JP2023100931A - Price calculation device, price calculation method and price calculation program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a price calculation system capable of presenting a reasonable price for a service provided to a user.SOLUTION: A price calculation device comprises a first storage unit that stores first fullness/emptiness information that is information on a vacancy status of an own store, and a calculation unit that calculates a reasonable price for the service provided by the own store based on the first fullness/emptiness information. The calculation unit calculates the reasonable price for each predetermined period.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a price calculation device, a price calculation method, a price calculation program, and a price calculation system for calculating the price of services provided by a store.

Conventionally, technologies for requesting vacant seats at stores and technologies for assisting users in searching for vacant seats have been developed. Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique of determining the number of vacant seats in a store by managing the table as vacant when settlement information is input to a device that receives orders for each table. Further, Patent Literature 2 discloses a technique for assisting the reservation person in searching for an alternative seat when the seat requested by the reservation person is not available.

JP 2015-95076 A JP-A-2001-357273

However, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 merely disclose a technology for requesting a vacant seat and a technology for assisting the user in searching for an alternative seat, and only presenting the presence or absence of vacant seats to the user. can't As a result, users can only be offered services at a fixed price, and even if a high price can be offered for the main unit, they only encourage reservations at that fixed price, resulting in lower sales and profit margins. There was a risk that it would lead to a decline. Moreover, even if the user can be urged to make a reservation by presenting a lower price, the user may lose the opportunity to visit the store because the user can only be urged to make a reservation at a certain price.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a price calculation device, a price calculation method, a price calculation program, and a price calculation system capable of presenting a reasonable price for a service provided to a user.

A price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first storage unit that stores first vacant seat information that is information about the vacancy status of the own store, and a service provided at the own store based on the first vacant seat information and a calculation unit for calculating a reasonable price of the above, wherein the calculation unit calculates the reasonable price for each predetermined period.

In the price calculation device according to an aspect of the present invention, the first availability information includes availability information for each time period and availability information for each day, and the calculation unit weights the degree of influence on the appropriate price. is set to each of the time zone fullness information and the daily fullness information, and the weighting for each time zone is made larger than the weighting for each day.

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, the first fullness information further includes fullness information for each number of users of the own store, which is obtained from the connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the own store. The calculation unit may calculate the reasonable price based on full room information for each of the number of users in the expected number of users included in the request for calculation of the reasonable price.

In one aspect of the present invention, the price calculation device further includes a second storage unit that stores second vacancy information, which is information about the vacancy status of stores other than the own store. The reasonable price may be calculated based on the vacancy information and the second vacancy information.

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, the calculation unit sets a weight indicating the degree of influence on the appropriate price to each of the first fullness information and the second fullness information, The weighting of the availability information may be made larger than the weighting of the second availability information.

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, the first fullness information and the second fullness information include time zone fullness information and daily fullness information, and the calculating unit The weighting of the fullness information and the second fullness information for each time zone is made larger than the weighting of the daily fullness information of the first and the second fullness information. It may be a feature.

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, the second availability information is the availability information of the other store corresponding to at least one of the area including the own store, the business type, and the price range. It may be characterized by including

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are calculated based on the number of users of the store, which is obtained from the connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the store. Vacancy information may be further included, and the calculation unit may calculate the reasonable price based on full occupancy information for each of the expected number of users included in the reasonable price calculation request.

In the price calculation device according to an aspect of the present invention, the first fullness information and the second fullness information include fullness information for each number of users of the store, and the expected number of users included in the reasonable price calculation request. If there is no vacancy in the full room information for each number of users in the above, the condition transmission unit may further include a condition transmission unit that transmits the desired usage conditions for the expected number of users to the own store or the other store. .

In the price calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention, when the vacant seat information in the first vacancy information or the second vacancy information is less than a predetermined value, It may be characterized in that some of the products that are displayed cannot be browsed or selected.

In one aspect of the price calculation device of the present invention, the calculation unit may be characterized by calculating the appropriate price between a preset upper limit value and a lower limit value.

A price calculation method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a storage step of storing first vacant seat information, which is information relating to the vacancy status of the own store, and a calculation of the appropriateness of the service provided by the own store based on the first vacant seat information. and a calculating step of calculating a price, wherein the appropriate price is calculated for each predetermined period in the calculating step.

