KR20030036537A - Method and system for deciding price of product on the basis of valid date of product - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for deciding selling price based on a valid date of goods are provided to sell the goods by applying the differential price according to the valid date of the goods. CONSTITUTION: A discount rate of each period for a passing period or a remaining period until valid date for various kinds of goods is stored in a storing tool in a selling price decision system. The system receives the goods information and the time information read from a goods code by a reader. The system calculates the passing period or the remaining based on the time information. The system decides the selling price of the goods grasped by the goods information by applying the discount rate of each period corresponding to the calculated passing or remaining period.

Description

Method and System for Deciding Price of Product on the Basis of Valid Date of Product

The present invention relates to a differential price selling method and a sales system according to the expiration date of a product, and more particularly, to sell a product for which the distribution period is limited from the date of manufacture to a differential price according to a period elapsed from the date of manufacture. It relates to a sales method and a sales system and a barcode and a barcode system enabling the same.

Usually, the period between the producer and supplier, seller, distributor, and consumer is due to the possibility that the major product may be harmful to the human body, such as deterioration or decay in the distribution process in the case of product types such as food and medicines. Mandates that this be specified. As shown in FIG. 1, the goods produced from the manufacturer 10 are transported with a bar code 15 attached thereto, and the transported goods are sold at the sales / distributor 30, which is usually within the distribution period. Products are sold and distributed at a uniform price, and products with an expiration date are on sale. The selected product is calculated as a uniform price at the POS point of sale 40, the consumer consumes and stores the product (50), and the shelf life (D + 5) is not selected by the consumer in the sales / distribution step (30). The goods passed over are discarded (60). As described above, the closer the consumer is to the date of manufacture, the higher the consumer preference (32) and the opposite, the lower the consumer preference (34). Therefore, consumers prefer products that have a long shelf life at the same price.

As a result, many kinds of foods and medicines are not sold in the normal distribution process and are disposed of beyond the distribution period. For some specialty foods, about 30% to 50% of the total production is discarded. The disposal costs are initially borne by distributors and sellers, the second is passed back to the producers and suppliers, but at the end all these costs are included in the costs and passed on to consumers.

In the past and in the current market, when distributors such as sellers sell foods to consumers, there are not many kinds, and most of them can recognize the freshness of foods. As it can be perceived through the smell, there was a margin to discount the price of the products with a little freshness. However, in a market employing various types of products such as a large supermarket / hypermarket and a large sales method, it is very difficult to sell on a first-in, first-out basis because consumers prefer to purchase products that are most recently made based on the date of manufacture. As a result, tens of percent of products are discarded beyond their expiration date, even though the discount rate is used to sell and exhaust the stock just before the expiration date.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a sales method for selling a product by applying a differential price in accordance with the expiration date of the product in order to solve the disadvantages of the prior art.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sales system for selling a product by applying a differential price in accordance with the expiration date of the product, in order to solve the disadvantages of the prior art.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bar code indicating the expiration date in order to enable a differential price selling method according to the expiration date of the product.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bar code system employing a bar code indicating the expiration date in order to enable a differential price selling method according to the expiration date of the product.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a distribution path of an existing shelf life limited product.

2 is a view showing an example of a differential price applied sales method of the expiration date limited product according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a sales system employing a differential price applied sales method according to the distribution period of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a barcode applied to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100 ... manufacturer, 110 ... main bar code display,

115, 415 ... subbar code display, 150 ... traditional bar code,

152 ... country code, 154 ... manufacturer code,

156, product code, 200, delivery delivery,

250 ... extended subbarcode, 252 ... timestamp,

300 ... sale / distribution, 400 ... POS,

410 ... POS server, 420 ... product display,

430 ... elapsed time display and discount rate display, 440 ... merchandise display rack,

450 ... commodity price calculation table, 500 ... consumption / storage,

600 ... disposal

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention relates to a method of selling products having an expiration date, wherein the date of manufacture from the date of manufacture to the time of sale is attached to or printed on the product. According to the present invention, there is provided a sales method of selling the price differentially.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a discount table for each elapsed time period and a price determined by a POS server through a power line communication modem or a wireless modem, and is displayed on a price display terminal of a merchandise display stand. Downloaded and recorded, the Real Time Clock (RTC) of the POS checkout calculates the elapsed time at the time of calculation to determine the discount rate and price to provide a sales system that bills the consumer for the value of the product.

