JP2019114099A - Inventory information notification device, inventory information notification system, and inventory information notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an inventory information notification device, an inventory information notification system, and an inventory information notification method that reduce effort when a user searches for a product desired to be purchased.SOLUTION: An Inventory information notification device 1 includes: a position information acquisition unit 133 that acquires position information indicating a position of a user terminal used by a user; a product information acquisition unit 131 that acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase; an inventory information generation unit 132 that creates inventory information of a product in a plurality of stores; a notification unit 134 that notifies the user terminal of the inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information generation unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an inventory information notification device, an inventory information notification system, and an inventory information notification method.

  In large stores such as department stores, a technology for displaying recommended products corresponding to a membership number input by a user and a place where the recommended products are sold is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-077416

  According to the prior art, the user can grasp where the product is sold. However, there is a problem that the user may go to the place where the product is sold, but the user may go to the place where the product is sold, so the user may go out to the place where the product is sold. The

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and provides an inventory information notification device, an inventory information notification system, and an inventory information notification method that reduce the effort when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased. The purpose is

  The inventory information notification device according to the first aspect of the present invention is a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of a user terminal used by a user, and a desired product for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase From the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information creation unit that creates information about the product information acquisition unit that obtains information, the inventory information of products in a plurality of stores, And a notification unit configured to notify the user terminal of the stock information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range.

  For example, when the position indicated by the position information is included in a predetermined range from the store where there is a stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information, the notification unit has the stock of the product in the store Information indicating that the user terminal is notified.

  For example, the notification unit notifies the user terminal of a place where a product corresponding to the desired product information is displayed in the store having an inventory of products corresponding to the desired product information.

  For example, the notification unit acquires settlement information indicating the content of the settlement of the user performed by acquiring the commodity information stored in the wireless tag attached to the commodity sold in the shop, and the settlement is performed. When a product indicated by the desired product information corresponding to the user who has made a payment indicated by the information is not included in the payment information, information indicating the product is notified to the user terminal.

  The product information acquisition unit may acquire, as the desired product information, information for specifying a product corresponding to an advertisement displayed on the user terminal.

  For example, the product information acquisition unit acquires, from the user terminal, an instruction to reserve a product corresponding to the desired product information, and the notification unit is an inventory of a product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit. Is notified to the terminal of the store where there is the instruction information for instructing to store the product.

  The notification unit may notify the user terminal of guidance information for guiding a store having an inventory of products corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit.

  For example, the inventory information creation unit creates the inventory information in which the product is associated with the expiration date or the expiration date, and the notification unit extends from the current date and time to the expiration date or the expiration date of the item indicated by the desired item information. The user terminal is notified of price information in which the price is reduced as the time of b.

  For example, when the product indicated by the desired product information is received at a store within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information, the notification unit receives arrival information indicating that the product is received at the store. The user terminal is notified.

  The stock information creation unit creates the stock information associated with information indicating the date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information is received at each of the plurality of stores, and the notification unit refers to the stock information. Among the plurality of stores, the user terminal may be notified of a store whose date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information is received is earlier than the other stores.

  For example, the notification unit corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information when there is no stock of the product indicated by the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information. Product information of another product having stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information is notified to the user terminal.

  An inventory information notification system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a user terminal used by a user and an information processing apparatus for notifying the user terminal of information, wherein the user terminal is a position indicating the position of the user terminal A position specifying unit for obtaining information, a product information obtaining unit for obtaining desired product information for specifying a product desired to be purchased by the user, and the position information and the desired product information to the information processing apparatus A receiving control unit that receives the position information and the desired product information from the user terminal, and inventory information creation that generates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores Corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created by the department and the inventory information creation unit The inventory information of goods and a notifying unit for notifying the user terminal.

  The stock information notifying method according to the third aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented step of acquiring desired product information for identifying a product that the user desires to purchase, and the method corresponding to the acquired desired product information. Of the steps of acquiring position information indicating the position of the user terminal used by the user, creating inventory information of goods in a plurality of stores, and from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created Notifying the user terminal of the stock information of a product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in reducing the effort when searching for goods which a user desires to purchase.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of a stock information notification apparatus. It is a figure which shows the function structure of a stock information notification apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays inventory information. It is a flowchart of the process which notifies inventory information.

