JP4416265B2 - Dealer information display system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention displays the price of a product handled by a dealer when purchasing the product.Dealer information display systemIn particular, it is effective when acquiring information using a network such as the Internet, CATV, or a mobile phone.Dealer information display systemAbout.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The price of the product fluctuates due to sales etc. at each store. Housewives and the like who go shopping have traditionally decided which store is cheaper by referring to a leaflet inserted in a newspaper and determining which store is cheaper.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it is not possible to determine where a product that is not on a flyer is cheaper. For this reason, if you bought beer along with other products at a supermarket, the nearest liquor store might be cheaper.
[0004]
In addition, it is said that dealers cannot attract enough customers without advertising through flyers or TVs, and the advertising cost is large and the advertising must be continued while optimizing management. There's a problem. In addition, many small and medium-sized stores have a problem that their own stores cannot be sufficiently advertised because advertisements cannot be used frequently even if there are some cheap products. In addition, such retailers can use the Internet to advertise their stores on their homepages, but consumers may look at their homepages aside from buying expensive products. In other words, it was troublesome and time consuming to decide daily products. In addition, those who are unfamiliar with the land may not be able to know where and where the stores are, and often use high-priced stores because they are geographically closest.
[0005]
Furthermore, for relatively rare products, it is difficult to know which dealers handle them, and there are problems such as making calls to several dealers and wasting time by walking across dealers.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a store information display system that allows a purchaser to purchase commodities such as daily necessities at low cost, or that a store can collect many buyers economically.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In the present invention, (i)Product price receiving means for each store that receives the prices of various products for each pre-registered store, price registration means for each product that registers the price of the product received by the product price receiving means for each store, and the planned purchase of the product Purchase candidate product list created based on past history of products planned to be purchased for each person and representing a group of products that are candidates for purchase at the same time in one store, and the purchase schedule described above When there is a notification of a region including a plurality of stores where a product is purchased for each person or a plurality of pre-registered stores, all of the pre-registered stores existing in the above-described region or purchases at a plurality of notified stores (B) connected to the store management server via a communication network, and a store management server provided with a total purchase amount calculation means for calculating the total amount of each planned product. The survey target selecting means for selecting a region including a plurality of stores where the product is purchased or a plurality of pre-registered stores, and information indicating the prospective purchaser of the product are sent to the store management server described above to purchase the product. A purchase candidate product list display means for receiving and displaying the purchase candidate product list corresponding to the user, and a plurality of products scheduled to be purchased from the purchase candidate product list displayed on the purchase candidate product list display means. Product selection means for selecting, product addition specifying means for additionally specifying these products when planning to purchase products other than those displayed in the purchase candidate product list at the same store, and selection of the survey target All of the pre-registered stores existing in the above-mentioned area selected by the means, or the above-mentioned product selection means and product addition at a plurality of notified stores. A customer terminal provided with a store-by-store purchase planned product total amount display means for displaying the total amount calculated by the total purchase amount calculation means for all the products planned to be purchased by the specifying means, and (c) the above-mentioned store management server, A store terminal provided with a store-specific product information transmitting unit that is connected via a communication network and transmits the prices of various products to the store-specific product price receiving unit described above for each store handling these products.
And a store information display system.
[0027]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0028]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.
[0029]
FIG. 1 shows an outline of a store information system in an embodiment of the present invention. This system uses the Internet network 101. In addition to the dealer server 102 of this embodiment, a personal computer 103 is connected to the Internet network 101. In addition, a mobile phone network 104 for a band type telephone is also connected to the Internet network 101. A base station 105 connected to the mobile phone network 104 is connected to a mobile phone 106 by radio. Therefore, the personal computer 103 and the mobile phone 106 can access the store server 102 on the Internet network 101. The store server 102 is provided with a database 107, and each store stores store information that changes from day to day. Further, the purchaser of the product can display information on the store and the product on the display screen of his / her personal computer 103 and the mobile phone 106 by accessing the home page of the store server 102.
[0030]
In FIG. 1, it is assumed that the personal computer 103 and the mobile phone 106 can access the home page of the store server 102, but the same applies to various other terminals such as a game machine via a CATV (cable television) network (not shown). As long as it can access the home page of the store server 102, it can be a member of the store information system of this embodiment.
