TW201604807A - Method of selling commodities - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of selling commodities is applied to a commodity selling system, which includes a plurality of selling sites. The method includes the steps of: (A) displaying information of at least one commodity on a screen of an electronic device; (B) inputting the quantity of the commodity; (C) selecting one of the selling sites; (D) generating a purchase certificate; and (E) supplying the commodity according to the purchase certificate. Thereby, the selling site of the to-be-purchased commodity can be known and a specific selling site is selected to supply the commodity so that a situation of being unable to buy the commodity can be prevented.

Description

How to sell goods

The invention relates to the sale of goods; in particular to a method of selling a commodity.

When a general user purchases a product, the product is directly purchased from a point of sale (for example, a store), and the product at the point of sale is distributed by the supplier of the product to the point of sale. Sometimes when a user wants to purchase a specific item and goes to a specific point of sale, it may happen that the item to be purchased does not be distributed at the point of sale, which may result in the user not being able to purchase the item. Another example is that when a user wants to purchase a specific product, he or she cannot know where the goods are sold at the point of sale, and does not know where to go to purchase the product. As can be seen from the foregoing, conventional commodity suppliers are not able to provide an effective method of selling goods.

Moreover, in the case of healthy foods, more and more healthy foods have been sold in the market. Healthy food refers to foods with health effects, such as vitamin B group, probiotics, lutein, fish oil, etc., which can improve people's health, reduce the risk of disease, and have substantial scientific evidence. Different types of health foods contain different health care ingredients. When people consume a certain health food, they can supplement the specific nutrients that the body lacks to achieve health benefits, such as regulating blood lipid function, immune regulation function, improving gastrointestinal function, and anti-fatigue function. .

When people want to buy healthy foods, there are also cases where specific health foods are not distributed at the point of sale, or where they should not go. In addition, most of the current health foods are made into tablets or capsules. It is sold in canned form. Depending on the manufacturer, the number of healthy foods per can is from tens to hundreds, and it takes a long time (for example, a few months) for people to buy healthy foods that can be healthy. The food is consumed. In addition, although many people buy healthy foods, they often forget to take them, but they have a longer time to finish eating healthy foods. During such long-term use, if the healthy food is improperly stored, it will easily cause the health food to deteriorate. If the public does not observe the deterioration of the healthy food, it will not achieve the health effect, but will cause harm to the body.

In view of the above, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a method of selling a product, which allows the user to know the point of sale of the product and select the item to be supplied by the specific point of sale.

A secondary object of the present invention is to provide a method of selling a product, which can prompt the user to use the product after the user picks up the product.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for selling the product provided by the present invention is applied to a merchandise vending system comprising a plurality of vending points; the method comprising the following steps: A, in an electronic device Displaying information of at least one commodity on a screen; B, inputting the quantity of the commodity; C, selecting one of the sales outlets; D, generating a purchase voucher; E, supplying the merchandise according to the purchase voucher.

The product is a health food, and the step B includes inputting a reminder information; and the step E includes: sending a reminder message to the electronic device according to the reminding information.

The effect of the present invention is that the user can know the point of sale of the item to be purchased, and select a specific point of sale to supply the item, thereby avoiding the situation where the item cannot be purchased. When the product is a healthy food, the user can purchase the required amount of healthy food in a short period of time according to the demand, and remind the user to take it, avoiding one. Buying too much healthy food twice is too long and causes deterioration.

