TWM611872U - Multi-stage dynamic discount processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-level dynamic discount processing system includes a smart label, an input front end, a first server, a second server and a mobile communication device. The smart label is used to record product information; the input front end obtains the product information of the smart label; the first server is connected to the input front end through a network, and the first server generates segment discount information according to the product information and inventory quantity. A piece of discount information and the current time generate the sales price; the second server network is connected to the first server, and the second server obtains the notification of the sales price discount; the mobile communication device network is connected to the second server, the second server Push notifications of discounts to mobile communication devices.

Description

Multi-level dynamic discount processing system

An online information processing system, especially a multi-level dynamic discount processing system.

With the rapid development of convenience stores, more and more people will choose to buy all kinds of food in convenience stores. In order to ensure food safety, convenience stores will strictly control the food on the shelves every day. For foods that are about to be sold immediately, most of the current methods use discounts to promote sales so that the sale will be completed before the shelf life.

Therefore, in order to remind consumers that this product has been promoted at a discount, the staff needs to repost the price tag. In addition, the checkout system must also modify the price of the product at the same time, so it may cause inconsistent prices between the front and back ends.

In view of this, according to some embodiments, the multi-level dynamic discount processing system provides a system that can adjust the price of commodities in the server synchronously, so that the sold commodities have corresponding discounts in different time periods. Furthermore, smart tags with dynamic discounts can be used to display relevant information corresponding to different discounts. For the store staff, there is no need to repeatedly stick labels on the products for sale, and there is no need to enter a discount separately during checkout. In addition, the back-end developers do not need to frequently modify the checkout system, and can automatically notify consumers of discounts that enter the discount, so as to speed up the sale of fresh food products and avoid waste.

In some embodiments, a multi-level dynamic discount processing system includes a smart tag, an input front end, a first server, a second server, and a mobile communication device. The smart label is used to record product information; the input front end obtains the product information of the smart label; the first server network is connected to the input front end, and the first server generates the inventory quantity corresponding to the product information according to the product information, and generates points according to the product information Segment discount information. The first server generates the sales price based on the segment discount information and the current time. When the sales price is less than the preset price in the corresponding product information, it sends the product information, inventory quantity, and sales price; the second server network The second server is connected to the first server, and the second server obtains product information, inventory quantity and sales price and generates discount notifications accordingly; the mobile communication device is connected to the second server through the network, and the second server pushes and broadcasts to the mobile communication device Discount notification.

In some embodiments, the smart tag is a radio frequency identification tag, a near field communication tag, a quick response code, a color-changing tag, or selected combinations.

In some embodiments, the smart tag displays discount information based on the current time.

In some embodiments, the product information further includes the product number, product name, and shelf life of the product.

In some embodiments, the first server generates at least one discount period and discount information for each discount period according to the storage period of the product information, and the first server encapsulates the discount period and the associated discount information into segment discount information.

In some embodiments, it further includes that the physical store has at least one sales item and an input front end, and each sales item has a corresponding smart label.

In some embodiments, the first server counts the inventory quantity of each sale commodity in the physical store according to the smart communication tag obtained by the input front end.

In some embodiments, the second server obtains the geographic location information of the physical store, and the second server pushes a discount notification to the communication range of the geographic location information.

In some embodiments, the second server pushes a discount notification to the mobile communication device during the discount period.

In some embodiments, the mobile communication device sends a purchase request to the second server according to the discount notification, and the purchase request includes at least one product information of the discount notification.

The multi-level dynamic discount processing system provides a dynamic discount processing system whose price can change over time, and is further used with smart tags, and the online shopping platform can also simultaneously provide a processing system for the purchaseable products that have entered discounts. . The price of goods in physical stores can change over time, and consumers can be notified of the discounted goods and quantities in physical stores, so that consumers can go to purchase, accelerate the sales of fresh food products in physical stores, and avoid expiration and waste .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which are schematic diagrams of the application field and system architecture of this embodiment. The application field in this embodiment includes a first server 130, a second server 140, a mobile communication device 150, and at least one physical store 160, as shown in FIG. 1. The physical store 160 has at least one input front end 120 and a number of sales commodities 170. Each sales item 170 is configured with a corresponding smart tag. In other words, each sale item 170 has its own smart tag.