[0031]
By the way, in the store information system according to the present embodiment, using a terminal such as the personal computer 103, the store that became a member uploads the price of the product handled by the member to the database 107 of the store server. The products may be all of the products that they handle, or only some of the products that are competitive in price. It may be an unusual product or a special product that is difficult to obtain elsewhere. However, if you upload as much information about the products at the store as possible, it is often advantageous for customers who select a store based on the total purchase price of various products, such as when purchasing fresh food. If only information on some products is uploaded, if the purchaser specifies some products to be purchased on the same day and tries to calculate their total price, the total price of the store cannot be calculated. . There is a high possibility that the buyer is far from a store that provides only such convenient information. However, there may be a store that handles only a single item or a small number of items and competes at a price by mass sales. The store pays a predetermined fee to the store server 102 side. This payment may be for sales on the Internet, or may be fixed or variably determined based on the price of the product.
[0032]
In the case of the present embodiment, the purchaser does not need to pay a commission to the store server 102 in particular. The buyer can collect dealer information in the area where the purchase is planned. Specifically, it is possible to collect information such as where a store that designates and sells a product is located, where the store that sells the product is the cheapest, and what is the price. In the case of the widest place, the area where the purchase is planned is the whole of the earth. Usually, however, the area where the purchase can be made or the area where the product can be purchased can be specified. For this purpose, information on the place where the purchaser purchases is necessary. In this regard, buyers can be divided into two types. The former is a person who uses the mobile phone 106 to use the system. Since the purchaser uses the base station 105 by the mobile phone 106, the store server 102 can always know the current position of the purchaser. That is, when the user wants to purchase a product, the system can know this without having to apply for the address or whereabouts of the person. The first region 111 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 1 is such a region. Similarly, a terminal equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) can automatically notify the store server 102 of the location of the terminal.
[0033]
The latter type of location information refers to a person who tries to use the system of this embodiment by accessing the Internet from the personal computer 103, for example. In the case of such a person, it is necessary to specify an area where purchase is planned. For those who work for the company, the area where the purchase is planned is not limited to the vicinity of the home, but may be the vicinity of the work place. Once an address or desired purchase area is designated and registered as a member, it is not necessary to specify each area where the purchaser plans to purchase. A second area 112 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 1 is an area designated such that the radius is within 2 km from the work place, for example. Since the region where the purchase is planned is specified, it is possible to specify a location different from the current location. Therefore, even a person who accesses the store server 102 using the mobile phone 106 needs to input a place when collecting store information for purchasing products that are planned for business trips in advance. Yes, in that case the latter type.
[0034]
FIG. 2 shows a state in which a purchaser accesses the homepage of the store server and displays the product selection page on the display screen of the personal computer. The purchaser can access the store server 102 and input a member number from a menu screen (not shown) to display the product selection page 121. Prior to this, the purchaser registers a place to be displayed for store information. Thereafter, by simply entering the member registration number in the member number column 122, the list of products investigated in the past can be called up. For example, for a purchaser like a housewife who purchases almost fixed items every day in the supermarket, it is practical to call up a list of products that have been surveyed in the past and modify them to investigate the products. . In some cases, it is desired to conduct a survey by changing the location. In such a case, the survey location change field 123 is input to specify a location other than the registered location. For this purpose, a pull-down menu displaying each location may be displayed, or a specific location name or survey range may be designated.
[0035]
In the product selection page 121 of FIG. 2, it is assumed that the purchaser is a housewife. The housewife investigates using the store server 102 for daily shopping. When the member number is input and “fresh food purchase history” is selected as the product category displayed in the pull-down menu format from the product category display field 124, a list of fresh foods to be purchased every day corresponds to the member number from the database 107. Read out. These are displayed from the purchase frequency. The housewife selects several items to be purchased that day from the list of fresh foods, and if there are products that are not in the list and are to be investigated, click the additional purchase column 125 to add products to be purchased. In the purchase date column 126, the input date and time is initially set, but this can be changed as appropriate. In addition, when an input operation is performed at midnight when work is completed in order to consider shopping for the next day, the next day can be automatically set. Of course, the input date and the like can be changed as appropriate. The time zone such as morning, afternoon, or midnight can be specified when a cheap product only during the morning or when a special price is specified at the time of opening a store or when a late night fee is applied to the price of the system This is because the store was taken into consideration. When the survey button 127 is pressed after inputting the above necessary items, the store server 102 causes the CPU (central processing unit) (not shown) to search the database 107 with the content and display the result on the survey result page. become.
