JP2022009302A - Inventory information notification device and inventory information notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inventory information notification device and an inventory information notification method that reduce the labor when a user searches for a merchandise desired to be purchased.

SOLUTION: An inventory information notification device 1 includes a location information acquisition unit 133 configured to acquire location information indicating the location of a user terminal used by a user, a merchandise information acquisition unit 131 configured to acquire desired merchandise information for identifying a merchandise that the user wants to purchase, an inventory information generation unit 132 configured to generate inventory information for merchandises in multiple stores, and a notification unit 134 configured to notify the user terminal of inventory information of the merchandise corresponding to the desired merchandise information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information, of a plurality of pieces of inventory information generated by the inventory information generation unit 132. When the position indicated by the location information is included in a predetermined range from the store in which the merchandise corresponding to the desired merchandise information is in stock and then moves out of the range, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal that the merchandise is in stock.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

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

A technique for displaying a recommended product corresponding to a membership number entered by a user and a place where the recommended product is sold in a large store such as a department store is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-0771416

According to the prior art, the user can know where the goods are sold. However, since the user does not know whether or not the product is in stock until he / she goes to the place where the product is sold, there is a problem that the product may not be in stock even though he / she went to the place where the product is sold. rice field.

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

The inventory information notification device according to the first aspect of the present invention has a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of a user terminal used by the user, and a desired product for specifying the product that the user wants to purchase. From the position indicated by the position information among the product information acquisition unit for acquiring information, the inventory information generation unit for creating inventory information of products in a plurality of stores, and the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information generation unit. A notification unit for 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 is provided, and the notification unit has a position indicated by the position information. When the product is included in the predetermined range from the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock and then moved out of the range, the user terminal is notified that the product is in stock.

When the position indicated by the location information is included within a predetermined range from the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock, the notification unit indicates that the store has the product in stock. The indicated information may be notified to the user terminal.

The notification unit may notify the user terminal of 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 notification unit includes the desired product information in the payment information related to the payment made by the user while the position indicated by the location information is included in the premises of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. If the information indicating the product corresponding to the above is not included, the user terminal may be notified that the store has the stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information.

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

The product information acquisition unit acquires an instruction to reserve the product corresponding to the desired product information from the user terminal, and the notification unit has inventory of the product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit. The user terminal may be notified of the guidance information for guiding to the store.

The inventory information generation unit creates the inventory information in which the product is associated with the expiration date or the expiration date, and the notification unit is 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. The user terminal may be notified of the price information whose price has decreased as the value becomes shorter.

When the product indicated by the desired product information arrives at a store within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information, the notification unit receives the arrival information indicating that the product has arrived at the store. You may notify the terminal.

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

The notification unit corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information and the position when one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information do not have the product indicated by the desired product information in stock. The user terminal may be notified of the product information of other products in stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the information.

The inventory information notification method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a step of acquiring desired product information for specifying a product that the user wants to purchase, which is executed by a computer, and a step corresponding to the acquired desired product information. A step of acquiring position information indicating the position of the user terminal used by the user, a step of acquiring an instruction to reserve the product corresponding to the desired product information from the user terminal, and creating inventory information of the product in a plurality of stores. And 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 location information among the plurality of created inventory information to the user terminal. When the step to notify and the position indicated by the location information are included in a predetermined range from the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock and then move out of the range, the product is sent to the user terminal. Has a step to notify that it is in stock.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of reducing the labor when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the inventory information notification apparatus. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the inventory information notification device. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which displays the inventory information. It is a flowchart of the process of notifying inventory information.

[Overview of inventory information notification device 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the inventory 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 the inventory information of the product corresponding to the desired product information. Hereinafter, the flow of the process in which the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the user of inventory information indicating a store in stock will be described.

First, the user terminal 2 used by the user accepts input of desired product information from the user for specifying the product that the user wants to purchase. When the user terminal 2 acquires the desired product information, the user terminal 2 transmits the acquired desired product information to the inventory information notification device 1 (1 in FIG. 1). The inventory information notification device 1 acquires the desired product information from the user by receiving the desired product information from the user terminal 2 (FIG. 1-2).

