JP2023087323A - Information providing system, information providing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve convenience of a user.SOLUTION: A material designation reception unit (101) of an information providing system (S) receives designation of a material by a user, by using one service of digital leaflet service providing a digital leaflet, and recipe service providing a recipe. An information providing unit (104) provides a user with provision object information on the material, by using the other service which is not the one service of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

The present disclosure relates to an information providing system, an information providing method, and a program.

Conventionally, a digital leaflet service that provides digital leaflets and a recipe service that provides recipes are known. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes a digital leaflet service that selects a product that the user is likely to be interested in based on the user's browsing history, and provides a digital leaflet containing product information about the selected product. there is For example, Patent Literature 2 and Patent Literature 3 describe a recipe service that provides recipes for cooking according to a user's usage history and conditions specified by the user.

Japanese Patent No. 5760872 Japanese Patent No. 6890747 JP-A-2002-41670

However, with the technique of Patent Literature 1, the user needs to come up with a recipe for the dish that he/she will make, and then search the digital leaflet service for the ingredients necessary for this recipe, which is time-consuming. With the techniques of Patent Documents 2 and 3, the user needs to search by himself/herself for stores that sell the ingredients of the recipe searched by the recipe service, which is time-consuming. For this reason, the conventional technology has not been able to sufficiently enhance the user's convenience.

One of the purposes of the present disclosure is to enhance user convenience.

An information providing system according to the present disclosure uses one of a digital leaflet service that provides digital leaflets and a recipe service that provides recipes, and a material designation reception unit that receives designation of materials by a user. and an information providing unit that provides the user with information to be provided regarding the ingredients by using one of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service, not the other service.

According to the present disclosure, user convenience is enhanced.

It is a figure which shows an example of the whole structure of an information provision system. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of screen transition when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service; It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function implement|achieved by an information provision system. It is a figure which shows an example of a user database. It is a figure which shows an example of a digital leaflet database. It is a figure which shows an example of a recipe database. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process performed by an information provision system. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process performed by an information provision system. It is a functional block diagram in a modification.

[1. Overall configuration of information providing system]
An example of an embodiment of an information providing system according to the present disclosure will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information providing system. The server 10 and user terminals 20 are connectable to the Internet N. FIG. The information providing system S only needs to include at least one computer, and is not limited to the example in FIG.

Server 10 is a server computer. The server 10 includes a control section 11 , a storage section 12 and a communication section 13 . Control unit 11 includes at least one processor. The storage unit 12 includes a volatile memory such as RAM and a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk. The communication unit 13 includes at least one of a communication interface for wired communication and a communication interface for wireless communication.

The user terminal 20 is a user's computer. For example, the user terminal 20 is a personal computer, smart phone, tablet, or wearable terminal. Physical configurations of the control unit 21, the storage unit 22, and the communication unit 23 are the same as those of the control unit 11, the storage unit 12, and the communication unit 13, respectively. The operation unit 24 is an input device such as a touch panel. The display unit 25 is a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display.

The programs or data stored in each of the server 10 and the user terminal 20 may be supplied via the Internet N. In addition, the program or data stored in the information storage medium can be read by a computer-readable information storage medium (for example, an optical disk drive or memory card slot), or an input for inputting/outputting data to/from an external device. It may be supplied via an output (eg a USB port).

[2. Overview of information provision system]
In the information providing system S, users are provided with a digital leaflet service that provides digital leaflets and a recipe service that provides recipes. In this embodiment, a single server 10 provides both services, but the computer that provides the digital leaflet service and the computer that provides the recipe service may be different. The company that provides the digital leaflet service and the company that provides the recipe service may be the same or different.

Digital flyers are flyers that are provided electronically. A digital leaflet is sometimes called an electronic leaflet. A digital leaflet may include only products from a single store, or may include products from multiple stores. For example, advertisers of digital flyers are stores. The store bears the advertising costs. The digital handbill may have the same layout as the paper handbill distributed by the store, but the digital handbill of this embodiment shall have a different layout from the paper handbill. Providing a digital leaflet means transmitting data for displaying the digital leaflet to the user terminal 20 .

A recipe is how to make a dish. Recipes contain information about ingredients needed for cooking. Ingredients are things used for cooking. Ingredients are sometimes called ingredients. For example, the material is meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, grains, processed foods, seasonings, edible oil, or water. In this embodiment, recipes are posted by users of the recipe service, but the recipes may be created by anyone, such as the administrator of the recipe service, the store posting the digital flyer, or an expert. Providing a recipe means transmitting data for displaying the recipe to the user terminal 20 .

In this embodiment, the case where the digital leaflet service and the recipe service are independent services will be described, but the digital leaflet service may be incorporated as part of the recipe service. That is, the digital leaflet service may be one function of the recipe service. Conversely, the recipe service may be incorporated as part of the digital flyer service. That is, the recipe service may be one function of the digital leaflet service. Others, for example, digital flyer services and recipe services may be offered among services such as point earning services or e-commerce services.

2 to 8 are diagrams showing examples of screen transitions when a user uses the digital handbill service and the recipe service. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the digital leaflet service and the recipe service are each provided by an application (hereinafter referred to simply as an application) installed in the user terminal 20. may Henceforth, the application of the digital leaflet service is called a digital leaflet application. A recipe service application is called a recipe application. A digital flyer service and a recipe service may be provided in one app.

In this embodiment, a case where a recipe application is called from a digital leaflet application will be taken as an example. For example, when a user registers his/her own profile such as postal code or address when the digital leaflet application is activated for the first time, digital leaflets of nearby stores are provided. When the user designates a favorite store from the list of stores that can provide digital leaflets, the digital leaflet of this store is provided.

In this embodiment, when stores of the same company exist in multiple locations, such as chain stores, each store is treated as a separate store. For example, if supermarkets named "AAA store" are located at locations A1, A2, and A3, "AAA store A1", "AAA store A2", and "AAA store A3" are treated as separate stores. The user can register individual stores of chain stores as favorite stores.

When the settings at the time of initial start-up are completed, a digital leaflet screen G1 including a store icon I10 and product information I11 is displayed on the display unit 25, as shown in the upper left screen example of FIG. The store icon I10 includes the logo or mark of the user's favorite store. The location of the store is displayed below the store icon I10. When the user adds or deletes a favorite store, the store icon I10 on the digital handbill screen G1 is also added or deleted. The product information I11 included in the digital leaflet screen G1 also changes according to the added or deleted favorite store.

The product information I11 is information about products sold at favorite stores. For example, product information I11 includes product images, names, descriptions, and prices. In this embodiment, the product information I11 includes a store icon (a round icon in FIG. 2) indicating a store that sells the product, a favorite icon (a heart icon in FIG. 2) for registering as a favorite product, and a material in my refrigerator. includes a refrigerator icon (refrigerator icon in FIG. 2) for registering Since the number of these icons is large, the reference numerals in the drawings are omitted.

For example, when a user selects a favorite icon included in product information I11 of a certain product, this product is registered as a favorite product. The user can display a list of favorite products on the digital leaflet screen G1 at any timing. When the user again selects the favorite icon included in the product information I11 of the favorite product, this product is canceled from the favorite product. For example, when the user selects a refrigerator icon included in the product information I11 of a certain product, this product is registered as a material for my refrigerator.

