JP7154548B2 - Merchandise purchase system, site management server, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a merchandise purchase system, a site management server, and a program that allow merchandise to be purchased via a network such as the Internet.

2. Description of the Related Art Merchandise purchase services that allow users to purchase merchandise from virtual shops on the Internet by operating terminal devices such as PCs (Personal Computers) and smartphones have become widespread (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

Yahoo! Shopping homepage (http://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/)

When using such a product purchase service, a user must operate a terminal device to enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to access a predetermined site and input various information from the site screen. It is troublesome. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a product purchase system, a site management server, and a program that allow users to use product purchase services more easily than before.

In order to achieve the above object, the product purchase system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes:
A merchandise purchase system comprising a terminal device and a site management server that manages a shopping site,
The terminal device
a reading unit for reading access information and medium identification information for accessing the site management server from a recording medium;
a transmitting unit that accesses the site management server according to the access information and transmits the medium identification information to the site management server;
The site management server
a display content determination unit that determines display content of the shopping site based on the medium identification information received from the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit.

The site management server may further include a delivery unit that delivers the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device to a delivery destination determined based on the received medium identification information.

The delivery unit arranges the delivery unit so that the product arrives at the facility from which the return flight of the user who is the owner of the recording medium departs a predetermined time before the scheduled departure time, or that the product arrives at the facility where the return flight of the user who is the holder of the recording medium departs. A process may be executed for delivery so that it arrives at the facility where the user stays or at a specified location on the last day.

The site management server may further include a payment unit that executes processing for paying for the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device using a payment method determined based on the received medium identification information.

When paying for a product with electronic money, the payment unit may determine the type of electronic money, and cause the terminal device to access a payment site corresponding to the determined type.

A plurality of pieces of access information are stored in the recording medium,
The transmission unit may access the site administration server according to access information specified by a user from among the plurality of access information.

further comprising a relay server,
The transmission unit may access the site administration server via the relay server.

In order to achieve the above object, the site management server according to the second aspect of the present invention includes:
A site management server that manages a shopping site,
a display content determination unit that determines display content of the shopping site based on medium identification information received from the terminal device and read from the recording medium by the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit.

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to the third aspect of the present invention,
A computer that operates a shopping site,
a display content determination unit that determines the display content of the shopping site based on the medium identification information received from the terminal device and read from the recording medium by the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit;
function as

According to the present invention, the user can easily use the merchandise purchase service simply by causing the terminal device to read the recording medium.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the goods purchase system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a terminal device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a recording medium; FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a site management server; FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of member DB. 4 is a flowchart of product purchase processing executed by the product purchase system according to the embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure which shows the example of a goods search screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a product purchase screen. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the goods purchase system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a recording medium according to the second embodiment; FIG.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts in the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
A product purchase system 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. The merchandise purchase system 1 includes a terminal device 10 and a site management server 30 connected to the terminal device 10 via the Internet 20, as shown in FIG. The merchandise purchase system 1 is a system that provides a merchandise purchase service that allows a user to purchase merchandise from a terminal device 10 via the Internet 20 .

A store system 50 , a settlement system 60 and a delivery system 70 are also connected to the Internet 20 . The store system 50 is a management system for a store that sells products handled by the product purchase system 1 . The payment system 60 is a system for making payments for products purchased by the product purchase system 1, and is, for example, a management system of a credit card company, a bank, or the like. The delivery system 70 is a system for delivering products purchased by the product purchase system 1, and is, for example, a management system of a post office or a delivery company. Although one store system 50, one settlement system 60, and one delivery system 70 are shown in FIG. 1, there are actually a plurality of store systems 50, settlement systems 60, and delivery systems 70.

The terminal device 10 is a terminal operated by a user to purchase a product, and is, for example, a smart phone or a PC (Personal Computer). The terminal device 10 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a reading unit 13, a communication unit 14, a storage unit 15, and a control unit 16, as shown in FIG.

The input unit 11 is, for example, a touch panel or the like, and is used to input various information to the terminal device 10 .

The display unit 12 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like, and outputs various information under the control of the control unit 16 .

The reading unit 13 includes an antenna, a modulation circuit, a demodulation circuit, a high-frequency amplifier circuit, and the like, and performs non-contact communication with the recording medium 40 that is in close proximity. The recording medium 40 is an IC card, which is distributed to users (members) who can use the product purchase system. As shown in FIG. 3, the recording medium 40 contains medium identification information (ID) that uniquely identifies the recording medium 40, a URL serving as access information for accessing the site administration server 30 via the Internet 20, is stored. For example, the reading unit 13 reads the medium recorded information and the URL from the recording medium 40 by contactless communication.