A price calculation program according to one aspect of the present invention provides a computer with a storage function of storing first vacancy information, which is information about the vacancy status of the own store, and provides at the store based on the first vacancy information. A price calculation program for realizing a calculation function for calculating a reasonable price of a service, wherein the calculation function calculates the reasonable price for each predetermined period.

A price calculation system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a user terminal requesting the browsing status of shop information of the own shop, and when receiving the browsing request from the user terminal, calculates a reasonable price for a service provided by the own shop. a price calculation device; and a shop terminal that transmits shop information of the device itself to the price calculation device, wherein the price calculation device receives first vacant seat information, which is information relating to the vacancy status of the own shop. It is characterized by comprising a first storage unit for storing data, and a calculation unit for calculating a reasonable price for a service provided by the own store for each predetermined period based on the first fullness information.

According to the present invention, by calculating the appropriate price based on the fullness information, it is possible to present the appropriate price for the service provided to the user, and prevent the decrease in sales and profit rate and the loss of the user's opportunity to visit the store. A price calculation device, a price calculation method, and a price calculation program can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the price calculation system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the price calculation apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of first storage information in the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a shop terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the price calculation device in the first embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows the structural example of the price calculation system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the price calculation apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
The first embodiment is an embodiment in the case of calculating the appropriate price of the service provided at the own store based on the first vacant seat information, which is information regarding the vacant seat status of the own store. Since the appropriate price of the service to be provided is calculated based on the information on the vacant seat status of the own store, for example, if there are many vacant seats, the price can be lowered to prevent the user from losing the opportunity to visit the store. If there are few vacant seats, it is possible to prevent declines in sales and profit margins by raising prices.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a price calculation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the price calculation system includes a price calculation device 10, a store terminal 20, a user terminal 30, and a network 40. Note that the number of the store terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 included in the price calculation system is not limited to one, and may be plural.

The price calculation device 10 has a function of receiving a shop information browsing request from the user terminal 30 and transmitting the shop information of the shop included in the browsing request to the user terminal 30 . The price calculation device 10 also has a function of acquiring store information of the store from the store terminal 20 . The price calculation device 10 also has a function of calculating a proper price for a service provided at its own store based on the first full occupancy information, which is information about the vacant seats at its own store. The price calculation device 10 also has a function of transmitting the calculated appropriate price to the shop terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 .

The service provided by the own store is, for example, food and drink provided to the user by a restaurant or the like. For example, the services provided at one's own store are various courses (food and drink courses) and various plans (food and drink plans) provided at restaurants and the like. Note that the store is not limited to a restaurant or the like, and may be of any business type, such as a massage parlor, a beauty salon, or an accommodation facility such as a hotel or an inn. In addition, the services provided by the store vary depending on the business type to which the store belongs. It may be an accommodation plan or the like.

The price calculation device 10 is, for example, a server device, but may also be a computer such as a desktop, laptop, or tablet. Note that the price calculation device 10 is not limited to these devices, and may be any device. Note that the price calculation device 10 is not limited to these devices, and may be any device.

The store terminal 20 has a function of acquiring store information of the store for the price calculation device 10 . Store information is information about a store. The store information includes, for example, information on services provided by the store, the location of the store, coupon information, vacant seat information, and the like. The store information may include any information, and may include information such as store hours, contact information, and access method. Also, the shop information browsing request is a shop information browsing request that matches the conditions specified by the user. The user specifies, for example, an area, a business type, and a price range, and requests viewing of store information that matches the specified conditions.

The store terminal 20 is, for example, a computer such as a desktop, a laptop, or a tablet, but may be a server device, a smart phone, a mobile phone, or the like. Note that the store terminal 20 is not limited to these devices, and may be any device.

The user terminal 30 has a function of transmitting a shop information viewing request to the price calculation device 10 . The user terminal 30 also has a function of receiving predetermined store information from the price calculation device 10 as a response to the browsing request. The user terminal 30 is a terminal held by a user. For example, the user terminal 30 is a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a personal computer, or other electronic equipment. Note that the user terminal 30 is not limited to these devices, and may be any device.

The network 40 serves to connect the price calculation device 10, the shop terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 to each other. Network 40 may be, for example, a wired network or a wireless network. For example, network 40 may be an intranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN). , part of the Internet, part of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), mobile phone networks, ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, LTE (long term evolution) CDMA (code division multiplication) access) , can include satellite communications.

(Configuration of each device)
(Configuration example of price calculation device 10)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the price calculation device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the price calculation device 10 includes, for example, a control unit 101, a communication unit 102, and a first storage unit 103.