My refrigerator is a virtual refrigerator for supporting the user's shopping. In my refrigerator, information about ingredients necessary for cooking prepared by the user is registered. My Refrigerator is a kind of bookmark. A favorite product is also one of the bookmarks. My Refrigerator is equivalent to a memo for recording ingredients necessary for cooking. A favorite product corresponds to a memo for recording products purchased at a store.

Products posted on digital flyers are registered as favorite products, but products posted on digital flyers are not necessarily registered in My Refrigerator. In My Refrigerator, you can register ingredients with names different from the names of the actual products. For example, even if the name of the product posted on the digital leaflet is "beef thigh", another name such as "300 g of sliced beef thigh is OK" can be registered in My Refrigerator. The name of the material in My Fridge can include any comments.

For example, when the user selects product information I11 (parts other than icons) of a product, a product detail screen G2 showing details of this product is displayed on the display unit 25, as in the upper right screen of FIG. When the user selects the favorite icon I20, the product being displayed on the product detail screen G2 is registered as a favorite product. When the user selects the refrigerator icon I21, the product being displayed on the product detail screen G2 is registered as a material for my refrigerator.

Returning to the upper left screen of FIG. 2, for example, when the user selects the link L12, a menu M13 prompting the use of my refrigerator is displayed as shown in the lower left screen of FIG. The menu M13 may be displayed as a recommendation to the user even if the link L12 is not selected. If the user has never used My Refrigerator, the menu M13 is displayed at an arbitrary timing. If the user has used My Refrigerator, the menu M13 is not displayed.

For example, when the user selects the button B130 of the menu M13, a menu M14 prompting the user to add ingredients to my refrigerator is displayed as shown in the lower right screen of FIG. When the user selects the button B140 of the menu M14, a menu M15 for selecting a material addition method is displayed on the display unit 25, as shown in the upper left screen of FIG. In this embodiment, there are two methods of adding materials: a method of searching from digital leaflets and a method of manually adding materials.

For example, when the user selects the button B150 of the menu M15, the menu M15 is cleared as shown in the upper right screen of FIG. By selecting the refrigerator icon of the product information I11 of a certain product, the user can add this product to my refrigerator. For example, when the user selects the refrigerator icon included in the product information I11 of the product "beef thigh" of the store "AAA store A1", this product is added to my refrigerator as shown in the lower left screen of FIG. Then, the My Refrigerator screen G3 is displayed on the display unit 25 .

The my refrigerator screen G3 is a screen showing the contents of my refrigerator. As shown in the lower left screen of FIG. 3, the material information I30 related to the material added to my refrigerator and a message M31 indicating that the material has been added to my refrigerator are displayed on my refrigerator screen G3. The user can return to the digital handbill screen G1, select the refrigerator icon included in the product information I11, and add more ingredients. When the user adds more ingredients, the ingredient information I30 related to the ingredients added by the user is displayed side by side on the My Refrigerator screen G3, as shown in the lower right screen of FIG.

Returning to the upper left screen of FIG. 3, when the user selects the button B151 while the menu M15 is displayed, a menu M16 for adding materials is displayed as shown in the upper left screen of FIG. The user enters the material name in the input form F160. Material names are represented by letters, numbers, other symbols, or combinations thereof. For example, the user uses the keyboard of the operation unit 24 or the software keyboard displayed on the display unit 25 to enter any name into the input form F160. The user can enter any name regardless of the name of the product posted on the digital leaflet.

In this embodiment, the ingredients in my refrigerator can be associated with stores, recipes, and labels. The store associated with an ingredient in My Refrigerator is the store where you plan to buy this ingredient. A recipe associated with an ingredient in My Refrigerator is a recipe that will use this ingredient. The label associated with the material in my refrigerator is the label given to this material. A label is information for classifying materials. In this embodiment, a label for purchasing materials is taken as an example, but any label that can classify materials in some way may be used. For example, materials may be labeled as to whether they are in stock in the actual refrigerator, such as "buy next", "buy if available, buy if cheap", or "don't buy if available now".

For example, when the user selects the button B161 of the menu M16, the display unit 25 displays a store search screen G4 for searching for a store associated with the material, as shown in the upper right screen of FIG. For example, when the user checks the check boxes C40 of one or more stores and selects the button B41, a store specification screen G5 for specifying the name of the selected store is displayed, as shown in the lower left screen of FIG. is displayed on the display unit 25 . A refrigerator icon I50 for designating each store is displayed on the store designation screen G5.

For example, when the user selects a refrigerator icon I50 for a store, this store is associated with the ingredients being entered, as shown in the bottom right screen of FIG. In the screen example at the lower right of FIG. 4, the store "AAA store A1 store" is associated with the store where the material being input "300 g sliced beef thigh is OK". For example, when the user selects the button B162 of the menu M16, the recipe app starts and the digital leaflet app shifts to the background.

When the recipe application is activated, a home screen G6 of the recipe service is displayed on the display unit 25, as shown in the upper left screen of FIG. A similar home screen G6 may also be displayed when the button B141 on the lower right screen of FIG. 2 is selected. The user can search for any recipe from the home screen G6. For example, the user searches for recipes registered in the recipe service by designating a recipe category such as meat or fish or by entering any keyword. When the user selects an arbitrary recipe from the recipe search results, a recipe screen G7 showing details of the selected recipe is displayed on the display unit 25, as in the upper right screen of FIG.

The recipe screen G7 displays a refrigerator icon I70 for associating the recipe with the material being input, a button B71 for collectively registering the recipe ingredients, and a refrigerator icon I72 for individually registering the recipe ingredients. be. For example, when the user selects the refrigerator icon I70, the recipe app transitions to the background and the digital leaflet app returns to the foreground.

When the Digital Flyer app returns to the foreground, the recipe specified by the user is associated with the ingredients being entered, as in the bottom left screen of FIG. In the screen example in the lower left of FIG. 5, the recipe "Rice goes well! Sukiyaki-style beef tofu" is associated with the recipe scheduled to use the input material "300 g beef thigh slices OK". For example, when the user selects button B163 of menu M16, any label can be associated with the material. The user can also choose not to associate a label with the material.

For example, if the user selects the button B164 of the menu M16 without associating a label with the material, the material input by the user, "300 g beef thigh slices OK" is displayed in the My Refrigerator as shown in the lower right screen of FIG. A My Refrigerator screen G3 indicating that the refrigerator has been added to is displayed. Note that if the user selects the button B165 of the menu M16 in the state of the lower left screen of FIG. 5, the addition of ingredients to my refrigerator is cancelled.

The user can also add ingredients to my refrigerator from the recipe screen G7. For example, when the user selects the button B71 of the recipe screen G7 in the state of the upper left screen of FIG. A refrigerator screen G3 is displayed on the display unit 25 . As in the message M37, if the recipe contains ingredients that have already been registered in my refrigerator, the same ingredients will not be registered redundantly.

For example, when the user selects the refrigerator icon I72 on the recipe screen G7 in the state of the upper left screen of FIG. 6, the ingredients indicated by the refrigerator icon I72 are registered in My Refrigerator as shown in the lower right screen of FIG. In this case, ingredients for which the refrigerator icon I72 is not selected are not registered in my refrigerator. In the example screens in the upper right and lower right of FIG. 6, the ingredients added to My Refrigerator are not associated with a store, so the user selects a button included in the ingredient information I30 to associate a store with the ingredient. can be done. When the user selects the menu M32 for manually adding ingredients, a menu M16 like the upper left screen of FIG. 4 is displayed.