10‧‧‧Server

102‧‧‧Database

12‧‧‧Vending Machine

14‧‧‧Shell

142‧‧‧Reclaiming port

16‧‧‧ touch screen

18‧‧‧ scan unit

20‧‧‧Control unit

202‧‧‧Communication Module

22‧‧‧ Container

24‧‧‧Drawing unit

242‧‧‧Export

26‧‧‧Collection unit

262‧‧‧ funnel

264‧‧‧ cabinet

264a‧‧‧Opening

264b‧‧‧ opening

266‧‧ ‧ baffle

28‧‧‧Antibacterial unit

30‧‧‧Packing unit

32‧‧‧Printing unit

34‧‧‧Air conditioning unit

35‧‧‧Package bags

36‧‧‧Electronic devices

362‧‧‧ screen

38‧‧‧ Buy health food button

40‧‧‧person list button

42‧‧‧History button

44‧‧‧Confirm purchase button

46‧‧‧ Purchase quantity field

48‧‧‧Set reminder button

50‧‧‧Add to list button

I‧‧‧Internet

M‧‧‧Electronic map

1 is a schematic diagram of a vending system to which a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a vending machine in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of the interior of a vending machine in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of a method of selling a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 are schematic diagrams of screens of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to explain the present invention more clearly, the preferred embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, the method for selling the present invention is described by taking a health food as an example, as shown in FIG. A vending system to which the method of sale of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a server 10, a plurality of vending points exemplified by the vending machine 12, and an electronic device 36. In the present embodiment, the healthy food is in the form of a tablet or a capsule, for example, a vitamin B group, a lutein, a probiotic, a fish oil, or the like having a health-care effect.

The server 10 and the vending machines 12 are built by a health food supplier. The server has a database 102. The database 102 has a plurality of health food information therein, and the information includes health information. The item name, the function description, and the unit price of the food, in addition, the database 102 further stores the location information of each of the vending machines 12, and the current stock of the health foods sold by each of the vending machines 12.

The vending machine of the present invention has the same construction, and a vending machine will be described as an example. Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3. The vending machine includes an outside. a shell 14, a touch screen 16, a scanning unit 18, and a control unit 20 disposed in the outer casing 14, a plurality of containers 22, a plurality of dip units 24, a collection unit 26, a bacteriostatic unit 28, a package The unit 30, a printing unit 32 and an air conditioning unit 34.

The housing 14 has a receiving port 142 , and the touch screen 16 and the scanning unit 18 are disposed on the housing 14 . The control unit 20 is electrically connected to the touch screen 16 , the scanning unit 18 , the picking unit 24 , the collecting unit 26 , the bacteriostatic unit 28 , the packaging unit 30 , and the printing unit 32 . The control unit 20 has a communication module 202. The control unit 20 is connected to the Internet 1 through the communication module 202 to communicate with the server 10. The control unit 20 retrieves the item name, the function description, and the unit price in the health food information of the database 102 on the server 10, and displays the same on the touch screen 16 and the user inputs the desired purchase. The health food and quantity are transmitted to the control unit 20. The scanning unit 18 is a camera in this embodiment for scanning the QR code and transmitting it to the control unit 20 for analysis. In addition, the scanning unit 18 may further include an RFID sensor for sensing the stored value card with the electronic tag, thereby using the stored value card to pay the fee.

The containers 22 are for containing different health foods, each of the feeding units 24 is coupled to each of the containers 22, and each of the feeding units 24 is controlled by the control unit 20 to extract a predetermined amount of health in each of the containers 22. food. Since the health food is in the form of a tablet or a capsule, the tanning unit 24 can extract one health food at a time in a suction manner to facilitate calculation of the extracted amount. The control unit 20 calculates the remaining amount of healthy food in each of the containers 22 and uploads it to the server 10 for storage in the database 102.

The collection unit 26 includes a funnel 262, a box 264 and a second baffle 266. The funnel 262 is located below the outlet 242 of the dip unit 24 for receiving healthy food passing through the outlet 242 of the dip unit 24. . The box 264 has an upper opening 264a and a lower opening 264b. The upper opening The 264a is connected to the funnel 262. The two baffles 266 are pivotally disposed at the bottom of the casing 264. The two baffles 266 are driven by a motor (not shown) to open or close the lower opening 264b. The motor is electrically connected to the 264b. The control unit 20 is controlled by the control unit 20 to drive the two baffles 266 to reverse. In one embodiment, a gear is disposed on the two baffles 266, and the output shaft of the motor is coupled to the other gear to mesh with the gears on the two baffles 266 to drive the two baffles 266 to reverse.

In the embodiment, the bacteriostatic unit 28 is disposed in the box 264 for sterilizing the health food in the box 264, and the bacteriostatic unit is controlled by the control unit 20 to be activated. Or close.

The packaging unit 30 communicates with the lower opening 264b of the casing 264 for accommodating the health food dropped from the casing 264 after the two baffles 266 are opened, and packaging. In this embodiment, the health food is packaged in a roll of packaging bag 35. The packaging bag 35 is first inserted into the printing unit 32 and then inserted into the packaging unit 30 for packaging by the packaging unit 30. Before the packaging, the control unit 20 controls the printing unit 32 to print the taking information of the health food on the packaging bag 35, such as the item name, shelf life, taking time period, and precautions of the health food. The packaged healthy food falls into the bottom of the outer casing 14 for the user to take from the take-up port 142.