The communication unit 102 is a communication interface that transmits and receives various data via the network 40 . The communication unit 102 has a function of executing communication with the user terminal 30 and the user terminal 30 via the network 40 . The communication unit 102 transmits various data to the user terminal 30 and the user terminal 30 according to instructions from the control unit 101 . The communication unit 102 also receives the user terminal 30 and various data transmitted from the user terminal 30 and notifies the control unit 101 of the received data.

The communication unit 102 transmits predetermined store information to the user terminal 30 as a response to the browsing request. The communication unit 102 transmits predetermined store information to each user terminal 30 as a response to the browsing request received from the user terminal 30 .

The first storage unit 103 stores various programs and data necessary for the price calculation device 10 to operate. The first storage unit 103 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory, for example. Note that the price calculation device 10 may store a program in the first storage unit 103 , execute the program, and the control unit 101 may perform processing as each unit included in the control unit 101 . The program causes the price calculation device 10 to implement each function executed by the control unit 101 .

As exemplified in FIG. 2, the first storage unit 103 stores first fullness information, which is information relating to the air-cleaning information of the own store. The first vacancy information is information relating to the vacant seat status of the store, and is the number of vacant seats that are unused or unreserved. Note that the first fullness information may be the ratio of vacant seats that are unused or unreserved to the number of seats in the store. In addition, the first fullness information may be information about the situation of seats used in the store, and the number and ratio of seats used or reserved to the number of seats in the store may be

In addition, the first fullness information may include fullness information for each predetermined time period, for example, fullness information for each hour or day. Moreover, the first fullness status may include fullness information for each number of users.

FIG. 3 shows first vacant seat information, which is stored in the first storage unit 103 and is information relating to the vacant seat status of the own store. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the first fullness information includes fullness information for each day and for each time zone. In the example of FIG. 3, the first fullness information includes fullness information for each day such as "10th" and "11th". In addition, the first fullness information includes fullness information for each time zone such as "11:00~" and "13:00~". As illustrated in FIG. 3, the time zones are "11:00~", "13:00~", "17:00~", "18:00~", "19:00~", " 20:00 onwards” and “21:00 onwards” may be divided into 1-hour or 2-hour units, but the time periods may be divided into any width such as 30-minute units. Also, the time periods illustrated in FIG. 3 are merely examples, and may be divided in any way.

In addition, the first fullness information may include fullness information for each number of users of the store. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the first fullness information includes fullness information for each number of users, such as "1 to 2 people" and "3 to 4 people." In the example of FIG. 3, the number of users is divided into five groups: "1 to 2 people", "3 to 4 people", "5 to 10 people", "11 to 20 people", and "21 people or more". However, it may be classified by any number of people.

The first storage unit 103 may divide the number of users of the store based on the connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the own store received from the store terminal 20 . For example, the first storage unit 204 selects, for example, “1 to 2 people”, “3 to 4 people”, “5 to 10 people” based on the connection or separation information between individual tables received from the input/output unit 203 . , "11 to 20 people" and "21 people or more", and the number of users may be divided into five.

The first storage unit 103 includes fullness information for each number of users. As exemplified in FIG. 3, the first storage unit 103 stores "1 to 2 people", "3 to 4 people", "5 to 10 people", "11 to 20 people", and "21 people". The fullness information is included for each number of people.

As described above, the first storage unit 103 contains fullness information for each predetermined time period and for each number of users. In the example of FIG. 3, the first storage unit 103 stores unused seats or unreserved seats as fullness information for "3 to 4 people" from "11:00" on "10th". Store "2" which is the number of vacant seats. Further, the first storage unit 103 stores "0", which is the number of vacant seats, as fullness information for "5 to 10 people" from "19:00 onwards" on "10th".

The control unit 101 may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. Note that the control unit 201 is not limited to these examples, and may be of any type.

As illustrated in FIG. 2 , the control unit 101 includes a calculator 111 and a condition transmitter 112 .

The calculation unit 111 calculates the appropriate price of the service provided by the own shop based on the first availability information for each predetermined period. The calculation unit 111 changes a predetermined standard price based on the first availability information to calculate a reasonable price.

The standard price is the standard price of the service provided by the store. The standard price is determined in advance by store staff or the like. The standard price is, for example, a standard price for various courses (food and drink courses) and various plans (food and drink plans) at restaurants and the like. Standard prices are standard prices for massages at massage parlors, standard prices for haircuts and blow-drying at beauty salons, and standard lodging costs at out-of-town facilities such as hotels and inns. The standard price may be determined in advance for each day, each time period, each month, each day of the week, and each season. Note that the standard price may be changeable at any timing by store staff.