The present invention provides a product differential pricing code that has a continuous or discontinuous time stamp sub bar code as a sub-code in the barcode for automatic recognition of the product in order to achieve the above technical problem. .

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention continuously or continuously applies price information to which a differential rate is applied in time units according to a period elapsed from the date of manufacture of a subcode added to a conventional barcode at the time of manufacture / factory shipment of a product. Provides a barcode system that can be automatically calculated by reading discrete barcodes.

Preferably, in order to sell products with a limited shelf life at a differentiated price, they are sold at a price applied at a discount rate on a time or date basis from the date of production to the point of sale.

Preferably, super, hypermarkets are used to sell analogue products, such as giving overcharges and bonuses when selling in the past or present markets, and when retailers sell foods to consumers. It is characterized by providing hybrid sales method by applying it to large digital market such as mass sales store.

Preferably, when purchasing an item through an internet communication network, a mobile communication or an internet cyber transaction, while looking at the actual screen of the product for each display stand through a camera, the discount rate and price for the distribution passage and the price, the actual arrival and the like installed on the bottom / side of the screen It provides a product display image information that can be selected after checking the date and the expiration date.

Preferably, any buyer who applies for a reservation purchase through the Internet always sells a product group which is periodically purchased to a designated buyer so that it can be purchased at the lowest price through cyber transactions.

Preferably, when there is a competing bookingr who cannot determine the priority, the product is sold to the buyer according to some questionnaires, such as price priority, time priority, and returned goods regardless of priority.

Preferably, in the sales method, a transaction history manipulation prevention method is adopted so that a signed transaction history is opened in an electronic envelope so that only the cryptographic key of a financial institution can be opened so that the transaction details cannot be manipulated by individual traders.

Preferably, the price display terminal further includes a barcode reader that can query the current time price of the product selected by the consumer.

Preferably, the sales status of the merchandise may be examined, and the merchandise supplier may further include a camera for determining whether a third party merchandise is displayed on its fixed merchandise display stand.

Preferably, when a person is near the price display terminal installed in front of the merchandise display, it characterized in that it comprises an audio means for detecting the human body by infrared passive / active detection method to deliver the product information to the consumer.

Preferably, in a store that sells various types of products such as the super / hypermarket in a large scale, elastic sensors, sugar sensors, salinity sensors, It is characterized in that by installing a moisture sensor, such that consumers can determine in the store or remote.

Preferably, the differential pricing code is characterized in that the bar code, a contactless IC card, a radio tag (RF-ID Tag).

Preferably, when the product differential price setting code is a bar code, in order to further configure a manufacturing date and time bar code, the packaging paper of the first printed product is constituted by leaving the back of the existing product bar code blank and a manufacturing date and time bar code (Time The Stamp Bar Code) is additionally recorded on the day of manufacture, but is printed together when the date of distribution / date of manufacture, which is visually identifiable, prevents duplication.

Preferably, in order to prevent the manufacturing date and time bar code from being forged and used in the distribution process, an ink jet printing method, a thermal transfer printing method, or a thermal printing method may be introduced, and the packaging material may be used as a transparent material. In this case, the sub-code containing manufacturing date and time information is additionally recorded at the time of production of the product by printing the basic code on the back side and stamping the additional code on the front side or printing the additional code.

Preferably, in the case of a product such as wine, in which the value of the product becomes higher as the distance from the date of manufacture increases, the subcode corresponding to not only the date of manufacture, but also the storage location and method, etc. is added.