The user can also set the My Refrigerator from the My Refrigerator screen G3. For example, when the user selects the setting icon I33 in the state of the upper left screen of FIG. 7, a setting screen G8 for setting the My Refrigerator is displayed on the display unit 25 as shown in the upper right screen of FIG. . For example, a user can set the default store associated with an ingredient, set the default label associated with an ingredient, and edit the label.

For example, when the user selects the material information I30 of a certain material in the state of the upper left screen of FIG. 7, this material can be labeled. When the user labels the ingredients, the background color of the ingredient information I30 on the My Refrigerator screen G3 changes as shown in the lower right screen of FIG. The user can intuitively grasp the label of each material from the background color of the material information I30. In the drawings, colors are schematically represented by the density of halftone dots.

In this embodiment, the function of My Refrigerator is used to provide the user with not only material management but also recommended information. For example, for ingredients with recommended information, identifiable information (“!” mark in the example of FIG. 8) is displayed on at least one of the store icon and recipe icon in the ingredient information I30. For example, when the user selects the material information I30 of the material for which there is recommended information in the state of the upper left screen of FIG. be done.

In the screen example on the upper right of FIG. 8, there are recommended information about products and recommended information about recipes. A "!" mark in the store icon included in the menu M38 means that there is recommended information about the product. A "!" mark on the recipe icon included in the menu M38 means that there is recommended information about the recipe. The user can also edit the name of the material, and change the store, recipe, and label associated with the material from the menu M38.

For example, when the user selects a store icon with a "!" mark, the display of the menu M38 is switched to show recommended products of the store associated with the displayed material, as shown in the lower left screen of FIG. The menu M38 may show recommended products of neighboring stores of the same affiliated company, or may show recommended products of other affiliated stores. When the user selects a recommended product included in the menu M38, the product detail screen G2 for this product is displayed.

For example, when the user selects a recipe icon with a "!" mark, the display of the menu M38 is switched to show recommended recipes related to the displayed ingredients, as shown in the lower right screen of FIG. The menu M38 displays recipes that are different from the recipes associated with the ingredients. The recipes displayed on the menu M38 may be recipes retrieved from the names of ingredients, or may be recipes frequently viewed by other users who have viewed recipes associated with the ingredients.

As described above, in the information providing system S, the digital leaflet service and the recipe service are linked. It has become. Hereinafter, details of the information providing system S will be described.

[3. Functions realized by the information provision system]
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing an example of functions realized by the information providing system S. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, a case where the main functions are realized by the server 10 will be described. Among the functions shown in FIG. 9 , the data storage unit 100 is realized mainly by the storage unit 12 . Other functions are realized mainly by the control unit 11 .

[3-1. data memory]
The data storage unit 100 stores data necessary for providing information to the user. For example, the data storage unit 100 stores a user database DB1, a digital handbill database DB2, and a recipe database DB3.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the user database DB1. The user database DB1 is a database that stores information about users in the digital handbill service. For example, the user database DB1 stores user IDs, passwords, user names, profile information, favorite store information, favorite product information, my refrigerator information, and setting information. Information stored in the user database DB1 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 5, and arbitrary information may be stored.

Profile information is information about a user's profile. For example, profile information may include zip code, address, frequent areas, occupation, date of birth, gender, or hobbies. The favorite store information is information about the user's favorite store. For example, the favorite store information includes the store ID of the favorite store. A store ID is an example of store identification information that can identify a store. The store identification information may be arbitrary information other than the store ID, and may be, for example, the name of the store. The favorite product information is information related to the user's favorite product. For example, the favorite product information includes product IDs of favorite products. A product ID is an example of store identification information that can identify a product. The product identification information may be any information other than the product ID, and may be, for example, the name of the product.

My refrigerator information is information about the contents of my refrigerator. For example, my refrigerator information includes material information, store ID, recipe ID, and label ID. The material information is information about materials registered in My Refrigerator. For example, the material information includes material ID and material name. A material ID is an example of material identification information that can identify a material. The material identification information may be any information other than the material ID. For example, the material name may correspond to the material identification information. A recipe ID is an example of recipe identification information that can identify a recipe. The recipe identification information may be any information other than the recipe ID. For example, the name of the recipe may correspond to the recipe identification information. A label ID is an example of label identification information that can identify a label. The label identification information may be any information other than the label ID. For example, the name of the label may correspond to the label identification information. My refrigerator information is updated each time a user registers an ingredient in my refrigerator.

The setting information is information related to the setting of my refrigerator. For example, the setting information includes the store ID of the default store, the label ID of the default label, and a list of labels. The label list includes label IDs and label names. For example, when the user sets the My Refrigerator from the setting screen G8, the setting information is updated.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the digital handbill database DB2. The digital leaflet database DB2 is a database that stores information on digital leaflets. For example, the digital leaflet database DB2 stores leaflet IDs, store IDs, periods, and digital leaflet information. The information stored in the digital handbill database DB2 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 11, and arbitrary information may be stored.

The handbill ID is handbill identification information that can identify a digital handbill. The handbill identification information may be any information other than the handbill ID. For example, the name of the digital handbill may correspond to the handbill identification information. A leaflet ID is issued for each digital leaflet registered by the store. A store may register a digital flyer for each project, such as a limited-time campaign or a recurring campaign. In this case, the leaflet ID can be said to be information that can identify the plan of the store.

The store ID associated with the leaflet ID is the store ID of the store that registered the digital leaflet. The time period associated with the flyer ID is the time period during which the digital flyer is displayed. The digital leaflet information is information related to digital leaflets. For example, the digital leaflet information includes product information related to products posted on the digital leaflet. For example, the product information includes product ID, product name, product image, product price, and product description. The product information associated with the leaflet ID is information necessary for displaying the product information I11 on the digital leaflet screen G1.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the recipe database DB3. The recipe database DB3 is a database that stores information on recipes. For example, the recipe database DB3 stores a recipe ID, a contributor's user ID, and recipe information. The information stored in the recipe database DB3 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 12, and arbitrary information may be stored.

Although the same user ID and password are used for the digital handbill service and the recipe service in this embodiment, the user ID and password for the digital handbill service may be different from the user ID and password for the recipe service. That is, a unique user ID and password may be issued for each of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service.

The recipe information is information about recipes. For example, recipe information includes a recipe category, a recipe name (title), an image of a dish, ingredient information, cooking time, comments by contributors, and reviews by viewers. The recipe information associated with the recipe ID is information necessary for displaying the recipe screen G7. Every time a user of the recipe service posts a recipe, a recipe ID is issued, and the user ID of this user and the recipe information of the posted recipe are stored in the recipe database DB3. The material information is information on materials included in the recipe. For example, ingredient information includes the names and amounts of ingredients required for the recipe.

Note that the data stored in the data storage unit 100 is not limited to the above examples. For example, the data storage unit 100 may store a user database that stores information about users of the recipe service. This user database stores various types of information such as user IDs, passwords, and user-registered names for the recipe service. For example, the data storage unit 100 may store a store database that stores information about stores that post products on digital flyers.