Subsequently, the inventory information notification device 1 creates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores (3 in FIG. 1). The inventory information notification device 1 may change 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 the position information indicating the position of the user terminal 2 to the inventory information notification device 1 (4 in FIG. 1). The inventory information notification device 1 acquires the 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 the inventory information of the 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 causes the display unit of the user terminal 2 to display the inventory information notified from the inventory information notification device 1 (6 in FIG. 1).

By doing so, the user can know the inventory information of the product to be purchased from the user terminal 2 at one or more stores within a predetermined range, so that the product to be purchased should be visited at which store. You can see if you have any in stock. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the labor when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

[Functional configuration of inventory information notification device 1]
The functional configuration of the inventory information notification device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the inventory information notification device 1. The inventory 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 has, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) controller. The communication unit 11 transmits / receives information to / from the user terminal 2 via the network. The network is, for example, the Internet.

The storage unit 12 includes a storage medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a hard disk. The storage unit 12 stores a program executed by the control unit 13.

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 acquires the desired product information for specifying the product that the user wants to purchase by receiving the desired product information from the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 11. The desired product information is, for example, a product name, product identification information that identifies the product, and a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code of the product, but is not limited thereto. The product information acquisition unit 131 stores the identification information that identifies the user and the user's desired product information in association with each other in the storage unit 12.

The inventory information generation unit 132 creates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores. Specifically, the inventory information generation unit 132 creates inventory information in which store information indicating each of a plurality of stores is associated with sales product information of products sold in each of the plurality of stores. The inventory information generation unit 132 stores the created inventory information in the storage unit 12.

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 the position information of the user terminal 2 by receiving the 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 inventory information created by the inventory information generation unit 132. For example, the notification unit 134 is 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 created by the inventory information generation unit 132. Notify the user terminal 2 of the inventory information of the product corresponding to. The predetermined range is, for example, a range that the user can move on foot. The range that can be moved on foot may be appropriately determined by the business operator that manages the inventory information notification device 1, but is, for example, a range that can be moved within 5 minutes on foot.

When it is specified that the user is moving on foot, the notification unit 134 notifies the location of the store existing in the direction in which the user is moving and the required time when the user is moving to the store on foot. You may. Further, the user terminal 2 identifies that the user is moving on foot, and preferentially gives priority to the location of the store existing in the direction in which the user is moving and the time required when moving to the store on foot. It may be displayed. By doing so, the user can know the store existing in the moving direction and the time required to reach the store. Therefore, the user can go to the store where the product to be purchased is in stock without making an extra movement.

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

The notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of inventory information indicating a store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the position information indicating the position of the store in which the product is in stock. FIG. 3B is a diagram schematically showing a display screen displaying a map showing the positions of stores in which products corresponding to the desired product information are in stock and the positions of the user terminals 2. The store S filled with diagonal lines in FIG. 3B indicates a store in which products corresponding to the desired product information are in stock. The current position U in FIG. 3B indicates the position of the user terminal 2. By doing so, the user can know the location of the store where the product to be purchased is in stock. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the labor when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

Not limited to the above, the notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of various types of information. Hereinafter, various types 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 about the store. Information about the store includes, for example, the opening status of the store (information indicating that the store is open or closed), the opening time zone (for example, "from 10:00 to 18:00"), and the sold out of the product that the user wants to purchase. Estimated time, next scheduled arrival time. The notification unit 134 may predict the expected sold-out time of the product that the user wants to purchase based on the number of sales of the product that the user wants to purchase per hour. When the user terminal 2 receives the information about the store, the user terminal 2 displays the information about the store on the display unit. By doing so, the user can obtain detailed information about the store in which the product to be purchased is in stock.

(Notify the store where multiple products you want to purchase are available)
When there are a plurality of products that the user wants to purchase, the notification unit 134 notifies the stores in which the plurality of products are in stock. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies a store in which all the plurality of products that the user wants to purchase are in stock, and the number of stocks of each of the plurality of products. When there are a plurality of products that the user wants to purchase, the user terminal 2 preferentially displays the stores in which all the products that the user wants to purchase are in stock, based on the received inventory information. May be good. For example, the user terminal 2 displays both a store in which all of the plurality of products are in stock and the number of stocks of each of the plurality of products. By doing so, 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 labor for the user to search for the product he / she wants to purchase.