Preferably, in a transaction, an electronic signature is introduced so that the trader cannot deny the sale.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in more detail with respect to the configuration and operation of the sales method and sales system for selling by applying the differential price of the distribution period of the goods using the bar code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is to introduce a new technology for product price determination according to the expiration date to be connected and expanded to the existing point of sale (POS). As a result, the prices of items with limited shelf life, such as food and pharmaceuticals, which were not possible with the existing POS sales method, can be sold at different prices according to the time period. It's an improvement so that you can decide to buy. To this end, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, an extended sub-barcode 250 is added after the conventional barcode 150. The conventional bar code 150 includes a country code 152, a manufacturer code 154 and a product code 156, the extended sub-bar code 250 of the present invention includes a time stamp (255). The time stamp 255 is made of YMMDDHHW or MMDDHH. Where Y is year, M is month, D is day, H is hour, and W is day of week. The number of digits of the extended sub bar code may be 8 or 6 digits, but this is a design matter and may be increased or decreased by the designer. In order to add the manufacturing date bar code, which is the extended sub bar code 250, to the conventional bar code 150, a packaging paper of the first printed product having the blank of the existing product bar code left blank is formed, and then the manufacturing date bar code ( It is desirable to record additional Time Stamp Bar Codes on the day of manufacture but to print them together when printing the expiration date / date of manufacture, which is visually identifiable on the packaging. In addition, in order to prevent such manufacturing date and time bar code from being forged and used in the distribution process, the first added barcode is ink jet or thermal transfer printing method, and second, when using the packaging material as a transparent material, The sub-barcode containing the manufacturing date and time information is additionally recorded at the time of manufacture (production) by printing on the paper and stamping the additional code on the front side or by printing the additional code.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a bar code is used, but a method other than the bar code may use a non-contact IC card, a radio tag (RF-ID Tag), and other similar settlement and processing methods, such a non-contact IC card, a wireless tag. (RF-ID Tag), and other similar settlement and processing methods may be applied to the manufacturing date and time in the same manner as the bar code. In other words, the bar code has emerged as the most suitable method for the sale of large market to date, but the method of calculating all the products selected by the consumer at the same time by a method such as a wireless tag or a contactless IC card may be introduced into the present invention.

In addition, as described above, when the value of the product decreases according to the expiration date, the value of the product increases according to the expiration date. It may also be distributed by adding a subcode corresponding to information such as storage location and method.

Hereinafter, a differential price selling system for each distribution period using the bar code described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Also shown in FIG. 2 is a sales system similar to the sales system shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 2, the goods produced from the manufacturer 100 are first printed with a barcode 115 including basic information of the goods, and then the sub date barcode 115 is additionally printed at the time of manufacture. Attached and transported (200), the transported goods are sold in the sales / distribution company (300), the goods within the normal distribution period is sold and distributed at a differential price for each distribution period, the products that are close to the expiration date are sold at a discount It is becoming. The selected product is calculated as the differential price determined for each distribution period in the POS point of sale (400). At this time, the sales stand 400 calculates by applying the differential price by reading the manufacturing date and time of the sub-barcode attached to the product. The consumer then consumes and stores the product (500), and the products that have not been selected by the consumer in the sale / distribution step 300 and have passed the shelf life (D + 5, D + 6) are discarded (600).

According to Figure 2, the manufacturing date and time sub-barcode may be represented by the time stamp, for example, "072109", which means that it was produced at 9 o'clock on July 21, when the other time stamp "00721235" This could mean that it was produced on Friday, July 21, 09:00. In addition, since the differential price of the goods to be applied in the present invention takes time to transport and deliver the goods, if the product is a supply product on the day of manufacture (D), it is calculated as 110% of the normal selling price, if one day has passed since the date of manufacture 100%, 90% after two days, 80% after three days, and 70% after four days, respectively, are sold at a 10% to 30% discount.

As described above, the discount rate may be applied by 10% according to the progress of each day, but when purchasing food distributed on the day of manufacture, 100% of the price is applied at the time of the store, and from the time of production in consideration of the loss rate by time The discount price is applied in units of 1% according to the elapsed time from the date of production.

In the above, when the consumer consumes food on the same day, the consumer can select a product that is several hours to several days cheaper than the product produced on the day and receive a discount, and most products have a limited shelf life. Provide an opportunity for first-come, first-served foods to be differentially priced.

The introduction of this new method of sale will, firstly, reduce the losses caused by the disposal of production and suppliers. It also mitigates the damages of sales and distributors, and in turn, consumers' diversified choices can be returned to consumers for discounts, increasing the added value of production, suppliers, sales and distributors, while also harming consumers. Rather, it will be possible to provide an opportunity to return to profit.