The air conditioning unit 34 is configured to adjust the temperature and humidity in the outer casing 14 to a predetermined temperature and a predetermined humidity to ensure that the health foods are maintained in good storage conditions.

The electronic device 36 has a screen 362. In the embodiment, the electronic device 36 is a smart phone and communicates with the server 10 via the Internet 1. The electronic device 36 executes an application for the user to operate to purchase healthy food.

The method of selling the health food shown in Fig. 4 can be carried out by the above system. First, the application displays login information on the screen 362 of the electronic device 36 for the user to enter an account number and password for login. If the system is used for the first time, the user is required to register to register the new account and password in the server.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the purchase health food button 38, the personal list button 40, and the history button 42 are displayed on the screen for the user to click. After the user clicks the personal list button 40, the stored healthy food can be exemplified. List and quantity. Clicking on the history button 42 displays the number of healthy foods and quantities purchased in the previous few times. Users can use their personal lists and history to purchase healthy foods.

Referring to FIG. 6 , after the user selects the purchase of the health food button 38 , the electronic device 36 captures the item name, the function description, and the unit price in the health food information of the database 102 on the server 10 , and displays the screen on the screen 362 . The purchase quantity field 46 is displayed for the user to input the quantity of the health food to be purchased and the confirmation purchase button. After the user inputs the purchase quantity, the screen 362 displays the total price. In addition, the screen 362 also displays a set reminder button 48 and a list button 50. The set reminder button 48 is for the user to set the reminder information, such as the taking time period, and the list button 50 is for the user to store the commonly used health food and quantity. For a personal list. The electronic device 36 stores the user's personal list in the memory of the electronic device 36 and uploads it to the server 10 for storage.

After the user presses the confirmation purchase button 44, the electronic device 36 uploads a positioning information, a product name and a purchase quantity purchased by the user to the server 10. The positioning information of the embodiment is the electronic device. 36 built-in positioning module, for example, generated by GPS or A-GPS, of course, in practice, the user can also specify the location or area of the desired pick-up, and then generate positioning information according to the designated pick-up location or area.

The server 10 filters the received item name, the purchase quantity, the location information, the location information of the database 102, and the stock of the health food to determine that the area near the location information is Whether the health food and the stock of the vending machine 12 are sufficient for the user, and the location information of the vending machine 12 that can be sold in the vicinity of the location information is returned to the electronic device. At the same time, the server 10 transmits a reservation message to the vending vending machine 12 so that the control unit in the vending vending machine 12 retains the health food purchased by the user first.

After receiving the location information of the vending machine, the electronic device 36 displays the location of the vending vending machine 12 and the electronic device 36 on the electronic screen M on the screen 362 (see FIG. 7 for reference). The user selects a pickup point. After the user selects one of the vending machines 12 as the pickup point, the detailed information of the vending machine 12 and the inventory amount are displayed on the screen 362, and the payment information is displayed, so that the user can select an online payment or a payment for the payment.

Then, the electronic device 36 generates a purchase voucher and displays the purchase voucher on the screen 362 in the manner of QR code, so that the user completes the purchase of the health food; meanwhile, the electronic device 36 will select The purchase completion message and the taking reminder information are transmitted to the server 10, and the purchase completion message includes a voucher 12 for purchasing a voucher and a pickup point. The server 10 transmits a cancel message to the unselected vending machine 12, so that the unselected vending machine 12 cancels the retention of the user's purchase of the health food, and transmits the confirmation purchase message and the reminder information to the pickup point. The vending machine 12, whereby the vending machine 12 selected by the user maintains the health food purchased by the user, ensures that the user can pick up the goods smoothly, and avoids other users before completing the purchase of the healthy food. The same vending machine 12 is selected to pick up the goods, and the same vending machine 12 has insufficient health food.