The calculation unit 111 calculates a reasonable price by changing a predetermined standard price based on the first availability information. When the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is small, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price as a reasonable price. For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price as the appropriate price. When the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information is equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a first coefficient (for example, an integer greater than 1) to obtain an appropriate Calculate the price. For example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information is equal to or less than the first predetermined number “2”, the calculation unit 111 calculates the predetermined standard price of 5000 yen by the first coefficient. A reasonable price of 6000 yen is calculated by multiplying by a certain "1.2".

The first coefficient may be predetermined or may be set at arbitrary timing. Further, the calculation unit 111 may change the first coefficient according to the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information. For example, the first coefficient may be set to a higher value as the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information decreases. For example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information is “2”, the calculation unit 111 sets the first coefficient to “1.2” and sets the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information. If the number" is "4", set the first coefficient to "1.1".

On the other hand, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is large, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than the predetermined standard price as the appropriate price. For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than a predetermined standard price as the appropriate price. When the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is equal to or greater than a second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a second coefficient (for example, an integer smaller than 1) to obtain an appropriate Calculate the price. For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined number of "8", the calculation unit 111 adds A reasonable price of 4000 yen is calculated by multiplying by a certain "0.8".

The second coefficient may be predetermined or may be set at arbitrary timing. Further, the calculation unit 111 may change the second coefficient according to the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information. For example, the second coefficient may be set to a lower value as the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information increases. For example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information is “8”, the calculation unit 111 sets the first coefficient to “0.8” and sets the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information. If the number" is "6", set the first coefficient to "0.9".

The calculation unit 111 calculates a reasonable price between a preset upper limit value and a lower limit value. For example, the calculation unit 111 calculates a reasonable price between a preset upper limit value of “6000 yen” and a preset lower limit value of “4000 yen”.

The calculation unit 111 may calculate the appropriate price for each predetermined time period. The calculation unit 111 may calculate the appropriate price of the service provided by the own store for each time slot based on the first full/empty information for each time slot. For example, the calculation unit 111 calculates appropriate prices for each time period such as "from 11:00" and "from 19:00" based on the fullness information for each time period. Further, the calculation unit 111 may calculate the appropriate price of the service provided by the own store for each day based on the daily first availability information. For example, the calculation unit 111 calculates the appropriate price for each day such as “10th” and “11th” based on the fullness information for each day.

When the fullness information for each time slot and the fullness information for each day are available, the calculation unit 111 uses the fullness information for each time slot to have a greater influence than the fullness information for each day. Set a high degree to calculate a reasonable price. For example, the calculation unit 111 sets a weighting indicating the degree of influence on the fair price to each of the time slot fullness information and the daily fullness information, and compares the weighting for each time slot with the weighting for each day. to a larger value. For example, the calculation unit 111 sets the weighting for each time slot to "0.8" and the weighting for each day to "0.2". For example, the calculation unit 111 weights the number of vacant seats of ``2'' in the time slot of ``19:00 onwards'' to ``0.8'', and weights the number of vacant seats of ``8'' in the daily period of ``11th''. is set to "0.2". As a result, the calculation unit 111 determines based on the value obtained by multiplying the first coefficient "1.2" determined based on the fullness information for each time period by the weighting "0.8" and the daily fullness information. A reasonable price of 5,600 yen is calculated by multiplying the standard price of 5,000 yen by '1.12' obtained by adding the first coefficient '0.8' multiplied by the weighting '0.2'. . Note that the weighting values are merely examples and may be any numerical value.

The calculation unit 111 may calculate the appropriate price for each number of users of the store. The calculation unit 111 calculates the appropriateness of the service provided at the own store for each number of users based on the fullness information for each number of users of the store, which is obtained from the connection or separation information between the individual tables arranged at the own store. You can calculate the price. For example, the calculation unit 111 calculates appropriate prices for each number of users, such as "1 to 2 people" or "5 to 10 people", based on the fullness information for each number of users.

The calculation unit 111 may calculate the appropriate price at a predetermined cycle, or may calculate the appropriate price at the timing of receiving a shop information browsing request from the user terminal 30 . Note that the calculation unit 111 is not limited to these examples, and may calculate the appropriate price at any timing.