The bar code product sales method adding the manufacturing date and time, which is a new technique applied to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, should be applicable to the existing bar code system. That is, the sub bar code of the present invention should be able to apply various discount rates according to the date and time elapsed from the date of manufacture when calculating the corresponding product in the existing bar code POS terminal.

According to Figure 3, to the goods to which the present invention is applied, either the date of manufacture or the distribution period date information that can be visually identified, the date of manufacture and the date of manufacture is additionally recorded or read so as to continuously read after the existing product barcode The sub-barcode which recorded the date and time information is added, and is displayed on the merchandise display stand 440. The merchandise display rack has a display 420 for displaying basic information such as the type and price of a product, and a display 430 for displaying discounted price information, so that consumers are encouraged to select a product to view the discount benefits. The determination of such a discounted price may be designed to be provided by the program to the display 430 of the merchandise display stand from the POS server 410, but the subbarcode 415 may include such discounted price information. When calculating the purchase product at the checkout counter 450, the discount price code displayed on the sub-barcode may be read and settled by applying the discount rate based on the current time. In this case, the information provided on the display may be stored in advance in the POS server 410 to be sent to each merchandise display rack and merchandise calculator.

If the POS server 410 determines the discounted price, the discount rate and price for each elapsed time determined by the POS server 410 are transmitted to the price display device 430 as shown in FIG. It is also downloaded to the checkout counter 450 and recorded. The real time clock (RTC) of the POS calculator 450 calculates the elapsed time at the time of calculation, determines the discount rate and the price, and bills the consumer.

The display terminal automatically displays the discount rate and price at the point of sale that elapsed from the date of manufacture, on the merchandise display stand, and can be applied when the product selected by the consumer is brought to the POS checkout stand.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawings, when purchasing goods through cyber transactions, such as the Internet, while looking at the actual screen of the product for each product shelf, the distribution rate and price by time and distribution rate installed on the bottom / side of the screen You can check the date and the expiration date and select the desired product. As such, the present invention is applied to an Internet e-commerce site to enable a consumer to purchase a product at a differential price for each distribution period. To this end, FIG. 3 may include a camera 460, an internet server 480, and various sensors 490 and 492 for sensing freshness and quality of a product. Through the camera 460, a product supplier may determine whether a product of another company is displayed on its fixed product display stand, and purchases the product through an internet communication network, a mobile communication or an internet cyber transaction with the camera 460. In this case, while viewing the actual screen of the corresponding product for each shelf, the product image display information can be provided so that you can select after checking the discount rate and price for each time and distribution, the actual date and the distribution period installed on the bottom / side of the screen.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in the various types of products such as super / hypermarkets and large-scale sales methods, elastic sensors, sugar sensors, Various sensors (490, 492) such as salinity sensor and moisture sensor may be installed to provide the freshness and quality information of the product to the consumer at the store, and the consumer may judge the remote site by accessing the server 480 capable of internet communication. You can also do that. By this method, when purchasing a product of which the freshness is slightly reduced, it is possible to calculate the discount price by calculating the purchase cost and the loss rate for each elapsed time.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, when a person near the price display terminal installed in front of the merchandise display stand, the human body detection / audio means for detecting the human body by infrared passive / active detection method to deliver product information to the consumer (494) It characterized in that it comprises a). Here, the human body detection / audio means is an MP3 decoder having an infrared sensor. As a result, when a person is close, the product information is automatically delivered to the consumer, thereby assisting the consumer's purchasing behavior and bringing a purchase promotion effect.

As described above, when a product having a manufacturing date and time is sold in a supermarket or a hypermarket, it is effective to inform a consumer of a discount rate and to install and operate a price display terminal for displaying a price in order to select a consumer. In other words, it is necessary to determine the characteristics and loss rate of each product that has passed from the date of manufacture by itself, apply the discount rate, and display the price and the discount rate on the merchandise display stand. The price display terminal is connected to the existing POS server to share information such as price and discount rate with the barcode POS terminal of the checkout counter, and to read the discount rate of the product that has elapsed from the manufacturing date and time selected by the consumer to be applied in calculating the product value. do.