[Overview of Inventory Information Notification Device 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the stock information notification device 1. The inventory information notification device 1 acquires desired product information for specifying a product desired to be purchased from the user, and notifies the user terminal 2 used by the user of inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information. Hereinafter, the flow of a process in which the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the user of inventory information indicating a store with inventory will be described.

  First, the user terminal 2 used by the user receives from the user an input of desired product information for specifying a product which the user desires to purchase. Upon acquiring the desired product information, the user terminal 2 transmits the acquired desired product information to the stock information notification device 1 (1 in FIG. 1). The stock information notification device 1 acquires desired product information from the user by receiving desired product information from the user terminal 2 (2 in FIG. 1).

  Subsequently, the stock information notification device 1 creates stock information of goods in a plurality of stores (3 in FIG. 1). The inventory information notification device 1 may switch the order of acquisition of desired product information and creation of inventory information, or may be performed in parallel.

  Next, the user terminal 2 transmits position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 to the stock information notification device 1 (4 in FIG. 1). The inventory information notification device 1 acquires position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 by receiving the position information from the user terminal 2. Then, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the user terminal 2 of inventory information of a product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position information (5 in FIG. 1). The user terminal 2 displays the stock information notified from the stock information notification device 1 on the display unit of the user terminal 2 (6 in FIG. 1).

  By doing this, the user can know inventory information of a product desired to be purchased at one or more stores within a predetermined range from the user terminal 2. Therefore, if the user goes to any store, the product desired to be purchased You can see if there is a stock of Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the effort when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

[Functional Configuration of Inventory Information Notification Device 1]
The functional configuration of the stock information notification device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the inventory information notification device 1. The stock information notification device 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13.

  The communication unit 11 is a communication interface for connecting to a network, and includes, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) controller. The communication unit 11 transmits and receives information to and from the user terminal 2 via the network. The network is, for example, the Internet.

  The storage unit 12 includes storage media such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a hard disk. The storage unit 12 stores a program that the control unit 13 executes.

  The control unit 13 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 13 functions as a product information acquisition unit 131, an inventory information generation unit 132, a position information acquisition unit 133, and a notification unit 134 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 12.

  The product information acquisition unit 131 receives desired product information from the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 11, and thereby acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase. The desired product information is, for example, a product name, product identification information for identifying a product, and a Japanese Article Number (JAN) code of the product, but is not limited thereto. The product information acquisition unit 131 associates the identification information for identifying the user with the desired product information of the user and causes the storage unit 12 to store the product information.

  The stock information generation unit 132 generates stock information of products in a plurality of stores. Specifically, the stock information generation unit 132 generates stock information in which store information indicating each of a plurality of stores is associated with sales product information of a product sold in each of the plurality of stores. The stock information generation unit 132 causes the storage unit 12 to store the generated stock information.

  The position information acquisition unit 133 acquires position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 used by the user. For example, the position information acquisition unit 133 acquires position information of the user terminal 2 by receiving position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 from the user terminal 2.

  The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the stock information created by the stock information generation unit 132. For example, the notification unit 134 selects desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 133 among the plurality of inventory information generated by the inventory information generation unit 132. Are notified to the user terminal 2 of the stock information of the product corresponding to. The predetermined range is, for example, a range where the user can move on foot. The range in which the user can move on foot may be determined as appropriate by a business that manages the inventory information notification device 1. For example, the range in which the user can move on foot is within 5 minutes.

  In addition, when it is specified that the user is walking on foot, the notification unit 134 notifies the location of the shop existing in the moving direction of the user and the required time when walking to the shop. You may In addition, the user terminal 2 specifies that the user is moving on foot, and gives priority to the location of the store existing in the moving direction of the user and the time required for moving to the store on foot. You may display it. By doing this, the user can know the store existing in the moving direction and the required time to the store. As a result, the user can go to a store that has an inventory of products that he / she wishes to purchase, without extra travel.