When the vacant seat information of the first vacancy information is less than a predetermined value, the calculation unit 111 transmits to the store terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 that part of the services provided by the own store cannot be browsed or selected. You may For example, when the vacant seat information in the first vacancy information is less than "2", the calculation unit 111 disables viewing or selection of services with prices lower than a predetermined price among the services provided at the store. If the vacant seat information in the first vacancy information is less than a predetermined value, it is possible to prevent declines in sales and profit margins by making it impossible to browse or select some of the services provided by the own store. .

The condition transmission unit 112 creates predetermined store information including the appropriate price calculated by the calculation unit 111 based on a request for viewing store information that matches the conditions specified by the user. The condition transmission unit 112 creates shop information including a reasonable price that matches the conditions included in the browsing status received from the user terminal 30 . The condition transmission unit 112 may specify a plurality of store information each including a reasonable price based on the conditions regarding the area, business type, and price range specified by the user. The condition transmission unit 112 creates display data for displaying the store information on the user terminal 30 as predetermined store information including the appropriate price. The condition transmission unit 112 transmits display data as predetermined shop information to the user terminal 30 via the transmission unit 102 .

If there is no vacancy in the full room information for each number of users in the expected number of users included in the reasonable price calculation request (shop information viewing request received from the user terminal 30), the condition transmission unit 112 sends the store terminal of its own store. 20, the desired usage conditions for the planned number of users are transmitted. For example, the condition transmitting unit 112 determines that there is no vacancy in the full room information for each number of users in the expected number of users "from 21" included in the reasonable price calculation request (shop information viewing request received from the user terminal 30). In this case, the desired usage conditions for the planned number of users "from 21 people" are transmitted to the store terminal 20 of the own store.

(Configuration example of store terminal 20)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the shop terminal 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the store terminal 20 includes, for example, a control unit 201, a communication unit 202, an input/output unit 203, a display unit 204, and a storage unit 205.

A communication unit 202 is a communication interface that transmits and receives various data via the network 40 . The communication unit 202 has a function of executing communication with the price calculation device 10 and the user terminal 30 via the network 40 . The communication unit 202 transmits various data to the price calculation device 10 and the user terminal 30 according to instructions from the control unit 201 . The communication unit 202 also receives various data transmitted from the price calculation device 10 and the user terminal 30 and notifies the control unit 201 of the received data. In addition, the communication unit 202 may receive information regarding reservations from the user terminal 30 received via the price calculation device 10 .

The input/output unit 203 is implemented by a device that inputs various operations to the calculation management device 20 . The input/output unit 203 has a function of receiving input from store staff and transmitting information related to the input to the control unit 201 and the storage unit 205 . The input/output unit 203 includes a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, microphone, and various sensors. Note that the input/output unit 203 is not limited to these examples, and may be any device.

The input/output unit 203 receives connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the store. The input/output unit 203 receives, for example, connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the store, which is input by store staff. Further, the input/output unit 203 may automatically receive connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the own shop based on various sensors and the like. The input/output unit 203 notifies the control unit 201 and the storage unit 205 of connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the store.

The display unit 204 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an OELD (organic electroluminescence display). Note that the display unit 204 is not limited to these examples, and may be a head mounted display (HDM) or the like. The display unit 204 displays various information such as the first shop information of the own shop and the reservation request from the user terminal 30 .

The control unit 201 may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. Note that the control unit 101 is not limited to these examples, and may be of any type.

As illustrated in FIG. 4 , the control section 201 includes a reception processing section 211 and a transmission processing section 212 . The reception processing unit 211 receives a request for shop information of the own device from the price calculation device 10 . The transmission processing unit 212 refers to the storage unit 205 and transmits store information of its own device to the price calculation device 10 .

The storage unit 205 stores various programs and data necessary for the store terminal 20 to operate. The storage unit 205 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory, for example. Store terminal 20 may store a program in storage unit 205 , execute the program, and control unit 201 may perform processing as each unit included in control unit 201 .

In addition, the storage unit 205 stores connection or separation information between individual tables arranged in the store, received from the input/output unit 203 . Further, the storage unit 205 may store the first store information illustrated in FIG. 3 .

(Configuration example of user terminal 30)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the user terminal 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 30 includes a control section 301 (CPU), a communication section 302 , an input/output section 303 , a display section 304 , a microphone/speaker 305 and a storage section 306 .