As a result, when consumers select a product with a different discount rate according to the date and time elapsed from the date of manufacture, the disposal of malicious inventory due to the last in first out of the existing distribution process and Processing issues can be improved by inducing first in first out of the product. Existing POS and barcode calculation methods did not have such a choice, but in the present invention, information such as manufacturing date and time is recorded as a sub code on a trade name barcode, and a differential price can be given over time by applying a new sales method. To reduce the benefits of discounted product selection to the high added value of producers, suppliers, distributors and sellers, and to be competitive with existing sales methods.

As described above, the present invention allows sellers to sell foods in the distribution period at a price that is differentiated according to the time elapsed from the time of manufacture, thereby creating an opportunity for consumers to purchase selectively. . Accordingly, the first-in, first-out of products with a limited shelf life can be facilitated, thereby reducing the proportion of products that have passed the shelf life, and reducing disposal of products that have a limited shelf life such as food, resulting in reduced disposal. It has the effect of giving mutual benefits to producers, distributors, sellers and consumers.

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In the method of determining the selling price of the product differentially according to the elapsed time of the distribution period in the selling price determination system based on the product code read by the product code reader, (a) storing, in a storage means provided in the selling price determining system, a discount rate for a period of time for the elapsed period or remaining period for a plurality of products; (b) receiving, by the selling price determining system, product information and time information read from a product code attached to or printed on the product by the product code reader; (c) calculating, by the selling price determination system, an elapsed period or a remaining period based on the time information; And (d) determining, by the selling price determining system, the selling price by applying the discount rate for each period corresponding to the calculated elapsed period or the remaining period for the product identified from the product information. Method of determining sales price based on the period of sale In the method of determining the selling price of the product differentially according to the elapsed time of the distribution period in the selling price determination system based on the product code read by the product code reader, (a) receiving, by the sales price determination system, a period-based discount rate for an elapsed period or a remaining period for a variety of products from a server system connected through a communication network; (b) receiving, by the selling price determining system, product information and time information read from a product code attached to or printed on the product by the product code reader; (c) calculating, by the selling price determination system, an elapsed period or a remaining period based on the time information; And (d) determining, by the selling price determining system, a selling price by applying a discount rate for each period received from the server system corresponding to the elapsed period or the remaining period calculated for the product determined from the product information. A method of determining a selling price based on a shelf life of a product characterized by the above. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The time information includes the year of manufacture, the month of manufacture, and the date of manufacture of the product or the expiration date of the product, the expiration date month, and the expiration date of the product, characterized in that the sale price based on the distribution period of the product. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The time information may include at least one of a production time and a production day of the product or at least one of a shelf life time and an expiration date of the product. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Step (c) is, Identifying a point of time of recognition of the product code; And And calculating the elapsed time period based on the recognition time point and the production time point information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In step (d), (d1) identifying the product from the product information; (d2) extracting a discount rate corresponding to the identified product and the calculated elapsed period from a discount rate preset for each elapsed time until an expiration date for a plurality of products; And (d3) determining a selling price by applying the extracted discount rate to the commodity price determined from the commodity information; and a selling price determining method based on the distribution period of the commodity. The method according to claim 1 or 2, (e) transmitting the selling product information including the product information, the elapsed period, and the selling price to a customer terminal connected to the selling price determining system through a communication network. How to determine the selling price based on the distribution period. The method of claim 7, wherein The selling product information is a selling price determination method based on the distribution period of the product, characterized in that it further comprises an image of the product with the product code attached. The method of claim 7, wherein and (f) receiving, by the selling price determination system, a purchase request for goods included in the sale product information from the customer terminal. The method of claim 9, (g) the sales price determination system includes at least one of a desired purchase price, a purchase request time, and whether to accept a return for rejection when the purchase request received in step (f) exceeds the quantity sold for the same product. Determining the buyer according to the buyer decision conditions; The selling price determination method based on the distribution period of the product further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And said selling price determination system classifies said goods as subjects for disposal if the elapsed period calculated in step (C) exceeds the distribution period of said goods. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The commodity code includes a first information code in which the commodity information is recorded and a second information code in which the production time information is recorded, and the second information code is attached to or printed on the commodity integrally with the first information code. A selling price determining method based on a distribution period of a product, characterized in that attached to or printed on the product separated from the first information area. The method according to claim 1 or 2, (h) receiving the reservation purchase request from a customer terminal connected to the sales price determination system through a communication network; And (i) periodically transmitting the selling price to the customer terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The product code is a bar code, a code stored in a non-contact IC card, a code recorded in a wireless tag, any one of the selling price based on the distribution period of the product. Commodity code reading means for recognizing a commodity code attached to a commodity and reading commodity information, manufacturing time information or expiration date information; Storage means for storing a period-specific discount rate for the elapsed period or the remaining period until the expiration date for a plurality of products; And Price determining means for calculating an elapsed period or a remaining period based on the production time information or the expiration date information, and determining a selling price by applying a discount rate for each period stored in the storage means to the goods identified from the product information; Sale price determination system based on the distribution period of the product, characterized in that it comprises a. When the product information and the manufacturing time information or the expiration date information read from the product code attached to the product are input by the product code reader, the elapsed period or the remaining period is calculated based on the manufacturing time information or the expiration date information, and the product Pricing means for determining a selling price for a product identified from information by applying a discount rate for each period corresponding to the calculated elapsed period or remaining period; And A server having a storage means for storing a discount rate for a period of time for a plurality of products and having a discount period for storing the period, and transmitting the discount rate for each period to the selling price determining means connected through a communication network. Pricing system based on the distribution period of the The method according to claim 15 or 16, And said manufacturing time information includes a year of manufacture, a month of manufacture, and a date of manufacture of said goods. The method according to claim 15 or 16, And said manufacturing time information includes at least one of a manufacturing time and a manufacturing day of said product. The method according to claim 15 or 16, Determination of the selling price based on the distribution period of the product, characterized in that it further comprises a transmission means for transmitting the product information, the elapsed period, and the sale product information including the sale price to a customer terminal connected through a communication network system. The method of claim 19, The selling product information is a selling price determination system based on the distribution period of the product, characterized in that it further comprises an image of the product with the product code attached. The method according to claim 15 or 16, And a first sensing means for sensing at least one of freshness, sugar content, salinity, and water content of the product to provide a detection result. The method according to claim 15 or 16, Second sensing means installed at a point where the goods are displayed to sense a human body within a predetermined distance; And And outputting means for outputting predetermined product information when the second detecting means detects a human body. The method according to claim 15 or 16, And the price determining means classifies the product as a disposal object if the calculated elapsed period exceeds the distribution available period of the product. The method according to claim 15 or 16, The commodity code includes a first information code in which the commodity information is recorded and a second information code in which the production time information is recorded, and the second information code is attached to or printed on the commodity integrally with the first information code. A selling price determining system based on a distribution period of a product, characterized in that the product is separated from the first information area and attached or printed on the product. The method according to claim 15 or 16, And said product code is any one of a bar code, a code stored in a contactless IC card, and a code recorded in a radio tag. A first information code in which product information is recorded; And It is attached to or printed on the product integrally with the first information code, or is attached to or printed on the product separately from the first information code, and is preset in advance over time for the product identified by the product information. And a second information code for recording time information for determining a discount rate and for determining a selling price of the product. The method of claim 26, Wherein the first information code and the second information code are any one of a bar code, a code stored in a contactless IC card, and a code recorded in a radio tag. The method of claim 26, Wherein the time information includes the year of manufacture, the month of manufacture, and the date of manufacture of the product or the expiration year of the product, the expiration date of the product, and the expiration date of the product. The method of claim 26, The time information is a product code, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the production time and the day of manufacture of the goods or at least one of the shelf life time and the expiration date of the goods. The method of claim 26, And a first information recording area in which the time information is recorded in a form recognizable by a person. The method of claim 26 or 30, And a second information recording area in which the storage method or storage location of the product is recorded. The method of claim 26, And the second information code is printed by one of an inkjet printing method, a thermal transfer printing method, and a thermal printing method.