In some embodiments, the multi-level dynamic discount processing system 100 includes a smart tag 110, an input front end 120, a first server 130, a second server 140 and a mobile communication device 150. The input front end 120 is connected to the first server 130 via a network. The second server 140 is connected to the first server 130 and the mobile communication device 150 via a network, as shown in FIG. 2. The first server 130 may be installed in the physical store 160, or may be built in a cloud network. The first server 130 and the second server 140 may be the same server or two independent servers. In order to clearly explain the source of different services, two servers are used as an explanation here. In Figure 1 and Figure 2, the arrow block represents the transmission of network signals, and the line arrow represents the connection of electrical signals.

Smart label 110 is a radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) label, near field communication label (Near Field Communication, NFC), bar code (Barcode), quick response code (Quick Response Code, QR code), color change label or The selected combination. In addition to recording the product information 111, the smart label 110 can also display discount information (without label). The discount information may include discount discounts and/or post-discount prices, and the discount information changes according to the current time. The product information 111 may include the manufacturing time of the sales product 170, a preset price, a product number, a product name, a manufacturer, or a shelf life.

The input front end 120 is used to read the product information 111 of the smart tag 110, and is used to record the shelf time of the sold product 170. The input front end 120 may be a point of sale (POS), a personal digital assistant (PAD), or a graphic order terminal (GOT). When the sales commodity 170 with the smart tag 110 is put on the shelf, the staff can read the smart tag 110 through the input front end 120 and set the shelf time information of the sales commodity 170. The input front end 120 transmits the product information 111 and the shelf time information to the first server 130, and the first server 130 generates the inventory quantity corresponding to the product information 111 according to the product information 111. After the sales product 170 is sold, the input front end 120 can also return the inventory quantity of the remaining sales product 170 to the first server 130 or return the sales information to the first server 130, so that the first server 130 can change the inventory. Quantity. The sales commodities 170 are all sold at a preset price before the discount is calculated.

The first server 130 has a store database 131. The store database 131 is used to record the store information of each physical store 160, the type of sales product 170 to which it belongs, and the inventory quantity (that is, the remaining quantity of the sales product 170). The store information includes geographic location information of the physical store 160 or activity information of the physical store 160 in execution. The first server 130 generates segment discount information 132 according to the product information 111. In some embodiments, the first server 130 obtains the manufacturing time or the shelf life of the sales product 170 according to the product information 111, and the first server 130 generates at least one discount period according to the manufacturing time or the shelf life. The first server 130 sets corresponding discount information for each discount period. The first server 130 encapsulates all discount periods and discount information into segment discount information 132. The first server 130 may calculate and generate the sales price based on the segment discount information 132 and the current time.

For example, the first server 130 takes the storage period as a benchmark, and sets at least one set of discount periods before the storage period. The first server 130 sets corresponding discount information for each discount period. Among them, the duration of the discount period may be a fixed duration, or the duration of the discount period may be dynamically adjusted over time. The preferential information can be, but not limited to, price discounts, and can also be methods such as bonus points increase or points discounting for cash.

When any one of the product information 111 enters the discount period among the multiple pieces of product information 111 stored in the first server 130, and the calculated selling price is less than the preset price in the corresponding product information 111, the product will be sent The information 111, the inventory quantity and the selling price are sent to the second server 140. The second server 140 has a discount notification program 141 and an online shopping program 142. The second server 140 is connected to the first server 130 via a network. When the second server 140 obtains the product information 111, inventory quantity, and sales price from the first server 130, and generates a discount notification accordingly. The discount notification program 141 is used to push the discount status (ie discount notification) of the sales commodity 170 to the mobile communication device 150. The mobile communication device 150 can be, but is not limited to, a computer device with communication capabilities such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer. The online shopping program 142 provides a shopping page, and displays related information about the sold product 170 on the shopping page. For example: product information 111, inventory quantity, sales price (or preferential information such as point feedback) of the sold product 170, and the physical store 160 available for purchase. The mobile communication device 150 can access the shopping page through a browser or an application (APP).