A communication unit 302 is a communication interface that transmits and receives various data via the network 40 . The communication unit 302 has a function of executing communication with the user terminal 30 via the network 40 . The communication unit 302 transmits various data to the user terminal 30 according to instructions from the control unit 301 . Also, the communication unit 302 receives various data transmitted from the user terminal 30 and transmits the data to the control unit 301 .

The input/output unit 303 is implemented by a device for inputting various operations to the user terminal 30 . The input/output unit 303 has a function of receiving an input from the user and transmitting information related to the input to the control unit 301 . The input/output unit 303 is a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, microphone, and the like. Note that the input/output unit 303 is not limited to these examples, and may be any device.

The display unit 304 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an OELD. Note that the display unit 304 is not limited to these examples, and may be a head mounted display (HMD) or the like. The display unit 304 can display display data such as images, text information, and 3D according to the display data written in the frame buffer.

A microphone/speaker 305 is used for inputting audio data or outputting audio data. The user terminal 30 can input and output predetermined data using voice data through the microphone/speaker 305 .

The storage unit 306 stores various programs and data necessary for the user terminal 30 to operate. The storage unit 306 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory, for example. Note that the user terminal 30 may store a program in the storage unit 306 , execute the program, and the control unit 301 may execute processing as each unit included in the control unit 301 . The program causes the user terminal 30 to implement each function executed by the control unit 301 .

The control unit 301 may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, ASIC, FPGA, or the like. Note that the control unit 301 is not limited to these examples, and may be of any type.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 301 includes a condition receiving unit 311 and a transmission processing unit 312. The condition accepting unit 311 accepts a request for viewing shop information from the user via the input/output unit 303 . The condition receiving unit 311 receives, for example, information such as date and time, area, type of business, price range, etc., as store information to be browsed. The transmission processing unit 312 transmits the store information viewing request received by the condition reception unit 311 to the price calculation device 10 via the transmission unit 302 .

(Operation example)
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the price calculation device 10. As shown in FIG.

As exemplified in FIG. 6, the communication unit 102 of the price calculation device 10 receives a request for viewing shop information from the user terminal 30 (S101).

The calculation unit 111 of the control unit 101 refers to the first storage unit 103 and acquires the first full/empty information of the store (own store) included in the browsing request (S102).

The calculation unit 111 determines whether the vacant seat information included in the acquired first vacancy information is less than the first predetermined value (S103). If the price is equal to or less than the first predetermined value (YES in S103), the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a first coefficient (for example, an integer greater than 1) to calculate a reasonable price (S104).

On the other hand, if it is larger than the first predetermined value (NO in S103), the calculation unit 111 determines whether the vacant seat information included in the acquired first vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined value (S105). If the price is equal to or greater than the second predetermined value (YES in S105), the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a second coefficient (for example, an integer smaller than 1) to calculate a reasonable price (S106). On the other hand, if the calculation unit 111 is larger than the second predetermined value (NO in S105), the calculation unit 111 sets the predetermined standard price as the appropriate price (S107).

The condition transmission unit 112 of the control unit 101 creates predetermined store information including the appropriate price calculated by the calculation unit 111 based on a request to view store information that matches the conditions specified by the user, and transmits the store information to the user terminal 30 . (S108).

As described above, the price calculation system of the first embodiment is an embodiment in which the appropriate price of the service provided at the store is calculated based on the first vacancy information, which is information about the vacant seats at the store. is. Since the appropriate price of the service to be provided is calculated based on the information on the vacant seat status of the own store, for example, if there are many vacant seats, the price can be lowered to prevent the user from losing the opportunity to visit the store. If there are few vacant seats, it is possible to prevent declines in sales and profit margins by raising prices.

(Second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, in addition to the first availability information indicating the reservation status of the own store, based on the second availability information indicating the reservation status of other stores, the appropriate price of the service provided at the own store is determined. It is an embodiment in the case of calculation. In order to calculate the appropriate price of the service provided by considering the reservation status of other stores, for example, it is possible to set an appropriate price considering the situation of other stores, and by setting a more competitive price, the opportunity for users to visit can prevent the loss of In addition, when there are many reservations at other stores, it is possible to prevent a decline in sales and profit margins by increasing the price of the services provided at the store itself.

(System configuration)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a price calculation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the price calculation system includes a price calculation device 10, a shop terminal 20A of its own shop, a shop terminal 20B of another shop, a user terminal 30, and a network 40. FIG. Note that the number of the store terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 included in the price calculation system is not limited to one, and may be plural.