[3-2. Material Designation Reception Department]
The material designation reception unit 101 receives designation of materials by a user using one of a digital leaflet service that provides digital leaflets and a recipe service that provides recipes. One service is a service for designating materials to be registered in my refrigerator. One service may be a digital leaflet service or a recipe service. In this embodiment, since ingredients can be specified from both the digital flyer service and the recipe service, either of these services can be equivalent to the other service.

In the present embodiment, the material designation reception unit 101 is realized by the server 10, so the material designation reception unit 101 receives data regarding the material designated by the user from the user terminal 20, thereby accepting designation of the material. . For example, the material designation receiving unit 101 receives data indicating a product ID, a recipe ID, the name of the material included in the recipe information, or a character string manually input by the user to receive the designation of the material. When the material designation reception unit 101 is realized by the user terminal 20 , the material designation reception unit 101 may receive the designation of the material based on the detection signal of the operation unit 24 .

For example, if the digital leaflet service corresponds to one of the services, the material designation receiving unit 101 uses the digital leaflet service to receive the designation on the digital leaflet. For example, the material specification accepting unit 101 accepts the specification of ingredients by accepting the selection of a refrigerator icon included in the product information I11 on the digital leaflet screen G1. The material designation receiving unit 101 receives designation of materials by receiving selection of the refrigerator icon I21 on the product detail screen G2.

When materials are specified using the digital leaflet service, the product selected by the user is specified as the material, but the name of the product does not have to match the name of the material. . For example, after the user selects a product, part of the product name may be changed, or only part of the product name may be used as the ingredient name. The material designation reception unit 101 may receive designation of materials from a screen other than the digital leaflet screen G1 or the product detail screen G2. The other screen may be any screen provided by the digital flyer service.

If the recipe service corresponds to one of the services, the ingredient designation reception unit 101 receives designation on the recipe using the recipe service. For example, by accepting the selection of the button B71 or the refrigerator icon I72 on the recipe screen G7, the specification of the ingredients is accepted. When the button B71 is selected, multiple ingredients included in the recipe are collectively registered in my refrigerator. will be accepted. Instead of collectively registering all the ingredients contained in the recipe, the user may select arbitrary plural ingredients contained in the recipe and collectively register the selected plural ingredients.

Note that when ingredients are specified using the recipe service, at least one ingredient included in the recipe selected by the user is specified as it is as an ingredient in My Refrigerator. , and the name of the material in my refrigerator do not have to match. For example, after the user selects a recipe, part of the name of the ingredients included in the recipe may be changed, or only part of the name of the ingredients included in the recipe may be used as the name of the ingredients in My Refrigerator. good too. The material designation reception unit 101 may receive designation of materials from a screen other than the recipe screen G7. Other screens may be any screens provided by the recipe service.

In this embodiment, the material designation receiving unit 101 receives the designation of the material by receiving the input of the character string indicating the material. For example, the material specification accepting unit 101 accepts the specification of the material by accepting a character string input to the input form F160 of the menu M16. A user may be able to rename ingredients registered using a digital flyer service or a recipe service. In this case, the material designation receiving unit 101 receives the designation of the material by receiving an operation to change the name of the material registered in my refrigerator.

In this embodiment, since a plurality of ingredients can be registered in my refrigerator, the ingredient designation reception unit 101 receives designation of each of the plurality of ingredients. The method of specifying each material is as described above. For example, the material designation receiving unit 101 may receive designation of the first material using the digital leaflet service, and may receive designation of the second material using the recipe service. Further, the material designation receiving unit 101 may receive the designation of the third material through manual input by the user. In this case, a plurality of methods of specifying ingredients registered in My Refrigerator are mixed.

[3-3. Registration Department]
The registration unit 102 registers material information about the material when the material designation reception unit 101 receives the designation. Registering the material information means recording the material information on the memory. In this embodiment, storing the material information as part of the my refrigerator information in the user database DB1 corresponds to registering the material information. The registration unit 102 registers the material information of each of the plurality of materials when the designation of the plurality of materials is received collectively. The material information may be registered in the user database DB1 as information separate from the my refrigerator information, or may be registered in a database other than the user database DB1.

In this embodiment, the registration unit 102 does not register the material information of the material when the designation of the material indicated by the registered material information is accepted, and accepts the designation of the material whose material information is not registered. Register the material information if required. The registration unit 102 compares the material information of the material designated by the user and the registered material information, and if they match, it is determined that the designation of the material indicated by the registered material information has been accepted. judge.

In this embodiment, the case where the registration unit 102 determines complete match of material information will be described, but the registration unit 102 may determine partial match of material information. In this embodiment, the case where the name of the material is to be compared will be described, but what is to be compared may be any information used as material information. or the recipe ID of the recipe selected when designating the ingredients. In this case, it is assumed that these product IDs or recipe IDs are included in the my refrigerator information.

[3-4. Labeling unit]
The label applying unit 103 applies a label specified by the user to the material. Applying a label to a material means associating the label with the material. In this embodiment, associating a label ID or a label name with a material ID included in my refrigerator information in the user database DB1 corresponds to attaching a label to the material. In this embodiment, since the user can specify any character string as the label, the labeling unit 103 gives the character string input by the user to the material as the label. For example, when the user inputs a label character string from the setting screen G8, the character string is associated with the material ID. The labeling unit 103 may determine the presence/absence of ingredients in the actual user's refrigerator using a machine learning model, and automatically assign labels.

[3-5. Information Department]
The information providing unit 104 provides the user with information about the ingredients specified by the user, using the other service, not the digital leaflet service or the recipe service. The other service is the digital leaflet service or the recipe service, which is not the service used when specifying the ingredients. If the user uses the digital leaflet service to specify ingredients (that is, one service is the digital leaflet service), the recipe service corresponds to the other service. If the user uses the recipe service to specify the ingredients (that is, one service is the recipe service), the digital leaflet service corresponds to the other service.

The provision target information is information provided to the user. The information to be provided may be any information regarding materials. For example, the contents of a digital leaflet of a store that sells ingredients as products, or recipes using ingredients correspond to the information to be provided. In this embodiment, the recommended information displayed on the menu M38 corresponds to the provision target information. Therefore, where the recommended information is explained, it can be read as provision target information. The information to be provided is not limited to recommended information, and may be any information regarding materials.

When ingredients are specified using the digital leaflet service, the information providing unit 104 uses the recipe service to provide the user with recipes related to the ingredients as information to be provided. For example, when the user selects the refrigerator icon included in the product information I11 on the digital leaflet screen G1 or selects the refrigerator icon I21 on the product detail screen G2 to specify ingredients, the information provision unit 104 provides the user with the information to be provided by displaying the recommended recipe of the material on the menu M38.

When ingredients are specified using the recipe service, the information providing unit 104 uses the digital leaflet service to provide the user with product information related to the ingredients posted on the digital leaflet as information to be provided. For example, when the user selects the button B71 or the refrigerator icon I72 on the recipe screen G7 to specify an ingredient, the information provision unit 104 displays the recommended product for the ingredient on the menu M38, thereby selecting the item to be provided. Provide information to users. Since a plurality of recommended products can be displayed on the menu M38, the information providing unit 104 uses a digital leaflet service to provide the user with product information for each of the plurality of ingredients.