(Notify when the desired product approaches the place)
The notification unit 134 notifies that the user terminal 2 approaches a store in which the product that the user wants to purchase is in stock. For example, when the position indicated by the position information acquired from the user terminal 2 is included in a predetermined range from the store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock, the notification unit 134 has the product in stock in the store. Notify the user terminal 2 of the information indicating that there is. Further, when the position indicated by the position information is included in the premises of a store in which 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.

FIG. 3C is a diagram schematically showing a display screen displaying a place where a product corresponding to the desired product information is displayed in a store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. In FIG. 3C, the shaded shelves T indicate the places where the products corresponding to the desired product information are displayed. By doing so, the user can know that he / she has approached a store in which the product he / she wants to purchase is in stock. In addition, the user can know the place where the product is displayed when he / she enters the store where the product he / she wants to purchase is in stock.

(Notify merchandise that I forgot to buy)
The notification unit 134 notifies that the user has forgotten to buy the product he / she wants to purchase when he / she makes a payment. For example, the notification unit 134 acquires payment information related to the payment made by the user, and if the product shown in the acquired payment information does not include the product desired to be purchased, the notification unit 134 includes the product desired to be purchased in the payment. Notify the user terminal 2 that the information has not been obtained.

For example, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 that the user has forgotten to purchase the product he / she wants to purchase in conjunction with the device installed in the 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 a plurality of antennas arranged in the direction in which the user walks. Acquire multiple product information by sending. The product information acquisition device sends a plurality of acquired product information to a payment device that determines the billing amount, and the payment device charges the amount of the product corresponding to the acquired product information to the user corresponding to the user identification information. Determined as the amount and settled. The payment device includes the amount of the product corresponding to the product information received more than a predetermined number of times in the billing amount and makes a payment.

The notification unit 134 may notify the user terminal 2 of a product that the user has forgotten 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 premises of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. Judge whether or not it is. When the acquired payment information does not include the product corresponding to the desired product information, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 that the payment does not include the product desired to be purchased. By doing so, the inventory information notification device 1 considers that the user has forgotten to buy the product corresponding to the desired product information that is not included in the payment information, and notifies the user that the product has been forgotten to be purchased. Can be done.

Further, when the position of the user terminal 2 is moved to the outside of the premises before the predetermined shopping time elapses after the position of the user terminal 2 is included in the premises of the store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. The user terminal 2 may be notified of inventory information indicating that the product is in stock at the store. The shopping time is, for example, the time estimated to be required when the user purchases a desired product. Further, the notification unit 134 may notify inventory information indicating the display location of the product in the store. By doing so, the inventory information notification device 1 prompts 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 be done.

As described above, the notification unit 134 acquires payment information indicating the content of the user's payment made by acquiring the product information stored in the wireless tag attached to the product sold in the store. Next, when the payment information does not include the product indicated by the desired product information corresponding to the user who made the payment indicated by the payment information, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the information indicating the product. In this way, since the payment information related to the payment made at the store and the user's identification information are associated with each other, the inventory information notification device 1 buys the user who made the payment when the payment is made at the store. You can notify the forgotten item.

(Notify the store where the product that viewed the advertisement is in stock)
The product for which the user has viewed the advertisement is considered to be a product for which the user has a high purchasing motivation. Therefore, the notification unit 134 notifies the store in which the product for which the user has viewed the advertisement is in stock. Specifically, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires information for identifying 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 the stores in which the products corresponding to the advertisements displayed on the user terminal 2 are in stock. In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 can urge the user to purchase the product by notifying the user of the store in which the product in stock is highly motivated by the user.

(Notify merchandise that is near the deadline as a sale item)
The notification unit 134 notifies a product whose expiration date or expiration date is near as a sale item. Specifically, first, the inventory information generation unit 132 creates inventory 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 the price information whose price is lowered 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 so, the inventory information notification device 1 can notify the user of the product at a discounted price than usual, so that the user can be urged to purchase the product.