The communication unit 14 has a communication interface and performs data communication with the site management server 30 via the Internet 20 under the control of the control unit 16 . For example, the communication unit 14 functions as a transmission unit that connects to the site management server 30 using the URL read from the recording medium 40 and transmits the URL read from the recording medium 40 to the site management server 30 .

The storage unit 15 is, for example, a flash memory, and stores various data necessary for the terminal device 10 to operate. For example, the storage unit 15 stores an application program 151 for starting an application for using a product purchase service.

The control unit 16 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. (none of which are shown), and the CPU uses the RAM as a work memory, and the ROM and the storage unit By appropriately executing various programs stored in 15, the entire terminal device 10 is controlled.

Next, the site administration server 30 will be explained. The site administration server 30 is a web server that manages and operates the shopping site. The site management server 30 includes a communication section 31, a storage section 32, and a control section 33, as shown in FIG.

The communication unit 31 has a communication interface such as a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 31 communicates with the terminal device 10 via the Internet 20 under the control of the control unit 33 . For example, the communication unit 31 receives medium identification information from the terminal device 10 .

The storage unit 32 is composed of a hard disk drive or the like, and stores programs and various data necessary for the site management server 30 to operate. For example, the storage unit 32 includes a member DB (database) 321 , a product DB 322 and an order DB 323 .

The member DB 321 stores information about each member who can use the shopping site. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the member DB 321 stores, for each user who is a member, medium identification information of the recording medium 40 distributed to the user, name, address, language used, payment method, interest, return to home country. Information indicating flight information and the like is stored. Note that the user's name, address, language used, payment method, interests, return flight information, etc. may be stored in the recording medium 40 .

The settlement method is information indicating how the purchased product is to be settled, and includes types such as "credit settlement", "account withdrawal", "cash on delivery", and "electronic money". Also, if the settlement method is "credit settlement", the credit number is registered, and if the settlement method is "account withdrawal", the account number and the like are also registered. Also, when the payment method is "electronic money", the recording medium 40 itself may have an electronic money function. In this case, the recording medium 40 is charged with a predetermined amount of money.

An interest is information indicating a field in which the user is interested, and is registered by the user. Further, the control unit 33 of the site management server 30 may determine the field in which the user is interested based on the purchase history, and automatically set the interest in the member DB 321 .

It should be noted that the return flight information is information relating to the return flight of the overseas travel planned by the user. The return flight information includes information indicating the departure airport name, departure time, arrival airport name, arrival time, and the like.

Returning to FIG. 4, the product DB 322 stores data indicating the product name, product image, stock quantity, price, shipping fee, etc. of each product handled by the product purchase system. In addition, the order DB 323 stores order data indicating the details of the order received from the terminal device 10 .

The control unit 33 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. (none of which are shown). Each part of the site management server 30 is controlled by appropriately executing various programs stored in the server 32 . Further, the control unit 33 includes a display content determining unit 331, a site providing unit 332, a delivery unit 333, and a settlement unit 334 as functional configurations.

The display content determination unit 331 determines the display content of the shopping site based on the medium identification information received from the terminal device 10 .

The site providing unit 332 provides the terminal device 10 with the shopping site of the display content determined by the display content determining unit 331 . Specifically, in response to a request from the terminal device 10 , the site providing unit 332 transmits screen data of the shopping site screen having the determined display content to the terminal device 10 .

The delivery unit 333 executes processing for delivering the product purchased from the shopping site to the delivery destination specified based on the received medium identification information. Specifically, the delivery unit 333 transmits a notification instructing delivery of the product to the delivery destination to the delivery system 70 via the Internet 20 .

The payment unit 334 executes processing for paying for products purchased at the shopping site using the payment method specified from the received medium identification information. Specifically, the settlement unit 334 transmits a notification to the settlement system 60 via the Internet 20 to instruct settlement by the specified settlement method.

Next, the operation of the merchandise purchase system 1 will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. In addition, the user has been registered as a member by prior member registration processing, and various information such as address, name, interest, and settlement method are registered in the member DB 321 or the recording medium 40, and recorded to the user by mail or the like. A medium 40 is distributed. Furthermore, when the user is planning to travel abroad, the user notifies the site management server 30 of return flight information via the terminal device 10 or telephone, etc., and the notified return flight information is registered in the member DB 321 .