In this embodiment, the material information is registered in the user database DB1, so the information providing unit 104 provides the user with the information to be provided based on the material information. If the material is not registered in my refrigerator, the information providing unit 104 may provide the user with the information to be provided based on the material specified by the user. That is, when the user designates ingredients using a digital leaflet without using the mechanism of My Refrigerator, the information providing unit 104 immediately provides the user with a recipe corresponding to the ingredients as information to be provided. may provide. Conversely, when the user specifies ingredients using the recipe service without using the My Refrigerator mechanism, the information providing unit 104 immediately provides a digital leaflet corresponding to the ingredients. It may be provided to the user as target information.

In this embodiment, since the user can freely input the name of the material to be registered in My Refrigerator, the information providing unit 104 provides the user with the information to be provided searched based on the character string input as the material. . For example, the information providing unit 104 searches for recommended recipes based on the names of ingredients, and displays the searched recommended recipes on the menu M38. Recommended recipes are searched based on string matching of ingredient names. Other factors such as the number of views and word of mouth may be taken into account when searching for recommended recipes.

In this embodiment, the information providing unit 104 can also provide the user with information about materials to be provided provided by one of the services. For example, when ingredients are specified using the digital leaflet service, the information providing unit 104 provides the user with not only the information provided by the recipe service but also the information provided by the digital leaflet service as information to be provided. It is possible. For example, when ingredients are specified using a recipe service, the information providing unit 104 can provide the user with not only the information provided by the digital leaflet service but also the information provided by the recipe service as information to be provided. is.

In addition, when the information providing system S and the inventory management system of the store are linked, the information providing unit 104 may provide the user with the information to be provided regarding the products that are in stock at the store. The user is not provided with information about products that are not in stock at the store. Further, the information providing unit 104 can provide the information to be provided on any screen. For example, on the digital handbill screen G1, information on the target of the recommended product or the recommended recipe may be provided. On the top screen G6 of the recipe service, information on the target of the recommended product or the recommended recipe may be provided.

[4. Processing executed by the information providing system]
13 and 14 are flow diagrams showing an example of processing executed in the information providing system S. FIG. 13 and 14 show processing for displaying the screens of FIGS. 2 to 8. FIG. 13 and 14, it is assumed that the user has completed registration for use of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service, and the operation at the time of first activation of the digital leaflet application. It is assumed that the user has already completed the operation when the recipe application is activated for the first time, if necessary.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the digital handbill application is activated on the user terminal 20, a login process to the digital handbill service is executed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 (S1). In S1, the input of the user ID and password may be requested, and if the user has logged in in the past, information indicating that fact is recorded in the user terminal 20, and the user ID is obtained using the information. and password entry may be omitted.

When the login to the digital leaflet service is successful, processing for displaying the digital leaflet screen G1 is executed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 based on the user database DB1 and the digital leaflet database DB2 (S2). . When the process of S2 is executed, a digital handbill screen G1 is displayed on the display unit 25 like the upper left screen in FIG. 2 or the upper right screen in FIG. This digital leaflet screen G1 is a screen that is displayed for the first time after the digital leaflet application is activated, so it corresponds to a so-called first view.

The user terminal 20 identifies the user's operation on the digital leaflet screen G1 based on the detection signal from the operation unit 24 (S3). In S3, an operation of selecting the refrigerator icon of the product information I11, an operation of selecting a portion other than the icon in the product information I11, an operation of selecting the link L12, or an operation of closing the digital leaflet application are performed. If another operation has been performed, a process corresponding to the other operation is executed, and this process ends. For example, when the store icon I10 of a certain store is selected, a screen showing a digital leaflet of this store is displayed. Also on this screen, an operation for registering products sold by this store as materials for my refrigerator may be accepted.

In S3, when the refrigerator icon of the product information I11 is selected (S3; refrigerator icon), a process for registering the product indicated by the product information I11 as a material in my refrigerator is performed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20. is executed (S4). After that, the process of S9, which will be described later, is executed, and the my refrigerator screen G3 is displayed. In S4, the user database DB1 is updated so that the information about the ingredients specified by the user is added to the my refrigerator information.

In S3, when a portion other than the icon in the product information I11 is selected (S3; product selection), a product detail screen G2 is displayed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 based on the digital leaflet database DB2. A process is executed to enable the operation (S5). The user terminal 20 identifies the user's operation on the product detail screen G2 based on the detection signal from the operation unit 24 (S6). In S6, an operation to select the refrigerator icon I21 or an operation to return to the digital handbill screen G1 is performed. If another operation has been performed, a process corresponding to the other operation is executed, and this process ends. For example, when the favorite icon I20 is selected, the product being displayed is registered in the user database DB1 as a favorite product.

In S6, when the refrigerator icon I21 is selected (S6; refrigerator icon), the process of S4 is executed, and the product being displayed is registered as a material for my refrigerator. In S6, if an operation to return to the digital leaflet screen G1 is performed (S6; Return), the process of S2 is executed and the digital leaflet screen G1 is displayed on the display unit 25. FIG.

In S3, when the link L12 to the My Refrigerator screen G3 is selected (S3; My Refrigerator screen), the user terminal 20 determines whether or not the user uses the My Refrigerator for the first time (S7). In S7, the user terminal 20 stores information indicating whether or not the refrigerator has been used, and the determination may be made based on this information. and the determination may be made by the server 10 .

When it is determined that my refrigerator is to be used for the first time (S7; Y), between the server 10 and the user terminal 20, based on the user database DB1 and at least one of the digital handbill database DB2 and the digital handbill database DB2, my A process for registering the first ingredient in the refrigerator is executed (S8). In S8, the first ingredient is registered in my refrigerator according to the flow described in the lower left screen of FIG. 2, the lower right screen of FIG. 2, and the screens of FIGS. After that, the process of S9, which will be described later, is executed, and the my refrigerator screen G3 is displayed.

If it is not determined that my refrigerator is used for the first time (S7; N), a process for displaying the my refrigerator screen G3 is executed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 based on the user database DB1 (S9). When the process of S9 is executed, the My Refrigerator screen G3 is displayed on the display unit, such as the lower right screen in FIG. 3, the lower right screen in FIG. 5, the upper left screen in FIG. 7, or the upper left screen in FIG. 25. The background color of the material information I30 is determined according to the label of the material.

Referring to FIG. 14, the user terminal 20 identifies the user's operation on the My Refrigerator screen G3 based on the detection signal from the operation unit 24 (S10). Here, it is assumed that an operation of adding a new material from the menu M32, an operation of selecting the material information I30, an operation of selecting the setting icon I33, or an operation of closing the digital leaflet application is performed. If another operation has been performed, a process corresponding to the other operation is executed, and this process ends.

In S10, when an operation to add a new material is performed (S10; material addition), the same process as in S4 is executed to add the material to my refrigerator. In S10, when the material information I30 is selected (S10; material information selection), a process for displaying the menu M38 is executed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 (S11), and the process returns to S9. If there is recommended information, processing for displaying the recommended information on the menu M38 is executed.

In S10, when the setting icon I33 is selected (S10; set my refrigerator), a process for setting my refrigerator is executed between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 based on the user database DB1 (S12 ), and the process returns to S9. In S3 or S10, if an operation to close the digital leaflet application is performed (S3, S10; close), this process ends.

According to the information providing system S of the present embodiment, one of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service is used to accept the designation of ingredients by the user, and the other service is used to provide the user with provide information. As a result, useful information can be provided to the user across the digital handbill service and the recipe service, thereby enhancing the user's convenience. For example, by providing a recommended recipe based on the ingredients that the user has registered in my refrigerator from a digital leaflet, it is possible to reduce the user's trouble of planning a menu. For example, by providing recommended products on a digital leaflet based on the ingredients that the user has registered in my refrigerator from the recipe, the user can save the trouble of searching for a store where the ingredients required for the recipe are purchased.