(Notify replacement)
When there is no store in stock of the product that the user wants to purchase, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the substitute product associated with the product. Specifically, the notification unit 134 determines whether or not the product indicated by the desired product information is in stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information. When the notification unit 134 determines that the product is out of stock, the notification unit 134 corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information, and the product of another product that is in stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information. Notify the user terminal 2 of the information. By doing so, the inventory information notification device 1 can recommend to the user another product that can be substituted for the product that the user wants to purchase even if the product that the user wants to purchase is out of stock. ..

(Notify the reserved product)
The notification unit 134 notifies the store in which the product that the user wants to purchase is in stock of the instruction to reserve the product. Specifically, first, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires an instruction to reserve the product corresponding to the desired product information from the user terminal 2. From the user terminal 2, the product information acquisition unit 131 further obtains information indicating the date and time of receipt of the reserved product, store information indicating the store in which the reserved product is desired to be received, and the desired purchase price of the product that the user wishes to purchase. You may get it. Further, the product information acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating a recipient who receives the reserved product from the user terminal 2. The recipient who receives the reserve product is, for example, a user who uses the user terminal 2 or a family member of the user.

When the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires the instruction to reserve, the notification unit 134 notifies the inventory information of the store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. At this time, when the product information acquisition unit 131 has acquired the store information, the notification unit 134 determines whether or not the store has inventory of the product corresponding to the desired product information. When the store indicated in the store information has inventory of products corresponding to the desired product information, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the inventory information of the store and notifies the terminal of the store of an instruction to reserve the product. do. When the store indicated in the store information does not have the product in stock, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the inventory information indicating that the store is out of stock.

Next, the user pays for the product he / she wants to purchase. Specifically, when the user terminal 2 receives the input of the instruction to settle the product indicated in the instruction to reserve from the user, the user terminal 2 transmits the instruction to settle to the inventory information notification device 1. Upon receiving the instruction to settle the product, the product information acquisition unit 131 transmits the instruction to settle the product to the payment device for settling the product. The payment device setstles the product and transmits payment information indicating that the payment has been completed to the inventory information notification device 1.

Upon receiving the payment information, the notification unit 134 notifies the terminal of the store in which the product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit 131 is in stock of the instruction information instructing to keep the product. When the terminal of the store receives the input of the information indicating that the product has been reserved from the staff of the store, the terminal of the store transmits the information indicating that the reservation of the product is completed to the inventory information notification device 1.

When the notification unit 134 receives the information indicating that the product has been reserved from the terminal of the store, the user receives the guidance information for guiding to the store in stock of the product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit 131. Notify terminal 2. The guidance information is, for example, position information indicating the position of a store in stock, and route information indicating a route from the position of the user terminal 2 to the store in stock.

When the notification unit 134 receives the information indicating that the reserved product has been received from the terminal of the store where the product has been reserved, the notification unit 134 notifies the predetermined terminal of the information indicating that the receipt 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 member of a user who uses the user terminal 2. In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 enables the user and any member of the user's family to receive the product. Then, when someone in the family receives the product, the inventory information notification device 1 can notify the user and the user's family of the receipt. By doing so, the user and the user's family can receive the reserved goods by anyone in the family and can know that someone has received the goods.

When the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires an instruction to reserve a product, the product information acquisition unit 131 may acquire information indicating a deadline for retaining the product. The information indicating the deadline is, for example, "immediately", "today's day", "10 minutes", "60 minutes" and the like. The inventory information notification device 1 cancels the reserve of the product when the deadline for reserve of the product has passed. Specifically, the notification unit 134 notifies the payment device of an instruction to cancel the payment of the reserved product when the deadline has passed. Then, when the notification unit 134 receives the information indicating that the payment has been canceled from the payment device, the notification unit 134 notifies the predetermined terminal of the information indicating that the payment has been canceled due to the lapse of the deadline. Here, the predetermined terminals are the terminal of the store where the product is reserved and the user terminal 2 which has acquired the instruction to reserve the product. In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 enables the reserved product to be sold to a user different from the user who does not receive the product. Therefore, the store that sells the product can increase the inventory turnover rate.