The user performs a predetermined operation from the input unit 11 of the terminal device 10, and in response to the operation, the control unit 16 executes the application program 151 stored in the storage unit 15 to launch the product purchase application. Start up (step S101). When the application is activated, the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10 displays a message such as "Hold over your membership card."

The user follows this message and brings his recording medium 40 closer to the terminal device 10 . The reading unit 13 reads the URL and the medium identification information from the recording medium 40 by non-contact communication (S102). If information such as the user's name and address is stored in the recording medium 40, the reading unit 13 also reads this information.

Subsequently, the control unit 16 of the terminal device 10 accesses the site management server 30 with the read URL and transmits the read medium identification information to the site management server 30 (step S103).

Upon receiving the medium identification information, the control unit 33 of the site management server 30 determines the display contents of the shopping site to be displayed on the terminal device 10 based on the medium identification information (step S104).

Specifically, the control unit 33 identifies a record in the member DB 321 having the received medium identification information. Then, the control unit 33 may determine the display content of the shopping site based on the language used by the user and the user's interests included in the specified record. For example, if the language used by the user is "English," the control unit 33 determines that the notation and voice of the shopping site should be in English. Further, if the user's interest is "games", the control unit 33 determines to display the information about the best-selling games in the recommended item column of the shopping site.

Subsequently, the control unit 33 transmits the screen data of the shopping site whose display content has been determined to the terminal device 10 (step S105). As a result, a shopping site screen (merchandise search screen) as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10 (step S106). The display content determined in step S104 is reflected in this product search screen.

Subsequently, the user operates the input unit 11 of the terminal device 10 to search for products from the search area E1 of the product search screen, select products displayed in the recommended product column E2, and so on. to display a product purchase screen as shown in FIG. The user operates the input unit 11 to select the delivery destination from the delivery destination designation area E3 on the product purchase screen, and then clicks the "Purchase" button E4. In response to this operation, the control unit 16 transmits a product purchase request to the site administration server 30 (step S107). The product purchase request also includes the selection details of the delivery destination designation area E3.

Upon receiving the product purchase request, the control unit 33 of the site management server 30 executes delivery processing for delivering the purchased product to the specified delivery destination (step S108).

For example, when "delivery to home" is selected from the delivery destination designation area E3 of the product purchase screen, the control unit 33 identifies the record of the member DB 321 having the medium identification information received from the terminal device 10, and selects the record from the record. Get the user's address. Then, the control unit 33 may transmit a delivery request to the delivery system 70 to deliver the purchased product to the acquired address.

Further, for example, when "return flight delivery" is selected from the delivery destination designation area E3 of the product purchase screen, the control unit 33 identifies the record of the member DB 321 having the medium identification information received from the terminal device 10, Get return flight information from the record. Then, the control unit 33 refers to the acquired return flight information and makes a delivery request instructing that the purchased product arrive at the airport a predetermined time (for example, 3 hours) before the scheduled departure time of the return flight. to the delivery system 70 .

Further, for example, when "direct input" is selected from the delivery destination designation area E3 of the product purchase screen, the control unit 33 instructs delivery of the purchased product to the address input from the product purchase screen. A request may be sent to the delivery system 70 .

When the process for delivering the product ends, the control unit 33 of the site management server 30 executes the settlement process for paying for the purchased product (step S109).

Specifically, the control unit 33 identifies a record in the member DB 321 having the received medium identification information. Then, the control unit 33 may perform payment processing using the payment method included in the specified record.