[0036]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the store input page. The store input page 131 is a page for a store as a member constituting the store information display system to upload information on his / her product to the store server 102. Each store registers as a member, and at this time, the store location is also entered. This is because a purchaser requests information about a product by specifying a location such as Shinjuku Ward and Shibuya Ward or within a radius of 500 meters from Shinjuku Station.
[0037]
A merchandise input table 132 is prepared on the store input page 131. As in the case of the product selection page 121, the product input table 132 can be called up and corrected by the past table of the store stored in the database 107. In addition, it is possible to paste data on a web in accordance with a predetermined format created by the dealer with his / her own personal computer 103 or the like. Of course, it is also possible to call a newly created table and input information such as the name and price of each item on the home page. Furthermore, if you need to be mobile, for example, if you go to a competing retailer to check the price of a product and then you need to correct the price of a similar product at your retailer The mobile phone 106 shown in FIG. 1 can be used to access the Internet network 101 to display the store input page 131 and correct necessary items. Of course, in order to access the store input page 131 of his / her store, it is a matter of course that security measures such as inputting a password when the member is registered are taken.
[0038]
In the product input table 132, the price of each product stored in the database 107 of the store server 102 and the period during which the price is valid are input. You can enter the price for both the sale period during which the price is particularly low and for the other periods. In the product input table 132, the portion marked with “-” for the period indicates a period other than the sale period. Note that the name of the product to be entered may be specifically displayed as long as it is representative, but it should be entered in a category such as a famous maker product or an unbranded (original product of the store). Also good.
[0039]
Below the product input table 132, an eyeball product input field 133 is provided. In this column, product information and information indicating the appearance can be attached as an attached file. On the other hand, as for the goods described in the goods input table 132, the so-called classic goods competing with other dealers occupy the majority. For this reason, in this embodiment, attachment files are not attached to these products. The special product input column 134 is a column for inputting rare or special products that are not sold so much at other stores. In this column, it is possible to attach an attachment file representing product information or information indicating the appearance. In the case of a handmade product, information describing the feature of the product and the name of the individual who has manufactured or processed the product may be added.
[0040]
The member registered as a store in the store information display system is not necessarily a person who operates a store that sells various products. For example, an individual who purchases a large quantity of one kind of foreign beer may register as a store. In this case, the product is input into the product input table 132 or the special product input field 134. Usually, the product is much cheaper than other competing products (such as beer) or is not available at other retailers.
[0041]
FIG. 4 shows the contents of the survey result page on the homepage as a result of the survey conducted by the housewife explained in FIG. If the survey location is Shinjuku Ward where the housewife lives, the survey is performed by searching for fresh foods at each store in Shinjuku Ward stored on the database 107. As a result, the retrieved products are sorted in ascending order, and the results are displayed in the product-by-product result table 142 of the survey result page 141 for, for example, the three stores from the top. If the housewife surveys only one product, the product result table 142 displays the result of that one product. The purchaser can freely set the number of sales outlets displayed on another display setting page.
[0042]
From the product-specific result table 142, for example, it is possible to quickly know that the tofu is the cheapest at the store A or the egg is the cheapest at the store C rather than comparing the leaflets. In the case of beer, the G store that imports large quantities of single items as mentioned above is cheap, so you can go to that store or visit the homepage of this G store to get more detailed information such as brands Can do.
[0043]
Below the product-specific result table 142, an overall result table 143 is arranged. For example, when the housewife who inputs the product selection page 121 shown in FIG. 2 investigates, the total result table 143 is the total amount of those items, and in that case, the store is the most economical. It is shown whether it is. In this example, the housewife surveys 15 items of merchandise, indicating that store A can make the most economical shopping. Of course, the housewife can do more economical shopping by buying beer separately at the G store. Note that in the case of a store that lacks some information on the product that is the subject of the survey, the store cannot calculate the total purchase price of each product selected by the purchaser.