In order to explain this embodiment clearly, please cooperate with FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of this embodiment. In this embodiment, the multi-level dynamic discount processing method includes the following steps: Step S310: Obtain the product information of the smart label, and generate the inventory quantity corresponding to the product information accordingly; Step S320: Generate segment discount information according to the product information; Step S330: Generate a sales price based on the segment discount information and the current time; and Step S340: When the sales price is less than the preset price in the corresponding product information, a discount notification is pushed. The discount notification includes the product information and the sales price and inventory quantity of the corresponding product information.

When the sales product 170 is shipped, the factory can set the product information 111 of the smart tag 110 and configure the sales product 170 with the corresponding smart tag 110, so that the smart tag 110 records related information of the sales product 170. On the outer layer of the smart label 110, the preset price of the sale commodity 170 can be displayed. In order to facilitate the description of discounted prices at different stages, the price at the time of sale of commodity 170 is the preset price, which means the price without discount.

The smart tag 110 may be an RFID tag, a QR tag, an NFC tag, a color changing tag, or a selected combination. RFID tags, QR tags, and NFC tags can record product information 111. The color-changing label is used to display the price of goods at different times. The color-changing label is composed of a stack of multiple layers of color-changing paint, and each layer of color-changing paint corresponds to a different action time. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the corresponding color-changing paint will change its color. For example, the color-changing paint on the upper layer will turn transparent after a predetermined time, so that the words on the next layer can be seen through, as shown in Figure 4. Therefore, after each discount period, the smart tag 110 can display the corresponding price. In addition, the change in color can also be used to indicate whether the sale commodity 170 is on-demand.

When the sales commodity 170 is delivered to the physical store 160, the staff can obtain the commodity information 111 and the shelf time of the smart tag 110 through the input front end 120. The input front end 120 transmits the product information 111 and the shelf time to the first server 130. The first server 130 counts the inventory quantity of each sale commodity 170 in the physical store 160 (that is, the inventory quantity corresponding to the commodity information 111). The input front end 120 will obtain the product information 111 of the smart tag 110 when the sales product 170 is checked out. The input front end 120 returns the product information 111 to the first server 130. Therefore, the first server 130 can instantly update the inventory quantity of the merchandise 170 sold in each physical store 160.

The first server 130 sets several discount periods, and sets corresponding discount information for each discount period. The first server 130 calculates the corresponding sales price of the sales commodity 170 in each discount period according to the discount information. The first server 130 encapsulates the discount time period and the corresponding discount information into segment discount information 132. Please cooperate with the diagram shown in FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of the discount period and discount information in this embodiment. The horizontal axis in Figure 5 is the time axis, and three discount periods are divided as an example. In Fig. 5, the discounted sales price of the sales product 170 is the vertical axis, and the number above the bar is the discount information. The discount information is based on the discounted price and the sales price. Assume that the shelf time of the sales product 170 is 2021/1/30 AM0:00, and the shelf life is 24 hours (meaning that it expires at 201/30 PM11:59). The discount periods are 2021/1/30 PM9:00～PM10:00 (10% discount for discount information), PM10:00～PM11:30 (30% discount for discount information), PM11:30～PM11:59 (discount information) 50% off).

In addition, the first server 130 may further determine the preferential information of the various types of sales products 170 according to factors such as the type of the sales products 170, the location of the stores, or the current time. For example, the discount period for fresh food can be divided into ten minutes, while the fast food can be divided into one day. Alternatively, the discount period of the physical store 160 in the suburbs may be greater than the discount period of the physical store 160 in the city center.