  When the user terminal 2 receives the stock information, the user terminal 2 causes the display unit to display the received stock information. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for displaying inventory information. FIG. 3A schematically shows a display screen that displays the product corresponding to the desired product information, the price of the product, and the number of stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information in the store within the predetermined range. FIG. By doing this, the user can know which store has a stock of goods desired to be purchased. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the effort when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

  The notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of stock information indicating a store where stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information exists. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of position information indicating the position of the store where the product is in stock. FIG. 3B is a view schematically showing a display screen that displays a map indicating the position of the store having stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information and the position of the user terminal 2. The store S filled with hatching in FIG. 3B indicates a store where there is a stock of products corresponding to the desired product information. The current position U in FIG. 3B indicates the position of the user terminal 2. By doing this, the user can know the location of the store that has the stock of the product desired to be purchased. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the effort when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

  The notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of various information as well as the above. Hereinafter, various examples of information notified by the notification unit 134 will be described with specific examples.

(Information about the store)
The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of information on a store. The information on the store includes, for example, the store opening status (information indicating that the store is open or closed), the opening time zone (for example, "10 o'clock to 18 o'clock"), and the product sold out that the user wishes to purchase The estimated time is the next arrival time. The notification unit 134 may predict the expected sell-out time of the product that the user desires to purchase based on the number of sales per hour of the product that the user desires to purchase. When the user terminal 2 receives the information on the store, the user terminal 2 displays the information on the store on the display unit. By doing this, the user can obtain detailed information on a store that has an inventory of products desired to be purchased.

(Notify a store with multiple items you want to purchase)
The notification unit 134 notifies, when there are a plurality of products for which the user desires to purchase, a store where there is a stock of each of the plurality of products. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies a store that has all stocks of a plurality of products that the user desires to purchase, and a stock count of each of the plurality of products. In addition, when there are a plurality of products for which the user desires to purchase, the user terminal 2 preferentially displays stores having all the stocks of the plurality of products for which the user desires to purchase, based on the received inventory information. It is also good. For example, the user terminal 2 displays both a store having all of the plurality of products in stock and the number of stocks of each of the plurality of products. By doing this, the user can visit a store where a plurality of products desired to be purchased are available. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the effort for the user to search for a product desired to be purchased.

(It will notify when the place where the desired product is located is approached)
The notification unit 134 notifies that the user terminal 2 approaches a store where there is a stock of goods that the user desires to purchase. For example, when the position indicated by the position information acquired from the user terminal 2 is included in a predetermined range from a store having a stock of a product corresponding to desired product information, the notification unit 134 has a stock of the product in the store. The user terminal 2 is notified of information indicating that it is present. Further, when the position indicated by the position information is included in the site of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock, the notification unit 134 displays the product corresponding to the desired product information in the store The user terminal 2 may be notified of the location where it is located.

  FIG. 3C is a view schematically showing a display screen for displaying the place where the product corresponding to the desired product information is displayed in the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. The shelf T shaded in FIG. 3C indicates the place where the product corresponding to the desired product information is displayed. By doing this, the user can know that the store which has the stock of the product desired to purchase is approaching. In addition, the user can know where a product is displayed when the user enters a store that has a stock of the product desired to be purchased.

(Notify the item you forgot to buy)
The notification unit 134 notifies that the user has forgotten to buy the desired product when the user makes a payment. For example, when the notification unit 134 acquires payment information on the payment made by the user, and the product indicated in the obtained payment information does not include the product for which purchase is desired, the product for which payment is desired is included in the payment. The user terminal 2 is notified that it has not been received.