For example, if the settlement method is credit settlement, the control unit 33 transmits a settlement request to the settlement system 60 of the corresponding credit company. This payment request includes information necessary for payment, such as the user's credit number. It should be noted that credit settlement may be performed without using such a mechanism, but in this case, the credit number may be registered in the shopping site in advance, or the user may operate the input unit 11 to display the screen of the shopping site. It is necessary to enter the credit number from above, and the registered or entered credit number may be leaked to a third party, or the site operator may misuse the registered or entered credit number to purchase or reserve other products. There is a risk of being used for In addition, some major sites have a mechanism for registering credit numbers, but if the registered credit number is leaked to the outside, a third party can easily receive shopping or services using the leaked credit number. There is also a risk that
Therefore, if this recording medium 40 (IC card) is provided with an electronic money function (or using a recording medium 40 originally provided with an electronic money function), the payment will be made if there is no recording medium 40 on the spot. Since it is not possible, it becomes difficult to make fraudulent use simply by knowing the credit number, etc., and it is possible to make settlements more safely.
The electronic money settlement system (program) may be included in the same application as the shopping site access application (application program 151), or a separate electronic money settlement application may be used. In the latter case, the shopping site does not have to know the credit information and the like, so the possibility of unauthorized use can be further reduced.
Furthermore, when a product purchased at a shopping site is settled with electronic money, the settlement unit 334 of the site management server 30 determines the type of electronic money and directs the terminal device 10 to a suitable settlement site (payment system 60). You may make it access automatically. For example, in the case of payment using Suica (registered trademark), the payment unit 334 transmits the URL of the payment site for Suica (registered trademark) to the terminal device 10 and causes the terminal device 10 to access this payment site. good too. Alternatively, the settlement unit 334 may allow the terminal device 10 to access a settlement agency site or the like once, and then cause the terminal device 10 to access a suitable settlement site via the settlement agency site or the like.

When the payment processing is completed, the processing of the merchandise purchase system 1 is terminated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user who wants to use the shopping site can display the screen of the shopping site on the display unit 12 simply by holding his or her recording medium 40 over the terminal device 10 . Therefore, the user can easily use the product purchase service without having to enter a URL or the like.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the shopping site displayed when the recording medium 40 is held up displays the content reflecting the user's attributes (language, interests, etc.). can be improved.

In addition, according to this embodiment, products purchased by the user from the shopping site are automatically delivered to the address or the like linked to the medium identification information, so the user inputs the address or the like of the delivery destination of the product. Therefore, the user's operation burden can be further reduced.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, by simply registering return flight information in advance, the product can be delivered to the airport where the return flight takes off on the date of return. It becomes possible to go sightseeing without carrying the purchased souvenirs.

In addition, according to this embodiment, the payment for the product purchased by the user from the shopping site is automatically executed by the payment method linked to the medium identification information, thereby further reducing the user's operational burden. and further improve the security of settlement.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, a merchandise purchase system 2 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the product purchase system 2. As shown in FIG. Compared to the product purchase system 1 (FIG. 1) according to the first embodiment, the second embodiment includes a plurality of site management servers 30 (30A, 30B, 30C, . . . ) that manage different shopping sites. A relay server 80 is provided between the Internet 20 and each site administration server 30 (30A, 30B, 30C, . . . ).

Further, in the second embodiment, the recording medium 40 is prepared exclusively for each shopping site. As shown in FIG. 10, the recording medium 40 stores site identification information for identifying the corresponding shopping site (site management server 30). Note that the URL stored in the recording medium 40 is a fixed URL for accessing the relay server 80 . Therefore, the terminal device 10 reading the URL stored in the recording medium 40 approached in the product purchase process always accesses the relay server 80 and relays the medium identification information and the site specific information read from the storage medium 40. Send to server 80 .

The relay server 80 identifies the site management server 30 of the shopping site that the user wants to use from the received site identification information, and transmits the received medium identification information to the identified site management server 30 .

The site administration server 30 determines the display content of the site based on the received medium identification information, as in the first embodiment. Then, the site management server 30 transmits the screen data of the shopping site whose display contents have been determined to the terminal device 10 via the relay server 80, and the screen of the shopping site is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. be.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if there are a plurality of available shopping sites, by providing the relay server 80, a desired shopping site can be accessed simply by holding the recording medium 40 of the shopping site used over the terminal device 10. A site screen can be displayed on the terminal device 10 .

(Modification)
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, a plurality of URLs are stored in the recording medium 40 . Then, after the recording medium 40 is brought close to the terminal device 10 and a plurality of URLs are read, the user is made to select one of the plurality of URLs, and the medium identification information is sent to the site management server 30 of the selected URL destination. may be sent and the same processing may be performed thereafter. By doing so, it is possible to have the user select a desired service first, so that the user's convenience can be further improved.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example was given in which the product was delivered to the airport in time for the departure time of the return flight of the overseas travel. You may do so. In addition, for example, information related to bullet trains used on the way back from a domestic trip may be registered in the member DB 321 in the same way as the information on the return flight. It may be delivered to the departure station. Alternatively, the product is delivered to the user's home according to the user's return time, the product is delivered to the port of return according to the date and time of the user's return, or the product is delivered to the airport from which the user returns to the ship according to the date and time of the user's return. You may Similarly, it may be delivered to a facility where the user stays (a hotel, an inn, etc.) or a designated place on the last day of the trip. In this case, in addition to the method of registering in advance the information on the facility where you will stay on the last day in the site management server 30, a system provided by a travel agency (for example, an accommodation reservation system) or the user's own SNS (Social Networking System) can be used. Information may be acquired from these in cooperation with the itinerary, etc. described in the Network Service, etc.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the site administration server 30 was accessed using the URL stored in the recording medium 40, but the site administration server 30 may be accessed using an e-mail address or other information.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the terminal device 10 reads information from the recording medium 40 by non-contact communication, but information may be read from the recording medium 40 by other methods. For example, the URL and medium identification information are stored in a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) printed on the recording medium 40 . Then, the terminal device 10 may acquire the URL and the medium identification information by reading the two-dimensional code of the recording medium 40 with a built-in camera or the like. The QR code (registered trademark) may include information indicating the user's interest, information regarding a return flight, and the like.