In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the terminal of the store of an instruction to reserve the product based on the instruction of the user, and notifies the user terminal 2 of the guidance information for guiding to the store in stock. By doing so, the user can reserve the product at the store, so that the product is bought by another user at the store notified that the product is in stock, and the product is not available when the user goes to the store. That will not happen.

(Notify merchandise arrival information)
The notification unit 134 notifies that the product that the user wants to purchase arrives at the store. For example, when the product indicated by the desired product information arrives 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 has received the product at the store. Notify the user terminal 2 of the arrival information indicating. By doing so, the user can go to the store where the product he / she wants to purchase has arrived.

Further, the notification unit 134 may notify the store in which the time until the product that the user wants to purchase arrives is short. For example, the inventory information generation unit 132 creates inventory information associated with information indicating the date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information arrives at each of the plurality of stores. The notification unit 134 refers to the inventory information, and notifies the user terminal 2 of the store in which the product indicated by the desired product information arrives earlier than the other stores among the plurality of stores. By doing so, the user can purchase the product he / she wants to purchase earlier.

(Notify the terminal of the store that there are few products on display)
When the number of displayed products displayed on the display shelves decreases in each of the plurality of stores, the notification unit 134 may notify the terminal of the store that the number of displayed products is small. Specifically, the inventory information generation unit 132 creates display inventory information indicating the inventory of displayed products and warehouse inventory information indicating the inventory of products stored in the warehouse. The notification unit 134 refers to the display inventory information and notifies the terminal of the store of an instruction to display the products stored in the warehouse on the display shelf when the inventory of the displayed products is low.

When the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires the desired product information indicating that the store has notified that the number of displayed products is small and the notification unit 134 wants to purchase the product with a small number of displays, the notification unit 134 purchases the product with a small number of displays. You may notify the terminal of the store that a request has occurred. In this case, the notification unit 134 notifies the user's desired purchase quantity and the number of products in stock in the store. By doing so, the store staff can replenish the display shelves or place an order for the products so as not to lose the sales opportunity.

When the notification unit 134 notifies the inventory information of the store to the user terminal 2 existing near the store that has notified that the number of displayed products is small, the notification unit 134 notifies the user terminal 2 of the inventory information of the store. You may notify the terminal. Specifically, when the position of the user terminal 2 that has notified the inventory information of the store that has notified that the number of displayed products is small is within a predetermined range from the store, the notification unit 134 gives the user terminal 2 inventory information. Notify the terminal of the store of the information indicating that the notification has been made. By doing so, the store staff knows that the user who wants to purchase the product is nearby, and by replenishing the product that the user wants to purchase, the user purchases the product on the display shelf. It is possible to suppress the decrease in the number of inventories and reduce the loss of sales opportunities.

Further, the notification unit 134 may notify the number of products to be acquired from the warehouse based on the number of products that can be displayed on the display shelf. For example, the notification unit 134 notifies the 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 to be acquired from the warehouse. In this way, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the terminal of the store of the number of products to be acquired from the warehouse when the number of displayed products is reduced. By doing so, the store staff can know the number of products to be acquired from the warehouse without checking the display shelves, so that the labor for displaying the products is reduced.

(If there is no store in stock near you, notify the nearest store in stock)
The notification unit 134 notifies the stores within the predetermined range from the position of the user terminal 2, but if there is no store in the predetermined range in which the product that the user wants to purchase is in stock, the notification unit 134 is out of the predetermined range. You may notify the store of. For example, in one or more stores outside the predetermined range, the notification unit 134 refers to a store that is closest to the position of the user terminal 2 among the stores in which the product that the user wants to purchase is in stock. Notify to. By doing so, the user can know the store in which the product he / she wants to purchase is in stock even if the product he / she wants to purchase is not in stock in the nearby store.

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

First, the product information acquisition unit 131 acquires desired product information for specifying a product that the user wants to purchase (step S1). Subsequently, the inventory information generation unit 132 acquires sales product information of products sold in the plurality of stores from each of the plurality of stores (step S2). Then, the inventory information generation unit 132 creates inventory information in a plurality of stores (step S3). The inventory information notification device 1 may perform the process of acquiring the desired product information (step S1) and the process of creating the inventory information (steps S2 and S3) in a different order, in parallel. You may.