  For example, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 that the user has forgotten to buy a product desired to purchase in conjunction with an apparatus installed in a store. Specifically, first, a product information acquisition device for acquiring product information of a product purchased by a user passing through the gate is installed in the store. The product information acquisition device acquires user identification information from the user. When the product information acquisition device acquires the user identification information, the radio wave for reading the product information stored in the wireless tag attached to the product is directed into the gate from the plurality of antennas arranged in the walking direction of the user. By transmitting, a plurality of item information is acquired. The product information acquisition apparatus transmits the plurality of acquired product information to the settlement apparatus which determines the billing amount, and the settlement apparatus charges the amount of the product corresponding to the acquired product information to the user corresponding to the user identification information. Determined as an amount and make a payment. The settlement apparatus performs settlement by including the amount of the product corresponding to the product information received a predetermined number of times or more in the billing amount.

  The notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of the product that the user forgot to buy, even when the product information acquisition device is not installed in the store. First, the notification unit 134 includes the product corresponding to the desired product information in the payment information acquired while the position of the user terminal 2 is included in the site of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. It is determined whether or not the The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 that a product for which purchase is desired is not included in the payment when the acquired payment information does not include the product corresponding to the desired product information. By doing this, the inventory information notification device 1 considers that the user has forgotten to buy the product corresponding to the desired product information not included in the payment information, and notifies the user that he has forgotten to buy the product. Can.

  In addition, when the notification unit 134 moves from the site before the predetermined shopping time elapses after the position of the user terminal 2 is included in the site of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock, You may notify the user terminal 2 of stock information indicating that the store has stock of the product. The shopping time is, for example, a time estimated to be required when the user purchases a desired product. Furthermore, the notification unit 134 may notify stock information indicating the display place of the product in the store. By doing this, the inventory information notification device 1 urges the user who may not have purchased the desired product to purchase the product corresponding to the desired product information without acquiring the payment information. Can.

  As described above, the notification unit 134 acquires payment information indicating the content of the user's payment performed by acquiring the product information stored in the wireless tag attached to the product sold in the store. Next, when the product indicated by the desired product information corresponding to the user who has made the payment indicated by the payment information is not included in the payment information, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of information indicating the product. As described above, since the settlement information on the settlement performed in the store is associated with the identification information of the user, the inventory information notification device 1 buys the user who made the settlement when the settlement is performed in the store. It is possible to notify of forgotten products.

(Notify the store that has the stock of the product that you browsed the advertisement)
The product for which the user browses the advertisement is considered to be a product for which the user is highly motivated to purchase. Therefore, the notification unit 134 notifies a store that has a stock of the product for which the user browsed the advertisement. Specifically, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires information for specifying a product corresponding to the advertisement displayed on the user terminal 2 as desired product information. The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of a store where there is a stock of products corresponding to the advertisement displayed on the user terminal 2. As described above, the stock information notification device 1 can prompt the user to purchase a product by notifying the user of a store that has a stock of products that the user has a strong desire to purchase.

(Notify products with due dates as sale items)
The notification unit 134 notifies a product whose expiration date or expiration date is near as a sale product. Specifically, first, the stock information generation unit 132 generates stock information in which the product is associated with the expiration date or the expiration date. The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of price information in which the price is reduced as the time from the current date and time to the expiration date or the expiration date of the product indicated by the desired product information becomes shorter. By doing this, since the inventory information notification device 1 can notify the user of the product at a discounted price than usual, it is possible to urge the user to purchase the product.

(Inform substitutes)
The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of a substitute item associated with the item if there is no store where there is an inventory of the item that the user desires to purchase. Specifically, the notification unit 134 determines whether or not there is a stock of the product indicated by the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information. When the notification unit 134 determines that there is no stock of the product, the product corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information, and is a product of another product whose inventory exists in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information. The information is notified to the user terminal 2. By doing this, the inventory information notification device 1 can recommend to the user another product that can be substituted for the product that the user desires to purchase, even when there is no stock of the product that the user desires to purchase .

(Notify the reserve product)
The notification unit 134 notifies the store having the stock of the product that the user desires to purchase, of an instruction to reserve the product. Specifically, first, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires from the user terminal 2 an instruction to reserve a product corresponding to the desired product information. The product information acquisition unit 131 further includes, from the user terminal 2, information indicating the receipt date and time of the reserve product, store information indicating the store desiring to receive the reserve product, and a desired purchase price of the product the user desires to purchase. You may get it. Further, the product information acquisition unit 131 may acquire, from the user terminal 2, information indicating a receiver who receives the reserve product. The recipient who receives the reserve product is, for example, a user who uses the user terminal 2 or a family of the user.

