purchase planned product for the user to select.

  On the other hand, if the DB can be prepared in the information providing server device 30, based on the name of a dish that uses the planned product to be purchased as a material, the manufacturer name of the planned product to be purchased, or a topic keyword regarding the planned product to be purchased, Based on the character information input by the user, it can also be displayed to the user so as to be selectable as a predicted purchase planned product.

  In particular, when the product to be purchased is specified by a keyword such as a dish name that uses the product to be purchased as a material, the user management DB 331, store management DB 332, product information management DB 333, sales product management DB 334, and memo information are stored in the recording device 330. In addition to the management DB 335, a keyword DB 336 such as cooking information is further provided.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, the keyword DB 336 records keywords such as dish names and related products corresponding to the keywords such as ingredients used for cooking. For example, FIG. 12 shows that the related product “potato”, “carrot”, “block meat”, “onion”, and “carrero” are recorded in association with the keyword “curry”.

  In addition, when the DB management control unit 351 receives a keyword input by the user and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device 10, the DB management control unit 351 specifies a related product based on the input keyword and specifies The purchase planned product that matches the related product is identified and provided to the information providing server device 30.

  Then, the portable communication terminal apparatus 10 displays the received purchase planned product so that the user can select it.

  In this embodiment, the predicted purchase planned product is provided to the user in a selectable manner and used as a purchase planned product used when acquiring the product related information. However, the prediction conversion is performed when registering the memo information. May be executed to newly register a product to be purchased.

  That is, the portable communication terminal device 10 determines a purchase planned product (hereinafter referred to as “predicted purchase planned product”) predicted by inputting a part of the planned product, a product category, or a keyword. May be provided so as to be selectable, and may be used as a purchase planned product for newly registering memo information.

  In addition, the keywords are not limited to dish names, and various genres such as “picnic” or “cherry-blossom viewing” may be prepared, and a suggested product may be associated with each keyword and recorded in the keyword DB 336. .

[4.4] Modification 4
In the above embodiment, the information providing server device 30 generates product related information and distributes the product related information to the portable communication terminal device 10, but implements the same functions as each unit of the information providing server device 30. An application for doing so may be mounted on the portable communication terminal device 10, and the product-related information may be generated by the portable communication terminal device 10 alone and presented to the user.

  With this configuration, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment with the portable communication terminal device 10 alone.

[4.5] Modification 5
In the above embodiment, the user management DB 331, the store management DB 332, the product information management DB 333, the sales product management DB 334, and the memo information management DB 335 are provided in the information providing server device 30, but the user management DB 331, store management DB 332, product A computer system for managing the information management DB 333, the sales merchandise management DB 334, and the memo information management DB 335 may be provided separately and managed and operated individually.

[4.6] Modification 6
In the above embodiment, the product information and the input information have been described as character information. However, it is also possible to record a product image related to the product at the same time and specify the product name and product ID from the image recognition result. is there. It is also possible to record product information in association with various languages and specify various store information from input information input in each language.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system 10 ... Portable communication terminal device 20 ... Network 30 ... Information provision server device 310 ... Communication control part 320 ... ROM / RAM
330 ... Recording device 331 ... User management DB
332 ... Store management DB
333 ... Product information management DB
334 ... Sales merchandise management DB
335 ... Memo information management DB
336 ... Keyword DB
340 ... Management control unit 350 ... Data processing unit 351 ... DB management control unit 352 ... Product category specifying unit 353 ... Store specifying unit 354 ... Product related information providing unit 360 ... Timer

Claims (12)

Management means for managing recording means in which store information including at least a store name and product information that is information related to products available at each store are recorded in association with each other;
An acquisition means for acquiring the input product information as input information;
Based on the acquired input information and the information recorded in the recording means, store specifying means for specifying corresponding store information;
Providing means for outputting the specified store information;
An information providing apparatus comprising: The information providing apparatus according to claim 1,
The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the product information is recorded in association with each product category into which products are classified. In the information provision apparatus of Claim 1 or 2,
The store information is recorded in association with each store category in which stores are classified. In the information provision device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The store information includes store location information indicating the location of each store,
The providing means is an information providing device that outputs a store name and store position information. In the information provision device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The product information and input information are product images related to products,
The information providing apparatus, wherein the store specifying unit specifies a corresponding store from an image recognition result of the product image. In the information provision apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 5,
The information providing apparatus, wherein the product information is recorded in association with a plurality of languages. In the information provision apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 6,
It further has position information acquisition means for acquiring user position information indicating the current position of the user,
The store specifying means is
Based on the store location information corresponding to the specified store and the user location information, based on the current location of the user, a store having a predetermined condition is extracted from the specified store,
The providing means comprises:
An information providing apparatus that generates product related information including at least the store position information corresponding to the extracted store. In the information provision apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 7,
The acquisition means is
The input instructed by the user selecting information on one or more products to be purchased as registration information registered in the user related information recording means as product registration information by selecting a product of the desired product related information. An information providing device that acquires information. In the information provision apparatus of Claim 8,
The providing means comprises:
An information providing device that provides the product related information to the shared user based on an input instruction from the shared user when the registered information includes information on the shared user who shares the registered information . In the information provision apparatus of Claim 8 or 9,
Further comprising deletion means for executing deletion of the registered product information in the registration information recorded in the user-related information recording means based on the user instruction;
The deleting means is
An information providing apparatus that deletes the corresponding product information from the registration information after a predetermined period of time when execution of deletion based on an instruction from the user is executed. In the information provision apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 10,
The providing means comprises:
An information providing apparatus that generates provision data for displaying merchandise-related information so as to be viewable on a communication terminal apparatus possessed by a user, and provides the generated provision data to the corresponding communication terminal apparatus. The program which makes a computer perform the information provision apparatus of any one of Claims 1-11.

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