JPH06348735A - Sales reserving system for portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a sales reserving system for portable terminal which can be effectively utilized for order reception supporting work as well by providing respective specified storage parts, information retrieving means and picture output means. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a storage part 13 for inputting and storing the various kinds of information effective for supporting order reception from a host computer, information retrieving means 22 for retrieving any desired information in the information stored by this storage part 13, and picture output means 23 for outputting the information retrieved by this means 22 onto a display device as an image. On the other hand, a control part 19 controls an input device 11, storage part 13 and communication part 15. Since sales transition for each customer, sales transition by clothing types, design for the unit of sku and color or the like can be displayed on the display screen of the portable terminal as the various kinds of information when reserving the sale at an exhibition, each customer can grasp a sales trend based on the sales information and since all the merchandise at the exhibition can be easily retrieved and introduced, the sale of merchandise corresponding to the business of the customer can be efficiently promoted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales system using a portable terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art of the present invention, a "customer-made order processing system" disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-79158 filed by the same applicant as the present applicant.
(Hereinafter referred to as prior application). Prior to this application, we invited our customers to a product exhibition, etc., took an order while showing the actual products, and placed a quote on the quote book that lists the product number, price, color, size, composition, etc. of the ordered product. I wrote down the order quantity for each product and used that price book as a medium.

In the previous application, the troublesome operations of filling the price list and punching are omitted, and the salesperson uses the portable terminal at the on-site visit so that the presence or absence of the product having the required color and size, the quantity, We have improved the system so that we can investigate delivery dates, decide orders for products in a short time, enter order information for each product, and immediately perform delivery processing.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the prior application, in which 1 is a portable terminal, 2 is a host computer, and 3 is a line network. An interactive input device 1 including a display device and a keyboard in the portable terminal 1
1. Input means 1 for inputting data from this input device 11
2. Storage unit 1 for temporarily storing the input from the input means 12
3, transmitting means 14 for transmitting the contents stored in the storage portion 13 via the network 3, a communication portion 15 for transmitting a signal from the transmitting means 14 to a destination via the network, and transmitting from the network through the communication portion 15. Receiving means 16 for converting the received signal thus received into a signal form suitable for input to the storage unit 13, the storage unit 1
3, an output unit 17 for reading the data stored in No. 3, a printing unit 18 for printing the output from the output unit 17, and a control unit 19 for controlling each unit.

The product order information is input device 11-input means 1
2-storage unit 13-transmission unit 14-communication unit 15 and sent to the host computer 2, the product delivery information host computer 2-communication unit 15-reception unit 16-storage unit 13-
It is output to the printing unit 18 via the output means 17. In the embodiment shown in the prior application, the product delivery information is output to the printing unit 18, but it can also be output to the display device of the input device 11.

[0006]

As described above, the disclosure of the prior application has greatly improved the direct business process for receiving an order, but it is said that the portable terminal is used for order support business (sales promotion business). There are many inadequate points. That is, the information sent from the host computer is the inventory information of the product inquired from the portable terminal and the delivery information for the ordered product. In addition to this, many information that the customer wants to know is stored in the host computer. Therefore, it is effective for sales promotion to actively present such information to customers.

For example, the past sales record of the customer such as the design, color, size, etc. of a product not exhibited at an exhibition in the apparel industry, what kind of product is currently selling, etc. , Where the customer wants to know, and where such information is held as a database by the host computer, the device of the prior application has a means for presenting such information to the customer with a portable terminal. The problem is that it does not exist.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems in the system of the prior application and to provide a sales system using a portable terminal which can be effectively utilized in order support business.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a storage unit for inputting and storing various information effective for ordering assistance from a host computer, and information for retrieving desired information in the information stored in the storage unit. A search means and a screen output means for outputting the information searched by the information search means to the display device as an image are provided. Depending on the design purpose, it is decided whether to add the above-mentioned part to the device of the prior application or to make it a portable terminal that is used only for ordering assistance independently of the "order processing system" of the prior application. To be done.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 5 denote the same or corresponding parts,
21 is a storage unit, 22 is an information retrieval unit, 23 is a screen output unit, 131 is an ordered product storage unit that stores information on products ordered in the exhibition sales contract, and 132 is sku (stoc)
This is an information storage unit that stores product image information in units of k keeping units. These storage unit 1
3 includes an auxiliary storage device or is mainly configured by the auxiliary storage device. Further, the control unit 19 of FIG. 1 controls the input device 11, the storage unit 13, and the communication unit 15. Although the host computer 2 and the line network 3 are not shown in FIG. 1, they are the same as those in FIG.

Since the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 includes all the parts of the apparatus shown in FIG. 5 except the printing section 18, it performs all order processing operations carried out by the "application processing method by portable terminal" of the prior application. be able to. However, the output printed by the printing unit 18 in the device of the prior application is displayed on the display device in the interactive input device 11 via the image output means 23.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the storage means 21 of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and A1 to A4 indicate program steps. In order support business, it is necessary to display the image of the product in units of sku on the display device.
This information is stored in the information storage unit 132, and this information is input from the host computer 2 to the storage unit 13 by the storage unit 21 via the communication unit 15 and the receiving unit 16. Alternatively, before leaving for an exhibition or the like, the portable terminal 1 is directly connected to the host computer 2 and input to the storage unit 13 by the storage unit 21. Various sales information obtained at the exhibition hall is given to the storage means 21 from the interactive input device 11 through the input means 12. Step A
1 represents such an input to the storage means 21.