The first server 130 determines whether to generate a new sales price according to the current time. If the current time is in the discount period, the first server 130 generates a new sales price according to the segment discount information. And when the sales price calculated by the first server 130 is less than the preset price in the corresponding product information 111, the product information 111, the inventory quantity and the sales price are sent to the second server 140. The second server 140 receives the product information 111, the inventory quantity, and the sales price, and executes the discount notification program 141 to generate a discount notification 143. Taking FIG. 5 as an example, if the current time is 9:00 PM 2021/1/30 PM, the first server 130 performs a 10% discount on the price of the sales commodity 170. When the preferential notification program 141 receives a notification from the first server 130 that the sales commodity 170 has entered a 10% discount (that is, it receives the product information 111, inventory quantity and sales price of the corresponding commodity 170), the preferential notification program 141 will follow This information generates a discount notification 143. In this embodiment, the preset price is used as a basis and the segment discount information 132 is used to calculate the sales price for each discount period. In other embodiments, a new sales price may be generated from the sales price of the previous discount period and the segment discount information 132 of the next discount period.

The discount notification program 141 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150. In some embodiments, in addition to the second server 140 being able to push broadcast to the mobile communication device 150 via the network, the second server 140 may also push broadcast to a specific area. In some embodiments, the second server 140 may obtain the geographic location information of the physical store 160 from the first server 130, such as the coordinate location of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

In some embodiments, the second server 140 may actively send a discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150 within the communication range of geographic location information, as shown in FIG. 6. In Figure 6, the dotted circle is used as the communication range. The size of the communication range can be determined by the second server 140 or can be set by the mobile communication device 150. Taking FIG. 6 as an example, the second server 140 selects any physical store 160 and takes the selected physical store 160 as the center of the circle, and the second server 140 sets a communication range. The second server 140 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150 within the communication range. In FIG. 6, an arrow indicates that the discount notification 143 is sent to the mobile communication device 150.

The second server 140 may also provide the discount notification 143 in a passive manner. Passively push the discount notification 143 method. When the mobile communication device 150 connects to the second server 140, the second server 140 searches for the sale commodity 170 that has entered the preferential sale price according to the current time. If there is a discount notification 143 in the current time, the second server 140 pushes the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication device 150. The discount notification 143 includes the product information 111 and the sales price and inventory quantity of the corresponding product information 111.

In some embodiments, when the second server 140 is in the discount period, the second server 140 may push the discount notification 143 to the mobile communication devices 150 in the entire domain. In this embodiment, the second server 140 can push the discount notification 143 to the relevant members of the online shopping program 142. Or, add the sales product 170 to the member in the tracking list. The second server 140 can also push the sales product 170 to the aforementioned members and mobile communication device 150.

In some embodiments, when the mobile communication device 150 receives the discount notification 143, the mobile communication device 150 can connect to the second server 140 and the online shopping program 142 to which it belongs according to the discount notification 143. The online shopping program 142 generates a shopping page 144, and the shopping page 144 includes at least a sale product 170 with a sale price, product information 111, and an inventory quantity. In other words, all the sale products 170 in the discount notification 143 will be listed in the shopping page 144, as shown in FIG. 7. In the upper frame of FIG. 7, in addition to displaying the sales price, the list of sales products 170 on the shopping page 144 also provides information such as the spot time, the physical store 160 that can be purchased, and the inventory quantity (available quantity).

The consumer browses the shopping page 144 through the mobile communication device 150 and selects the sale commodity 170 to be purchased from the shopping page 144. After the consumer completes the selection of the sales product 170, the mobile communication device 150 generates a purchase request 151 according to the selected sales product 170. The mobile communication device 150 sends a shopping request to the second server 140, and the second server 140 sends the shopping request to the physical store 160 through the first server 130, so as to temporarily store the selected sale commodity 170 of the shopping request. Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of the purchase request 151 of this embodiment. The operation process of the purchase request 151 includes the following steps: Step S810: Set the transaction period according to the purchase requirements; Step S820: Determine whether the transaction requested by the purchase is completed within the transaction period; Step S830: If the transaction is completed within the transaction period, a transaction completion return is sent. as well as Step S840: If the transaction is not completed within the transaction period, cancel the transaction.