Next, the position information acquisition unit 133 acquires the 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 within a predetermined range from the store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock (step S5). ).

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

[Effect of inventory information notification device 1]
As described above, the inventory information notification device 1 creates inventory information of products in a plurality of stores, desired product information for specifying a product that the user wants to purchase, and a position indicating the position of the user terminal 2. Get information and. Then, the inventory information notification device 1 notifies the user terminal 2 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. .. By doing so, the user can know which store to go to in stock of the product to be purchased. Therefore, the inventory information notification device 1 can reduce the labor when the user searches for a product desired to be purchased.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist. be. For example, the specific embodiment of the distribution / integration of the device is not limited to the above embodiment, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in any unit. Can be done. Also included in the embodiments of the present invention are new embodiments resulting from any combination of the plurality of embodiments. The effect of the new embodiment produced by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment together.

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

Claims (11)

A location information acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating the location of the user terminal used by the user, and
The product information acquisition unit that acquires the desired product information for specifying the product that the user wants to purchase, and the product information acquisition unit.
An inventory information generator that creates inventory information for products in multiple stores,
Among the plurality of inventory information created by the inventory information generation unit, the user terminal obtains the inventory information of products corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information. Notification unit to notify to
Equipped with
When the position indicated by the location information is included in a predetermined range from the store in which the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock and then moves out of the range, the notification unit sends the product to the user terminal. Notify you that you have stock,
Inventory information notification device. When the position indicated by the location information is included within a predetermined range from the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock, the notification unit indicates that the store has the product in stock. Notify the user terminal of the indicated information,
The inventory information notification device according to claim 1. The notification unit notifies the user terminal of 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 inventory information notification device according to claim 1 or 2. The notification unit includes the desired product information in the payment information related to the payment made by the user while the position indicated by the location information is included in the premises of the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock. If the information indicating the product corresponding to the above is not included, the user terminal is notified that the store has the stock of the product corresponding to the desired product information.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The product information acquisition unit acquires information for identifying a product corresponding to an advertisement displayed on the user terminal as the desired product information.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The product information acquisition unit acquires an instruction to reserve a product corresponding to the desired product information from the user terminal.
The notification unit notifies the user terminal of guidance information for guiding to a store in which the product corresponding to the instruction acquired by the product information acquisition unit is in stock.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The inventory information generation unit creates the inventory information in which the product is associated with the expiration date or the expiration date.
The notification unit notifies the user terminal of price information whose price is lowered 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.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. When the product indicated by the desired product information arrives at a store within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information, the notification unit receives the arrival information indicating that the product has arrived at the store. Notify the terminal,
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The inventory information generation unit creates the inventory information in which the information indicating the date and time when the product indicated by the desired product information arrives at each of the plurality of stores is associated with the information indicating the date and time.
The notification unit refers to the inventory information and notifies the user terminal of the store whose arrival date and time of the product indicated by the desired product information is earlier than that of the other stores among the plurality of stores.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The notification unit corresponds to the product indicated by the desired product information and the position when one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information do not have the product indicated by the desired product information in stock. Notifying the user terminal of the product information of other products in stock in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the information.
The inventory information notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 9. Computer runs,
Steps to get the desired product information to identify the product that the user wants to purchase,
A step of acquiring position information indicating the position of a user terminal used by the user corresponding to the acquired desired product information, and a step of acquiring the position information.
A step of acquiring an instruction to reserve a product corresponding to the desired product information from the user terminal, and
Steps to create inventory information for products in multiple stores,
A step of notifying the user terminal of the inventory information of a product corresponding to the desired product information in one or more stores within a predetermined range from the position indicated by the location information among the plurality of created inventory information. ,
When the position indicated by the position information is included in a predetermined range from the store where the product corresponding to the desired product information is in stock and then moves out of the range, the user terminal has the product in stock. And the steps to notify
Inventory information notification method.

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