The storage means 21 determines the type of the input information in step A2, and stores the respective information in the address position suitable for searching with the keyword of the information. FIG. 3 shows information stored in the ordered product storage unit 131 and the information storage unit 1.
32 shows the discrimination from the information to be stored in 32. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, this determination can be easily made by distinguishing the information coming from the input means 12 and the information coming from the receiving means 16, but in the embodiment shown in FIG. Will be needed. The information determined to be the image information of the product in units of sku in step A2 is registered as the product image information in step A3, and the information determined to be the various sales information is the ordered product storage unit 13 in step A4.
It is used to update and register various sales information in 1.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the information retrieval means 22, and B1 to B12 show program steps. Keywords are generally used to search the contents of the storage unit 13, but in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the information can be roughly classified into sales information of products and image information of products. A menu is created for each piece of information, the input code input from the interactive input device 11 is determined (step B1), and either menu is displayed (step B2 or B3). The operator looks at the displayed menu and selects the type of clothing from the display in step B2 as shown in step B4.
The product image of the selected clothing type is read in step B5 (if the information storage unit 132 is in the auxiliary storage device, it is read from the auxiliary storage device into the main storage device), and in step B6 via the screen output means 23. And interactive input device 1
No. 1 is displayed on the display screen.

If the input code in step B1 is for requesting a menu display of various sales information, the menu is displayed in step B3, the sales information is selected in step B7, and the customer code is input in step B8. In B9, the selected sales information for the customer is read (when the ordered product storage unit 131 is in the auxiliary storage device), and after the graphing process is performed in step B10,
The screen is displayed in step B11. Step B12
When determining the end code in step 1, the operator inputs the interactive input device 1
According to the code input from 1, (a) display of the next data, (b) return to each menu screen, and (c) end.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 designate the same or corresponding parts, and in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the transmitting means 1 shown in FIG.
4, the receiving unit 16 and the communication unit 15 are removed, and the data processing device 10, the auxiliary storage device 130, and the interactive input device 11 are included.
An example including three parts is shown. Reference numeral 20 denotes a system bus of the host computer, and 24 is an output means for transferring the contents of the ordered product storage unit 132 to the host computer 2.

Since the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 also has the function of the prior application system shown in FIG. 5, the host computer 2
And a function of performing data transfer via the line network 3 are added between. However, the portable terminal used only for the order support service does not need to transfer data to and from the host computer 2 online. That is, before going to the exhibition, the product image information of the kind required at the exhibition of the day and the ordered product information of each customer are copied from the host computer 2 to the auxiliary storage device of the portable terminal, and the exhibition is finished. After that, it suffices to connect the portable terminal 2 to the host computer 1 and input the updated order item information into the host computer. The embodiment shown in FIG. 2 shows a design example suitable for such usage of the portable terminal.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, it goes without saying that the data processing device 10 includes a control unit and a main storage device. The flow charts of FIGS. 3 and 4 represent the operation of the apparatus of FIG. 1 and the operation of the apparatus of FIG.

The host computer 2 has been described above.
In general, the above-mentioned part is a higher-level model, and the effective use of the information managed by this higher-level model in the portable terminal constitutes a feature of the present invention.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an exhibition is sold, various information such as the sales trend for each customer and the sales trend by clothes, or the design in sku unit, its color, etc. can be displayed in a portable terminal. Since it can be displayed on the display screen of each customer, it is possible for each customer to grasp the sales trend based on sales information, and it is possible to easily search and introduce all the products in the exhibition. You can promote products efficiently. Further, there are effects such as a reduction in the workload of the input operator, a reduction in erroneous operations, and a reduction in the processing time for registering an order for a file managed by a higher model.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the storage means of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information search means of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the device of the prior application.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Portable Terminal 2 Host Computer 3 Line Network 10 Data Processing Device 11 Interactive Input Device 12 Input Means 13 Storage Unit 14 Transmission Means 15 Communication Unit 16 Reception Means 21 Storage Means 22 Information Retrieval Means 23 Screen Output Means 24 Data Output Means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A high-end model and a portable terminal are connected, and various sales information and image information of various products managed by the high-end model are stored in a storage device (including an auxiliary storage device) in the portable terminal. , Means for retrieving the stored information and displaying desired information on a display device in the portable terminal, and inputting various sales information generated at the installation point of the portable terminal to the portable terminal via an input device. The portable terminal sales method including means for updating the stored contents of the storage device in the portable terminal and inputting the updated stored contents to the host model with the portable terminal connected to the host model. . 2. The input device according to claim 1 is an interactive input device having a keyboard and a display device, and the display device of the interactive input device is a display device for displaying the desired information. Sale method by portable terminal characterized by being used. 3. The sale by a portable terminal, wherein the information displayed on the display device in the portable terminal according to claim 1 is information in which various sales information are graphed and image information of various products. method. 4. The portable terminal further has a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a communication unit, and is provided with a function of transferring data to the host model via a line network. Sales method by portable terminal described in item 1.