  The notification unit 134, upon acquiring the instruction to be stored by the product information acquisition unit 131, notifies the stock information of the store that has the stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information. At this time, when the product information acquisition unit 131 has acquired store information, the notification unit 134 determines whether or not the store has a stock of products corresponding to the desired product information. The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of stock information of the store concerned when there is a stock of goods corresponding to the desired product information in the store indicated by the store information, and notifies the terminal of the store concerned of an instruction to store the goods. Do. When there is no stock of goods in the store indicated by the store information, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of stock information indicating that the store does not have stock.

  Next, the user settles the product desired to be purchased. Specifically, the user terminal 2 transmits an instruction to perform settlement to the stock information notification device 1 when receiving an input of an instruction to perform settlement of the product indicated by the instruction to be stored from the user. When receiving the instruction to settle the product, the product information acquisition unit 131 transmits an instruction to settle the product to the settlement apparatus that settles the product. The settlement device settles the product, and transmits settlement information indicating that the settlement is completed to the stock information notification device 1.

  When receiving the payment information, the notification unit 134 notifies the terminal of the store having the inventory of the product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit 131, the instruction information instructing the storage of the product. When the store terminal receives input of information indicating that the product has been removed from the store staff, the store terminal transmits, to the stock information notification device 1, information indicating that product storage has been completed.

  When the notification unit 134 receives, from the terminal of the store, the information indicating that the storage of the product has been completed, the user is notified by the user of guidance information for guiding the store having the inventory of products corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit 131 The terminal 2 is notified. The guidance information is, for example, position information indicating the position of a store with stock, route information indicating a route from the position of the user terminal 2 to the store with stock.

  When the notification unit 134 receives information indicating that the stored product has been received from the terminal of the store that has stored the product, the notification unit 134 notifies the predetermined terminal of the information indicating that the reception has been completed. The predetermined terminal is, for example, a terminal of a user who has received a product, or a terminal used by a family of a user who uses the user terminal 2. In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 enables the user and anyone of the user's family to receive the goods. Then, the inventory information notification device 1 can notify the user and the user's family that the item has been received, if any one of the family has received the product. By doing this, the user and the user's family can know that anyone in the family can receive the stored goods and someone has received the goods.

  In addition, the product information acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating a time limit for storing the product, when acquiring an instruction to store the product. The information indicating the deadline is, for example, "now", "today", "10 minutes", "60 minutes" and the like. The inventory information notification device 1 cancels the storage of the product when the time limit for storing the product has passed. Specifically, when the time limit has passed, the notification unit 134 notifies the settlement device of an instruction to cancel the settlement of the stored product. Then, when the notification unit 134 receives the information indicating that the settlement has been canceled from the settlement device, the notification unit 134 notifies the predetermined terminal of the information indicating that the settlement has been canceled due to the expiration of the time limit. Here, the predetermined terminal is the terminal of the store that has stored the product, and the user terminal 2 that has acquired an instruction to store the product. As described above, the inventory information notification device 1 enables the stored goods to be sold to a user different from the user who has not received the goods. Therefore, the store which sells goods can raise the turnover of inventory.

  As described above, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the terminal of the store of an instruction to store the product based on the instruction of the user, and notifies the user terminal 2 of guidance information for guiding the store having the inventory. By doing this, since the user can reserve the product at the store, another user could buy the product at the store notified that there is a stock, and there was no product when going to the store There is no such thing.

(Notify arrival information of goods)
The notification unit 134 notifies that a product that the user desires to purchase arrives at the store. For example, when the product indicated by the desired product information is received at a store within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information acquired from the user terminal 2, the notification unit 134 indicates that the product is received at the store The user terminal 2 is notified of arrival information indicating. By doing this, the user can go to a store where goods desired to be purchased are received.