The user goes to the vending machine 12 of the pickup point to pick up the goods within a predetermined time after the purchase is completed. If the user does not pick up the goods after the predetermined time, the electronic device 36 sends a pick-up reminder message to remind the user to pick up the goods, and the user can choose whether to pick up the goods, and the user can choose to delay the reminder or cancel. Pick up. After selecting to cancel the pickup, the electronic device 36 sends The message is cancelled to the server 10, and the server cancels the selected vending machine 12 to retain the health food purchased by the user, and cancels the purchase voucher and the pickup reminding message, and ends the selling method. If the pick-up is selected, the following pick-up process is performed, and after the predetermined time elapses, the electronic device 36 re-issues the pick-up reminder message.

In the pick-up process, after the user arrives at the pick-up point, the control electronics 36 displays a QR code on the screen 362 for scanning by the scanning unit 18 of the vending machine 12. The vending machine 12 executes the method for supplying the health food of the present invention, and the control unit 20 analyzes the QR code to obtain the corresponding quantity of the health food ordered by the user, and uploads the purchase voucher to the server 10 for comparison. After the confirmation is correct, the server 10 returns the electronic device 36 to cancel the pickup reminder of the purchase voucher, and notifies the control unit 20 of the vending machine 12 to perform packaging. The control unit 20 controls the corresponding dip unit 24 according to the health food item, the quantity ordered by the user reserved in advance, and the taking time period in the taking reminding information, so that the healthy food falls into the box 264 via the funnel 262. .

Since the different health foods may have the same taking time period, in the embodiment, the control unit 20 controls the corresponding feeding unit 24 to be extracted from the corresponding container according to a taking period. The healthy food to be taken, and the quantity to be extracted is the amount of the health food to be taken during the period of the use. The healthy food of the same taking period falls into the box 264. The control unit 20 controls to control the activation of the bacteriostatic unit 28 for bacteriostatic; at the same time, the printing unit 32 is controlled to print the taking information of the health food on the packaging bag 35. Next, the control unit 20 controls the two baffles 266 to be opened to allow the sterilized health food to enter the packaging unit 30, and then control the two baffles 266 to close.

Thereafter, the control unit controls the packaging unit 30 to package the health food with the packaging bag 35 printed with the information; meanwhile, the control The processing unit 20 controls the corresponding feeding unit 24 to extract the healthy food and the quantity to be taken during the other taking period from the corresponding container, so that the healthy food of the next taking period falls into the box 264, and then according to the foregoing manner The bacteriostatic unit 28, the printing unit 32, and the packaging unit 30 are performed until the health food of all the taking periods is packaged, and the user can take the healthy food from the take-out port 142.

Thereafter, the control unit 20 transmits a pickup completion message to the electronic device 36 via the server 10 to activate the taking reminding function on the electronic device 36. The electronic device 36 sends a reminder message according to the time set by the user, and the user controls the electronic device 36 to cancel the current reminder message.

In addition, the control unit 20 of the vending machine 12 records a safe stock of each of the health foods sold. When the quantity of any healthy food is lower than the safe stock, the control unit uploads a replenishment notification message to the servo. The device 10 requests replenishment, and the server 10 notifies the warehousing or logistics personnel to the vending machine 12 for replenishment to ensure sufficient stock of health foods that can be sold.

According to the above-described selling method, the user can know the selling point of the product when purchasing the product, and select the product to be supplied from the specific selling point to avoid the case where the product cannot be purchased. For the purchase of healthy foods, users only need to purchase the required amount of healthy foods in a short period of time, without having to purchase too many healthy foods at one time, so that the healthy foods are consumed for too long, and the deterioration must be discarded. By taking the reminder, the user can be effectively notified to take regular health foods, and the user is forgotten to take it after purchase. The vending machine 12 and its health food supply method can automatically supply the health food according to the order information contained in the user's purchase voucher, and ensure that the health food product that the vending machine 12 can sell is sufficient.