For example, by applying an operation program that defines the operation of the site administration server 30 according to the present embodiment to an existing personal computer, information terminal device, or the like, the personal computer or the like functions as the site administration server 30 according to the present invention. is also possible.

Any method of distributing such programs may be used. For example, computer-readable media such as CD-ROMs (Compact Disk Read-Only Memory), DVDs (Digital Versatile Disks), MOs (Magneto Optical Disks), memory cards, etc. may be used. It may be stored in a recording medium and distributed, or may be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet.

Reference Signs List 1, 2 Product purchase system 10 Terminal device 11 Input unit 12 Display unit 13 Reading unit 14 Communication unit 15 Storage unit 151 Application program 16 Control unit 17 20 Internet 30 Site management server 31 communication unit, 32 storage unit, 321 member DB, 322 product DB, 323 order DB, 33 control unit, 331 display content determination unit, 332 site providing unit, 333 delivery unit, 334 settlement unit, 40 recording medium, 50 store system, 60 payment system, 70 delivery system, 80 relay server

Claims (7)

A merchandise purchase system comprising a terminal device and a site management server that manages a shopping site,
The terminal device
a reading unit for reading access information and medium identification information for accessing the site management server from a recording medium;
a transmitting unit that accesses the site management server according to the access information and transmits the medium identification information to the site management server;
The site management server
a display content determination unit that determines display content of the shopping site based on the medium identification information received from the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit ;
The site management server further comprises a delivery unit that performs processing for delivering the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device to a delivery destination determined based on the received medium identification information ,
When the delivery of the return flight is selected as the delivery destination, the delivery unit stores the return flight at a predetermined place from which the return flight departs based on the return flight information linked to the medium identification information. A merchandise purchase system that executes processing for delivering the merchandise so that the merchandise arrives in time for a predetermined time. The site management server further comprises a payment unit that executes processing for paying for the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device, using a payment method determined based on the received medium identification information.
The merchandise purchase system according to claim 1 . When the product is to be paid for with electronic money, the payment unit determines the type of the electronic money and causes the terminal device to access a payment site corresponding to the determined type.
The merchandise purchase system according to claim 2 . A plurality of pieces of access information are stored in the recording medium,
The transmission unit accesses the site management server according to access information specified by a user from among the plurality of access information.
The merchandise purchase system according to claim 1 . further comprising a relay server,
the transmission unit accesses the site management server via the relay server;
The merchandise purchase system according to claim 1 . A site management server that manages a shopping site,
a display content determination unit that determines display content of the shopping site based on medium identification information received from the terminal device and read from the recording medium by the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit ;
further comprising a delivery unit that performs processing for delivering the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device to a delivery destination determined based on the received medium identification information;
When the delivery of the return flight is selected as the delivery destination, the delivery unit stores the return flight at a predetermined place from which the return flight departs based on the return flight information linked to the medium identification information. A site management server that executes the delivery process so that the product arrives in time for a predetermined time. A computer that operates a shopping site,
a display content determination unit that determines the display content of the shopping site based on the medium identification information received from the terminal device and read from the recording medium by the terminal device;
a site providing unit that provides the terminal device with the shopping site having the display content determined by the display content determining unit;
and a delivery unit that executes processing for delivering the product instructed to purchase from the terminal device to a delivery destination determined based on the received medium identification information;
function as
When a return flight delivery is selected as the delivery destination by the delivery unit, based on the return flight information linked to the medium identification information, a predetermined location from which the return flight departs is displayed at the departure time of the return flight. A program for executing the delivery process so that the product arrives at a specified time in time .

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