  In addition, the notification unit 134 may notify a store where the time it takes for the user to receive a product that the user wishes to purchase is short. For example, the stock information generation unit 132 generates stock information associated with information indicating the date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information is received at each of a plurality of stores. The notification unit 134 refers to the stock information and notifies the user terminal 2 of a plurality of stores, of which stores indicated by the desired product information are received earlier than other stores. By doing this, the user can purchase an item desired to be purchased faster.

(Notice the terminal of the store that there are few displayed items)
The notification unit 134 may notify the terminal of the store that the displayed product is scarce when the displayed product displayed on the display shelf decreases in each of the plurality of stores. Specifically, the stock information generation unit 132 generates display stock information indicating the stock of the display product and warehouse stock information indicating the stock of the product stored in the warehouse. The notification unit 134 refers to the display stock information and, when the stock of the display product becomes low, notifies the terminal of the store of an instruction to display the product stored in the warehouse on the display shelf.

  The notification unit 134 is a store notified of a small number of display products, and purchase of a product with a small number of displays when the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires desired product information indicating that the purchase of a product with a small number of displays is desired. The terminal of the store may be notified that a request has occurred. In this case, the notification unit 134 notifies the user of the number desired to purchase and the number of stock items in the store. By doing this, the store staff can refill the display rack with goods or order goods, so as not to lose the sales opportunity.

  The notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the fact that the inventory information has been notified to the user terminal 2 when notifying the user terminal 2 existing in the vicinity of the store notified of the small number of display items, The terminal may be notified. Specifically, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the inventory information when the position of the user terminal 2 notified of the inventory information of the store notified of the small number of display products is included in the predetermined range from the store. Is notified to the terminal of the store concerned. By doing this, the store staff can know that the user who wants to purchase the product is nearby, and by replenishing the product that he wants to purchase, the user can purchase the product from the display shelf by purchasing the product. It is possible to control the decline in inventory numbers and reduce the loss of sales opportunities.

  In addition, the notification unit 134 may notify the number of goods acquired from the warehouse based on the number of goods that can be displayed on the display shelf. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies a difference between the number of products displayed on the display shelf and the maximum number of products that can be displayed on the display shelf as the number of products acquired from the warehouse. As described above, when the number of display products decreases, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the terminal of the store of the number of products acquired from the warehouse. By doing this, the store staff can know the number of products to be acquired from the warehouse without checking the display racks, so the time and effort when displaying the products can be reduced.

(If there is no store in stock in a nearby store, notify the nearest store in stock)
The notification unit 134 has notified stores within a predetermined range from the position of the user terminal 2, but if there is no store having a stock of products for which the user desires to purchase, the store within the predetermined range is out of the predetermined range. You may notify the store of. For example, in one or more stores out of the predetermined range, the notification unit 134 may select a store located at a position closest to the position of the user terminal 2 among stores having inventory of products the user desires to purchase. Notify By doing this, the user can know the store that has the stock of the product that he / she desires to purchase, even when there is no stock of the product that he / she wants to buy in the nearby store.

[Flow of processing to notify inventory information]
A flow of processing in which the stock information notification device 1 notifies the user terminal 2 of stock information will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing for notifying inventory information.

  First, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase (step S1). Subsequently, the stock information generation unit 132 acquires, from each of the plurality of stores, sales commodity information of a commodity sold in the plurality of stores (Step S2). Then, the stock information generation unit 132 generates stock information at a plurality of stores (step S3). The inventory information notification device 1 may change the order of the process of acquiring desired product information (step S1) and the process of creating inventory information (steps S2 and S3), which are performed in parallel. May be

  Next, the position information acquisition unit 133 acquires position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 used by the user (step S4). The notification unit 134 determines whether or not the position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 133 is included in a predetermined range from a store where there is an inventory of the product corresponding to the desired product information (step S5). ).

  If the notification unit 134 determines that the position is not included in the predetermined range (No in step S5), the process returns to step S4, and waits until it determines that the position of the user terminal 2 is included in the predetermined range. . If the notification unit 134 determines that it is included in the predetermined range (Yes in step S5), the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of stock information indicating a store with stock (step S6).