[0044]
FIG. 5 shows an overview of the flow of processing for the dealer server side to display the survey result page on the display screen of the corresponding buyer. The dealer server 102 stores, in a work memory (not shown), the number k of products to be investigated when a purchaser requests to investigate dealer information (step S161), initializes the parameter n, and sets it to “1”. (Step S162). Then, the first product (tofu) is searched in the database 107 for Shinjuku-ku dealers, sorted from the lowest to the highest, and stored in the area corresponding to the housewife's membership number in the other area of the working memory. (Step S163). Thereafter, it is checked whether or not the parameter n has reached the number k of products to be investigated (step S164). If the parameter n has not been reached, (N) the parameter n is incremented by “1” (step S165). ) Do the same survey for the second product (egg). Similarly, the same survey is repeated until all the surveys are performed on the number k of products.
[0045]
If the parameter n exceeds the number k of products to be investigated in step S164 (Y), a product-specific result table 142 is created and displayed (step S166). Next, the prices of the higher-ranked products are multiplied by the prices for each store to obtain the sum, and in this example, the total amount of 15 items is calculated (step S167). And this is displayed as the comprehensive result table 143 (step S168). At the same time, each product selected this time is reflected in the purchase list of the product selected in the past by this member (step S169). At the time of reflection, the newer the date, the more weighted, and the higher the frequency, the higher the next time will be displayed.
[0046]
FIG. 6 shows a state in which a purchaser fills in a feature product search page as another example of use of the store information display system. On the feature product search page 181, feature products of each store can be listed. At this time, a desired product category can be selected as a genre, and department stores, supermarkets, boutiques, and the like can be selected comprehensively or selected from a list as search targets. When the date of purchase is entered and the survey button 182 is pressed, the corresponding product is picked up and displayed from the items entered as the main products by each dealer.
[0047]
In addition, instead of specifying the location on the product selection page 121 shown in FIG. 2, a store such as a department store or a supermarket can be selected from the list, or can be selected or entered in the input field. You may make it make the inputted store the object of investigation.
[0048]
FIG. 7 shows an example of the setting of the survey contents and the survey results on the store survey page that can be used when purchasing unusual products. Here, it was investigated whether or not a product called “Whiski A-1 with a characteristic glass cup” sold in a campaign as a survey item is still available in Shinjuku and Shibuya Wards. The store survey page 191 shows that stores where the product can be purchased in Shinjuku Ward and Shibuya Ward are F store, E store, and G store, together with location information of those stores. The store information is picked up from the special product input field 134 or the product input table 132 of the store input page 131 and the store address shown in FIG. It is possible to extract information on the presence and price of the product subject to the survey from dealer information of specialty stores that handle special products, and particularly large stores with excellent product lineups.
[0049]
For each extracted store, additional information such as the updated date and the address or telephone number of the store's home page can be displayed. By looking at the updated date, it is possible to predict whether the product will be available.
[0050]
In the above-described embodiment, the product has been described. However, it is also possible to specify the region for the barber shop fee and the like and display the price for the service of each dealer in the order of cheapness. it can.
[0051]
Further, in the embodiment, the description has focused on the store information system using the personal computer 103, but the store information is similarly transmitted on the network (including CATV) using other terminals such as the mobile phone 106 and the game machine. Of course, it can be displayed.
[0052]
【The invention's effect】
  As explained aboveThe present inventionAccording to the product buyer specifiedSpecify an area or some pre-registered storesspecificpluralAbout the productEquivalent to total purchaseGet price informationSoIt is possible to select a store from which products are purchased in advance. In addition, since the information of each dealer can be compared efficiently compared to flyer advertisements, advertisements using paper such as flyer advertisements can be reduced, and efficient use of resources and reduction of advertising costs are aimed at. be able to.
[0053]
  Also,For exampleI always go shoppingAbout storesinformationsimplyCan callit can.