After the second server 140 receives the purchase request 151, the second server 140 will set the transaction period. The duration of the transaction period may be a fixed value, or it may be determined according to the distance between the mobile communication device 150 and the physical store 160. The lower frame of FIG. 7 shows information such as the sales commodity 170 required for shopping and the physical store 160 where the goods are picked up. When the second server 140 receives the purchase request 151, the second server 140 will start timing and determine whether the consumer has come to the store to pick up the goods within the transaction period.

If the consumer completes the pick-up at the store within the transaction period, the mobile communication device 150 sends a transaction report to the second server 140. The second server 140 forwards the transaction report to the first server 130 to update the inventory quantity of the merchandise 170 sold in each physical store 160. If the consumer does not pick up the goods at the store within the transaction period, the second server 140 will cancel the purchase request 151 transaction to release other consumers to make purchases.

The multi-level dynamic discount processing system 100 provides a dynamic discount processing system whose price can change over time, and can be further used with the smart tag 110, and the online shopping platform can also simultaneously provide purchaseable products that have entered discounts. Processing system. The selling price of goods in the physical store 160 can change over time, and consumers can also be notified of the discounted goods and quantities in the physical store 160, so that consumers can go to purchase, and accelerate the sales of fresh food products in the physical store 160 , Avoid expiration and waste.

100: Multi-level dynamic discount processing system 110: Smart Label 111: Product Information 120: input front end 130: The first server 131: Store database 132: Segment discount information 140: second server 141: Preferential Notification Procedure 142: Online shopping program 143: discount notice 144: Shopping page 150: mobile communication device 151: Purchase requirements 160: physical store 170: Selling merchandise S310, S320, S330, S340: steps S810, S820, S830, S840: steps

[Figure 1] is a schematic diagram of the application field of this embodiment. [Figure 2] is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of this embodiment. [Figure 3] is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of this embodiment. [Figure 4] is a schematic diagram of the action of the color-changing label of this embodiment. [Figure 5] is a schematic diagram of the discount period and discount information of this embodiment. [Figure 6] is a schematic diagram of the communication range of this embodiment. [Figure 7] is a schematic diagram of the shopping page and shopping requirements of this embodiment. [Figure 8] is a schematic diagram of the operation flow of the purchase request of this embodiment.

100: Multi-level dynamic discount processing system

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Claims (10)

A multi-level dynamic discount processing system, which includes: A smart label, used to record a product information; Enter the front end to obtain the product information of the smart label; A first server connected to the input front end with a network. The first server generates an inventory quantity corresponding to the product information according to the product information, and generates segment discount information according to the product information, the first server A sales price is generated according to the segment discount information and a current time, and when the sales price is less than a preset price in the corresponding product information, the product information, the inventory quantity, and the sales price are transmitted; A second server connected to the first server through a network, the second server obtains the product information, the inventory quantity, and the sales price and generates a discount notification accordingly; and A mobile communication device is connected to the second server through a network, and the second server pushes and broadcasts the discount notification to the mobile communication device. The multi-range dynamic discount processing system of claim 1, wherein the smart tag is a radio frequency identification tag, a near field communication tag, a quick response code, a color-changing tag, or a selected combination. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, wherein the smart label displays discount information according to the current time. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system described in claim 1, wherein the product information further includes the product number, product name, and shelf life of the product. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first server generates at least one discount period and one discount information for each discount period according to a retention period of the product information, and the first server The processor encapsulates the discount periods and the discount information to which they belong as the segment discount information. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, which further includes a physical store, the physical store has at least one sale product and the input front end, and each sale product has the corresponding smart label. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 6, wherein the first server counts the inventory quantity of each sale commodity in the physical store according to the smart tags obtained by the input front end. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 6, wherein the second server obtains geographic location information of the physical store, and the second server pushes the discount to a communication range of the geographic location information Notice. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, wherein the second server pushes the discount notification to the mobile communication device during a discount period. The multi-level dynamic discount processing system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device sends a purchase request to the second server according to the discount notification, and the purchase request includes at least one product of the discount notification News.

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