In addition, the information providing system S uses the digital leaflet service to accept the designation of ingredients to be registered in my refrigerator on the digital leaflet, and uses the recipe service to provide the user with the recipe related to the material as information to be provided. provide to Thereby, it is possible to provide the user with a recipe using at least one of the material that the user plans to purchase and the material that the user has already purchased. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the user's trouble of thinking about the meal menu.

In addition, the information providing system S uses the recipe service to accept designation of ingredients to be registered in my refrigerator on the recipe, and uses the digital leaflet service to provide the product information of the digital leaflet as the information to be provided to the user. provide to This makes it possible to provide the user with product information regarding the ingredients necessary for the dish the user plans to make. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the trouble of searching for a store where the user purchases the material.

In addition, the information providing system S uses a recipe service to receive collective specification of a plurality of ingredients on a recipe, and uses a digital leaflet service to provide product information for each of the plurality of ingredients to the user. do. As a result, the user does not need to register the ingredients one by one in my refrigerator, so the user's operation burden can be reduced.

In addition, the information providing system S does not register the material information of the material when the designation of the material indicated by the registered material information is accepted, and the designation of the material whose material information is not registered is accepted. Register the material information if necessary. This can prevent the same material from being redundantly registered in my refrigerator. As a result, it is possible to make the my refrigerator easy for the user to manage.

In addition, the information providing system S accepts input of a character string indicating an ingredient to be registered in My Refrigerator, thereby accepting designation of the ingredient and providing the user with information to be provided that is retrieved based on the character string. As a result, the user can register an ingredient with a desired name in his or her refrigerator, thereby increasing convenience for the user.

In addition, the information providing system S attaches the character string input by the user to the material in my refrigerator as a label. As a result, the user can label the material with a desired name, which further enhances the user's convenience.

In addition, the information providing system S can also provide the user with information about the ingredients to be provided, which is provided by one of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service used for specifying the ingredients to be registered in the My Refrigerator. be. As a result, it is possible to provide more useful information to the user, thereby enhancing the user's convenience. For example, more useful information can be provided by providing not only recipes but also products recommended by the digital leaflet based on the ingredients that the user has registered in my refrigerator from the digital leaflet. For example, more useful information can be provided by providing recommended recipes as well as product information on digital leaflets based on the ingredients that the user has registered in my refrigerator from recipes.

[5. Modification]
The present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described above. Modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram in a modification. First restriction unit 105 , second restriction unit 106 , first display control unit 107 , second display control unit 108 , third display control unit 109 , and setting unit 110 are realized mainly by control unit 11 .

[5-1. Modification 1]
For example, the information providing system S may include a first restricting unit 105 that displays a digital leaflet in which the user is restricted from specifying products that cannot be specified as materials among the plurality of products posted on the digital leaflet. . Products that cannot be designated as ingredients are products that cannot be used as food. In the screen example on the upper left of FIG. 2, products such as shampoo and soap are examples of products that cannot be specified as ingredients.

For example, the first restricting unit 105 determines whether or not individual products can be specified as materials based on the product information registered in the digital handbill database DB2. Modification 1 describes the case where this determination is performed based on the name of the product, but this determination itself can be performed by any method. For example, if the product has a category associated with it, the determination may be based on the category. The product categories may be stored in the digital handbill database DB2, or may be stored in another database that stores basic product information. If product identification information such as a JAN code is stored in the digital handbill database DB2, the category may be inferred from the product identification information.

For example, it is assumed that the names of materials that can be registered or the names of materials that cannot be registered are defined in the data storage unit 100 in advance. The first restriction unit 105 determines whether or not each product can be designated as a material by comparing the name of each product with the name of a material that can be registered or the name of a material that cannot be registered. These comparisons may require an exact match or a partial match.

The first restriction unit 105 prevents display of an ingredient designation image for designating a product that cannot be designated as an ingredient as an ingredient to be registered in My Refrigerator. The refrigerator icon of the product information I11 and the refrigerator icon I21 are examples of material designation images. The material designation image may be any image and is not limited to these. The material designation image may be an icon indicating an object other than the refrigerator, or may be an image other than the icon. In the case of the digital leaflet screen G1, no refrigerator icon is displayed in the product information I11. If it is the product detail screen G2, the refrigerator icon I12 is not displayed.

According to Modification 1, a digital leaflet is displayed in which the user is restricted from specifying products that cannot be specified as materials among the plurality of products posted on the digital leaflet. This prevents products that cannot be specified as materials from being registered in my refrigerator, and makes my refrigerator easy for the user to manage. Since it is not necessary to perform an operation to delete a product that cannot be specified as an ingredient in my refrigerator by mistake, the user's convenience is improved.

[5-2. Modification 2]
For example, the information providing unit 104 may provide a recipe that can be cooked with a plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator. The information providing unit 104 provides recipes using a plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator. The information providing unit 104 may provide a recipe using all the ingredients registered in my refrigerator, or a recipe using some of the ingredients registered in my refrigerator. Based on the recipe information stored in the recipe database DB3, the information providing unit 104 searches for recipes using a plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator, and provides the searched recipes.

The information providing unit 104 searches for a recipe using a plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator by comparing the name of each of the plurality of ingredients with the name of each ingredient included in the recipe. This comparison is done by determining a string match. This match may be a perfect match or a partial match. Recipes using multiple ingredients may be retrieved by comparing information other than strings. In addition, for example, the information providing unit 104 may search for a recipe that uses a plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator from recipe categories corresponding to names of ingredients registered in my refrigerator.

According to Modified Example 2, a recipe that can be cooked with a plurality of ingredients registered in My Refrigerator is provided. This makes it possible to provide recipes that match the contents of my refrigerator. By providing recipes that use multiple ingredients, it is possible to provide recipes that effectively consume the ingredients that are actually in the user's refrigerator.

[5-3. Modification 3]
For example, the information providing unit 104 may provide a recipe that can be cooked by combining the ingredients registered in My Refrigerator and the product posted on the digital leaflet. As the material registered in my refrigerator, only one material may be used, or a plurality of materials may be used as in Modified Example 2. The information providing unit 104 provides recipes using both the ingredients registered in my refrigerator and the products posted on the digital leaflets. The recipe provided to the user may use only one product posted on the digital leaflet, or may use a plurality of products.

Based on the product information stored in the digital leaflet database DB2 and the recipe information stored in the recipe database DB3, the information providing unit 104 identifies the ingredients registered in my refrigerator and the products posted on the digital leaflet. , and provide the retrieved recipes. The information providing unit 104 searches for recipes that use both ingredients and products by comparing the names of each of the ingredients and products with the names of individual ingredients included in the recipe. The detailed search method is as described in Modification 2. The information providing unit 104 may provide the user with a digital leaflet of products necessary for the recipe provided to the user, or if a plurality of products are required, provide the user with a digital leaflet containing the plurality of products. may

According to Modification 3, a recipe that can be cooked by combining the ingredients registered in My Refrigerator and the product posted on the digital leaflet is provided. This makes it possible to provide recipes that match both the contents of my refrigerator and the contents of the digital flyer. By providing recipes that use the ingredients in the user's refrigerator, it is possible to provide recipes that effectively consume the ingredients actually in the user's refrigerator. Users can be motivated to visit stores by providing recipes using products posted on digital flyers. As a result, the appeal effect of the product in the digital leaflet is enhanced.