[0056]
  MoreThe present inventionAccording toMultiple products to be purchasedFor example, if you want to buy several products at once in the supermarket,ThemYou can easily find the store that will be the cheapest when you buy items together. As a result, it is possible to appropriately select a store to go shopping, avoiding stores that eventually become expensive when a number of products are purchased even if a specific product is cheap. Of course, if you divide the product into several groups and enter it, for example, if you are concerned about apparel, the retailer A is cheap, or if it is a processed fresh food product, the retailer B is cheap, It is also possible to walk across multiple dealers.
[0058]
  MoreThe present inventionAccording toRegistered in advanceFrom inside the storeProspective purchasersSelects dealers, and selects the selected products for those dealersthe amountFor example, the buyer selects multiple favorite department stores or specialty stores and selects the desired products for them.the amountCan be checked, thereby determining the shopping destination.
[0059]
  AlsoThe present inventionAccording toProspective purchasersofSince you ’ve chosen to select a product by displaying a list of candidate products that represent a group of potential products that you ’ve created based on your past purchase history,By using the past history, it becomes easy to select a product, and omission of selection can be prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overview of a store information system in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where a purchaser according to the present embodiment accesses a homepage of a store server and displays a product selection page on a display screen of a personal computer.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a store input page in the present embodiment.
4 is a plan view showing the contents of a survey result page on the home page as a result of the survey conducted by the housewife described in FIG. 2; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing flow for causing the dealer server side to display a survey result page on a display screen of a corresponding purchaser in the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which a purchaser fills in a feature product search page as another example of use of the store information display system.
FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of setting of survey contents and an example of a survey result on a store survey page that can be used when purchasing unusual products.
[Explanation of symbols]
101 Internet network
102 Dealer server
103 Personal computer
104 Mobile phone network
106 Mobile phone
107 Store server database
111 First region
112 second region
121 product selection page
131 Dealer input page
141 Survey results page
181 Featured product search page
191 Dealer survey page

Claims (7)

Product price receiving means for each store that receives the price of various products for each store registered in advance, price registration means for each product that registers the price of the product received by this product price receiving means for each store, A purchase candidate product list that is created based on the past history of products planned to be purchased for each person and represents a group of products that are candidates for purchase at the same time in one store; When there is a notification of a region including a plurality of stores where the product is purchased every time or a plurality of pre-registered stores, all of the pre-registered stores existing in the region or a purchase schedule at a plurality of notified stores A store management server provided with a total purchase amount calculation means for calculating the total amount of each product to be processed;
A survey object selection means for selecting a region including a plurality of stores where the product is purchased or a plurality of pre-registered stores connected to the store management server via a communication network, and a purchase candidate of the product Purchase candidate product list display means for sending information to the store management server and receiving and displaying the purchase candidate product list corresponding to the prospective purchaser, and purchase candidate products displayed on the purchase candidate product list display means Product selection means for selecting a plurality of products to be purchased this time from the list, and additionally specifying these products when planning to purchase products other than those displayed in the purchase candidate product list at the same store All of the pre-registered stores existing in the area selected by the product addition specifying means and the survey object selecting means or a plurality of notified stores And the customer terminal that said and a product selection means and product add the purchase total amount arithmetic means scheduled another store purchase to display the total amount that was calculated for all of the specified means products that you plan to purchase the total amount display means that,
A store terminal connected to the store management server via a communication network, and provided with store-specific product information transmission means for transmitting prices of various products to the store-specific product price receiving means for each store handling these products And a store information display system. 2. The store information display system according to claim 1, wherein when the price of the product fluctuates depending on the date and time, the price registration unit for each product registers the price corresponding to the date and time . 3. The store information display system according to claim 2, wherein the customer terminal comprises purchase date and time designation means for designating a date and time for purchasing a product . 2. The store information display system according to claim 1, wherein the planned purchase product total amount display means displays the total purchase planned product for each store calculated by the total purchase price calculation unit together with the store name in ascending order . 2. The sales according to claim 1, wherein said store-by-store purchase planned product total amount display means displays a total amount of these plural types of products when two or more predetermined number of products are designated. Store information display system. 2. The store information display system according to claim 1, wherein the store-by-store purchase planned product total amount display means displays a sales price of each product together with the total amount . 2. The store information display system according to claim 1, wherein the total purchase amount calculation means performs a calculation based on the number and unit price of each product to be purchased .

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