The price calculation device 10 has a function of receiving a shop information browsing request from the user terminal 30 and transmitting the shop information of the shop included in the browsing request to the user terminal 30 . The price calculation device 10 also has a function of acquiring shop information of shops from a plurality of shop terminals 20 . In addition, the price calculation device 10 calculates the appropriate price of the service provided at the own shop based on the first full vacancy information, which is information about the vacancy situation of the own shop, and the second vacancy information, which is information about the vacancy situation of other shops. It has a function to calculate. The price calculation device 10 also has a function of transmitting the calculated appropriate price to the shop terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 .

Since the store terminal 20A of the own store and the store terminal 20B of the other store are the same as the configuration example of the store terminal 20 illustrated in FIG. 4, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Also, since the configuration example of the user terminal 30 is the same as the configuration example of the user terminal 30 illustrated in FIG. 5, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

(Configuration of each device)
(Configuration example of price calculation device 10)
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the price calculation device 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the price calculation device 10 includes, for example, a control unit 101, a communication unit 102, a first storage unit 103, and a second storage unit 104. The configuration example of the communication unit 102 and the first storage unit 103 is the same as the configuration example of the transmission unit 102 and the first storage unit 103 of the price calculation device 10 illustrated in FIG. 2, so detailed description is omitted. be done.

The second storage unit 104 stores second vacancy information, which is information about vacant seat information of other stores. The second vacancy information is information about the vacant seat status of other stores, and is the number of vacant seats that are unused or unreserved. The second fullness information may be the ratio of vacant seats that are unused or unreserved to the number of seats in the other store. In addition, the second fullness information may be information about the situation of seats used in other stores, and the number of seats used or reserved with respect to the number of seats in other stores or percentage.

The second fullness information may also include fullness information for each predetermined time period, for example, fullness information for each hour or day. Moreover, the second fullness status may include fullness information for each number of users.

The second storage unit 104 stores, for example, second store information, which is information related to vacant seat information of other stores, as illustrated in FIG. 3 . Note that the configuration example of the second store information is the same as the configuration example of the first store information illustrated in FIG. 3, so detailed description is omitted.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the control unit 101 includes a calculator 111 and a condition transmitter 112 .

The calculation unit 111 calculates the appropriate price of the service provided at the own store based on the first availability information and the second availability information for each predetermined period. The calculation unit 111 changes a predetermined standard price based on the first availability information and the second availability information to calculate a reasonable price.

The calculation unit 111 calculates a proper price by changing a predetermined standard price based on the first availability information and the second availability information. It should be noted that the following description will focus on portions that differ from the calculation unit 111 in the first embodiment, and similar portions are the same as those in the calculation unit 111 in the first embodiment, so detailed description will be omitted. be.

For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the second vacancy information is small, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price as an appropriate price for the store. For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the second vacancy information is equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price as the proper price of the store.

When the “number of vacant seats” as the second vacancy information is equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a first coefficient (for example, an integer greater than 1), Calculate the appropriate price for the store. The second coefficient may be predetermined or may be set at arbitrary timing. Further, the calculation unit 111 may change the first coefficient according to the "number of vacant seats" as the second fullness information. For example, the first coefficient may be set to a higher value as the "number of vacant seats" as the second vacancy information decreases.

On the other hand, when the "number of vacant seats" as the second fullness information is large, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than the predetermined standard price as the appropriate price. For example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the second vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than a predetermined standard price as the proper price of the store.

When the “number of vacant seats” as the second vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 multiplies a predetermined standard price by a second coefficient (for example, an integer smaller than 1) to obtain an appropriate Calculate the price. Further, the calculation unit 111 may change the second coefficient according to the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information. For example, the second coefficient may be set to a lower value as the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information increases.

In addition, for example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are both small, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than the predetermined standard price as the appropriate price at the own store. can be calculated as For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are both equal to or less than a first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 automatically calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price. Calculated as a reasonable price for the store. When both the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 adds a first coefficient (for example, 1 to 1) to the predetermined standard price. a large integer) to calculate the appropriate price for your store.

On the other hand, when the number of vacant seats as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are both large, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than the predetermined standard price as the proper price of the store. do. For example, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are both equal to or greater than a second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 automatically calculates a price lower than a predetermined standard price. Calculated as a reasonable price for the store. When both the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information are equal to or greater than the second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 adds a second coefficient (for example, 1 to 1) to the predetermined standard price. (small integer) to calculate the appropriate price for your store.