[5-4. Modification 4]
For example, when a recipe is provided as in Modification 3, the information providing unit 104 may provide a recipe in which all the ingredients are available at one store posted on the digital leaflet. The information providing unit 104 provides the recipe so that, among the ingredients included in the recipe provided to the user, those corresponding to the product posted on the digital leaflet are products of one specific store. This is different from Modification 3 in that the products referred to when searching for recipes are searched so that they are available at one store, but other points are the same as Modification 3.

According to Modified Example 4, a recipe is provided in which all the ingredients are available at one store posted on the digital leaflet. As a result, it is possible to provide a recipe in which the ingredients are available if the user visits one store, thereby enhancing the user's convenience. Since the store can motivate the user to purchase a plurality of products of its own store, the appealing effect of the product in the digital leaflet is enhanced.

[5-5. Modification 5]
For example, the information providing system S may include a second restriction unit 106 that displays recipes in which specific ingredients are restricted from being specified. A specific material is one that is unlikely to be purchased by a user. For example, water, seasonings, or edible oils are likely to be stocked by the user and thus represent specific ingredients. The specific material may be a predetermined material, and may be specified by the user. It is assumed that information with which a specific material can be identified is pre-stored in the data storage unit 100 . Based on this information, the second restriction unit 106 determines whether each ingredient included in the recipe corresponds to a specific ingredient. A specific ingredient may be an ingredient already registered in My Refrigerator.

The second restriction unit 106 prevents display of an ingredient designation image for designating specific ingredients included in the recipe as ingredients to be registered in my refrigerator. The material designation image is as described in Modification 1. In Modified Example 5, the refrigerator icon I72 corresponds to the material designation image. As described in Modification 1, the material designation image may be any image. If it is the recipe screen G7, the refrigerator icon I72 corresponding to the specific material is not displayed. In the example of the upper left screen in FIG. 6, the user is likely to have salt and sake on hand, so the refrigerator icon I72 is not displayed for salt and salmon. Moreover, even if the user selects the button B71, specific products such as salt and sake are not registered in my refrigerator.

According to Modified Example 5, a recipe is displayed in which the designation of specific ingredients in the recipe is restricted. This prevents materials that do not need to be registered as materials from being registered in my refrigerator, and makes my refrigerator easy to manage for the user. The user's convenience is improved because there is no need to perform an operation to delete an item that does not need to be registered as an ingredient if it is accidentally registered in my refrigerator.

[5-6. Modification 6]
For example, if each of the plurality of ingredients is associated with a store that sells products related to that ingredient, the information providing system S displays the My Refrigerator screen G3 based on the store associated with each of the plurality of ingredients. A first display control unit 107 for displaying may be included. My refrigerator screen G3 is an example of a designated ingredient screen. Therefore, the portion describing the My Refrigerator screen G3 can be read as the designated ingredient screen. The designated material screen is a screen showing each of a plurality of materials. The specified ingredient screen is a screen showing a list of ingredients registered in my refrigerator. The display method of the ingredients on the designated ingredient screen may be any display method, and is not limited to the card format display method like the My Refrigerator screen G3. For example, the specified material screen may be displayed in a list format.

The first display control unit 107 sorts the ingredient information I30 based on the store associated with each of the plurality of ingredients, and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. For example, when a store is designated from the input form F34, the first display control unit 107 sorts the material information I30 in ascending or descending order of store name and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. The material information I30 of the material not associated with the store is sorted last. The store sorting condition may not be in order of name, but may be, for example, in order of registration in favorite stores.

According to the sixth modification, the my refrigerator screen G3 showing each of the plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator is displayed based on the store associated with each of the plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator. As a result, the My Refrigerator screen G3 with high visibility can be provided, so that the My Refrigerator can be easily managed by the user.

[5-7. Modification 7]
For example, when each of a plurality of ingredients is associated with a recipe that uses that ingredient, the information providing system S displays the my refrigerator screen G3 based on the recipe associated with each of the plurality of ingredients. A second display control unit 108 may be included. As in the sixth modification, the My Refrigerator screen G3 is an example of the designated material screen.

The second display control unit 108 sorts the ingredient information I30 based on the recipe associated with each of the plurality of ingredients, and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. For example, when a recipe is designated from the input form F34, the second display control unit 108 sorts the material information I30 in ascending order or descending order of recipe names and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. The material information I30 of the material not associated with the recipe is sorted last. The recipe sorting condition may not be in order of name, but may be in order of popularity or in order of registration to the recipe service, for example.

According to the seventh modification, the my refrigerator screen G3 showing each of the plurality of ingredients is displayed based on the recipe associated with each of the plurality of ingredients registered in my refrigerator. As a result, the My Refrigerator screen G3 with high visibility can be provided, so that the My Refrigerator can be easily managed by the user.

[5-8. Modification 8]
For example, when each of a plurality of ingredients is associated with a label for that ingredient, the information providing system S displays the My Refrigerator screen G3 based on the label associated with each of the plurality of ingredients. A display control unit 109 may be included. As in the sixth modification, the My Refrigerator screen G3 is an example of the designated material screen.

The third display control unit 109 sorts the ingredient information I30 based on the label associated with each of the plurality of ingredients, and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. For example, when a label is designated from the input form F34, the third display control unit 109 sorts the material information I30 in ascending or descending order of label ID and displays the my refrigerator screen G3. The material information I30 of the material that is not associated with a label is sorted last. The label sorting condition does not have to be the label ID, and may be, for example, the name order of the labels.

According to Modification 8, the My Refrigerator screen G3 is displayed based on the label associated with each of the plurality of ingredients. As a result, the My Refrigerator screen G3 with high visibility can be provided, so that the My Refrigerator can be easily managed by the user.

[5-9. Modification 9]
For example, the information providing system S may include a setting unit 110 for setting fuzzy search according to the user. In Modified Example 9, setting whether or not to perform a fuzzy search is taken as an example, but the fuzzy search level may correspond to the setting. For example, on the setting screen G8, settings related to fuzzy search are accepted. The user designates either a setting to perform fuzzy search or a setting not to perform fuzzy search. The setting unit 110 updates the setting information based on the settings specified by the user.

The information providing unit 104 provides the user with the information to be provided searched based on the setting by the setting unit 110 . Although it differs from the embodiment in that the setting by the setting unit 110 is used in searching for the provision target information, the method itself for providing the provision target information is as described in the embodiment. For example, the information providing unit 104 provides, as provision target information, recommended products or recommended recipes that exactly match the names of ingredients registered in My Refrigerator for users who do not use fuzzy search. The information providing unit 104 provides, as provision target information, recommended products or recommended recipes that partially match the names of ingredients registered in My Refrigerator for users who use fuzzy search. The level at which partial matching is permitted is determined according to the fuzzy search level specified by the user.

According to the ninth modification, the user is provided with the provision target information searched based on the fuzzy search setting according to the user. As a result, for example, a user who wants to cook a dish using a specific ingredient can be set to not allow fuzzy search, and a user who wants to cook a dish that uses a certain general ingredient can be set to allow fuzzy search. Therefore, user convenience is enhanced.