[Effect of inventory information notification device 1]
As described above, the inventory information notification device 1 creates inventory information of commodities in a plurality of stores, and a position indicating the position of the user terminal 2 and desired commodity information for specifying the commodity for which the user desires to purchase Get information and. Then, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the user terminal 2 of inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information. . By doing this, the user can know which store has a stock of goods desired to be purchased. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the effort when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

  As mentioned above, although the present invention was explained using an embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the range given in the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modification and change are possible within the range of the gist. is there. For example, a specific embodiment of device distribution and integration is not limited to the above embodiment, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in any unit. Can. In addition, new embodiments produced by any combination of a plurality of embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiment generated by the combination combine the effects of the original embodiment.

1 Inventory information notification device 2 User terminal 11 Communication unit 12 Storage unit 13 Control unit 131 Commodity information acquisition unit 132 Inventory information generation unit 133 Position information acquisition unit 134 Notification unit

Claims (13)

A position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the user terminal used by the user;
A product information acquisition unit that acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase;
An inventory information creation unit that creates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores;
The inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information creation unit is the user terminal A notification unit for notifying
An inventory information notification device comprising: When the position indicated by the position information is included in a predetermined range from the store having a stock of a product corresponding to the desired product information, the notification unit indicates that the store has the stock of the product. Notifying the user terminal of the indicated information
The stock information notification device according to claim 1. The notification unit notifies the user terminal of a place where a product corresponding to the desired product information is displayed in the store having a stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information.
The stock information notification device according to claim 1. The notification unit acquires settlement information indicating the content of the settlement of the user performed by acquiring the product information stored in the wireless tag attached to the product sold in the store, and the settlement information is When a product indicated by the desired product information corresponding to the user who has made the settlement shown is not included in the settlement information, information indicating the product is notified to the user terminal.
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The product information acquisition unit acquires, as the desired product information, information for specifying a product corresponding to an advertisement displayed on the user terminal.
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The product information acquisition unit acquires, from the user terminal, an instruction to reserve a product corresponding to the desired product information.
The notification unit notifies a terminal of a store that has an inventory of products corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit, of instruction information instructing that the product is to be stored.
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The notification unit notifies the user terminal of guidance information for guiding a shop having an inventory of products corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit.
The stock information notification device according to claim 6. The inventory information creation unit creates the inventory information in which the product and the expiration date or the expiration date are associated with each other,
The notification unit notifies the user terminal of price information in which the price is reduced as the time from the current date and time to the expiration date or the consumption expiration date of the product indicated by the desired product information decreases.
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. When the product indicated by the desired product information is received at a store within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information, the notification unit is configured to receive information indicating that the product has been received at the store. Notify the terminal,
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The stock information creation unit creates the stock information associated with information indicating the date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information is received at each of the plurality of stores,
The notification unit refers to the stock information and notifies the user terminal of a plurality of stores, of which stores indicated by the desired product information are received earlier than other stores.
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The notification unit corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information when there is no stock of the product indicated by the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information. Informing the user terminal of product information of another product having stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the information;
The stock information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A user terminal used by a user, and an information processing apparatus for notifying the user terminal of information;
The user terminal is
A position specifying unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the user terminal;
A product information acquisition unit that acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user desires to purchase;
A transmission control unit that transmits the position information and the desired product information to the information processing apparatus;
Equipped with
The information processing apparatus is
A reception control unit that receives the position information and the desired product information from the user terminal;
An inventory information creation unit that creates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores;
The inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information creation unit is the user terminal A notification unit for notifying
An inventory information notification system comprising: Computer runs,
Acquiring desired product information for identifying a product that the user desires to purchase;
Acquiring position information indicating a position of a user terminal used by the user corresponding to the acquired desired product information;
Creating inventory information of products in a plurality of stores;
Notifying the user terminal of the inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the position information among the plurality of inventory information created; ,
Inventory information notification method having.

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