In the foregoing embodiment, the vending machine 12 is used as a healthy food. Product sales point, of course, the actual point of sale is not limited to the vending machine 12, but also the physical store as at least part of the point of sale (for example, pharmacy, drug store or convenience store), as long as the store is set up A terminal computer (e.g., a POS system) is connected to the server 10, and the terminal computer communicates with the server 10 in substantially the same manner as the vending machine 12. The difference is that the server 10 records the location information of the physical store, and the terminal computer records the remaining amount of the healthy food of the physical store and uploads the server 10. After the user selects the pickup point as the physical store on the electronic device 36 and completes the purchase, the electronic device 36 uploads the purchase completion message of the server 10 to include the purchase voucher and the physical store of the pickup point. The server 10 also transmits the confirmation purchase message to the terminal computer of the physical store, and presents the QR code when the user arrives at the physical store to pick up the goods, and the store analyzes the purchase certificate with the terminal computer and uploads it to the server 10, after the comparison is correct, The server 10 cancels the pickup reminder of the purchase voucher, and notifies the terminal computer to allow the physical store personnel or the machine to package the healthy food. After the packaging is completed, the user can pick up the goods and pay.

In practice, the physical store can also package the health food purchased by the user after receiving the confirmation purchase message on the terminal computer to shorten the waiting time for the user to wait for packaging. In addition, the terminal computer of the physical store also records the safety stock of each health food sold. When the quantity of any healthy food is lower than the safety stock, the terminal computer uploads a replenishment notification message to the server 10 , to request replenishment.

Of course, when the user selects a sales point on the electronic device as a physical store, a receiving point can also be selected at the same time, and the physical store personnel then distributes the packaged healthy food to the receiving point, and then receives the goods. The verification of the user's purchase voucher, for example, scanning the QR-code displayed on the screen 362 of the electronic device 36 held by the user by another electronic device to verify whether the health food is purchased by the user, and after confirming the error, After the payment is made, the other electronic device is uploaded to the server 10 to release the withdrawal of the purchase certificate. Wake up, so that the transaction is completed.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and equivalent changes to the scope of the present invention and the scope of the patent application are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (15)

A method for selling a commodity is applied to a merchandise vending system, the merchandise vending system comprising a plurality of vending points; the method comprising the steps of: A. displaying information of at least one merchandise on a screen of an electronic device ; B, enter the quantity of the goods; C, select one of the sales points; D, generate a purchase voucher; and E, supply the goods according to the purchase voucher. The method of selling merchandise according to claim 1, wherein each of the vending points includes a vending machine, and in step E, the voucher is input to the vending machine to cause the vending machine to supply the merchandise. The method for selling goods according to claim 2, wherein the step of supplying the merchandise in the vending machine in step E comprises: obtaining the input merchandise and quantity according to the purchase voucher, and extracting from a container containing the merchandise The required quantity of the item to supply the item. The method for selling a product according to claim 3, wherein the step E includes packaging the extracted product and then supplying the product. A method of selling a product as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step E comprises inhibiting the product. The method of selling the product of claim 2, comprising controlling the interior of the vending machine to maintain a predetermined temperature and a predetermined humidity. The method of selling the product according to claim 1, wherein the step C is followed by causing the selected sales point to retain the quantity of the item input in the step B. The method of selling a product according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise vending system comprises a server, the server storing location information of each of the vending points and a stock of the merchandise at each of the vending points; Between B and C, the electronic device is configured to upload a positioning information and the quantity of the input product to the server; according to the positioning information, the quantity of the product, the location information of the selling point, and the stock of the product Screening is performed to return the location information of the vending point that can be sold in the vicinity of the information to the electronic device and display it on the screen; in step C, one of the saleable points is selected. The point of sale. The method for selling a product according to claim 8, wherein the positioning information is generated by a positioning module in the electronic device. The method for selling goods according to claim 8, wherein the positioning information is generated according to a place or a region designated by the user. The method for selling goods according to claim 1, wherein the step D is followed by a pickup reminding message on the electronic device after a predetermined time elapses, for the user to select whether to take the goods for picking up, and if so, Go to step E, and if no, cancel the purchase voucher. The method for selling goods according to claim 1, wherein each of the sales points records a safety stock, and when the quantity of the goods at the selling point is lower than the safety stock, the selling point issues a replenishment notification message. . The method for selling the product according to claim 1, wherein the product is a health food, the step B includes inputting a reminder information, and the step E includes: sending a reminder to the electronic device according to the taking reminding information. message. A method of selling merchandise as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a part of the vending point of the vending system is a physical store. The method for selling merchandise according to claim 14, wherein the vending point selected in step C is a physical store, step C includes selecting a receiving point; and step D and E are comprising: The store delivers to the receiving point; in step E, the proof of purchase is verified at the receiving point to supply the item.