In addition, for example, when the “number of vacant seats” as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information is smaller, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than the predetermined standard price as an appropriate price for the own store. It may be calculated as a price. For example, if any of the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price higher than a predetermined standard price at the own store. calculated as a reasonable price. The calculation unit 111 adds a first coefficient (for example, 1 (larger integer) to calculate the appropriate price for your store.

On the other hand, when the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information is larger, the calculation unit 111 sets a price lower than the predetermined standard price as the proper price of the store. calculate. For example, if any of the "number of vacant seats" as the first vacancy information and the second vacancy information is equal to or greater than the second predetermined number, the calculation unit 111 calculates a price lower than a predetermined standard price, It is calculated as the appropriate price for the own store. The calculation unit 111 adds a second coefficient (for example, 1 (smaller integer) to calculate the appropriate price for your store.

When the vacant seat information of the first vacancy information and/or the vacant seat information of the second vacancy information is less than a predetermined value, the calculation unit 111 makes it impossible to view or select a part of the services provided at the store. may be transmitted to the store terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 .

Further, when the first fullness information and the second fullness information are available, the calculation unit 111 sets the first fullness information to a higher degree of influence than the second fullness information. to calculate the appropriate price. For example, the calculation unit 111 sets the weighting indicating the degree of influence on the fair price to each of the first availability information and the second availability information, and sets the weighting of the first availability information to the weighting of the second availability information. Set to be relatively large. For example, the calculation unit 111 sets the weighting of the first fullness information to "0.6" and the weighting of the second fullness information to "0.4". As a result, the calculation unit 111 is determined based on the value obtained by multiplying the first coefficient "1.2" determined based on the first fullness information by the weighting "0.6" and the second fullness information A reasonable price of 5,200 yen is calculated by multiplying the standard price of 5,000 yen by '1.04' obtained by adding the value obtained by multiplying the first coefficient of '0.8' by the weighting of '0.4'. Note that the weighting values are merely examples and may be any numerical values.

As described above, in the price calculation system of the second embodiment, in addition to the first availability information indicating the reservation status of the own store, based on the second availability information indicating the reservation status of other stores, This is an embodiment in the case of calculating a reasonable price for the service provided by . In order to calculate the appropriate price of the service provided by considering the reservation status of other stores, for example, it is possible to set an appropriate price considering the situation of other stores, and by setting a more competitive price, the opportunity for users to visit can prevent the loss of In addition, when there are many reservations at other stores, it is possible to prevent a decline in sales and profit margins by increasing the price of the services provided at the store itself.

Also, the program of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium can store the program in a "non-temporary tangible medium". A storage medium may include any suitable storage medium such as an HDD, an SDD, or a suitable combination of two or more thereof. Storage media may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile. Note that the storage medium is not limited to these examples, and may be any device or medium as long as it can store the program.

Note that the price calculation device 10, the shop terminal 20 and/or the user terminal 30, for example, reads out a program stored in a storage medium and executes the read program to perform functions of the plurality of functional units shown in each embodiment. can be realized. Also, the program may be provided to the price calculation device 10, the shop terminal 20 and/or the user terminal 30 via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.). The price calculation device 10, the shop terminal 20 and/or the user terminal 30 realize the functions of the functional units shown in each embodiment, for example, by executing a program downloaded via the Internet or the like.

The program can be implemented using, for example, script languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), markup languages such as HTML5, and the like.

At least part of the processing in the price calculation device 10, the store terminal 20 and/or the user terminal 30 may be realized by cloud computing configured by one or more computers.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described with reference to drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various variations and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included within the scope of this disclosure. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and it is possible to combine a plurality of means, steps, etc. into one or divide them. . Moreover, it is good also as combining suitably the structure shown in each embodiment.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 price calculation device 101 control unit 102 communication unit 103 first storage unit 104 second storage unit 20 store terminal 201 control unit 202 communication unit 203 input/output unit 204 display unit 205 storage unit 30 user terminal 301 Control Unit 302 Communication Unit 303 Input/Output Unit 304 Display Unit 305 Microphone/Speaker 306 Storage Unit 40 Network

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A first storage unit that stores first fullness information that is information about the vacant seat status of the own store;
Even if the vacant seat information of the first vacancy information is greater than 0, if the vacant seat information is less than a predetermined value, it is not possible to view or select a part of the products or services provided at the own store. a control unit with
A system comprising:

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