[5-10. Modification 10]
For example, the information providing unit 104 may provide the user with provision target information regarding other ingredients belonging to the same category as the ingredients registered in my refrigerator. For example, if the material "beef thigh" is registered in my refrigerator, the provision target information may be retrieved based on another material "beef rib" belonging to the same category as this material "beef". Although it differs from the embodiment in that a search is performed based on other materials, the search method itself for information to be provided is as described in the embodiment. The information providing unit 104 may provide the user with the provision target information regarding the ingredients in the upper category of the ingredients registered in my refrigerator, or the provision target information regarding the ingredients in the lower category of the ingredients registered in my refrigerator. , may be provided to the user.

In Modified Example 10, it is assumed that the data storage unit 100 stores a material database regarding materials used in general recipes. In this material database, material names and categories are registered. The information providing unit 104 compares the name of the ingredient registered in my refrigerator with the name of the ingredient registered in the ingredient database, and acquires the category associated with the matching ingredient name. This match may be a perfect match or a partial match. The information providing unit 104 acquires the name of the other material belonging to the acquired category, and searches for provision target information based on the acquired name of the other material.

According to Modified Example 10, the user is provided with the provision target information regarding other ingredients belonging to the same category as the ingredients registered in my refrigerator. As a result, it is possible to provide provision target information related to ingredients similar to the ingredients registered in my refrigerator, so that more information is provided to the user, and convenience for the user is enhanced.

[5-11. Other Modifications]
For example, the above modifications may be combined.

For example, when the button B35 of the My Refrigerator screen G3 is selected, only the material name may be displayed in the material information I30. In this case, the size of the material information I30 is reduced, and more material information I30 is displayed on the my refrigerator screen G3. For example, specification of ingredients may be possible only from the digital leaflet service or only from the recipe service. For example, the recommended information may be provided only for products recommended by the digital leaflet service, or only for recipes recommended by the recipe service.

For example, a store that lists products on a digital leaflet may be any store other than a retail store. For example, the store may be an online store. For example, although a case has been described in which the main functions are implemented by the server 10, each function may be shared by a plurality of computers. For example, each function may be shared between the server 10 and the user terminal 20 . For example, data described as being stored on server 10 may be stored on other database servers.

S information providing system, N Internet, 10 server, 20 user terminal, 11, 21 control unit, 12, 22 storage unit, 13, 23 communication unit, 24 operation unit, 25 display unit, G1 digital leaflet screen, G2 product detail screen , G3 my refrigerator screen, G4 store search screen, G5 store designation screen, G6 home screen, G7 recipe screen, G8 setting screen, 100 data storage unit, 101 material designation reception unit, 102 registration unit, 103 labeling unit, 104 information Providing unit 105 First restriction unit 106 Second restriction unit 107 First display control unit 108 Second display control unit 109 Third display control unit 110 Setting unit C40 Check box DB1 User database DB2 Digital Flyer database, DB3 Recipe database, F35 Input form, I10 Store icon, I11 Product information, I12 Refrigerator icon, I20 Icon, I21 Refrigerator icon, I30 Material information, I33 Icon, I50 Refrigerator icon, I70 Refrigerator icon, I72 Refrigerator icon, L12 Link, M13, M14, M15, M16, M35, M38 menu, M31, M36, M37 message, B41, B71, B130, B140, B150, B151, B161, B162, B164, B163, B165 button, F160 input form.

Claims (20)

an ingredient specification reception unit that accepts specification of ingredients by a user using one of a digital leaflet service that provides digital leaflets and a recipe service that provides recipes;
an information providing unit that provides the user with information to be provided regarding the ingredients by using the other service, which is not the one of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service;
Information provision system including. The material designation reception unit uses the digital leaflet service to receive the designation on the digital leaflet,
The information providing unit uses the recipe service to provide the user with the recipe related to the ingredients as the information to be provided.
The information providing system according to claim 1. The information providing system further includes a first restricting unit that displays the digital leaflet in which the user is restricted from specifying a product that cannot be specified as the material among the plurality of products posted on the digital leaflet. ,
The information providing system according to claim 2. The material designation reception unit receives the designation of each of the plurality of materials,
The information providing unit provides the recipe that can be cooked with the plurality of ingredients,
The information providing system according to claim 2 or 3. The information providing unit provides the recipe that can be cooked by combining the ingredients and the product posted on the digital leaflet.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 2-4. The information providing unit provides the recipe so that all the ingredients are available at one store posted on the digital leaflet,
The information providing system according to claim 5. The material designation reception unit receives the designation on the recipe using the recipe service,
The information providing unit uses the digital leaflet service to provide the user with product information related to the material posted on the digital leaflet as the provision target information.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The material designation reception unit uses the recipe service to receive collective designation of a plurality of the materials on the recipe,
The information providing unit uses the digital leaflet service to provide the user with the product information of each of the plurality of materials.
The information providing system according to claim 7. The information providing system further includes a second restricting unit that displays the recipe in which specific ingredients in the recipe are restricted from being specified.
The information providing system according to claim 7 or 8. The information providing system further includes a registration unit that registers material information about the material when the designation is accepted,
The information providing unit provides the user with the information to be provided based on the material information,
When the designation of the material indicated by the registered material information is accepted, the registration unit does not register the material information of the material, and does not register the material information of the material whose material information is not registered. registering the material information when is accepted;
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The material designation receiving unit receives the designation by receiving an input of a character string indicating the material,
The information providing unit provides the user with the information to be provided searched based on the character string.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The material designation reception unit receives the designation of each of the plurality of materials,
each of the plurality of ingredients is associated with a store that sells merchandise related to the ingredient;
The information providing system further includes a first display control unit for displaying a specified ingredient screen showing each of the plurality of ingredients based on the store associated with each of the plurality of ingredients,
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The material designation reception unit receives the designation of each of the plurality of materials,
Each of the plurality of materials is associated with the recipe that uses the material,
The information providing system further includes a second display control unit for displaying a specified ingredient screen showing each of the plurality of ingredients based on the recipe associated with each of the plurality of ingredients,
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. The material designation reception unit receives the designation of each of the plurality of materials,
each of the plurality of materials has an associated label for that material;
The information providing system further includes a third display control unit for displaying a designated material screen showing each of the plurality of materials based on the label associated with each of the plurality of materials.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 13. The information providing system further includes a labeling unit that applies the character string input by the user to the material as the label,
The information providing system according to claim 14. The information providing system further includes a setting unit for setting a fuzzy search according to the user,
The information providing unit provides the user with the information to be provided searched based on the setting.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 15. The information providing unit provides the user with the provision target information related to other materials belonging to the same category as the material.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 16. The information providing unit can also provide the user with information to be provided regarding the material, which is provided by the one service.
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 17. an ingredient specification receiving step of accepting specification of ingredients by a user using one of a digital leaflet service for providing digital leaflets and a recipe service for providing recipes;
an information provision step of providing the user with information to be provided regarding the ingredients by using the other of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service, not the one service;
Information provision methods, including; a material designation reception unit that receives designation of materials by a user using one of a digital flyer service that provides digital flyers and a recipe service that provides recipes;
An information providing unit that provides the user with information to be provided regarding the ingredients by using the other service, not the one service, of the digital leaflet service and the recipe service;
A program that allows a computer to function as a

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